5 Reasons General Hospital’s Chase May Be His Own Worst Enemy

General Hospital's Harrison Chase is destroying his own life. Since the moment Willow was arrested last year, Chase has bent over backwards to help his ex-wife, who was acquitted of shooting Drew Cain, but is actually guilty as sin. He has done this to the detriment of his own marraige.

While considered one of the most stable unions in Port Charles, Chase and Brook Lynn's love story is now falling apart. With Chase now angry at his wife for not reporting hitting a guardrail one night in April, he is set to bring about his own downfall.

5 Ways Chase is Proving Himself a Self-Saboteur

1) Obsessive savior complex with Willow

Chase continues to be loyal to his betrayer girlfriend, Willow | Image: ABC

Since last year, Harrison Chase (Josh Swickard) has been showing his devotion towards his ex-wife, Willow Tait (Katelyn MacMullen). Despite Willow cheating on her husband, Michael Corinthos (Rory Gibson), Chase refused to judge her. On the contrary, he put his career at risk to help get Willow beat attempted murder charges.

Chase's heroic moves for Willow continued through Willow's disastrous marriage with Drew, and the latter's paralysis. While Willow took advantage of Chase and his trust in her, the cop genuinely believed her to be the victim. Chase's obsession with seeing Willow in a good light blinded him to the reality and facts about others.

2) Sacrificing his marriage with Brook Lynn

Despite a loving bond, Chase walked out on his wife | Image: ABC

Brook Lynn Quartermaine (Amanda Setton) has seen right through Willow and even tried to frame her for a non-crime Brook Lynn is now being blamed for. However, BLQ came clean to her husband and expressed her fear of losing Chase to Willow. While assuring his wife about his commitment towards her and their adoptive daughter, Phoebe, Chase continued to rush to Willow's needs, putting his marriage at stake.

After the recent disclosure of Brook Lynn's secret of being another driver on Route 91, Chase visited Willow to lament and even told Willow that his wife had framed him. Moreover, Chase told his colleague to close the case of the accident, declaring that his wife was "the other driver". He did not hesitate to taint his wife or destroy his marriage.

3) Double standards in loyalty

Chase has misplaced trust and loyalties | Image: ABC

In a unique double standard in morality, Chase stepped up to help Willow when she was charged with shooting Drew. He ran a parallel investigation jeopardizing his career and got demoted. Despite that, he continued to believe in Willow's innocence. While Chase was ready to break the rules to help Willow, he did not hesitate to walk out on Brook Lynn.

When Willow cheated on him and later on Michael, Chase was quick to forgive her. However, when BLQ admitted to keeping her presence on Route 91 a secret from him, Chase declared that he could not stand to look at her and ran to Willow. As such, he probably has a poor judge of character as a cop, since he trusts criminal Willow but turns on Brook Lynn, the most loyal partner he’s ever ha

4) Unresolved "Boy Scout" crisis trap

Chase has lost his father, and is separated from his brother and niece | Image: ABC

Longtime General Hospital viewers have known Harrison Chase as the upright, honest and competent golden boy, who remained the good guy despite many personal tragedies. He lost his father and witnessed the alcoholism, and eventual breakdown, of his elder brother, Dr. Hamilton Finn (Michael Easton). This likely left him feeling the injustice of good people suffering in life.

After Finn left town and his daughter followed, Chase possibly coped by changing his view and approach towards life. Instead, he decided to follow his own opinions and not the truth staring him in the face. This placed him in a trap of his own beliefs versus what everyone else believes.

5) Ego, self-pity, and blame game complexes

Ego drove Chase to blame Michael and others | Image: ABC

Chase does not always heed what others tell him and falls prey to his own ego. When everyone believed that Willow shot Drew, he continued to insist she was innocent. However, he did not hesitate to alienate his wife for a non-crime crime. After his medical diagnosis of infertility, instead of leaning on his supportive wife, a frustrated Chase channelled his self-pity into arrogance.

Willow cheated on Chase when he was in a wheelchair. However, instead of blaming her, Chase subconsciously piled the blame on Michael. In the recent times, Chase has been focused on treating his nemesis as the villain vitimizing poor, precious Willow. He failed to notice his shortcomings as a devoted husband, an aspiring adoptive father and as an officer. On the contrary, framing Michael as the root of all evil helped Chase continue to play the tragic hero.