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Don’t miss the Soapnet General Hospital mini-marathon honoring the demented relationship between Sonny and Dante on Father’s Day, June 20.

On Friday’s episode of GH, Michael was sentenced to five years hard time to everyone’s chagrin. This week, the frustration over what has happened will explode between Sonny and Carly and the two will fall into bed together. Don’t count on a reunion just yet, if ever. After Carly finally realizes that her own actions contributed to what happened to Michael, she asks Sonny to kindly back out of Morgan’s life. Sounds like another war is on the horizon!

GH’s Maurice Benard is an amazing actor, this is no secret. The fact that Sonny gets away with everything he does gives the character a bad rep. This week, Sonny’s daughter got beaten up badly and had to be hospitalized. When Kristina was questioned by Sonny and Lucky, she placed the blame on Ethan.

Sonny made a beeline for Ethan and put his pistol right up to his face, screaming that Ethan had beat up his little girl. I can’t lie, my heart literally swooned. Later, he went to Kristina and cried by his bedside as he remembered his own experience with domestic violence. Sonny’s tears became my tears and suddenly I was seeing him in a whole new light.

Kudos to Maurice Benard, Lexi Ainsworth, and Christian Alexander for making this storyline real without hitting to close to home.

Denise Vasi, 29 ( Randi Hubbard, AMC )

Alicia Leigh Willis, 32 ( Courtney Matthews, GH / Alli Fowler, Another World )

Jensen Ackles, 32 ( Eric Brady, DAYS / C.J., Dawson’s Creek )

Maurice Benard, 47 ( Sonny Corinthos, GH & Port Charles / Nico Kelly, AMC )

Andrew Masset, 61 ( Larry Welch, DAYS / Trevor McCallum, Generations / Harrison Brooks, OLTL / Frank Stan, Falcon Crest / Patrick Felker, Dawson’s Creek)

Jed Allan, 73 ( CC Capwell, Santa Barbara / Don Craig, DAYS / Edward Quartermaine, GH / Paul Britton, The Secret Storm / Ace Hubbard, Love of Life / Rush Sanders, Beverly Hills 90210 / Ed Grant, Port Charles )

Robert Clary, 84 ( Robert LeClair, DAYS / Pierre Jourdan, Y&R & B&B )

My girl Chrissie recently pointed out that Drew Garrett (Michael, GH) makes some pretty scary faces in freeze frame. See for yourself!

General Hospital’s Maurice Benard (Sonny Corinthos) will be on Buzzworthy Radio on Monday, February 8th, 10:30pm at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/buzzworthyradio Don’t miss what he has to say!

Some soap opera secrets take months to come out and the same can be said about the big reveal on GH that Dante is Sonny’s son and an undercover cop. Having said that, this secret spilling was definitely worth waiting for. Maurice Bernard delivered as the scorned mob boss who had been turned on, but we knew he would. In the role of Dante, Dominic Zamprogna showed us the pain he felt over the past and the determination to finally take down the man who had caused so many others pain. He also showed us how torn he was over the bond he had built with Sonny and his family and we could see that he was sad it that it would be coming to an end. Zamprogna delivered the performance of his soap acting career and I look forward to seeing what he has in store for the future. The revelation that Dante is Sonny’s son is going to impact many of the character’s lives as well as the show as a whole.

The biggest secret to hit Port Charles is finally going to explode tomorrow when Sonny shoots Dante after learning he is an undercover cop. The best part? You can watch it with it Lisa LoCicero and Dominic Zamprogna live! For full details, go to Soapnet.com!

GH fans rejoice! This week, Sonny senses something is up when Olivia tries to get him to skip town. Sonny will consider retiring his mob crown to Dominic, unaware that Dante is his son. Michael will discover the truth about Dante’s paternity and attempt to put the kibosh on his reign over Port Charles. All this secret keeping is hard work, and Dante fears that Lulu will become a casualty of all the duplicity. Next week, Dante will finally tell Lulu that he loves her, but thanks to Michael’s shenanigans, will it be too late?

I will never tire of James Franco’s character on General Hospital. I know GH fans are tired of him, but I find him incredibly amusing. Franco made a good point on yesterday’s episode when he said that while Jason was busy getting arrested for a crime he didn’t commit, Franco himself was stealing women all over town, and no one even noticed! Franco captured Carly and tied her to a chair and the usual damsel in distress begging began. Franco mocked Carly, laughing in her face. However, the most amusing part of the conversation was when Carly basically said “you’ll never get away with this” to which Franco responded:

“Oh, who do I have to screw to get off this movie?!”

Priceless.