{"id":24848,"date":"2024-10-18T10:26:59","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T10:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=24848"},"modified":"2025-02-11T21:44:05","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T21:44:05","slug":"general-hospital-sets-the-stage-for-sams-demise-and-on-kelly-monacos-21st-anniversary-no-less","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=24848","title":{"rendered":"General Hospital Sets the Stage for Sam\u2019s Demise>>>>>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">General Hospital Sets the Stage for Sam\u2019s Demise \u2014 and On Kelly Monaco\u2019s 21st Anniversary, No Less!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"923\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/463755529_122189056082084558_8004545636503607936_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24859\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/463755529_122189056082084558_8004545636503607936_n.jpg 923w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/463755529_122189056082084558_8004545636503607936_n-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/463755529_122189056082084558_8004545636503607936_n-768x449.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 923px) 100vw, 923px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>We\u2019re not sure whether we\u2019re relieved that the news leaked that&nbsp;General Hospital&nbsp;was&nbsp;killing off Sam&nbsp;\u2014 so we could brace ourselves \u2014 or sorry that it did \u2014&nbsp;because now we\u2019re watching Kelly Monaco\u2019s last episodes with a sense of dread.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even today, on the fan favorite\u2019s 21st anniversary in the role, we\u2019re of mixed feelings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Complicating matters is the fact that the show has foreshadowed the way that Sam will meet her maker. An experienced diver, she is determined to make a splash to retrieve the gun that Alexis was spotted tossing off a bridge (in order to keep daughter Kristina from being accused of Cates\u2019 murder, one of the many&nbsp;crimes the young woman\u2019s dad Sonny committed). Odds are, Sam will never bubble up to the surface after that fateful dive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soaps.sheknows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/JPI_Episode13755_0001650541_0be1d2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Awful for fans, true, but amazing drama: Could Sam\u2019s ending be any more tragic than one that could have altogether been avoided if only Port Charles\u2019 \u201cgood\u201d mobster had come clean about what he\u2019d done to the erstwhile Jagger?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ironically, Monaco, who has&nbsp;already taped Sam\u2019s swan song, will be exiting the daytime drama that she chose over all of the others when&nbsp;Port Charles&nbsp;was cancelled in 2003.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She\u2019d made such an impression as&nbsp;vampire bride Livvie&nbsp;that \u201cprobably within 30 minutes of finding out [the show was axed], I basically got an offer from every one of the networks,\u201d she told&nbsp;Soap Opera Digest&nbsp;in \u201923. \u201cI had the pick of the litter.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General Hospital Sets the Stage for Sam\u2019s Demise \u2014 and On Kelly Monaco\u2019s 21st Anniversary, No Less! 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