Patrick Drake

**Dr. Patrick Drake, MD** is a fictional character from the ABC soap opera *General Hospital*.

## Casting

Jason Thompson originated the role on December 7, 2005.

From April 23 to 28, 2008, the role of Patrick Drake was played by Ethan Erickson while Thompson was having minor surgery.

On October 30, 2015, after many unconfirmed reports, Thompson confirmed on Instagram that after ten years on the show he has decided to leave.

On November 20, 2015, Thompson confirmed on Instagram that he taped his final scenes. He made his final appearance on January 7, 2016.

Thompson was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in 2011 and 2012. Thompson was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in 2013, 2014 and 2015.

Thompson has since moved to The Young and the Restless to play Billy Abbott, previously played by *GH's* Billy Miller (Jason Morgan) and is later replaced by James Patrick Stuart (Valentin Cassadine) since his debut in 2016.

## Storylines

Dr. Patrick Drake, a very cocky neurosurgeon, comes to Port Charles when Jason Morgan desperately needs surgery because Dr. Robin Scorpio seeks Patrick out because his father, Dr. Noah Drake could not perform the operation. Initially refusing, he quickly agrees after Carly Corinthos and Sam McCall demand he needs too so he does. He soon begins seeing Robin but has flings with Carly, who used him as a way of making Robin jealous. Although Patrick and Robin were dating, he constantly flirted with many of the hospital's nurses and helped Elizabeth Webber deal with her husband's affair.

When a patient, April Gilbert, is admitted to the hospital with end stage AIDS, Patrick does not think twice and performs a life saving operation on her. However in a critical moment, Patrick's glove is torn but he has no choice but to keep operating. He and Robin fear he might be HIV-positive and grow closer because of the ordeal. This leads Patrick to admit he could "maybe someday" love Robin. During a date night at The Haunted Star Casino, Patrick and Robin are called in to GH because a high risk AIDS patient has been admitted and Patrick has been more than willing to operate on these high risk patients. Patrick admits his love to Robin after a row at the hospital over AIDS patient and she immediately rejects him. After wooing her at her apartment she shared with Lainey and Kelly, with flowers and their song, they finally admit their love for one another.

After some ups and downs trying to make their relationship work, Patrick and Robin finally agree to move in with each other. Patrick's friend Pete however puts them three steps back when Patrick rushes away to Vegas. After a few intense arguments, Robin ends up at the Metro Court alone, when the hostage situation begins, and she is the first to be injured because of Lorenzo Alcazar. Patrick talks Emily Quartermaine through a DIY surgery, and Robin makes it out safe to Patrick. She nearly dies in a hostage situation at the Metro Court Hotel because of Mayor Garrett Floyd, Sonny's maternal half brother and district attorney Ric Lansing, Robin's uncle Commissioner Mac Scorpio, and the S.W.A.T. team. Their relationship progressed along for a while with the ups and downs that were quite common for the couple. But, when Robin voices her desire for children and a family, Patrick admits he isn't interested in a family life.

## Crimes Committed

* Punched Mayor Garrett Floyd after the Metro Court Hotel hostage crisis by Jerry Jacks and his men and women including Lorenzo Alcazar [Feb 12, 2007]

## Relationships

* Family
* Friends
* Enemies

* Peter August - Patrick's cousin-in-law (deceased)
* Cody Bell - Patrick's cousin-in-law
* Anna Devane - Patrick's mother-in-law
* Emma Drake - Patrick's daughter with Robin
* Mattie Drake - Patrick's mother (deceased)
* Noah Drake - Patrick's father
* Matt Hunter - Patrick's paternal half-brother
* Maxie Jones - Patrick's cousin-in-law
* Felicia Scorpio - Patrick's aunt-in-law
* James Scorpio - Patrick's brother-in-law
* Noah Scorpio-Drake - Patrick's son with Robin
* Robert Scorpio - Patrick's father-in-law
* Robin Scorpio-Drake - Patrick's wife

