Robin Scorpio
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Dr. Robin Scorpio-Drake (formerly Soltini) is a fictional character
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 from the ABC
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 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....

and its prime time SOAPnet
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 spin-off
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 General Hospital: Night Shift
General Hospital: Night Shift
General Hospital: Night Shift is an American prime time serial that first aired on SOAPnet for a 13-episode run from July 12, 2007 to October 4, 2007. A spin-off of the ABC Daytime soap opera General Hospital, the show is SOAPnet's first original scripted drama series and follows the nighttime...

, originated and portrayed by Kimberly McCullough
Kimberly McCullough
Kimberly Anne McCullough is an American actress, dancer, and director. She is best known for her longtime role as Robin Scorpio on the soap opera General Hospital, a role which she originated at the age of 7, playing the character from 1985-1996...

 since 1985. The character came to mainstream attention when she was diagnosed as HIV
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus is a lentivirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome , a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive...

-positive in the 1990s. Currently, she is the only soap opera character in the United States
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 with this distinction. Robin is famous in the soap community as one of the few long-term soap characters to age in real time, not SORASed like most other child actors.

Casting

A seven-year-old McCullough debuted on September 6, 1985 as the daughter of characters Robert Scorpio
Robert Scorpio
Robert Xavier Scorpio is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera General Hospital, played by actor Tristan Rogers. Robert's birthday is September 15.-Appearances:Tristan Rogers originally played the role from December 1980 through February 25, 1992...

 (Tristan Rogers
Tristan Rogers
Tristan Rogers is an Australian–American actor. He is best known for playing Robert Scorpio on the ABC soap opera General Hospital...

) and Anna Devane
Anna Devane
Anna Devane is a fictional character on the ABC soap operas General Hospital and All My Children...

 (Finola Hughes
Finola Hughes
Finola Hughes is an English actress, television host, author and former dancer, best known for role as Anna Devane on the General Hospital, All My Children and General Hospital: Night Shift , and her role as Anna Devane's identical twin sister, Doctor Alexandra Devane Marick, on All My Children...

). She left in 1996, her last airdate being on September 12. She would return as a series regular for brief stints: January 17, 1997 to February 3, 1997, January 2, 1998 to January 20, 1999, 2000, and July 16, 2004. She also appeared on May 30 to 31 2001; June 4, 2001 on All My Children
All My Children
All My Children is an American television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 5, 1970 to September 23, 2011. Created by Agnes Nixon, All My Children is set in Pine Valley, Pennsylvania, a fictitious suburb of Philadelphia. The show features Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, one of daytime's most...

when Robin reunited with her mother Anna. McCullough returned in 2005, her first appearance on October 11 and is currently portraying the role, which she also reprised on both seasons (2007 and 2008) of the spin-off series General Hospital: Night Shift. She has won two Daytime Emmy Award
Daytime Emmy Award
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s for the role, for Outstanding Juvenile Female in 1989 and Outstanding Younger Actress in 1996. McCullough has also earned two Soap Opera Digest
Soap Opera Digest
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Awards (Outstanding Youth Actor/Actress in 1986 and Outstanding Child Actor in 1993) as well as a 1987 Young Artist Award.

It was announced on November 21, 2011 that McCullough plans to leave General Hospital in the early months of 2012 to pursue her dream of directing full-time. This comes only weeks after a controversial plot, where Lisa threatens to inject Robin's blood into Patrick, which was hard on McCullough and her co-star Jason Thompson
Jason Thompson
Jason Thompson may refer to:* Jason Thompson , Canadian actor in General Hospital* Jason Thompson , former Major League Baseball first baseman...

 considering Robin's critically claimed HIV-story.

Arrival

Robin Soltini (age 6) arrives in Port Charles with the woman she believes to be her grandmother, Filomena Soltini
Filomena Soltini
Filomena Soltini was a fictional character on the ABC soap opera General Hospital. She was portrayed by Argentina Brunetti, who originated the role in 1985.- Relatives and extended family :*Robin Scorpio...

. She grew up thinking her mother, Anna Devane
Anna Devane
Anna Devane is a fictional character on the ABC soap operas General Hospital and All My Children...

, was a family friend. Her father, Robert Scorpio
Robert Scorpio
Robert Xavier Scorpio is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera General Hospital, played by actor Tristan Rogers. Robert's birthday is September 15.-Appearances:Tristan Rogers originally played the role from December 1980 through February 25, 1992...

