I missed Thursday and only saw the last half of Friday, so maybe they explained this: don’t I remember the Triple L exploding as Luke and Laura went back on the run and headed back to Port Chuck? I do love this anyway; a great way to relive the past glory, as TG exits.

It has to be Cesar Faison!!!! They have to have one final showdown!! Or Helena Cassadine!!!!

Laura did bring up Frank Smith??? How glad she was Luke had done away
with him….. This has to be an old nemesis of Luke’s or a relative of FS…
Sentimental moment between L&L.. Very touching.

WARNING LONG POST

I’m thinking Holly’s appearance has more to do with Ethan than Lucky. In any case, I can’t wait for Laura to share scenes with Holly. Genie Francis mentioned that she enjoyed these scenes as it was finally an opportunity for these two characters to hash out some things. Laura and Holly have not really shared many scenes at all throughout the years as long-time viewers know, just like Laura and Anna have not. Just take a look at the timeline of GH for these characters:

Shortly after Luke and Laura were married, “Ms. Star Eyes” Laura disappeared on the docks kidnapped by David Grey in 1982. Right after this happened, journalist Jackie Templeton (Demi Moore) showed up in town looking for her sister Laura Templeton (Janine Turner). Laura Spencer was presumed dead. Jackie ended up dating Robert. Luke met Holly in ’82 on a camping trip and they hooked up. She set him up as her family was scamming the citizens of PC. She eventually admitted the truth, was kidnapped, and Luke and Robert helped her. After an argument, Luke left and was later assumed to have “died” in an avalanche. Holly then discovered she was pregnant. Robert stepped up and agreed to marry Holly so she would not be deported, but she soon suffered a miscarriage after. Jackie and Robert had ended during this time. They grew closer and Luke, who was being tended to by his therapist and friend Natalie (really Natasha – part of the DVX) eventually returned and found them together…this converging with the Prometheus Disc storyline with Grant Putnam/Grant Andrews, Celia Quartermaine (Holly’s childhood best friend), etc…one of my favorites!

Robert and Holly eventually fell in love and were the new supercouple of GH. Jackie was the one to find Susan Moore (Jason’s mom) murdered and it was initially assumed that Susan’s cousin Heather killed Susan because she believed that Susan was going to turn in Scotty for forgery. Holly was the devoted wife to Robert while they helped to solve the Port Charles murder mystery. Jackie eventually left town with a Russian guy (can’t remember his name).

Then Laura returned in ’83 after being held by the Cassadines (Stavros – Nik’s father) and she and Holly met and shared some brief scenes before she and Luke left town (Luke had been mayor of PC during this time). He resigned and the two left town. The following year, they also shared some limited scenes in late ’84 during the Aztec Princess storyline at Felicia’s grandmother’s ranch (Luke/Laura, Robert/Holly, Frisco/Felicia, Sean Donely etc.) when Robert went to save Luke who was framed for murder and that is when Laura found out she was pregnant with Lucky, but then Luke and Laura were gone again.

Later Anna arrived in town wearing her scar and it was eventually brought to Holly’s attention that she was Robert’s ex-wife who was a double spy who worked for both the WSB and the DVX. Holly and eventually Anna’s younger sister Lindsey had also shared the same nanny growing up who happened to be Faison’s mother, Nanny McTavish. Anna tried to undermine Robert’s and Holly’s marriage much to the dismay of Celia who was overprotective of Holly (she couldn’t stand Anna – I loved those scenes), but eventually accepted them together. Holly and Anna made amends and Holly was to move to Australia in ’85 with Robert after they reconciled over Robert’s ex Anna, but he ended up delaying his departure and staying in town when his unknown daughter Robin arrived. Robert eventually left for Australia to join Holly after the Asian Quarter storyline ended (Brad’s family), but then returned in ’87 after Holly “died”in a plane crash.

