Rick Springfield on GH

General Hospital

Sept 22nd 2008

A united front or not?

Patrick, Robin & Anna are in Matts Room & Noah walks in to announce he has put in a call to Charles Fox, the top burn surgeon in the country. Wait just a minute. Matt questions Noah's concern as insincere. Noah says it's time to move on, what's past is past, he is trying to get him the best help. Matt reminds Noah that he paid his mother off, out of sight out of mind. Noah doesn't get to make amends Matt tells his father as Patrick, Robin & Anna all look on. Anna interjects "Maybe now is not the time..." Noah cuts her off "I messed up but I'm still..." Matt isn't having it. "You are a stranger, I don't know you" Patrick has to put his two cents in as well. "Let me make this a little more clear. Your not wanted here. You had a son & all you saw was an obstacle to your career path so you discarded him like a bad grade on your transcript. You had a chance and you made the choice to leave him behind" Ouch! Matt says he doesn't need the help. "I Don't know you, you were nothing to me so just stay the hell out of it.

The Man the Myth

Patrick is throwing charts around as Robin approaches. Patrick says he tried to defend the guy and you heard him. Robin says "You mean your brother?" If anyone knows what he is going through it's him Patrick tells Robin. Maybe he doesn't Robin says. "Living up to Noah Drake, the man, the myth, the legend, the great disappearing father?" Ok so that's not quite what she meant. He is projecting his own experience to his brother she explains. What is he supposed to do he asks her. She suggests go have a beer with the guy, go to a game, try to bond with him on that level and work your way up to the big stuff. But don't be surprised if it doesn't happen over night she cautions. Patrick is not upset over that he assures her. He is once again reminded who is role model has been and doesn't want to make the same mistakes. Robin assures him he won't.

Brotherly Love

Robin goes back to see Matt alone. Matt doesn't want to hear her but he is stuck in that bed Robin reminds him. Is she going to tell him what a great guy Patrick is or something like that? Look, she has to believe it but he has seen enough to know better Matt tells Robin. Really? She asks How is he supposed to react when all you have been doing is picking fights etc. What was Matt supposed to do? Bow down to him? Robin says Matt has been acting like a jerk. How should Patrick know he has a good reason for it? Just because they share DNA doesn't mean he gets to have an opinion Matt informs her. Robin reminds Matt that he certainly has has an opinion of Patrick. Patrick's relationship with Noah has been no walk in the park Robin tries to explain to Matt. Well Patrick seems to have gotten past that Matt says. Robin tells him it was a difficult process and now he has stuck up for you (this said as Patrick walks in the door)

AA or a Drink

Anna and Noah are sitting in the lounge. "Now you know the truth about me" Noah says to her. "Pretty disgusting huh?" "Yeah it's sad, a bit disheartening. The only thing that could make it worse at this point is if you went somewhere and had a drink" Anna says to Noah. "Wow, well I was just thinking about that, the smell, the burn in the back of the throat....." Noah says. "Yeah, just trash the rest of your life" She says to him. He can't undo what he has done to his sons and their mothers but she believes he can do a hell of a lot better in the future. Her faith astonishes him under the circumstances, it should make him fell like he should go to an AA meeting instead of a bar. With that he gets up and walks away.

Don't Walk Away

Patrick makes one more attempt with Matt and asks how it went with the Dr. Matt doesn't need a big brother. Patrick can't ignore they are related he tells Matt. Patrick recaps Noah's screw ups and informs Matt that is not him. He isn't following in their fathers footsteps. Good for you Matt tells him. Patrick informs him that they are brothers and he is not walking away.