General Hospital Preview: There’s Still a Glimmer of Hope for Sam… But You Have to Squint to See It

We can hear it as well as you can, the sound of a clock tick, tick, ticking down to General Hospital fave Sam taking her last breath. But the preview for the Wednesday, Oct. 23, episode still holds out hope that Kelly Monaco’s character may be given a last-minute reprieve.

As you’ll see below, though only yesterday Lucas agreed to operate on his half sister — read the recap — Isaiah makes a case for why he should perform the surgery on Lulu. Since the new doctor in town is supposed to be the best of the best, heaven knows he’s somebody you’d want on hand in the O.R. If things go south with Sam, Isaiah could leap into action to help Lucas save her… that is, if he isn’t up to his wrists in Lulu’s transplant at that point.

Yeah, we know. We’re grasping at straws. The writing was on the wall for Sam when the news broke this summer that Monaco had been let go. It is a head-scratcher, though, why the character would be written off just as Lulu was being awakened (with All My Children vet Alexa Havins stepping into the role). You would think that the show would want to play the Lulu/Dante/Sam triangle that we’ve been anticipating since Sonny’s son and ex-lover got together.