Sonny Corinthos Brought a Handshake to a Warzone…and Jenz Sidwell Brought an Entire Army On General Hospital

JENZ SIDWELL IS NOT ACCEPTING CONDOLENCES AND SONNY CORINTHOS SHOULD KNOW THAT

TL;DR: Sonny Corinthos offered condolences at Marco Rios’ funeral on General Hospital. Jenz Sidwell looked at him and said “I don’t believe for a second that you’re sorry. But you will be.” That is not a grieving father talking. That is a declaration of war in a church over his son’s casket. Carly told Sonny not to go. She was right. She is always right. And nobody ever listens.

Sonny Went to Make Peace and Sidwell Said Four Words

Sonny Corinthos went to Marco’s funeral with one goal. Show respect. Demonstrate that he had nothing to hide. Extend condolences to a grieving father and prevent the situation from escalating. Ric Lansing backed the plan. The logic was sound. Sonny and Jenz Sidwell had made peace over the sale of the piers. Attending the funeral would signal goodwill.

Carly Spencer told him not to go. She said it would turn into a mob war. She said it would make the day harder for Lucas Jones. She predicted that Sidwell would lash out.

Sonny went anyway. He and Ric waited until the church was empty after the service. They approached Sidwell. Sonny offered condolences.

Jenz Sidwell looked at him and said: “I don’t believe for a second that you’re sorry. But you will be.”

Four words. “But you will be.” Delivered in a church. Over his son’s casket. To the most powerful mob boss in Port Charles. That is not grief. That is a promise from a man who has the resources, the ruthlessness, and now the motivation to make Sonny Corinthos suffer in ways that have nothing to do with business.

Sidwell told Sonny he would be sorry. What do you think he does first? Send your wildest theories to [email protected] and we just might publish them!

Carly Was Right and Nobody Listened

Carly Spencer stood in Sonny’s living room before the funeral and said everything that needed to be said. She told him not to go. She told Ric not to encourage it. She said the grieving Sidwell was going to lash out. She predicted exactly what happened and neither Sonny nor Ric gave her warning the weight it deserved.

After Carly left, Sonny sighed that he wished he could have told her the real reason he was attending. Ric said there was no reason for Carly to know about Sidwell’s blackmail. So Sonny went to a funeral carrying a secret his sister cannot know about, hoping to convince a grieving father that he did not kill his son, while the woman who knows him better than anyone on earth told him it was a mistake.

Carly Spencer has been right about every dangerous situation Sonny has walked into for decades. Sonny has ignored her every single time. The streak continues.

Sidwell Has Weapons Sonny Does Not Know About

Here is what makes “but you will be” so terrifying.

Jenz Sidwell is not a man who makes empty threats. He has Jordan Ashford spying on the PCPD for him. He has Cassius Faison embedded inside the police department wearing a dead man’s face. He has blackmail photos of Professor Dalton in Laura Collins‘ trunk that could destroy the mayor and connect Sonny to a body. He has a butler at Wyndemere watching Lucas Jones’ every move. He has Willow Tait under his thumb through a political career he built for her.

Sonny Corinthos has Ric Lansing and a good suit.

Sidwell is operating from inside a gothic castle on Spoon Island with an infrastructure of spies, assets, and leverage that Sonny does not fully understand. Sonny thinks this is a mob war. Sidwell is running an intelligence operation. Those are not the same thing and Sonny is bringing fists to a chess match.

Sonny Cannot Tell Sidwell the Truth Either

Here is the cruelest part of this situation. Sonny did not kill Marco Rios. He knows he did not. He wanted to tell Sidwell that at the funeral. But telling Sidwell he is innocent means Sidwell starts looking for who is actually responsible. And that search leads to Cullum, which leads to Britt, which leads to the pier, which leads to a teenager named Rocco holding a gun that Jason Morgan wiped clean.

Sonny cannot prove his innocence without unraveling the cover up that protects Rocco. He cannot make peace with Sidwell without giving him information that destroys other people. He is trapped between a grieving father who wants him to suffer and a truth that would cause more damage than the lie.

“But you will be.” Sidwell said it in a church. He meant it. And Sonny Corinthos walked out of that building knowing that the man on Spoon Island is coming for him with weapons he cannot see, resources he cannot match, and a grief that will not stop until someone pays.

Carly told him not to go. Carly was right. And the war Sonny hoped to prevent started the moment Sidwell opened his mouth.

How does Sonny fight a war against a man with spies inside the PCPD, blackmail on the mayor, and a dead son to avenge? Sound off below because “but you will be” is a promise and Sidwell keeps his promises!

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@soapoperamag I will never stop being heartbroken for Lucas He truly thought he found "the one" only to lose Marco much too soon. Now, he'll be living under Sidwell's thumb and I can't see this going well. #GH #GeneralHospital ♬ original sound – Soap Opera Magazine