'There's so much left to unfold' — General Hospital writers tease what comes next after the Willow reveal

General Hospital fans have their answer. Willow was the one who shot Drew, which is what many have suspected all along. From the moment Drew was shot, Soap Central had predicted Willow would turn out to be the culprit because who would have more motivation to want this man dead than the woman whose life he ruined. But now that we have our answer, what comes next?

How it all came together on General Hospital

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Although we had predicted a 'Who Shot Drew?' mystery a year ago, the General Hospital writers didn't solidify the plan until the spring of 2025, moving full-speed ahead into the summer to gather a list of possible suspects.

By the time we saw someone pump bullets into Drew's (Cameron Mathison) back, almost everyone in Port Charles had a motive to want Drew dead, but nobody moreso than Willow (Katelyn MacMullen). Headwriters Elizabeth Korte and Chris van Etten knew this, as she was slated to be the shooter long before Drew was shot.

"I think Elizabeth was the first one to say it, and I completely agreed," Van Etten told Soap Opera Digest. "When she said it, I was like, 'Absolutely.' To me, this was the culmination of a snowball effect on Willow. One thing after another was building to this moment where she finally opened her eyes and found herself in a pit of her own making, and had to act to get out of it. And the best way that she could assert herself, to protect herself and begin to get back what she had lost in the course of her relationship with Drew, was to target him."

In the end, it was Willow's ringtone for Wiley that clued Kai and Trina into the fact that the person standing trial was also the culprit, a rarity on soaps.

"Virtually from the very start, we wanted there to be one clue that would eventually lead back to Willow," Van Etten said. "I paid attention, and early on, only a few people even caught that sound and wondered if it meant anything. And then as weeks and months went by, people began to circle back to it. So I was very happy that that one thing [was something] only some people noticed, but it was there!"

Where do Willow and GH go from here?

Whether Willow will be acquitted or not still remains a mystery; this story is far from over. Multiple beats still need to be played out, including what Alexis (Nancy Lee Grahn) will do when she learns her client is indeed guilty. Kai (Jens Austin Astrup) and Trina's (Tabyana Ali) revelation leaves Alexis in quite a pickle.

"There is so much left to unfold," Van Etten admitted. "Revealing who shot Drew is, I think, the end of chapter one or chapter two, depending on how you’re constructing it. What happens as a result of Trina and Kai making this realization is going to cause huge drama for the people who have been involved in this trial or anyone who has been implicated — and that’s barely even the beginning."

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