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Who is ‘General Hospital’s’ Ryan Paevey Playing if Not the Real Nathan West? Theories Continue as Viewers Await a Story Twist
When Ryan Paevey returned to General Hospital on-screen this past September as a very much alive Nathan West, viewers were thrilled to have him back to the ABC soap opera after a long seven-year absence.
Now, after some of interesting looks shot back and forth between Jack Brennan (Chris McKenna) and Nathan while inside Lulu’s (Alexa Havins Bruening) house on the Friday, December 19 episode, isn’t it slowly becoming apparent that this can’t be the real Nathan West? In fact, Jack emphasized to Lulu she better watch her back, because Nathan is, after all, the son of the notorious Cesar Faison.
However, Lulu fired back that Cesar shot and killed his own son and is nothing like his father. Or, is he? The story of Nathan’s return has been in slow burn mode for awhile, and GH fans are awaiting to see if there is finally a big reveal. Is Paevey playing the real Nathan, a doppelganger, a twin no one knew of before, Cesar Faison himself with a prosthetic mask, or even Peter August with plastic surgery or a prosthetic mask?
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All of these theories had originally been bounced around. Add to that, this version of Nathan can’t account for where he was the last 7 years of his life and he arrived in Port Charles just after his sister, Britt Westbourne (Kelly Thiebaud) came back to town after fleeing the Five Poppies Resort in Dalmatia.
When Paevey made his highly-anticipated return to GH, he spoke with TV Insider, where he shared one of the reasons he decided to come back to daytime, and what lies ahead. “We’ve got some fun stuff planned. We’re going to stir the pot. I wouldn’t come back for something vanilla,” explained Paevey.
The current story conundrum is; when will viewers be clued into what this guy is really up to? Could Nathan be working with Sidwell (Carlo Rota), and be the one who kidnapped Anna Devane (Finola Hughes)? Is Nathan, or whoever he is, be the one who is actually taunting her with the initial “C” in the book she opened while in captivity, The Cyrstalline Conspiracy, written by P.K. Sinclair? Longtime viewers know that P.K. Sinclair was the alias Faison used when he showed up on the scene in the early 90s as a novelist writing adventure stories. To top it off, when Anna opened the inside cover of the book, it was signed, “For my muse — C.” She promptly freaked out.
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Previously, Nathan’s sister, Britt also received a letter signed by “C” with a note about making sure she took her experimental medication to control her Huntington’s disease symptoms. When Britt first laid eyes on Nathan when he was hospitalized at GH from injuries sustained in a supposed car crash, she was cold and distant towards him, as if she knew something, that his guy was an imposter, but since then, Britt hasn’t had any interaction with Nathan to make one think they are not sister and brother. But something tell us, this is all about to change, unless GH altered their original story plans?
Meanwhile, we are going to watch Lulu be duped by the guy, fall for him romantically, while her best friend, Maxie (Kirsten Storms) and his supposed wife, continues to lay in a coma in Boston, too? Stay tuned.
So, what do you think is going on here? Will Ryan Paevey be revealed to be playing someone other than Nathan? If so, who? Are you more intrigued by his return story after Friday’s episode … or do you think it needs to kick into high gear with a big reveal now, or do you believe he is just good ole’ Nathan? Share your thoughts and theories via the comment section below.
I think C is for Cassidine and Charles Shaughnessy is going to return. We will also find out he faked Britt’s huningtons prognosis
Nathan has all of the memories he should have from before the shooting, and he has the scars from the bullet holes in his chest. And he has the correct DNA & fingerprints. So that would seem to be proof enough that he is actually Nathan West.
Which of course leaves the question of where he was for 7 years, and why he can’t remember anything between the day his daddy shot him in the chest, and the day he woke up in GH after being found in a wrecked pickup truck.
The only thing that makes any sort of sense is that Nathan had some sort of “alternate personality” controlling his mind, and it was probably stored on a chip in his brain. More than likely that chip got knocked off line when Nathan wrecked his truck, and that’s why he doesn’t seem to recall any of that missing time now. It’s also possible that the chip “shorted out” on it’s own, which is what caused him to wreck his truck in the first place, since one would imagine if you’re entire brain rebooted while you were driving, it might be hard to keep a vehicle on the road.
