Robert Scorpio says goodbye to Port Charles this week on General Hospital, but don't go ape.  Fans haven't seen the last of the chimp-chasing spy.

"General Hospital made it very pointed that they wanted the character to continue," affirms his portrayer, Tristan Rogers.  "At this point, they've opened a number of doors and any one of them could be the one he walks back through.  How that's going to translate at this point, I don't know.  That obviously isn't up to me.  But I said to them, 'Look, this has been a terribly positive experience for me, and I'd like to continue it.'"

That GH would want to keep Rogers around seems like a no-brainer, given the enthusiastic response from fans, critics, and more importantly, Nielsen households.

"The greatest part of t his for me was that I was able to make significant inroads with a whole bunch of people who have never seen me before, and the response I got was very positive right across the board," smiles Rogers.  "So I look upon the whole thing as being a great exercise.  It tells me, 'Hey, the guy's lost none of what he had.  He can do it for the fans he left, and he can do it for people who don't know him.'"

"So I feel positive about what I did,"  he concludes, "and I hope the viewers are having a good time with the show."

Sources say ABC was just as high on Rogers' return as he was, so look for Scorpio to make his way back to Port Charles soon...

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