General Hospital Recap, June 1: Lucas and Josslyn put the squeeze on Pascal

On the Monday, June 1, 2026, episode of General Hospital, Laura and Sonny recruited Lucas, Josslyn tried to reason with Pascal, Jack gave Nina some stunning info, and Carly found herself caught in the middle.

General Hospital's Josslyn reunites with Pascal

Josslyn tried to reason with an old friend | Image: ABC

In her Wyndemere basement Yoga room, Josslyn kept in shape by doing jumping jacks before hearing Pascal's voice over the loudspeaker telling her to put her hands on her head and face the wall. She refused to listen, so Pascal barged in and surprised her with a gun.

Josslyn put on her best super spy sarcasm voice as she told Pascal she was happy to see him again after their time at the Five Poppies. At least Josslyn was able to figure out where she was as Pascal whined about being stuck on a rock surrounded my murky, cold water.

Josslyn stunned Pascal when she told him she knew all about what they did to Anna because she was right there on Spoon Island the night of the blizzard back in January. Pascal announced to Josslyn that she was only alive because she could possibly be a bargaining chip, but she would be killed once she was no longer useful to Sidwell.

A smug Josslyn told Pascal that the same thing would happen to him. He knew too much and would be a dead man if need be. Pascal insisted his loyalty to Sidwell would protect him.

Lucas comes on board

Lucas arrived at Laura's place and hers, at Sonny's behest. When Lucas saw that Sonny was there, he wanted to leave, but Laura convinced him to stay and regaled the tale of finding Dalton in her trunk last fall. Now, Sidwell was blackmailing both her and Sonny.

When they informed Lucas that Britt told them that Sidwell killed Dalton right in front of them, Lucas now knew what Britt had witnessed when she told him a vague story. Sonny asked if there was a way to convince Pascal to turn on Sidwell, so Lucas suggested just kidnapping him and forcing Pascal to do what Sonny wanted.

Sonny didn't like Lucas' sarcasm, so Laura said that if they couldn't find a way to get Pascal to join their side, she'd turn herself in. That gave Lucas the impetus to agree to help. "I can tell you, whatever Sidwell is doing, Pascal is in it up to his neck," Lucas revealed.

Lucas then explained everything about Pascal, Britt's meds, Cullum, and Marco. Laura was shocked at the entire tale. She wondered why Lucas was even staying at Wyndemere. Lucas said it was to bring down Sidwell and get justice for Marco's death. He even wanted to become a big part of Laura and Sonny's plans.

Police problems

Dante confided in Elizabeth | Image: ABC

Elizabeth stopped by the PCPD to check on Dante, but he apologized for not checking on her after she had hit her head in Britt's office bedroom. Dante assured Liz that he was just fine. He opened up to Elizabeth and told him he knew he shouldn't blame Lulu for Rocco taking off, but he couldn't help himself.

Elizabeth pointed out that the only person to blame was Cullum. She didn't even blame Britt. Still, Dante remained angry at Lulu for trying to shut him out of everything going on with Rocco, including wanting to take him out of town. Elizabeth tried to defend Lulu, but Dante couldn't help his feelings. He felt Lulu had disrespected him.

Dante also wondered if Rocco chose to leave with Britt because he felt it would be best for the family he was leaving behind. Elizabeth and Dante both agreed that Luke and Laura's survival skill parenting didn't help much with this current predicament.

Just then, Detective Joe Fitzpratrick interrupted to tell Dante that a syringe was found in Britt's room. Dante had Joe order a tox screen on the syringe. Joe did just that right as Lucas arrived looking for Dante. Joe said that Dante was busy, so Lucas told Joe that the PCPD needed to talk to Pascal in relation to Marco's murder.

Back in the interrogation room, Lulu overheard as Elizabeth told Dante that she was sure Britt would protect Rocco. "She sounded like a mother desperate to do the right thing for her child," Liz said.

Deception's deception

Tracy and Brook Lynn welcomed Ric to the Q solarium to ask him how they could get Sidwell away from Deception. Their lawyers told them that their contract with Sidwell was iron-clad, but Tracy wanted to see if Ric had a second opinion. After all, he worked for Sonny now. Ric suggested threatening Sidwell with a federal audit.

Tracy didn't want the audit, but thought she could bluff her way to Sidwell divesting from the company. Ric warned them that they needed to confront him as a group on Spoon Island using their own boat. Brook Lynn scoffed that he wouldn't kill them, but Ric wasn't so sure.

Nina's big surprise

Nina walked into Jack's room at Turning Wood. He was weak, but able to ask if she planned to drug him again. She told him that was the plan before dumping the contents of the syringe into a plant. Jack was speaking better, but still could barely move.

Nina told him that the only reason he wasn't completely locked in was that she was lying to her daughter and going against Willow and Sidwell's wishes. That's when Jack realized that Willow had used the drug on Drew.

When the nurse stopped in, he thought he heard two voices. Nina covered and said he had just heard her, but Chief Brennan was awake and looking better. She explained she was there because Jack didn't have any real friends or family, so she felt compelled to visit.

After the nurse left, Jack asked if Nina could have made him sound more pathetic. Nina stressed that she really was all he had. They needed to find a way out of this mess and work together. She also told Jack it was his fault that he was all alone because he picked Carly as a girlfriend.

When Nina asked Jack what his plan was, she could only sigh when he told her to talk to Carly. Nina offered every argument for why that was a bad idea, but Jack insisted they needed Carly to reach Valentin. That made no sense to Nina, as Carly and Valentin didn't know one another. Jack gave Nina a shock and told Nina that Carly and Valentin know each other very well.

A stunned Nina realized that Carly was trolling her when she visited Jack at the hospital. She also noted that Jack and Valentin tried to kill one another, so why would Jack want to talk to him?

Carly plays defense

Carly defended Valentin and Lulu | Image: ABC

Carly was pleased to find Valentin standing in the living room when she returned home, but Valentin was sad. He had told Carly he wanted to be with her, and then she took off to drop Donna at gymnastics. She wasn't going to miss out on any time with Donna just because a hot fugitive was living in her attic.

Valentin was perfectly fine with Carly using him for sex, but Carly claimed she wasn't using him. That did not stop them from attempting to have sex on her couch, but the doorbell rang to put a damper on that. Valentin ran back up to the attic as Carly opened the door to Lulu.

Lulu as there to lament and blame herself for Rocco's disappearance. She was the one who got the fake passport. Lulu broke down crying as Carly hugged her, but she refused to give Carly any details about why Rocco left. Carly asked what she planned to do with Charlotte if she had skipped town with Rocco.

Valentin listened as Lulu said she planned to leave Charlotte with Laura. She wasn't going to be like Valentin and take Charlotte on the run. Valentin listened in and was not happy to hear that. Lulu went on and on about what a terrible parent Valentin was not knowing he was within earshot.

After Lulu left, a butthurt Valentin listed all of Lulu's parental shortcomings, namely being a helicopter parent. Carly put her attic boyfriend in his place and defended Lulu, telling Valentin that Lulu did her best to give Charlotte structure while he was an international fugitive.

Carly assured Valentin that she didn't have the same opinion as her cousin before Nina showed up at the door. She told Carly that she wanted to speak to her houseguest.

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