Marcus Taggert
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| Marcus Taggert | |||||
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| General Hospital | |||||
| Portrayed by | Reál Andrews (1996-1997; 1998-2003) Mathew St. Patrick (1997) |
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| First appearance | October 1996 | ||||
| Last appearance | May 2003 | ||||
| Cause/reason | Left town | ||||
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| Occupation | Former Detective for the Port Charles Police Department | ||||
| Residence | Portland Oregon Formerly Port Charles, New York |
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Marcus Taggert was a fictional character on the soap opera General Hospital. The character was portrayed by Reál Andrews from October 1996 to April 1997 and from February 1998 to May 2003. Mathew St. Patrick portrayed him from April 1997 to November 1997.
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[edit] Character Biography
Marcus met Deke Woods, Sonny Corinthos's step-father and a cop, in Brooklyn. Deke became Marcus's mentor and he decided to become a police officer. Deke was then killed by Joe Scully in an alley. Marcus decided to seek revenge. He moved to Port Charles and harassed Sonny every chance he got. His vendetta with Sonny had gotten him into trouble on the job on more than one occasion. He gained a soft spot for Sonny's first wife Lily Rivera Corinthos. When she was killed in a car bombing meant for Sonny, he hated him even more.
In 1998, Taggert began dating Assistant District Attorney Dara Jensen after pursing her for quite some time. Taggert couldn't shake the feeling that something more was going on between Dara and Justus Ward than Dara was willing to let on.
Taggert and Justus had previously butted heads and Taggert had a prime opportunity to get Justus Ward out of his life for good when a tape came into his possession. On the tape was a confession from Justus, to the murder of Damian Smith, a crime he had committed in 1996, when he caught Damian trying to burn down Ward House, an orphanage that was founded by Justus’ grandmother, Mary Mae Ward.
Taggert brought the tape to Dara's attention, and out of concern for Justus she asked Taggert to compromise his principles and burn the tape. Because Taggert's truly cared about Dara, he complied.
Within a year, Taggert and Dara's relationship came to an end, not because of Justus Ward, but because of Dara's devotion to her job. Taggert felt that there wasn't enough room in Dara's life for both him and her job. When Taggert asked if Dara could devote any more time to making their relationship work, Dara made her choice, and said she had put as much as she could into their relationship. They parted ways.
Taggert soon took on a new role when he volunteered to look after Juan Santiago after his father, Armando agreed to allow Juan to remain in Port Charles.
In 2000, Taggert was surprised when his half-sister, Gia Campbell, arrived in Port Charles, and wasn't pleased to learn that she had taken time off from school. Taggert and Gia had a strained relationship at best and Gia even hid her presence from him when she first arrived in town. Shortly thereafter, Taggert's mother, Florence Campbell, also came to Port Charles to be near her children.
Taggert and FBI agent Hannah Scott continued to grow closer and became lovers, despite Dara's warning that the trouble she brought the FBI was trouble that followed Hannah everywhere. Taggert, however, continued to enjoy his newfound relationship, and continued to be annoyed by Hannah's friendship with AJ Quartermaine. Hannah had made it clear to AJ that she was involved with Taggert and that they would never share more than just friendship, but AJ clearly wanted more with Hannah. Hannah's friendship with AJ strained her relationship with Taggert, who reached his breaking point and ended things with her.
Soon the following year, Taggert was shocked to come upon a car accident that involved Elizabeth Webber, Courtney Matthews, and his sister Gia! Liz's life was threatened by the crash, and Gia was at fault, but Liz had no memory of it.
Taggert became suspicious about his sister's involvement in the car accident, and was certain that Nikolas Cassadine was the true guilty party, and that Gia was an unwitting accomplice. Taggert placed an undercover officer, Sharifa, in Wyndemere to uncover proof of Nikolas's dealings.
At this time, Nikolas' grandmother, Helena Cassadine managed to escape from police custody. Helena took refuge in the tunnels of Wyndemere, where she overheard Nikolas and Gia discussing their cover-up of the automobile accident. Helena blackmailed Gia into helping her escape.
Taggert was shocked when Sharifa uncovered proof that Gia was responsible for the accident, as well as helping the fugitive Helena evade the authorities. Taggert confronted Gia and Nikolas with the video evidence, but could not bring himself to arrest his little sister.
By 2003, Taggert was frustrated over the way Scott Baldwin was abusing his power as District Attorney to push his own agenda against Sonny. Taggert wanted to take Sonny down as much as Scott did, but couldn't agree with Scott's illegal methods. Scott, not wanting Taggert to get in his way, set Taggert up as a scapegoat in Scott's sudden campaign to do away with "dirty cops". Offering Taggert no other choice, Scott forced Taggert to take a job on the police force in Portland, Oregon.
[edit] Family
Gia Campbell - Sister
Florence Campbell - Mother
[edit] Flings & Affairs
Hannah Scott - Lovers
Dara Jensen
[edit] Friends
Deke Woods (deceased)
Lily Rivera Corinthos (deceased)
Juan Santiago
[edit] Enemies
Sonny Corinthos
Justus Ward
Scott Baldwin
[edit] References
- Marcus Taggert Profile Soapcentral.com
