Jake Webber (Hudson West)

Jacob Martin "Jake" Spencer is a fictional character on the ABC daytime soap opera General Hospital and has appeared on its SOAPnet spin-off General Hospital: Night Shift. He is the son of former mob boss, Jason Morgan and Nurse Elizabeth Webber via one night stand and the legal son of Det. Lucky Spencer.

Casting
Twins Landon and Trey portrayed Jake in 2007.

Triplets Amanda, Miranda, and Maryssa Jones portrayed Jake in 2007 on GH and GH: Night Shift.

Twins Edward and James Nigbor portrayed Jake from 2007-11.

James Nigbor returned to the role in 2015.

Background
Elizabeth finds out her husband, Lucky, is addicted to pain pills and is having an affair with Maxie Jones. After promising to get clean, Elizabeth again finds Lucky in bed with Maxie and is devastated. She ends up going to Jason for comfort, where she finds out that Jason walked in on his girlfriend, Sam McCall, in bed with Ric Lansing. The two of them sleep together to console each other. In the morning, they both decide to go their separate ways for the sake of the people they love.

Later, though, Elizabeth finds out she's pregnant and is not sure if Jason or Lucky is the father. Lucky, high on drugs, tries to make a fake bust and ends up nearly hitting Elizabeth. When he finds out she's pregnant, he promises to get clean for the sake of the baby. Elizabeth later has a paternity test done on her baby and it shows that Jason is the father. She keeps this a secret, however, and lets everyone believe Lucky is the father. Elizabeth ends up telling Jason the truth during the Metro Court hostage crisis while stuck in an elevator with him. Jason and Elizabeth vowed to do whatever they have to do to keep their child safe, including having Jason give up his rights to his son in order to protect him from the mob. The truth, however, comes out during the Black and White Ball in 2007. Jason, Lucky and Liz (and Sam) agree to continue letting everyone believe that Lucky is his father in order to keep Jake safe.

It was believed that Jake died in a hit-in-run in 2011, but on July 6, 2015, Lucky tells Luke and Laura that Jake is alive and on July 9, Luke finds Jake on Cassadine Island with Helena. Jake also knows that both Lucky and Jason are his fathers.

On November 6, Jason tells Jake that no one will call him Little Jake anymore because his (Jason's) name isn't Jake it's Jason and he's his father.

Storylines
On May 4, 2007, Elizabeth goes into labor and passes out while trying to call for help. Jason, who stopped by to check on Elizabeth, takes her to General Hospital. Her son is delivered via emergency C-section, and wasn't breathing when he was born but luckily, both of them are saved. Jason spends some time with his son while waiting for Elizabeth to wake up before Lucky arrives. While the two bond as a family with Jake, Elizabeth goes into a coma. She doesn't wake up for awhile. Jason had a request from Elizabeth that if something happened to her, Jason would tell Lucky the truth. Lucky for Jason, just as he's about to tell Lucky that he himself is the father, Elizabeth wakes up. Elizabeth names her baby Jacob Martin. Both she and Lucky agree to name their friends, Nikolas Cassadine and Emily Quartermaine as godparents. She tells Lucky, Nikolas, and Emily that the reason she chose the name was because she always liked the name Jake, and Martin was to honor her late maternal grandfather. When Jason visits her and Jake, she tells him the other reason for the name—she gave her son Jason's initials as a part of his name. Jason is honored and happy that she and Jake are safe.
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Sam eventually finds out the truth about Jake and is devastated. She wanted to have Jason's child, but found out she was infertile due to a gunshot wound she sustained when someone tried to kill Jason. When Maureen Harper kidnaps Jake in the park while Elizabeth has her back turned, Sam watches the kidnapping and says nothing. Jason, under arrest for murdering Lorenzo Alcazar, quickly gets himself out of jail to go and find his son. He gets the help of Amelia Joffee, who made several calls to Maureen and heard a baby crying. She became suspicious, as Maureen's newborn daughter died a few months before in a house fire. Jason and Amelia track down Maureen and find Jake with her. Maureen hands the baby over, and reveals that Sam saw the kidnapping happen. This causes Sam and Jason to break up.

Lucky and Elizabeth end up divorcing when Jason reveals that he is Jake's father at the Black and White Ball. Later on, Lucky agrees to let everyone believe he is Jake's father to keep him safe, to both Elizabeth and Jason's satisfaction. In December 2008, the Russian mob threatens Jason. This leads to him sending Elizabeth with Jake and her other son, Cameron, up to the mountains in a remote cabin with Sam to hide out. The Russian mob, however, finds them, and Sam and Liz hold them off, but Jake ends up getting kidnapped. Jason eventually shows up, and he and Sam give chase to the Russians to find Jake. They corner them in a warehouse, but it catches fire. Luckily, Sam jumped out of a window with Jake right before it blew up. They bring Jake back to Elizabeth and Lucky, and Jason decides to leave parenting Jake to Elizabeth and Lucky to keep him safe, breaking up with Liz in the process.

