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?
