Soap Opera
‘General Hospital’ Stuns Fans With Wes Ramsey’s Return as Peter August
‘General Hospital’ fans react as Wes Ramsey returns as Peter August in a shocking July 2, 2026, episode twist, raising questions about Anna Devanes’ mental state.
General Hospital fans got the ride of a lifetime on the Thursday, July 2, 2026, episode. From the tense scene in Ava’s (Maura West) gallery and the fight in Wyndemere’s living room to the shootout on the docks and a helicopter landing in the nick of time, the surprises just kept coming. But perhaps nothing was more surprising than the appearance of Peter August in the last moments of the show.
Wes Ramsey Brings Peter Back
This marks Wes Ramsey‘s second surprise appearance this year, and his third return to soaps as he reprised the role of Owen Kent on Days of our Lives, as well. The last time we saw him, Anna (Finola Hughes) also hallucinated the nephew she allowed to die back in 2022. Anna was locked in the Wyndemere sub-basement and believed that Peter had returned to her. Within days, Anna was moved to France, where she turned up in a mental hospital and has been languishing there ever since.
Anna had just managed to convince her doctor that she wasn’t crazy after all, because she was right that Nathan West was really Cassius Faison (Ryan Paevey) and was told she could go home. As Anna closed the door to her room to settle in for the night, she turned around to find Peter sitting in a chair. He told her she had just put on a masterful performance, indicating that Anna might not be cured.
With Peter being one of the more menacing and hated villains on the 63-year-old soap, fans were surprised, but also less than pleased.
“Omg. Please tell me that Anna is still hallucinating and that rat bastard Peter August is not back from the dead!” one X user wrote.
“Oh no! Anna is still seeing Peter. I repeat we have a Peter August sighting!” another viewer alerted the audience.
“NOT IMAGINARY PETER AUGUST AGAIN?!?!?!” another fan exclaimed.
With Anna heading back to Port Charles not as healthy as her doctors may have believed, fans also have to wonder if Ramsey, who played Peter from 2018 to 2022, will be back haunting Anna for the foreseeable future. If so, Anna Devane’s return story is only just beginning.
