Parry Shen, Van Hansis, Adrian Anchondo: Could General Hospital’s Brad see through Marco before Lucas gets hurt?

Brad Cooper (Parry Shen) doesn’t return to General Hospital quietly. He never does. When he shows back up in Port Charles, old dynamics snap back into place fast, which include Lucas’ current boyfriend, Marco (Adrian Anchondo). On paper, Marco looks like an upgrade. Calm. Polished. Supportive. But Brad has never trusted things that look this clean, and the question hanging over all of it is simple: Does Brad see what Lucas can’t yet?

General Hospital frames Marco as almost too put-together

General Hospital's Marco Rios. | Image Source: ABC

Marco never, ever slips up. Ever. He doesn’t raise his voice or reveal his true nature. For most people, that reads as stability. For Brad, it reads as a strategy. Brad has lived his entire adult life one mistake away from catastrophe. He knows how panic shows up. He knows what guilt looks like when it leaks.

That’s where instinct kicks in. Brad might see Marco’s perfection as unnatural because real people crack. They overcorrect and fumble explanations, but Marco doesn’t. He smooths every edge before anyone can touch it. That kind of control doesn’t come from honesty. It comes from rehearsal.

And Brad would know because it takes a con to know a con. Brad has lied to survive, lied to protect himself, lied because fear felt easier than truth. He will eventually recognize the fact that Marco’s calm isn’t confidence; it’s containment. He’ll easily sense that Marco has something nefarious to hide, just like Carly (Laura Wright) does.

History Makes Brad Dangerous Here

General Hospital's Lucas and Brad. | Image Source: ABC

Brad’s history with Lucas matters more than anyone wants to admit. Their marriage didn’t end over small stuff. It imploded over the baby switch, a betrayal so big it poisoned everything that came after. Brad knows what it looks like when love blinds someone into trusting the wrong person. He’s been the wrong person.

That guilt sharpens his radar. Watching Lucas fall for Marco doesn’t just trigger jealousy. It triggers recognition. Lucas is trusting again, fully and completely. Brad will see how dangerous that is when the other person, in this case Marco, is hiding a double life tied to mob power, secret alliances, and escalating risk at Wyndemere.

Brad isn’t trying to win Lucas back. He’ll likely attempt to interrupt the pattern before it finishes repeating. That’s the difference. And GH should play that tension carefully, letting Brad hover at the edge of the story instead of charging straight in.

Whether Brad eventually exposes Marco or gets ignored until it’s too late, one thing feels clear: Brad didn’t come back to Port Charles just to make peace. He came back because something feels off. And on GH, instincts like that are rarely wrong.

General Hospital can be seen weekdays on ABC and Hulu.