* Curtis Ashford
* Jordan Ashford - Former Commissioner of the Port Charles Police Department and current Deputy Mayor of Port Charles
* T.J. Ashford
* Franco Baldwin - Former criminal, Patrick's former co-worker, and former Art Therapist at General Hospital (deceased)
* Scott Baldwin - Franco's father and former District Attorney
* Hayden Barnes - Franco's female counterpart/sister-in-law and Patrick's former patient now a blonde via hair color swap with Maxie
* Gerald Brodin - Captain of the S.W.A.T. team
* Shawn Butler - Moved to San Francisco 13 miles from Berkeley
* Drew Cain
* Nikolas Cassadine
* Silas Clay - (deceased)
* Kevin Collins
* Laura Collins - Current Mayor of Port Charles and Ava's ex-mother-in-law
* Michael Corinthos - Sonny's adoptive son
* Morgan Corinthos - Sonny's son (deceased)
* Sonny Corinthos - Michael, Morgan, and Kristina's father; Molly's uncle
* Alexis Davis - Sam, Kristina, and Molly's mother
* Kristina Davis - Alexis' daughter with Sonny
* Felix DuBois - Patrick's former co-worker
* Connie Falconeri - (deceased)
* Dante Falconeri - Detective of the Port Charles Police Department
* Pres Floyd - Former Mayor of Port Charles
* Russell Ford - Former Chief of Staff at General Hospital (deceased)
* Russell Green
* Audrey Hardy - Former Head Nurse at General Hospital
* Jasper "Jax" Jacks
* Epiphany Johnson - Former General Hospital Head Nurse (deceased)
* Molly Lansing-Davis - Patrick's former patient, Alexis' daughter with Ric, Sonny's niece, and Assistant District Attorney
* Ric Lansing - Molly's father, Sonny's maternal half-brother, and former District Attorney
* Janice Lomax - Former Mayor of Port Charles
* Andre Maddox - Patrick's onetime co-worker before leaving for Berkley
* Sam McCall
* Danny Morgan
* Jason Morgan
* Delores Padilla
* A.J. Quartermaine - Jason's half-brother and Michael's biological father (deceased)
* Alan Quartermaine - Former General Hospital Chief of Staff and Michael's biological grandfather (deceased)
* Emily Quartermaine - (deceased)
* Monica Quartermaine - Former General Hospital Chief of Staff and Michael's biological grandmother
* Ned Quartermaine - Former Mayor of Port Charles
* Olivia Quartermaine
* Tracy Quartermaine
* Sabrina Santiago - Patrick's former co-worker/ex-girlfriend and Michael's ex-girlfriend (deceased)
* Carly Spencer
* Luke Spencer - (deceased)
* Lulu Spencer - (hospitalized)
* Elizabeth Webber - Patrick's former co-worker
* Steven Webber - Patrick's former co-worker
* Mary Wells - Current General Hospital Head Nurse and Patrick's former co-worker
* Nathan West - Maxie's husband and Dante's former partner (deceased)

* Diego Alcazar - (deceased)
* Lorenzo Alcazar - (deceased)
* Joey Bruzetta - (deceased)
* Helena Cassadine - Ava's ex-grandmother-in-law (deceased)
* Stavros Cassadine - Ava's ex-father-in-law (deceased)
* Victor Cassadine - Ava's ex-great uncle-in-law and Avery's ex-step great-great uncle (deceased)
* Stephen Clay - aka Caleb Morley and Faison's American counterpart (deceased)
* J.T. Dykstra - (deceased)
* Cesar Faison - (deceased)
* Sonny Faison - Faison's son with an unknown woman, and Britt and Peter's paternal half-brother
* Ray Giles - (deceased)
* Peter Harrell, Jr. - aka Levi Dunkleman (deceased)
* Darryl Hayes - (deceased)
* Charlie Heineck - Jerry and Paul's henchman (deceased)
* Theo Hoffman - aka the Balkan (deceased)
* Paul Hornsby - Jerry's former accomplice and former District Attorney (imprisoned)
* Jerry Jacks
* Ava Jerome - Victor's former great niece-in-law and his wife Robin's blonde counterpart now owner of Wyndemere Castle on Spoon Island
* Carlos Rivera - (deceased)
* Joe Scully, Jr. - (deceased)
* Kyle Sloane - (deceased)
* Heather Webber - Patrick's former patient and Steven and Franco's mother before becoming The Hook killer concealing her face and identity for most of 2022 before her face and identity are revealed on New Year's Day 2023 after the death of Jason Morgan on Cassadine Island via tunnel collapse (imprisoned)
* Anthony Zacchara - (deceased)