General Hospital: Jack Brennan Case Explodes as Suspects Multiply

General Hospital just saw Nina Reeves (Cynthia Watros) arrested for Jack Brennan (Chris McKenna)’s disappearance and Agent William Baines (Alimi Ballard) has extradited Nina. He has hauled her off to a WSB facility. But we also know that Nina is innocent.

Plus, there’s the question of exactly how Jack died. Maybe it was an accidental drowning, but I kind of doubt it. I suspect this may turn into a whole who-done-it on General Hospital. Today we’re going to talk about Nina’s innocence, how Jack really died, and who murdered the WSB station chief if it is foul play.

General Hospital: Nina Hauled Away in Handcuffs

So, this week we saw Agent Baines drag Nina screaming out of the Metro Court restaurant down to the PCPD where she spent the night in a holding cell. And then Baines told Nina they have evidence to extradite her because they found Jack’s wallet in her car. Of course Nina’s distraught and she told Baines that Jack was never ever in her car.

And Nina told Ric Lansing (Rick Hearst) she is being framed and he asked Nina who would do that. She should pretty quickly realize the only person who would do this is of course Drew Cain Quartermaine (Cameron Mathison). But with her taken by the WSB, Nina can’t warn Willow Tait Corinthos (Katelyn MacMullen). And as far as we know, Nina was working late at the Crimson office.

Plus, she wouldn’t have killed Jack anyway because Nina really liked him and she wanted him to keep helping Willow. So, Nina had zero motive. Plus, there’s the big question of what was Jack’s cause of death? Was it accidental or was it foul play? While it looks at a glance like Jack was groggy from the sleeping pill and just stumbled into the Metro Court pool and drowned, that may not be accurate.

Drew & Ava Set It All in Motion on GH

If that is the truth, then Drew and Ava Cassadine (Tamara Braun) are ultimately responsible because he provided the pill and Ava slipped it to Jack. But I suspect that somebody actually killed the WSB chief. And in fact, I think the people that we know that are involved didn’t actually kill him. And that includes Nina, who’s now arrested, Ava, who drugged Jack, and Drew, who rifled through Jack’s room.

I don’t think any of them did it. Plus, there’s Martin Gray (Michael E. Knight), who provided the flash drive, but Drew and Ava have an alibi because Jack stumbled away sleepily. And then Ava ran to Jack’s room and dragged Drew out of there. While Ava was away, that’s when Charlotte Cassadine (Bluesy Burke) and Danny Morgan (Asher Jared Antonyzyn) found Jack’s corpse in the pool. And of course, the teens are also innocent.

General Hospital: Tristan Solves the Mystery

Fall spoilers for General Hospital tie Dr. Tristan Roberts (Dean Geyer) into this storyline. Spoilers say his medical knowledge is pivotal to the mystery of Jack Brennan’s death. His body is going to be found likely because of Outback and it may be Tristan who examines him and if water’s in his lungs then Jack drowned either accidentally or on purpose.

You know, maybe somebody took advantage of Ava drugging him and drowned him anyway. But if there’s no water in his lungs, then Jack died of some other reason and was tossed into the pool. And if it is murder, we’re going to talk about who would have killed Jack Brennan.

Valentin a Top Suspect on GH

So, first up, we got to talk about Valentin Cassadine (James Patrick Stuart). He is a solid suspect because he’s wanted Jack dead for quite a while. Valentin and Jack have both tried to kill each other and he let Valentin take the fall for what they both did at Pikeman. Plus, Valentin knows Carly Corinthos (Laura Wright) hates Jack and he knows Carly’s still furious that Jack set up Josslyn Jacks (Eden McCoy) to murder Cyrus Renault (Jeff Kober) so he could recruit her into the WSB. Carly has wanted revenge on Jack for a while.

