General Hospital (GH) spoilers tease that there’s a question the show still needs to answer: Who is Esme Prince’s (Avery Kristen Pohl) mother? Esme’s shocking mommy dearest will have to be revealed sooner or later, so let’s mull over the options now that Ryan Chamberlain (Jon Lindstrom) has confirmed Esme is his daughter.
Of course, we should start by pointing out that Ryan is far from trustworthy – and Esme is awfully desperate for a family.
There’s no guarantee this father-daughter bond is legitimate since Ryan could be manipulating Esme into doing his bidding.
That said, the twisted connection between Ryan and Esme seemed genuine.
Esme is certainly a chip off the old psychotic block, so it’s easy to believe she’s the daughter of a creepy serial killer like Ryan.
Esme and Ryan have proven they’re a lot alike, so let’s just assume Ryan is telling the truth for now.
That still leaves the mystery of who Esme’s biological mother is.
It’s possible Esme’s mom is already dead like her adoptive parents.
Ryan may be all the family Esme has left in this world – and in that case, the show might just make her mom some unknown woman who became a victim of Ryan’s.
However, that seems like a missed opportunity under the circumstances.
Why not give Esme a mother on canvas who could ultimately become part of this wild storyline?
That brings us to another important point.
GH writers obviously didn’t dream Esme up way back when she would’ve been conceived, so this is a soapy rewrite – meaning that history will have to be altered to explain her existence.
In other words, there’s no need to dwell on the details too much.
Esme could even be some test-tube baby that was delivered via a surrogate, which opens the door to plenty of possibilities.
Harmony Miller (Inga Cadranel) isn’t Willow Tait’s (Katelyn MacMullen) biological mother, but could she be a bio mom to Esme?
Perhaps Harmony has been inserted in Ryan’s storyline for a reason.
Kristina Wagner (Felicia Scorpio) was put on contract not too long ago – and Felicia was romantically involved with Ryan once upon a time.
Could this wacky rewrite make Felicia a mother to Esme somehow?
Then again, Lucy Coe (Lynn Herring) has been talking about the babies she lost lately, so maybe that’s a hint that she’ll become a mother to Esme. We definitely can’t rule it out!
It’s also interesting that Esme was so quick to snap that Ava Jerome Cassadine (Maura West) wasn’t her family.
Could Ava be Esme’s mom in a stunning twist?
Ryan intends to give Esme the family she always wanted, so the shocker could be that Ava is somehow Esme’s biological mother.
We can’t forget the writing fiasco of Anna Devane (Finola Hughes) having Peter August (Wes Ramsey) with Cesar Faison (Anders Hove), which was later rewritten again to make Peter the son of Faison and Alex Marick (Finola Hughes).
Anything goes when it comes to parental rewrites on the ABC soap.
No matter how this plays out, there are some intriguing options to mull over. As other GH news rolls in, we’ll bring you updates.
General Hospital spoilers say some exciting Esme revelations are still to come, so stay tuned!
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