The Quartermaine Twins; Left: Jason Morgan (Steve Burton) Right: Andrew Quartermaine (Billy Miller)
The Jason Morgan Conspiracy is a conspiracy that involved two twin brothers, one of whom was brainwashed to believed they were the other. This was also known to fans as "A Tale of Two Jasons".
The storyline came about after Steve Burton returned to the role of Jason Morgan in 2017, reclaiming the role from Billy Miller, who was originally hired as a Jason Morgan recast in 2014. Upon Burton's return, Miller's character was retconned into Jason's formerly unknown identical twin brother.
Overview[]
Jason lies shot by Faison.
In 2012, Cesar Faison uncovered the existence of Jason Morgan's twin brother, Andrew Quartermaine, while he stumbled upon classified Navy SEAL information. In July of the same year, Faison orchestrated the abduction of Drew from the Navy SEALs, aided by Helena Cassadine, who was also revealed to be a key figure in the conspiracy. Together with Faison's son, Henrik Faison, they enlisted the help of Hank Archer, an independent contractor working with Drew in the SEALs, to execute the ambush, kidnap Drew, and deliver him to their control. Meanwhile, in October 2012, while masquerading as Duke Lavery in Port Charles, Faison shot Jason and subsequently threw him into the harbor at Pier 52.
While offscreen, Jason was pulled out of the harbor and kidnapped on a boat nearby. Once both twins were in custody, Faison hired Dr. Andre Maddox to memory-map Drew's mind with Jason's memories. Their plan was to brainwash Drew into believing he was Jason then send him back to Port Charles as a sleeper agent who would be programmed to commit hits with no memory of the crime. Faison revealed he chose Drew because the brainwashing technique wouldn't work on Jason with his prior brain damage. After the conditioning of Drew, Faison ordered his son Henrik to eliminate Jason. But Henrik had other plans. Knowing Jason would one day pursue and kill Faison for what he had done, Henrik had Jason secretly kept alive at the Boronsky Clinic in Russia. There, he was put under the supervision of Dr. Richard Klein and became known as Patient 6.
Helena Cassadine with the captured Drew.
The memory-mapping process proved to be effective, and upon awakening, Drew was convinced that he was Jason Morgan. Helena had him taken to Cassadine Island, where he was restrained by a man named Phillipos Costa, who subjected him to physical abuse. Costa imposed strict rules on Drew, beginning with the assertion that "his life was not his own." Helena observed Costa's actions and provided directives. Costa was cautious not to break Drew too thoroughly, as he would then become ineffective. Helena informed Drew that his survival was due to her having purchased him from Faison. While on Cassadine Island, Jake Webber, who was thought to be deceased and was also imprisoned there, witnessed Drew's brutal treatment and conditioning at the hands of Costa, as well as Helena's efforts to train him to serve as her personal assassin.
Drew awakes now believing he's Jason Morgan.
Drew was later handed off to Victor Cassadine and kept in cryogenic suspension in the Crichton-Clark Clinic. He was then revived by Robin Scorpio-Drake who believed Drew was Jason. Upon awakening, Drew was still convinced he was Jason and immediately devised an escape plan. In his attempt to assist Robin in fleeing from the Cassadines, both were ultimately recaptured. Desperate to escape, Drew jumped out of the vehicle and was then hit and run-over by a car driven by Ava Jerome. When he arrived for emergency surgery at General Hospital no I.D. could be found in the system, as the Cassadines had erased Drew's identity. He required multiple extensive surgeries, getting a new face in the process. When he awoke he suffered from amnesia and called himself Jake Doe for over a year until a DNA test came back to a match for Jason Morgan. As Drew was Jason's twin, a fact previously unknown, the community assumed he was Jason. Drew eventually regained Jason's implanted memories and the whole town believed he was Jason Morgan with a new face for almost four years.
The Mastermind: Cesar Faison
Cesar's son Henrik Faison (Peter August)
In 2017, Jason finally managed to escape captivity with the unexpected help of Ava Jerome who was visiting the clinic in Russia. When Jason returned to Port Charles he was shocked to find not only had five years past, but also that someone else was living his life and calling themself Jason Morgan! The truth came to light when Andre Maddox revealed his role in the conspiracy and confirmed that Drew was the twin brother of Jason, while Patient 6 was indeed the real Jason Morgan. Andre also revealed Drew's original memories were kept on a flashdrive, however if he chose to restore it, his life as Jason for the last four years would be erased. After Drew's son, Oscar Nero-Quartermaine died, whom he had only had only known a short time, he chose not to use the flashdrive. Ultimately he began to move forward with a new life for himself as Drew Quartermaine keeping Jason's memories.
