Jonathan Jackson Spills Deets On His ‘Mind-Boggling’ Return as General Hospital’s Lucky

When news broke that Jonathan Jackson was returning to General Hospital as Lucky, folks excitedly began begging for details… which were few and far between. Now, it turns out that he’ll be back on our screens on Friday, August 23… and this won’t just be a quick-hit visit!

“When I came back in 2015,” he tells TV Insider, “that was just for a few episodes” to help facilitate the exit of his TV-dad, Tony Geary (ex-Luke). “This is back in a substantial, real way, which I’m excited about.”

So what has Lucky been up to since last we caught up with the much-missed son of Luke and Laura? “Well, he’s been away for almost a decade,” teases the actor, “so I would say that the reasons for him being away and what he’s been up to are revealed. He hasn’t just been sitting in an apartment writing his novel. He’s been up to stuff!”

So what was it like being back on set? “I have a great deal of respect for the show and for everyone involved,” he says. As for the amount of material that they manage to crank through on a daily basis? That, he says, “is just mind-boggling! So I’m just very focused, and I want to try to do the best work that I can.”

Perhaps not surprisingly, especially to those of us who’ve heard rumors of Lucky’s metaphorical resurrection for years, Jackson’s return has been in the work for ages. “It was one of those things that almost happened a few other times over the last however many years,” he says, explaining that he’d had conversations with executive producer Frank Valentini at various points. “It just never quite made sense for any of us. This time around, thankfully, it all lined up!”