What happened to Steven Webber on General Hospital? Explained

Steven Lars Webber was born to Jeff Webber and Heather Grant in 1977 on General Hospital. He was sold as a baby to Peter and Diana Taylor, and his childhood was filled with family betrayal and manipulation, especially at the hands of his mother, Heather.

Steven was a doctor who had just arrived in Port Charles. His mother could not stop causing him trouble. He eventually found himself amidst an organ trafficking scandal in 2012, and he was eventually arrested. He ended up appearing on the show locked up in the prison.

Steven Lars Webber has been portrayed by three actors over the years. The part of Steven Lars was first played by Martin Hewitt in 1979, during which time Steven was two years old. When Steven returned to Port Charles as a doctor, Shaun Benson played the role in 2004, but he left the show in 2005.

Scott Reeves joined in 2009 as Steven and became head of the ER trauma unit. He became full-time in 2010 and Reeves played Steven up until his final episode in March 2013.

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How did Steven’s early life shape his story in General Hospital?

Deceit and betrayal characterized Steven's childhood, and these qualities would soon manifest in him as a person. His mother, Heather Webber, sold him to Jeff Webber as a baby when she falsely told Jeff that their child had died. This was the onset of turmoil in Steven's childhood.

Heather later returned to his life, working as his nanny but trying to control him in secret, which affected his identity drastically. When the truth was finally revealed about his birth, Jeff renamed him Steven Lars Webber, but the damage that Heather's manipulations had already inflicted could not be erased.

All these early experiences translated into lifelong effects on Steven, determining the actions and relationships he would have as an adult. His return to Port Charles made it difficult for him to trust others and found himself at a loss in coming to terms with the emotional complexity of his family.

He got himself stuck between a medical career and the effects of his tragic childhood, laying the framework for many conflicts and scandals he would go through later on.

This history of deception and manipulation made Steven's later battles with loyalty and control more understandable, as he constantly found himself between family ties and a desire to free himself from his mother.

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What led to Steven’s downfall in Port Charles on General Hospital?

When he returned to Port Charles in 2009 on General Hospital, Steven's career as a physician went through the roof but his personal life was rather troubled. The romantic entanglements with fellow doctors like Lisa Niles and Olivia Falconeri added layers of complexity but it was the dark secret from Memphis that would end up bringing him down.

Steven had killed an inmate to obtain a heart for a young patient, and that act would one day come back to haunt him, used for leverage by Johnny Zacchara, a black market organ dealer, to extort him into selling their goods.

It was that scandal that made him get handcuffed on his wedding day with Olivia, whom he would eventually love pretty much all through the rest of the series. However, despite his true love for her, this time he chose not to marry her when he left for prison; he did not want their life to start that way.

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Could Steven Webber return to General Hospital?

The possibility of Steven Webber returning to General Hospital has become more likely after the recent update shared by his sister, Elizabeth Webber. On September 23, 2024, she revealed that Steven had been released from prison.

He is starting a new life in Sedona, Arizona, where he hopes to work in the medical field again. With his family connections in Port Charles, especially his sister, his return could be a great opportunity to bring him back into the drama.

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Interested viewers of General Hospital should stay tuned for Steven Webber's developments every weekday.