![]() ![]() Hmm… but which one? The Corinthoses are certainly front and center, but Austin’s a doctor, not a made man. More: General Hospital sub’s anniversary snafu (If the plot gets any thicker, it’s going to be solid!) In the new issue of Digest, it’s revealed that he will have “an interest in a prominent Port Charles family.” More: Kirsten Storm sets record straight ‘before the internet goes crazy’ As luck would have it, the new guy was a doctor - just what Maxie needed to help her deliver baby Louise in the middle of nowhere. On May 27, Howarth made his first appearance as Austin, a hiker who bumped into Maxie as she fled from Peter’s henchwoman. “I have great faith in the people who think of these things.” He wasn’t just going to be worked back into the canvas of ABC’s one and only daytime drama, he was going to be worked back in in a way that left the alum of One Life to Live and As the World Turns stoked. Back in March, when General Hospital killed off reformed serial killer Franco Baldwin, portrayer Roger Howarth was quick to tell Soap Opera Digest that he wasn’t gone for good. What do you think, General Hospital fans? Do you already have an idea of with whom Austin should be paired, or are you waiting to find out more about the newbie before trying to find him a soulmate? Before defending your stance (or trashing ours) in the comments section, use the gallery below - in which we look back at the various characters and storylines Howarth has played in Port Charles - to refresh your memory of what came before.Hmm… apparently, the Emmy winner’s new alter ego is going to have as great an interest in a significant Port Charles clan as the rest of us. ![]() There’s also the possibility that Austin’s life - about which we so far know very little - already contains a significant other. Rather than simply hoping lightning will strike twice, we’re hoping that the writers will play Howarth’s latest alter ego around the canvas a bit to see with whom he sparks. (The one big difference? Austin not having the serial-killer baggage Franco’s been lugging around might make it easier for some fans to accept him as a romantic lead.) Having him simply fall for Elizabeth would be like retelling a story they’ve already told. Therefore, it seems logical that Franco’s death was designed to clear the way for Austin, a new character who will presumably forge new relationships. Cameron and Elizabeth would still have plenty of motive to become murder suspects should Peter’s recent fall down the stairs prove fatal. However, that same outcome could have been achieved had the men’s encounter left Franco critically as opposed to mortally wounded. The assumption is that Franco’s death helped set the stage for Peter’s long-overdue downfall. More: The big clue that Austin is actually a Quartermaine relative Which got us thinking… do we really want to see a romance between Austin and Elizabeth, or would that have a “been there/done that” feeling to it? After all, if the show simply intended to pair Rebecca Herbst and Roger Howarth’s characters again, what was the point in killing off Franco? ![]() And yet, for just a moment, when Liz and Austin locked eyes, we wondered if perhaps we sensed something, a spark, a flicker. Were that the case, Maxie would at some point have commented on her rescuer’s uncanny resemblance to the reformed killer (and her onetime lover). Some viewers immediately went with the theory that the first character a newbie crosses path with is the one they’re destined to love.īut then, an injured Austin was taken to General Hospital, where he crossed paths with Franco’s widow, Elizabeth.Īlready, we assumed that Howarth’s new character is not a Franco lookalike. So by the time Roger Howarth’s Austin had jogged out of the woods just in time to help Maxie deliver her baby, we‘d already been racing to figure out with whom he might be paired. In other cases, the writers opt to do a little bit of “chemistry testing” by playing the new arrival with various characters in order to figure out with whom they’ll work best. ![]() The moment a new character appears on screen, we start speculating as to whom they’ll wind up with. Look, we’re soap opera fans, which makes us, by nature, matchmakers. With whom should Roger Howarth’s latest character be paired? ![]()
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