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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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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Sonny Tells Dante, “I Don’t Want a Son Like You,” While Michael Tells Brook Lynn to Bide Her Time Till Chase and Willow Have an Affair
On the Thursday, October 1 episode of General Hospital, both Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) and Michael Corinthos (Rory Gibson) had some things to say and what they had to say didn’t go over well with whom they were talking to!
Sonny had a confrontation with his son, Dante (Dominic Zamprogna), while Michael leveled with Brook Lynn (Amanda Setton) over Chase (Josh Swickard).
GH is setting up a scenario where everyone is going to make it look like Sonny was responsible for having Sidwell (Carlo Rota) beat up in Pentonville; while viewers already know Ava (Maura West) and Drew (Cameron Mathison) were behind it.
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A VISIT WITH DAD
Now, Dante comes to Sonny’s house. He wants to know straight up from his dad if he ordered the attack at Pentonville. Sonny flatly denies any culpability or responsibility, but Dante refuses to believe him.
Dante informs Sonny he has video footage of Sully and Vito at the prison. Sonny explains to Dante he doesn’t know why Sully beat up both Curtis and Dante. Things escalated when Sonny was deeply hurt that Dante refused to believe him. Dante says he was disappointed that his father didn’t respect him enough to be truthful with him!
Sonny asks Dante to consider that he was being set up. He says all he did was to tell Vito to instruct Sully to keep a watchful eye on Sidwell, not to harm him. No matter what Sonny said, Dante continued hammering him with how he knew deep down, even though he said he left the mob, he had to finish off Sidwell for himself.
Next, Sonny explains everything he has ever done was to provide for and to protect his family. Dante fired back that he doesn’t want to deal anymore with Sonny’s half-baked truths. As the two men argue, Gio (Giovanni Mazza) shows up at Sonny’s front door and overhears Sonny losing his temper and shouting at Dante, “Get out of my house! I don’t want a son like you!” The scenes featured an excellent performance by Maurice Benard.
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MICHAEL THE MANIPULATOR
While this is going down, outside the Quartermaine boathouse, Brook Lynn opens up to Michael about living at the Q’s with Chase being there, since he only came back due to legal advice from his lawyer, Monet Mitchell (Blythe Howard).
Brook Lynn questioned whether they should get legally separate. Michael insisted that would be a big mistake. When she asks why, Michael tells Brook Lynn to bide her time until Chase and Willow (Katelyn MacMullen) have an affair; then she’d have full custody of Phoebe.
An angered Brook Lynn pushed Michael into the water and accuses him of moving Willow back into the gatehouse with intent on putting Chase and Willow in closer proximity and sacrificing Brook Lynn’s family in the process. As the two cousins bicker, Chase shows up asking Brook Lynn if she is OK. Michael punctuates their talk with “You know, I’m right.”
CURTIS FIGURES OUT A WAY TO GET OUT OF THE SLAMMER
At GH, Willow visits Curtis (Donnell Turner) in his hospital room. Curtis wants Willow to get him pardoned and keep him out of jail, and in return, he will help her nail Sonny.
Next, Willow tells Dr. Tristan Roberts (Dean Geyer) she wants Curtis held for observation for three more days. He agrees to do so under one condition, that she understands that he may need to call in a favor from a congresswoman.
So, what did you think of how Dante accused his father and refused to believe Sonny’s answers? Is this the end of their father and son relationship for good? Is Michael the most manipulative person of all, except for Willow? Do the two deserve each other? Do you want Chase and Willow to have an affair? And what of Curtis? Does he have many redeeming qualities left? Share your thoughts via the comment section, but first check out the talk Michael had with Brook Lynn.
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GH Alum Tajh Bellow and Y&R Alum Loren Lott Star in New Tiktok and Microdrama ‘Love Island’ Spoof
Two soap opera alums very familiar to fans of General Hospital and The Young and the Restless are paired together in a new short-form digital series from none other than Issa Rae’s production entity HOORAE Digital.
Look for Tajh Bellow (ex-TJ Ashford, GH)) and Loren Lott (ex-Ana Hamilton, Y&R) as part of the cast of The Compatibility Experiment, premiering on October 14, 2026, exclusively on TikTok and its companion microdrama platform, PineDrama.
In the video teaser, it appears that Bellow and Lott play a couple, Kelvin and Camila, set in a Love Island reality show-esque environment trying to win the one million dollar cash prize, only what could go wrong?
