General Hospital SHOCKER: Cassius Faison’s Secret Exposed – Revenge Plot Revealed!

General Hospital reveals the not Nathan West (Ryan Paevey) was finally identified as his twin brother, Cassius Faison. And of course, we know that Nathan was a good guy, a really good guy. But what about his twin Cas? Is he the evil twin? Or was he just raised by someone evil? Cesar Faison, of course.

We’re going to talk about what we know about Nathan’s mystery twin brother and whether Cassius is Faison 2.0 or maybe Nathan 2.0 and he isn’t quite so bad. And honestly, maybe the answer lies somewhere in between and the answer may actually be shifting.

The Big General Hospital Reveal: Cassius Faison!

So, this week we finally found out as we suspected pretty much from the moment Ryan Paevey came back that Nathan was a fake. And General Hospital finally confirmed it six months after they brought Ryan back. And it all happened when Jenz Sidwell (Carlo Rota) summoned not-Nathan to Wyndemere and then called him his real name, Cassius Faison.

That entire conversation with Sidwell delivered a whole treasure trove of information. He told Cassius he’s done a great job fooling everyone into believing he’s Nathan. It was also clear from that conversation that he works for Sidwell, not vice versa, nor are they partners.

And then there was a new interview I saw with Ryan Paevey that confirms that Cas is a henchman. He said that he’s working for Sidwell and for their big boss Ross Cullum (Andrew Hawkes). And we found out from General Hospital that Cas has been working for Sidwell for a good long while.

Also, it’s interesting that it was Cas’ own idea for him to take over his twin brother’s life and get back inside the PCPD and get close to a lot of people in Port Charles. And so, Sidwell was praising him for coming up with the idea and actually carrying it off so well.

GH Shocker: Cassius’ Deep Infiltration of Port Charles

So, it looks like Cas is in deep with Sidwell and Cullum and between them they’re infiltrating every aspect of Port Charles. They got the piers. He’s in with the police. Sidwell has influence with the political system. And on top of completing Faison’s final project, all of that, they’re going to have control over so much of Port Charles.

And another twist that showed us how ruthless Cas can be was about the frame job because it turns out that he helped Sidwell frame Laura Spencer (Genie Francis) and Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) for Hank Dalton‘s (Daniel Goddard) murder. That’s why he showed up there the night Laura had car trouble. Even worse, Cassius appreciated Sidwell poisoning Maxie Jones (Kirsten Storms) because he said it made it easier for him to take over Nathan’s life without her there scrutinizing him.

Is Cassius All Bad?

So, these obviously are red flags pointing to Cas being a bad guy, especially since he’s working for uber villains Cullum and Sidwell. But in the end, I don’t think Cas is going to wind up all that bad. Right now though, he is. So, also in the recent interview, Ryan Paevey admitted that Cas is bad. But said not the same way as Faison is.

Also of interest is Ryan said he was specifically hired to play Cas, not Nathan. So in case you thought this was a last minute twist, it wasn’t. This was planned by the General Hospital writers since last year. And it’s also disturbing that Cas agreed with Sidwell that Britt Westbourne (Kelly Thiebaud) needs to be dealt with for compromising the Cold Fusion project.

And Cassius definitely scares Britt. She knew who he was. She knew that was not Nathan right from the start. So, I’m sure he was part of the crew that saved her from the hook death and has been part of them using Britt to complete Faison’s project. And unless they are doing some kind of retcon, Cassius and Britt wouldn’t have grown up together.

Liesl Obrecht (Kathleen Gati) was the one who mostly raised Britt trying to keep her away from her dad, although she knew Faison was her father and that he was a really bad guy. And Britt was around him more as an adult and more before he finally died. And Faison though seems to have raised Cas alone. So, there’s definitely more questions there.

General Hospital Backstory: Cassius Never Felt Loved Until Now

Ryan Paevey said Cassius did not grow up in a nice family like his twin brother did. And Ryan said Cassius was never loved or even liked. I mean, Faison’s not exactly warm and fuzzy. And something about pretending to be Nathan has surprised Cas because everybody liked Nathan. Now Cassius is feeling what it’s like to be liked.

Something he never has before. Not only that, over and above like people loved Nathan. So there’s all this positive new emotion and new life experience that Cas is soaking up. I think it’s life-changing. Ryan said that at first playing Nathan was just useful to his bosses Sidwell and Cullum.

So, it started out as a convenient thing. But more than that, Cassius is legit getting attached to both Lulu Spencer (Alexa Havins Bruening) and James West (Gary James Fuller). That’s official. And of course, that’s his nephew, not his son.

And that’s part, I think, of why Cas pushed back a little on Sidwell about getting into the PCPD and getting this information about Marco Rios’ (Adrian Anchondo) murder because Cassius wants to make sure he gets to keep living Nathan’s life because he’s enjoying it more and more by the day.

Lulu and James Are His Vulnerability on HH

Ryan Paevey said that Lulu and James are going to be a point of vulnerability for Cas because he worries about Lulu and James and legit wants to protect them. And that’s strange because Cassius has never cared about anybody but himself because he never had a reason to. But he’s already lying for them.

Of course, he knows that Lulu’s son, Rocco Falconeri (Finn Carr), shot Cullum. But he lied right to Sidwell’s face and is letting him think Jason Morgan (Steve Burton) did it. And Cassius is pressuring Lulu to stop looking for Jason and says, “Just just let it go so we can protect Rocco.” But really, that’s moving Cas’s own agenda forward.

But Lulu is going to push back on Cas this week. And she gets mad because she thinks he’s saying that it was somehow Britt and Jason’s fault what happened. So, we’ll see if this gets Lulu wondering what’s up with not Nathan. You know, for instance, Lulu might ask why Nathan hasn’t wondered where he’s been the past seven years, why he hasn’t looked into it since he’s a cop.

Lulu might now find that lack of interest quite strange when she starts thinking about it. Plus, Cassius has slipped up in that trapped in blizzard comment about his dad making him memorize the periodic table of elements.

She could just go back to Nina Reeves (Cynthia Watros) and ask, “Did your dad have this thing about the periodic table?” And of course, you know, Nina would say, “No, of course not.” And Nathan loved Britt. That was his sister. And Cassius apparently doesn’t give a damn about her, doesn’t seem to even care about keeping her alive.

Will Cassius Choose Redemption?

So, I think we’re going to see Cassius increasingly torn between Cullum’s agenda and what he wants for his own life, which is to keep being Nathan indefinitely so he can keep Lulu and James, keep being loved. And enjoy things he’s never had in his life. So far, it does look like Cas started out pretty bad.

But I think wearing Nathan’s skin has him soaking up these good vibes that are going to change him. And I think Cassius may get a chance to redeem himself and prove that he can be a good man, too. I mean, never as good as Nathan. But definitely not as bad as Faison.

I’m also excited to know how Nathan and Cas were split up because Liesl hid Nathan with her sister Madeline Reeves (Donna Mills) and actor Ryan Paevey said we’re soon going to get a glimpse at the real Cas when he’s not around people who think he’s Nathan and not around his two bad bosses who know who is.

So, I think this reveal honestly came way too late because I think almost every fan had figured out by this point that that wasn’t Nathan. So, it really wasn’t much of a surprise other than finding out his name is Cassius and that he’s a henchman, not a boss. I think it would have been a lot more shocking had they dropped it a couple of months ago. But I am super excited to see where it goes from here.