Hamilton Finn (Michael Easton)

Dr. Hamilton Finn, M.D. or simply just Finn is a fictional character on the ABC daytime soap opera General Hospital.

He has been portrayed by actor Michael Easton since the character's debut on March 21, 2016.

Casting
On February 2, 2016, executive producer Frank Valentini, posted that he asked Easton back to General Hospital.

Easton is known for his roles as Caleb Morley (aka Stephen Clay) defunct spinoff Port Charles (2001; 2002-03), John McBain on the now canceled ABC soap opera One Life to Live (2003-12) and General Hospital (2012-13) and Silas Clay on General Hospital from May 13, 2013 until the character's death in August 2015.

When several former PC characters and actors returned to GH in 2013, writers decided to revisit the vampire storyline from PC as a way to pay tribute. They put their own spin on it, and Easton started playing a dual role of John and an adapted version of Caleb on February 4 to March 13, 2013.

Easton was originally scheduled to appear on March 18, 2016. Due to the death of former First Lady and her funeral airing that day, it was pushed back to March 21, 2016. He is also under contract.

Background
Finn lost his wife because of what Hayden's father, Raymond Berlin did. Due to Raymond's ponzi scheme, the clinic where Finn was researching lost funding and he was unable to continue his research. Finn also harbors a lot of guilt for his wife, Reiko's death.

Finn reveals to Hayden Barnes that Reiko wanted to return home to her family. However, Finn was set on continuing his research, so Reiko made the decision to stay with Finn. During his research, Finn inadvertently exposed Reiko and himself to the disease that ended up killing her and infecting him. His guilt is part of what drives him to find a cure.

Finn has one child, Baby Finn, presumably born in November 2017, with his ex-fiancée, Hayden Barnes.

Storylines
Dr. Hamilton Finn (who likes to be called Finn) is called to GH by Dr. Monica Quartermaine to help her sister-in-law, Tracy Quartermaine. When he arrives at the hospital he is accompanied by his bearded dragon service lizard, Roxy. He is also told multiple times that he looks like the late, Dr. Silas Clay. He also diagnosed Tracy with worms in her brain from when she went to Mexico. On June 20, 2016, he revealed to Hayden Barnes that he's dying.

He was also a suspect in the the attempted murder of Lucas Jones. Dr. Finn was also a suspect in the deaths of patients at the hospital but was in prison when Dr. Mayes was murdered making it impossible for it to be him.

On December 22, 2016, he was cured of Blackwood's syndrome as is Hayden who also go the disease after cutting her finger. Afterward their brush with death, they started a relationship. It was also revealed that he is addicted to Zen-Zen.

In May 2017, Finn and Hayden suspect that someone is tampering with his drug results so they switch it with Hayden's sample as they wanted to see if it still came out positive, which it did. But something else came out positive and Griffin told them that Hayden is pregnant. After finding out, Hayden wasn't sure she wanted to be a mom and Finn told her he would support her in whatever she decided. Eventually, with Finn's support, she decided to keep the baby. Hayden and Finn have also expressed that they love each other.

Crimes Committed

 * Trespassing; stepped foot into the hospital to work on Sabrina Santiago's son Teddy while suspended [Jun 27, 2016; arrested]
 * Obtained illegal drugs from Sonny in exchange for granting him illegal access to Julian's hospital room [Jul 2016]
 * Injected Anna Devane with Zen-Zen without her knowledge [Mar 9, 2017]
 * Ordered Hayden Barnes to tape him to a chair until he detoxed from Zen-Zen [Mar 23, 2017]
 * Manhandled Hayden while she was taping him to the chair under his orders [Mar 24, 2017]
 * Attacked Jared Preston, Jr. [Aug 16, 2017]
 * Attacked Cassandra Pierce in self-defense [Jan 2, 2018]

Health and Vitals

 * Assaulted by Julian Jerome (pinned to a wall) [May 31, 2016]
 * Was dying from Blackwood's syndrome [revealed Jun 20, 2016; name revealed Dec 19, 2016; cured Dec 22, 2016]
 * Refused medical attention after being found unconscious and suffering lots of pain due to his Blackwood's syndrome [Jul 1, 2016]
 * Addicted to Zen-Zen [revealed Jan 23, 2017]
 * Assaulted by Dr. Griffin Munro (pinned to a wall) [Mar 10, 2017]
 * Ignored Jordan Ashford's intercom calls to evacuate the hospital due to a bomb having been placed on the premises and was locked in the locker room [Mar 10-13, 2017]
 * Suffered from withdrawal due to not taking Zen-Zen and had chills and sweated profusely as a result [Mar 23, 2017; ordered Hayden to tape him to a chair in an attempt to help him detox]
 * Drugged by Cassandra Pierce [Jan 2, 2018; revealed to have overdosed on Jan 3, 2018]
 * Held at gunpoint by Cesar Faison [Jan 24-25, 2018]
 * Knocked out by Anna Devane under Faison's orders [Jan 25, 2018]