Coming Soon to SOAPnet's "Night Shift": More Beloved Characters from the Glory Days of "General Hospital"

amp160Tiffany Hill and Sean Donnelly are returning to Port Charlesamp160Esteemed soap opera authority Michael Logan reports in next weekamp8217s issue of TV Guide that the twopart season finale of SOAPnetamp8217s General Hospital Night Shift will feature guest appearances by Anthony Geary amp8211 currently in his fourth decade of playing GH antihero Luke Spencer amp8211 and two blasts from the past Sharon Wyatt as Tiffany and John Reilly as Seanamp160Apparently Luke Tiffany and Sean will all be on hand to rally around their beloved friend Robert Scorpio Tristan Rogers the former World Security Bureau agent and Port Charles police commissioner with whom they shared many legendary adventures in the distant past as he continues his brave fight against his gravest challenge ever Stage 4 colon cancer Finola Hughes will also be on hand as Scorpioamp8217s exwife Anna Devane Luke Robert and Tiffany were at the center of what may be the most famous GH storyline of all time In 1981 these three together with Laura Webber Baldwin stopped a madman from freezing the city of Port Charles with a weather machineamp160Geary still stars on GH and Hughes and Rogers appear on a recurring basis by Wyatt and Reilly havenamp8217t been seen on that show in 15 years They hurriedly left town after Donnelly was gunned down and needed emergency surgery at a Boston hospital and they never returned I might be nervous if these two were returning to the GH mothership which now devotes most of its narrative to stories about temperamental mobsters and idiot women because when beloved veteran characters return over there they are often compromised think Heather Webber and Holly Sutton Scorpio or destroyed Poor Rick Webber was killed off and manhandled like the corpse in Weekend at Bernieamp8217s But I have total faith in Sri Rao the head writer who this summer has excitingly transformed Night Shift which was absolutely dreadful during its freshman season into one of the best soap operas on television I feel that I can look forward to the return of Tiffany and Sean with eager anticipation rather than fretful trepidationamp160For what itamp8217s worth I like to think that a suggestion I made in my first column about Night Shift might have planted an idea that resulted in having Geary make a guest appearanceamp160Further in responding to a comment that appeared when that same column ran on the popular soap site MarlenaDeLacroix I stated that Tiffany Hill would certainly pay a visit to Robert during her dear friendamp8217s hour of need adding that she would be a perfect fit on the show And now here she comes If I have any influence at NS hereamp8217s another suggestion Bring on Nurse Bobbie Spenceramp8217s gay son Lucas who is also Tiffany Hillamp8217s nephew as a potential love interest for intern Kyle Julianamp160My early enthusiasm for Night Shift has only continued to grow in recent weeks I have enjoyed every short and long term storyline during its sophomore season and I remain highly impressed with its treatment of veteran GH characters Robert Scorpio and Jagger Cates Jagger is now an FBI agent whose young son has been diagnosed with autism It was nice to see Robertamp8217s brother Mac now the police commissioner of Port Charles crossover from GH to be by his older brotheramp8217s side even if they have been largely estranged for much of their lives John J York the actor who plays Mac is criminally underused on his own show Rao and his team are giving us expert soap opera storytelling told by people who respect their franchise its history and most importantly its fan base amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160

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