General Hospital Spoilers: Josslyn Jacks Kills Ross Cullum as Andrew Hawkes Exits

TL;DR: Ross Cullum is dead on General Hospital after a wounded Josslyn Jacks dragged herself to a gun and fired. Andrew Hawkes has confirmed his exit, but the way Z ignored the body has fans crying fake-out.

Josslyn Jacks Ends The Reign Of Ross Cullum

It finally happened, darlings, and it was gloriously, bloodily satisfying. General Hospital spoilers confirm that Ross Cullum is dead, gunned down in the July 2 episode by the last person he ever expected to finish him. A wounded, bleeding, half-broken Josslyn Jacks refused to go quietly into that good night.

Cullum’s luck, the kind that kept him slithering out of every corner for six long months, ran bone dry. Josslyn crawled across the floor, closed her fingers around a gun, and squeezed the trigger. One shot. That was all it took to drop the man who terrorized half of Port Charles and made a sport of it.

For a villain this slippery, a clean death almost felt too good to be true. And leave it to the writers to plant exactly that seed of doubt in the very same breathless scene.

Why Z Walking Away Has Fans Talking

Here is where things get deliciously murky. When the mysterious Z came striding onto the scene, he did not so much as glance down to check whether Cullum was still breathing. No pulse check. No second look. Nothing at all.

That single cold detail sent fans into a tailspin. If nobody confirms the body, is the body really gone? In this town, an unchecked corpse has a nasty habit of standing back up months later, dusting itself off, and strolling right back into the drama.

Reading between the lines, my gut tells me the writers left that door cracked open on purpose. Z’s icy indifference was too pointed, too deliberate, to be an accident. Something tells me this man knows something the rest of Port Charles does not.

Love this kind of deep-dive breakdown? Email Amber at amber@soapoperamagazine.com and tell us who you think should have pulled that trigger.

Andrew Hawkes Confirms His General Hospital Exit

For anyone clinging to hope that Cullum survived, Soap Opera Digest slammed that hope shut. The outlet confirmed the death and sat down with departing actor Andrew Hawkes for a candid exit interview that fans will not want to miss.

Here is the juicy behind-the-scenes nugget the competition glossed right over. Hawkes originally signed on for just three episodes. Three. The role kept expanding until it stretched to roughly forty, turning a quick guest spot into one of the most hated men in recent memory.

Hawkes called his deadly send-off “inevitable” and had nothing but love for the cast and crew. “It was an epic sendoff, without a doubt,” he insisted. He admitted he would have loved to stick around, but he understood the truth. Ross Cullum was never built to last forever.

And now for the line that should make every conspiracy theorist sit up straight. Asked about a possible return, whether as a ghost or an entirely new character, Hawkes did not hesitate for a second. “I’d say yes in a heartbeat,” he said. Don’t be surprised if Port Charles has not seen the last of that face.

Is Ross Cullum Really Dead On General Hospital?

For now, the answer is yes. Soap Opera Digest confirmed it, Hawkes confirmed it, and the character is written out completely. Ross Cullum is dead and gone, and the news is going to rattle plenty of Port Charles residents who still had unfinished business with him.

But this is daytime, sweethearts, where dead and gone are two very different things. My gut tells me the fallout from the Ross Cullum shooting is only beginning, and Josslyn Jacks may soon find that pulling the trigger was the easy part.

Whose side are you on now that the villain is down? Drop your verdict in the comments below and let the debate begin.

Dead For Good Or Coming Back To Haunt Them

One camp is popping champagne because the monster is finally gone and Josslyn got her hard-won justice. The other camp is squinting at that unchecked body and refusing to celebrate until they see a headstone with their own eyes.

We want to know which side you land on. Take the fight to our Facebook page and tell us whether Cullum stays buried or claws his way back into the fray.