and Williams would be returning to the series for long term stints. Meanwhile, Cornelius Smith Jr. appeared in the role of Quentin on December 12. On January 21, 2008, it confirmed on-screen that Quentin is actually, Frankie, using his middle name as an alias. In March 2008, Smith is upgraded to contract status. Starting in April 2009, Smith is off-screen for several weeks as his storyline takes Frankie back to Iraq. However, then head writer, Charles Pratt, Jr. confirmed that contract negotiations led to Smith's temporary departure and he finally reprises the role on June 5, 2009. Smith last appeared as Frankie in the final episode of All My Children on September 23, 2011. Storylines 1983–91 On October 27, 1983, recently divorced Angie Hubbard (Debbi Morgan) puts her newborn son up for adoption fearing her ex-husband Jesse (Darnell Williams) does not want the baby. However, the couple later reconciles and kidnaps their son from his adoptive family. Jesse and Angie win custody of the child and remarry in late 1983. They soon name their son Franklin Quentin Hubbard, after Jesse's late uncle—Frank Grant. Jesse is killed in 1988 leaving Angie to raise Frankie on her own. After his mother's broken engagement to Cliff Warner, Frankie and his mother relocate to California in 1991. 1993–96 In 1993, Angie and a now teenaged Frankie move to Corinth, Pennsylvania, near Pine Valley. Growing up without Jesse leads to Frankie falling in with the wrong crowd. After a drunken Cooper Alden hits Frankie with his car, Frankie begins blackmailing the wealthy Alden for cash. After Frankie is accused of assault, Cooper pays the man off to keep him quiet. Frankie becomes interest in film and uses it as an outlet for his anger; however, when he accidentally tapes a conversation between Detective Charles Harrison and Cooper's father, Clay, putting Clay in danger. After a brief romance, Charles and Angie marry while Frankie falls for Briana, the daughter of the troubled alcoholic, Lorraine Hawkins. Frankie is very much in love with Briana but she breaks up with him when it is discovered that Charles is actually her long lost father, leaving Frankie devastated. Later, Jesse's doppelganger, Jacob Foster puts a strain on Angie's marriage and she and Charles later divorce. Frankie is admitted to film school moves to New York City with Jacob and Angie. The family settles in the SoHo district of New York