On General Hospital, Nikolas has been serving time in Pentonville for keeping Esme prisoner, a reality his mother, Laura, had made sure he faced rather than dodging, as he had so many times before. After surviving blackmail, betrayal, and a stint on life support, Nikolas had finally paid the legal price. Laura had taken custody of his son, Ace, and Port Charles had moved on without him — at least on the surface. Yet he still keeps coming up in conversations, and that lingering presence made Adam Huss’ recent comments about a possible return feel less like wishful thinking and more like groundwork.
Key Takeaways
- Adam Huss is open to returning as Nikolas.
- He says Nikolas has unfinished business with Ava and Laura.
- Prison may have changed Nikolas’ outlook.
- A comeback depends on the writers.
Unfinished Business in Port Charles
Huss talked to Soaps and made it clear he had kept an open mind about stepping back into the role of Nikolas. He acknowledged that the character has still been mentioned frequently on-screen and said he was aware of the chatter surrounding a comeback.
“There’s a lot of unfinished business with Ava, obviously,” Huss said, pointing to the complicated history between Nikolas and Ava (Maura West). He also believed there were emotional threads left hanging with Laura (Genie Francis) that had never been fully resolved.
He added, “I think there’s a lot with my mother, Laura, that I think needs to be set right.” For Huss, a return would not simply have been about shock value. It would have been about confronting what Nikolas had broken and deciding whether he could repair any of it. (Learn Huss’ thoughts about working on a soap.)
A Reformed Cassadine?
Huss also considered what prison might have done to Nikolas internally. Huss believed that prison might have given Nikolas something he rarely allowed himself before: time to sit with what he’d done. Especially the choice to kidnap Esme (Avery Pohl) while she was pregnant with his child, a decision that boxed him in from every direction.
“How do you get this character out of there? And so now, somebody comes back reformed,” Huss continued. He described the appeal of exploring a Nikolas who still fought for what he believed in but operated with a different moral compass.
Whether that version of Nikolas ever returns to Port Charles remains up to the writers. Still, the door had not been closed on him. It’s been left slightly ajar. (Find out which GH alum Huss teamed up with for a film.)
