‘General Hospital’ Interview: GH Head Writer Ron Carlivati Explains Bringing Back Jake Webber

Proving once again that dead is never dead on “General Hospital” TBTB on “GH” decided to bring back another character from the dead.  This time Jake Spencer [James Nigbor] the son of Jason Morgan [Billy Miller] and Nurse Elizabeth Webber  [Rebecca Herbst] is alive and well on Cassadine Island.

Jake was the product of a one night stand with Jason and the legal son of Detective Lucky Spencer. [Jonathan Jackson] At the time Jason thought it would be safer for Jake to be Lucky’s son than the son of a mob boss.

Jake was run over by a car that his grandfather Luke Spencer [Anthony Geary] was driving in 2011.  Jake was declared brain dead and  Elizabeth agreed to donate his kidneys to save Carly’s [Laura Wright] daughter Josslyn [Hannah Nordberg] who had cancer.

Seems hard to believe that you could bring someone back from the dead whose organs were donated but on GH you can be shot, blown up, fall off a cliff, burned or even stabbed and you can be brought back to life in an instant.

Head Writer Ron Carlivati spoke to Soap Opera Digest why he felt the need to bring Jake back.  Ron said, “were trying to come up with a purpose behind this adventure and a lasting impact for this adventure and something that would have emotional resonance for Luke and also, obviously, have a big impact on the rest of the canvas, so as much as it was an exit story, it was also the start of a story for other people.”

Of course there were not many ways they could make this work so who better to go with Helena Cassadine [Constance Towers] being the mastermind.  Helena has brought herself and her son back from the dead, so why not Jake.

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While we hope this storyline works out and are willing to give it a try this seems to be another example where the audience is asked a suspension of disbelief that pushes the limits too far and one of the reason “GH” is flagging in the ratings.

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