Sonny Corinthos and Carly Benson

Sonny and Carly
Maurice Benard and Laura Wright as Sonny and Carly, 2015
General Hospital character
Duration	1999–2008 2010 2014–
Created by	Robert Guza, Jr.
Introduced by	Wendy Riche
Profile
Other names	SnC, S&C, CarSon
Family Corinthos Spencer Spouse 2000–01 2002–05 2007 2015— Children Michael Corinthos Morgan Corinthos

Michael "Sonny" Corinthos, Jr. and Caroline Leigh "Carly" Benson are fictional characters of the long running ABC daytime soap opera, General Hospital and also a supercouple.Sonny is the most powerful mobster in Port Charles, New York and Carly is the daughter of one of the show's popular characters, Bobbie Spencer, and the niece of soap opera supercouple, Luke and Laura. Sonny is played by Maurice Benard and Carly is currently played by Laura Wright. Sonny and Carly were together, on and off, from December 1998 to April 2007. They have been married four times and reunited in 2008, 2010 and most recently in 2014. Together, the couple share two children; Michael and Morgan. The couple has had their ups and downs, but throughout it all they have remained friends and support one another. Their relationship is normally characterized as being explosive and tumultuous. They are known by fans as "S&C" and the portmanteau "CarSon" for Carly and Sonny.

The character of Sonny had been in various relationships with various women before the writers paired him with Carly. The only other character Sonny was paired with that reached the same level of popularity as Sonny and Carly is Sonny’s pairing with Brenda Barrett (Vanessa Marcil). Sonny and Brenda are also considered a Supercouple. Because both women have played such major parts in Sonny’s life, Carly and Brenda have always clashed.

However, Sonny was on the show for years before Carly’s arrival. And it wasn’t until November 1999, when writers first tested their on-screen chemistry. Carly at the time was married to A. J. Quartermaine (Billy Warlock) and in love with A.J.'s brother and Sonny's best friend and mob enforcer, Jason Morgan (Steve Burton). If Benard’s success with Marcil wasn’t enough proof that his pairing with Carly would be a success, the history between their families would be. Sonny’s close friend is none other than, Luke Spencer (Anthony Geary). Luke is one half of the most iconic Supercouple in the soap genre, Luke and Laura and is also the brother of Carly’s biological mother, Bobbie Spencer (Jacklyn Zeman).