There have constantly been a lot of changes behind the scenes on General Hospital in the last year alone. Starting from multiple recasts to numerous writing team changes. And right when things started to settle down, yet another round of shakeups has hit the lone-standing ABC soap!
Reports reveal that, Patrick Mulcahey, who alongside Elizabeth Korte replaced Chris Van Etten and Dan O’Connor has head scribes, is now out of General Hospital! Yup, even before fans could actually see the full effect of the plot changes his writing would have brought to the show, the man and his pen have bowed out.
The word is that whatever changes that his writing had started to bring in were being completely rejected by the loyal General Hospital fanbase. The new stories were a total disaster, to say the least. The overnight transitions the PC characters made were an absolute train wreck, and did not sit well with the fans at all.
Rumors had been building around this for a while now. However, Soap Opera Digest has now confirmed that General Hospital has indeed booted Patrick to the curb. But that’s not all. It appears that Chris Van Etten is back in the writing room! The May 14, 2024, episode once again featured Chris’ name in the credits.
Now, BuzzWorthy Radio is confirming that Chris Van Etten is definitely back to the ABC soap. Well, hopefully he will find a way to undo the damage the new writing from Patrick had done to General Hospital, and restore the fan faith back into the soap. Interestingly, not too long ago actress Alley Mills had accidentally spilled Chris’ return in an interview with Michael Fairman.
Are you happy with this development? Or did you actually prefer the changes Patrick’s writing were bringing in? Tell us in the comments.
