After a Grueling Few Days, General Hospital’s Maurice Benard Reassures Fans: ‘I Am Doing Incredibly Well’

We’re not going to sugarcoat things: This has been an emotional week for General Hospital — and it’s only Wednesday. Kristina lost TJ and Molly’s baby and nearly her life, Molly told Sonny off with such ferocity that he nearly took his own life, and Morgan showed up (whether from the grave or Sonny’s imagination, we aren’t sure) to stop his dad from ending it all.

Everyone on General Hospital has been knocking it out of the park, with Kristina and Molly’s scenes and Sonny and Morgan’s talk nearly breaking our hearts. It’s been tough to watch and, we’re sure, it was also tough to perform. Playing these kinds of raw emotions takes their toll.

And that’s why we were glad when Maurice Benard took to Instagram to speak out on how proud he was of what they’d done — and assure folks that he was OK.

“There was a lot of discussion about yesterday’s show,” he wrote after Monday’s episode. “First, let me say I watched it and everybody at General Hospital should be very, very proud. Producing, directing, writing, acting… Sometimes we take things for granted. I know everybody works really hard. Yesterday’s show reminds me why we work hard. And I can tell you, I know cause I remember it vividly, there’s a lot more to come.”

And so there was, because the next day we were hit with Morgan’s incredible scenes, our hearts in our throats as we watched Sonny on edge, literally and figuratively. It’s only human to worry about everyone involved, but, as Benard said, “Everything is great. I am doing incredibly well.”

Finola Hughes (Anna) chimed in to say, “I thought everyone was wonderful,” And Adam J. Harrington (Cates) added, “Beautiful work all around. And that staging!”

As fan Limarie873 put it in the comments, “Yes it’s a soap. Yes it’s a scripted drama… but when the actors are this incredible, when writing, directing, producing, lighting, (everything from what you see in front of and can’t see behind the screen) is this brilliant, you feel the loss, you feel the compassion, you feel the heartache because in the end.. feeling emotion, love, joy and heartbreaking loss is universal. Amazing job, everyon

We couldn’t have put it better ourselves, which may be why Benard pinned the comment to the top of his post. And yes, it was, indeed, an amazing job by all. We can’t wait to see where it heads next.