General Hospital Leak: Franco Doesn’t Die, Has A Near Death Experience, Zander Sends Him Back

General Hospital (GH) spoilers tease that in Port Charles, NY Franco Baldwin (Roger Howarth) doesn’t die, it’s just a near death experience in a future episode of General Hospital. He meets Cameron Webber’s (William Lipton) birth father at the door to the afterlife, Zander Smith (Chad Brannon) and Zander sends him back to take care of Cameron!

General Hospital Spoilers – Cameron Webber Never Met His Birth Father

Longtime General Hospital viewers will remember that Cameron has never met his birth father. Zander Smith was killed in a shootout before he was born. He didn’t even know that Cameron’s mother was pregnant. Zander was Elizabeth’s first love, and she was only a teenager. They had two one night stands and Cameron was conceived during the second one. Zander had been a drug dealer working for Joseph Sorel (Joe Marinelli), who was one of the enemies of Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard).

It was Elizabeth who had tipped the Port Charles police to Zander’s location when he had been hiding out, and had kidnapped Emily Quartermaine (Natalia Livingston). Zander was mentally unstable, and he was bad news! He also worked for Faith Rosco (Cynthia Preston) who was another one of Sonny’s enemies and involved in drug trafficking and the head of the Rosco crime family. Zander’s father was Dr. Cameron Lewis (Lane Davies) who was a psychiatrist at General Hospital, and who Cameron Webber was named after. Zander knew his father, who aided and abetted him at times in his criminal activities. He had abandoned his son after his older brother Peter Lewis (uncast) was killed in a hunting accident and he had blamed Zander for it. Years later he had come to Port Charles after Zander had run away from home and Cameron had been assigned to be Zander’s therapist; thus the reunion of father and son.

GHSpoilers – Franco Baldwin “Dies” But Is Sent Back

A possible insider leak has explained what happens and why Zander Smith returns, which is definite. Chad Brannon filmed the scene or scenes in February and they will air sometime in March. Speculations abounded regarding the return of Zander Smith, but since the news first broke it is definite that it is only a guest appearance not a return to the General Hospital canvas. Franco has two possible death scenarios – from his brain tumor, which is not responding to radiation, or Franco being killed another way – such as by Jason Morgan, (Steve Burton). Franco had requested that Jason kill him if he became dark and dangerous, although Jason hadn’t exactly said yes or no. When Franco was startled by Cameron waking him up and tried to choke him that could certainly constitute “dangerous”! He even told Elizabeth he felt he should move out! There is a third possibility also – that Franco and Elizabeth could get a second opinion and the tumor, considered inoperable is removed but Franco could die on the table.

General Hospital viewers will recall that after Franco’s head injury at The Floating Rib, Dr. Lucas Jones (Matt Trudeau) was able to remove part of the tumor. Franco and Elizabeth were going to try to get a second opinion from Dr. Patrick Drake (Jason Thompson), who removed his first brain tumor but they never got to California. This possibility would make more sense with a scenario where Franco dies but is sent back from the door of the afterlife, as happened with Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) when Mike Corbin (Max Gail) came to give him the will to live. Something very similar may happen with Franco, the brain tumor having been removed but he codes on the operating table (he dies, his heart stops) and the medical team gets him back when in his experience, Zander appears to him and tells him to take care of his son! Otherwise, if Jason shoots him and he dies that way, what happens with the brain tumor? A misdiagnosis?

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