General Hospital: Curtis’ Ruthless Court Strategy After Jordan Forces Portia’s Early Labor

General Hospital fans, we have got Curtis Ashford’s (Donnell Turner) trial coming up soon. And also this week, Jordan Ashford (Tanisha Harper) goes over and harasses Portia Robinson (Brook Kerr) into going into labor. And with Curtis’s baby making an appearance in the next few episodes, that will make him much more desperate in court.

We’re going to talk about Curtis’ twisted trial strategy. He may hit a new low trying to avoid doing the time after he did the crime.

General Hospital: Curtis’ Dirty Trial Strategy

So, ADA Justine Turner (Nazneen Contractor) offered Curtis a sweetheart of a plea deal. Two years but out on parole in eight months. And considering the brutal attack and all the witnesses seemed like a pretty good offer. But Curtis told Jordan he didn’t want to do any prison time because he will miss out on his baby’s birth and the early months of their life.

So, heading into court, Curtis is already planning some ruthless tactics with unscrupulous Martin Gray (Michael E. Knight) working for him. I love him, but let’s admit it, Laura Collins’ (Genie Francis) brother is a sketchy guy. And with Curtis planning to play dirty in court, Martin is the perfect ambulance chaser to help him do this.

General Hospital: Curtis Fixated on Isaiah

So, if you remember, Curtis told Martin he wants to accuse Isaiah Gannon (Sawandi Wilson) of being the second driver who left the scene to justify the brutal assault. But Martin told Curtis the judge might not allow that to even be brought up. But Martin said he can try and told Curtis if the judge lets them do it, it could be really compelling.

Problem is the PCPD now thinks that Willow Tait (Katelyn MacMullen) was the second driver because of Lucy Coe’s (Lynn Herring) false statement and Brook Lynn Quartermaine (Amanda Setton) getting Willow’s trip log altered. So, as long as the cops think Jordan ran Willow off the road, that’s not going to help Curtis in court at all.

And Martin would likely be slapped down by the judge if he just tries to accuse somebody who’s not even on the PCPD’s radar of being involved in the wreck. There’s no witnesses that put Isaiah on the road. It’s just that he, like so many people in Port Charles, has a black SUV. And Willow’s falsified trip log puts her on that road.

General Hospital: Willow’s Exonerated

However, Curtis remains certain that Isaiah is to blame. And when Martin and Curtis talked about whether Willow was framed, Jordan suggested they go to Harrison Chase (Josh Swickard) because he’s Willow’s biggest defender and they think Chase would help exonerate Willow.

However, Chase knows Brook Lynn framed Willow. So, right now, Chase is vowing to keep it quiet as long as Willow doesn’t face criminal charges. But if Jordan comes to Chase and he realizes Willow could be called onto the stand, then Chase might take action. Because if Martin tries to throw Isaiah under the bus, the DA’s office might call Willow to the stand to contradict their wild theory.

At a minimum, the DA’s office could enter the trip log into evidence to block Martin trying to implicate Isaiah in the crash and ADA Justine has to stay out of the case because Jordan’s her friend. But if it came down to Willow being publicly outed and it ruining her congressional career and all that, Chase might force Brook Lynn to undo what she did. And I’m sure the authorities could correct the trip log. And even if it is undone, you know, that would be really problematic. The PCPD would have to drop it. Problematic for Isaiah. Good for Curtis.

And with Willow exonerated, that would open the door to them accusing Isaiah. I can see Curtis going all out to make that happen. But if Curtis accuses Isaiah, I’m betting Lulu Spencer (Alexa Havins Bruening) would come forward. She could say that Isaiah saw her that night instead of Rocco Falconeri (Finn Carr) and give him an alibi. That would be super messy for Curtis.

General Hospital: Jordan’s Desperation and Portia’s Labor

Another thing that Martin suggested was to put Jordan on the stand. He said the jury would sympathize with Curtis if they saw her horrific injuries. But again, Jordan admitted to the cops she caused her crash. Even if the other driver had stopped, her face was injured in the crash, it had nothing to do with the actions of the second driver. Curtis’s whole premise is that they might have died. They didn’t.

And the injuries done to her were primarily caused by the crash. And also, as self-conscious as Jordan is about her face, putting her on the stand seems cruel. But Jordan might agree if it would save Curtis. But I don’t think it’ll help in the end and it would be a terrible ordeal for Jordan. And I honestly thought Curtis and Martin were mercenary to even suggest it. And Curtis seemed totally open to it.

General Hospital: Jordan Pushes Portia into Labor

Another thing going into this criminal trial is that it looks like Portia’s baby is going to be born before opening arguments. So Jordan goes over to Portia’s place and she starts something nasty. I initially thought Jordan was going to go over and be nice and ask Portia to get Isaiah to stop pressing criminal charges. It may start that way, but then looks like Jordan goes crazy and she starts screaming at Portia and we’re going to see Jordan accusing Portia that she’s the one causing this whole thing. Jordan has just lost her whole entire mind.

Curtis is the one who’s been crazy about Isaiah. Don’t forget Curtis was already emotionally involved with Jordan. And Curtis and Portia had a major blow up, a marriage ending fight about Jordan. Portia told Curtis if he walks out the door, their marriage is over. And he walked out the door. It was after that fight that Portia slept with Isaiah. Their marriage was over except for the paperwork. But in Curtis’s mind, Portia was unfaithful and Isaiah moved in on his wife.

General Hospital: Portia Goes into Labor

So, looks like that Portia is in labor this week and about to give birth with Jordan maybe having to deliver the baby. It’s always very soapy when your rival has to deliver your baby. Unless they stop Portia’s labor, which seems unlikely, Curtis’s baby is born in the next few episodes, perhaps by the end of the week, because it is the last few days of July sweeps. And this is important because Curtis was already worried about missing the birth of his and Portia’s child. And once he meets that new baby and falls in love at first sight, then Curtis will be even more desperate to avoid prison.

So, I think he and Martin will still go to extremes in court because Curtis knows that any time that he spends behind bars is time that Isaiah is spending playing daddy to his baby. And honestly, he might provoke Curtis and say something. You know, Isaiah may let Curtis know he’ll be daddying Portia’s new kid while Curtis is in Pentonville sharing a shower with other felons. If Isaiah provokes Curtis into attacking him again, I think prison is almost guaranteed. So, we’ll see how it all plays out on General Hospital.

General Hospital: Portia’s Long Overdue

But it looks like Portia has the baby this week, which is good because, by the way, she is more than eleven months pregnant. She got pregnant at the end of August last year and the long breaks that Finola Hughes and Steve Burton took messed up the GH writers and producers’ plan. So they just turned around and pushed a lot of plots back. And because of that, Portia is forty-six weeks pregnant. That kid is way overdue.

And it looks like Curtis may have his new baby on his mind when he heads into court. And this week, Isaiah interrupts Portia and Curtis. It could be when they are looking at their new baby and then in walks Isaiah with balloons, a teddy bear, and a kiss for Portia. You know, that would make Curtis lose his whole mind. And at this point, most fans want to see Curtis behind bars, at least for a little while. It might happen, but I’m sure that Martin and Curtis will play dirty with some sort of twisted trial strategy.