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The Compatibility Experiment loglines share that it brings a fast-paced, relationship-focused reality check—much like Love Island with a twist. The show takes a participant’s current relationship, introduces them to a potentially more compatible partner, and forces them to navigate the differences with life-changing money on the line.
The new series is part of a groundbreaking content deal between HOORAE Digital and TikTok to develop premium short-form storytelling. The ensemble cast also features; Ayona, Reggie Luck, JaNa Craig, Tosin Morohunfola, Jessica Jacoby, Georgia Warner, and Nick Cassidy.
General Hospital fans know Tajh Bellow for his performances as TJ Ashford, and who earned two Daytime Emmy nominations along the way during his run. Bellow took over the role in 2018 and last appeared on the ABC daytime drama series in December of 2024.
Loren Lott first appeared as Devon’s (Bryton James) sister Ana Hamilton on The Young and the Restless from 2018 to 2019; making a brief return in 2024. She has continued to perform on the stage and screen with recent credits including: Bel-Air, Cherish the Day, and All American: Homecoming.
Check out the trailer for The Compatibility Experiment below and let us know what you think of its concept and if you are glad to see Tajh and Loren again? Hoping they might return to daytime in their GH and Y&R roles at some point in the future? Weigh-in via the comment section.
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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Ava and Drew Revealed to be Behind Framing Sonny for Sidwell’s Prison Beatdown
If you thought that the person responsible for the Pentonville brawl that saw Sidwell (Carlo Rota) and Curtis (Donnell Turner) taken to General Hospital was Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) or even Sidwell himself, you were dead wrong! On the Wednesday, September 30 episode of GH, it turned out that the culprits were actually Ava (Maura West) and Drew (Cameron Mathison).
In story, Drew apparently bankrolled the attack on Sidwell and framing Sonny. He told Ava their planned worked (she came up with it!) but was horrified when Drew informed her that Curtis got caught in the crosshairs. Ava is visibly upset because of her longtime friendship with Curtis’ daughter, Trina Robinson (Tabyana Ali). Drew tried to make Ava see the bright side. Curtis was witness to it and his presence will cast doubt on Sonny’s claims to that he had gotten out of the mob and gone legit.
Later, Vito shows up at Drew’s. They informed him that his guy on the inside of the slammer made a big mistake by hurting their friend and ordered him to leave town.
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BOATHOUSE BRAWL
In other major developments, Danny (Asher Antonyzyn) and Rocco (Finn Carr) have a blow out fight as Danny blames his “brother” for the reason Charlotte was sent off to boarding school.
Rocco told off Danny for Charlotte’s (Bluesy Burke) reckless behavior and he explains he had to protect his sister. He went in on Danny saying that his mother Lulu (Alexa Havins) has been right to send Charlotte to boarding school and far away from Danny.
However, Rocco went a bit too far when he shouted, “And if your mom was alive, she would send you away too!” Next, Danny punched out Rocco, leading to a terrible brawl. An angered Danny yells at Rocco to, “Stay away from me and everyone in my family. And don’t you ever mention my mom again!” Danny storms off.
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Now alone outside the boathouse, Rocco flashes back to his first kiss with Scout (Kayden Brenna Tokarksi), hoping that his fight with Danny will not escalate and ruin their budding romance. Meanwhile, a bloodied-mouth Danny heads over to Sonny’s and Jason (Steve Burton) is there at the same time. He then admits that he has a bad fight with Rocco and they are both beaten up.
WILL SCOUT WISE UP?
At the end of the episode, Scout, who had a fight with Alexis (Nancy Lee Grahn) over Drew, and who keeps telling everyone how good a man her dad truly is, comes upon a suspicious scene.
Scout hides behind the wall outside Drew’s. She sees her dad, Ava and Vito talking. Next, Scout seems to overhear Vito assuring Drew and Ava that their business dealings are done, and he’ll be leaving Port Charles for good.
So, what did you think of the reveal that Ava and Drew were behind framing Sonny for the prison beatdown of Sidwell (and Curtis)? Do you think Danny and Rocco’s relationship can be repaired, or do you think the teenagers will continue to be at each other’s throats? Finally, do you hope Scout gets a clue and stops thinking her dad walks on air? Weigh-in via the comment section, but first check out how Ava and Drew conspired below.
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