Alexis Davis
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Alexis Davis is a fictional character
on the popular ABC
soap opera
, General Hospital
. Nancy Lee Grahn
originated the role in April 1996. She is the daughter of Mikkos Cassadine and Kristin Bergman. She is also the mother of Sam McCall, Kristina Davis and Molly Lansing. She has been dating Police Commissioner Mac Scorpio
.
slit Kristin's throat in front of young Alexis, who develops partial amnesia and forgets her true identity. Alexis is taken into Mikkos' house to be raised as a poor relative with the last name Davidovitch, while her infant sister disappears. Helena and her half-brother Stavros Cassadine torment her, but her other half-brother Stefan Cassadine (who believes that she is indeed his cousin) protects her, gaining her loyalty. While attending a boarding school in New Hampshire
, Alexis, 16, becomes pregnant, but her father Mikkos Cassadine takes the baby, who grows up to be Sam McCall, and gives her up for adoption. Davis graduated from Yale University
as an undergraduate and earned a J.D. from Yale Law School
.
Stefan, who has instructed Alexis to change her name to Davis, brings her to Port Charles
to aid in the legal side of his vendetta against Luke Spencer
, the husband of his former lover Laura Spencer
. Alexis is protective of Stefan and her nephew Nikolas Cassadine
, going as far to make Stefan believe that his lover Katherine Bell was actually his half-sister Natasha. Upon learning of her deception, Stefan banishes her from his life. Luke helps her discover her true identity as the real Natasha, and Helena uses this to force Alexis to aid her in an attempt to wrest control of the Cassadine empire from Stefan, in turn giving Alexis the princess birthright she deserved. However, Alexis didn't want to become like the rest of the cruel, murderous Cassadines, and gave up her position as princess. Alexis falls in love with Ned Ashton, but marries Jasper "Jax" Jacks as part of a convoluted plan to help her best friend Chloe Morgan save her company. Chloe eventually loses her company, and Alexis and Jax divorce. She reluctantly accepts Ned's proposal, and the two plan a massive wedding. However, her doubts get the better of her, and she leaves a devastated Ned at the altar.
, and aids Sonny and his enforcer Jason Morgan in their various legal struggles, including custody disputes. After Sonny is arrested, Alexis convinces him to marry her enemy Carly Roberts
so that she would be unable to testify against him. She and Sonny bonded over their mutually complicated relationships and their affection for troubled teen Zander Smith. Sonny went on to save her life, when she, Zander, Sonny and Emily Quartermaine were attacked by a rival mafia family. Alexis is left devastated by the murder of Chloe, but was comforted by Jax, who found her presumed dead sister Kristina Carter. Through this, Sonny Corinthos
has been her support. Kristina claims her birthright and becomes a Cassadine Princess, despite Helena's plots to attempt to murder her. Sonny also learned he had a sister, Courtney Matthews
, and Courtney and Kristina both noticed the deepening bond between Alexis and Sonny. When Courtney elopes with Sonny's enemy, A.J. Quartermaine, he decides to have A.J. killed. Alexis is able to get Sonny to reverse the decision, and Sonny realizes how much Alexis means to him.
That night, Sonny and Alexis make love, which is witnessed by his ex-wife, Carly. A distraught Carly is in a car accident, and Alexis encourages Sonny to return to his former wife. Alexis learns she is pregnant, but decides against telling Sonny, who has turned against Zander and is threatening his life. Ned, who is dating her sister Kristina, claims to be the father. Kristina learns the truth, but is critically injured a warehouse explosion meant for Sonny and decides to keep her sister's secret before dying. At Kristina's memorial service, the devastated Alexis berates Sonny, Jason, and Roy DiLucca, and reminds Sonny that her "Cassadine
ancestors were ruling countries when his were toiling in the fields with the other peasants."
She gives birth to a girl, that she names Kristina, and she and Ned furiously work to keep her new enemy Sonny from learning the truth. When Luis Alcazar threatens the life of her daughter, Alexis confronts him and he accidentally falls to his death. She fakes dissociative identity disorder
to avoid jail time, while Ned is given custody of Kristina. As Ned and Skye Quartermaine try to gain full custody of the baby, Alexis disguises herself as a man named Dobson and begins working at the Quartermaine mansion to be closer to her daughter. Ned eventually drops the suit, and gives her full custody of her daughter. During a fire at the Port Charles Hotel, Alexis reveals to Carly that Sonny is actually Kristina's father. When Kristina is diagnosed with leukemia
and needs bone marrow, Sonny learns the truth, and it is discovered that Kristina's only hope for survival is in stem cell
s from the unborn child of Sonny and his former lover Sam McCall. As Kristina will not survive long enough for the baby to be born, Alexis attempts to convince Sam to induce labor two weeks early, but eventually grows desperate and insults and pressures her into agreeing. However, Alexis immediately realizes she went too far when Sam collapses during the confrontation and is rushed to the hospital, and is left horrified and guilt-ridden when Sam's baby is stillborn
; however, Kristina nonetheless gets the stem cells she needs to survive. Later, during an encephalitis
epidemic, Alexis receives the last antidote. This results in the death of Sam's mentally retarded
older brother Danny, which only increases Sam's animosity towards Alexis.
