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Jason Morgan and Dr. Robin Scorpio are fictional characters and a popular former couple on the ABC daytime soap opera, General Hospital.

Casting[]

The role of Jason Morgan was portrayed by Daytime Emmy award-winning actor Steve Burton, on and off, from 1991-2012. Burton made his debut on December 19, 1991 and portrayed Jason on General Hospital for a total of twenty-one years. After leaving the show in 2000 to pursue other interests, Burton returned to General Hospital full time in May 2002. Burton exited the show again in 2012, after ten more years with the soap.

In 1998, Burton won a Daytime Emmy Award in the category of Outstanding Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Jason.

Actor Billy Miller portrayed Jason from 2014-17.

On Jun 28, 2017, Soap Opera Digest broke the news that Steve Burton would be returning to GH after 5 years. It is unknown if he will be portraying Jason, as Billy Miller is now Jason, if he will be portraying someone new or if there will be a Tale of Two Jasons.[1][2][3][4]

On August 14, General Hospital's official Twitter page announced that Burton is back on set.[5][6] On September 8, TV Line announced that Burton's first appearance would be on September 19.[7][8][9] Burton returned on September 19, as Patient 6. On December 1, it was revealed that Burton is in fact Jason and Miller is portraying his twin.

Robin has been portrayed by actress Kimberly McCullough, on and off, since the character's debut in 1985. McCullough started at the age of seven. She stayed with the series until September 12, 1996. Afterwards, she returned as a series regular for brief stints: January 17, 1997 to September 8, 1997; December 11, 1997 to January 20, 1999; June 20–21, 2000 (for The Nurses' Ball).

McCullough returned to General Hospital as Robin on July 16, 2004 for the funeral of Lila Quartermaine before rejoining the soap full-time on October 12, 2005. In November 2011, McCullough announced her plans to leave General Hospital in the early months of 2012 to pursue her dream of directing full-time.

The character was killed off on February 21, 2012, however on March 27, 2012 Robin was shown to be alive, leaving the door open for her to return. She returned and started a series of guest starring spots on July 19, 2012 and lasted until July 27, 2012.

On August 21, 2013, Soap Opera Digest exclusively confirmed that McCullough had signed a contract to return to the series. McCullough made her on-screen return on September 30, 2013. In January 2014, McCullough confirmed her exit from the series once more, last airing on March 4, 2014. She returned for short stints in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018.

Background[]

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The boy with no past and the girl with no future.

Jason is the son of the late Dr. Alan Quartermaine and his mistress, the late, Susan Moore and the adoptive son of Dr. Monica Quartermaine. He is a member of the prestigious Quartermaine family.

Robin is the daughter of the legendary Robert Scorpio and his ex-wife, super spy Anna Devane. She is a member of the Devane family and the adventurous Scorpio family.

The couple was popular for a short stint from 1996-99, and remain great friends to this day. They bonded as "the boy with no past and the girl with no future." This slogan came from the characters getting together and supporting each other through a significant period in their history. Robin was Jason Morgan's first love and one of the few people he could trust after being in a car accident that left him with permanent amnesia. The car accident turned Jason Quartermaine into Jason Morgan and erased the first 20 years of his life.

Jason supported Robin through her HIV diagnosis and convinced her to go on a protocol that could save her life. When she wanted to die, he helped her to see that her diagnosis was not a death sentence and she could have a real future. Robin and Jason have credited each other with saving one another's lives during this period.

Robin went on to find love with Patrick Drake and they have two children (Emma and Noah). Through it all, she has remained a great and supportive friend to Jason and he is always there for her when she needs him. Jason also went on to find love again and has two sons (Jake and Danny) of his own.

Storylines[]

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Robin first met Jason Quartermaine before the accident that turned him into Jason Morgan. She had a crush on him when they were in high school. They were friendly and he was there to offer support when her then-boyfriend Stone Cates was diagnosed with AIDS. Robin told Jason that she once picked him to be her first love and Jason remarked that he was an idiot and should have pursued Robin when he had the chance.

