Jason Morgan and Sam McCall (commonly known by their portmanteau "JaSam") are fictional characters and a supercouple from the ABC daytime drama, General Hospital.

Burton confirmed in an interview with TV Guide's Michael Logan that he would exit the series and agreed to stay long enough for the producers to write his character out properly.

"[12] On September 2, 2014, executive producer Frank Valentini announced on Twitter that former All My Children and The Young and the Restless actor Billy Miller would join the cast as Jason.

In 2009, after guest starring on General Hospital, American Idol contestant and tenth place finalist Chikezie Eze, covered the couple's theme song on his YouTube account.

Burton explained the couple's connection to Soap Opera Weekly: During times of high pressure and stress, "the only person who can cool down Jason is, of course, Sam.

Sam visits Jason in prison and breaks up with him, citing his lies and emotional unfaithfulness as her reasons, which began a 2-year breakup.

In Fall 2008, former ABC Daytime president, Brian Frons began hinting that more Sam and Jason interaction would occur in the future, because the audience wanted to see more of that.

They team up again when a man named Joe walked into General Hospital with a bomb strapped to his chest, and demanded that his pregnant wife get treatment after previously being turned away.

While covering up Michael killing Claudia Zacchara (Sarah Joy Brown), Sam and Jason grow closer, admitting their love for each other and apologizing for the past.

They leave for their honeymoon to Hawaii, where Franco drugs them both, locks Jason in a room, and makes him watch while he takes Sam to the bedroom and places her in bed, before turning off the camera.

Her son is switched at birth with Victor Lord III, who was stillborn, by Heather Webber (Robin Mattson) and Todd Manning (Roger Howarth).

Sadly, the night they come home, Jason is shot by Cesar Faison (Anders Hove), and presumed dead when his body isn't found.

Though he wakes up with no memory, he's under Helena Cassadine's (Constance Towers) mind control, and holds Sam hostage while freeing a prisoner.

The intense confrontation later culminates in Jason and Sam making love for the first time in four years, in a scene that was described as racy, intimate and passionate.

Through Franco, they learn that Jason had an identical twin Drew (Andrew) who was separated from him at birth and raised by Betsy Frank until the age of 4 at which time he was sent away for adoption.

Over the following months, they work to free Kristina from dangerous cult leader David Henry Archer (Coby Ryan McLaughlin) aka Shiloh.

Of the couple's separation, General Hospital Co-Head Writer Chris Van Etten said, "Sam and Jason will always love one another, but they are committed to this course of action."

[53] Sam's wedding ring, which formerly belonged to Jason's grandmother, Lila Quartermaine (Anna Lee), also became a best-selling jewelry item and was brought back for consumer purchase due to popular demand.

[56] They represent wedded bliss, harmony, happiness in marriage, people who are "meant to be," success and prosperity, as well as many offspring, and the beginning of a dynastic family.

The dragon, the symbol of strength, can scare off evil spirits, protect the innocent, bless those around him with safety, and bring wealth to those who hold his emblem.

"Jason and Sam’s relationship began as a practical solution to a thorny problem, but their portrayers have created a love story that is richer than any cute, hearts-and-flowers romance.

Soap Opera Digest stated that their mailbag was being dominated by "very vocal" General Hospital fans who wanted to see Jason and Sam reunited.

[67] Also in 2009, the couple's reunion was named one of the Top Nine General Hospital Moments of 2009, in conjunction with the promotion of the Academy Award nominated, musical-romantic film Nine.

During the week of the couple's wedding and reception festivities, according to TV by the Numbers, General Hospital's ratings hit a two-month high in their coveted 'Women 18-49' demo.

[78] The couple has also gained some famous and notable fans; in 2012 Jason and Sam were mentioned in a USA Today interview as being the favorite daytime pairing of New York Times best selling author and romance novelist Carly Phillips.

[79] Daytime Award-winning actress Robin Strasser, who played the iconic Dorian Lord on One Life to Live from 1979 to 2013, is another fan of the pairing and tweeted that Steve and Kelly partnered as few soap greats ever did.

[citation needed] "Was anything on TV this week more heartbreaking than General Hospital‘s Sam realizing her emotional reunion with a presumed-dead Jason was merely a daydream?

[91][93][94] Following more recent scenes between Miller and Monaco, Coryon Gray of TV Source Magazine, described the duo as having "a huge heaping amount of chemistry ... that shoots right off the meters.

Campbell also applauded Miller, Monaco and the writers for their creation of "a new "Jasam" mixed in with the old and the continuation of an epic soap opera love story.

[101] In 2018, ABC.com introduced "The Best of Jason and Sam Collection" on their website, giving fans access to 15 free episodes highlighting the most unforgettable moments from the last 15 years of "JaSam's" love story.