Faison made his return to Port Charles in 2018, and as Henrik had predicted, he was ultimately shot by Jason and later succumbed to his injuries at General Hospital.
On August 9, 2019, Hank Archer orders Dr. Arthur Cabot to perform the memory-mapping procedure on Jason and Drew's cousin Franco Baldwin. This time with Drew's memories that were stored on the flash drive. As a result, Franco woke up believing he was Drew. Franco as "Drew" then demands to start a new life for himself in Franco's body. However he's eventually convinced to undo the procedure four months later and Franco was back to normal.
As of 2022, it seems some if not all of Drew's memory has returned to him on his own, as he's begun mentioning his previous life as a Navy SEAL and at high school.
Patients of Memory Transference:[]
In 2019, it's revealed that there are other patients who suffered from the same process at one time or another. The names of the patients are listed below.
- Cmmr. Anna Devane
- Dr. Alex Devane
- Dr. Kevin Collins
- Dr. Ryan Chamberlain
- Congressman Drew Quartermaine
- Jason Morgan
- Franco Baldwin
Storylines[]
In July 2012, a Navy SEAL named Chief Andrew Cain (Steve Burton) was ambushed by his "buddy", Hank Archer, who delivered him to Helena Cassadine and Henrik Faison. The Navy was led to believe that Andrew had gone AWOL due to his disappearance despite his kidnapping.
In October 2012, a mob enforcer named Jason Morgan (also Steve Burton) was shot in the back and kicked into the water by Henrik's father, Cesar Faison, who was disguised as Duke Lavery. Jason's body was never recovered by the authorities and he was presumed dead, despite Faison having his body fished out of the water and put on a boat.
While offscreen, Jason and Andrew were both sedated and unconscious when Faison tested their DNA to make sure they were identical twins before anonymously hiring Dr. Andre Maddox to perform a procedure called memory-mapping in order to transfer Jason's memories into Andrew's mind, making Andrew believe he was Jason Morgan. After the procedure, the twins were taken away and Faison ordered Henrik to kill the real Jason. Unbeknownst to Faison, Henrik betrayed him by sending Jason off to the Boronsky Clinic in Russia, where Jason had became known as "Patient 6" and was constantly sedated by Dr. Richard Klein.
Meanwhile, Drew had been handed back over to Helena after having one level of conditioning installed in his head by Faison. On Cassadine Island, Helena had her henchman, Phillipos Costa beat Drew up in order to install a second level of conditioning in his head so he would be forced to follow Helena's orders. However, in 2013, after Helena and her son, Stavros Cassadine were both presumably killed by Luke Spencer and Laura Webber, Helena, Stavros and Drew were taken by Victor Cassadine to Crichton-Clark, where the three of them were put in a cryogenic stasis.
In 2014, Victor manipulated Dr. Robin Scorpio-Drake into reviving Helena and Stavros by promising that she could save her long-time best friend, Jason Morgan as well. However, Robin didn't know that Jason had been switched with his identical twin brother, Andrew Cain so it was Drew who Robin would be reviving. On August 12, Robin successfully revived Drew, who believed himself to be Jason, but Victor double-crossed her and had her taken away since he planned to use "Jason" (Drew) as his own personal assassin.
In September, however, Victor was shot in the chest by Liesl Obrecht as "Jason" escaped from his restraints. He found Robin and rescued her, but they were stopped by a newly revived Helena, who claimed to have plans for them. "Jason" shot and killed her men, but spared her and took Robin away after Helena ordered him not to shoot her. After Crichton-Clark exploded, Robin and "Jason" returned to Port Charles and they separated, with Robin getting recaptured by Helena while "Jason" was recaptured by her men. However, "Jason" escaped again and stumbled onto the open road before getting hit by a car driven by Ava Jerome, leaving him severely injured and disfigured. After getting rushed to the hospital, "Jason" underwent multiple rounds of surgery and got plastic surgery to have his face rebuilt, looking like a completely different person. "Jason" (Billy Miller) woke up with amnesia and began calling himself "Jake Doe", with no one recognizing him as Jason Morgan due to his new face.
From December 2014 to February 2015, Helena took advantage of "Jason's" amnesia and new face and activated his conditioning to commit crimes on her behalf and then forget about his involvement. The truth came to light in February 2015 after "Jason" was arrested and after discovering a microchip on his brain, everyone realized that Helena was using that to control him.
On February 19, "Jake" underwent surgery to have a microchip on his brain removed, therefore removing one level of conditioning.
