Francis and Jackson are scheduled to appear on the popular soap opera on Oct. 9, PEOPLE can confirm After almost a decade, the Spencer family will be together onscreen once again! Genie Francis will officially return to General Hospital next week on Oct.

It’s the reunion fans have been waiting for: Deadline has confirmed that Genie Francis has returned to the set of General Hospital to appear in scenes with her on-screen son Jonathan Jackson.

After a summer break, Francis returned to the ABC soap opera set several weeks ago, and she should be back on screen on Wednesday, October 9, according to Soap Opera Digest. Even better, some of the first scenes Francis filmed upon her return involve Laura and Lucky, and viewers should see those scenes this week, too, the site reports.