| Ethan Lovett | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nathan Parsons as Ethan Lovett (2009) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| General Hospital | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Nathan Parsons | ||||||||||||||||||||
| First appearance | January 30, 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Created by | Robert Guza, Jr. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | Dodge (by Luke) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Gender | Male | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Bartender at the Haunted Star Casino Mob Lieutenant For Johnny Zacchara |
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| Residence | Port Charles, New York | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Ethan Lovett (born 1987) is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera General Hospital, portrayed by Nathan Parsons since January 30, 2009.[1] The character was established as the son of Holly Sutton (Emma Samms) and Luke Spencer (multi-Daytime Emmy Award-winner Anthony Geary) on May 29, 2009.[2]
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In 2008, General Hospital put out a casting call for an actor to play "Dante," the son of characters Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) and Olivia Falconeri (Lisa Lo Cicero).[3][4] Parsons auditioned for the role and was called back twice after the audition, but the show did not cast him as Dante.[4] "They said they weren't going to give me the part I auditioned for, but they wanted me on the show, so they were going to write me in," Parsons said.[4] The writers created the character Ethan Lovett specifically for the actor.[3] "It's cool, because it gives me a completely clean slate for this character," he said. "Since it was written for me, I can play with it and make Ethan whoever I want him to be."[4]
The character's debut story centered around the mystery of who his parents were. Headwriter Robert Guza, Jr. hinted that Ethan would connect Luke Spencer's family to another family with whom they were once affiliated.[5] The writers tied Ethan to established characters Luke Spencer (Geary), Holly Sutton (Samms), and Robert Scorpio (Tristan Rogers) — made household names during General Hospital's 1980s peak[6] — with the question of whether or not he is Holly's son with one of the two men.[5][7][8][9]
On December 20, 2011, it was announced that Parsons may be leaving General Hospital in 2012.[10]
Ethan is introduced in January 2009 attempting to burglarize the Haunted Star Casino. Owner Luke Spencer catches him. The two become acquainted;.[1] The Australian born Ethan explains he knows thief and con artist Holly Sutton, a former flame of Luke's. He actually come to town seeking Luke. Ethan reveals he had never known his biological parents. His adoptive parents had died when he was 15. He had subsequently run off, and met Holly in his travels. Ethan secretly carries a photo of Luke and his longtime friend Robert Scorpio, who had been married to Holly. Luke and his wife Tracy Quartermaine suspect Holly is in fact Ethan's mother. Luke may then be his father. A DNA test on May 7, 2009 confirms Luke and Ethan are not father and son. Luke suspects Tracy may have altered the paternity test. Holly returns, confirming she is Ethan's mother and initially revealing Robert is his father on May 22, 2009.[11] After Robert's daughter Robin tells Ethan that Robert was in Port Charles and not with Holly when Ethan would have been conceived,[12] Holly confesses to Luke on May 29, 2009 that Ethan is in fact his son.[2]
In June Luke Spencer goes missing, but was actually taken by Helena Cassadine. Ethan is suspicious, but is assured Luke often disappears on an adventure without warning. Before he was kidnapped, Luke and Ethan send in a paternity test which Tracy can't change the results of. They get the results while he is on Cassadine Island. Ethan initially has a somewhat tense relationship with his older half-brother Lucky Spencer. He quickly becomes close with his younger half-sister, Lulu Spencer. (It is revealed in Sept 30, 2009 Ethan is older than Lulu.) On Sept 30, 2009, Ethan and Lulu separately receive text messages they believe to be from their dad. They both head to the Haunted Star, where they end up discussing the situation. They leave together for Greece and find him held against his will on Cassadine Island. They rescue both Luke and Helena with the help of nurse Mischa, then return to Port Charles. Luke promises he won't ever leave Ethan without letting him know. Ethan says a DNA test confirms they are father and son.
On June 5, 2009, Ethan is revealed to be conspiring and romantically involved with Rebecca Shaw, a newly-arrived lookalike of the deceased Emily Quartermaine.[13]
Nikolas Cassadine discloses to Ethan he has a plan to retaliate against Rebecca. She arrived in Port Charles planning to use her resemblance to Emily to endear herself to Nikolas and the Quartermaines. The paln was to then bilk them of money (a plot she concocted with Ethan). Nikolas says he is going to win her heart, then dump her. This outrages Ethan, who wants to be with Rebecca himself. As Nikolas said would happen, nobody believes Ethan when he tries to reveal what Nikolas is up to. On Nov. 16, 2009, Ethan appeals to Elizabeth Webber for help in talking Nikolas out of hurting Rebecca. Elizabeth, having a secret affair with Nikolas, tells him Rebecca deserves what she gets. Rebecca leaves Port Charles right before Christmas. She doesn't let Ethan know until she is at the airport. When Lulu yells at Elizabeth in the hospital nurses station, Ethan is there. He learns Rebecca left because she learned of Nikolas's affair with Elizabeth.