, has no idea that he shares a daughter with Anna but soon selects three of his closest friends -- Sean Donely, Frisco Jones and Dr. Buzz Stryker to serve as Robin's godfathers when he and his wife Holly leave for Australia. Robin is asked to be BJ Jones godsister while Tania is pregnant. Robert later returns to Port Charles to find Anna married to Duke Lavery
Duke Lavery
Duke Lavery was a fictional character on the popular ABC soap opera, General Hospital. The character was created in 1986 and was portrayed by Ian Buchanan from 1986 until 1989. Greg Beecroft took over role from 1989 to 1990, when the character was killed off.- Character Storyline :Duke Lavery...

. During her childhood, Robin's grandmother was killed and she faced tough times when her parents were supposedly murdered in an explosion. She is then raised by her uncle 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...

 who marries Felicia Jones. This marriage gave Robin two step-cousins, Maxie
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 Georgie Jones
Georgie Jones
Georgianna "Georgie" Jones is a fictional character on the popular ABC soap opera General Hospital. She is the daughter of supercouple Frisco and Felicia Jones. Georgie was portrayed by actress Lindze Letherman, who first appeared on the show in September 2002 and left in December 2007...

.

Robin met Michael 'Stone' Cates
Stone Cates
Michael "Stone" Cates is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera, General Hospital. Michael Sutton portrayed him from 1993 to 1995 and returned for a guest appearance from September 28 through September 29, 2010. The character died of AIDS-related illness in 1995...

 in 1993 and they did not get along. But they began dating in 1994 against her uncle Mac's wishes. Stone had been a street kid taken in and working for 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...

. In 1995, Stone learned he was HIV+ and then had AIDS
AIDS
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...

 due to not having a second HIV test run after the first one came up negative. After her first love, Michael "Stone" Cates dies from AIDS
AIDS
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...

 and leaves her HIV-positive, she begins seeing Jason Morgan, who was becoming involved in the mob. She introduced him to 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...

, soon his employer, and the three become great friends, helping Jason deal with his brain damage, as he was previously Jason Quartermaine. Robin celebrates her birthday with Jason on October 12, 1997. Robin left Port Charles to avoid the mob but returned in 1998 to help her friend Brenda Barrett
Brenda Barrett
Brenda Veronica Barrett is a fictional character from the ABC daytime soap opera, General Hospital. The role was originated by Vanessa Marcil on September 18, 1992. After a six-year run with the show, the character of Brenda was believed to have died after her mentally ill mother drove their car...

 from her recent break-up. During this period, Robin became friends with 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...

 and the two bonded over their similar childhoods. Robin reconciled with Jason but their relationship began to deteriorate when Robin revealed to Jason's brother A.J. Quartermaine that he (and not Jason) was the father of 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...

's son, Michael
Michael Corinthos III
Michael Morgan Corinthos III is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera, General Hospital. The character is the son of Carly Corinthos Jacks and A.J. Quartermaine , and was adopted as a child by his mother's former husband Sonny Corinthos...

. Robin left town in 1999, moving to Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

. A few years later she reunited with her mother in Pine Valley
Pine Valley, Pennsylvania
Pine Valley, Pennsylvania is the fictional setting for the long-running American soap opera All My Children. It is a small suburb of Philadelphia...

. Off screen Between 2002 and 2005, Robin began a relationship with Detective, Ronnie Dimestico in Paris however Robin ended their engagement and return to Port Charles in 2005. Ronnie Dimestico would later appear in Port Charles four years later, making a brief attempt to woo Robin again but it failed and Ronnie excepted the fact that Robin had a new life and a family.

Return

Robin returned to Port Charles to save her friend Jason Morgan's life when he had experienced seizures. It was during this time she teams up with Patrick Drake to perform an operation that could determine his fate. Robin was grateful to Patrick when the surgery was a success. This hook-up leads down to them being a couple. Their team work came in handy when in a couple of months, Port Charles experiences a virus outbreak, which brings back her father, Robert Scorpio
Robert Scorpio
Robert Xavier Scorpio is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera General Hospital, played by actor Tristan Rogers. Robert's birthday is September 15.-Appearances:Tristan Rogers originally played the role from December 1980 through February 25, 1992...

