Anyone waiting for the on-screen showdown between daytime television legends, Jane Elliot (Tracy) and Erika Slezak (Ronnie) were in for a treat on the Tuesday, October 21 episode of ABC’s General Hospital.
In the pick-up from Monday, after Ronnie’s erratic behavior and comments hurled at Tracy, she tells everyone at the tea party in her honor that she is not a drunk, as much as Tracy continued to point out that Monica’s sister is nothing but a sloppy one.
Elizabeth (Rebecca Herbst) checks out Ronnie who claims she did not have booze and to check her tea, which Felicia (Kristina Wagner) says does and says it does not smell like alcohol. Next, Ronnie accuses Tracy of slipping her a mickey. She knows from her years as a waitress the effects the drug can have which is how she says she feels.
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Tracy denies it and Ronnie lets loose on her for treating her like an interloper, when all she ever wanted to do was to find out more about Monica. Ronnie thanks Brook Lynn (Amanda Setton) for organizing the get-together, but says Tracy tried to humiliated her and succeeded.
Brook Lynn questions Tracy. Olivia (Lisa LoCicero) reminds Tracy that she once got Alexis drunk and framed her for drunk driving. Tracy swears up and down she did not drug this phony baloney. At this point, Ronnie has had it with Tracy and says its now her turn to talk!
At this point, Ronnie says she tried to get along with Tracy, but from the moment they met in the Quartermaine crypt, Tracy has been a complete witch to her. In an emotional turn, Ronnie claims she was impressed with what Monica made of her life and wanted to see if for herself.
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However, now she truly pities Monica. Ronnie says she rather be dead broke and living in the streets than put up with Tracy’s tantrums. Ronnie adds Tracy planned to humiliate her. At that point, she calls Tracy cruel and spiteful and tells her to get of her house and to not come back.
Tracy tells Ronnie that she can’t throw her out. However, the rest of the guests and family do not defend Tracy. Olivia tells Tracy she’s been horrible to Ronnie since day one, and Brook Lynn tells her that she brought this on herself.
Defiant, Tracy says she’s been kicked out of the house before, but she always makes it back in, because she’s a Quartermaine. Tracy says it was cruel of Monica to leave the house to Ronnie and only give her a jar of relish, a woman she spent the last forty years with.
Before she walks out, Tracy tells Ronnie, Monica was never cruel, and something is very wrong here. Tracy tells Ronnie this is not her house and it never will be. As she exits, she tells Ronnie that she’s taking every photo of her family and her most precious possessions with her. A fuming Tracy storms out.
It was quite extraordinary to see Erika Slezak and Jane Elliot going at in these pivotal scenes. You can check out some of them in the video below.
Now let us know, are you enjoying seeing Erika and Jane battle it out as Ronnie and Tracy? Do you still believe Martin drugged Ronnie? Share your thoughts via the comment section below.