, attempts to get closer to Alexis, as he believes being involved in Kristina's life will give him an advantage in his contentious relationship with Sonny. The two marry and have a baby, which is named Molly Lansing. Alexis is appointed as District Attorney. During this time, she becomes the defending lawyer for Manny Ruiz, a serial killer who has tormented and stalked Jason and Sam for months, after he apparently reforms. Jason and Sam insist that Manny is faking and that things will end badly, but Alexis refuses to heed their warnings and successfully gets Manny acquitted. Ironically, Jason and Sam's warnings prove true when Manny reverts to his old ways by kidnapping Elizabeth Webber
.
After several brushes with death, Alexis decides to find the daughter she gave up for adoption when she was a teen. Alexis learns that Sam is actually her daughter, but Sam hates Alexis and blames her for all of her recent problems, and the two continue to butt heads over Sam's relationship with Jason. After Sam is shot by Manny Ruiz and rendered infertile (though it is believed at the time that Manny was trying to shoot Jason), Alexis manipulates Jason into breaking up with her, which causes more conflict between mother and daughter. Sam moves in with Alexis, who is having marital problems with Ric. However, Manny eventually kidnaps Sam once more, and Jason teams up with the police to stop him; Mac Scorpio
is quick to throw it in Alexis' face that the entire ordeal is her fault for setting Manny free in the first place.
When Alexis discovers that Carly, Jason's best friend, is trying to get them back together, Alexis confronts Jason and attempts to convince him to stop Carly from doing so, eventually leading to an argument with Sam; Alexis furiously suggests that Sam live elsewhere to prevent Kristina and Molly from being exposed to her "pathetic, degraded attitude", while Sam insists that Alexis sees her as trash and hates that she is her daughter, though Alexis appears visibly hurt by her accusations. Infuriated and hurt, Sam gets drunk and ends up having sex with Ric in the living room. Alexis and Jason both witness this, and Jason takes Alexis to the hospital when she suffers uncontrollable coughing.
. Eventually, she furiously confronts the two and attempts to take full custody of Molly. Due to the rigors of chemotherapy, the judge instead awards full custody to Ric. Ric initially goes out of his way to make it difficult for Alexis to see Molly, but eventually relents. When his father Trevor Lansing comes to town as part of the Zacchara mafia organization, he returns Molly to her mother's care, and the two eventually settle on joint custody. Alexis, now the DA again, begins dating Jerry Jacks, who goes missing in a boat explosion in November 2008. The following April, Alexis learns from her friend Jax that Jerry had faked his death and was involved with the mob hit that resulted in the accidental shooting of Michael Corinthos III.
When Sam shoots and apparently kills Diego Alcazar
in front of Kristina, badly traumatizing
her and rendering her mute
, this, combined with Sam's tryst with Ric, leads Alexis to cut Sam out of her life completely. However, the two continue to be drawn together for Kristina's sake and because Sam wants to help Alexis fight her cancer, and they finally reconcile when Alexis volunteers to be Sam's defense attorney when she is tried for Diego's murder. Ultimately, Sam is cleared of all charges due to a lack of evidence, and Alexis beats her cancer.
The night of Claudia's accident, Kristina runs off to Mexico with her brother Michael. Alexis initially blames Michael for Kristina's suddenly rebellious behavior, but Sam reveals that Kristina has been rebellious and emotionally overwhelmed for a while because she believes that she has to be perfect to keep Alexis' love; though Alexis initially refuses to believe Sam, she is eventually convinced. When it is discovered that it was one of Alexis' cars was the one that ran Claudia off the road, Alexis suspects that it was Kristina who did so and immediately confesses to the crime to protect her. However, Nikolas arranges a plea bargain and Alexis gets off with six months of community service.
Eventually, Jason and Sam find Michael and Kristina and bring them home, and Kristina admits that she was indeed the one who ran Claudia off the road. Alexis reassures Kristina that she loves her and she doesn't have to be perfect for her, but ends up getting into an argument with Sam over whether or not Alexis is too lenient with Kristina when the latter tells Kristina that she needs to tell Sonny and Claudia the truth as soon as possible. Alexis believes that it could have waited a little longer, and eventually Sam loses patience and leaves after warning that Kristina will eventually spiral out of control, leaving Alexis shocked and upset. Though angry, Sonny and Claudia ultimately forgive Kristina and agree not to turn her in. Shortly afterwards, Jason and Sam rekindle their romance; though she still has her doubts, Alexis respectfully accepts Sam's decision and chooses not to interfere.
. Robin also discusses the plot with a skeptical Sam McCall, saying that the two guests of honor had very obvious chemistry at the "nonwedding" of Maxie Jones
and Damian Spinelli
. Alexis and Mac realize something is afoot at the dinner and sternly tell the girls it is a waste of time. But Alexis and Mac are thrown together several times over the next few weeks, with Mac clearly enjoying her company despite her protests that they should remain just friends. He invites Alexis out for New Year's Eve, and unbeknownst to Alexis, Molly accepts on her behalf. When Mac shows up for the date, he takes Molly's subterfuge in stride and persuades a surprised and reluctant Alexis to go anyway, if only as friends. She insists on driving, and they engage in light-hearted verbal sparring when her hybrid car breaks down on the way to the Metro Court. They end up dancing under the stars on a snow-covered roadside.
