She was born onscreen on November 10, 2005.
In 2009, the character of Molly was aged to 10 years old when actress Haley Pullos took over the role.
As of March 14, 2013, she has been de-SORASed to 15-years-old, which puts her re-revised birth year from 1996 back to 1997.
Molly is known as being "smart" and bullied for being a "nerd". Molly also suffered from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in 2011.
Twins Hope and Faith Dever portrayed Molly from her birth in November 2005 to 2007.[10]
Twins Iris and Ivy Kaim portrayed Molly in a couple of episodes from 2007 to 2008.[11]
She is best known for being portrayed by Haley Pullos, who debuted on July 2, 2009.[12]
Pullos was nominated for one Young Artist Awards in 2013 and won four of them in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2014.
On May 11, 2023, it was revealed that Pullos was involved in a car accident so the role of Molly will temporarily be recast with Holiday Mia Kriegel during the week of May 22.[13] Pullos last aired on May 24, 2023 and Kriegel took over the role from May 25 to July 14, 2023.
On July 19, 2023, the role of Molly was recast again, this time with actress Brooke Anne Smith.[14]
On July 25, 2023, Smith's brother, Scott Smith confirmed on Facebook that she's a permanent recast and Pullos will not be returning to the role.[15] Smith received negative backlash for her portrayal of Molly, with fans questioning the casting choice since the character of Molly is decades younger than the actress herself. However, Smith's brother defended her casting. Smith portrayed the role until September 25, 2023.
On September 27, 2023, Molly was recast once more with actress Kristen Vaganos. The details of Smith's exit are unknown but Vaganos is the new permanent Molly Lansing-Davis.
Vaganos was promoted to contract status in 2024[16] and her status change was confirmed on August 30, 2024 during that episode's closing credits.
Molly was conceived during her parent's marriage. Soon after the marriage, Ric and Alexis wanted to divorce, but their lawyers refused to help until after the baby was born.
In February 2005, Alexis found out she was pregnant with Ric's child after she fell down the stairs while chasing Sam McCall. After finding out, she was told that if she had gotten up after the fall she could've lost the baby due to it being a high risk pregnancy and she was told to take it easy. She also had some severe cramps that eventually stopped.
In March 2005, Ric and Alexis are in a car accident but both Alexis and the baby come away unharmed.
Alexis wanted Ric to cheat so they could divorce quicker but everything changed when Alexis and Ric were trapped together at the Quartermaine mansion during a hurricane and the two reconciled while Alexis was having contractions and leaking amniotic fluid but it was stopped.
During the scare it was revealed that Alexis called her bunny in the womb and that she wanted to name her Owen Lansing-Davis if she had been boy -- O.L.D. The name would've been a play on Alexis' later-in-life pregnancy.
Their reconciliation is short lived when Alexis finds out that Ric slept with the now deceased Reese Marshall while they were estranged. Alexis and Ric ultimately divorced and he moved away leaving Molly with her mother. Years later, Molly revealed that she and Ric had a Skype relationship.
In 2014, Ric returned to Port Charles permanently but was then presumed dead and then revealed to be alive and shortly there after, Molly was reunited with her father on Christmas 2014.
Molly has been in a long-term relationship with her teenage love, T.J. Ashford. On June 16, 2016, Molly and T.J. decided to move in together. Deciding to forego traditional marriage, Molly and T.J. became domestic partners in 2021.
In 2023, Molly and T.J. were expecting their first child via surrogate, but unfortunately their surrogate miscarried. Molly and T.J. decide to try again with her sister, Kristina as the surrogate and egg donor. On January 24, 2024, Molly and T.J. find out they are expecting again, as Kristina is pregnant from a successful IVF procedure.
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2019-present
In November 2005, a train crash occurs in Port Charles in the Glencoe tunnel. Alexis and Ric, married at the time, are both on the train. They both survive, but Alexis goes into labor. Dr. Robin Scorpio ends up having to perform an emergency C-section on Alexis to save the baby (who was lodged in the birth cannel) while they are still trapped in the tunnel. Ric and Robin manage to save the baby girl, despite the conditions she was born in. She is named after Titanic survivor Molly Brown.[17] Molly is christened as Molly Lansing on November 23, 2005. Ric and Alexis try to make their marriage work but eventually end up divorcing, and Ric gets custody of Molly. But when Ric's father, Trevor Lansing, comes to town and threatens to take Molly away from him, Ric gives Molly back to Alexis. They later settle on joint custody. Ric leaves town in 2009, and leaves Molly with Alexis in Port Charles.
