General Hospital - 1997 Monica visits Lesley

[@sthaas66]

Thanks for this clip! I had forgotten about it! It was great to see Monica & Leslie together again, like back in the day!

[@domesticengineerforever7236]

Also loved seeing them together for the 56th anniversary show!!!!!

[@pxlbarrel]

Monica mellowed....but you'll also notice that Monica was looking at Laura when she said she wanted to spend the time with a friend...and it was Laura that reassured her that she was still a friend. Lesley, in her incapacitated state, still remembers that Monica wasn't the friendliest...her comments are unfiltered because her mind is just so fuzzy. It's great!

[@smirksy]

Wow. It's so crazy to see scenes like this in retrospect. I'm sure we'll never get another Lesley/Monica/Laura scene ever, but that was just great.

[@vincentsolyak5403]

I can't remember exactly when I stopped watching GH, I figured it must've been by 1994 or maybe even before but I still love watching these kinds of videos. To see core characters of the GH of the 80's come back and reunite still manages to bring tears to my eyes and warm my heart. I took a quick look at what GH is like recently and I must confess I don't recognize my former favorite soap opera. So sad.

[@butterfly7704]

Aw, I like the ending! "My sweet, good boy." It's such a shame that they didn't bring Denise Alexander on once the two years that JJ was back. How ironic that he also left because he asked for time off or a lighter work load and the producers refused.

[@susancumming7099]

Laura has always had the best outfits. This home was my favorite put of all of them.

[@travisjames3517]

Lesley was supposed to return in 1993 when Laura and Luke returned, but it didn’t happen for whatever reasons. A shame that Lesley, Steve, and Jessie weren’t able to be reunited. They were all three such good friends.

[@jillcerchia]

The “passing judgement” snarky reply by Lesley was the best! Literally made me LOL. I love Lesley and DA! Such a grey actress. GM was such an idiot for letting her go.

[@HelloooThere]

GM made a trade ?

[@jillcerchia]

@@HelloooThere Gloria Monty. The director back in the 80s who basically pushed Denise out & “killed” Lesley. Huge mistake.

[@HelloooThere]

@@jillcerchia oh I thought this was the marlins video and the GM made a trade Sorry wrong vid dude!

[@johnlewinski6359]

@@jillcerchia Someone said she fired her because she had told Genie Francis to quit the show to get help for drug addiction. So they didn't renew her contract and killed her off. The whole Cassadine thing killed the show IMO, I stopped watching before Lesley was killed off.

[@jillcerchia]

@@johnlewinski6359 that and the fact that Denise wanted some time off and Monty wouldn’t give it to her. Ridiculous and short sighted. Such a waste of extraordinary talent

[@fight4acause]

Lesley was missing for 12 years right.

[@MsTexas73]

After watching all of 82-83 and up till Les "dies", I will say that by the time Lesley 'dies', she and Monica were no longer enemies. Not BEST friends, but friends. I would say Lesley's best friends were those she hung out with more: Audrey, Steve, Gail, and Lee. Alan was also her friend. While in the beginning they were certainly competition and NOT friends by any means, over time (and after many years of bad blood), it was pretty clear that Lesley and Monica buried the hatchet. At first they seemed to just not deal with each other, then over time it seemed they became friendlier to one another. I think part of it being Lesley, instead of rubbing Alan's adultery with Susan in Monica's face, chose to be empathetic. Also, these two were women doctors...that in itself bonded them (in spite of other issues). There is a sort of sisterhood where that is concerned that even when Monica was being a total bitch to Lesley back in the 70s, Les still stuck up for her where her job was concerned...because Monica is a great doctor, AND because of said sisterhood among female docs. I have always found the Lesley/Monica relationship quite fascinating. I wish the writers would revisit them. Since they love bringing in themes from OLTL so much, why not make Les and Moni GH's version of Viki and Dorian for pete's sake! These two characters deserve more than the crumbs they get.

[@rebeccaquartieri5509]

WoW comparing Lesley and Monica with OLTL's Vicki and Dorian when IMHO Dorian is such a schemer, a totally unredemable character that does not have the compassion of Monica!

[@betsykeller9096]

The tribute show they did for Gail/Susan Brown brought them back together, and it was a real hilarious resolution to their "feud". I know that they were not enemies, but maybe "frenemies". You can possibly assume that Lesley ascribed to "keep your friends close, your enemies closer". But, either way, the conflict between the two of them was some of the best soap stuff I ever got to watch!