That spring, Kristina enters into an abusive relationship with a boy named Kiefer Bauer, who savagely beats her twice. Kristina initially identifies Ethan Lovett
as her assailant, but Alexis discovers that Kiefer is responsible after the second attack, during which she catches Kiefer leaving the house immediately before finding Kristina beaten and unconscious on the floor. While driving Kristina to the hospital, Alexis accidentally hits Kiefer with her car, killing him. The truth about Kiefer and Kristina's attacks quickly becomes public knowledge, and Ethan is given a clean slate.
Though she hides her guilt for a while, Alexis soon confesses. Mac charges her, but lets her go on her own recognizance, and she admits the truth to Kristina. Kristina is able to forgive her, but Kiefer's parents, particularly his father Warren, are not; convinced that Kristina is lying about Kiefer hurting her and that Alexis deliberately ran him down, Warren swears revenge on both Alexis and Kristina. Uncertain of what will happen next, Alexis takes Kristina to recuperate at Wyndemere with Nikolas, and is dismayed to learn that Helena will be living there as well. Kristina finally begins to heal mentally, and Alexis thanks Nikolas for his help.
During this time, Sonny is put on trial for Claudia's murder, and Alexis serves as co-counselor to Kristina in order to convince her that Sonny is not such a bad person.
When Sonny's trial nears its end, the prosecutor, Claire Walsh
, issues a subpoena to bring Michael in to testify, believing that Michael's testimony will ensure Sonny's conviction. Upon learning of what happened to Kristina, Michael returns to town to visit her. Unfortunately, Alexis returns while Michael is talking to Kristina at the lake house; already having enough trouble on her hands with Kiefer's hit-and-rin, Alexis is unwilling to risk any more legal trouble and unhesitatingly alerts the police to Michael's return. Dante, having discovered that it was actually Michael who killed Claudia, albeit to protect Carly, rats him out right before the verdict on Sonny comes in, and Michael is brought to the stand and forced to confess. Alexis, like everyone else, is taken aback when Judge Carroll decides to make an example of Michael by giving him the particularly harsh sentence of two-to-five years in Pentonville Adult Correctional Facility. In order to protect Michael, Jason makes a deal with Claire and is sent there along with him. Nonetheless, Alexis begins to worry about her chances of escaping prison time for Kiefer's hit-and-run, because she basically did the same thing Michael did. However, thanks to Diane's maneuvering, Alexis gets off with a suspended sentence and community service; unfortunately, Warren pushes a civil suit in retaliation. Dante eventually gets Michael out of Pentonville, but Jason is forced to remain behind for several months.
On July 23, 2010, Warren Bauer finally snaps and induces a shootout at General Hospital, critically wounding Mac and Ethan before being shot down by Mac himself. When Alexis and Sonny discover this, she tearfully remarks that she is to blame for every bad thing that has happened to Kristina, citing the fact that she was the one who encouraged Kristina to date Kiefer in the first place as proof, while Sonny comforts her and tries to convince her otherwise.
In September 2010, Alexis gently warns Brook Lynn Ashton that getting romantically involved with Nicholas would be a bad idea. On November 5, 2010, Sonny is discovered to be the one who planted the bomb in Johnny's car and is arrested. When Alexis discovers this, she is shocked and uncertain how Kristina will react, but when she comes to the police station, she is pleasantly surprised to see that Kristina has finally made peace with Sonny. Sonny is shortly after cleared of all charges when Claire discovers that Ronnie Dimestico had obtained the evidence against Sonny illegally.
During this time, Alexis faces still further problems with Kristina when she begins to want to date Ethan. When she sneaks off to the Dominican Republic
to help Ethan divorce Maya, Alexis mistakenly assumes that they have done so to get married and goes there with Sonny to stop it, only to discover the truth. Despite their lack of support, Ethan makes it clear to Alexis and Sonny that he will see Kristina whenever he wants.
At Kristina and Michael's graduation ceremony, Michael gets in a fight with Bryce, a fellow classmate, and nearly loses his chance to get his diploma, but Sonny intimidates the mayor into giving in. Everyone subsequently discovers from Kristina that Bryce instigated it by telling her that she deserved to get beat up by Kiefer. Though Alexis attempts to make an example of Michael's bad behavior and criticize Sonny for strongarming the mayor, everyone present readily defends both their actions and insist that Bryce deserved to get hit for what he said to Kristina, Carly even stating that she would gladly have done so herself. Sam ends the argument by insisting that Kristina and Michael are adults now and their choices are their own to deal with.
Jax immediately begins pulling out all the stops to ensure that he will win full custody of Josslyn, going so far as to issue subpoenas for Michael and Morgan to testify. Knowing that the Corinthos brothers' testimonies are unnecessary, Alexis accuses Jax of simply doing all of this to hurt Carly like she hurt him and warns him not to lose sight of what's best for Josslyn. Jax continues to be hard-headed and refuses to listen to Alexis' argument. On July 7, 2011, Alexis is confronted by Carly, who reveals that Jax attempted to convince the mediator that Michael is a dangerous social outcast who shouldn't be alone with Josslyn and desperately begs her not to let Jax take Josslyn away. With this, Alexis finally decides to resign from the case on the grounds that it is unfair to both mother and daughter, with Jax's complete understanding of her situation.