In March, the charges against "Jake" were shelved after then-Commissioner Kyle Sloane offered him a deal to avoid prison by going undercover to take down Julian Jerome. However, after Duke had been killed in May and "Jake" became the prime suspect, an assassination attempt against him under orders of Sonny Corinthos led to Hayden Barnes getting shot in the head, so "Jake" decided that he was done with Sloane. Although he faced the threat of prison, Sloane instead cleared his name, therefore officially dropping the charges against "Jake" for his crimes Helena forced him to commit, making him a free man.
"Jake" and Sam McCall began working together for months after Nikolas Cassadine illegally took over ELQ to get the company back to the Quartermaines, plus they even suspected that Nikolas knew who "Jake" really was. "Jake" also asked for Sam's help in finding out who he really was, so they, with help from Damian Spinelli, worked to uncover any leads regarding his true identity.
In November 2015, Spinelli created a facial recognition program to reconstruct "Jake's" original face to show what he used to look like, Carly Spencer saw this and started to think that "Jake" could be Jason since the program showed that he used to look like Jason Morgan. Carly also had a secret DNA test run to see if it was true and when "Jake's" DNA came back as a 100% match for Jason Morgan, she was shocked that Jason had apparently came back in 2014 and nobody knew it. Carly revealed the news to "Jake", who was set to marry Elizabeth Webber, and he was in denial over being Jason at first since he was surrounded by his apparent loved ones and didn't remember anyone. However, "Jake" came to accept it and he and Carly traveled to the church, where Elizabeth was desperate to marry him. "Jake", however, revealed that he just discovered who he was and revealed to everyone that he's Jason Morgan. Almost everyone didn't believe it at first since "Jake's" been in Port Charles since 2014 but Carly showed them Spinelli's facial recognition program and "Jake" showed them the DNA test. However, after Carly proved to everyone that "Jake" was Jason, Sam revealed the truth to "Jake" about dreaming of Jason coming back to her for so long and when she asked him if he was really Jason, "Jason" told her all he knew is what the test said. "Jason" gently told her that all he knew is what the test said and he gently told her that he doesn't remember being Jason Morgan nor does he remember their life together, devastating Sam.
"Jason" grew angry when he realized that someone kept and buried his entire life, rightfully guessing that Nikolas knew the "truth". Nikolas, however, denied knowing anything about what happened to "Jason". Later that month, "Jason" went to search for Helena and with Spinelli's help, he tracked her down to Cassadine Island, where he found Nikolas and ordered him at gunpoint to let him see Helena. "Jason" saw Helena on her deathbed and welcomed his visit before he demanded answers about what happened to him. Sam and Elizabeth were brought into the room as well since they were both looking for "Jason" after he left Port Charles. When Sam had insulted Helena, she in turn put a curse on Sam, who simply didn't believe in it. Helena told Sam that she may not believe it now, but she would. When Nikolas gave Helena some tea, "Jason" demanded answers and Helena played coy with "Jason" and said that there might be some things he'd rather not hear, cryptically hinting that he was Drew when she hinted about playing a part in his memory loss. However, Helena simply reminded him about how she was able to use him right under everyone's noses due to his memory loss and his new face. Before Helena could give anymore answers, she suddenly died in her bed.
"Jason" suspected that Nikolas killed Helena, who denied it and when Nikolas taunted "Jason", he tried to attack Nikolas but Elizabeth stopped him and they all returned to Port Charles. In December, "Jason" learned that Elizabeth knew who he was since May and laid into her for her lies to trap him before breaking up with her. Over the next few months, "Jason" slowly found his way back to Sam, who didn't want to push him. In 2016, "Jason" forgave Elizabeth for her deception and reestablished their friendship as he "reunited" with Sam. In May 2016, after a motorcycle accident, "Jason" had hallucinations of Robin, Carly, Helena, Sonny and Sam before he regained his copy of Jason's memories and everyone was thrilled that he finally remembered "his" life, embracing him as Jason Morgan. In August 2016, "Jason" learned that Sam was pregnant again and he was thrilled, so they got married in September and they welcomed their daughter, Scout in early 2017.
In August 2017, "Jason" tried to help Sonny leave the mob and when the meeting went south, Sam rushed in and she was almost killed, but "Jason" pushed her out of the way and was shot in the chest. After being rushed to the hospital, he had surgery but fell into a coma. He was then moved to a long-term care facility, where he stayed in a coma until waking up a month later.
