General Hospital Fans Weigh In on the Future of Port Charles’ Mob
The once unthinkable has happened on General Hospital: both Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) and Jason Morgan (Steve Burton) have left the mob. Now that Jason is focusing on being a good role model for his son, while Sonny is pursuing Sidwell’s (Carlo Rota) legitimate holdings after Sidwell’s plea deal and imprisonment, the storyline future of the Port Charles mob is very much in question. Soap Opera Digest asked fans what role they think organized crime should occupy in the world of Port Charles, and the results are in!
What Role Should The Mob Play On General Hospital?
The poll did not produce a clear favorite — but it did produce a clear preference against the powers-that-be putting the mob back at the center of General Hospital.
Readers were given four options to choose from, and the top vote-getter was to keep the mob in play, but mostly in the background and not as a main focus. That netted 31.79% of the responses.
In second place? Retiring the mob for good. The 29.5% of fans who opted for this choice have had their fill of Sonny and Jason’s three-decade storyline run of mob stories and are ready to move past it — forever.
The third most popular option was for the mob to be used in short story bursts. 27.86% of voters went in that direction, perhaps envisioning a world where a mob-affiliated character like Johnny Zacchara (Brandon Barash) or a back-from-the-dead Julian Jerome (William deVry) could come back into the mix to stir up trouble for a limited arc.
The top three vote-getters have one thing in common: they all support GH putting less focus — or no focus! — on the mob moving forward.
Equally as telling when it comes to where the viewers who voted in our poll view the mob at this juncture? Only 10.84% of voters chose the fourth option, which was for the mob to stay front and center.
While our poll is far from scientific, it suggests that only one in 10 viewers is truly interested in GH being as mob-centric as it was in the heyday of the Corinthos organization.
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