Ethan happens across Michael Corinthos III having an argument with Kristina Davis on the docks. He tells Michael to ease up. Michael leaves, but not before he tells Ethan off, saying he should be more careful about what strangers he talks so boldly to because he’ll live longer. Kristina thanks Ethan, who asks what happened to her face. She says she tripped. Kristina, who appears to have a crush on Ethan, compliments his singing karaoke at the "nonwedding" party for Maxie Jones and Damian Spinelli. She also asks for his number in case she needs help again. He programs it into her phone.
On November 25, 2009, Ethan runs into Kristina at Kelly's as he is about to get a turkey burger. They flirt again, and talk about American and Australian Thanksgiving. She reminds him holidays are for family, which convinces him to spend it with his family. He walks her to Robin Scorpio's and then arrives at the Quartermaine mansion, where he celebrates with Luke, Lulu, Tracy, Monica, Edward, Alice and Rebecca. In keeping with the dysfunctional Quartermaine family's holiday tradition, they all share pizza.
Ethan spends December 16, 2009 at Alexis Davis's house with her, Kristina, Molly and Diane, talking about Luke not following the law. Kristina enjoys having him there. When Keifer leaves jealous and angry, she realizes he was her guest. Ethan spends Christmas Eve with Luke, Tracy, Lucky, Lulu, Dante, Elizabeth, Nikolas, Cameron, Jake and Spencer. And reads the boys The Night Before Christmas as Lucky puts Laura Spencer's angel on top of the tree.
Since New Year's, Ethan has protected Kristina from her boyfriend Keifer. He also promised to teach her how to play poker. Brought Mike Corbin to the hospital after finding him beaten in an alley, then tries to comfort Elizabeth a little after Lulu attacks her at the hospital for her affair. Went to cousin Josslyn Jacks's christening with his family and enjoyed the ceremony. Comforted his sister Lulu after her boyfriend Dante Falconeri is shot.
On February 10, 2010, Ethan finds Elizabeth at the Haunted Star and realizes how hurt and angry she is. He tries to help. He then goes to Wyndemere, asked over by Nikolas. After bantering back and forth, learns Elizabeth was raped when she was 15. Trying to put her life back together is what began her love with Lucky. Later he shows up at Kelly's in time to yell at Kiefer, waits as Kristina stands up for herself. He leaves after being invited for coffee with Kristina on his arm.
On February 12, 2010 Ethan had a long, funny discussion with Lucky about his past with Elizabeth. On February 25, 2010 Ethan was teaching Kristina how to play poker, which he had earlier promised to do. When Kristina went out to make a phone call, her sister Sam McCall warned Ethan about leading Kristina on, which prompted him to say goodbye, and not want to teach Kristina anymore. Kristina is having a difficult time letting go of her crush on Ethan.
Johnny Zacchara, who has been trying to take down Sonny Corinthos' organization from the inside, prompts Ethan with an offer to be his sidekick in exchange for a 50/50 split of the profits. Ethan has yet to make a firm decision, but is obviously swayed by the offer. This is much to the disapproval of Luke, Tracy and Lucky. They think if Ethan gets caught up in this, he will end up getting hurt or possibly killed. Luke has repeatedly tried to change his mind. Lucky, in an attempt to keep Ethan safe, threatens to arrest him for an expired visa and have him deported back to Australia.
Luke stops Lucky from doing this. He and Ethan come up with a plan to get Ethan a green card. Luke involves Tracy in their plan. They decide Ethan needs to get his green card quick. The best way to do that is to get him married. On March 8, 2010, in a twist of events Tracy offers to become Ethan's wife. Ethan and Luke aren't game. When Tracy sees how upset Luke gets about them getting divorced and her marrying his son, she becomes amused. Ethan then becomes amused as well. He agrees with Tracy they should get married.