In September, after Ava went to Russia to get her face fixed, she encountered a mysterious man known as "Patient 6" (Steve Burton), who was revealed to have "Jason's" original face and memories. Ava helped "Patient 6" escape the clinic, just as "Jason" woke up from his coma. When "Patient 6" boarded a freighter after receiving help from a Russian priest, he learned that he lost five years of his life after an encounter with Huxley Lynch. As "Jason" bought "Derek Wells Media" and planned to rename it "Aurora Media" to legitimize the company, Sam was taken by surprise but "Jason" offered to do something else with her if she didn't want to become a media mogul.
Meanwhile, "Patient 6" was pursued by Dr. Klein and his associates as he made his way back to Port Charles. "Patient 6" went to see Sam only to find her married to another man calling himself Jason Morgan despite him looking completely different. "Patient 6" asked Ava for any information on "Jason Morgan" and she showed him what he looked like, even telling him about his 2014 car accident that gave him amnesia and his new face until he learned that he was Jason. On October 24, "Patient 6" finally came face to face with Sonny, who was shocked to see "Patient 6" since he looked exactly like Jason used to look. "Patient 6" claimed to be Jason, insisting that the man who is calling himself Jason Morgan is not him. After "Patient 6" insisted that he would never turn his back on Sonny or start a media company, he explained that he had people after him and explained where he had been for five years. Sonny eventually accepted "Patient 6" as Jason, embracing him. Sonny filled Jason in on the past five years and told him all he knew about the "other Jason", even revealing that before his 2014 accident, he used to look just like Jason. Jason wondered if the "other Jason" was lying this whole time and had been in on it with Helena, but while Sonny said he was a good man - he was just not Jason.
Meanwhile, it was revealed that Andre was in on "Patient 6" being held hostage and he had knowledge of Jason having an identical twin brother named Andrew Moore (later known as Andrew Cain). Andre initially lied to Franco Baldwin, who learned about Andrew from Betsy Frank, by giving Franco a death certificate claiming that Andrew died of a heart defect.
The Anamnesis Project: The Effects of Memory Rewriting by Dr. Andre Maddox
On November 1, Andre revealed to Franco that Andrew is alive and in Port Charles. Andre also revealed that he used to work for the WSB and invented a software to use computers in memory mapping to overlay one persons memories with another. Andre told Franco that the WSB shut it down before he could test it. So he sold it and then was presented with a test subject a few years ago...a man who had been shot and rescued from the Port Charles water. He didn't know who he was, only that he had an identical twin, which would increase the odds of success. He told Franco that both twins truly believe that they are Jason Morgan and neither one know who truly is. As there is no way to reverse the mapping Drew will continue thinking he's Jason Morgan.
On November 13, after both "Jason" and "Patient 6" learned from then-Commissioner Jordan Ashford that they were both a DNA match for Jason Morgan, "Jason" told "Patient 6" that they must be identical twins. "Jason" believed that "Patient 6" was Drew, but "Patient 6" said that the only name he ever used was Jason. Later, the twin Jasons confronted Franco and "Jason" informed him that he and "Patient 6" were a match despite Franco's claim that Andrew Moore had died. Franco was shocked they figured it out, but revealed that Andre gave him the bogus death certificate of Andrew's death. Later, Sam told both Jasons that they had to find a way to get along since the two of them were brothers and that was not going to change.
On December 1, after being arrested, both men claiming to be Jason Morgan along with Jason's loved ones finally learned the truth from Andre - the man thought to have been Jason since 2014 was actually Andrew Cain and "Patient 6" was the real Jason Morgan.
In early 2018, Jason fatally shot Cesar Faison, who was left to die by his own son Henrik as he was gasping for air.
Despite Drew's conditioning, if he comes across something or someone from his past, it would feel familiar to him. For example, when he met Dr. Kim Nero, he felt he knew her from his past which was later confirmed to be true. In addition, when Drew incidentally saw a rabbit's foot key chain that Franco is carrying around with him, in February 2018, it seemed familiar to him. Later he learns that he gave it to Franco on Christmas back when they were toddlers. This could mean that Drew's memories are buried underneath the Jason memories and are not gone.
On May 22, Henrik was captured and taken into custody by the PCPD and the WSB. However in early August, he was released under watch by the WSB.
On July 24, PC's current DA Margaux Dawson found the missing drive containing all of Drew's memories and is for some unknown reason reluctant to give it to Drew. On October 11, Drew learned that Margaux has the missing drive and she offers to give it to him in exchange for his help in taking down Sonny.
