It was announced in October, 2009 daytime newcomer, Julie Mond, was cast in the role of Lisa Niles, the ex-girlfriend of Patrick Drake.
He showed the reel on my website to the executive producer Jill Farren Phelps and to the head writer Bob and they really liked what I had done.
[9] This slowly evolved into Lisa seducing Patrick, which received the attention of several media outlets, including TV Guide.
[10] Head writer at the time, Robert Guza said of the direction the storyline was going in, "Lisa is going to get very obsessive with Patrick and we will go into a Fatal Attraction story.
"[12] She also said of the opportunity to play Lisa as more of a villain, "But when I originally signed on, what I was so excited about and why I decided to take the role in the first place was because it was a Fatal Attraction storyline.
When Robin leaves town to take her daughter Emma to visit her mother, Anna Devane in London, Patrick helps Lisa move into her new apartment.
Spending time with Patrick brings back old feelings, which at first she is subtle about and continues to act friendly towards Robin.
Lisa later begins dating Steven Webber, which causes Patrick to act out in jealousy on a few occasions.
Perceiving this message as a threat to her child, Robin punches Lisa at the hospital, which prompts her suspension.
When the cops arrive, they find no proof, but Steve puts her on probation and the hearing to fire Robin is canceled.
Eventually, Johnny sets up a treasure hunt, leaving several clues for Lisa and Robin to find the syringe.
She befriends Kristina Davis, Emma's new babysitter and gives her hydrocodone pills, which she passes off as herbal supplements.
While Kristina is passed out babysitting, Lisa bugs the house, steals Patrick's credit card to make romantic purchases with, and takes pictures of their basement while researching home gas leaks.
Ethan Lovett recognizes Kristina's pills as hydrocodone and informs Johnny, who warns Patrick.
Lisa seemingly causes a gas leak and locks Robin in the basement, planning to frame Patrick for the murder.
Mac arrests Lisa for attempted murder and it is revealed that Robin and Patrick were onto the plan and staged the set up.
Patrick turned off the gas from outside while Robin recorded all of Lisa's threats and confessions on her cell phone.
In June, Lisa invades General Hospital with a loaded gun takes Robin, Maxie, Patrick, and Steve hostage.
When Maxie continues to back talk to her, Lisa pulls the trigger but Spinelli jumps in and takes the bullet.
As everyone scrambles to rush Spinelli to an operating room, Lisa recovers and holds a syringe full of drain cleaner to Robin's throat.
In the ensuing struggle, Lisa accidentally sticks herself with the syringe and slips into a coma, with the doctors uncertain if she will ever come out of it.
On September 15, 2011, Anthony is seen with a woman, who is lying in a hospital bed, and next to her on the table is a patient's folder with the name "Lisa Niles" and an ID number on it.
In early-mid October, Lisa stabs Anthony with a nail, knocks out an Unnamed Nurse at GH/First Mate Briggs on the yacht, injects Johnny with an unknown substance, chloroforms: Elizabeth (also threw her overboard), Patrick and Robin.
Maxie confesses to killing Lisa in March 2012 to punish herself for accidentally causing Robin's death.
The author of the feature, Alan Donahue said of her in comparison to General Hospital's other antagonists, "Starring alongside other villains like Franco and Anthony Zacchara, Lisa may have proved she is the craziest of all.
"[23] Sara A. Bibel of Xfinity was complimentary of the plot line in which Lisa enlists her ex-boyfriend Terrell Jackson to seduce Robin away from Patrick, comparing it to fan favorite storylines of the mid 1990s.
[25] Several critics found it tasteless of the series to use HIV as a weapon, and thought it was contradictory of the positive portrayal of Robin living a healthy life with the virus for several years.