If indeed such a chip is present, it’s only a matter of time… and possibly another bump on the head… that might reactivate it and switch Nathan back to whoever he thought he was for all the time he was missing. Whether that was a digital copy of his father or just a programmed flunkie for the Legion of Dumb, well that remains to be seen.
Just speculation, but they may have slowed the progress of this story in hopes of Kirsten returning in the near future. It’s highly coincidental that Nathan returns shortly after his wife goes into a coma.
The writers have been showing Nathan to be a caring brother to Nina (with some meaningful interaction with Britt).
Key question – why hasn’t anyone requested Nathan’s grave to be exhumed???
I’ve been asking that question since “Nathan” came back! It would only make sense yo exhume Nathan’s grave and find who or what, if anything is buried there!
Yep! Same with Britt’s!
I didn’t watch GH during the Nathan era; but, I think this guy is an imposter who is working for Sidwell. This, “I got shot by my father and I don’t know where I’ve been for the last seven years” is too fishy for me. Even Britt, who I don’t trust either, has a better story. I don’t think he is Cesar Faison back from the dead. I don’t know the other characters mentioned. He’s definitely not what or who he claims to be. I’m shocked he got back on the police force with the giant gap in his life. I’m sure he’s another no good nick.
It’s a slow burn mostly because of the Drew and Willow mess, the Sidwell stuff, the “Harriet the Spy” stuff with Josselyn, and the Ava, Alexis, Ric, Molly and Kristina stuff, so there’s not much time or attention to detail to flesh out the storyline just yet.
Get rid of the long boring story of Drew and Willow.
It is almost six months per the July fireworks.
The writers made him arogant. Evil. Lack of respect.
Hateful character.
If anyone would know if Willow had D I D
Disorder. It would have been. Our wonderful actress Erika. Slezak.
Victoria Bucan on.
Enough of Willow cult worship seeking person.
Enough of Chase protecting her. Poor Brooklyn.
Nina’s fault this went on for so long
Hate Brennon. Stop the insanity please g h writers
Enough of these dragged out storylines with no resolution in site. Not sure what the production team at GH think they are accomplishing except to frustrate viewers to the point of making them stop watching. The Drew storyline is so bad people are just fast forwarding through those scenes (me included). Bring back the Gloria Monte type of storylines that were fun and exciting.
I am really hoping it is the real Nathan. Brain washed or something that can be undone.
I’m just getting seriously tired of all this. I’ve watched GH almost for as long as I can remember. Please let it srop.
I am tired of Cameron Mathieson playing Drew Cain as a monster. He was one of the nicest people in Port Charles. Willow could have a second personality because she was raised in a cult and the leader wanted her to be his wife. Her mother turned out not to be her mother. That could cause someone on a soap opera to have a personality disorder. I wish someone would shoot Drew again and get it over with. They are never going to tell who shot Drew anyway, and this is not Dallas. I like Jocelyn with the WSB agent. Now he’s gone. I haven’t watched the show in over two weeks. If the storyline keeps being drawn out, I don’t care if I watch it again. And why bring Brad back? I was so glad to see him leave. Don’t make Nathan someone he isn’t. Keep him the nice Nathan. He has always been! I know you have to have villains, but enough is enough! Someone had to be standing behind Laura and Sonny to get pictures like they had! That was a really bad idea in my opinion. Sidwell is disgusting as is Lucy Coe. A new storyline with Ronnie would be wonderful! During the Christmas season, why does everything have to be so sinister? Bring back the fund that was in General Hospital! I am also tired of Jack Brennan! I don’t like Lucas with Sidwell’s son! He’s had enough broken hearts because of Brad! Why did you bring him back? Are you trying to get people to stop watching General Hospital?
So right
Is Ryan Peavy playing z Faison?
Nathan is a clone! Created in the 5 poppies lab by Britt! She never thought he was viable.. hench her horror when he showed up in Port Charles smirking! The real Nathan West is really dead. Port Charles police should have exhumed his grave to see who or what is in it!
A clone would not have Nathan’s fingerprints, or the bullet holes in his chest
Why can’t someone clone Dex?
Dex was a clone of the moss in Carly’s kitchen.
Ha ha!!