Drew finally with his memory drive
On October 17, it's revealed that if Drew gets his original memories and removes all of Jason's, all the memories of his time in Port Charles since 2014 would be erased completely, he wouldn't be able to remember all the people he met during that time not even his own children. On December 10, Margaux gives Drew his memory drive after making peace with Sonny. However, Drew is resolute on not getting his memories back as he'll lose all the memories of the past 6 years; particularly of having his daughter and meeting his son.
On February 22, 2019, Jason and Drew were struck with the HN-242 virus that made them suddenly go blind at the same time just like Anna, Alex, Kevin, and Ryan did before but on February 25, Dr. Hamilton Finn restored their sight.
On August 21, it was revealed that Henrik (now known as Peter August) was responsible for Drew's abduction in July 2012 since he was working with Helena Cassadine. Peter was much more involved in the conspiracy than he originally said since he was there from the beginning. In order to cover up his involvement, he ordered Drew's plane to go down in order to prevent him from finding Andre and he tried to have Hank Archer killed since he knew about Peter's involvement and was blackmailing him. After Hank was killed by Sam McCall in defense of Jason, he framed Sam for hiring Bryce Henderson to help Hank escape so she could take him out.
In December, when Franco Baldwin was stuck with Drew's memories, he decided to undergo the memory reversal procedure and Andre was willing to help. Peter hired David Black to kill Andre and Franco to eliminate the risk of Drew's memories intensifying in Franco's head but he had a change of heart and shot David instead. On December 17, the procedure worked and Franco was back to normal.
On March 6, 2020, Peter framed Liesl Obrecht for Drew's presumed death (Bryce crashed Drew's plane) and for the murder attempts on Andre and Franco in order to throw everyone off his trail since he was getting close to being exposed. Liesl was arrested by the WSB and was wrongfully extradited to The Hague.
In October, Peter hired Dante Falconeri (who recently returned to Port Charles after having been gone since March 2019 to be treated for his severe PTSD) as Head of Security for The Invader. Unbeknownst to Peter, Dante was actually brainwashed into completing a mission to take Peter down. On November 19, Dante turned the evidence over to the WSB which was enough to exonerate Liesl but not enough to prove Peter's guilt.
Brain Scan (2020)
Specimens (2020)
On October 26, 2020, Kevin is shown in the GH research lab trying to restore memories for Subject #3 for the Anamnesis Project (himself). There were at least 10 specimens shown.
On February 8, 2021, Peter finally revealed his crimes to Valentin and asked him not to tell anyone. Valentin agreed to do his best to minimize the damage and he later told Anna everything.
On March 3, Peter learned that Anna was not his mother after all and that his real mother is Anna's twin sister, Dr. Alex Devane. On March 4, Peter's crimes were finally exposed by Valentin but he wasn't arrested Peter had covered his tracks and left no proof.
On August 16, Drew was revealed to be alive and currently being held in a foreign prison. Peter and an alive Victor Cassadine were behind his kidnapping.
On October 5, it was revealed that Drew was conditioned by Peter to do his bidding which will activate after displaying "The Tower" tarot card and using the phrase "You're active". Also it was revealed that Shiloh worked with Dallas Kirby to fake Drew's plane crash.
On October 7, a masked gunman showed up at a Tavern in Panapolia, Greece and he ambushed Anna Devane and Robert Scorpio by shooting at them. Anna and Robert defended themselves by shooting back. After engaging in a shootout, the masked gunman was grazed in his left arm by a bullet before he ran off. It was later revealed that the masked gunman was Drew.
On October 15, Drew was seen back in his cell at the prison and he was shirtless. When he sat up, he was stunned to see that he'd been shot. Peter dragged Liesl into Drew's cell before ordering her to take care of his wound. After he left, Liesl went to take care of his gunshot wound and asked Drew who shot him. Drew said that he didn't have any idea. After Liesl patched Drew up, Drew revealed that Peter showed up in his cell aiming a gun at him and Liesl figured that Peter must have shot Drew while he was handcuffed in his cell. Drew told her that Peter said that he should be grateful that he's been kept alive but he called Peter out on it by saying that this was the same kind of thing he did to his twin brother, Jason Morgan.
Drew also said that Peter also had problems with Jason that he wouldn't have with Drew, which led them both to realize that Drew's conditioning was still intact. Drew knew that Helena controlled him back in Port Charles and thought that him having that procedure to remove that microchip removed the conditioning but Liesl revealed that Faison was the one who installed his original conditioning several years ago, so Drew realized that Peter is controlling him through his second level of conditioning.