In September 2009, Port Charles hosts a carnival at GH. A reconciled Liz and Lucky bring Cameron and Jake along, while Jason and Sam are on a date, bringing them together again. Jake runs away from Elizabeth just before Jake's great-grandfather, Edward Quartermaine, drives his car through the carnival, unconscious at the wheel. His car collapses the tent Jake went into, and Jason, Elizabeth, Sam, and Lucky rummage through the debris and are able to find Jake, who is rushed into the hospital with a suspected concussion. Luckily, the doctor gives a clean bill of health, and Jake goes home with his family in good condition.

On March 17-18, 2011, Jake is hit by a car in a hit and run. He is declared brain dead and is put on life support. After Carly Jacks learns of this, she goes to Jason and informs him that her daughter, Josslyn, has cancer and needs an organ transplant. She asks Jason for Jake's kidneys. Lucky and Elizabeth agree to donate Jake's organs, and the transplant saves Josslyn's life. After a police investigation, it is revealed that Luke Spencer was the one who hit Jake. Most people agree that it was a horrible accident, but Lucky blames his father's drinking for the accident. Luke, stricken with grief over killing his son's son, spins out of control. He trashes the Haunted Star, tries to provoke Jason into killing him, and eventually leaves town. Luke eventually returns, and sobers up.

In Jake's honor, Luke later sets up a charity in Jake's name and Elizabeth and Jason thank him for honoring their son. He also has Coleman Ratcliffe change Jake's bar to The Floating Rib because Luke didn't want a big neon sign that said Jake on it.


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On July 9, 2015, Luke went to Cassadine Island to find Jake after Lucky told him that Jake was alive. Lucky didn't say where Jake could be found, but Luke assumed Cassadine Island, so that's where they went. After talking to Helena, she finally told him it was true, and after four years, Jake was alive. Luke didn't believe it until Jake drove his remote control car into the living room, ironically hitting Luke in the foot. Helena left them alone to talk. Jake then tells Luke his name is Jake and asks Luke what his name is.

Jake is then reunited with Lucky, then Elizabeth and then meets big Jake (Jason). He is also given a clean bill of health by Patrick. After the appointment, Jake meets Sam and Carly again. He then meets his grandma, Monica and cousin, Michael. On August 14, he finally meets his little brother, Danny and they play together with motorcycles, while their mothers look on, Sam, with a smile on her face and Elizabeth, with a look of terror on hers. Right before Sam and Danny leave, Jake (Jason) comes back and sees them. Jake later watches his parents get engaged (again).

In September, Jake wakes up from a dream that Jason was going leave him but he reassured him that he won't. In October, Jake comes home with a cut over his eye from fall while running home. His mom treats the cut and he goes upstairs but he just ends up sitting on the stairs listening to his mom and grandma talk about how Jake is really Jason and that Laura is worried about him (little Jake).

Jake is later seen standing outside his parents room and he tells them that grandma is there. Later on, Jake colors a picture for his grandma. Then Laura hears a scream and goes to what happened and sees Cameron, with a mask on his face, on the floor holding his head. Jake tells Laura that Cameron fell but Cameron said that Jake pushed him by accident because he didn't like his Halloween mask. Later, Jason and Elizabeth come home and while Elizabeth and Laura talk, Jake and Jason bond and Jake tells him that he's his real daddy. Later, Elizabeth tries to tell Jake that he misunderstood and that she just said that Jake will be his dad.

On Halloween, Jake is seen with his brothers and father about to go trick or treating in football costumes. He then asks where the candy comes from and Cameron tells him that they go door to door and Jake asks how they know that the people won't hurt them, to which Cameron responds "what?" but Jason tells him that no one is getting hurt because he will be with them the whole time. Just then Elizabeth walks in and they all go trick or treating. He is seen coming home from trick or treating with his family.After talking to Jason, Elizabeth asks Cameron and Jake if they would be okay with Jake adopting them after they get married. Cameron says yes and so does Jake but he again says that Jake doesn't have to adopt him because he's already his son. Elizabeth soon puts a stop to the conversation.

In November, he is seen rehearsing what he is going to say at the wedding. Later on, he is seen getting ready with his brothers. Afterwards, Michael and Sabrina come to Elizabeth's house to pick up him and his brothers but before they go, Jake and Aiden ask their grandma Laura if she is coming to the wedding and she tells them no. When Jake and Aiden arrive at the church, Jake asks if they can go up to the choir loft with Cameron but Sabrina says no but they can wait for him at the bottom of the stairs, then Michael tells them not to mess anything up.