Molly is rapidly aged to 10 years old in July 2009, and is shown as a very smart girl who is able to get along with her mother and her two half-sisters, Kristina Corinthos-Davis and Sam McCall. She is usually studying or doing a project, but she enjoys learning. She enjoys Shakespeare and is not afraid to talk to adults on their level. Molly is also a bit of a romantic, often reading romance novels and trying to set up her friends and family with people, most notably setting up romantic evenings for Sam and her fiancé, Jason Morgan. When Alexis' one night stand with the mayor is exposed, both Kristina and Molly are affected.
Molly hears a lot of gossip about her mother at school, and sees a lot of websites posting gossip on Alexis. Kristina tells Molly not to believe anything, but Alexis bans her from using the computer. When Claudia Zacchara-Corinthos, Kristina's step-mother and Molly's aunt through marriage, is run off the road, Molly's cousin and Kristina's brother, Michael Corinthos, initially is held responsible. He later flees Port Charles with Kristina to avoid prosecution. After they leave, Alexis confesses to the crime when evidence indicates one of her cars was the one that ran Claudia off the road. Molly later overhears Alexis telling her friend and attorney Diane Miller that Kristina was the one who did it.
As a result of the accident, Alexis is also charged with the murder of the mayor's mistress. Molly is upset, and goes to her cousin, Nikolas Cassadine, for help, asking him to do something to help Alexis. Nikolas is able to lessen the sentence for Alexis in terms of the accident, and Robin Scorpio eventually proves the mayor's wife actually killed his mistress and set up Alexis for it. Kristina is eventually brought back home by Sam. Alexis is angry at Molly for going unsupervised to see Nikolas, but Nikolas manages to calm her down, saying Molly knows how to put the "important things in life in perspective." Molly is also close to her cousin Morgan Corinthos, who has also been rapidly aged. At the General Hospital carnival in September, she proves to be a good marksmen when she causes every man in the "Dunk-a-Hunk" tank to drop into the water. She is frightened later when a car driven by Edward Quartermaine plows into the carnival and ends up throwing her half-sister Kristina under a pile of rubble. She is brought into the hospital, where she reunites with her mother, and Kristina is found later by Michael.
While Morgan and Molly are at the docks to collect information for one of Molly's projects, they come across Johnny Zacchara, who was kidnapped by his father's henchmen. Molly distracts the guards, while Morgan gets Johnny out. He thanks them both for saving his life and drops them off at Carly and Jax's house, where Morgan lived with his mom Carly Corinthos-Jacks, half-sister Josslyn Jacks, half-brother Michael Corinthos and then-stepfather Jasper Jacks. During Thanksgiving, Molly schemes with Kristina, Sam, and Robin to set up Alexis and Robin's uncle, Mac Scorpio. Though Alexis and Mac eventually figure out the scheme, they end up going on a date to Jake's sometime later. For Christmas, Molly again schemes with her sisters to get Mac and Alexis together, when they end up under mistletoe and kiss each other.
During New Year's, Molly manages to convince her mother to go on a date with Mac, who turns out to be the one who arranged it. Molly also meddles into her sister, Sam's relationship with Jason Morgan, but she's not ashamed of it. Molly attends the christening of Josslyn Jacks on January 29, 2010. She tries to get Sam and Jason to consider getting married, but to no avail. Later on, Morgan and Michael visit Kristina and Molly and inform them that Dominic Pirelli is really Dante Falconeri, and he's the son of Molly's uncle, Sonny. Morgan and Michael are worried about what could happen to their dad, as well as Molly, but Kristina is not the least bit concerned because she believes that Sonny killed Claudia for putting Michael in a coma. However, Michael tells Kristina, Molly, and Morgan that he was the one who killed Claudia, albeit accidentally.
