Ric Lansing
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Richard "Ric" Lansing is a fictional character on the popular American soap opera, General Hospital. The character has been played by soap opera veteran Rick Hearst, since 2002. In 2004, Hearst won a Daytime Emmy Award as "Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series" for the role, at the 31st Daytime Emmy Awards.
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[edit] Character storyline
Ric came to Port Charles in 2002 as the estranged half-brother of mob boss Sonny Corinthos. He quickly proved himself to be a manipulative and sometimes troubled character. According to the off-screen backstory, he blamed Sonny because their mother, Adela, had chosen to raise Sonny, but had given baby Ric to his father and stepmother to be raised. Ric's biological father, Trevor Lansing, had blamed the child Sonny for pushing his pregnant mother down the stairs and said he didn't want Sonny in his household. Adela chose to give up Ric and to keep Sonny. Ric, a highly successful lawyer as an adult, came to Port Charles with the intention of getting even with his half-brother Sonny.
Ric ultimately abducted Sonny's pregnant wife Carly Corinthos and kept her chained to a wall in a panic room, all the while intending to raise Sonny's and Carly's son as his own with his wife Elizabeth Webber. Elizabeth miscarried her own child with Ric after her own fall down the stairs, which Ric of course blamed on Sonny (two years later, Faith Rosco, Ric's ex-lover, confessed on her deathbed to the deed). Carly was ultimately rescued from the panic room, but not before Sonny accidentally shot her in the head while she was giving birth to their son Morgan. Sonny spared Ric's life for their dead mother's sake and Ric's crimes were ultimately blamed on a mental break-down.
Elizabeth divorced him, and Ric later married fellow lawyer, Alexis Davis, after discovering that Sonny was the father of her daughter Kristina Davis. He initially intended to use this information to his advantage, but later discovered that he had genuine feelings for Alexis and the couple had a baby girl, Molly Lansing. Ric has treated his step-daughter Kristina as his own child, often calls her "my daughter" and has vowed to protect her. Kristina calls him "Daddy Ric." However, perhaps remembering his mother's choice of Sonny over himself, Ric also feels that Alexis favors Sonny's daughter Kristina over their own daughter, Molly. He recently swore to protect Molly from this perceived favoritism.
[edit] Recent storyline
Ric had temporarily appeared to be reformed for about a year, but then started showing signs of his old manipulative ways. He attempted to use Sonny's bipolar disorder to his own advantage, gaslighted his half-brother and tried to make him think he was imagining things. He is currently in cahoots with Lorenzo Alcazar to kill Sonny and his right-hand man Jason Morgan.
Ric also recently slept with his adult step-daughter, another of Sonny's ex-lovers, the drunken Sam McCall -- the daughter Alexis gave up for adoption as a teenager. Alexis is aware of their affair, but kept silent about it for a time after she was diagnosed with lung cancer. If she dies, she wants Kristina and Molly to be raised together and felt that leaving them with Ric and Sam is the best of a series of imperfect choices. However, she recently blew up at Ric for sleeping with her daughter and ordered him out of the house. Ric wants custody of Molly, but Alexis told him "better men than him have tried" to take away one of her daughters.
He succeeded in getting custody of Molly after he presented evidence of Alexis smoking pot (to deal with her cancer).
[edit] Relationships
[edit] Parents
- Trevor Lansing (father)
- Adela Corinthos (mother, deceased)
- Deke Woods (step-father, deceased)
[edit] Children
- Unnamed Child (miscarried; with Elizabeth)
- Molly Lansing (daughter; with Alexis; born November 2005)
[edit] Siblings
- Sonny Corinthos (maternal half-brother)
[edit] Nephews and nieces
- Michael Corinthos III (maternal half-nephew; via adoption)
- Kristina Davis (maternal half-niece/stepdaughter)
- Morgan Corinthos (maternal half-nephew)
- Baby Girl McCall (maternal half-niece; deceased)
[edit] Marriages
Marital status: Single/ Divorced
- Elizabeth Webber (divorced)
- Alexis Davis (divorced)
[edit] Other significant relationships
- Courtney Matthews (Engaged)
- Faith Rosco (lovers; deceased)
- Reese Marshall (one-night stand; deceased)
- Sam McCall (one-night-stand)