. The two reconcile.

Robin had then learned and revealed the paternity of John Michael Jacks, 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...

's son in which her best friend, Jasper Jacks
Jasper Jacks
Jasper "Jax" Jacks is a fictional character from the ABC soap opera General Hospital. He has been played by actor Ingo Rademacher from January 1996 to August 2000, and from August 2001 to July 2011. In January 2008, the role was temporarily filled by Gideon Emery...

 was claiming to be the father of. This caused Carly Corinthos
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...

 to hate and resent Robin even more; going back to when Robin told AJ he was the father of Michael, and not Jason. At the same time, Robin and Patrick admitted their love for one another and at long last became a true couple. Robin helped 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 :...

 reconnect with his catatonic wife, 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...

, who had been incapable of communicating until Robin discovered a miracle drug. Robin and Patrick faced trying times when Patrick abandoned a date with Robin to go to a bar in Vegas.

Robin once again faced problems when she was held hostage and was shot in the lower abdomen but was saved when Emily Quartermaine agreed to operate on her with guidance from Patrick through telephone. Patrick and Robin, after the crisis, discovered they both loved sitting at the pier. Patrick declared to Robin he loved her and the two reconcile. After a few months of being together, Robin wanted to settle down and commit to each other with a wedding and children. Patrick had different plans which caused Robin to walk out on Patrick.

Along with her recent break-up, Robin had to deal with her father's health due to the fact he was diagnosed with colon cancer.

Marriage and Daughter

After the funeral of Georgie Jones
Georgie Jones
Georgianna "Georgie" Jones is a fictional character on the popular ABC soap opera General Hospital. She is the daughter of supercouple Frisco and Felicia Jones. Georgie was portrayed by actress Lindze Letherman, who first appeared on the show in September 2002 and left in December 2007...

, Robin is devastated and has a one-night-stand with Patrick. Robin later discovers she is pregnant. Since she has been planning for some time to use a sperm donor and become a single mother, she does not let on Patrick is the father, rationalizing her decision by saying Patrick has been clear about not wanting children. After discovering the truth, Patrick confronts Robin and she tells him he's the father. Robin's mother Anna Devane
Anna Devane
Anna Devane is a fictional character on the ABC soap operas General Hospital and All My Children...

, returns to town, learns of the pregnancy and asks Patrick to marry Robin. Although the two initially refuse, Patrick soon becomes marriage-minded and boldly proposes over the hospital speaker system, only to get shot down. Robin later agrees and they set a date in late October. However, the wedding gets cut short by Robin going into labor.

Robin names the baby Emma Grace Scorpio Drake. After a brief scare, the new parents are relieved to find out the baby has not been infected by Robin's HIV. Patrick and Robin wed right after Emma's first Christmas, but are soon at odds, as Robin is suffering from postpartum depression
Postpartum depression
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 (PPD) and begins to act out. After months of refusing help from family and friends, Robin nearly dies when she either falls or jumps from the pier. Eventually she agrees to go away for treatment. Upon her return, she quickly bonds with her daughter.

But her hard-earned newlywed bliss is interrupted when Patrick and his brother, Matt Hunter
Matt Hunter
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, face a malpractice suit in the death of the mayor's mistress, Brianna Hughes, and when Alexis Davis
Alexis Davis
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...

 becomes a suspect in the murder due to a public scandal which claims she stalked the mayor. Playing detective, Robin aids Patrick in proving Brianna was murdered by the mayor's wife, clearing all three of them.

In 2009, Ronnie Dimestico is hired and assigned by Mac Scorpio as a detective for the Port Charles Police Department. Robin is shocked to learn that Ronnie's is in Port Charles permentely and Ronnie tries to rekindle his fling with Robin.It is revealed that Ronnie and Robin know each other and shared a romance while in Paris between 2002 and 2005. Robin convinces Ronnie to put it in the past and that she is happy with her new life and family. Ronnie accepts and they agree to be friends however their friendship is tested when Ronnie and Lisa blackmail Robin in 2010 while scheming against Sonny and Brenda.

Robin hosts Thanksgiving dinner for the family at her new house, partaking in a plot with Kristina Davis and Molly Lansing to set up their mother, Alexis Davis
Alexis Davis
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...

