General Hospital
Ep. #13493
TV Flash files “Ep. #13493” as hour 4320 of 6869 in the TV Flash guide — General Hospital (1963–present) on ABC, season 2016, episode 30, aired 2016-02-12, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S2016E30: listed hour 4320 of 6869 in the General Hospital guide, hour 30 of 251 in season 2016. It aired 2016-02-12 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Ep. #13492” (S2016E29). Next is “Ep. #13494” (S2016E31). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Maxie & Nathan go to great lengths to reunite Lulu & Dante; Jason takes Sam & Danny home and enjoys some family time before kissing her; Kristina turns to Lucas & Brad for advice; Molly decides to lose her virginity to an eager TJ.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Ep. #13493 sit in the General Hospital guide?
S2016E30 is listed hour 4320 of 6869 — hour 30 of 251 in season 2016, season 2016 episode 30.
When did General Hospital S2016E30 air?
Ep. #13493 aired 2016-02-12 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Do I start in the 1960s or the 1970s?
This catalog seat is the 1970s deepening: medical soap with longer memory. The 1963 launch is origin; the later supercouple carnival is afterlife.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Port Charles in the 1970s is still a medical soap, not yet a supercouple carnival, and that patient serialization is the fuse. Nurses' ball politics, hospital hallways, long memory. The decade that deepened the canvas later Luke-and-Laura mania would detonate. Daytime as slow-burn craft, pulse included.
The hallway arrives before the carnival. Port Charles in the 1970s is still a medical soap: nurses' ball politics, hospital light that photographs as labor, long memory in a uniform. General Hospital launched in 1963 from Frank and Doris Hursley; the 1970s cemented it as an ABC daytime cornerstone. John Beradino's Dr. Steve Hardy, Emily McLaughlin's Jessie Brewer, Denise Alexander's Dr. Lesley Williams, early Genie Francis as Laura. Medical authenticity gradually yielded to high-glam intrigue. *Scrubs as…
Filed against
- John Beradino as Dr. Steve Hardy
John Beradino’s Dr. Steve Hardy kept General Hospital a medical soap before the supercouple carnival — Port Charles in the 1970s, nurses’ ball politics, hospital hallways, long memory. Patient serialization as the fuse later…
- Emily McLaughlin as Jessie Brewer
Emily McLaughlin held Port Charles as Jessie Brewer on General Hospital — 1970s medical soap before the supercouple carnival, nurses' ball politics, hallways with a long memory. Patient serialization as the fuse. TV Flash files her as…
- Denise Alexander as Dr. Lesley Williams
Denise Alexander’s Dr. Lesley Williams worked General Hospital when Port Charles was still a medical soap — 1970s patient serialization, nurses’ ball politics, hospital hallways with long memory, the fuse later Luke-and-Laura mania would…
- Genie Francis as Laura (early arc)
Genie Francis played Laura in General Hospital's 1970s early arc — still a medical soap, not yet a supercouple carnival, nurses' ball politics humming in the hallways. Port Charles serialization as slow-burn fuse. TV Flash files her as…