Fictional character
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on the popular ABC
American Broadcasting Company
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soap opera
Soap opera
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, General Hospital
General Hospital
General Hospital is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest-running American soap opera currently in production and the third longest running drama in television in American history after Guiding Light and As the World Turns....
. Nancy Lee Grahn
Nancy Lee Grahn
Nancy Lee Grahn is an American actress who has starred in such soap operas as Santa Barbara as Julia Wainwright Capwell from 1985 to 1993 and General Hospital as Alexis Davis since 1996.- Early life and career :...
originated the role in April 1996. She is the daughter of Mikkos Cassadine and Kristin Bergman. She is also the mother of Sam McCall, Kristina Davis and Molly Lansing. She has been dating Police Commissioner Mac Scorpio
Mac Scorpio
Malcolm "Mac" Scorpio is a popular long running fictional character on the ABC daytime soap opera General Hospital. The role was originated by John J. York in February 1991 and is still currently portrayed by him. He is the ex-husband of Felicia Cumming Scorpio-Jones and the adoptive father of...
.
History
Alexis is the daughter of Mikkos Cassadine, a Greco-Russian prince, and his mistress Kristin Bergman, a Swedish opera singer. Mikkos' wife Helena CassadineHelena Cassadine
Helena Cassadine is a fictional character on the American soap opera General Hospital, famously originated by film actress Elizabeth Taylor in November 1981...
slit Kristin's throat in front of young Alexis, who develops partial amnesia and forgets her true identity. Alexis is taken into Mikkos' house to be raised as a poor relative with the last name Davidovitch, while her infant sister disappears. Helena and her half-brother Stavros Cassadine torment her, but her other half-brother Stefan Cassadine (who believes that she is indeed his cousin) protects her, gaining her loyalty. While attending a boarding school in New Hampshire
New Hampshire
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, Alexis, 16, becomes pregnant, but her father Mikkos Cassadine takes the baby, who grows up to be Sam McCall, and gives her up for adoption. Davis graduated from Yale University
Yale University
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as an undergraduate and earned a J.D. from Yale Law School
Yale Law School
Yale Law School, or YLS, is the law school of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Established in 1824, it offers the J.D., LL.M., J.S.D. and M.S.L. degrees in law. It also hosts visiting scholars, visiting researchers and a number of legal research centers...
.
Stefan, who has instructed Alexis to change her name to Davis, brings her to Port Charles
Port Charles, New York (Fictional City)
Port Charles, New York is the fictional setting of the ABC Daytime soap operas General Hospital and its spin-offs Port Charles and General Hospital: Night Shift. It was later retroactively revealed as the setting of The Young Marrieds, a short-lived series which ran between 1964 and 1966...
to aid in the legal side of his vendetta against Luke Spencer
Luke Spencer
Lucas "Luke" Lorenzo Spencer, Sr. is a fictional character in the American television soap opera General Hospital, and has been played by Anthony Geary since 1978.-Early years :...
, the husband of his former lover Laura Spencer
Laura Spencer
Laura Spencer is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera, General Hospital. Laura was portrayed by Stacy Baldwin from 1974 to 1976, and since then has been played by Genie Francis, first from 1976–1982, and then from 1992–2002...
. Alexis is protective of Stefan and her nephew Nikolas Cassadine
Nikolas Cassadine
Prince Nikolas Mikhail Stavrosovich Cassadine is a fictional character on the long-running American soap opera General Hospital. The role was originated by Tyler Christopher, who played the character from 1996–1999, and then after a four-year hiatus resumed the role in 2003 and left the show in 2011...
, going as far to make Stefan believe that his lover Katherine Bell was actually his half-sister Natasha. Upon learning of her deception, Stefan banishes her from his life. Luke helps her discover her true identity as the real Natasha, and Helena uses this to force Alexis to aid her in an attempt to wrest control of the Cassadine empire from Stefan, in turn giving Alexis the princess birthright she deserved. However, Alexis didn't want to become like the rest of the cruel, murderous Cassadines, and gave up her position as princess. Alexis falls in love with Ned Ashton, but marries Jasper "Jax" Jacks as part of a convoluted plan to help her best friend Chloe Morgan save her company. Chloe eventually loses her company, and Alexis and Jax divorce. She reluctantly accepts Ned's proposal, and the two plan a massive wedding. However, her doubts get the better of her, and she leaves a devastated Ned at the altar.
Sonny Corinthos
She reluctantly becomes a lawyer for mob boss Sonny CorinthosSonny Corinthos
Michael "Sonny" Corinthos, Jr. is a fictional character on the popular ABC soap opera General Hospital. Maurice Benard has played the role, that of a manic depressive Mob boss living in Port Charles, since the character's storyline originated on August 13, 1993...