, with Robin's uncle, Mac Scorpio. Robin tells a skeptical Sam McCall 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 and tell the girls it is a waste of time. Matt also attends the dinner, unexpectedly bringing along Lisa Niles, an ex-girlfriend of Patrick's who is town. Maxie, nursing influenza, misses the family event, but shares turkey soup with Spinelli at her apartment.

Robin counsels 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...

, who is having a secret affair with 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...

, but is engaged to Lucky Spencer
Lucky Spencer
Lucas Lorenzo "Lucky" Spencer, Jr. is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera, General Hospital. He is the son of legendary super couple Luke Spencer and Laura Webber.-Casting:...

, to be truthful about how she feels. Robin meets Patrick for karaoke night at Jake's. When she arrives, Lisa is already sitting with Patrick, so Robin stops at the bar and brings drinks over to the table for both of them, then orders a soda for herself. Lisa asks why she does not get a real drink. Patrick tells her Robin is on medication. When Lisa asks what type of medication, Robin ignores her. Alexis and Mac later show up together.

On January 12, Robin & Emma go and see Anna in London.

When Sonny is arrested and put on trial for the murder of his wife Claudia
Claudia Zacchara
Claudia Antonia Corinthos is a fictional character from the ABC daytime soap opera General Hospital. The daughter of New York City mob boss Anthony Zacchara, Claudia was portrayed by Sarah Brown beginning January 31, 2008. She left the role of Claudia on November 6, 2009 to join the cast of The...

, Robin is called in to testify. Though Robin initially tries to paint Sonny in a positive light by telling the court about how Sonny helped found the hospital's HIV wing in honor of Stone, but 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:...

 ultimately forces her to admit Sonny had insulted and threatened Claudia at her birthday party prior to her death, which hurts Sonny's case. Nonetheless, Sonny assures Robin she did the right thing. However, just as the verdict on Sonny is about to come in, Dante finds out it was actually Michael who killed Claudia, albeit to protect Carly, and convinces him to confess. Robin later does her best to comfort Jason over Michael's conviction, but, like everyone else, she is left distraught and heartbroken when Judge Carroll unfairly sentences Michael to five years in prison as a way to punish everyone for their role in the cover-up and Diane and Claire specifically for their courtroom antics.

Lisa Niles

In June 2010, Robin left to go to Africa. A while after Robin came back. Lisa breaks into their home and steals Robin's HIV medicine. Patrick knew what happened to them, but he did not say anything. Later on, Emma gets taken from her and Patrick's home by Lisa. They are very worried, but she brings her back and said it was only an "ice-cream take-out", that she wanted to give Patrick and Robin some "Alone Time". When Lisa leaves Patrick confesses to Robin he had slept with Lisa the night Robin came back from Africa.
Robin gets really angry and breaks their wedding photo and kicks Patrick out of the house. Not long after all of this Robin was driving to pick up Patrick. Lisa is watching Patrick from behind some stairs and sees Robin and intentionally jumps in front of Robin's car and claims Robin tried to kill her.

Soon after all of this Robin was working in her lab at the Hospital and leaves for a moment. When she returns, she sees her daughter Emma's favorite toy boiling in her beaker. An angry Robin believes this to be a threat to her daughter. She punches Lisa in the Hospital lobby. Due to Robin's accusations and Lisa's good acting, people begin believing Robin is the crazy one and Lisa is the victim. Lisa replaces her medication with sedatives. While Robin drives Emma to Maxie's house, after taking her "pills", Robin falls asleep on the wheel and crashes. Lisa kidnaps her, takes her to a cabin in the woods, and begins to talk to her and convince her Patrick does not love her, as she's too uptight and snotty. Robin escapes the cabin, but is exhausted and unbalanced by the sedatives. Patrick goes on a search for her and finds her in the well. After getting her out, Lisa shows with a gun and attempts to kill herself. He stops her. Lisa is sent to a mental instituation. She arrives back shortly, stating the doctors have said she's perfectly sane. Robin and Patrick do not trust her, mostly Robin. Robin lashes out at her for changing her patient's chart. Steve explains another doctor did it. It says so on the chart.

