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Nathan West

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Det. Nathan West was a fictional character on General Hospital. He was the son of supervillains the late Cesar Faison and Dr. Liesl Obrecht and the legal son of his late aunt socialite Madeline Reeves and her late husband Mr. Reeves.

He was portrayed by actor Ryan Paevey from December 30, 2013 to February 9, 2018.

Development[]

In November 2013, the producers released a casting call for a contract role.

In late December, then Head writer, Ron Carlivati announced Paevey's casting on Twitter.

The December 30th edition of Soap Opera Digest revealed that Paevey's first scenes were with Kirsten Storms, who plays Maxie Jones.

ABC Soaps In Depth confirmed the character's full name to be Nathan West.

Paevey made his debut as a contract cast member. Though he was originally slated to appear on December 27, 2013, Paevey's first air date was pushed back to December 30, due to news coverage.

During an interview with Afterbuzz TV, Paevey revealed that the rather unconventional casting process started when he was just lounging around with his close friends and management team and one of his managers suggested that Paevey should meet with casting director Mark Teschner.

Paevey revealed that when he first auditioned for the show, "there was no part. They just wanted some young blood on the show." The producers had the actor come in to read dummy sides quite a few times.

He was brought back to audition again for executive producer Frank Valentini and other people from the network.

During the audition process, he screen-tested opposite Storms and Chad Duell, who plays Michael Corinthos.

Of his casting, Paevey said,

"This is my first series regular role, the first time I have a dressing room with my name on the door. I'm not an ego guy, but by the same token, I also kind of wanted to [do] my best to fit in quickly."

Paevey himself was shocked by his success because he had no prior acting experience when he auditioned for General Hospital.

Paevey was offscreen for about a month, while filming his Lifetime movie, Unleashing Mr. Darcy. He last appeared on December 8, 2015 and returned on January 13, 2016.

On January 18, 2017; Paevey revealed that he would be offscreen again for about a month to be villain in a movie, later revealed to be called The Storm. He last appeared on February 16, 2017 and returned on March 29, 2017 after Tonja Walker as Olivia Jerome and David S. Lee as Winston Rudge were replaced by two unknown actors as Chris and Paul Gentry.

Paevey also took some time off to film his Hallmark movie, Harvest Love but revealed on August 10, 2017; that he would be back in the studio in less than a week. In the August 1-25, 2017 Soaps in Depth, it was revealed that Paevey shot scenes in advance before he went to film his movie and that there will be no noticeable on-screen absence.

On August 14, 2017; Kirstin Storms (Maxie) announced that Paevey was back on set.

On January 30, Paevey confirmed his GH exit during a live tweet session stating it was completely his decision. His last appearance was on February 9 before being replaced by Greg Evigan as Jim Harvey before the character's death and later Elizabeth Hendrickson as Margaux Dawson before the character left town a year later in 2019.

Storylines[]

On February 26-29, 2016; while on pain meds after being shot, Maxie tells Nathan that she loves him and he replies by saying "I love you too, Claudette." When Maxie asked about Claudette, Nathan lied and told her that she was his French poodle and then his ex-girlfriend.

On March 14, 2016; Nathan revealed to Dante that Claudette was his wife the same day as the Helena Cassadine in which it would remind Nathan of the incident a month earlier.

Nathan West in civil court

Nathan on the witness stand testifying for the lawsuit against Mayor Janice Lomax in civil court

Nathan was also in civil court in a lawsuit against Mayor Janice Lomax who violated everybody's constitutional rights with judge James Horowitz presiding when he decided to take action against her with the American Civil Liberties Union.

On April 4, he told Maxie that she was his ex-wife, it was a marriage of convenience and that they had it annulled.

He later revealed to his mother, Liesl Obrecht that he told Maxie about Claudette but didn't tell her everything.

On April 28; Obrecht revealed that if Nathan told Maxie the truth about what happened with Claudette, then Maxie would tell Lulu and if Lulu told Dante, then Nathan would end up in Pentonville Penitentiary like Johnny Zacchara.

In May; while transporting fugitive Carlos Rivera who had been friends with Landon Dixon who was in revenge for the late Kyle Sloane and the late Helena Cassadine before his capture because he was under the orders of Mayor Lomax three months earlier, the van crashes and Carlos escapes. While searching, Carlos hits Nathan over the head with a rock which caused Nathan to need surgery.