Drew wondered if there was a way for Liesl to help him and while she couldn't help him due to their current circumstances, she suggested that she could help him help himself fight the conditioning. Liesl wanted Drew to focus on the most important thing in the world to him - which is his daughter Scout - and use that to fight Peter. Drew imagined holding Scout, hearing her laugh and wondered if she would remember him. Liesl was sure that Scout would remember Drew since Sam wasn't the kind of person to let her forget about her father. A guard later came down and ordered Liesl out of Drew's cell so she reminded Drew to think of Scout.
Peter later came down to Drew's cell with a new "mission" for Drew, but Drew looked at Scout's name on the wall and attacked Peter. Drew later put on a long-sleeved black shirt, grabbed a gun, broke into Victor's lavish room on the compound and shot Russel in the leg in defense of Valentin, which gave Victor the opportunity to escape. Drew and Valentin later made it outside and were heading towards Anna and Robert, but Peter showed up and shot Valentin in the back. Drew turned around and fired a machine gun at Peter, who shot Drew in the chest three times and caused Drew to fall off the bridge and into the water. Robert later had a team of WSB agents to try to find Drew.
While thankfully Drew survived, it was unfortunately revealed that it was all a set-up as Peter managed to activate Drew's conditioning once again in order to stage Valentin's rescue, kidnap Liesl again and fake Drew's death once again. Drew was forced to leave Liesl unconscious in the back of a car and help Peter escape from the WSB.
On November 2, as Liesl's daughter, Dr. Britt Westbourne was trying to save her life in the boathouse on Cassadine Island, Drew showed up and took Britt hostage at gunpoint. Later on, Drew's twin brother, Jason walked in with Peter while holding him at gunpoint. Peter told Jason to say hello to his brother before pointing out that they were two brothers, together at last and on opposite sides. Jason told Drew to let Britt go but Peter ordered Drew to kill Britt if Jason kills him. Liesl begged Drew not to listen to Peter and to think of Scout.
Peter told Jason that there were two ways to save Britt - either drop his gun or kill his brother. Britt and Obrecht wanted Jason to shoot Peter but Jason eventually lowered his gun because he didn't want to hurt Drew and he didn't want Britt to die. After Drew let Britt go, Britt tried to grab the gun but Peter grabbed the gun and aimed it at her while saying that he just saved her life so they all get to live a little longer. In the meantime, Drew was forced to tie Jason up and hold him at gunpoint.
On November 8, it was revealed that Drew was being held hostage in a wine cellar with Jason, who called Drew's name repeatedly before he yelled "Chief Andrew Cain, on your feet!" When Drew got up, he asked Jason where they were and Jason told him that they were on Cassadine Island.
Jason asked Drew what's the last thing that he remembered. Drew told Jason that he remembers Peter telling him that he had a job for him, that he tried to jump Peter and then nothing. Jason told Drew about everything that happened in the footbridge in Crete, that Peter shot him point blank and that he believes Peter needed Drew for something. Drew asked Jason how he found him and Jason said it was because of Russel. Jason also revealed that Britt was with him and that he and Sam were not together anymore - plus she's getting closer to Dante now.
After Jason explained that he and Britt came to Cassadine Island to find Liesl, he revealed that after he took Peter at gunpoint, Drew took Britt at gunpoint. Drew told Jason that he should have shot him and asked Jason if he had a clean shot. When Jason said yes, Drew asked him why he didn't take it. Jason told Drew that Monica Quartermaine, Sam, Scout and Danny Morgan want him back. Drew was worried that Peter would activate his conditioning again and cause him to take an innocent life but Jason said that Drew should take Peter out since Peter can't control him if he's dead. Jason added that since Peter left him and Drew alone together, they could use that to their advantage.
Later on, Peter walked Britt into the wine cellar where Jason and Drew were being held. Drew told Peter that he was going to kill him. Peter said that that wasn't going to happen, but he added that Drew would definitely be killing somebody while he looked at Jason, which caused Drew to nervously look at Jason. After Peter taunted Jason about how they could have been in-laws and that at least he wouldn't be making Britt a widow, his guards came in and Peter ordered them to silence Jason. Britt objected but Peter said that he was simply gagging Jason before telling Jason to let the guards duct tape his mouth and if he resisted then Peter would take it out on Britt. After they duct taped Jason's mouth closed, Peter had his men un-shackle Drew and hold him. Peter pulled out "The Tower" tarot card, showed it to Drew and activated his conditioning.