That’s why Valentin and Carly got together to start with, targeting Jack. And now he’s dead. So Valentin might have done it. And I don’t think he’d tell Carly or anybody else. But I don’t think Valentin would want Nina framed for something he did. So, it could be Valentin ran into Jack and he was groggy on pills. So maybe Valentin attacked Jack in a crime of opportunity. And we know Valentin’s capable of murder.

General Hospital: Carly Has Motive

For all these same reasons, our second possible culprit is Carly herself. She is certainly capable of murder, especially when it comes to protecting her kids. And because of Jack pulling Josslyn into the WSB, her daughter was shot and almost died on Spoon Island.

So, yeah, Carly would go after Jack, but also Carly has a pretty solid alibi. She was with Jason Morgan (Steve Burton) dealing with the mess of the security cameras going down. But her boyfriend Valentin doesn’t have an alibi. Even if Carly didn’t kill Jack when the truth comes out, Carly may end up on the suspect list.

And that’s because of the whole Josslyn thing. I could see her interrogating her mom, asking Carly if she went after Jack or had Jason do it. But I don’t think Josslyn would tell Baines or the WSB that Carly had a vendetta against Jack. And Josslyn of course knows because it’s all about Jack recruited her. So I honestly suspect Valentin more than Carly.

General Hospital: Willow is Likely

Another prime suspect is Willow. She recently bickered with Jack after she missed a funding meeting that related to the WSB. And then Willow demanded Jack get her blackmail evidence to use against Michael Corinthos (Rory Gibson). Willow even recorded Jack confessing to abusing his power. And of course he did it to benefit Willow, but she’s ruthless.

If that recording is found on Willow’s phone, she might be implicated in Jack’s death. So if she’s involved, yeah, Willow might have confronted Jack and they argued and maybe Willow got physical and Jack fell and hit his head. If Willow realized he was dead, yeah, she would have kicked Jack into the pool and just run off. Plus, in a recent interview, actor Chris McKenna said he hopes that Willow’s the one who killed Jack. And with our leakers saying Willow is going to be sent to Ferncliff Jack’s death might be the reason why.

General Hospital: Sidwell Behind Jack’s Death?

Also, don’t forget Jenz Sidwell (Carlo Rota). He and Ross Cullum (Andrew Hawkes) both wanted Jack Brennan out of the way. Cullum tried to kill Jack at Turning Woods. So, Sidwell might have picked up where Cullum left off. Even though Sidwell’s in Pentonville, he might have hired somebody to target Jack for revenge. We know Sidwell took a plea deal, but I’m confident he’s not going to stay behind bars and he might worry about Jack coming after him. So, it could have been a murder for hire that Sidwell orchestrated. And since Ava drugged Jack, it would have made the hit even easier.

We also have got to consider Anna Devane (Finola Hughes) as a possible suspect in Jack’s death. We just saw Anna plotting to murder Britt Westbourne (Kelly Thiebaud), brought a tarp, and Anna lured Britt into the woods with Peter August (Wes Ramsey) saying, “Kill her.” And we know Anna despised Jack. If you recall, Anna tased, handcuffed, and threatened Jack when she saw him speaking to her granddaughter, Emma Scorpio Drake (Braedyn Bruner).

General Hospital: Anna Fully Capable

And Anna had a contentious relationship with Jack since their early WSB training days together. Plus, Peter might have told Anna to kill Jack. And after Ava drugged Jack and he was stumbling around, he might have run into Anna and ghost Peter told her it’s the perfect time. Kill Jack now. No one will ever know. So Anna might have clocked him in the head and kicked Jack into the pool or held Jack Brennan under until the bubbles stopped.

We’re now on a countdown to see how long it’ll take Outback to dig up enough of Jack for other people to get suspicious. And then they will all go out to the nature preserve and at that point they are going to find his body. And since we know Tristan is going to be involved, you know, maybe it’ll be him or it could be a coroner that determines the cause of death. But based on the spoilers, I think Tristan looks into it. And then we may get a who-dunnit Jack Brennan mystery. And if so, I expect it to hit during November sweeps, which kicks off towards the very end of October and runs for four weeks.