General Hospital Spoilers: Is Ric Lansing Returning To Port Charles – Takes On Nelle?

General Hospital Spoilers: Is Ric Lansing Returning To Port Charles - Takes On Nelle?

General Hospital (GH) spoilers remind us that we haven’t seen Sonny’s [Maurice Benard] half-brother, Ric Lansing [Rick Hearst] for a while. Though he left Port Charles in 2009, he re-appeared as a recurring character in February 2014.  Ric’s departure from Port Charles was unexpected.

He had told Sonny that Claudia Corinthos’ [Sarah Joy Brown] baby could be his, and one would have expected him to stick around and find out. However, on June 25, 2009, he moved to Los Angeles for a fresh start. Lansing walked into an elevator and said to Claudia, “Don’t worry about me. I’ll be back.”

General Hospital Spoilers: Ric Lansing Returning To Port Charles?

The reason for that abrupt move was that Rick Hearst had been hired by The Bold and the Beautiful and had to start taping. “I’m play a character named Whip,” Lansing said. “I’ll do anything.” Ric has a daughter growing up fast, Molly Lansing [Haley Pullos], an ex-wife, Alexis [Nancy Lee Grahn] with quite a few problems at the moment, and Sonny headed for big turmoil.

Seems like it would be a great time for Ric to make a return trip. He’s really all the Davis and Corinthos family need. Ric’s goals in life have been scattered. He’s dabbled in embezzling, kidnapping, blackmail, and adultery. He slipped birth control pills into his wife Elizabeth’s [Rebecca Herbst] orange juice and gave her a stroke.

General Hospital Spoilers: Ric Lansing Returning To Port Charles?

The former DA is a con artist and seems to hate Sonny, though what he really wants is Sonny’s love. Hard to tell. After going away for this new start, his old habits haven’t really died. When he returned to Port Charles in 2014, he wound up in trouble. Julian Jerome [William DeVry] told police that Ric was his boss! Ric’s death had to be faked so that Julian’s true boss would come out of hiding.

Months later, he went missing but Shawn Butler [Sean Blakemore] and Jordan Ashford [Vinessa Antoine] saved him. Then he paid Hayden [Rebecca Budig] to pretend she was “Jake’s” [Billy Miller] wife. He married Nina [Michelle Stafford] for her money and had an affair with her mother Madeline [Donna Mills], with whom he was in cahoots.

Ric would probably say that’s all in the past, and that he really wants to be there for family now. After all, he doesn’t want Molly to hate him. He could really help Sonny and Carly. Carly, of course, adores him since he chained her in a panic room for month while she was pregnant. Perhaps she’s ready to move on now. Elizabeth forgave him for her stroke. Maybe he can vie for her love once again?

Let’s face it. It takes one to know one, and he could probably spot Nelle’s chicanery a mile away. Depending upon how Alexis feels about Julian, if he needs to be ousted from her home, Ric could make sure that happens. As far as his brother, the Corinthos family needs a devious mind. That’s Ric Lansing.

Would you love to see Ric Lansing back in Port Charles? Be sure to tune into ABC’s General Hospital (GH) to see if this prospect comes to fruition. Come back to CDL for all your General Hospital spoilers, news and updates!


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