In November 2017; Nathan was unharmed when the crime at the Metro Court hotel occurred by two suspects who were later arrested, lawyered up, and were sent to prison after his partner Dante was saved by Sonny. The aftermath lead to him and Dante questioning Franco at General Hospital about the hostage situation at Drew and Sam's party. He and Dante knew that Franco denied any involvement and so did Mayor Janice Lomax who later appeared at Charlie's Pub for the Charles Street redevelopment project nearly two months later on December 20 and resigned from her position as Mayor leaving the city unprotected sometime after she or Ned Quartermaine hired Margaux Dawson as the new District Attorney of Port Charles who she prosecuted Frank Anderson and Greg Barnes for the crime at the Metro Court Hotel as judge Natalie Rawles sentenced them to life in prison with no possibility of parole offscreen. They confirmed Franco's story and was also unharmed.

Crimes Committed[]

Health and Vitals[]

  • Shot in the right shoulder by Drew Cain and required surgery [Dec 8, 2014]
  • Risked getting blown into a million pieces while rescuing Dante Falconeri [Feb 3, 2015]
  • Was on a boat with bomb, that later exploded in the water (Michael got it onto the deck and Sonny got it into the water saving everybody's lives against Helena Cassadine and Head Nurse Epiphany Johnson was outraged of Sonny getting pardoned) [Feb 4, 2015]
  • Fell under the influence of editor Steven Culp of The Invader [Dec 9, 2017]

Relationships[]

  • Frank Anderson - His late father Cesar Faison's former henchman now Chris Gentry's cellmate at Pentonville (imprisoned)
  • Franco Baldwin - (deceased)
  • Greg Barnes - His late father Cesar Faison's former henchman now Paul Gentry's cellmate at Pentonville (imprisoned)
  • Helena Cassadine - The late Stavros and Valentin Cassadine's late mother; Nikolas, Donald, and Charlotte's paternal grandmother; Ava's ex-grandmother-in-law, Spencer's great-grandmother, and Avery's ex-step great-grandmother (deceased)
  • Stavros Cassadine - The late Helena Cassadine's son with Mikkos, Nikolas' father, Ava's ex-father-in-law, Spencer's paternal grandfather, and Avery's ex-step-grandfather (deceased)
  • Valentin Cassadine - The late Helena Cassadine's son with Victor, Donald and Charlotte's father, Nikolas' uncle, and Janice Lomax's friend and supporter now owner of The Invader
  • Victor Cassadine - Valentin's father, Donald and Charlotte's paternal grandfather, Nikolas' great uncle, Spencer's great-great uncle, Ava's former great uncle-in-law, and Avery's ex-step great-great uncle (deceased)
  • Steven Culp - The late Olivia Jerome's son with an unknown man, former editor of The Invader, his late paternal half-brother Peter August's friend/former co-worker before Peter's death and his cousin once removed/legal niece Nelle Benson's friend before Nelle's death
  • Russ Delvin - His late father Cesar Faison's former henchman (hospitalized and later imprisoned)
  • Chris Gentry - Armed robber who was in revenge for Olivia Jerome now his late father Cesar Faison's former henchman Frank Anderson's cellmate (imprisoned)
  • Paul Gentry - Armed robber who was in revenge for Olivia Jerome now his late father Cesar Faison's former henchman Greg Barnes' cellmate (imprisoned)
  • Peter Harrell, Jr. - aka Levi Dunkleman (deceased)
  • Peter Harrell, Sr. - (deceased)
  • Jim Harvey - His late father Cesar Faison's American counterpart and former owner of Niagara Equities (deceased)
  • Charlie Heineck - Jerry Jacks and Paul Hornsby's former henchman (deceased)
  • Jerry Jacks
  • Ava Jerome - His late cousin once removed/legal niece Nelle Benson's ex-sister-in-law and the late Victor Cassadine's ex-great niece-in-law
  • Julian Jerome - (deceased)
  • Olivia Jerome - Valentin's associate, his late father Cesar Faison's late female counterpart, his late cousin once removed/legal niece Nelle Benson's ex-sister-in-law, Nikolas Cassadine's ex-sister-in-law, and Johnny Zacchara's friend (deceased)
  • Richard Klein - His late father Cesar Faison's former henchman
  • Cassandra Pierce - (deceased)
  • Jared Preston, Jr.
  • Carlos Rivera - (deceased)
  • Winston Rudge - The late Olivia Jerome's accomplice and Valentin Cassadine's associate from South Africa who bores an uncanny resemblance to Valentin (imprisoned)
  • Jeffrey Scribner - (deceased)
  • Erich Sydney - (imprisoned)
  • Heather Webber - Now living in Sedona, Arizona
  • Johnny Zacchara - The late Olivia Jerome's friend (imprisoned)

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