Applause, Applause
Outstanding Performer of the Week For March 27

Jason Thompson, aka Dr. Patrick Drake

Since arriving in Port Charles, Patrick Drake has been the model of the detached - not to mention cocky - surgeon. But as that cool exterior finally started to dissolve, General Hospital's Jason Thompson delivered a stand-out performance that was, well, just what the doctor ordered.

It began subtly enough when Patrick confronted Noah about his decision to refuse a life-saving transplant. Thompson's voice dripped with contempt as Patrick coldly rattled off all of the complications Noah would face. "You'll start bleeding from your nose, then your lungs," he listed. "If you're determined to die a slow, agonizing death, I'm not going to stop you," he added with a sneer.

But Patrick's icy demeanor was threatened when Robin warned that he would be haunted by Noah's death. Thompson later allowed Patrick's anger to bubble to the surface as he slapped a syringe, loaded with enough drug to let Noah take his own life, by his father's bedside. "You'll go out the way you've chosen to live: as a coward!" he railed.

Conflicted Patrick's sarcastic veneer showed more cracks when he returned to bargain with his unconscious father. "I am not going to let you kill yourself," Patrick vowed. Thompson - eyes glistening - hunched by the bedside like a man defeated. His voice was incredulous and weak as Patrick ed wondered: "You gave me life twice and now you expect me to not try and save yours?"

Patrick wasn't going to just give up. "I've never lost a patient, not once," Thompson stated evenly as Patrick gathered himself. "You're not going to be my first. I am not going to let you haunt me."

Bad medicine? Noah would say so. Good performance? No question.

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