Molly and Morgan both become worried about Michael confessing and what could happen to Sonny. Molly spends a night out with Alexis on March 15, 2010 and meets Dante, who admits that though he doesn't like being Sonny's son, he enjoys being a brother to his siblings and a cousin to Molly. When Alexis and Molly return home, Kristina's not there, but the house is a mess. Alexis gets a call from the hospital that Kristina was admitted and finds out she was beaten. Kristina tells the police that Ethan Lovett attacked her. When it is discovered that Kiefer was the one who attacked Kristina and that he had in fact been abusing her for months, Molly becomes very upset and thinks she is to blame for pushing her sister to date him.
However, that same night, Alexis accidentally hits Kiefer with her car, and Sam and Molly find him badly injured on the side of the road. They get him to the hospital, where he succumbs to his wounds, and Molly is left distraught and conflicted, stating that, while she now hates Kiefer for hurting Kristina, he didn't deserve to die no matter how bad he was. When Kiefer's father, Warren Bauer, becomes obsessed with getting revenge on Alexis and Kristina for Kiefer's death, Molly becomes scared for her family and turns to Dante for help. However, Dante explains that Warren has a right to an investigation because Alexis did hit Kiefer and didn't stop, and because Kristina lied to the police for weeks and didn't say anything about Kiefer attacking her until after he died.
In response, Molly turns to Jason and requests for him to kill Warren, or at least scare him off. Jason refuses, explaining that he doesn't want to get children involved in the mob after what happened to Michael. Eventually, Dante discovers that Michael was the one who killed Claudia and turns him in just as the jury is about to reach a verdict on Sonny. However, everyone is caught off-guard and left distraught when Judge Carroll unfairly sentences Michael to five years in Pentonville State Prison to teach Carly and Sonny a lesson. Molly is furious at Dante for his role in Michael's incarceration and dismisses him as "despicable," but she is able to forgive him when he arranges for Michael's release. When Sonny starts dating Claire Walsh, who prosecuted Michael during the trial, Molly is unable to understand why.
In late December 2010/early January 2011, Molly is among those caught in the ski resort bus crash and manages to help Michael flag down a car for help. After the incident, Molly begins to behave strangely and lash out in anger for little reason; at one point, she blows up on Kristina when she refuses to let her use her laptop and smashes Alexis' vase in a fit of rage, which utterly confuses them both. Believing that she suffers from bipolar disorder like Sonny, Molly begins to research it. While she is walking home after questioning Sonny about being bipolar, Molly witnesses a car crash and suffers a panic attack. Shawn Butler, an ex-Marine who was walking by, witnesses this and helps her through the worst of it. After listening to Molly's story, Shawn helps her realize that she is in fact suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of her ordeal, and comforts her as she cries. After informing Alexis as such, Molly begins going to therapy and recovers.
At Sonny and Brenda's wedding, Molly serves as one of the bridesmaids. While looking for Alexis in Theo Hoffman's office, Molly hears him coming and hides under his desk, overhearing him say on the phone that he is the Balkan, an international crime lord who has been targeting Brenda for months. However, Jason and Sam convince Molly not to tell anyone and reassure her that they will stop Theo before he can carry out his plans.
Shortly after Brenda gets in Sonny's limo, it explodes. Ethan takes Molly and Kristina home and stays with them, doing his best to help the two cope. Molly is deeply affected by Brenda's apparent death and declares that she will never read another romance novel again, because Brenda died for love and it was nothing like her books. Ethan, however, comforts her and convinces her not to give up on love. When Alexis arrives home, Molly reveals Theo's identity as the Balkan to everyone, and is believed. Distraught, Molly blames herself for not telling anyone, but is reassured that she is not at fault.
It is shortly after discovered that Theo's thugs had kidnapped Sam, swapped her out for Brenda, and blown up the limo as a decoy. Fortunately, Sonny had earlier bomb-proofed the limo, and Sam survives with a concussion and temporary hearing loss. While visiting her at the hospital, Molly teaches Jason and Sam sign language in the event that her hearing loss is permanent, all while having some fun at Alexis's expense. Sometime later, Molly gets Morgan, Michael, Dante, and Kristina together to plan Sonny's birthday party. However, because Brenda doesn't want Lucian, whom Brenda thought was her son, to be overwhelmed, they, along with Carly and Alexis, surprise him at his restaurant, Pozzulo's. Later, upon hearing that Jason and Sam are planning on having a baby, Molly is ecstatic and gives Sam her childhood teddy bear for luck.