During Halloween, witch Robin takes Emma to Kelly's and talkes to others. While she's not looking, Lisa, dressed as a witch, steals her. Robin panics and tells Ethan and Jonny, who were at Kelly's also. Somebody has stolen her daughter. Micheal's friend Abby finds Emma and gives her to Robin, saying she saw a woman dressed as a witch, like Robin's costume, leave Emma around the corner. At the hospital, Patrick hears about this. He finds a witch hat in the locker room. He accuses Lisa until a nurse comes and claims the hat is hers. At Emma's birthday, a fire starts. Robin puts Emma to sleep upstairs. When she tries to back downstairs, she discovers the smoke and falls down the stairs. Lisa, possibly causing the fire, saves Robin and Emma. Robin is taken to GH to be taken care of. She has a burn on her leg. Her burn is bad enough that she has to stay at GH get better. After a nightmare, Robin awakes to find Lisa standing over her with a syringe. Robin's accusation of Lisa trying to hurt her has no evidence. Steve Webber can't do anything further. After this, Lisa petitions to have Robin fired from the hospital. Lisa tries again to poison Robin. Filling a syringe with sodium pentothal, Lisa sneaks into Robin's room and attempts to inject it into Robin's IV bag. Maxie enters and catches her in the act. Maxie and Robin call the hospital to catch her. Lisa, unsure and panicking, finds Johnny Zacchara and gives him the syringe to avoid being caught. Lisa, after authorities search the hospital for the syringe, gets away clean. Nonetheless, as she had no reason to be in Robin's room either way, Steve puts her on probation; her O.R. privileges are revoked. She is transferred to the E.R., and will be fired without mercy if she tries to provoke Robin in any way or even goes near her again. To make insult to injury, the hearing to discuss Lisa's petition has been canceled, ensuring Robin's place at the hospital for the foreseeable future.

Robin is discharged and as packs up her things. Brenda comes to see her. The two reunite. The two reminisce about old times and Lisa's crazy antics. Robin and Patrick discuss taking things slow and even going on a date. Lisa overhears and is furious. She calls a friend and leaves for the day. Later during the aftermath of the bus crash, Dr. Terrel Jackson shows up a job at GH as a pediatric surgeon. Steve Webber gives him a job. Lisa congratulates him. The two seem to be friendly. In the elevator, Lisa explains she wants Terrel to flirt with Robin. She explains her plan further in an empty office. The two had a relationship before. Jackson came at Lisa's call to get back together, while Lisa wants him to sleep with Robin, which will devastate Patrick and cause him to get over her for good. Lisa sets her plan in action as Robin gives Terrell a tour of the hospital. Terrell begins to have his doubts about helping Lisa break up Robin and Patrick, particularly after discovering Robin is HIV-positive.

At Sonny and Brenda's wedding, Robin serves as the maid of honor. Sam is caught in a car bomb. Brenda is kidnapped. A distraught Robin blames herself, insisting it never would've happened if she hadn't pushed Brenda to marry Sonny in the first place. Patrick comforts her and insists otherwise, telling her not to give up hope Brenda is still alive until there is a reason not to. At the hospital, Robin admits to Patrick she wants to forgive him, but feels stuck and disappointed every time. Nonetheless, she allows him to take her home. The two begin to take steps to repairing their relationship. Brenda is finally found and brought to the hospital in critical condition after being injected with a neurotoxin
Neurotoxin
A neurotoxin is a toxin that acts specifically on nerve cells , usually by interacting with membrane proteins such as ion channels. Some sources are more general, and define the effect of neurotoxins as occurring at nerve tissue...

. Robin quickly administers an antidote. Brenda recovers.

Robin and Patrick later discover Lisa gave Johnny the syringe and break into his apartment to find it. Eventually, fed up with Lisa's vendetta against Patrick and Robin, and the trouble the syringe has caused him, Johnny decides to end it one way or another. To this end, he sets up a treasure hunt
Treasure hunt
A treasure hunt is one of many different types of games which can have one or more players who try to find hidden articles, locations or places by using a series of clues. This is a fictional activity; treasure hunting can also be a real life activity. Treasure hunt games may be an indoor or...

, leaving several clues for Lisa and Robin to find and see who gets the syringe first. While searching through Carly Corinthos
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...

' house, Robin is caught in the act by Carly. Carly initially refuses to help her, but Robin explains the extent of Lisa's mental instability and obsession with Patrick, reminding her she kidnapped Emma simply to get Patrick's attention and could easily endanger Emma's life again. Carly relents. She allows Robin just enough time to find the next clue. With Patrick's help, Robin deduces Johnny has hidden the syringe at the Haunted Star.

