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General Hospital: Drew Cain Tries to Reassure Ava Jerome on November 11 as the Jack Brennan Cover-Up Unravels
Drew Cain and Ava Jerome are secret suspects on General Hospital as Drew tries to reassure Ava Nov 11. She already asked a lawyer for immunity.
AVA JEROME IS SWEATING WHILE DREW CAIN POURS THE CHAMPAGNE
TL;DR: It’s confirmed: Drew tries to reassure Ava Jerome on Wednesday, November 11. He has no idea the police quietly made them both suspects on Monday, or that Ava already asked a lawyer for immunity to testify against him.
Drew Plays Nursemaid on Wednesday
It’s confirmed for Wednesday, November 11 on General Hospital: Drew Cain (Cameron Mathison) and Ava Jerome (Maura West) are under pressure, and Drew tries to reassure Ava. One day-ahead preview frames it as Drew working hard to keep her steady, and says a sneak peek suggests that job only gets harder. So the real question is simple. Who cracks first?
The week reads like a countdown. Thursday, November 12, Drew gets a reality check and Alexis makes a bold move. Friday, November 13, Drew pitches a drastic plan. Every one of those listed beats belongs to Drew. Nothing published so far shows Ava breaking before Friday, so for now the answer is not yet.
The Police Turned on Them Monday, and They Don’t Know It
On Monday, November 9, Tristan Roberts (Dean Geyer) told Dante Falconeri (Dominic Zamprogna), Molly Lansing-Davis (Kristen Vaganos) and Joe Fitzpatrick (Jonathan Bennett) what he saw the night Jack Brennan (Chris McKenna) was last seen. Drew and Ava moved something bulky from a laundry cart into Drew’s SUV in the Metro Court lot. Tristan couldn’t see what it was. He didn’t need to.
Joe realized Ava could have slipped Jack a sleeping pill, and the trio agreed to look hard at the pair without letting them know. Carly Spencer (Laura Wright) and Valentin Cassadine (James Patrick Stuart) walked out because there wasn’t enough evidence to hold them, though charges could be refiled. When Molly asked Carly who did it, she said it plainly: Drew Cain. Our November 9 recap has the rest.
Tuesday, November 10, Joe and Molly hit pay dirt and Ava meets Serena Baldwin (Kelly Kruger), who just gave Joe a statement claiming she saw Carly and Valentin together that night. So by Wednesday, Drew is soothing a partner who is being watched.
Is Ava the one who folds, or is Drew the one who slips? Tell our editor at amber@soapoperamagazine.com.
Who Cracks First: The Scorecard
Ava Jerome’s exposure is heavy. Joe already had her as the last person seen with Jack on October 27. She crushed Drew’s sleeping pill into Jack’s drink on August 28, and on November 4 Joe was told the police may have missed a pill in his system. On September 4, Isaiah Gannon (Sawandi Wilson) pulled a suspected Lone Star tick off her head, and fans on Reddit are sure it will lead police to the woods.
Drew’s exposure is real too. It was his SUV, his pill, and his name in Carly’s mouth. Danny Morgan (Asher Antonyzyn) said he and Charlotte nearly ran into the pair leaving the hotel.
But look at the nerves. On November 4 Ava shot Drew a worried look while he stayed cool. On November 6 he ordered champagne over Carly’s arrest, and she told him, “If I’m exposed, you are exposed.”
Does Ava Jerome Turn on Drew Cain on General Hospital?
Not on screen yet, but Ava Jerome has already started. On October 28, Alexis Davis (Nancy Lee Grahn) agreed to represent Ava, and Ava asked for full immunity in exchange for testifying against Drew. Alexis said she would look into leniency. No deal has aired.
Here is what nobody else is saying. Drew’s Wednesday pep talk lands inside a trap neither of them can see. The police are watching, and the partner he is calming already sat in a lawyer’s office asking how to sell him out. Ava isn’t cracking toward a confession. She is cracking toward a deal, and you can’t reassure someone out of a deal.
Then Thursday, Alexis makes her bold move. Coincidence? Ask Drew how he feels about Alexis’s timing, as we did in our look at Alexis weighing a turn on Drew.
Steadying a Partner or Managing a Witness
History says manage. Ava gave Drew the same warning on September 3, and he answered by planting Jack’s wallet in a car registered to Nina Reeves (Cynthia Watros). My gut tells me Friday’s drastic plan protects Drew first. The listing names no target, and a wedding so neither can testify is still only a prediction.
Readers on our Facebook post about Drew’s plan called it already: one wrote that Ava has more to lose than Drew, another that Drew won’t think twice about throwing her under the bus. If I know these writers, Ava Jerome reads that bus schedule before he does. Keep our two weeks of General Hospital spoilers handy, and revisit our Jack Brennan suspect board.
Team Ava takes the deal or Team Drew rides it out? Share your verdict in our comments section.
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Ava Jerome Folds First, and Drew Cain Never Sees It Coming
Drew thinks a calm voice and a clever plan can carry them past Tristan’s laundry cart. He has been right before. But this time the police are quiet on purpose, and Ava has a lawyer on speed dial.
Our call: Ava breaks first, toward Alexis and away from Drew, and Friday’s plan arrives one deal too late. Agree or disagree? Fight it out with us on our Facebook page.
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