Patrick Drake
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Patrick Drake | |||||||
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General Hospital character | |||||||
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Duration | 2005–2016 | ||||||
First appearance | December 7, 2005 | ||||||
Last appearance | January 7, 2016 | ||||||
Classification | Charles Pratt, Jr. | ||||||
Introduced by | Jill Farren Phelps | ||||||
Book appearances | The Secret Life of Damian Spinelli | ||||||
Spin-off appearances | General Hospital: Night Shift | ||||||
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Patrick Drake is a fictional character on the
Storylines
Backstory
Patrick was born in September 18, 1976
2005–2009
Dr. Patrick Drake comes to Port Charles when Jason Morgan (Steve Burton) needs surgery. Because his father Dr. Noah Drake could not perform the operation, Dr. Robin Scorpio (Kimberly McCullough) seeks Patrick out. Initially refusing, he agrees after Carly Corinthos (Laura Wright) and Sam McCall (Kelly Monaco) cast aspersions on his abilities as a surgeon. He soon begins seeing Robin but has flings with Carly, who uses him as a way of making Robin jealous. He constantly flirts with many of the hospital's nurses. After months of casually dating Robin, Patrick is exposed to HIV while performing surgery on a patient with AIDS. Robin helps in through the time in between his blood tests and they grow closer. Patrick admits his love to Robin after she makes an unrequested suggestion during a surgery. They are relieved six months later when Patrick is officially proven HIV-negative.
Robin voices her desire for children and a family, but Patrick doesn't want one. The two have a one-night stand on
Robin and Patrick face issues early on in their marriage, such as Robin's post-partum depression and the murder of the mayor's mistress that lead to Patrick being accused of medical malpractice. Patrick's ex-girlfriend from college, Lisa Niles (Brianna Brown), appears in town on a consult with Robin. She later transfers to General Hospital for a change of setting. Robin initially is apprehensive about this, but when Lisa loses a patient, she comforts her into believing she's not perfect. Robin and Emma leave on a trip to London to see Anna, and Patrick stays behind, though he misses both Robin and Emma every day. When he helps Lisa move into her new apartment, he realizes that she's making a play for him, and ends her hopes of getting back together with him when he tells her that he loves Robin, and nothing will change that.
Patrick and Robin begin to have a strained marriage afterwards during the trial of Robin's friend,
Lisa later targets both Robin and Patrick, intending to destroy both of them once and for all. Robin and Patrick, though, figure out her schemes and get her caught in the act, leading to her being arrested. She breaks out of jail and targets them both during a hospital lockdown. She ends up in a coma after injecting herself with a toxic substance. Unknown to Patrick or Robin,
2010–16
After Robin died in an explosion at the hospital labs, Patrick received what he thought were Robin's ashes, and he took them to the plot of land that they were going to build their dream home on to say goodbye to her. At the same time that Patrick is saying goodbye, Robin is shown to be very much alive and held captive in an undisclosed location. Patrick falls into the early stages of addiction to a hallucinogenic pain-killer.
Patrick later finds out that Britt's mother is working with
Patrick thinks about having another baby, though Robin declines, and Patrick agrees to let the discussion go. Soon after, Patrick and Robin learn that Sabrina is pregnant. When he confronts her about this, Sabrina tells him that Carlos is the baby's father. Later, Patrick finds out Obrecht has been hired as the new chief of staff, and is furious she got away with hurting Robin. Meanwhile, Sabrina admits to Patrick that she lied, and he is the father of her baby after Robin left Port Charles again. On April 16, 2014 Patrick and Sabrina find out that they are having a boy. On April 25, Sabrina, Patrick and Emma were involved in a car accident which caused Sabrina to go into labor and deliver their son. They were rushed to the hospital after the birth and Heather Webber (Robin Mattson)'s arrest.
On May 27, 2014, Patrick and Sabrina name their son. The boy was named Gabriel Drake Santiago, named for his maternal grandmother, his father and his half-sister. After the baby came too early, he died of massive organ failure due to necrotizing enterocolitis. He and Sam found out the car that drove Patrick and Sabrina off the road belonged to
See also
References
- ^ Coleridge, Daniel R. (4/15/08). "A New Take on Dr. Drake." SOAPnet.com Archived 2008-10-22 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved September 5, 2008.
- Soapcentral. Retrieved 2012-05-06.
- ^ Goldberg, Michael (October 21, 2015). "Jason Thompson Leaving 'General Hospital'". Serial Scoop. United States: Blogger (Google). Retrieved October 21, 2015.
- ^ Celebrated his birthday on-screen September 18, 2015.
- ^ Revealed to be 37 years old on June 25, 2014.