In March 2010, Ethan started dating Bernie Abrahms secretary Jennifer Biles (starting out by helping Johnny), causing Kristina to get jealous. On March 11, 2010 Kristina blows off a date with Kiefer and has Molly hack into Ethan and Jennifer's e-mails to cancel their date. She shows up at the Haunted Star all dressed up trying to get Ethan's attention, He forcefully gets through to her by grabbing and bruising her arm, to leave him alone. He later shows up at the Lake House to apologize. He finds Kristina beaten and bloody on the floor, and rushes her to General Hospital. Lucky and Sonny question her at the hospital about who is responsible. She lies and says it was Ethan. Ethan is arrested on March 16, 2010, but is bailed out by his step-mother Tracy Quartermaine. Sam attacked Ethan on March 18, 2010 but he does not fight back, as he won't hit a woman. On March 22, 2010 he visits Kristina to find out why she pointed out him, only to be caught by Sam. He is arrested again by Lucky. He is then given support by his father Luke. The charges are dropped on March 26. Ethan is released, but nonetheless shunned by most of Port Charles for his alleged attack on Kristina. He is only stopped from leaving town by Luke's insistence that he wait for Lucky and Dante to look into Kristina's accusations. On April 2 Lucky and Dante realize Kristina is lying to protect Keifer from Sonny’s wrath. On April 6, 2010, Ethan is notified by Lucky that he is clear of assault charges. However, he is now a suspected in the hit and run of Kiefer Bauer and thrown in jail. On April 11, 2010, the charges against Ethan are dropped when Alexis Davis confesses to running down Keifer Bauer, giving Ethan an opportunity for a fresh start. Nonetheless, Ethan is understandably frustrated people keep accusing him of things.
Ethan has been working for Johnny, trying to help in his mob dealings. He is more interested in the money than the danger and possible death. Kristina has confided in Ethan about counseling, and her life, which he has listened to, and provided his opinion on. Kristina convinced Johnny they should pretend to date, which he knows isn't a good idea, but does drive her father (and mother) nuts. On June 16, 2010 it proved to make Ethan a bit jealous, although he tried to hide it, and has tried convincing Kristina it is not a good idea.
On July 22, 2010 Ethan stands at the hub with Maya Ward when Kristina Davis runs into the lobby yelling. Ethan, Lucky and Maya all run after her, and stop her brother Michael from choking Warren Bauer. They all state Warren tripped. Michael nicely helped him up. Ethan returns to the hub with Maya, and is soon after shot by Mr. Bauer along with Mac Scorpio, as Mr. Bauer believes cops are helping criminals. That is why his son died. Dr. Webber tells Ethan to hold on. Kristina freaks out. He can't die. They must save him. Ethan is saved by Dr. Steven Webber and Olivia Falconeri when Maya Ward froze, unable to help. He woke up soon after, with Maya by his side, who blamed herself for him almost dying. Kristina came to visit him, along with Carly and Michael. She feels everything is her fault. He reassures her he does not blame her. She tells him she's glad he didn't die. She intends to keep him in her life for a very long time.
As Kristina stands outside Johnny's hospital room after being shot by Sonny, Ethan finds her, and reminds her that it is not her fault and everyone has there good and bad parts of life. Although he reminds her that he is a con and a thief, she says he's genuinely good, and he is her hero. He sees Kristina out side of Kelly's and they chat while he waits for Maya.
In February 2011, Ethan is called to Kelly's by his father Luke Spencer as he is going to Sonny's wedding but has no one to help at the diner. Ethan tries to get out of it, but starts helping. Kristina shows up with Molly, dressed as a bridesmaids and talks with Ethan, and invites him to the wedding. He quickly tells his father he can't help, and leaves to change. He arrives with Luke and Lulu, and compliments Kristina. When Kristina gets to the alter she looks around and smiles when Ethan grins at her. At the reception, he tells her he doesn't remember much about his own wedding, and later offers her his hand to dance with him.
After the wedding, Sam is caught in a car bomb as a decoy for the Balkan to capture Brenda. Ethan stays with Kristina and Molly at Alexis' house while she deals with Sam, and does his best to comfort the two.
On March 31, 2010 Ethan Lovett and Maya Ward meet for the first time. They have a minor car accident and don't get off to a great start. The two go their separate ways. Maya finally arrives at the Quartermaine Mansion just as Ethan is leaving. The next day he apologizes for the accident in an attempt to help his dad, Luke, have some alone time with Skye Quartermaine.
