Their daughter Nancy was born with a heart condition, and she died on July 27, 1966. Their divorce finally went through, and Phil moved to San Francisco.
Their daughter Nancy was born with a heart condition, and she died on July 27, 1966. Their divorce finally went through, and Phil moved to San Francisco.
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After divorcing Phil, Jessie dated obstetrician Dr. John Prentice and married him. John was very ill and dying. His twenty-one-year-old daughter Polly Prentice resented John rewriting his will to give Jessie everything. Days later, John was dead. Jessie was put on trial, along with Dr. Tom Baldwin, with whom Polly had revealed Jessie had had an affair, for the murder of John Prentice. Jessie and Tom were found guilty, but Phil returned to town, pledging to prove Jessie innocent. Tom got Polly to confess to her father's murder, and Jessie and Tom were set free.
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After divorcing Phil, Jessie dated obstetrician Dr. John Prentice and married him. John was very ill and dying. His twenty-one-year-old daughter Polly Prentice resented John rewriting his will to give Jessie everything. Days later, John was dead. Jessie was put on trial, along with Dr. [[Tom Baldwin]], with whom Polly had revealed Jessie had had an affair, for the murder of John Prentice. Jessie and Tom were found guilty, but Phil returned to town, pledging to prove Jessie innocent. Tom got Polly to confess to her father's murder, and Jessie and Tom were set free.
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Thinking Phil had changed, Jessie remarried Phil. She was wrong though, and Phil started having an affair with Polly. Phil and Polly were in a car accident and Polly miscarried a baby she claimed was Phil's. Charges were brought against Phil, and he fled town. Months later, in November of 1969, Phil was presumed dead when a "P. Brewer" was listed among the dead in an airplane crash in South America.
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Thinking Phil had changed, Jessie remarried him. She was wrong though, and Phil started having an affair with Polly. Phil and Polly were in a car accident and Polly miscarried a baby she claimed was Phil's. Charges were brought against Phil, and he fled town. Months later, in November of 1969, Phil was presumed dead when a "P. Brewer" was listed among the dead in an airplane crash in South America.
Psychiatrist Dr. Peter Taylor came to town and took a liking to Jessie, and they eventually married. Phil, however, was not actually dead.
Psychiatrist Dr. Peter Taylor came to town and took a liking to Jessie, and they eventually married. Phil, however, was not actually dead.
====Angie Costello and Eddie Weeks====
====Angie Costello and Eddie Weeks====
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Steve's first patient at General Hospital was teenager Angie Costello, who had been in a bad car accident when her boyfriend Eddie Weeks had decided to drive drunk. Angie's face was badly disfigured and it took surgeons hours to repair the damage. Angie was despondent and contemplated suicide. Steve and Jessie, however, talked her out of it. Angie was then called to testify against Eddie in his drunk driving trial. She admitted on the stand that he had had a few beers before getting behind the wheel, and that helped the prosecution get a guilty ruling. Eddie was sentenced to probation and the young couple broke up.
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[[Steve Hardy]]'s first patient at [[General Hospital (location)|General Hospital]] was teenager Angie Costello, who had been in a bad car accident when her boyfriend Eddie Weeks had decided to drive drunk. Angie's face was badly disfigured and it took surgeons hours to repair the damage. Angie was despondent and contemplated suicide. Steve and nurse [[Jessie Brewer]], however, talked her out of it. Angie was then called to testify against Eddie in his drunk driving trial. She admitted on the stand that he had had a few beers before getting behind the wheel, and that helped the prosecution get a guilty ruling. Eddie was sentenced to probation and the young couple broke up.
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Angie, however, found out she was pregnant and Jessie calmed and comforted her. Angie gave her son up for adoption to Janet Fleming. Then, two years later, Angie and Eddie started dating again and decided they wanted son back. When Janet wouldn't give the baby back, the teenagers kidnapped him. When they were caught, [[Lee Baldwin]] defended them, and they were sentenced to probation, and they had to give the baby back to Janet.
