General Hospital Recap Jan 15: Cullum Turns On Brennan, Gio and Emma Get Intimate

In the General Hospital recap for Thursday, January 15, 2026, Gio and Emma got closer, Cullum tried getting information from Jack, Britt and Jason enjoyed their date, and Laura resolved the issues between Tracy and Martin.

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Carly and Josslyn went axe-throwing and caught up, with both lying about what they’d been up to. Jason and Britt walked in on their date, and they all stopped to look at one another.

Britt went to get drinks while Jason said he’d talk to Carly and explain they were on a date. He assured her that Carly’s opinion wouldn’t matter. “That’ll go over well,” Britt retorted.

As Carly warned Jason that she didn’t want him to get hurt, Britt suggested Josslyn calm her mom down about her date or she’d tell her that she was a WSB agent. Josslyn clapped back that Britt was answering to Jack, and he always got what he wanted.

After they all spoke, Joss told her mom that Jason could take care of himself. Carly knew that, but said Britt was a wildcard.

Meanwhile, Britt thanked Jason as they threw axes, saying that she was having a really good time. Jason smiled and said he was as well.

The pair threw axes until Britt raised the stakes that the loser owed the winner a kiss, and the winner got to choose when to collect. “You’re on,” Jason told her.

Jack asked Director Ross Cullum what he meant by losing Anna. He said that when Anna’s involved, all roads lead to Cesar Faison. 

Jack said that Anna knows Faison’s brain is in a jar. Cullum said that his network lived on and was very much operational, which was enough to draw Anna in. “Coupled with the information you obtained from the Five Poppies,” Cullum added.

“Reinstatement after expulsion…that’s rare,” Brennan noted. Cullum said the higher-ups believed she had inside knowledge that they lacked at the WSB. 

Jack wanted to help get Anna back, but Cullum lied that there was no evidence of capture and that Anna may have left by choice. Cullum told him that the photo Anna sent at Christmastime was a fake.

Cullum said Anna was a dead end and was refocusing. He told Jack that he was being investigated for his lack of transparency in his field operations and that he’d been sent to correct it. Cullum wanted to know everything Jack had uncovered about Faison’s network in Port Charles.

Brennan told Cullum that they knew Sidwell had a secret partner, Dalton was dead, and two of Faison’s dead kids had resurfaced. Cullum demanded full exposure immediately but Jack said he wouldn’t get that from him.

Lulu brought James to the hospital after he hit his head while running around. Nathan arrived, distressed with worry when he got the call from Charlotte’s escort, who had witnessed his fall.

Isaiah came and took James into an examination room. Lulu was scared that Nathan would be furious with her, but he wasn’t. Instead, he wanted her to give him parenting advice on how to keep James safe.

Martin went to Laura and brought her up to date about his latest run-in with Tracy. Laura insisted the fighting had to stop and told him to deal with her straight on.

Gio came to Emma’s, but her heater wasn’t working properly, so she was in a bikini. Gio offered to sweat it out with her.

Emma shared how worried she was about Anna. Gio comforted her and said that he would always be there for her. Later, they made love for the first time.

At Q mansion, Tracy asked Chase if he was having an affair with Willow. She said his behavior with her was completely inappropriate. Chase didn’t regret anything, even if he got suspended for it.

Tracy warned Chase that he had to stop his blind loyalty to Willow before it affected his marriage. Brook Lynn walked in as Chase began arguing with Tracy, demanding to know what was going on. 

Brook Lynn told Tracy she was out of line to question Chase’s loyalty. Laura called and asked Tracy to meet with her. Tracy told her, “Actually, I’m in the middle of something.” “It’s called my marriage, and you need to stay out of it,” Brook Lynn snapped. “Yeah, I’ll be right there,” Tracy told Laura.

Once alone, Brook Lynn told Chase that Tracy wasn’t wrong about the lengths he was going to for Willow. She believed Willow was taking advantage of him, and he didn’t see it.

“You must really think I’m a fool,” Chase growled. Chase said he wasn’t built for injustice, but Brook Lynn asked him not to lose himself in it.

Tracy got to Laura’s office and was put off that Martin was there. Both Tracy and Martin were surprised when Laura told them she wanted to proceed with fraud charges against Martin.

Laura wanted an end to the threats and wanted Tracy to follow through. Tracy admitted she couldn’t, or Ronnie would be prosecuted as well. 

Laura compared Martin telling Alexis about her and Michael to Tracy outing Martin and Ronnie. She begged them to stop fighting. 

Tracy agreed but warned Martin that if he ever crossed her family again, she would come at him with a wrath so fierce that not even her love for his sister would stop it. 

After she left, Martin told Laura how much he appreciated her. She warned him if he ever went after Tracy again, she wouldn’t save him.

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