The history of the two characters, Jason Morgan and Elizabeth Webber,
is the major factor in the love for them to be a couple. The chemistry that the
characters have on screen is explosive. As for Steve Burton
and Rebecca Herbst, they do a wonderful job portraying these two
characters with the scripts that are given to them.
Now on to the history.


August 27, 1999 Read the transcript here
  Elizabeth Webber overwhelmed with grief over the "death" of her first love, Lucky Spencer,
Elizabeth got all dressed up for a night of relief. She headed over to the local bar Jake's
looking to forget her pain for just a little while. Elizabeth found trouble in the form of an
overly aggressive customer. Jason noticing she was in over her head, showed up to rescue her.
Instead of Elizabeth being thankful for the help, turned her pain and anger on Jason. He soon got
her to open up and the two bonded over the losses they both have had in their lives. From that
night on, Jason and Elizabeth had formed a close friendship.
  Over the next few months, Jason would take Elizabeth for rides on his motorcycle. They were
there for each other when ever one of them needed to talk. When Jason was upset from not
being able to see Michael, Elizabeth was there for him, to just listen. Jason was always there
for her when she missed Lucky. Their friendship did not go unnoticed by Carly, Jason's long time
friend, former lover, and mother to Michael.
November 30, 1999 Read the transcript here
  On this night, all their lives were changed forever. Jason had gone to Kelly's when Elizabeth
was closing. That night she was having a really hard time dealing with the memories of Lucky.
She asked Jason to dance with her to see if it would bring back the feelings of dancing with Lucky.
While they were dancing, a very jealous Carly was looking through the window's at them.
Misinterpreting the scene, Carly went to confront Sonny, Jason's best friend and employer,
about the relationship between Elizabeth and Jason.

After an argument, Carly and Sonny ended up in bed together. While this was going on, Jason
had gone to a meeting in Sonny's place with rivals of his. The meeting took a wrong turn and
Jason ended up getting shot. Afterwards, Jason returns to the penthouse only to find that his
best friend has slept with Carly. Feeling betrayed, Jason runds off and winds out passing out
in the snow near the boxcar.
December 2, 1999 Read the transcript here
  Elizabeth finds Jason in the snow. She gets him into the boxcar and goes to get him help.
Jason refuses help from Sonny. Without any hesitation and any questions, Elizabeth moves him to
her studio. Once there, Elizabeth began nursing Jason back to health with help from Bobbie and
and interuptions from Carly.

After a couple of weeks of Elizabeth keeping a recovering Jason in the studio people learned of his
whereabouts. Even though everyone kept giving Elizabeth warnings about Jason and his dangerous life,
she would not give up on their friendship.

When Nikolas saw them in the studio together, he attacked Jason. Elizabeth led Nikolas to believe
Jason and her were sleeping together so he would leave Jason alone.
December 24, 1999Read the Transcript here.
  At the annual General Hospital's Christmas Party Nikolas got into a shoving match with Jason
in front of half the citizens of Port Charles and shouted out his rage that Jason and Elizabeth were
sleeping together. Jason decided he was going to move out of the studio to protect Elizabeth from
anymore pain caused by him.

Even though Jason moved out, they continued their friendship. Certain enemies had taken note of how
close Jason and Elizabeth were and decided to use this to their advantage and placed a bomb in the
studio. Fortunately, Jason noticed somebody watching the studio and with the help of Roy Delucca got
Elizabeth out of the studio and defused the bomb. This brough Jason's fears foward and he told Elizabeth
that they could no longer be friends. Elizabeth wouldn't take no for an answer and convinced him to
keep their friendship.
January 17, 2000Read the Transcript here
  Desperate to protect everyone he cared about from danger, Jason decided to leave town. After
a tearful goodbye and a kiss on the forehead, Jason road out of town leaving his life behind him.

Jason returned in the fall of 2000 to help his friends and aid in the rescue of his sister Emily
who had been kidnapped by Zander Smith. Jason and Elizabeth rekindled their special friendship.
He helped her refocus her attention and forget her problems with the strange behavior of Lucky,
who it turned out was not dead, but taken hostage by family enemies. After Emily was safe, Jason left
Port Charles again.
January 30, 2001Read the Transcript here
  Jason swoops back into town when he learned Sonny was in trouble. Going to Elizabeth's studio
to see her and ask a favor. He asked her if he could stay in her studio and if she would not tell
anyone that he was there. Elizabeth felt guilty about lying to Lucky, but agreed to help Jason and
keep his secret.

On Valentine's day, Jason and Elizabeth exchanged gifts, as Sorel's men torched the warehouse. A
terrified Elizabeth watched as Jason ran into the burning building. The horror of loosing Jason
in the fire was gone from her face when Jason and Sonny emerged from the building. Relieved that
Jason was okay but unable to speak to him because Lucky was there, she allowed Lucky to take her home.

Unable to keep the secret from Lucky any more, Elizabeth confessed that she knew Jason was in town
before the fire. In anger, he wanted Elizabeth to end her friendship with Jason. She tried her best
to stay away but kept finding herself lead to the comfort and understanding of Jason.
March 12, 2001Read the Transcript here
  After reliving the horror of her rape being in front of the camera at the photo shoot for
the Face of Deception, Elizabeth couldn't stand it anymore. Fustrated and confused she turned
to Jason, the only one who would be able to comfort her and persuade her to follow her heart.
Their feelings for each other were becoming too much to bear, and they almost kissed in his
at Jake's, while Lucky was out desperately trying to find Elizabeth.

Lucky had learned that Elizabeth was sneaking around to see Jason. In his anger and under the
control of Helena, Lucky attacked Jason with a knife. Elizabeth seeing Jason beating Lucky
accused him of starting it for no reason. Elizabeth out of fear and not trusting herself told Jason
she never wanted to see him again. Jason agreed to stay away from her, but promised
her he would never turn her away if she came to him
April 18, 2001Read the Transcript here
  After a talk with an upset Emily about Jason. Elizabeth came to a realization that she felt
something for Jason. Elizabeth ran into Jason in the park and admitted that they both wanted more
than a friendship with each other. Unfortunately Lucky was still under the control of Helena and
to unstable for Elizabeth to turn her back on, she was torn between following her heart and doing
what was expected of her. Elizabeth admitted to Lucky that she had feelings for Jason. Lucky stormed
out in a rampage to seek out Jason and confront him. Lucky found Jason and attacked him yet again.
Elizabeth came upon Lucky on the ground and accused Jason of attacking him yet again, but Carly was
quick to jump in and come to the defense of Jason.
April 23, 2001Read the Transcript here
  Realizing that there was something definately wrong with Lucky, Elizabeth felt obligated to
stand by him and deny any feelings she has for Jason. Having been on the recieving end of Lucky's anger
twice, Jason was worried about Elizabeth's safety. Jason asked her to leave with him this time. Elizabeth
told him she wanted to stay with Lucky because he needed her. After a very emotional goodbye Elizabeth walked
away from him. The situation with Sonny and Sorel was becoming even more dangerous, forcing Jason to leave
Port Charles once again.
May 2002Jason walks through the doors of Kelly's again and back into Elizabeth's life.


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