, and aids Sonny and his enforcer Jason Morgan in their various legal struggles, including custody disputes. After Sonny is arrested, Alexis convinces him to marry her enemy Carly Roberts
Carly Corinthos
Caroline Leigh "Carly" Corinthos Jacks is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera General Hospital. Originated by Sarah Brown on April 8, 1996, the role of Carly has been portrayed by Laura Wright since 2005...
so that she would be unable to testify against him. She and Sonny bonded over their mutually complicated relationships and their affection for troubled teen Zander Smith. Sonny went on to save her life, when she, Zander, Sonny and Emily Quartermaine were attacked by a rival mafia family. Alexis is left devastated by the murder of Chloe, but was comforted by Jax, who found her presumed dead sister Kristina Carter. Through this, Sonny Corinthos
Sonny Corinthos
Michael "Sonny" Corinthos, Jr. is a fictional character on the popular ABC soap opera General Hospital. Maurice Benard has played the role, that of a manic depressive Mob boss living in Port Charles, since the character's storyline originated on August 13, 1993...
has been her support. Kristina claims her birthright and becomes a Cassadine Princess, despite Helena's plots to attempt to murder her. Sonny also learned he had a sister, Courtney Matthews
Courtney Matthews
Courtney Matthews was a fictional character on the ABC soap opera, General Hospital. She was the daughter of Mike Corbin and Janine Matthews, and the half sister of mobster, Sonny Corinthos. Courtney was portrayed by Alicia Leigh Willis from December 20, 2001 until February 21, 2006...
, and Courtney and Kristina both noticed the deepening bond between Alexis and Sonny. When Courtney elopes with Sonny's enemy, A.J. Quartermaine, he decides to have A.J. killed. Alexis is able to get Sonny to reverse the decision, and Sonny realizes how much Alexis means to him.
That night, Sonny and Alexis make love, which is witnessed by his ex-wife, Carly. A distraught Carly is in a car accident, and Alexis encourages Sonny to return to his former wife. Alexis learns she is pregnant, but decides against telling Sonny, who has turned against Zander and is threatening his life. Ned, who is dating her sister Kristina, claims to be the father. Kristina learns the truth, but is critically injured a warehouse explosion meant for Sonny and decides to keep her sister's secret before dying. At Kristina's memorial service, the devastated Alexis berates Sonny, Jason, and Roy DiLucca, and reminds Sonny that her "Cassadine
Cassadine family
The Cassadines are a fictional aristocratic family on the American soap opera General Hospital. Various family members have been sometime residents of Port Charles and of the private Cassadine-owned island in Greece....
ancestors were ruling countries when his were toiling in the fields with the other peasants."
She gives birth to a girl, that she names Kristina, and she and Ned furiously work to keep her new enemy Sonny from learning the truth. When Luis Alcazar threatens the life of her daughter, Alexis confronts him and he accidentally falls to his death. She fakes dissociative identity disorder
Dissociative identity disorder
Dissociative identity disorder is a psychiatric diagnosis and describes a condition in which a person displays multiple distinct identities , each with its own pattern of perceiving and interacting with the environment....
to avoid jail time, while Ned is given custody of Kristina. As Ned and Skye Quartermaine try to gain full custody of the baby, Alexis disguises herself as a man named Dobson and begins working at the Quartermaine mansion to be closer to her daughter. Ned eventually drops the suit, and gives her full custody of her daughter. During a fire at the Port Charles Hotel, Alexis reveals to Carly that Sonny is actually Kristina's father. When Kristina is diagnosed with leukemia
Leukemia
Leukemia or leukaemia is a type of cancer of the blood or bone marrow characterized by an abnormal increase of immature white blood cells called "blasts". Leukemia is a broad term covering a spectrum of diseases...
and needs bone marrow, Sonny learns the truth, and it is discovered that Kristina's only hope for survival is in stem cell
Stem cell
This article is about the cell type. For the medical therapy, see Stem Cell TreatmentsStem cells are biological cells found in all multicellular organisms, that can divide and differentiate into diverse specialized cell types and can self-renew to produce more stem cells...
s from the unborn child of Sonny and his former lover Sam McCall. As Kristina will not survive long enough for the baby to be born, Alexis attempts to convince Sam to induce labor two weeks early, but eventually grows desperate and insults and pressures her into agreeing. However, Alexis immediately realizes she went too far when Sam collapses during the confrontation and is rushed to the hospital, and is left horrified and guilt-ridden when Sam's baby is stillborn
Stillbirth
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; however, Kristina nonetheless gets the stem cells she needs to survive. Later, during an encephalitis
Encephalitis
Encephalitis is an acute inflammation of the brain. Encephalitis with meningitis is known as meningoencephalitis. Symptoms include headache, fever, confusion, drowsiness, and fatigue...
epidemic, Alexis receives the last antidote. This results in the death of Sam's mentally retarded
Mental retardation
Mental retardation is a generalized disorder appearing before adulthood, characterized by significantly impaired cognitive functioning and deficits in two or more adaptive behaviors...
older brother Danny, which only increases Sam's animosity towards Alexis.
Ric Lansing
Sonny's half-brother, Ric LansingRic Lansing
Richard "Ric" Lansing was a fictional character on the ABC soap opera, General Hospital. The character was played by soap opera veteran Rick Hearst from 2002 to 2009.- Casting and background :...
