There’s a moment in Monday’s General Hospital sneak peek that changes the trajectory of at least three characters in a single breath. Josslyn Jacks (Eden McCoy) is standing in Ross Cullum’s (Andrew Hawkes) restricted ICU room. She’s already cased the machines. She’s already pulled on a pair of gloves. And then Lucas Jones (Van Hansis) walks through the door.
“Joss, what are you doing?”
That question is about to become the most dangerous sentence in Port Charles.
How Josslyn Ended Up in That Room
After Friday’s cliffhanger — where Cullum opened his eyes and stared directly at Josslyn — the expectation was that everything would spiral. But Monday’s episode offers a different twist: Cullum closes his eyes again. He’s drifting in and out of consciousness, unstable enough that he can’t form words but alert enough to register faces.
That window is what Josslyn is trying to exploit. Britt (Kelly Thiebaud) already failed — Lulu (Alexa Havins Bruening) interrupted her mid-injection. Now Josslyn has decided that if the doctor couldn’t do it, she’ll handle it herself. No syringe this time. Just gloves, intent, and whatever she was planning to do to Cullum’s IV before Lucas appeared in the doorway.
Lucas Is the Worst Person Who Could Have Walked In — and the Best
Think about where Lucas’s head is right now. He just lost Marco. He’s devastated. He’s already beginning to connect the dots about Cullum’s role in Marco’s death. And now he finds his own family member — gloved up, alone — in the ICU room of the man he’s starting to suspect is a killer.
Lucas doesn’t know what Josslyn knows about Cullum. He doesn’t know about the WSB operation, the vials, or the night at Wyndemere. All he sees is something that doesn’t add up: a young woman in a restricted area with no reason to be there.
That makes Lucas both the worst possible witness and the most compelling one. Because if anyone in Port Charles might eventually understand why Josslyn wants Cullum gone, it’s the man who lost Marco to that same monster.
The Cover Story Josslyn Needs to Sell
Josslyn’s options are limited, but she’s resourceful. Cullum previously told her he was “Matthew the caretaker” during their encounters at Wyndemere. She also ran into him at Bobbie’s and Brown Dog Bar. That gives her a plausible cover: she can claim she got to know Cullum as Matthew, only realized the lie when he ended up in the news, and came by to see if he was awake to get answers.
She might even fold in the Jason angle — noting that Jason is accused of shooting the director of the WSB’s European division, and she has doubts about that story. A concerned sister trying to find the truth. It’s believable enough to buy her a few minutes.
But Lucas isn’t stupid. And grief makes people sharp.
What Happens After Lucas Drags Her Out
According to spoilers, Lucas will insist Josslyn can’t be in that room. He’ll pull her out and the two of them will end up sharing a moment of grief over Marco. Josslyn won’t reveal her belief that Cullum murdered Marco — not yet — but she’ll agree that Marco deserved justice.
That conversation is loaded. Two people who both suspect Cullum, both carrying secrets they can’t share, both grieving someone whose death sits directly at Cullum’s feet. The question isn’t whether they’ll eventually compare notes. The question is what they’ll do when they realize they’re already on the same side.
Meanwhile, Cullum drifts in that hospital bed. Eyes closed. But the man who opened them on Friday and stared directly at Josslyn isn’t unconscious — he’s calculating. And the more people who visit his room, the more ammunition he collects for when he fully wakes up.
Monday’s episode airs March 30 on ABC.
