General Hospital spoilers reveal a chilling turn of events as Ric Lansing finds himself caught in a terrifying trap that spirals far out of control. What begins as a desperate attempt to silence him escalates into a nightmare of sedatives, mistrust, and near-death consequences that shake Alexis, Christina, and Ava to their core.

Ric sits bound in a dark basement, counting his heartbeats to keep calm, but every pulse only fuels his fear. His wrists are raw from the ropes cutting into his skin. No matter how many times he twists or pulls, there’s no slack, no escape. He’s running out of options. When footsteps echo above, his dread surges. The door creaks, the light flickers on, and Alexis Davis descends with Christina close behind. Ava Jerome follows, her usual icy composure intact.

The three women face Ric like a jury already divided. Alexis tries to manage the chaos legally, Christina trembles with fear but forces herself to be strong, and Ava? She’s pure steel, determined not to be intimidated. They remove Ric’s gag, but Alexis warns him to keep his voice down. Ric immediately begs for release, insisting they’re making a terrible mistake. Christina accuses him of planning to run to the PCPD the second he’s free. Ric denies it—he wants to live, not die tied to a basement post.

But Ava isn’t buying it. With her trademark smirk, she points out that Ric is a skilled liar and a survivor. The moment he’s free, he’ll bury them all. Tensions spike further when the doorbell rings upstairs—Nina is unexpectedly visiting. Panic sets in. Ava quickly silences Ric again, ordering Christina to drown out any noise with loud music. The women barely keep the secret contained, but Ric sees a chance to turn the tables. He starts tapping his heels against the floor, an irregular, maddening sound. Ava storms back down, furious at his attempt to sabotage them, and in the chaos Ric lunges, knocking her into a workbench. The noise upstairs raises suspicion, but Alexis covers smoothly.

It’s clear now—Ric is too loud, too dangerous, too unpredictable. Ava delivers her chilling solution: sedatives. If Ric won’t stay quiet, they’ll make him quiet. Thirty days of silence, she insists, will get them past the danger. Christina recoils, horrified, but Ava is already plotting how to secure the prescription. She knows Lucas Jones owes her a favor.

Soon, Ava returns with a bottle of sleeping pills, pretending to Lucas that she’s struggling with insomnia. Lucas, sympathetic, writes the prescription with strict warnings. Ava doesn’t care about the lecture; all she wants is control. Back at the house, Alexis insists they only try half a pill at first. Ava agrees, though her resolve wavers between mercy and menace. Ric resists, but eventually the sedative drags him under.

For days, this becomes routine—measured doses, forced compliance, stolen hours of silence. Alexis checks Ric’s pulse with lawyerly precision. Christina forces herself to speak his name, reminding him and herself that he’s still a human being. And Ava? She counts the pills every night, a jailer cloaked in rationalizations.

But control never lasts forever. One night, Ava measures out a dose with shaking hands. Alexis says “half,” but Ava slips, giving too much. Christina notices the spoon is too full, but doubt keeps her quiet. Within minutes, Ric is slipping away—his breath slows, his chest stutters, foam gathers at his lips. For one horrifying second, he looks dead.

Panic explodes. Alexis dives into action with CPR, counting compressions, forcing air back into Ric’s lungs. Christina hovers, torn between calling 911 and protecting the secret. Ava, shaken for the first time, stares at the spoon like it’s a murder weapon. Finally, Ric gasps for breath, pulse faint but present. Relief floods the basement, but the truth is undeniable—they almost killed him.

Alexis makes the call: no more sedatives, no more ropes. This ends tonight. Christina agrees—they cannot keep living in fear and lies. Ric, still weak, rasps that Ava nearly killed him. He thanks Alexis and Christina for finally choosing compassion, but to Ava he delivers a brutal truth—her obsession with control almost drowned him.

When he’s freed, Ric doesn’t run straight to the police. Instead, he lays out the evidence that could ruin Ava: the pill bottle, the spoon, the ropes. He tells Alexis and Christina he won’t implicate them, but Ava? She will have to face consequences. Ava tries to deflect, but Ric is clear—he’s done being her victim.

The women argue about the future. Alexis and Christina are ready to confess and face what comes. Ava, however, refuses to bow. Still, Ric makes it clear—if she doesn’t cooperate, he’ll go to the authorities himself. The night stretches on as they weigh their choices. In the end, Ric demands only the simplest things: water, rest, and the chance to feel like a man again instead of a hostage.

By morning, a fragile truce forms. Alexis and Christina pledge to stand with Ric if the truth comes out. Ava remains defiant, but the walls are closing in. She knows her miscalculation with the sleeping pills has shifted everything. She may have been able to justify ropes and secrets, but nearly killing Ric? That’s a mistake even she can’t erase.

General Hospital spoilers promise this explosive storyline is far from over. Ava’s desperate attempt to silence Ric with sleeping pills may have saved her secret for a while, but it also opened the door to devastating consequences. Ric has survived the basement, and now the real battle begins—justice, betrayal, and choices that will haunt every character involved.