Captain MacLeod

**Captain MacLeod** is a fictional character in the ABC daytime drama *General Hospital*. His name is clearly a reference to Gavin MacLeod who portrayed Captain Merrill Stubing on "The Love Boat".

He was portrayed by Fred Cross in 2011.

## Storylines

On October 18, 2011, Olivia Falconeri, Steve Webber, Robin Scorpio-Drake, Patrick Drake, Matt Hunter, and Elizabeth Webber are on a charter boat to celebrate Matt’s article on cancer research. Captain MacLeod introduces himself and First Mate Lauren Briggs to the group. He says they are expecting smooth seas tonight, the weather is clear, seas are calm, and if anyone has questions they can see him in the wheelhouse or find Briggs. MacLeod turns things back to Patrick and leaves the room.

Later MacLeod sees Lisa Niles’ back and thinks she is Briggs as she is wearing Briggs' uniform. He says he has been looking her before Lisa suddenly turns around. He wonders who she is as she knocks him out with an injection to the neck and he falls to the ground.

Steve wonders why the boat isn’t heading back to shore yet. Olivia assumes Patrick paid the Captain to anchor for another hour but Steve needs to get back the hospital for his shift which is briefly being covered by Dr. Marucci. He goes with Olivia to ask the captain.

When they get to the engine room, no one is there. Steve wants to search the boat for him. Olivia thinks the Captain and First Mate may have wanted some private time together until she notices the engine sputtering. She gets dizzy but recovers and eventually fixes the engine. She staggers around the deck calling for the Captain and drops the wrench in her hand.

Later Amelia Jones boards the boat looking for Matt. She searches a cabin where she expects to find Matt and Liz in bed together but the bed is empty. Amelia opens the door to the closet and then screams as the captain’s dead body falls out.

Blood gets on Amelia’s hands and Officer Delores Padilla came into the cabin. She takes Amelia to the rest of the group who are inside the boat with the PCPD. Amelia claimed it was fingernail polish on her hands. Padilla told Amelia the Captain was dead of a puncture wound to the neck and there was a lot of blood. The killer probably severed an artery and he bled to death.

On December 9, Mac Scorpio, Dante Falconeri, and Ronnie Dimestico gather the boat party group, Johnny Zacchara, Anthony Zacchara, and Briggs on the boat. Briggs cries when the Captain's death is mentioned and Anthony points it out. Anthony later says that the Captain would be appreciative of her cooperation as it is obvious she was fond of him. Briggs says she was.

On December 13, a text was sent to Dante supposedly from Briggs confessing to the murder. Dante gets a call letting him know Briggs is dead.

On December 15, Mac talks with Dante and Padilla about Briggs' text confession. He said a search of her apartment found a napkin covered in grease from the wrench that was used to kill Lisa. Letters were found that proved Briggs and MacLeod were having an affair. The Captain was going to leave his wife for Briggs and they were planning to run charters out of Florida together.

Mac thinks Briggs may have discovered Lisa had killed MacLeod. It’s possible that Briggs snapped, killed Lisa, threw her overboard, and pretended to be unconscious. Padilla thinks the text is suspicious as the handwriting can’t be confirmed but Mac considers the case closed.

Anthony reveals to Amelia that he killed Briggs and made her death look like a suicide. He knew about the affair with the Captain and that Briggs would be blamed for Lisa's murder.

## Crimes Committed

* Adultery: had an affair with First Mate Lauren Briggs while married [revealed on Dec 15, 2011]

## Health and Vitals

* Bled to death from a puncture wound after being injected in the neck by Lisa Niles [injected on Oct 20, 2011; body found on Oct 25, 2011; cause of death revealed on Oct 26, 2011]