Luke allows Robin to search for the syringe. She finds it just as Lisa arrives. Lisa pleads for the syringe, insisting she can have Patrick back. Robin refuses, stating she already has Patrick and now has the proof to get Lisa out of their lives and hopefully a life sentence in a padded cell. Lisa attempts to forcefully take the syringe. Robin slugs her and takes off for the hospital.

Reunion with Patrick

However, Robin and Patrick are delayed from proving Lisa's guilt when Jake Spencer is brought in after being hit by a car. When Jason arrives at the hospital after being called by Lucky, Robin regretfully informs him Jake is in critical condition. Later, Jason asks Robin for a favor while Jake is being prepped for emergency surgery. Despite Patrick and Robin's best efforts, Jake is ultimately declared brain dead
Brain death
Brain death is the irreversible end of all brain activity due to total necrosis of the cerebral neurons following loss of brain oxygenation. It should not be confused with a persistent vegetative state...

, leaving everyone heartbroken. Patrick kicks himself for being unable to save Jake. Robin comforts him and assures him he is not at fault.

Proceeding these events, Robin comes to the epiphany life is too short to hold on to resentment and apologizes to Patrick for holding his affair with Lisa against him for so long, stating if it was Emma who died tonight, she never would have forgiven herself for all of the time she wasted. Robin asks Patrick to come home so they can be a family again.

To work out their remaining issues, Patrick and Robin begin to go to marriage counseling, and hire Kristina to babysit Emma. However, during therapy, Robin admits to Maxie she thinks she may not be enough for him because he has been working so hard to make it up to her, while it took Jake's death to make her realize Patrick is genuinely sorry for what he did and take him back. Nonetheless, Patrick assures her he will make sure things work out for them.

Lisa subsequently acts out another revenge plot, this time attempting to kill Robin and frame Patrick for the murder. The plot fails. Lisa is finally outed as the deranged woman she is.

Robin is later approached by Jax
Jasper Jacks
Jasper "Jax" Jacks is a fictional character from the ABC soap opera General Hospital. He has been played by actor Ingo Rademacher from January 1996 to August 2000, and from August 2001 to July 2011. In January 2008, the role was temporarily filled by Gideon Emery...

, who asks her to testify on his behalf during his and Carly's custody battle over Josslyn. Despite her dislike of Carly, Robin refuses, telling Jax that Carly is a good mother. She would have to tell the courts as such, and also because she doesn't consider Jason and Sonny, whom he has long been friends with, to be any significant threat.

In late June 2011, Lisa Niles holds hostages at gun point in General Hospital, including Robin, Patrick, Steve and Maxie. After a long stand off and a shooting, Lisa injects herself with a drain cleaner meant for Robin. When doctors attempt to save Lisa, it is too late. She falls into a coma, with doctors unsure if she will ever come out of it.

Proceeding these events, Steve steps down from his position as chief of staff and appoints Robin in his place. The changes Robin makes to the hospital's management do little more than anger many of the employees, Matt going so far as to say working under Robin is a nightmare.

When Jax returns to town and kidnaps Josslyn, he turns to Robin for help. In the midst of their conversation, Sonny, having learned of Jax's plans from Carly, enters in a rage. Robin begs Sonny to leave because of Emma. Sonny is lost in his hatred for Jax and attempts to shoot him, only to hit Robin with the bullet when she tries to stop him. The bullet only nicks her. When Emma comes downstairs, Robin convinces Jax to leave, knowing Sonny won't kill him in front of her daughter. When Patrick comes home, he is outraged and kicks Sonny out. Though Robin initially attempts to justify Sonny's behavior, she is ultimately forced to admit there is no way to excuse what he just did.

On October 12, Robin celebrates her birthday with Patrick.

On October 18, Robin and Patrick join Matt, Elizabeth, Steve and Olivia on a boat to celebrate Matts medical acheivement. They are unaware that lisa is on board. Lisa ends up tying up patrick and robin. Robin and lisa strugle and Lisa runs away. When Robin goes to search for her they end up fighting again. Patrick later finds an unconscious robin with a cut on her arm. Mac Scorpio and two fellow officers come aboard to question the passengers.

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