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GH Spoilers: Scout’s False Confession Shatters Courtroom; A Traumatized Child’s Lie Unmasks a Darker Truth as Rick’s Reign of Terror Begins

Port Charles was rocked to its core Monday when the arraignment of Willow Tate and Nina Reeves took a stunning turn. In a moment no one saw coming, 14-year-old Scout Cain burst into a tearful confession from the back of the courtroom: “I shot Dad.” The gallery descended into chaos as the traumatized teen detailed her motive—desperate grief over her mother Sam’s death and blinding anger at her father, Drew, for isolating her from her entire family, including her brother Danny and grandmother Alexis.

But General Hospital viewers know a confession is never the end of the story. The PCPD, led by a skeptical Anna Devane and Jordan Ashford, didn’t buy it for a second. Ballistics quickly delivered the bombshell truth: Scout physically could not have fired the high-caliber pistol. Forensic expert Dr. Ellen Martinez stated unequivocally that the girl, weighing under 100 lbs, lacked the grip strength and physical size to handle the weapon’s significant recoil, let alone fire two accurate shots. The angles were all wrong.

So why confess? Child psychologist Dr. Ela Chen provided the heartbreaking answer: complex trauma. Dr. Chen described Scout as a child “drowning in grief and abandonment.” With Drew prioritizing his new relationship over his daughter’s mental health, Scout’s confession was a “sacrifice”—an attempt to protect Willow, one of the few people showing her kindness, and to punish herself for being a “burden.”

But as Port Charles focuses on the Cain family’s implosion, a far more sinister plot is unfolding in the shadows. The town breathed a sigh of relief when Cody Bell rescued Rick Lansing from the 30-day kidnapping ordeal orchestrated by Alexis, Ava, and Kristina. But the man who emerged from that basement is not the man who went in. Those 30 days of isolation and psychological warfare didn’t just break Rick; they forged him into a calculating predator.

Rick’s revenge is methodical and cruel. He understands that killing his captors would be a mercy. Instead, he plans to make them suffer by destroying everyone they love. His campaign of terror has already begun.

First, TJ Ashford. His brutal, tortured murder wasn’t a random act of violence; it was the opening move. As Molly collapsed in grief, Alexis and Kristina felt the first whispers of a guilt that would soon become a scream.

Rick’s plan is escalating. With TJ gone, Molly Lansing-Davis has now vanished without a trace. Then came the video sent to Kristina, showing a terrified, bruised Blaze being systematically psychologically tortured. Rick is playing a devastating game, blackmailing the women into silence. They can’t go to the police without exposing their own crimes.

To the world, Rick is a sympathetic victim. To Alexis, Ava, and Kristina, he is a monster of their own making. But they may have forgotten one crucial player: Sonny Corinthos. As he begins his own investigation into TJ’s death, Rick’s perfect plan may have one fatal flaw he didn’t count on.