After Jason's accident and memory loss, Robin was by his side to help him as he recovered. She was the first person he saw after he woke up from weeks in a coma. Jason starts to meet Robin on a bridge at Lookout Point and they begin a friendship which turns into a romantic relationship. Robin encouraged Jason to develop relationships with his grandmother Lila, sister Emily, and mother Monica, and he stood by Robin at the Nurses' Ball, where she shares with Port Charles for the first time that she is HIV-positive. Jason and Robin also spent a lot of time at an old abandoned boxcar, that was one of the few places where Jason felt comfortable. Due to the fact that Robin was HIV-positive, Jason began to sleep with Carly Roberts. At the time, Jason's relationship with Carly was purely sexual because he still held strong feelings for Robin.

Jason and Robin go away to Montauk. They spend a romantic evening being open and honest and sharing their feelings. When Jason tries to describe what it would be like to kiss Robin, she said it would be like "icing on the cake." Jason is confused and she explains that it means "better than the best" to which he agrees. They then give into their passion by kissing and touching each other all night. They didn’t go all the way and Robin worried it would not be enough for him. Jason assured her that while he hoped they would one day do more, whatever they did do would be enough for him. Jason chooses to be with Robin and ends his sexual relationship with Carly, but they remained friends.

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Robin leaves for college at Yale University and Jason asks her friend Sonny Corinthos for a job. His loyalty and hard work impress Sonny. Jason becomes Sonny's personal enforcer in his mob business. Robin returns in 1997 and was with Jason when he was shot for the first time by the Tin Man. Jason was operated on and saved. While working for Sonny, Jason discovered that drugs were being imported, which caused his sister, Emily to collapse. Robin begged Jason to leave his dangerous life behind. When Jason refused, Robin begged Sonny to fire Jason. Initially hesitant, Sonny finally relented. Jason was infuriated when Sonny told him he was fired, and knew Robin was to blame. He and Robin broke up, and Robin made plans to leave town again. Jason met Robin on the bridge, and they said a last goodbye. Despite the break-up, Jason promised to never be romantically involved with Carly again.

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To help Carly, Jason pretended to be the father of her baby so that neither of the two men that she slept with could take her baby away. Robin returned to Port Charles and Jason confessed that the child was his brother, A.J.'s, according to a paternity test, but he would still like to be the child's father until Carly could take care of her son. Carly was suffering from postpartum depression and left town. Robin confides in her best friend Brenda Barrett that she was planning on going all the way with Jason. They have a conversation about safe sex and go over all the precautions to take. Jason and Robin finally reunite and make love for the first time. Later, Carly returns and tries to become a mother to Michael. Dr. Tony Jones, thinking the baby is his son, kidnaps both Robin and baby Michael, but Jason manages to hunt Tony down and rescue them.

After Robin was almost killed in an explosion, Jason left the mob. At Tony's trial, Carly shoots him in a moment of temporary insanity and is sent to Shadybrook Sanitarium and was later transferred to Ferncliff Asylum. Jason and Robin moved into Brenda's old cottage together and began to take care of baby Michael and bond during this time. After Carly is released from the hospital, she moves in with Jason and Robin and starts to put a strain on their relationship. Carly was jealous of how Jason put Robin first, so she used Micheal to bring them closer together. Robin did not like Jason and Carly's close relationship or the way Carly was manipulating Jason.

When Carly and Jason went to Florida to grieve for Carly's adoptive mother, Virginia Benson, Robin told A.J. that he was Michael's father in an attempt to free Jason and the baby from Carly. This caused Jason to temporarily lose custody of Michael. Jason was furious with Robin for telling A.J. that Michael was his son. Their relationship deteriorated and Robin left town in 1999, moving to Paris.

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Sam McCall brings Robin back to Port Charles to save Jason's life when he is suffering from memory loss, blackouts and life threatening seizures. She developed a treatment that could restore Jason's memories. The treatment was intense and he had to be strapped to the bed.

Robin said the memories tied to the strongest emotions would return first. He began to remember several things such as: meeting Robin on the bridge, getting shot after finding Carly in bed with Sonny, telling Sam that her daughter died, several shootouts, fighting with A.J. at the Quartermaine Mansion, he and Sam being terrorized by Manny in Hawaii and Robin telling A.J. about Michael. He was in and out of consciousness for several days.