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Angie, however, found out she was pregnant and Jessie calmed and comforted her. Angie gave her son up for adoption to Janet Fleming. Then, two years later, Angie and Eddie started dating again and decided they wanted their son back. When Janet wouldn't give the baby back, the teenagers kidnapped him. When they were caught, [[Lee Baldwin]] defended them, and they were sentenced to probation, and they had to give the baby back to Janet.
====Lee and Meg Baldwin====
====Lee and Meg Baldwin====
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In the summer of 1966, a widowed nurse named Meg Bentley came to town with her young son [[Scott Baldwin|Scotty]] and her seventeen-year-old stepdaughter Brooke. Lee liked Meg and they became great friends, but Meg became engaged to Dr. Noel Clinton. Noel, however, shocked Meg when he left her for Brooke the day before their wedding. Meg then turned to Lee and they began to date. Late in 1966, Meg and Lee married, and Lee adopted Scotty.
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In the summer of 1966, a widowed nurse named Meg Bentley came to town with her young son [[Scott Baldwin|Scotty]] and her seventeen-year-old stepdaughter Brooke. [[Lee Baldwin]] liked Meg and they became great friends, but Meg became engaged to Dr. Noel Clinton. Noel, however, shocked Meg when he left her for Brooke the day before their wedding. Meg then turned to Lee and they began to date. Late in 1966, Meg and Lee married, and Lee adopted Scotty.
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Meg started getting paranoid that Lee was having an affair, first with her nursing school friend Iris Fairchild, who was working for Lee as his secretary. They briefly separated, but they got back together after Lee donated his kidney to save Scotty's life. In 1970, Brooke came to live with them after her marriage to Noel broke up. Meg then was diagnosed with breast cancer and had to undergo a radical mastectomy. Meg became increasingly jealous of Brooke and had a nervous breakdown. Lee was then forced to institutionalize her.
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Meg, however, started getting paranoid that Lee was having an affair with her nursing school friend Iris Fairchild, who was working for Lee as his secretary. Lee and Meg briefly separated, but got back together after Lee donated his kidney to save Scotty's life.
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==Opening credits gallery==
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Revision as of 04:08, 15 September 2011
General Hospital was created by Frank and Doris Hursley. The first episode aired April 1, 1963 on ABC.
The early years of General Hospital revolved around the seventh floor of a hospital, the internal medicine department, in an unnamed mid-sized city in the Eastern US. Dr. Steve Hardy was the Chief of Internal Medicine and the main character of the show. Dr. Hardy spent what seemed like all his time at the hospital--his days, his nights, and even his weekends--seeing patients and completing paperwork. Because of all the time and attention he gave his work, his fiance Peggy Mercer left him for writer Roy Lansing in the fall of 1963.
Audrey March arrived in town February of 1964. She came to visit her much older sister Nurse Lucille Weeks, who was the senior nurse on the seventh floor, but decided to stay when she met Steve. They soon began to date. Steve and Audrey became engaged, then briefly broke up, but got back together when Steve helped Audrey recover from lymphoma. Steve and Audrey were then married in 1965.
Audrey was worried when she failed to get pregnant after two years of trying, so she secretly had herself artificially inseminated. When Steve found out, he felt betrayed and moved out. Steve later came around though, but when Audrey miscarried, she was devastated and filed for divorce. She then left town and went to Vietnam.
Audrey returned after six months and got a job as a pediatrics nurse at the hospital. Steve, however, had moved on with hospital volunteer Denise Wilton. Audrey, trying to prove she was over Steve, married Dr. Tom Baldwin. She was still in love with Steve though and couldn't bring herself to consummate the marriage. Tom raped her, and when she found she was pregnant, Audrey sued Tom for divorce and left town again.