[@triciasheldon6039]

So waiting for a Lesley/Monica scene in 2013 now that Lesley is back in town. They were "friendlier" but certainly never friends. Saddest day ever was Lesley's "death" in 1984 - with a close 2nd being Rick's death in 2002. Still hoping current team finds a way to bring Rick back from the dead too.

[@EmmettGlenn]

I remember watching GH one day and the VERY NEXT day it was revealed that Leslie went over a cliff in her car and died. Denise Alexander has asked for a short vacation from the show because she was near exhaustion. She pressed too hard. She was immediately fired.

[@mishakitty13]

is there a scene where Lesley meets Lulu?

[@markwaltz3307]

If Leslie Charleson is retiring, there has to be a last-minute scene between her, Denise Alexander and Genie Francis and Jane Elliott. If Monica dies, Tracy has to say I've lost my sister. Lesley has to say she loved Monica in spite of everything and Laura has to remember that at one time, she listened to Monica as if she were a best friend. I am hoping Leslie Charleson does not retire.

[@johnlewinski6359]

Are all those people still on? Lesley was gone for how long?

[@pxlbarrel]

ohh, that would be a few years later than this. I actually have very few episodes from the 2000's. Just a few from 2005.

[@pxlbarrel]

Oh, now I'll have to watch that again. And yeah, Lucy should at least been there. I alwasy loved the fact that Tony and Lucy got on so well with her after they divorced her...and she always called them her favourite ex-husbands.

[@ranchok29]

do you have the clip of when lesley realizes nikolas is lauras son?

[@PhilomenaRomagnoli-fv2eg]

Rare scene first time seeing. August. 6 2024

[@TheNickel1964]

I would love to see a scene with Monica and Lesley today. Imagine them talking about AJ's birth. heh heh heh

[@betsykeller9096]

@@Dizzybear Agreed! That was a blast!

[@pxlbarrel]

I do have it...and I remember seeing it the other day when I was clipping. However, I don't think I ripped that scene. I have to find that day's episode and reclip it. I'll see what I can do.

[@MsTexas73]

It was the mid 80s...but yeah I loved her rivalry with Monica....and I felt bad as it left poor Rick to get with "Jenny"

[@pxlbarrel]

Actually, that's the next day's episode (at the beginning). I debated about whether or not to add it to the end of this clip and ultimately decided not to.... maybe I should have. LOL

[@amysusan100]

Do you have the one where Lesley talks to Rick?

[@travisjames3517]

Notice they never even touched each other. That’s because the actors loathed each other and didn’t even wanna be in the same scenes. It’s well documented their enmity.

[@sonyab1974]

@pxlbarrel No. :) Stavros is Nik's son. :)

[@amysusan100]

When Rick came back to the show. I missed it when he and Lesley talked. I think it may have been at Rubys Diner

[@pxlbarrel]

When does that happen?

[@riviera3210]

Why did Monica go see Lesley? They weren't really close..to say the least and Monica looked really uncomfortable.

[@MsChemicalEngineer]

riviera3210 how Leslie can stand Monica after she tried to steal her husband.Leslie is such a great character....my sweet good boy!

[@heddalee]

She didn't. She went to see Laura to apologize.

[@MsTexas73]

I'm pretty sure Les was at Alan's memorial...sitting behind Monica and her kids... Yeah Alan and Lesley were like comrades. Did they sometimes work at the clinic together? Cuz I thought the three of them *Les, Alan, Rick*rotated or overlapped shifts there. And by the time of Lesley's "death"...Monica and Lesley were not pure enemies...but rather tolerating one another.

[@pxlbarrel]

The big secret was that Nikolas was Stefan's son which meant that Laura not only slept with Stefan's brother but Stefan.

[@nicolebelton1526]

On gh where have lesile begin all years

[@sonyab1974]

@pxlbarrel OOPS!!! ROFL! I had to reread it more than once before it clicked! ROFL! Stavros is Nik's FATHER! :)

[@pxlbarrel]

@sonyab1974 Uh ... I think you better reread what you wrote.

[@jamiestablein5295]

“She’s hard to forget.”😂

[@kIbarra1000]

ummmmmm rite