, attempts to get closer to Alexis, as he believes being involved in Kristina's life will give him an advantage in his contentious relationship with Sonny. The two marry and have a baby, which is named Molly Lansing. Alexis is appointed as District Attorney. During this time, she becomes the defending lawyer for Manny Ruiz, a serial killer who has tormented and stalked Jason and Sam for months, after he apparently reforms. Jason and Sam insist that Manny is faking and that things will end badly, but Alexis refuses to heed their warnings and successfully gets Manny acquitted. Ironically, Jason and Sam's warnings prove true when Manny reverts to his old ways by kidnapping Elizabeth Webber
Elizabeth Webber
Elizabeth Spencer may refer to:*Lady Elizabeth Spencer , wife of Henry Herbert, 10th Earl of Pembroke*Elizabeth Spencer, Baroness Hunsdon*Elizabeth Spencer , American novelist...
.
After several brushes with death, Alexis decides to find the daughter she gave up for adoption when she was a teen. Alexis learns that Sam is actually her daughter, but Sam hates Alexis and blames her for all of her recent problems, and the two continue to butt heads over Sam's relationship with Jason. After Sam is shot by Manny Ruiz and rendered infertile (though it is believed at the time that Manny was trying to shoot Jason), Alexis manipulates Jason into breaking up with her, which causes more conflict between mother and daughter. Sam moves in with Alexis, who is having marital problems with Ric. However, Manny eventually kidnaps Sam once more, and Jason teams up with the police to stop him; Mac Scorpio
Mac Scorpio
Malcolm "Mac" Scorpio is a popular long running fictional character on the ABC daytime soap opera General Hospital. The role was originated by John J. York in February 1991 and is still currently portrayed by him. He is the ex-husband of Felicia Cumming Scorpio-Jones and the adoptive father of...
is quick to throw it in Alexis' face that the entire ordeal is her fault for setting Manny free in the first place.
When Alexis discovers that Carly, Jason's best friend, is trying to get them back together, Alexis confronts Jason and attempts to convince him to stop Carly from doing so, eventually leading to an argument with Sam; Alexis furiously suggests that Sam live elsewhere to prevent Kristina and Molly from being exposed to her "pathetic, degraded attitude", while Sam insists that Alexis sees her as trash and hates that she is her daughter, though Alexis appears visibly hurt by her accusations. Infuriated and hurt, Sam gets drunk and ends up having sex with Ric in the living room. Alexis and Jason both witness this, and Jason takes Alexis to the hospital when she suffers uncontrollable coughing.
Battle with cancer
Alexis is diagnosed with second-stage lung cancer. She pretends to not have seen her husband and daughter having sex. After her cancer is revealed, Alexis makes peace with Sam and entrusts her to look after Kristina and Molly in the event that she dies from the cancer, and also admits to Ric that she did not mean the hurtful things she said to Sam. Ric takes over as D.A., and Alexis pushes him together with Sam while she begins chemotherapyChemotherapy
Chemotherapy is the treatment of cancer with an antineoplastic drug or with a combination of such drugs into a standardized treatment regimen....
. Eventually, she furiously confronts the two and attempts to take full custody of Molly. Due to the rigors of chemotherapy, the judge instead awards full custody to Ric. Ric initially goes out of his way to make it difficult for Alexis to see Molly, but eventually relents. When his father Trevor Lansing comes to town as part of the Zacchara mafia organization, he returns Molly to her mother's care, and the two eventually settle on joint custody. Alexis, now the DA again, begins dating Jerry Jacks, who goes missing in a boat explosion in November 2008. The following April, Alexis learns from her friend Jax that Jerry had faked his death and was involved with the mob hit that resulted in the accidental shooting of Michael Corinthos III.
When Sam shoots and apparently kills Diego Alcazar
Diego Alcazar
Diego Alcazar was a fictional character on the popular ABC daytime drama, General Hospital. Diego is the son of Lorenzo Alcazar and Maria Sanchez. Ignacio Serricchio originated the role of Diego in October 2004 and portrayed him until the character's "death" in November 2006...
in front of Kristina, badly traumatizing
Psychological trauma
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her and rendering her mute
Muteness
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, this, combined with Sam's tryst with Ric, leads Alexis to cut Sam out of her life completely. However, the two continue to be drawn together for Kristina's sake and because Sam wants to help Alexis fight her cancer, and they finally reconcile when Alexis volunteers to be Sam's defense attorney when she is tried for Diego's murder. Ultimately, Sam is cleared of all charges due to a lack of evidence, and Alexis beats her cancer.
