Goodbye Luke Spencer

It was the biggest wedding ever and it wasn't even "real". Back in the 80's, the wedding of Luke and Laura made ratings history and today Luke Spencer had his final scene on General Hospital.

Did it live up to all the hype? For the last several weeks viewers have been teased with the return of much-loved characters like Lucky and Ethan (played by their original portrayers) after the announcement that Tony Geary was giving up the role that made him famous. For long-time viewers who suffered through the Fluke storyline it didn't come as a big surprise that he was finally walking away from Luke. Word is that it was Tony Geary's insistence that they give him something interesting to work with that brought us the too-long story of is Luke really Luke and all the outrageousness that went along with it.

It was nice to see Laura and Luke team back up again in order to save their son Lucky although Holly and Nathan's return was not much more than a cameo appearance. Luke's final scenes with sister Barbara Jean (Bobbie) didn't seem to have a whole lot of feeling in comparison to Luke's scenes with Lucky when they returned Elizabeth's son Jake to her.

Maybe it is just the chemistry between Jonathan Jackson (Lucky) and Geary is much stronger but Luke and Lucky's scenes reminded me of why I even liked Luke.

Today Luke made his abrupt leave and after saying goodbye to Sonny his daughter Lulu rushed to say her goodbyes. Was Luke really going to leave again and not say goodbye to his daughter?

After the debacle of the Fluke storyline it was a stretch for the writers to make Luke's exit something anyone would shed a tear over. Maybe that is why they decided to resurrect little Jake since 5 years ago it was a drunken Luke who was responsible for the hit and run that killed his own son's son. (step-son that is)

Maybe it was all the fan backlash from that awful Fluke storyline that made Tony Geary say "enough I am just going to go off to Amsterdam and leave Luke behind me forever"...I don't know. I read where Anthony Geary realized recently that his obituary might say that he was known as Luke of Luke and Laura fame. He seems to be regretful of that. The character of Luke brought a lot of happiness to people and sometimes some anger. Don't actors want to be remembered for the roles they play?

This past year has been more fun on GH with the return of "old" fan favorites. The storylines have been difficult to stomach and some of the newer characters are a bore. Daytime dramas are so eighties and today is the end of an era. I'm sorry if Tony Geary will only be remembered for his part but back in the day, Luke and Laura were one of the most exciting couples on daytime. There was a lot of competition back then and they stood out. It's nothing to be ashamed of.

I don't have much more to say about the end of Luke. The era was over a long time ago. Writers failed to give us anything tear-worthy as we said goodbye to Luke. (except of course Elizabeth's face when she saw her son Jake). What did you think of Luke's final episode?

Silus Warns Morgan

Denise scolds Julian for giving up the family business.

Kiki goes to Michael to plead Denise's case and Michael agrees to talk to Sonny about allowing her to visit Avery.

Sonny proposes to a stunned Carly and she accepts.

Rick goes forward with his and Madeline's plan to make Nina think she is going crazy.

Silus tells Morgan he is aware of his cheating with Denise and warns him to stop.

Franco goes to see Ava and Julian is disgusted that she and Franco are a pair.

Coming: How much longer will people closest to Ava not realize that Denise is Ava in disguise?

Will Nina catch on that Rick is playing her or will he succeed in having her committed?

How will people react to little Jake's return?

Will Jason/Jake's memories continue?

Can Dante and Lulu move on or will something happen that will end their marriage for good (like Valerie being pregnant?)

What will Lucky do with the secret Nikolas told him?

Lucky Learns a Secret But Will He Share It?

After she catches Dante calling Valerie, Lulu has trouble with the idea that Dante and Valerie work together.

Luke finds Tracy in bed with Paul.

Luke tells Tracy why he lied to her but she tells him she cannot have him back in her life.

Dylan tells his father that Luke wants his mother back and is unhappy when he tells him that he and Tracy slept together.

Elizabeth explains to Jake how Lucky found her son and brought him back to her.

"Jake" has memories of being Jason.

Elizabeth seems like she is going to tell "Jake" the truth but then instead enjoys seeing him bond with Jake.

Nikolas tells Lucky about Jason and Lucky gets angry that he and Elizabeth are keeping him from his life and loved ones.

Nikolas makes Lucky see that if he cannot be with Elizabeth and raise their boys, Jason can and will even though he doesn't know who he is.

Luke vows to not give up on getting Tracy back.

Elizabeth Gets the Best Gift Ever

Lucky breaks the news to Elizabeth and she is reunited with her son Jake.