During a memory of Robin, Jason woke up disoriented and pulled her into a kiss. Sam walked in to see Robin kissing him back and angrily kicked her out of the room, accusing her of abusing his trust. Jason was weak and his heart rate spiked several times during the treatment as the memories returned. He even flat-lined once. Sam was terrified and didn't want to continue putting him through the torture, but Robin was convinced it would work and Jason decided to continue, despite previously begging Sam to stop the treatment.

The treatment was a success and restored all of Jason's memories of his life as Jason Morgan. But the seizures remained. It was during this time that Robin teams up with Dr. Patrick Drake to perform an operation that could save his life. Robin was grateful to Patrick when the surgery was a success.

After saving his life, Jason and Robin's relationship remained strained. She visited him at his penthouse and they were finally able to hash out all the hurt and betrayal he felt from her telling A.J. the truth. Robin tried to make him see how Carly manipulates him, but he wouldn't have it. The confrontation left them at a stalemate as they agreed to disagree and Jason wished her well. Eventually after months, they were able to mend their friendship.

In 2008, Michael is shot in the head by a bullet meant for Sonny and falls into a coma. Jason is devastated and begins to believe that Robin was right to tell A.J. the truth. He also starts to realize that all of the decisions that he, Carly, and Sonny made, put Michael in that dangerous situation and he began to regret taking Michael from the Quartermaines.

In 2010, after Michael is sent to Pentonville Penitentiary for killing Claudia Zacchara in defense of his mother and baby sister, Jason goes to visit Robin. He finally apologizes for his behavior after Robin told A.J. the truth about Michael and admits that she was right to tell A.J., because Michael probably would have been better off with the Quartermaines and definitely wouldn't have killed anyone.

In December 2011, Robin asks Jason to help her disappear. She tells him that her HIV medication hasn't worked in months. She also says that she is pretty sure Lisa Niles replaced her meds with placebos, and even though she had gone back on her meds, it was too late, and she has become resistant to them. She feared that she would die, so she wanted to spend one last Christmas with Patrick and Emma, and then leave so that they don't have to watch her slowly die like she did with Stone. Jason refuses to help her in this way, and instead encourages her not to give up and to be honest with Patrick about what's going on. Robin is soon put on a new protocol that was successful and kept her viral load under control.

In 2012, Robin was presumed dead in a lab explosion at General Hospital while she was once again trying to come up with a protocol to save Jason's life. Jason had swelling on his brain and despite his immense grief at Robin's loss, Patrick operated on Jason, saving his life. When Jason learned that Robin "died" trying to save him, he was devastated. However, it turns out that Robin was actually kidnapped by Jerry Jacks and Ewen Keenan on Cesar Faison's orders. The kidnapping plot was discovered and she was later rescued by her parents.

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Robin meets Danny: "icing on the cake means better than the best and that is what your dad was to me."

In 2014, Robin meets Jason's youngest son, Danny, when Jason is presumed dead after being shot and kicked into Pier 52 by Faison. Robin is delighted to meet Danny and tells him all about one of her and Jason's sayings, "icing on the cake," meaning "better than the best." This meeting is also what prompted her to leave her family and Port Charles to save the life of someone who she thought was Jason.

This man turned out to be Jason's formerly unknown identical twin brother, Andrew "Drew" Quartermaine. Robin went on to reunite with the real Jason in 2017 when he returned to town after escaping captivity at the Boronsky Clinic in Russia. Jason and Robin reunited at Hangman's Bridge in Lookout Point, where they spent so much time together during their relationship.

The old bridge had been destroyed, but Jason had Hangman's Bridge built in its place years prior, because that spot was special to him and Robin. During Jason and Robin's reunion, there is still some confusion about who is the real Jason and who is the twin, Drew. After all, Drew, when he thought he was Jason, took Robin's place on a bomb when Robin was pregnant with her son, Noah. However, after Jason says, "you believing me would just be icing on the cake" to Robin, she immediately knows that he is the real Jason and they joyously reunite.

Jason and Robin reunite again when she visits for the 2018 Nurses' Ball and once again, later that same year when she comes to town to see her mother after learning that Peter August is her "brother." This was later proven false, and Peter is her cousin. Jason comes to see Robin at the Devane Manor and he is able to open up to her a little about the five years he spent in captivity.

Jason and Robin remain great friends to this day, leaning on and confiding in each other. They trust each other implicitly and are always there for each other.

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