‘General Hospital’ Spoilers: GH Writers Passanante And Altman Tease Jason Morgan Reveal And Possible ‘JaSam’ Reunion During November Sweeps

ABC Soaps In Depth sat down with “General Hospital” head scribes Jean Passanante and Shelly Altman to get the scoop about the highly anticipated Jason Morgan (Billy Miller) reveal that is scheduled in just a few weeks.  It cannot be an easy task for the writing duo to step in the shoes of former writer, Ron Carlivati.  The first thing, Passanante revealed was that they wanted to bring the romance and core “GH” back on canvas. They felt that Carlivati was a talented writer, but he focused too much on the violence in the mob stories. They plan to move away from that, and tell more romantic storylines between ALL characters including the mob bosses.

The most anticipated part of Jason’s reveal is not his reaction to knowing his true identity, but the fallout about those who hide his identity from him. He doesn’t have many memories as Jason, but people want to see Elizabeth (Rebecca Herbst) pay for her role in the lying scheme. Passanante and Altman both feel that Liz must have consequences for her role in hiding Jake’s identity, but wanted the audience to know that Liz will be redeemed eventually. The writers explained that she didn’t tell Jake, who he really was because she loved him and wanted to keep him for herself. It’s not to excuse Liz’s behavior, exactly; however, there was a reason behind her madness. Passanante noted that Liz wasn’t the only person who will take a fall for hiding the fact that Jake is really Jason Morgan.

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Altman said that there are fans rooting for Sam (Kelly Monaco) and Jason to rekindle their romance. At the same time, there are Liz and Jake’s fans hoping they make it through the storm of Jake’s big reveal. The GH writers noted that Liz has done a few pretty shady things in her life, but no one in Port Charles is without blame. They all have lied, cheated, and deserve to be shamed. Liz hasn’t killed anyone- yet.

Jean Passanante and Shelly Altman also revealed they had big plans for Anna (Finola Hughes). They both agree that Anna’s character is going to do great things, and it will ground her as a core character in Port Charles. She is the only person who feels like something is off about Paul Hornsby (Richard Burgi), and plans to find out what he really up to in Port Charles. Clearly, she doesn’t trust him at all.

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Passanante noted that Julian’s (William deVry) character was interesting because he is a mobster and has done terrible things; however, deep down, he is a great guy trying to be a model citizen. They said they cannot deny Sonny (Maurice Benard) and Julian’s family business, but Julian is stepping away and letting his villain sister; Ava (Maura West) take over the mob. It is a toss-up if the Jerome family shift lasts.

The new writing team seem to have a few great ideas for the “General Hospital” fan favorites. Do you think Ava will turn on Julian? Do you think that Jake can forgive Liz? How will Sam react when she learned Jason is alive? Will Alexis find out that Olivia adopted son is Julian’ son Leo? It’s all starting soon for November sweeps!

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