‘I’m Not Gonna Shoot Ya, Just Pistol-Whip Ya a Little’

After Michael tries to finish what Jason started by beating the living daylights out of Drew, he is

issued a Get Into Jail Free card. And that is one return trip that the ex-con never wanted to make

‘Bold Move, Showing Up at Your Own Funeral’

Not thinking rationally enough to consider the kids, Michael seeks revenge on Drew and Willow by faking his own death and framing the illicit lovers for the crime that no one committed.

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‘I Only *Look* Like a Junior Executive’

Though he slept with Sasha behind his wife’s back, Michael will find himself so disgusted by adulterers Willow and Drew that he goes abroad to oversee ELQ’s international division. Surely, it has one, right?

‘Tell ’Em Mike Sent Ya’

Recalling how Sonny found peace in Nixon Falls, Michael moves there without telling anyone but his father. When the opportunity to start a new life presents itself, he takes it — and the new love that goes with it.

‘Uh, Jason, You Can Have Your Bike Back Now’

Michael could join the long list of Port Charles residents who now call the grave home. That certainly doesn’t mean that he couldn’t move back into the mansion down the line; nobody on this show ever stays dead!

‘Babe, I’m Rethinking Throwing in the Towel’

With his life in Port Charles in tatters, Michael reaches out to old flame Starr — and then jets off to Los Angeles to see if their warm feelings for one another might be reheated.

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‘Maybe I’m a Baker, I *Do* Like Rolling in Dough’

Following in the footsteps of grandpa Alan, Michael could be struck with a freak case of amnesia that would allow him to begin a new life far from Port Charles… but with an inexplicable yen to visit.

‘Anybody Home?’

Catching a glimpse of someone who bears a striking resemblance to brother Morgan, Michael tells his loved ones he’s going on a business trip when really he’s setting out to learn whether maybe his ill-fated sibling still has a pulse.

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‘The Other Side of Town Can’t Hold a Candle to This!’

‘You’re My Grandson, So No! No Per Diem!’

When Monica needs help sealing a deal for General Hospital out of town, she calls in Michael, who is only too eager to get away from Port Charles, his two-timing wife and that damn Elmo song Amelia loves.

‘Follow Your Heart, They Said… It’ll Be Fun, They Said’

When Michael spots a dead ringer for late love Abby, he follows her, only to be grabbed by unknown assailants. Shortly, his family receives a note “from him” saying he’s skipped town to get his head together.

‘Gosh, You’re Taking This a Lot Harder Than I Am’

Pulling a Sonny on Willow, Michael sues for full custody of Amelia. When Drew’s money and influence win her the case, Michael takes the kids and a couple of nannies and goes on the run.

‘Hey, the Alley’s Good Enough for Oscar the Grouch’

Ashamed of what he did with Sasha and furious about what Willow did with Drew, Michael could go on an endless bender, chucking the business suits and cellphone to sneak around in the shadows with Port Charles’ lowlifes.

‘There Are Other Fish in the Sea’

Boss Frank Valentini said that there were no plans to recast Michael “at this time.” But if things change later, temp Robert Adamson, Bold & Beautiful vet Darin Brooks or Days of Our Lives’ Jay Kenneth Johnson could take over.

‘Well… She Feels *Sorta* Alive’

When Michael intercepts a message meant for mom Carly, he’s shocked by the implication that Nelle still walks among the living. Determined to protect his family, he sets off to find out if his treacherous ex hasn’t gone to hell after all.

‘I Say, Old Chap, Your Sideburns Are On Fleek’

Seeing as General Hospital has cryogenically frozen people, trotted out a weather machine and given us Casey the Alien, Michael could be transported through time Dark Shadows style.

‘It’s Not *Marked* Exit, But… ’

Michael could simply… vanish. No explanation whatsoever. His family would frantically search for him. Suspicion would fall on Drew. But we wouldn’t find out why he disappeared until the day he turned back up.