At the church, he is seen with his brothers writing in the guest book, when Felix walks up and takes away the pen. The boys start getting impatient so Epiphany takes them out to the courtyard to play. They are then seen in the church at their seats when they hear music, which they think means the wedding is starting, so they go to the bridal room and drag their mom out. When they get out there, they wonder why Jake isn’t there yet. To keep the out of the way, Patrick sends them to their seats. They return a few minutes later ask their mom when the wedding is going to start and Elizabeth says not yet. Seeing that they are getting more impatient, Epiphany interjects and offers to take them to get ice cream with Felix and Sabrina.

The next morning, Jason tells Jake that no one will be calling him little Jake anymore because his (Jason's) name is Jason and he's his father, to which Jake hugs him and says I know. Jason then tries to get Jake to tell him what he means, he asks if he saw him or anything on Cassadine island but Liz injects and stops the conversation before Jake rats her out, by telling him to go get ready for school. Before Jake goes to school, he gets a visit from his grandma Monica, who hugs him and tells him to learn a lot and to be nice to the other kids.

On Thanksgiving, Jake goes to the Quartermaine's, where he's greeted by his grandma. When Jake find out that Helena is dead, he gets so upset that he drops a glass figure and when his mom asks if he's upset, he says yes. This is when his mother finally realizes that he needs help. Later on, his little brother, Danny arrives and they play with cars and motorcycles and he also tells Danny that his mom, Elizabeth knows a secret about their dad, which Sam overhears. Later on, the whole family (Monica, Tracy, Michael, Jason, Jake, Danny, Sam and Dillon) including Elizabeth, Patrick, Sabrina and Paul have pizza after the power goes out due to Paul trying to deep fry the turkey. The next day, Jake and Danny have a playdate. During the playdate, Sam asks Jake about the secret he's keeping and he tells her that it made his grandma Laura mad at his mom, but once he starts to clam up Sam backs off. After Jason leaves Elizabeth house without telling her to apologize to Sam for yelling at her he comes down stairs and asks his mother were daddy was.

On New Year's Eve, Jake tells his mother that he saw someone outside the house and that he needs his daddy. Elizabeth calls Jason to come over because Jake is scared and when he gets there Jason makes it clear that he is always there for Jake. The next day, Jason has a brief conversation with Elizabeth about a custody arrangement for Jake.

On January 6, 2016, Elizabeth takes Jake to work with her because he says he has a stomach ache and because his sitter can't watch him today. Once they get to hospital, they see Franco and she tells Jake to promise her not to talk to him. Franco comes over to Jake and Elizabeth who are sitting on a bench and asks Jake if he wants to color but Jake tells him that he's not suppose to talk to him. Then Officer Young comes to update Elizabeth on the case of who Jake possibly saw. So Jake will not hear Elizabeth reluctantly lets Jake talk to Franco after he gives Jake crayons to color with and she tells Franco she will be watching him and that Jake is sick and remember that. When Elizabeth comes back Jake and Franco are playing and then she takes Jake to get something to eat. Jake leaves the paper he was coloring with on the bench and Franco picks it up and see that Jake was drawing creepy houses with a black background surrounding them. Later on, Elizabeth and Jake are seen outside of Kelly's but when she sees Sam with Jason, she suggests that they go to an Italian restaurant

on January 8, Jake and Laura end up scaring Elizabeth since she did not think anyone was home. Laura then tells Elizabeth that Audrey asked her to pick up Jake and bring him home since he said he was not feel well. Then Jake tells Elizabeth that he feels better when mommy and daddy are home with him. After he says that Elizabeth tells Jake that he can go upstairs nd play videos games. Once Elizabeth thinks her son is upstairs she talks to Laura about Jason and just as Elizabeth says that she thinks Sam and Jason are getting closer. Laura tells Elizabeth that Jake is on the stairs listening to there conversation. Elizabeth then tells him "what did I say about listening to adult conservation, Jake" and he tells her sorry and he goes back up stairs.

Crimes Committed

 * Pushed his brother, Cameron into a shelf, which caused him to hit his head [Oct 2015]

Health and Vitals

 * Wasn't breathing when he was born [May 4, 2007]
 * Kidnapped by Maureen Harper [Jun 2007]
 * Had an ear infection [Jul 2007; GH:NS]
 * Terrorized by two armed goons, in the park, under the orders of Sam McCall [Aug 2007]
 * Suffered from smoke inhalation and stopped breathing after his brother, Cameron set fire to the house [Jan 2008]
 * Kidnapped by the Russian mob [Dec 2008]
 * Was in Sam's arms when she jumped out of a window right before an explosion [Dec 2008]
 * Trapped under a collapsed tent at the carnival; suffered a mild concussion [Sep 2009]
 * Presumed dead after being hit by a car driven by his legal grandfather, Luke Spencer [Mar 2011]
 * Held captive by Helena Cassadine [Mar 2011-Jul 2015]


 * Fell while running home from school (suffered a laceration right above his eye) [revealed Oct 9, 2015]