General Hospital: Chase’s Dangerous Obsession with Willow Destroys His Life!

General Hospital sees Harrison Chase (Josh Swickard) still totally fooled into thinking that Willow Tait (Katelyn MacMullen) is innocent. It looks like him being so naive about her is about to ruin everything for him—first his career and soon, maybe, his marriage to Brook Lynn Quartermaine (Amanda Setton).

We’re going to talk about how Chase and Brook Lynn might fall apart soon. Because even though Willow was found not guilty, Chase isn’t going to stop. He also wants to prove that Michael Corinthos (Rory Gibson)’s guilty, which would fully confirm her innocence.

Willow’s Shocking Transformation on General Hospital

At one point, I think we can all agree Willow did seem like a decent human being. But that was before Drew Cain Quartermaine (Cameron Mathison) got his claws into her. Now Willow is getting worse by the day. I suspect everybody in Port Charles is going to know the truth about her eventually, but I’m not sure Chase will ever believe that she’s bad. Ever since Willow was accused of shooting Drew, we’ve seen Chase as her biggest champion. He has defended Willow left and right.

Chase Risks Everything for Willow on GH

Chase was investigating the shooting in his own time to try and prove Willow is innocent, even while the PCPD was building a case against her and had some pretty good evidence. Bottom line, Chase put his career on the line by taking Willow’s side.

Chase was adamant that it was worth it to prove that Willow was framed. To be fair, Chase was thoroughly convinced that Michael not only shot Drew but framed Willow for his crime. Now, Chase has ruined his friendship with Michael because of this false assumption of Willow’s innocence.

Even worse, Chase has also just about ruined his friendship with Dante Falconeri (Dominic Zamprogna), who was his best friend. He defended Willow and accused Dante of bias and of protecting his brother, Michael, at all costs. When Chase was on the stand at Willow’s trial, he was really hard on Dante.

We saw Chase saying under oath at the trial that he thinks the PCPD went about the investigation the wrong way. Chase said they didn’t investigate anybody else; they targeted Willow. Of course, Dante was furious and so was DA Justine Turner (Nazneen Contractor).

The Fallout of Chase’s Demotion to Beat Cop

After that, Chase got demoted back to beat cop and now his professional future is at risk. It’s kind of sad because Willow is 100% guilty and Chase is totally wrong about her. We all know Willow is headed down an even darker path.

Once her twisted secrets come out, Chase is going to look like an even bigger fool. Once all the ugly truth comes out, it is going to be egg on his face. If you remember, this Willow fiasco isn’t the first time Chase jeopardized his career as a cop over a woman.

He did it before—and not just any woman, mind you, but Willow’s awful twin sister, Nelle Benson (Chloe Lanier). This was part of Chase’s pre-Port Charles history. Back in the day, before Nelle also wound up in Port Charles, she killed somebody close to her.

Chase was assigned to work the murder case of Nelle’s fiancé, Zachary Grant, down in Florida. The guy had money and Nelle convinced him to push his family away and leave everything to her in his will. Then Nelle killed her fiancé and tried to make it look like a kayaking accident.

History Repeats Itself with Wicked Twins Nelle & Willow

The entire family swore that Nelle had killed him, but she swore she was innocent. Then Chase got assigned to the case and Nelle seduced him into believing her. Chase fell for Nelle’s innocent act.

Chase was wrong then, too, because Nelle was guilty just like Willow is now. But Chase has been telling anybody who will listen that Willow is innocent and she isn’t the kind of person that could shoot somebody. It turns out Chase is very wrong.

Willow has changed. At this point, she’s pretty much pure evil. Chase got suckered by one twin, Nelle, and now the other twin, Willow, has him thoroughly fooled and all twisted up.

This week we’re going to see Brook Lynn upset at Chase. She confronts him because it doesn’t seem like it’s enough for him that Willow was acquitted at trial. Chase really wants Michael to go down for this. They even came to blows over it.

Brook Lynn Reaches Her Breaking Point on General Hospital

BLQ is ranting at Chase and asking, “Why won’t you let this go?” I think he’s also being insensitive to his wife because Willow’s twin sister, Nelle, is the reason Brook Lynn can’t sing anymore. Do you remember that? Nelle slashed Brook Lynn’s throat backstage at the Nurses Ball several years ago.

That’s not on Willow, that’s on Nelle, but Chase got played by Nelle and now he’s getting played by Willow. Chase seems willing to ruin his career over Willow. Unless he does something drastic to alter the course he’s on, Chase is going to ruin his marriage over Willow also.

The bottom line is Chase should be putting his wife first before anybody else. Instead, Chase keeps putting time and energy into trying to prove Michael’s guilt. It is as if it’s not enough that the jury found Willow not guilty.

In the end, Chase is going to look like the biggest fool in the world when the final truth comes out. I suspect that’ll happen sooner rather than later because Willow’s current scheme to frame Michael for shooting Drew is going to blow up in her face.

Will Chase Exit Port Charles?

That is confirmed in General Hospital spoilers. In the end, I think Willow is going to be exposed for shooting Drew but can’t be arrested for it since she already faced trial. However, Willow could be prosecuted if they find out she caused Drew’s stroke.

I’m hoping she’s also busted for messing with baby Daisy and driving Sasha Gilmore (Sofia Mattsson) out of the country. In the short run, Willow’s plot to frame Michael may gain traction, especially after she slipped Drew’s spare key onto Michael’s key ring.

I’m sure Chase is going to feel justified for a while. He may push back on Brook Lynn and tell his wife, “Look, see, I was right. It was Michael.” But eventually, Willow’s lies are going to catch up with her. Her world’s going to come crashing down and Chase is going to look like an idiot for defending Willow.

Chase Eats Crow on General Hospital

Chase is going to owe Michael, Dante, and most of all his wife Brook Lynn an apology for his actions. All this has Chase and BLQ’s marriage on a rocky path. Part of that is down to Chase wanting to adopt and Brook Lynn continuing to push back and put those plans on hold.

I suspect things are going to get worse for Chase and Brook Lynn until Willow is finally exposed. All of this may be setting the stage for Josh Swickard’s exit from General Hospital. We reported a leak from a reliable source a while back that said Chase was going to be written off GH and Swickard would be exiting.

Now that Dante suspended Chase and he got busted down to beat cop, he’s thinking of leaving law enforcement. You would think after Nelle snowballed Chase that he would learn to be more cautious, especially around women from this gene pool.

In the end, I am really afraid that Chase is going to ruin his life and his marriage over this Willow fixation. It could cost Chase everything. I think all that could be to lay the groundwork for his character’s exit. We’ll see.