In July 2011, when Morgan's mother and step-father, Carly and Jasper "Jax" Jacks were going through a custody battle over their daughter Josslyn Jacks, Molly helped Morgan "kidnap" Josslyn in an attempt to keep his parents together. Their plan was foiled however when her sister Kristina Corinthos-Davis and Ethan Lovett tracked the two down and made them go home. Molly and Morgan apologized and explained their actions, but were both grounded for the stunt they pulled. Molly later develops a strong interest in Wyndemere and the Cassadine side of her family. She often takes books to read from Wyndemere castle and researches her family lineage. She even at one point, asked her mom if they could move into Wyndemere to which, Alexis adamantly refused.
On January 5, 2012, Molly was having lunch with her sister Sam and it was revealed that she had skipped a grade and was now in high school. Alexis allowed Molly to attend public school at Port Charles High, because of everything that happened to Kristina at the Madison Prep High School. Molly soon befriends T.J. Ashford, the son of the marine that Shawn accidentally killed in battle. T.J. came to stay with Shawn, because his mother could no longer handle him. Shawn introduces Molly to T.J. at Kelly's and Molly agrees to show him around school after she learns that T.J. would attend Port Charles High with her. Molly also becomes T.J.'s tutor and while she is tutoring him, she discovers that T.J. has problems reading. She downloads mp3 audio soundbites of their homework for T.J. and starts to teach him how to read. In exchange, T.J. sets up a fake MyFace account for Molly, that she names Desdemona. Desdemona is a hit on MyFace, more so than Molly's real account, where she only had her mother as a friend.
In February, Molly is thrilled when she learns that Sam and her husband Jason are expecting a baby, and that she is going to be an aunt. She writes out a list of baby names to show to Sam and Alexis. Alexis guesses one of the names as Desdemona, which makes Molly nervous that her mother may have found out about her online identity. But it turns out that Alexis was just making a guess, based on the books that Molly likes to read. Sam later tells Molly that she was raped by Jason's evil twin brother, Franco, and at the time believes that her baby is actually Franco's child. Molly inadvertently tells Alexis, who finds out the truth from Sam.
T.J. later throws a party at Molly's house without her permission and invites all of his friends from school. Molly is shocked when tons of people that she doesn't know, pile into her house for a party. The party starts to get out of control, and Molly calls her cousin Michael Corinthos for help. She later gets distracted by a boy at the party, and she is given a glass of punch that is spiked with alcohol. The boy tries to take Molly back to her room, but T.J. stops him just before Molly passes out drunk. When Michael arrives he kicks all of the kids out of the house and has them call their parents for rides. He finds Molly unconscious and helps her. Molly wakes up as Michael and T.J. are arguing. The three of them start to clean the house when Alexis returns home furious. Molly initially takes the fall for T.J. and claims that she threw the party to keep him from getting in anymore trouble, but T.J. comes clean and admits that he was the one who threw the party because he wanted to help Molly makes more friends and show the people at school that she was cool. Nevertheless, Alexis still forbids Molly and T.J. from hanging out again.
After a three month absence, it is revealed in May 2012 that she has secretly began dating T.J., without Alexis and Shawn knowing. Michael finds out, but agrees to keep quiet about their relationship. Later, Molly's sister Sam almost walks in on them kissing, but they cover by saying they are just studying and T.J. quickly leaves. Alexis ends up catching Molly and T.J. on the Fourth of July when Molly invites T.J. over for a swim. T.J. is changing in Molly's bedroom when Alexis barges in and sees him in his underwear. A fight between Alexis, Molly. T.J. , and Kristina ensues which is filmed by the Mob Princess camera crew. Molly hurts Alexis's feelings when she tells her she won't end up a pregnant teen like her. A few days later Alexis drags Molly down to Kelly's to have a talk with Shawn. Alexis ends up agreeing to let T.J. and Molly date but they must sign contracts.