Trouble with Kristina
In the summer of 2009, it is revealed that Alexis slept with the mayor while she was being treated for cancer. In a public scandal that embarrasses her young daughters, this indiscretion, which Alexis insists was a one-night stand, is portrayed as an extended affair in which she stalked the mayor, causing her to become a suspect in the suspicious death of Brianna Hughes, the mayor's mistress. Distraught, Alexis goes to speak with the mayor's wife to try to clear up the misunderstanding. That same night, Sonny's wife, Claudia, is run off the road and loses her unborn child. With the mayor's wife declaring that Alexis drove off in a rage about the time of the accident, Alexis is soon a suspect in that case as well. But Alexis is later cleared of both crimes. Playing detective, Robin Scorpio and Patrick Drake prove that Brianna was murdered by the mayor's wife. The mayor subsequently offers Alexis her job back as the district attorney as an apology, but she turns him down on the grounds that she enjoys having more time to spend with her family.The night of Claudia's accident, Kristina runs off to Mexico with her brother Michael. Alexis initially blames Michael for Kristina's suddenly rebellious behavior, but Sam reveals that Kristina has been rebellious and emotionally overwhelmed for a while because she believes that she has to be perfect to keep Alexis' love; though Alexis initially refuses to believe Sam, she is eventually convinced. When it is discovered that it was one of Alexis' cars was the one that ran Claudia off the road, Alexis suspects that it was Kristina who did so and immediately confesses to the crime to protect her. However, Nikolas arranges a plea bargain and Alexis gets off with six months of community service.
Eventually, Jason and Sam find Michael and Kristina and bring them home, and Kristina admits that she was indeed the one who ran Claudia off the road. Alexis reassures Kristina that she loves her and she doesn't have to be perfect for her, but ends up getting into an argument with Sam over whether or not Alexis is too lenient with Kristina when the latter tells Kristina that she needs to tell Sonny and Claudia the truth as soon as possible. Alexis believes that it could have waited a little longer, and eventually Sam loses patience and leaves after warning that Kristina will eventually spiral out of control, leaving Alexis shocked and upset. Though angry, Sonny and Claudia ultimately forgive Kristina and agree not to turn her in. Shortly afterwards, Jason and Sam rekindle their romance; though she still has her doubts, Alexis respectfully accepts Sam's decision and chooses not to interfere.
Friendship with Diane
Alexis' close friend and colleague Diane Miller shows up for Thanksgiving dinner with the Davis girls, but Molly quickly persuades Diane to go elsewhere declaring, to Alexis' surprise, that they have a prior commitment. Molly privately confesses to a delighted Diane that she and Kristina are taking Alexis to Robin's house for the holiday as they are plotting to set up Alexis with Robin's uncle, Mac ScorpioMac Scorpio
Malcolm "Mac" Scorpio is a popular long running fictional character on the ABC daytime soap opera General Hospital. The role was originated by John J. York in February 1991 and is still currently portrayed by him. He is the ex-husband of Felicia Cumming Scorpio-Jones and the adoptive father of...
. Robin also discusses the plot with a skeptical Sam McCall, saying that the two guests of honor had very obvious chemistry at the "nonwedding" of Maxie Jones
Maxie Jones
Mariah Maximilliana "Maxie" Jones is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera General Hospital currently portrayed by Kirsten Storms. She is the oldest daughter of supercouple Frisco and Felicia Jones. In 2009, Storms was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for her role of Maxie Jones...
and Damian Spinelli
Damian Spinelli
Damien Millhouse "Spinelli" Spinelli, a.k.a. "The Jackal", is a fictional character on the ABC daytime drama, General Hospital, played by actor Bradford Anderson since November 13, 2006...
. Alexis and Mac realize something is afoot at the dinner and sternly tell the girls it is a waste of time. But Alexis and Mac are thrown together several times over the next few weeks, with Mac clearly enjoying her company despite her protests that they should remain just friends. He invites Alexis out for New Year's Eve, and unbeknownst to Alexis, Molly accepts on her behalf. When Mac shows up for the date, he takes Molly's subterfuge in stride and persuades a surprised and reluctant Alexis to go anyway, if only as friends. She insists on driving, and they engage in light-hearted verbal sparring when her hybrid car breaks down on the way to the Metro Court. They end up dancing under the stars on a snow-covered roadside.
That spring, Kristina enters into an abusive relationship with a boy named Kiefer Bauer, who savagely beats her twice. Kristina initially identifies Ethan Lovett
Ethan Lovett
Ethan Lovett is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera General Hospital, portrayed by Nathan Parsons since January 30, 2009...
as her assailant, but Alexis discovers that Kiefer is responsible after the second attack, during which she catches Kiefer leaving the house immediately before finding Kristina beaten and unconscious on the floor. While driving Kristina to the hospital, Alexis accidentally hits Kiefer with her car, killing him. The truth about Kiefer and Kristina's attacks quickly becomes public knowledge, and Ethan is given a clean slate.
Though she hides her guilt for a while, Alexis soon confesses. Mac charges her, but lets her go on her own recognizance, and she admits the truth to Kristina. Kristina is able to forgive her, but Kiefer's parents, particularly his father Warren, are not; convinced that Kristina is lying about Kiefer hurting her and that Alexis deliberately ran him down, Warren swears revenge on both Alexis and Kristina. Uncertain of what will happen next, Alexis takes Kristina to recuperate at Wyndemere with Nikolas, and is dismayed to learn that Helena will be living there as well. Kristina finally begins to heal mentally, and Alexis thanks Nikolas for his help.
During this time, Sonny is put on trial for Claudia's murder, and Alexis serves as co-counselor to Kristina in order to convince her that Sonny is not such a bad person.
When Sonny's trial nears its end, the prosecutor, Claire Walsh
Claire Walsh
Claire Walsh is a fictional character from the original American daytime drama, General Hospital. She has been portrayed by Dahlia Salem as a recurring character from February 24, 2010 to January 21, 2011.-Early history:...
