How do you cap an extraordinary short-term story arc, featuring the two greatest actresses to ever appear in daytime drama? You give Jane Elliot (Tracy Quartermaine) and Erika Slezak (Ronnie Bard) meaty, emotional moments that they can sink their teeth into and give General Hospital viewers the treat of their soap lovin’ lives. That’s how you do it!

Last week in episodes that aired on Monday, November 3, Tuesday, November 4 and Thursday November 6, the rightful owner of Monica’s house is finally given the keys to the mansion, in scenes that showcased the immeasurable acting talents of Jane and Erika.

For Jane Elliot, the way she is able to keep up Tracy’s armor and defense mechanisms up, and to live by the Quartermaine way to squash the families enemies, is juxtaposed by showing the vulnerable and tender heart that she tries so hard to cover up. Never was that more clear, when she is overcome with tears at reading the note Monica left her when she located the late doctor’s real last will and testament. Now armed with the truth, she heads back to the Qs from Lulu’s (Alexa Havins) to stop Ronnie who is in the process of selling the house to Drew, per Martin’s (Michael E. Knight) blackmail.

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For Erika Slezak, she played the guilt-ridden sister, who knew selling the house to Drew (Cameron Mathison) is a mistake, but also knew she was trapped and being threatened by Martin. In the end, Tracy reveals Monica’s actual wishes, and an emotional Ronnie says that now her sister’s true wishes can be honored. Next, when Tracy learns that she is the true “sister of Monica’s heart”, and that she, not Michael (Rory Gibson)has ownership of the house, she kicks Ronnie out even after Ronnie apologized. That set off Tracy’s family and they all walked out on her too.

In the climatic episode, that brought the story to its conclusion and marked Slezak’s final episode, Tracy has summoned Ronnie back to the mansion in a lame effort to apologize to her, per the demands of her family or they won’t even consider moving back in, if Tracy should left them. And this gave us the heart-tugging last scenes (for hopefully just now) between Erika and Jane. At first, Ronnie is appalled by Tracy’s attempt at an apology and tells her it’s not accepted!

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However, Ronnie says she really grew fond of Monica’s family and doesn’t want to deprive them of their home, so she’ll just tell them that Tracy apologized. Tracy smugly says she did nothing wrong, and did nothing that wasn’t warranted. Now upset, Ronnie says that Tracy judged her from the second they met and that it was clear she thought Ronnie was a working class woman who she thought less of.

In a beautiful moment by Slezak, Ronnie shares that all she wanted was to say goodbye to her sister and meet her family. She realizes Monica’s final gift to her was a family, since she didn’t have one growing up and all the years they were separated. Ronnie demands that Tracy give her a proper apology or put a sock in it!

And there was the moment, when it locked in for Tracy! She realized that Ronnie is Monica’s true sister and that she can’t treat her with disrespect any longer. “Put a sock on it” was the phrase Monica would tell Tracy, when her sister-in-law would go on verbal tangents. It is here that Jane Elliot, made us all reach for the hankies, when she FINALLY truly apologizes to Ronnie, with sincerity and tears in her eyes. Tracy says that she’s sorry Ronnie didn’t get to reunite with Monica before she died. She’s sorry she judged her before she got to know her, and she’s sorry she doubted her love for Monica, and hopes Ronnie can forgive her.

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What followed was the Quartermaines coming home to Tracy, and Ronnie heading back to North Carolina after a tender scene with Gio (Giovanni Mazza). We could have given Erika Slezak and Jane Elliot the Power Performances of the week, every week during their run, but these final three episodes really pulled at our heartstrings, and both women should be nominated for a Daytime Emmy in 2026 for their work. All this to say, that’s why Jane Elliot and Erika Slezak are  Michael Fairman TV’s picks for The Power Performances of the Week.