Faison
NO MORE MASKS!!! That soap trope is tiring. End all of it by showing a clinic responsible for them, i.e. how they’re made and work to fool everyone so well even by the voice. It’s tiring, irritating and so 90’s. Just stop. End of. ITV’s Emmerdale (Britbox U.S.) is currently the soap to watch. With Cells and her adoptive son Ray pushing 16 year old April into drug dealing and prostitution, trying to frame Moira by partnering with her against Kim Tate’s land grab AND forcing Paddy’s father into modern day slavery by kidnapping him along with others to work on the farm. Then there’s nosy parker Victoria whose brother married Aaron and went to prison for killing her rapist, only to have Victoria’s half brother John may Aaron and turn out to be a serial killer psycho who liked to bring his victims near death and then try to revive him. He escaped by 6 people involved in the murder of Ruby’s molesting father(who turned out to be be her daughters father (poor Caleb, that really was devastating for her husband. She lied. He married her thinking it was his daughter. ) One Aaron’s second husband left Robert got out of prison, they reunited and Robert’s second husband turned out to be a psycho too. But not a bad one. Only because he found out psycho Emma who he slept with gave birth to his son Lewis. But he left before Lewis found out. I can’t wait for John and Kev to come back. Especially Kev. He’s a hoot. He involved that knucklehead Liam in an armed robbery and it was hilarious. There is so much going on on this show. No masks. No gimmicks. No scene music unless it’s the radio or used for a particular scene here and there.
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Kelly Sullivan Gives High Praise to ‘General Hospital’s’ Maura West Recalling When Ava Shot Connie (Exclusive)
It was just over 13 years ago on General Hospital when Ava Jerome (Maura West) shot and killed Kate Howard/Connie Falconeri (Kelly Sullivan) in an effort to keep her quiet from revealing that Derek Wells was actually Ava’s back-from-the-dead brother, Julian Jerome (William deVry). It’s a crime that somehow Ava never has quite paid for either.
The episode back aired on August 13, 2013 and viewers had to say goodbye to Kelly Sullivan who played Kate and her alter, Connie. In the story, just before she died, Kate/Connie scrawled the letters AJ in her own blood, initially making the PCPD and Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) think that it was AJ Quatermaine (Sean Kanan) who did the deed.
Now, Sullivan recalled sharing scenes with the three-time Daytime Emmy-winning West, during a live conversation on You Tube’s Michael Fairman Channel. Kelly was the special guest talking about her recent return to the soaps in her new role as The Bold and the Beautiful’s Darcy Dylan.
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FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF MAURA WEST
Speaking of her final GH scenes and working with Maura West, Sullivan gave her then GH co-star major props. “If you’re going to be shot by somebody (on the soaps), you want to be shot by Maura West, c’mon!”
Maura West debuted back in May 2013 as Ava, and Sullivan remembered when the As the World Turns favorite began on GH. “I remember when Maura West first arrived at GH. She walked in with this cute little bob (hairdo) and she’s just delicious,” shared Sullivan.
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
Kelly revealed more about Maura, adding “I think she’s amazing! I remember right before I left the show, someone suggested, and I would still love to do this with her, if she ever want to, but someone suggested that they wanted to direct the stage play A Streetcar Named Desire with Maura and I, where I would play Stella and she would play Blanche! Wouldn’t that be great?”
Speaking of the Ava/Connie showdown scenes, Sullivan expressed, “On television and on General Hospital specifically, Maura West is able to play a character who does the most horrendous things and you still care about her and that’s the mark of a really great actor. In other words, you’re able to be liked in the midst of the most horrendous things, and as a performer not shying away from that, and to just have the courage to do what’s on the page (in the script).”
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KELLY SULLIVAN PARTING THOUGHTS AS SHE LEFT GENERAL HOSPITAL
Kelly also shared her sentiments when she walked off the set of General Hospital after her run back in August of 2013. “I really was honored. Every day I would go to work and I would say a little prayer, which is I want to do justice for my character, explained Kelly. “It’s between me and my character. I get to walk this path with her and to leave the show on that note, which is, I left every out there. I just gave it my all and again what an honor it was to play Kate/Connie.”
You can catch the full conversation with Kelly where she talks about her time on General Hospital, The Young and the Restless where she played Sage Warner and now The Bold and the Beautiful below.
So, do you remember the Ava and Connie scenes where Ava shot and killed her? What did you think of Kelly Sullivan’s sentiments about Maura West? Share your thoughts via the comment section. But first, watch the reveal where Ava recalls murdering Connie below!