Sam ends up giving birth, but "her son" dies right after. Molly is sad that she never got to meet her nephew. Sam moves in with Alexis to deal with her grief, as well as her decision to separate from Jason. Molly tries to convince Sam to go back to Jason, but Sam decides to file for a divorce, despite objections from both Molly and Kristina. However, Jason figures out several months later that Sam's child is actually alive, and reunites Sam with her son. Molly is overjoyed when she first meets her nephew, Daniel Edward Morgan. She hopes Jason and Sam will get back together, and her wish comes true when Sam & Danny move back in with Jason.
Jason disappears that night and is presumed dead. Molly comes over to console Sam, but it's clear to Alexis, Kristina, and Molly that Sam is still in denial over Jason being dead. Eventually, Sam tells them to leave when they claim she's in denial. Molly tries to make sense of Sam's denial when Jason's grandfather, Edward Quartermaine, dies. Meanwhile, Sam finds out that Jason is Danny's biological father, and Molly wonders if she'll accept that Jason is gone. Molly writes a book that she shares with Starr Manning. Eventually, Starr gives it to her father, Todd, to publish, only to have it stolen and published under Connie Falconeri's name. Molly is furious when Connie refuses to give it back, and when she can't give any proof of Connie's lies. She asks Alexis to sue Connie for her.
Sam finally realizes Jason's gone, and asks Molly to babysit Danny for her often. While babysitting, Molly meets Rafe Kovich, Jr., who has just come to town with his mother. Molly buys him a bowl of chili at Kelly's, and listens when he complains about life with his mother.
Molly finds out that Rafe was arrested for the murder of his mother, Alison Barrington. She comes by the station, and tells Sam and Detective John McBain that she doesn't think Rafe killed his mother despite what he said to her. Soon after, Sam & Danny go missing, and Molly goes to the station to hand over pictures when she runs into Lucy Coe. When Lucy realizes who Sam & Danny are, she tells Molly to get Rafe out of jail because she thinks he'll be kidnapped next. Molly agrees, but her plan is discovered by John, who is also in lockup on suspicion of murder. He convinces Molly, though, to release him, too, so he can find Sam & Danny.
Molly is arrested for releasing John and Rafe, and when T.J. finds out, he's furious that Molly helped Rafe, a complete stranger. Molly is later released with Alexis' help, and is thrilled when Sam & Danny are rescued by John, Rafe, and Lucy, who reveal Alison's real killer, Stephen Clay. Rafe gets placed into a group home, and Molly worries about him more than necessary. When Connie has a book launch party for Molly's book, Molly shows up, trying to claim credit, but no one believes her. Eventually, Connie reveals her as the author. Molly then starts worrying about Rafe, hoping he will find a foster home to live in. Meanwhile, she & T.J. get roped into assisting the Nurses' Ball by Lucy. Molly ends up writing the lyrics for the opening number in the Nurses' Ball, while T.J. composes the music. They also perform their own song together onstage, enjoyed by the audience.
On April 18, Lucy Coe is able to convince Molly's half-sister Sam Morgan to take in Rafe as a legal custodian.On April 29, Rafe kisses Molly but she rejects Rafe's notion that she has feelings for him. Rafe is orphaned when both parents are killed (his father Stephen Clay killed his mother Alison Barrington and then Stephen is killed by FBI Agent/Police Officer John McBain and Lucy Coe). Sam Morgan later gets temporary custody of Rafe until Rafe's newly discovered uncle Dr. Silas Clay wants to take him to New York City. This conflict and Molly's nephew Danny getting diagnosed with leukemia strengthens the relationship between Rafe and Molly. Her boyfriend, T.J. Ashford, gets suspicious of the budding relationship and acts out by punching Rafe, which Molly doesn't respond well to. Molly punishes T.J. by saying that Rafe is the one taking her to the prom. However, this partially backfires because a new girl, Taylor DuBois, overhears and uses information to get T.J. to ask her to the prom.
Since prom got cancelled, Molly and Rafe decide to go to the park and spend some time together before Rafe has to leave. They start slow dancing and the two share a goodbye kiss which, unbeknownst to them, T.J. witnesses the kiss and thinks the two are together and ends up sleeping with Taylor. Rafe ends up staying in Port Charles with Sam after his uncle takes a job at General Hospital. Molly finds that T.J. slept with Taylor and is very upset. In September 2013, Molly gets back together with her boyfriend T.J. Ashford after being broken up for nearly four months. This upsets Taylor and Rafe and they end up scheming together to try to come between them and announce to Molly and T.J. that they are dating.