Maya is there when Kristina Davis is brought in after being assaulted again. She assumes Ethan was responsible. Later that day, Maya confronts Ethan about the assault on Kristina. He tells her that he didn't do it. She is compelled to believe him. Ethan's arrested for the assault on Kristina. He gets beat up in jail. Luke makes him go to the hospital to get checked out by a doctor. Kristina sees him. She verbally attacks him. She accuses him of the hit and run accident killing her boyfriend. He gets frustrated and yells at her. Maya hears the conversation and tells Ethan to back off and man up. Kristina is just a kid and can't take it. Later, Ethan goes to Kristina's hospital room while Maya is there and apologizes. He tells Kristina he shouldn't have yelled at her. She's just a kid. He's supposed to be an adult. Maya follows him out. She tells him she'll let him know if there is anything else he can do to help.
At the Quatermaine's, Ethan follows Maya out to the boat-house after she prevents Edward from calling the police on him for theft. He learns she is helping her little cousin, Michael Corinthos, hiding out from the cops. He tells her if she's looking for a 'Bad Boy', he's 'right here. It would be a shame to waste' him.
Maya is sent to Luke's by Edward to tell him that he and Ethan are not welcome at the Quatermaine mansion in Tracy's absence. While in Luke's office, Ethan attempts to rope Maya into one of his cover stories. She calls him out on it. Luke laughs and tells Ethan he's met his match. Later that day, Ethan and Jonny go to Jake's to celebrate a move on Sonny. Ethan accidentally spills Maya's drink on her. After Brook-lyn Aston's karaoke solo, Ethan tells Maya he's kinda in the Mob. She gets upset, then leaves.
While in Luke's office, Johnny Zacchara stops by for Ethan. He also reveals Ethan likes Maya. She assures him the feeling isn't mutual. Over a flirty card game, Ethan asks Maya why she's so hostile to him. She has to admit he's a pretty decent guy. He then spends the next couple of months coming up with excuses to run into her. At Jake's one night, he asks her again why she's so determined to hate him. Maya informs him that he reminds her of an ex. Ethan then asks if her ex was mean to her. She said he was wonderful to her, but he took too many risks. She was just starting out as a doctor. While doing her usual rotation in the ER, he was admitted with a GSW (Gun Shot Wound). Maya froze when she saw him. Her boyfriend had already lost too much blood to be saved. According to Maya, he never regained consciousness, and died in the hospital. On the July 22 episode. Ethan was shot. Maya was unable to assist him. She had frozen with memories of her ex-boyfriend. She stays by his side. He helps her thru her 'crisis of confidence' about being a doctor. Tracy takes Ethan back to the mansion to recuperate. Maya avoids him. Ethan eventually corners Maya at Kelly's and asks for some insight into her mind. She admits she can't stop thinking about him. She's conflicted then runs off. Ethan goes to General Hospital later that day. After months of flirting with one another, Maya and Ethan share their first kiss.
The two start dating. Ethan asks Maya for help in getting Tracy and Luke back together. Luke had revealed their marriage is a fraud. Luke fakes a heart attack. Maya fakes his test results. Tracy seems to be falling for their plan but it backfires, when she secretly discovers what's going on. As part of the scam, Ethan reveals the truth to Tracy. Everything is out in the open. Luke then convinces Tracy to go to Vegas with him, with Maya and Ethan as chaperones. Tracy agrees, makes no promises of marriage. She blackmails Maya into coming by threatening to tell about her falsifying medical records. In November 2010, the four wake up with hangovers in a Las Vegas hotel room. Tracy and Luke had gotten too drunk to control. Luke reveals a marriage certificate thinking it's his and Tracy's. It actually belongs to Maya and Ethan, the couple who got married instead. Luke and Tracy search for a mobile attorney to get the marriage annulled. Maya and Ethan hang out at casino. Maya wins big in Black Jack. They retreat to the hotel room and have sex for the first time. The attorney Tracy finds tells them that they can still get an annulment even though they had sex repeatedly. The fact they were very drunk when they married one another is grounds enough. They choose to wait on the annulment, and enjoy the perks of marriage for a little while longer. Upon their return to Port Charles, Ethan texts Lulu about his nuptials and asks her to 'break the news to Edward since he has a soft spot for her. At the mansion, he carries Maya over the threshold and says its a tradition. They smooch. Luke complains that should be him and Tracy. Lulu storms in saying there's no way Ethan and Maya got married. Edward reflects on his affair with Mary Mae. He states they couldn't last for all sorts of reasons, Maya and Ethan don't have any of those obstacles. He gets Ethan and Maya admit they feel something for each other. Edward offers them $1 million tax-free, to stay married for one full year. Maya rejects Edward's million dollar offer. Lulu encourages her brother to do the same. However, Ethan agrees. Maya wants to know what the catch is. Edward says there is none. They can stay together or break up after a year - no strings attached. Edward reminds her they could have annulled their marriage in Vegas, but didn't. Maya eventually agrees when Ethan points out she can use the money to pay off her student loans and help her sister.
