WILLOW TAIT IS PLAYING THE DIRTIEST GAME IN PORT CHARLES AND NOBODY ON GENERAL HOSPITAL CAN STOP HER

TL;DR: Willow Tait blackmailed Alexis Davis, weaponized Jacinda Bracken’s criminal record, and threatened Kristina on Monday’s General Hospital — and Tuesday’s spoilers suggest her own mother Nina Reeves could be next on her hit list.

She Didn’t Just Play Dirty — She Played Everyone

Monday’s episode of General Hospital wasn’t just television. It was a masterclass in manipulation, and Willow Tait was giving the lecture of a lifetime. Forget everything you thought you knew about the sweet little nurse who once cried over her babies in the Quartermaine living room, because that woman has left the building and she is never coming back. What walked into Alexis Davis’s (Nancy Lee Grahn) office on Monday was something else entirely — a cold, calculating predator who came with one demand and one threat, and she didn’t even blink while delivering either of them.

Represent me in family court, Willow told Alexis, or you will never see Scout again.

That’s it. That’s the deal. And Alexis — a woman who has survived Cassadines, mob bosses, and her own disbarment — folded like a card table. Because what choice did she have? The second Willow walked out, Alexis turned to Suzanne and said the quiet part loud: she had just been blackmailed. Again. And now she’s being forced to advocate for a woman who shot her own husband in the back.

But Alexis Davis was just the warm-up act.

The Jacinda Play Was Pure Evil Genius

Willow Tait marched into Bobbie’s carrying a file folder stuffed with Jacinda Bracken’s (Paige Herschell) criminal record like it was a Birkin bag. She sat down across from the woman her ex-husband is falling for and did the most diabolical thing imaginable — she thanked Jacinda for existing. To her face. With a smile. She essentially told this woman that her entire past is now a weapon in Willow’s custody arsenal, and she delivered it like she was complimenting her shoes.

Then she swiveled to Kristina Corinthos-Davis (Kate Mansi), who rightfully called her unstable and told her to take a long, hard look in the mirror. Willow’s response? She mused aloud whether Scout should even be “exposed” to Kristina at all. Not a threat exactly — more like a grenade with the pin already halfway out, left sitting on the table between them.

This is not a custody fight anymore. This is a woman systematically dismantling every relationship Michael Corinthos (Rory Gibson) has, one by one. Jacinda’s criminal record is a weapon. Kristina’s past mistakes are ammunition. Alexis’s love for Scout is leverage. Michael is being isolated from every person in his orbit, and Willow Tait is doing it with the precision of a surgeon and the conscience of a shark.

Is Nina Her Next Target?

Here is where the theory gets truly delicious. Tuesday’s General Hospital spoilers tell us that Willow “confides in Nina.” On the surface, that sounds almost tender — a mother and daughter finding their way back to each other during a crisis. But honey, we have been watching this woman operate all day long, and nothing she does is tender anymore.

Nina Reeves (Cynthia Watros) is sitting on a powder keg of secrets right now. She knows that Jack Brennan (Chris L. McKenna) made evidence against Willow disappear. She knows Charlotte Cassadine has been in contact with her father. She has been playing dangerous spy games with the WSB while pretending to run a magazine. Nina is exposed, and Willow has spent this entire episode proving that she can smell vulnerability the way a great white smells blood in the water.

So what happens when Willow discovers that her own mother helped bury evidence in her favor? Does Nina become an ally, or does she become the biggest piece of leverage Willow has ever held? Because if Willow finds out what Nina knows about Jack, she doesn’t just have her mother in her corner — she owns her.

The Scariest Part? Nobody Can Stop Her

Meanwhile, Michael refused to compromise when Ric Lansing (Rick Hearst) and Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) sat him down and practically begged him to negotiate. Sonny — a man who has brokered peace deals between actual crime families — could not get through to his own son. And just as Michael’s stubbornness reached peak levels, Diane called with delightful news: the DA wants to question him about the shooting. His legal walls are closing in while Willow’s empire grows by the hour.

Let’s tally the scoreboard. Willow Tait gave Drew Cain (Cameron Mathison) a stroke with an injection and walked away without a scratch. She blackmailed Alexis into representing her. She weaponized Jacinda’s past to her face and thanked her for it. She threatened Kristina’s relationship with Scout. And she accomplished all of this before the credits rolled on a single Monday episode of General Hospital.

If she’s this lethal on day one of the week, Port Charles should be absolutely terrified of what she has planned by Friday.