Molly and TJ almost make love on Valentines Day and in late February but her mother, Alexis stops them. Alexis and Molly are fight about what happened and as when they get home, they find out that Ric is back. In June of 2014, Ric is framed for a crime he didn't committed and Molly tells him that she believes him but before she could prove his innocence Ric is killed (his death is being faked). Molly ends up moving in with Sam because her mother refuses to believe that Ric was innocent and that her boyfriend, Julian is lying.
A few days later, Molly and T.J. are set to watch the fireworks but are interrupted when T.J. tells Molly that Rafe has been doing drugs so she goes to see Silas but runs into Rafe. She gets the car with him and he takes off, while in the car Molly finds out that Rafe caused the accident the killed Patrick's son but someone put him up to it but before she found out who put him up to it they crash into a road block. Molly and Rafe are taken to the hospital Where it is revealed that Molly has a concussion and a few cut and bruises. After Molly was released from the hospital, she agreed to go home with Alexis, because Alexis told her that she and Julian had decided to cool it with their relationship. However on the same night that she went home, the lake house exploded. Luckily, no one was harmed because Molly, Alexis, Danny and T.J. left the lake house minutes before the explosion to pick up a toy truck for Danny that had been left at Sam's.
In October, Molly's cousin Morgan dies in a car explosion.
In February, Molly became an aunt again when her sister, Sam gave birth to her daughter, Scout Morgan. In April, she broke her right arm while texting and walking.
In May, it was revealed that Molly took Scout and presumably Danny to the zoo. Molly did not attend the 2017 Nurses' Ball.
In June, Molly is seen with T.J. and meets his aunt Stella and accidentally spills the beans by telling her that Shawn is T.J.'s biological father.
On February 22, 2021, T.J. and Molly had their commitment ceremony to become domestic partners.
On March 2, 2023, T.J. and Molly arrive at her sister Sam McCall's penthouse. Molly complains that she's been sick lately, claiming it must be the bug that's going around. When they get inside, her sister Kristina Corinthos-Davis is also there to surprise them with an anniversary party.
Molly is slow to accept some champagne and is later revealed to have switched it for sparkling water. Kristina accidentally finds a pregnancy test and assumes it belongs to Sam. Molly clarifies that it is her bag that Kristina looked into and the pregnancy test is also hers. She hasn't told T.J. she might be pregnant because she is afraid of how he will react. Molly eventually takes the test and it comes back negative.
This pregnancy scare made Molly and T.J. both realize how much they want a child. They begin trying to conceive, but when Molly does not get pregnant quickly, she goes to see the doctor for a check-up. Molly and T.J. soon get the devastating news that Molly has endometriosis and is infertile. Her odds of conceiving a child are very slim because her eggs are not viable. After toiling with, digesting, and finally accepting the new reality, the couple decides they still want to have a child through other means.
They decide to try the surrogacy route using T.J.'s sperm and a donor egg. Kristina initially offers to carry their child, but Molly declines causing a rift and weeks of tension between the two sisters. Molly was afraid that if Kristina was the surrogate, she would somehow make Molly's fertility issues all about her and felt more comfortable with a stranger.
After conducting interviews, they choose Andrea Gates as their surrogate. She undergoes IVF and on September 22, she tells Molly that she is pregnant via a home pregnancy test. On November 15, Andrea breaks the news to T.J. that she had a miscarriage. When she woke up, she experienced cramping and heavy bleeding. She went to Mercy Hospital where the doctors did bloodwork and an ultrasound before breaking the news that the baby was gone. T.J. tried to reassure Andrea they could try again, but Andrea, more affected by the loss than anticipated, said she could not go through with the process again.
After the miscarriage, Molly is eager to try again but T.J. is hesitant, not sure if he is ready to expose himself to that kind of pain and loss again. He confides in Portia who encourages him to try again and not let fear get in the way. Molly moves ahead and decides to meet with potential surrogates without T.J. However, she runs into Alexis, who advises her not to proceed without T.J. or keep any secrets from him. After spending time with Willow and Amelia in the park, Molly breaks down, thinking she'll never be a mother.