Jessie and Phil Brewer
Jessie and Phil
Steve was good friends with Nurse Jessie Brewer, who was having problems in the love area herself. She and her husband Dr. Phil Brewer, who was seven years younger than she, had been drifting apart, partly due to his affair with the younger Cynthia Allison, who was engaged to Dr. Ken Martin. Phil finally confessed to his affair with Cynthia, and Jessie filed for divorce. The couple though came back together when Jessie found out she was pregnant, then broke up again when she miscarried the baby on July 24, 1964.
Phil then raped Jessie, and he left town. Jessie then found out she was pregnant, and lawyer and addiction counselor Lee Baldwin, who had long loved Jessie, offered to marry her. They planned to marry the day that Jessie and Phil's divorce was finalized. Plans changed, however, when Nurse Lucille March told Phil that Jessie was pregnant and he came back to town. She vowed to go through with the marriage to Lee, but on the day before their wedding, Jessie went into labor, and she was still legally married to Phil.
Their daughter Nancy was born with a heart condition, and she died on July 27, 1966. Their divorce finally went through, and Phil moved to San Francisco.
After divorcing Phil, Jessie dated obstetrician Dr. John Prentice and married him. John was very ill and dying. His twenty-one-year-old daughter Polly Prentice resented John rewriting his will to give Jessie everything. Days later, John was dead. Jessie was put on trial, along with Dr. Tom Baldwin, with whom Polly had revealed Jessie had had an affair, for the murder of John Prentice. Jessie and Tom were found guilty, but Phil returned to town, pledging to prove Jessie innocent. Tom got Polly to confess to her father's murder, and Jessie and Tom were set free.
Thinking Phil had changed, Jessie remarried him. She was wrong though, and Phil started having an affair with Polly. Phil and Polly were in a car accident and Polly miscarried a baby she claimed was Phil's. Charges were brought against Phil, and he fled town. Months later, in November of 1969, Phil was presumed dead when a "P. Brewer" was listed among the dead in an airplane crash in South America.
Psychiatrist Dr. Peter Taylor came to town and took a liking to Jessie, and they eventually married. Phil, however, was not actually dead.
Angie Costello and Eddie Weeks
Steve Hardy's first patient at General Hospital was teenager Angie Costello, who had been in a bad car accident when her boyfriend Eddie Weeks had decided to drive drunk. Angie's face was badly disfigured and it took surgeons hours to repair the damage. Angie was despondent and contemplated suicide. Steve and nurse Jessie Brewer, however, talked her out of it. Angie was then called to testify against Eddie in his drunk driving trial. She admitted on the stand that he had had a few beers before getting behind the wheel, and that helped the prosecution get a guilty ruling. Eddie was sentenced to probation and the young couple broke up.
Angie, however, found out she was pregnant and Jessie calmed and comforted her. Angie gave her son up for adoption to Janet Fleming. Then, two years later, Angie and Eddie started dating again and decided they wanted their son back. When Janet wouldn't give the baby back, the teenagers kidnapped him. When they were caught, Lee Baldwin defended them, and they were sentenced to probation, and they had to give the baby back to Janet.
Lee and Meg Baldwin
In the summer of 1966, a widowed nurse named Meg Bentley came to town with her young son Scotty and her seventeen-year-old stepdaughter Brooke. Lee Baldwin liked Meg and they became great friends, but Meg became engaged to Dr. Noel Clinton. Noel, however, shocked Meg when he left her for Brooke the day before their wedding. Meg then turned to Lee and they began to date. Late in 1966, Meg and Lee married, and Lee adopted Scotty.
Meg, however, started getting paranoid that Lee was having an affair with her nursing school friend Iris Fairchild, who was working for Lee as his secretary. Lee and Meg briefly separated, but got back together after Lee donated his kidney to save Scotty's life.
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Apr 1, 1963 - Nov 21, 1963
Nov 26, 1963 - Oct 1967
Oct 1967 - Apr 11, 1975
Apr 14, 1975 - Mar 31, 1993
Apr 1, 1993 - Aug 27, 2004
Aug 30, 2004 - Feb 22, 2010
Feb 23, 2010 - present
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