Peter ordered his guards to let Drew go before ordering Drew to take his knife and hold it to Jason's throat. After Drew was forced to comply, Britt initially insulted Peter before she begged him not to have Drew kill Jason. Peter was happy that Britt asked him nicely so he told Drew to stand back and ordered him to cut his arm - he did, which shocked Britt. Peter then ordered Drew to return the knife and after he did, he ordered Drew to allow the guards to re-shackle him, which they did. After Drew was shackled back up, Peter pulled out another tarot card called "The Chariot" and said "Stand down" which deactivated Drew's conditioning. Drew regained his senses and asked what he did before Peter ordered Britt to take care of Drew's cut. After she bandaged Drew up, Peter ordered Britt out and the guards left with them.
Drew asked Jason what happened and Jason filled him in on what Peter had him do. When Jason asked how Drew's cut was, Drew said he had worse. When Jason revealed that Peter had Drew take a knife and hold it to Jason's throat, Drew felt bad and apologized to Jason, who asked him why he was sorry and said that he looked in Drew's eyes and didn't see him in there - that he was gone with no free will. Jason told Drew that he knows how Peter's controlling him and that he knows how to turn it off. Drew wanted Jason to kill him when it came down to it since he would rather die by Jason's hand than follow another one of Peter's orders. When Drew asked Jason if he would kill him, Jason agreed to but said that it wouldn't come to that. Drew learned from Jason that Peter was activating him by showing him a tarot card of "The Tower" and saying "You're active" plus Jason told him that he and Britt saw how Peter deactivated him too - he'd shown Drew a different tarot card of "The Chariot" and said "Stand down". Drew realized that they now have a way to take Peter down
On November 16, a guard came down and unshackled Drew, who reminded Jason that he already told him what he wanted Jason to do and Jason said that it's not gonna come to that. Drew wondered where the guard was taking him and the guard said he'd find out soon enough.
The guard brought Drew up into the main room where Peter, Britt and Liesl were at and Peter wanted Liesl to make sure that Drew was in tip-top shape for his next job. Drew was horrified to learn that Peter wanted him to return to Port Charles, kidnap Maxie and bring her to him so he could have Liesl condition Maxie into loving him. Drew asked Peter what if he didn't want to be his lap-dog anymore and Peter told him to refuse all he wanted because he still can't refuse to follow orders. He told Drew to bring Maxie to him or die trying. Once Peter left the room, Drew asked Liesl if she could really condition Maxie and Liesl said yes and Peter knows it.
On November 18, after Jason killed one of Peter's guards and escaped from the wine cellar, he made his way up into the main room with a gun and shot another guard before aiming his gun at Peter. Drew (who's conditioning was activated by Peter) was forced to aim his gun at Jason in defense of Peter, who ordered Drew to kill Jason. Afterwards, Drew and Jason engaged in a brutal fight as Peter forced Britt and Liesl to come with him. As Drew was brutally attacking Jason, Jason knocked Drew down to the floor, pinned him down, showed him “The Chariot” tarot card and told him to stand down. Drew then calmed down and regained his senses before Jason asked him what number he was in high school football and Drew said 82.
After Jason let him up, Drew wondered what happened and how bad it got before Jason told him that Peter took Britt and Liesl with him. Drew realized that Peter must have guards with them so he told Jason that he's gonna need some backup. Jason gave Drew a gun and Drew asked if Jason was sure about this, so Jason reminded Drew that he's gonna need backup. After Drew took the gun Jason handed him, the twins made their way out and went to track down Peter, Britt and Liesl.
Drew and Jason went down to the unstable tunnels and they initially had no idea where Peter took Liesl and Britt. Drew used his Navy training to track them and the twins followed the trail. They eventually found Peter, Britt, Liesl and the guards and Drew aimed his gun at Peter. Drew told Peter that he was going to get Britt and Liesl out of there and killing him would be a bonus. Peter went to pull out “The Tower” card to try to program Drew but Jason shot Peter in the arm before he could. Drew and Jason protected Britt and Liesl as Peter briefly disappeared. Once Peter returned, he and Jason engaged in a shootout as Drew kept Britt and Liesl safe. The gunshots were loud enough to cause the tunnel to collapse.
Drew, Britt and Liesl lost consciousness but Peter managed to get up. Peter saw Drew unconscious and pinned underneath a board so he picked up a rock and planned to smash Drew's head with it, but Drew woke up and tried to knock him down in self-defense. After Peter took off, Drew worked hard to get out from underneath the board and once he was free, he and Liesl checked on Britt. When Britt wondered where Jason was, Drew looked at the area where the tunnel collapsed and did his best to try to find Jason. Britt wanted to help Drew find Jason but Liesl told Britt that she's injured.
