General Hospital Spoilers: Michael’s Tough Prison Sentence – Helena Wants Tracy in the Dark on Liz’s Paternity Shocker

General Hospital (GH) spoilers for Wednesday, July 8, tease that some terrific scenes are coming up in another blast-from-the-past episode. GH is taking us back to May 7, 2010, which is when Michael Corinthos (Chad Duell) was sentenced to prison for killing Claudia Zacchara (Sarah Joy Brown). We’ve got the scoop on this General Hospital classic, so let’s look at what you can expect.

For starters, Jasper “Jax” Jacks (Ingo Rademacher) talks to Claire Walsh (Dahlia Salem) about all the drama. Claire warns that if she goes down, she’ll take Jax down with her. Jax wants to know what Claire expects Michael’s outcome to be in court. Claire assumes it’ll be a suspended sentence, but she points out that Michael will always be a convicted felon.

General Hospital Spoilers: Lulu Supports Dante After Michael’s Arrest

At Crimson, Lulu Spencer’s (Julie Marie Berman) hopeful about Michael’s chances in court, but Maxie Jones (Kirsten Storms) doesn’t think Lulu should get too confident. Nevertheless, Lulu’s counting on everyone to see that Dante Falconeri (Dominic Zamprogna) did what was best for Michael.

Once Lulu gets updates on Michael’s sentencing and leaves for the courthouse, Maxie chats with Lucky Spencer (Jonathan Jackson). Lucky insists that his relationship with Elizabeth Webber (Rebecca Herbst) is over. Maxie’s upset over Lucky’s heartbreak, but Lucky feels it was good in a way. He let go of the dream of being with Liz.

Meanwhile, Carly Corinthos (Laura Wright) clashes with Dante, who’s adamant that the truth had to come out. Dante feels like this will be in Michael’s best interest in the end, but Sonny corners Dante to drag him. Although Sonny admits he may not deserve a better son than Dante, he believes Michael deserves a better brother.

Morgan (Aaron Sanders) feels certain that Dante’s right about Michael walking free. He also hopes everyone will stop hating Dante once everything works out. Morgan’s just outside the courtroom with Kristina Corinthos-Davis (Lexi Ainsworth) and Molly Lansing-Davis (Haley Pullos) as the judge prepares to deliver the sentence.

GH Spoilers & Updates: Johnny Zacchara Speaks On Claudia’s Behalf

Johnny Zacchara (Brandon Barash) speaks on Claudia’s behalf and insists Sonny’s the one who should be held responsible. Johnny suggests Claudia wouldn’t want Michael to pay and pushes for leniency. Unfortunately, the judge still gives Michael five years with the chance of parole in two years.

There’s outrage in the courtroom, especially from Dante. He insists the judge should give Michael an opportunity to rebuild his life, but the judge feels prison might prevent any future crimes. Michael gets comforting embraces from Sonny, Carly and Jason Morgan (Steve Burton) before he’s taken away to begin his sentence.

ABC General Hospital Spoilers Scoop: Michael’s Shocking Prison Sentence

Morgan finds out Michael won’t be coming home and insists Dante said Michael wouldn’t go to prison. As Michael’s led out, he informs his little brother that Dante was wrong about that. Back at the Metro Court, Tracy Quartermaine (Jane Elliot) speaks with Helena Cassadine (Constance Towers). Helena wants to see both of Nikolas Cassadine’s (Tyler Christopher) children raised as proper Cassadines.

After Tracy departs, Helena reflects on the paternity secret. She contends that Tracy can’t find out Liz’s baby belongs to Lucky instead of Nikolas. Next, Tracy digs for answers and learns the lab tech who ran the paternity test drowned. She assumes Helena paid for the results she wanted and then killed the lab tech to ensure his silence, but there’s one thing she doesn’t understand.

Tracy feels like Helena’s going to an awful lot of trouble for a Spencer to be raised as a Cassadine, so she ponders the puzzle. General Hospital spoilers say some other exciting classics are coming up this week, so keep watching! We’ll keep you posted as other GH news comes in. Stick with the ABC soap and don’t forget to check back often for the latest General Hospital spoilers, news and updates.