Elizabeth feels guilty when Luke reminds her that people don't often get second chances.

Luke encourages Lucky to continue to fight his demons and promises him to be there for him if needed.

Laura goes to see Nikolas to tell him about her adventure.

Patrick tells Sam about Hayden's changing condition and she tells him about Hayden's connection to Nikolas.

Jake goes to see Michael but instead spends time with Monica who reminisces about Jason.

After Elizabeth settles in with Jake, Luke takes off to find Tracy.

Lucky tells Elizabeth he doesn't know what his plans are but he needs to go see his mother and winds up at Windemere.

Dante only confesses to kissing Valerie and keeps the whole truth a secret between him and Valerie.

Jordan warns Valerie that she cannot have workplace drama going on and tells her she needs to put it aside and move on.

Lulu tells Dante she wants to forget the last few weeks and just go forward with their life together not knowing what her husband is really guilty of.

Jake goes to Elizabeth's to find her son Jake there.

Coming: Will the guilt Elizabeth feels be enough to tell Jake the truth about who he is? Will Nikolas confess the truth to his mother about Jason? What excuse will Lucky give to leave his family again?

What Happened on GH?

We are winding down to Tony Geary's final days as Luke Spencer and GH is trying to cram in as many reunions as possible.

Last week we saw Luke confront Helena Cassadine who has been holding little Jake since the drunk driving accident that everyone thought killed Elizabeth's little boy. Helena did this as an act of punishment to Luke and his family and as she explained it, she no longer feels the need to punish Luke as Nikolas has finally become the Cassadine he was meant to be.

Did Nikolas know about Jake all this time? If he did, that is really horrible given his relationship with Elizabeth.

Lucky, Laura, Luke and Jake all headed back to Port Charles with the intention of reuniting Elizabeth with her son.

Meanwhile Elizabeth continued to struggle with keeping the truth from Jason/Jake as he teamed up with Sam in order to regain ELQ from Nikolas.

Sam felt she had no choice but to keep her new alliance from Patrick who would surely tell Elizabeth.

Brad continued to push off planning his wedding to Lucas and made excuses about his family.

Carly slipped and told Lulu about Dante kissing Valerie.

Dante made peace with Dylan after learning the truth about Lulu's trip with him.

Valerie told Dante she would keep their secret but told him that Lulu was wrong to lie to him.

Dylan's father came to town much to Tracy's annoyance.

Monica returned home and Dylan filled her in on what happened while she was gone.

Carly asked Elizabeth for her support as she awaited Joss' cancer test results.

Carly later felt guilty for making Elizabeth re-live losing Jake.

COMING:

Elizabeth receives shocking news. Will this make her come clean about Jason? Valerie and Dante's secret will be hard to keep. Will Tracy accept Luke's apology?

Lucky Makes a Shocking Claim

Lucky saves his family from Frank Smith and his men.

Dante receives a call from Leslie which confirms his suspicions about Lulu.

Silas feels sad when he sees Patrick, Sam and Danny at the park enjoying the Fourth of July festivities.

Elizabeth continues to lie to Jake about who he is but is distracting with worry about not being able to contact Lucky.

Sam and Jake agree to keep it a secret that they are working together to get back ELQ.

Dante has too much to drink and winds up in bed with Valerie.

Lulu is anxious to get home to Dante and explain why she took off the way she did.

Ava confesses the whole truth to a stunned Franco and then tells him that he will keep her secret because she will help him get Nina back.

Nina and Silas run into each other at the fireworks and they discuss their past and futures.

Nina notices Silas' annoyance when she tells him that Franco and "Denise" are an item.

Before Frank Smith (finally) dies, he tells Luke that Lucky was "in" on his own kidnapping.

Lucky tells Luke and Laura that he had to play along with Frank to keep Jake safe.

Luke and Laura are shocked by Lucky's revelation that Jake is still alive.

In a most shocking turn of events, Lucky reveals that Jake is still alive. HOW can that be? We saw Jake die on the operating table. Elizabeth agreed to donate an organ to Josslyn to save her life. This week Carly will take Josslyn for a check-up for her cancer and the results will point to the shocking possibility that Jake really IS still alive. This new turn of events is beyond ridiculous. Hopefully it will mean that either Jake remembers he is Jason or Elizabeth feels overwhelmed by her guilt and lets Jason regain his rightful place with Sam and Danny. What do you think about this? Personally I remember sobbing while watching the death of Elizabeth and Jason's beautiful little boy. Hard to believe it didn't happen.