Anna and some W.S.B. agents found Britt, Liesl and Drew in the tunnel. When Anna saw Drew, she pointed out that last time she saw him was when he fell over the bridge in Crete and Drew said that that wasn't his choice, so Anna understood that Drew was under Peter's influence. When Drew and Britt told Anna that Jason was presumably trapped underneath the rubble, Anna told them that Jason would want them to live so she escorted Britt and Liesl out. Drew tried to look for Jason but he was forced to exit the tunnel when more rocks and dirt were falling to the ground.
Drew later made his way into the main room where Robert and W.S.B. agents had Peter in custody. Drew tried to attack Peter but was stopped by Robert, who said that if it was up to him that they would find a black site for Peter after Drew said that Peter being captured was more than he deserved. Britt wondered if there was a syringe so she could use it to inject Peter with either bleach or drain cleaner. Liesl pointed out that it was too bad that Britt had her medical license but remembered that since she didn't, she decided to use drain cleaner on Peter. Drew told Peter that if Jason was dead then Peter would join him. The W.S.B. took Peter outside and Drew apologized to Anna for losing it like that but Anna told Drew that the W.S.B. has so much evidence against Peter and promised to make sure that Peter never took another free breath. Robert came back and told them that there was no sign of Jason but Drew refused to believe that Jason was dead. Britt didn't want to give up but Drew promised Britt that nobody was giving up on Jason.
After Liesl examined Drew, she checked on Britt as Drew put his shirt back on. Drew pointed out to Liesl that the last time she examined was when Peter wanted to make sure that he was in tip-top shape to kidnap Maxie. They were relieved that Maxie was safe but Britt wondered at what cost to Jason. Drew and Britt wanted to help Anna's excavation team find Jason but Anna said no since the tunnels were too dangerous, plus she wanted to know exactly what happened down there. Liesl explained that after Peter activated Drew, he had Drew try to kill Jason so they fought as Peter and his men were escorting Britt and Liesl through the tunnels. Drew told Anna that Faison had installed a shortcut and Peter was using that to control him. When Anna asked what Peter had him do, Drew said he had no idea but the first time was in Crete and he woke up in his cell with a graze on his arm. Anna guessed that Drew was grazed during an assassination attempt and when Drew asked how she knew, she revealed that she was the target. Anna later got word from her team and revealed to Drew, Britt and Liesl that they found no sign of life before offering her condolences.
On Thanksgiving Day, Drew finally returned to Port Charles and went to Sam's apartment after getting cleaned up and shaved. When he knocked on Sam's door, Sam answered it and was surprised to see him. Drew apologized for showing up like this and joked that she never exactly returned his call. Sam was happy to see Drew and they hugged. Sam invited Drew in and asked him if he was okay so Drew said that he's in one piece. Drew thanked Sam for dropping everything to come looking for him with Dante's help but Sam said that they couldn't find him in Crete. After Drew told Sam everything that happened in Crete and on Cassadine Island, Sam said that she would have loved to see Drew and Jason teaming up to take down Peter.
Trivia[]
- This storyline is very similar to one that played out on both NBC's Days of Our Lives and the defunct ABC soap opera, One Life to Live. In the case of OLTL, it involved the character of Todd Manning and his portrayers, Roger Howarth and Trevor St. John. Originally, after Howarth exited the role in March 2003, St. John was hired as a Todd Manning recast that same year, with Todd having undergone plastic surgery after being beaten so no one recognized him as he took on the identity of "Walker Lawrence" until everyone learned he was Todd with a new face.
- The outcome of "A Tale of Two Todds" was also similar to both the outcomes of the storylines on Days of Our Lives and GH. For OLTL, Howarth's character returned to Llanview in 2011 after being held captive for eight years and was revealed to be the real Todd Manning, while St. John's character, who was thought to have been Todd since 2003, was revealed to actually be Todd's formerly unknown identical twin brother, Victor Lord, Jr., who had been conditioned into believing he was Todd. It is noteworthy that Frank Valentini and Ron Carlivati, who oversaw the Tale of Two Todds story, were also running GH when the Jason Morgan conspiracy emerged.
- Since Drew's return in 2021, there has been debate regarding whether he still possesses Jason's memories. Laura Wright clarified in a 2023 interview on the Daily Drama Podcast with Steve Burton and Bradford Anderson that, "Supposedly he still had all of Jason’s memories. Not that we’ve ever done it. So far, I have not had a scene where he was like, ‘Well, I actually know blah, blah, blah.’ Which I thought would have been amazing." Wright lamented, "They’ve never played that. But that would have been really funny. Because what if Carly tried to get away with things and Drew would be like, ‘No, no, no, no, no?'"[1]