Kristina finds her and takes her park to her apartment. After comforting Molly and providing a listening ear, Kristina once again offers to be their surrogate if she and T.J. decide to try again. After talking it over, Molly and T.J. decide to proceed with Kristina as their surrogate. They ask Kristina together and she happily accepts. Kristina is successfully impregnate via IVF and the baby is expected in August 2024.
During the surrogacy, Molly and T.J. experience a rough patch in their relationship. They clash over how Kristina is handling the pregnancy and how much they should monitor her. At Harrison Chase and Brook Lynn Quartermaine's wedding reception, Kristina is traumatized after hearing her father threaten the lives of Dex Heller and Jason Morgan. The experience shakes her and she has a breakdown on the bathroom floor.
When T.J. finds out, he is frantic and wants to ban Kristina from seeing her father in order to avoid any situation that could becomes too stressful for the baby, but Molly disagrees and they argue. Molly worries that setting too many limits and restrictions on Kristina could cause her to pull out of their deal and decide to keep the baby for herself. Since Kristina is the egg donor and no papers have yet to be signed, in the state of New York, the baby legally belongs to Kristina until adoption papers are signed.
As the baby's due date approaches, Kristina begins to get into multiple conflicts with Molly and T.J. After Kristina witnesses them fighting a few times over her prenatal care, she begins to worry they might breakup. She also begins to wonder if the baby would have a better and more stable life with her and her partner, Blaze.
After an interview with Perez Hilton where she is asked about the baby, but refuses to comment, Molly and T.J. worry that Kristina will want to try and claim the baby as her own after all. Molly goes to Kristina and asks her to sign papers terminating her parental rights, as was planned so Molly could legally adopt the baby after birth, but Kristina refuses. Kristina confides in her mother that she is too worried about Molly and T.J.'s relationship status and she cannot terminate her rights. Instead, she must go for full custody herself.
After Molly also talks with their mother, she realizes she would have to be the one to smooth things over and bring down the temperature as emotions were high. So she goes to Kristina's apartment and the two sisters make amends, apologizing to one another. Kristina is then served with papers to testify in a custody trial between her father and Ava Jerome over her sister, Avery Jerome-Corinthos. Molly counsels Kristina on how to handle the subpoena. Molly leaves to meet up with their other sister for lunch at the Port Charles Surf Lodge.
Meanwhile, Kristina goes to Ava's room at the Metro Court Hotel. Kristina and Ava argue and the confrontation ends tragically when Kristina trips over a bag and falls out the window, landing in the pool. Ava, Josslyn, Gio, Trina, Brook Lynn, Blaze and Natalia watch in horror as Kristina falls. Josslyn dives into the pool to rescue her and she is rushed to the hospital. Kristina suffered multiple internal injuries from the fall and the baby was in fetal distress with the placenta separating from the uterus. She was rushed in for an emergency c-section.
The baby (that was revealed to be a girl) was delivered but her injuries were too severe and the doctors were unable to save her. Dr. Park breaks the news to Kristina and the family and they are devastated.
While grieving and waiting on news about Kristina, T.J. tells Molly they need to come up with a name for their baby girl. Both are relieved to get the news that Kristina pulled through surgery.
Molly and T.J. return home and struggle deeply with the loss of their child. Molly is unable to help T.J. pack up the baby's nursery because it is too hard. He also reminds her that they need to pick a name for their daughter, but she can't even think about it and hurries to leave. She throws herself into work and goes down to the Port Charles Police Department to confront Ava who is in lockup.
Meanwhile, Jordan, Stella and Curtis come over to see T.J. They make him something to eat and help him pack up the nursery. The baby's belongings will be donated. Stella encourages T.J. to let out what he is feeling and to not hold it inside, while Jordan is worried about Molly being absent because they need to lean on each other. T.J. thanks them for helping with the nursery but when all is done, he needs some time alone. After his family leaves he breaks down. Molly approaches and is outside the door, but she is unable to come inside. She can't face the loss and leaves again.