On General Hospital, acting police commissioner Dante noted an egregious error that Nathan made. Nathan admitted that a cigarette butt from a crime scene stayed in his car while he checked on Lulu, before he could file it away. Dante realized that Nathan not keeping it on his person at all times broke the chain of custody. Nathan shrugged it off as cobwebs in his head, but Dante didn’t. And neither should we.
Key Takeaways
- Dante spots Nathan’s error instantly and doesn’t treat it as minor.
- Nathan’s “cobwebs” excuse feels off for someone this by-the-book.
- The mistake is out of character, which makes it harder to ignore.
- With the PCPD already stretched thin, even small lapses matter.
This Isn’t How Nathan Works
Nathan (Ryan Paevey) knows procedure. It’s his job. That’s why Dante (Dominic Zamprogna) noticed the mistake immediately, and why his reaction matters more than the error itself. This isn’t a rookie forgetting a form. It’s a seasoned officer sidelining evidence without intending to explain why.
Nathan’s excuse is a little too tidy. “Cobwebs” is the kind of word people use when they want something to sound insignificant. A temporary excuse that he played off. Dante didn’t buy it, and he shouldn’t. He said he wasn’t used to Nathan mishandling evidence and asked if everything was okay. Nathan responded that it was a stupid mistake, and Dante replied that he needed Nathan at 100 percent.
Context matters: Anna (Finola Hughes) is gone and Chase (Josh Swickard) is suspended. The PCPD is on shaky grounds, especially with Willow’s (Katelyn MacMullen) case changing daily. Nathan is supposed to be steady, and instead he’s…off. Not reckless. Not dramatic. Just misaligned enough to matter.
The Rules Are Intact — The Man May Not Be
GH has been doing this kind of thing for decades. Faison (Anders Hove) didn’t flip a switch and twirl a moustache. His work showed up in gaps and pauses. In memories that didn’t line up with instinct. The show taught us to watch for such details before a disaster.
Nathan’s lapse fits that pattern uncomfortably well. He didn’t forget the evidence exists. He didn’t lose it. He simply placed it outside the system for a beat too long. Long enough to make it unusable. Long enough to raise a question.
If this is a final project scenario, it isn’t sabotage; it’s a symptom. The unsettling part isn’t that Nathan might be compromised. It’s that he might not know it yet. That kind of interference doesn’t announce itself. It slips in quietly and rearranges priorities without asking.
The show isn’t asking whether Nathan broke the rules. That’s been settled. It’s asking whether the man enforcing them is still fully intact, or whether something old and ugly is deciding what gets logged, what gets lost, and what never makes it into evidence at all. (Find out about Paevey’s other projects.)
