General Hospital (GH) spoilers tease that Nikolas Cassadine’s (Marcus Coloma) exit could affect the storylines he’s involved in a big way. There’s no word on how long Nikolas might be off canvas, but it could be indefinitely.
The show may not choose to recast anytime soon since they have plenty of characters who deserve more attention.
GH writers might focus on other people and just leave Port Charles down a Cassadine.
There’s been a lot of talk about the Cassadine family legacy lately, but is Esme’s baby truly part of it?
Esme seems convinced her unborn child indeed belongs to Nikolas, but that was the story direction before Marcus Coloma got the boot.
Everything could change now that Nikolas may be headed offscreen for who knows how long.
Wouldn’t it be better to give Esme’s baby a father who’s actually in the picture?
It wouldn’t be the first time the show did a major rewrite. Just look at the recent Reiko Finn (Mele Ihara) mess or Cody Bell’s (Josh Kelly) illogical backstory.
Even Heather Webber (Alley Mills) being Esme’s mother doesn’t really add up when you look at the actual timeline, but none of that matters as long as the show delivers good drama.
That means it might be wise to offer a “baby daddy” twist in the not-too-distant future. After all, there’s nothing that locks Nikolas in as the father.
There’s been no paternity test, so Nikolas is just taking Esme’s word for it anyway – and we all know her word doesn’t mean much!
Spencer Cassadine (Nicholas Chavez) kept his own pants locked up tight – as evidenced by the scenes we saw of him literally keeping Esme out of them.
That probably rules Spencer out unless the show wants to go against what fans watched.
However, it’d be simple to write in that Esme slept with someone else offscreen and wound up pregnant.
Maybe they could even include some fake flashbacks to explain.
Dex Heller (Evan Hofer) would be the ideal choice considering his budding love story with Josslyn Jacks (Eden McCoy). Josslyn would hit the roof if Dex and Esme had a secret baby as the result of a one-night stand.
Of course, there might be some other shocking father candidate that comes into play instead.
The show could even use this scenario to introduce a new male character if that’s how they want to take things.
Regardless, it’s at least worth considering the idea of a paternity rewrite now that we know Marcus Coloma is out as Nikolas.
Do you think GH might deliver a paternity shocker and make some updates to this storyline?
Could some stunning news come out about the real father of Esme’s unborn child?
General Hospital spoilers say some surprises are still to come, so stay tuned.
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