On June 6, 2011, Ethan visited Maya in Philipelphia, PA and discovered her in bed with another man. She later told Ethan she had been lying to him for a while. She had no plans to return to Port Charles. Afterwards, Ethan and Maya decided the marriage was over and parted amicably. On June 9, Ethan flew down to the Dominican Republic to obtain a divorce.
As of recent months, Kristina's crush on Ethan has re-emerged tenfold, leading her to begin to openly pursue him, despite his numerous attempts to ward her off. One such example involved her sneaking on a plane to accompany Ethan to the Dominican Republic on June 9 so that he could obtain a quickie divorce from Maya Ward, despite the repercussions she faced from her parents back home. After a few days of fun in the sun and a humorous mix-up in the divorce officiator's office, her parents escorted the two back to Port Charles.
Sonny, in particular, seems especially against Ethan having any sort of relationship with his daughter and has threatened Ethan's life numerous times in order to reinforce that belief. Ethan, however, has been surprisingly adamant about continuing his association with Kristina, with or without Sonny's approval, and although admirable on his part, it isn't doing much in way of abating Kristina's feelings.
Their trip to the Dominican Republic only stoked the flames of Kristina's desire to be with Ethan. On June 24, under the guise of planning a trip abroad for a college class, Kristina invites Ethan to the Lake House, where she created a romantic setting and flirted with him and, ultimately, kissing him. Still, Ethan resisted her advances, maintaining that their age difference was too much and that her crush was just a phase. Undaunted, she has continued to make it clear where she stands in regards to how she feels about him—much to everyone's, especially Ethan's, annoyance—and has continued to make excuses to meet up with him. On one of these ventures, Kristina was accosted by Anthony Zacchara, who threatened her as a means to get to Sonny. Ethan intervened, much to her delight, and turned Anthony away, causing Kristina to launch into another hero-worship moment. Afterwards, Ethan, Michael, and Abby formulated a plan that involved Ethan feigning interest in Abby in order to get Kristina to back off. Kristina wasn't fooled, however, and she continued to make excuses to see Ethan.
Those excuses, along with the strain of knowing that he had earned both Sonny's and Anthony's ire, culminated in Ethan laying into Kristina on July 7 about her skewed perceptions about the two of them together and the "impossible" position she had inadvertently put him in with her father and Anthony. Kristina, while taken aback, is nonetheless determined to prove that Ethan does, in fact, care about her, going so far as to approach Johnny Zacchara, Ethan's employer, with the request that he fire Ethan in an attempt to get him out of harm's way.
Throughout all of this, Ethan himself has shown on numerous occasions that he could also be developing feelings for her, albeit conflicted, through the actions which he has taken in Kristina's honor, i.e. protecting her with an intensity that eventually caused Johnny to urge him to admit that he likes her.
Lucky told Ethan about a portrait of Laura at Wyndermere that looks strikingly like Lulu when Laura was Lulu's age. Ethan went to Wyndermere and found the portrait, and was knocked out cold by Helena. After an interesting conversation about Helena coming back to Wyndermere to find something that wasn't there and leaving a knife with him Helena left. Ethan then finds Lauras portrait with a slash across her throat. He brings it to Lucky who tells him to take it back to Wyndemere and stay away from Spoon Island. But Ethan keeps returning finding mysterious objects or findings, including secret passageways. He speaks to Laura's portrait as if it were Laura, and when Elizabeth is in the hospital he asks about Laura.
The character of "charismatic drifter/grifter" Ethan was initially a recurring role, but Parsons was soon put on contract with the series.[3] In March 2009 Soaps In Depth magazine credited Parsons with "taking the show by storm" and dubbed Ethan "one of daytime's most riveting young characters."[14]