Ever since it was announced that Rick Hearst was returning to General Hospital as Ric Lansing, there’s been much speculation about the reason the character was heading back to Port Charles. We originally assumed that Ric’s return had to do with a looming custody battle that appeared to be brewing between Molly (Kristen Vaganos) and Kristina (Kate Mansi). However, after Kristina fell out of the Metro Court window and lost her baby, that theory was put to rest.
We then started thinking about the amount of rage Molly, Kristina and Sonny (Maurice Benard) have built up toward Ava (Maura West). With all three blaming Ava for the death of baby Ashford-Lansing, the gallery owner has a target on her back which we assumed would lead to Ava being murdered or at the very least, attacked. Given the motive, all three family members would be suspects if something were to happen to Ava, and we believed perhaps Ric would return to defend his daughter against charges.
