Port Charles is watching Drew Cain with wary eyes these days — the once-steadfast hero has become someone darker, shakier, and more unsettling.

What looks like a descent into villainy may carry an even more chilling explanation: Faison’s old brainwashing regime may still be pulling the strings behind the scenes.

Drew’s shift didn’t happen overnight.

The man who once stood tall as a Navy SEAL, loyal and brave, now acts in ways that terrify his closest allies. His outbursts, his cold detachment — hint that this isn’t just disillusionment, but a deeper fracture in his psyche. His sudden alignment with agendas that seem uncharacteristic, even dangerous, suggests someone else’s influence. Could it be that Faison’s legacy of psychological manipulation lives on through Drew?

Clues are sprinkled throughout: a mysterious “C” signature on a note concerning Britt’s medicine, odd behavior when reminders of his past resurface, and whispers of hidden triggers. All of this points to a mind altered, not by choice, but by design. Perhaps Faison never truly left — or his techniques were passed to someone with access. Either way, Drew’s agency seems compromised, and the consequences are terrifying.

Beyond the mystery lies the real tragedy: Britt and Liesl now find themselves in impossible roles. Britt wrestles with guilt — did she miss signs, or worse, enable this transformation? Liesl, discovering her son’s resurrection, must also wrestle with a version of him she never expected. In trying to reclaim Nathan, she faces a stranger in Drew.

The week ahead promises confrontation — not just physical, but psychological and moral. Drew must face his past, Britt must decide whether she’ll break her silence, and Liesl will question how well she ever knew her children. When mind control blurs with identity, the tug between who you were and who you’ve become makes for a volatile battlefield — and Drew is now standing at its edge.