Laura Collins Just Survived the Worst Week in Port Charles — Here’s What She Deserves This Thanksgiving

If anyone in Port Charles has earned a quiet holiday and a dessert plate she doesn’t have to share, it’s Laura Collins. While most people are planning turkeys and table settings, Laura spent the week putting out fires no one else could control — political, personal, and downright horrifying. And by the time Thanksgiving rolls around, the beloved mayor deserves more than gratitude… she deserves rest, peace, and possibly an entire pie.

This year, as chaos peaks right when Thanksgiving creeps up on the calendar, Laura takes the brunt of the storm. Again. After wrapping up an election that aged her a decade in three weeks, she barely had time to exhale before the universe sent her a new round of nightmares — including the dead body of Professor Dalton waiting inside the trunk of her car.

Even for Port Charles, that’s a lot.

A Victory with No Time to Celebrate

The week began with what should have been a triumph. Laura won re-election — a hard-fought, emotionally draining campaign that would wipe out anyone else for months. But Laura’s victory glow didn’t last five minutes before Ezra (Daniel Cosgrove) came barreling in with accusations of theft, corruption, and sabotage.

Classic Port Charles timing.

Laura (played masterfully by Genie Francis) met the confrontation the way she always does: with a calm tone, an unshakable jaw, and a level of emotional control that honestly should qualify her for sainthood. She didn’t rise to Ezra’s bait. She didn’t crumble. She simply handled it, because that’s what Laura Collins does.

Family Chaos Hits Next — Hard

Just when she thought the storm might pass, another wave crashed over her — news about Rocco, Finn’s tension, and the spiraling aftermath of the Professor Dalton situation. The pressure circled Laura’s family from every angle, each update heavier than the last.

And still, she was the steady center.

Laura has always been the anchor of Port Charles: absorbing panic, organizing solutions, and keeping everyone from falling apart even as her own world grows more chaotic.

A Flat Tire Turns Into a Horror Scene

But nothing could have prepared her for what came next.

What started as an annoyance — a flat tire on Route 23 — transformed into a full-blown nightmare when she opened the trunk to grab a roadside flare… and instead found the corpse of Professor Dalton (Daniel Goddard), pale and unmistakably dead.

For anyone else, that’s a screaming, collapsing, call-the-ambulance moment.

Laura froze for a heartbeat — who wouldn’t? — but she didn’t crumble. Her pulse racing, knees shaking, she made the calls, took control, and shifted into crisis mode like only she can. Even in shock, Laura Collins stayed Laura Collins.

What Laura Deserves This Thanksgiving

After surviving that level of emotional warfare, political hostility, and literal corpse discovery, Laura has more than earned a restful Thanksgiving. Here’s what Port Charles owes her:

1. A Completely Crisis-Free Holiday Table

No political talk.
No surprise visitors.
No Cassadine drama knocking at the door.
No constituents chasing her down the hallway.

Let the woman breathe.

2. Her Own Pie — the Whole Thing

Pumpkin?
Pecan?
Apple?
Blueberry?

Doesn’t matter.
Hand it to her, let her guard it like treasure, and let her walk away with it tucked under her arm. After this week, she deserves it.

3. A Day Without Being the Responsible Adult

No bodies.
No confessions.
No opponents pounding on her desk.
No Drew Cain making unreasonable demands.

Just a quiet house, a warm blanket, and — ideally — Kevin (Jon Lindström) finally home from Dublin for once.

It’s not everything she deserves, but it’s a start.

Dalton’s Shocking Death — What Happens Next?

Professor Dalton’s murder is the twist no one saw coming, and the fallout is bound to ripple across Port Charles. Was he targeted? Who planted him in Laura’s trunk? And how deep does this mystery run?

If Laura’s week is any indication, Port Charles is just getting started.