, issues a subpoena to bring Michael in to testify, believing that Michael's testimony will ensure Sonny's conviction. Upon learning of what happened to Kristina, Michael returns to town to visit her. Unfortunately, Alexis returns while Michael is talking to Kristina at the lake house; already having enough trouble on her hands with Kiefer's hit-and-rin, Alexis is unwilling to risk any more legal trouble and unhesitatingly alerts the police to Michael's return. Dante, having discovered that it was actually Michael who killed Claudia, albeit to protect Carly, rats him out right before the verdict on Sonny comes in, and Michael is brought to the stand and forced to confess. Alexis, like everyone else, is taken aback when Judge Carroll decides to make an example of Michael by giving him the particularly harsh sentence of two-to-five years in Pentonville Adult Correctional Facility. In order to protect Michael, Jason makes a deal with Claire and is sent there along with him. Nonetheless, Alexis begins to worry about her chances of escaping prison time for Kiefer's hit-and-run, because she basically did the same thing Michael did. However, thanks to Diane's maneuvering, Alexis gets off with a suspended sentence and community service; unfortunately, Warren pushes a civil suit in retaliation. Dante eventually gets Michael out of Pentonville, but Jason is forced to remain behind for several months.
Kristina rebels
In early June, Kristina begins to pretend-date Johnny in order to spite her father, and ignores everyone's warnings that doing so is dangerous. With tensions between Johnny and Sonny reaching a boiling point, Alexis visits Jason in Pentonville, hoping that he might convince Johnny to back off. Jason tells her that he is not certain if he will be able to do anything, but the two agree that Kristina is the one who is pushing the issue. Before leaving, Alexis admits to Jason that she admires him for sacrificing so much for Michael. Kristina ultimately learns her lesson the hard way when she is caught in a car bomb meant for Johnny; fortunately, Kristina survives with minimal injuries. Furious, Alexis confronts Sonny and has no choice but to believe him for the time being when he denies any part in the bomb.On July 23, 2010, Warren Bauer finally snaps and induces a shootout at General Hospital, critically wounding Mac and Ethan before being shot down by Mac himself. When Alexis and Sonny discover this, she tearfully remarks that she is to blame for every bad thing that has happened to Kristina, citing the fact that she was the one who encouraged Kristina to date Kiefer in the first place as proof, while Sonny comforts her and tries to convince her otherwise.
In September 2010, Alexis gently warns Brook Lynn Ashton that getting romantically involved with Nicholas would be a bad idea. On November 5, 2010, Sonny is discovered to be the one who planted the bomb in Johnny's car and is arrested. When Alexis discovers this, she is shocked and uncertain how Kristina will react, but when she comes to the police station, she is pleasantly surprised to see that Kristina has finally made peace with Sonny. Sonny is shortly after cleared of all charges when Claire discovers that Ronnie Dimestico had obtained the evidence against Sonny illegally.
Jax' Custody Battle
In spring 2011, Alexis is hired to be Jax's lawyer when he becomes convinced that Carly is an unfit mother to Josslyn and decides to fight her for full custody. Though Alexis aids Jax in his attempts, she is fully aware that Jax is being unreasonable and continually urges him to try and compromise with Carly to no avail; recalling that her attempts to keep Kristina safe from Sonny's violent world did nothing but convince Kristina that her father didn't love her, Alexis fears that Jax may make the same mistake with Josslyn.During this time, Alexis faces still further problems with Kristina when she begins to want to date Ethan. When she sneaks off to the Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...
to help Ethan divorce Maya, Alexis mistakenly assumes that they have done so to get married and goes there with Sonny to stop it, only to discover the truth. Despite their lack of support, Ethan makes it clear to Alexis and Sonny that he will see Kristina whenever he wants.
At Kristina and Michael's graduation ceremony, Michael gets in a fight with Bryce, a fellow classmate, and nearly loses his chance to get his diploma, but Sonny intimidates the mayor into giving in. Everyone subsequently discovers from Kristina that Bryce instigated it by telling her that she deserved to get beat up by Kiefer. Though Alexis attempts to make an example of Michael's bad behavior and criticize Sonny for strongarming the mayor, everyone present readily defends both their actions and insist that Bryce deserved to get hit for what he said to Kristina, Carly even stating that she would gladly have done so herself. Sam ends the argument by insisting that Kristina and Michael are adults now and their choices are their own to deal with.
Jax immediately begins pulling out all the stops to ensure that he will win full custody of Josslyn, going so far as to issue subpoenas for Michael and Morgan to testify. Knowing that the Corinthos brothers' testimonies are unnecessary, Alexis accuses Jax of simply doing all of this to hurt Carly like she hurt him and warns him not to lose sight of what's best for Josslyn. Jax continues to be hard-headed and refuses to listen to Alexis' argument. On July 7, 2011, Alexis is confronted by Carly, who reveals that Jax attempted to convince the mediator that Michael is a dangerous social outcast who shouldn't be alone with Josslyn and desperately begs her not to let Jax take Josslyn away. With this, Alexis finally decides to resign from the case on the grounds that it is unfair to both mother and daughter, with Jax's complete understanding of her situation.