Now that hitman and mob enforcer extraordinaire Jason Morgan is back on General Hospital and in Port Charles, Dex Heller is no longer needed on Sonny's side of the law. To that end, the writers have ostracized him from Sonny's organization, ended his relationship with Josslyn, and set him on a new path of fighting crime rather than committing crimes. The change has come as Evan Hofer enters his third year in the role, and he has some thoughts about the new direction his character is about to take.
When Josslyn broke up with Dex, it came as a bit of a surprise to both Dex and the audience because her reasons were a bit bewildering. She learned that Dex, in his position as a mob hitman, was willing to actually perform a hit and kill a man. If Sonny hadn't stopped him, Dex would have done it. Even Hofer believed Joss's reaction to this news came out of left field.
"I think there was certainly a part of him that thought, it's kind of an obvious part of the job, right? And she's been part of Sonny's world for so long. She knows this stuff goes on," Hofer told Soap Opera Digest. "I think it was, it was different for it to be him, to be Dex, to be the one to do. It is a much different proposition suddenly because there's this soft, caring side with her that nobody else really gets to see. And then suddenly, he's out here, about to kill an old man for Sonny. That side of him, she doesn't see."
By the time Josslyn learned the truth, Dex had already left town once and was ready to leave again, mainly to save himself from Sonny's wrath after his cover as Michael's informant was blown.
"I almost think his leaving was almost a way of him avoiding her ever having to see him in this light," Hofer said. "But I know he didn't want it to end that way because he still has so much love and is still in love with Josslyn. So then I think he was blindsided in all of that coming out that way. You know, after Nina blows everything up."
This week, Dex is set to tell Josslyn about his career change. Anna decided to make him a member of the PCPD. A job as a cop would be a change of pace for Dex after two years in Sonny's world, but Hofer thinks Dex will make a better law enforcer rather than law breaker.
"He's fiercely loyal. He'll do anything for the people he cares about," Hofer explained. "And I think with the proper guidance that, hopefully, Commissioner Devane can give him, if he can be steered in the right direction, I feel like there's nothing he can't accomplish. And he'll put himself on the line for anybody that he cared about."
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