General Hospital reveals Ric Lansing (Rick Hearst) having mysterious conversations with Ava Jerome (Maura West) and being very secretive about something. However, it may not be the big betrayal that his brother Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) assumes that it is.
So, we are going to dig into what is really going on with Ric and whether he is up to something sketchy or it is some other sort of secret. A big secret, maybe a bad secret, but not necessarily something to do with Sonny. Let’s get into it.
Sonny Catches Ric In a Lie on General Hospital
All right, so this week we saw how upset that Sonny was after he caught Ric in a lie. So, Sonny had Ethan Lovett (Nathan Dean Parsons) doing some recon for him and he reported back to Sonny that Ric had an intense conversation with Ava at the Metro Court. But Ethan was inflating what he saw.
He was making wild guesses almost about what Ric and Ava were talking about. It was kind of a whole pile of assumptions and Sonny did push back on that to some extent because it is clear that Ethan wants Ric out of the way so that Ethan himself can have Sonny’s focus and his influence. And Ethan is keeping big secrets. So ironic, right?
Sonny Catches Ric in a Lie on GH
But things took a turn when Sonny asked Ric where he was when Sonny knew that he was actually chatting with Ava at the Metro Court. And Ric said he was at the DA’s office for a meeting. But Justine confirmed to Sonny that Ric was never up at the office for any reason.
So, Sonny jumped to the conclusion that Ric is betraying him. And he told Justine this was Ric’s last shot to be his brother and now he blew it. Thankfully, Justine talked Sonny down and said just because Ric’s keeping a secret, it doesn’t mean it’s something harmful to Sonny.
And we know he leaps to conclusions that aren’t right routinely. So, it is kind of easy to understand why though he assumes the worst because Ric has done genuinely awful things in the past. He definitely betrayed Sonny more than once before. This time though, Ric seems different.
Is Ric Dying of a Blood Disease on General Hospital?
And based on some spoiler/rumor/leak chatter that I heard, I don’t think that he’s betraying Sonny at all. We shared a couple of leaks recently from a reliable source about a rumored upcoming Ric storyline. The leaker said that Sonny’s brother is dying of a blood disease. Now, I’m not saying Ric will die, but the rumor that was tipped to us said it’s a life and death medical crisis. And based on a couple of conversations Ric’s had recently, it honestly seems plausible.
So, last week when Ava and Ric spoke, almost none of their conversation was seen or heard. We saw a little bit, but we didn’t hear what they were saying. Basically, we heard Ric say that Ava will be happy with this news he has. And then the next day, Ric was on the phone with Ava saying he wants to go through with it, but Ric said that there has to be absolute secrecy. So, at the surface, it sounds dodgy. And since Sidwell’s seeing Ava, you might think, “Oh, okay. Ric’s plotting against Sonny with her.” But I think this has nothing to do with his brother.
Why Would Ric Be Talking to Ava About This?
Here’s what I suspect is going on. Remember, Ava, Alexis Davis (Nancy Lee Grahn), and Christina held Ric hostage in Alexis’s basement for a month, strapped to a gurney with a ball gag in his mouth. Ric even referenced that moment when he told Ava he wouldn’t keep her hostage for too long, which was a nice little nod.
So, after Cody got him free, Ric went over to General Hospital and they ran some medical tests. And those tests might have turned up something suspicious, maybe something that Ric was supposed to follow up on, you know, and it could be that he finally did follow up on it or got some more symptoms, you know, and something concerning has turned up.
So, I wonder if he told Ava that she would be happy with his news because the news is that Ric is sick or the news is that he actually needs to thank her for the kidnapping because this has come out. Um, you know, Ava still resents him for loving Elizabeth instead of her and of course for making that cash grab to cut Ava out of the blackmail scheme. So, the question is why would Ric be talking to Ava about this? Well, the leak said Ric had a blood disease and Ava has experience with that. Do you remember?
General Hospital: Ric Needs Medical Advice from Ava?
So, I wonder if Ric was asking Ava to put him in touch with her doctors. In case you forgot, back in 2015, so 11 years ago, she was diagnosed with terminal leukemia and Silas Clay (Michael Easton) treated her in secret and made sure that Ava got a life-saving bone marrow transplant from her daughter Avery, who was very, very young then. And after that, Silas was murdered. So, I’m sure Ava’s found another oncologist by now. Leukemia, like Ava had, is a blood disease.
And that’s the kind of illness Ric is rumored to have. So, he might be asking Ava about her doctor and you know how that whole thing went. Post-cancer, by the way, you still have to get checked out like annually, semi-annually, depends. So, I’m sure she’s got an oncologist for that follow-up. And so Ric might have called Ava, asked her to get him in with her doctor, but ask her to keep it a secret.
Ric May Not Want Anyone to Know Until He’s Sure on GH
If this is about Ric’s medical crisis, I’m guessing he wouldn’t want anybody to know until he knows for sure that he is sick, you know, what stage it is, what options he has. What would be ironic is that he may owe Ava and the ladies a thanks for kidnapping him. Otherwise, Ric might have not gotten medical testing done and the blood disease might have gone undetected until it was way too late to treat.
I also think he lied to Sonny about where he was because if Ric’s sick, I’m guessing Sonny’s on the list of people that Ric wouldn’t want to tell until he finds out all the information, what his options are. So, that’s why I think he lied to Sonny about where he was.
So, I do think that his brother’s going to push Ric away and be suspicious and then Sonny finds out that he is completely in the wrong about this. I also think Ric might be pushing forward with Elizabeth at a greater speed. Because he may worry his time with her could run out.
I do think that Ric is sincere in caring about Sonny and wanting to be his brother. I think legit Ric being kidnapped. And left to marinate in his own dark thoughts and regrets over his life choices for a full month really did affect him. I think he had a big epiphany and I think he’s sincere about his brother and Elizabeth too.
General Hospital: Sonny May Be in for a Shock
And Justine encouraged Sonny to find out why Ric lied to him and not assume that it’s a betrayal. She said, you know, we all have secrets. Makes sense. So, we’ll find out soon if the leaker was correct and maybe Ava setting up a doctor referral and Ric really might be sick. So, I do suspect Sonny’s going to feel one heck of a shock when he finds out Ethan was wrong and overblowing things and Ric has not betrayed him at all. And in fact, Sonny may feel really bad soon because his brother Ric might be fighting for his life before all is said and done.