The question of will Steve Burton (Jason Morgan) stay awhile at General Hospital after his recent extended hiatus from the show earlier this year, has reportedly been answered.
TMZ via court documents obtained in Burton’s ongoing legal battle with his ex-wife Sheree Gustin, shared that Steve actually inked a new three year deal with the ABC soap opera back in June.
That is significant because it was June when Burton returned back to work as Jason. In addition, the court filing confirmed that Burton had already moved back to California from Tennessee.
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STEVE’S HIATUS AND HIS RETURN TO PORT CHARLES
GH fans will recall, it was back in February of 2026, that Burton announced via his Instagram that he was stepping away from his role of Jason Morgan for short break and pointed to wanting to spend quality time with his new wife, Michelle Lundstrom Burton with whom he tied the knot back on May 17, 2025.
Steve expressed at that time, “I’m newly married and looking forward to spending some quality time with my family.” It was back on March 25 that viewers saw Jason carted away by the WSB after taking the fall for Rocco Falconeri (Finn Carr) who shot then WSB Director Ross Cullum (Andrew Hawkes).
Burton returned to work on June 1, and due to General Hospital taping roughly six weeks ahead of air, made his on-screen comeback on the July 13 episode.
GOING FOR GOLD AT THE UPCOMING DAYTIME EMMYS
Then, Steve and his enduring fans got an extra special treat on the same day, when it was revealed on Extra that he was nominated for the upcoming 53rd annual Daytime Emmy Awards in the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Daytime Drama Series category.
Steve previously won in the Supporting Actor category for his work as General Hospital’s Jason in 1998 and as The Young and the Restless’ Dylan McAvoy in 2018.
Now with Jason and Britt’s (Kelly Thiebaud) relationship seemingly hitting the skids, plus Jason’s commitment to staying out of mob life to focus on being present for his son Danny Morgan (Asher Antonyzyn), what does the future hold for the fan favorite character? Stay tuned.
So, happy to hear that Steve Burton signed a new three year deal with General Hospital? Knowing that, what storyline would you like to see Jason get involved and with who? Share your thoughts and theories via the comment section.
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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Jason and Britt Reach an Impasse; Is This the End of Their Relationship?
On the Friday, September 11 episode of General Hospital, Jason (Steve Burton) and Britt’s (Kelly Thiebaud) relationship becomes strained to potentially the point of no return.
Things take a turn when an unglued Britt having been traumatized by almost being killed by Anna Devane (Finola Hughes) asks Jason to back her up with the PCPD when she reports Anna for attempted murder.
However, Jason told Britt, he can’t. Jason shares that he does not believe Anna would have gone through with shooting her. Therefore, Britt was not in any real imminent danger. Britt is flabbergasted and hurt that Jason is refusing to tell the police what he actually witnessed for himself on Mount Emerson.
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BRITT WANTS BACK UP FROM JASON
Jason counters that he can’t believe that Britt would want Anna punished. or sent to prison, or a mental facility after the trauma she endured while being locked up and mentally tortured while at Wyndemere.
He asks Britt, “How could you even say that you want her locked up or prosecuted for what she did when you knew she was being held prisoner and you did nothing to save her?” Britt is stunned by Jason’s response.
Coming up, official General Hospital spoilers share that on the upcoming Monday, September 14 episode, Jason confides in Carly (Laura Wright), while Britt is stung. In the video preview that aired at the end of the Friday, September 11 episode for this coming Monday, Britt says to Jason, “You don’t believe me. Do you?”
General Hospital head scribes, Chris Van Etten and Elizabeth Korte previously teased in their fall preview of the soap, “Britt and Jason have come a long way and fought a lot of enemies to be together. But the most stubborn obstacle to their happiness isn’t without, it’s within. Decisions Britt made to stay alive while under Cullum’s thumb will come back to haunt her and may prove too difficult for this unlikely couple to survive.”
So, what do you think will happen? Will Jason and Britt break-up over Britt’s lies and Jason’s unwillingness to report Anna’s crime against her? Do you want Jason and Britt to go their separate ways? If they do, will Britt become romantically involved with Dr. Tristan Roberts (Dean Geyer) ? If so, who do you pair Jason with? Anyone? Weigh-in via the comment section.
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