General Hospital delivers Jack Brennan (Chris McKenna) is lying in a hospital bed in bad shape, and Nina Reeves (Cynthia Watros) is staying close, trying to check on him because she is worried what Jack will say when and if he wakes up. But with his recent breakup with Carly Spencer (Laura Wright), things are changing a lot.
So, we’re going to talk about whether Nina and Jack are going to kick off a revenge romance as he rebounds from his ugly split from Carly. Now, let’s get into what could be coming as we have some more romantic shakeups on GH.
Jack Is Angry And Heartbroken Over Carly on General Hospital
So, Jack’s angry and he’s heartbroken because Carly cheated on him with Valentin Cassadine (James Patrick Stuart). Plus, he doesn’t know it yet, but Carly and Val were plotting to destroy Jack for payback because he recruited Josslyn Jacks (Eden McCoy) into the WSB. So, Jack is absolutely devastated and once he recovers from the artificial stroke from being shot up with Drew Cain‘s (Cameron Mathison) drug, he might be looking to get some revenge on both of them.
Now, initially, you’d also think Jack may target Nina because she stabbed him with the syringe, but I’m sure that she will explain right away to Jack that she was trying to take down Valentin, not him. Nina was actually trying to protect Jack. So then he may turn his attention from wanting any sort of revenge on Nina to wanting payback on Valentin for starting the fight that led to the fake stroke and also on Carly for cheating.
Nina after Revenge on GH
Meanwhile, Nina may want a little payback of her own when she finds out Carly is now with Valentin. Plus, Nina and Carly have such a long, messy track record. And never forget, General Hospital tends to overlap them with partners. They have both been with Drew and Franco Baldwin (Roger Howarth) and Jasper Jacks (Ingo Rademacher) and Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard).
So, Nina dating Jack makes sense because she seems to love chasing Carly’s sloppy seconds. And in the case of their other mutual lover, Valentin, it’s Carly who’s getting Nina’s sloppy seconds. And we may see Jack and Nina doing some bonding and getting closer while he’s at General Hospital.
Carly And Nina Were Bickering At General Hospital
Carly and Nina were bickering. If you remember when they had recent scenes up at the hospital, Carly was talking about how Wiley shouldn’t be at Willow Corinthos‘ (Katelyn MacMullen) house. It may be toxic because two different men had a stroke there. Carly started talking about lead paint and whether there’s black mold when she knows exactly what happened.
But then she told Nina she thinks maybe Drew and Jack should get blood tests to see if there’s something in common. And Nina panicked and clapped back at Carly that Valentin and Jack were arguing when he had his stroke. Nina brought up how stressful Jack’s job is. And then her memory kind of kicked in and she told Carly, “Oh yeah, they were actually arguing about where is Josslyn.” And then Nina said maybe she should tell Ross Cullum (Andrew Hawkes) about them fighting over Josslyn.
So Carly did, I think, a pretty good job at playing dumb about Valentin and pretending that she doesn’t know where he’s been. She even suggested to Nina that Willow might have been helping hide Valentin since he was at her house. So basically, the ladies were sort of playing chicken with each other.
And then Carly told Nina that she and Jack broke up. I suspect that Nina will visit Jack when he wakes up, assuming Cullum doesn’t kill him or anything. And I bet Nina tells Jack that she heard he and Carly broke up and she may offer him condolences or whatever. I can see Jack telling Nina that Carly cheated and at some point he may even admit it was with Valentin.
Nina Will Flip When She Finds Out About Carly And Valentin
Clearly, Nina is going to find out at some point that Carly is with Valentin. And I think Nina is going to flip after all the things that Carly said about Nina dating her exes. And eventually Jack should recover so long as nobody doses him again and Cullum doesn’t smother him or something. Once Jack is out of General Hospital, I can see Nina stopping by often to make sure he’s not going to take action against Willow.
I also think Nina will be stunned that Valentin wound up with Carly and that she had the nerve to question whether Willow was hiding him when it was Carly doing it. If you remember, Nina married Valentin once and she almost married him a second time. And they had a deep love that lasted for quite a while. So, I just don’t think Nina is going to like that Valentin has fallen for her number one enemy, Carly.
General Hospital: Jack & Valentin Go Way Back
And we definitely know how Jack feels. He and Valentin used to be really good friends. They had decades of history. They started at the WSB together. Then they were at Pikeman and then things twisted around and they wound up on opposite sides of things and after that Jack fell hard for Carly. He actually wanted to spend the rest of his life with her. So this is kind of a double betrayal and I’m sure that Jack is going to be looking for a little revenge once he recovers.
And what better way to get revenge on Carly than to start a romance with the woman in Port Charles that she hates most. And Jack would also be slapping back at Valentin because you know he won’t like it. Nina and Jack are actually perfectly matched as a revenge romance rebound duo.
Cynthia Watros Hints At Nina And Jack Romance on GH
Plus, actress Cynthia Watros, who plays Nina, recently did an interview about what’s going to happen and the fallout after her character accidentally injected Jack with Drew’s paralytic. Cynthia said that Nina is afraid for her freedom and for Willow’s, scared they’ll go to prison, but at the same time, Nina is also horrified that she hurt Jack. And the thing is that, you know, Nina and Jack don’t have the best history.
They have very confrontational interactions. They aren’t friends and you know, sometimes they’re conspiring together, but usually insulting each other and working at odds. So, Nina’s sympathy for him is pretty surprising. And Cynthia Watros also said this incident gives Nina more compassion for Jack. So, Nina’s going to soften up a little bit towards Jack and that’s definitely a hint that we might see them headed for romance.
Cynthia Loves the Idea of a Nina & Jack Pairing on General Hospital
And in another interview, the Nina actress talked specifically about the chance of a romance between Jack and Nina. Cynthia Watros said she thinks Jack and Nina have a lot in common and they have a common problem with Willow because she’s bribing Jack and she’s blackmailing Nina.
And Cynthia said she loves the idea of Jack and Nina coming together to figure out a way out of this mess. Cynthia also says she cannot imagine how much Carly and Valentin’s romance is going to trigger Nina when she finds out because she’s always going to love Valentin even though they never got back together. And the actress said that Nina is going to be really hurt, which is exactly what Jack is feeling right now.
Jack & Nina May Get Closer on GH
So, we could see Nina showing up to take care of Jack once he’s out of General Hospital because Nina feels so bad about accidentally causing his stroke. So, Jack may begin to see Nina in a new light if she’s caretaking him. And I mean, heaven knows nobody else is going to show up to help Jack.
I think Carly was mostly up at General Hospital just to find out if Valentin had been exposed and just to get the 411. She doesn’t really care. So, we’ll see what happens, but I’m kind of here for a Nina and Jack rebound romance. And of course, I remain a hardcore shipper for Carly and Valentin. So, we’ll see how it all plays out.
