Patrick Drake (Jason Thompson)

Patrick Drake is a fictional doctor on General Hospital. He is a neurosugeon who dated and married his love, Robin Scorpio and has a daughter, Emma Grace Scorpio Drake.

Name:
Patrick Drake, M.D.

Portrayed by:
Jason Thompson (12/07/2005 - present)

Ethan Erickson (Temp, 2008)

Occupation:
Neurosurgeon at General Hospital

Residence:
Owns a home with Robin Scorpio.

Marital Status:
Married: Robin Scorpio (2008)

Related to:
Noah Drake (father) Matt Hunter (half-brother)

Children:
Emma Drake (born October 2008)

Non-marital Relationships:
Robin Scorpio (girlfriend) Leyla Mir (girlfriend, dated 2007 - 2008) Carly Corinthos (Flirtation, dated 2005 - 2006)

Charactor History:
Handsome, confident to the point of arrogance, Patrick Drake is the second member of his family to work as a surgeon at General Hospital, the first being his father, Noah. Father and son have never gotten along. When Robin initially asked Patrick to help save Jason's life, Patrick refused because of his father's involvement in the case. Sam and Robin played to his ego, hinting that perhaps he wasn't capable of performing the surgery, so that Patrick would agree. He accepts the challenge, and he saves Jason. However, it does little to build his popularity at the hospital. Robin feels he's heartless and only interested in his career, not in patients. She is interested in what drives his bad relationship with his father. She later learns that Noah is a bad alcoholic who turns to liquor when he loses a patient.

Patrick and Robin have an obvious chemistry, and he has fun making her jealous, though there's supposedly nothing between them. Robin denies any interest. That all changes the day that Patrick, while performing surgery on an AIDS patient, cuts himself, exposing himself to the HIV virus. Being HIV positive herself, Robin gives him moral support, and they become lovers. Patrick later learns that he is not infected with HIV.

When Robin thinks she might be pregnant, she realizes by Patrick's reaction that he is not family-oriented, and the couple breaks up. Robin decides to go to a sperm bank, as she wants a child of her own. Patrick then takes up with the beautiful Leyla Mir, but that does not help him to forget Robin. When Georgie Jones (Robin's cousin) is murdered by the Text Message Killer, Patrick and Robin reunite. He suggests that they focus on their relationship instead of her desire for a child at least for a year. Robin knows that a year won't make any difference, so they break up yet again. When Robin announces her pregnancy several months later, Patrick doesn't know that the baby is actually his and not a sperm donor's; the condom broke the last time they made love - another in a line of pregnancies resulting from faulty manufacturing.

Now that Patrick knows the truth, he is anxious to be part of his baby's life, and he wants Robin to move in with him so that they can be a family. Robin doesn't believe he will feel the same way once the newness of having a child has worn off. The two, however, marry, and Robin has their daughter Emma. However, she develops post partum depression, leading to a big challenge for the couple.