During this time, Anna became police commissioner and fell for Duke Lavery who worked for the mob. It was later discovered that his ex Camilla had been involved in the death of Evan Jerome. Anna broke up with Duke and quit her job. She became a PI and teamed up with Robert again after he returned in ’87 with news that Holly “died” in a plane crash. Anna and Duke eventually reunited and married. The real Grant later kidnapped Anna and Robert and Duke helped to save her. Duke made a promise to Julian on his deathbed (faked death) to help Julian’s father Victor legitimize the mob. Julian’s sister Olivia, who was responsible for the supposed death of Julian and wanted to be in charge of the family mob business, fell in love with and was obsessed with Duke and was later responsible for Anna losing her unborn child. Victor later died after Lucy rejected him and he choked to death on a necklace he had made for her. Julian set up Olivia for Duke’s death and when she found out, he killed her. Jonathan Paget would show up in town and eventually was assumed to be Duke. He would eventually die in a shootout with Julian who was also “killed”. Robert and Anna would eventually fall in love again.

Holly would return in ’92 after Robert and Anna had remarried and let Robert know she had been in a car accident and in coma for about 2 years. This worried Anna, but Holly, selflessly believing that Robert had moved on with his life, tried not to come between Robert and Anna. Shortly thereafter, Anna had been kidnapped. Robert and Anna were then presumed dead along with Faison in a boat explosion. Holly mourned Robert and with Mac, helped to console Robin and she eventually hooked up with Luke’s look-alike cousin Bill Eckert after his failed relationship with Julia Barrett (Brenda’s sister). Holly eventually broke it off with Bill and left town. Bill was later shot and killed when mistaken for Luke by Frank Smith’s henchman and he died in Luke’s arms. At this point, Luke and Laura had returned to PC to join Lucky who had already returned and found Ruby after they had spent time in British Columbia at the Triple L Diner, but fled after being discovered by the Smith organization. Laura would eventually give birth to Lulu, who wound up needing a bone-marrow transplant which resulted in Laura summoning Stefan Cassadine to bring her son Nicholas to town (Alexis also came with) which caused a rift between her and Luke.

Faison would later show up alive in Corinth, PA (Loving) in 1993 which gave hope to fans that Robert and Anna would also turn up alive. Faison reappeared in Switzerland in 1999 under an alias who had been in cahoots with Luke for years and eventually (along with Helena) kidnapped Lucky and made everyone believe Lucky was dead. Faison was again eventually presumed dead in another boat explosion orchestrated by Helena.

The presumed-dead, but very much alive and critically ill Anna would reappear in Pine Valley (All My Children) in 2001 after her twin sister Alex was summoned to a cabin where a man named Bart was taking care of her after rescuing her years before. She eventually regained her memory, spy skills, and married David and reunited with Robin, but left David after she suffered a miscarriage and could no longer deal with his manipulations. She eventually left to join Robin in Paris.

Also by 2001, Luke and Laura had already been estranged due to a few things. Laura’s confession in the 90’s that she had given birth to Nicholas, Luke’s continuous involvement in the mob, Laura’s murder trial for supposedly killing Damian Smith, the revelation that Laura and Stefan had been lovers, the supposed death of Lucky, as well as Felicia’s testimony during Stefan’s murder trial that she slept with Luke led to the demise of the star-struck couple. That year, they officially divorced. Laura later put her renewed relationship with Scotty on hold and confessed her love for Luke again. Later, they decided to remarry and after a situation with Jennifer Smith (Luke’s ex), they began to prepare to be remarried. This is when Laura began discovering hidden memories while Felicia helped her find her old wedding dress in the Webber attic. On the eve of her wedding, Laura discovered that she had killed Rick Webber’s former love in that same attic many years before which Scotty and Rick had covered up. During the realization, she accidentally killed Rick during a scuttle and had a breakdown. By 2002, Laura deteriorated and she eventually ended up in Shadybrook. Luke eventually established a relationship with Skye and then Tracy (they eventually married).

In 2006, Robert, who had been presumed dead, returned to Port Charles alongside Luke who had come into contact with a deadly virus. Holly would not return again to Port Charles until 2006 as well when she held the antidote for the deadly encephalitis virus and demanded a ransom for it. Luke, Robert, and Holly eventually found themselves imprisoned after getting involved in a jewelry heist in the Markham Islands, and Anna showed up and took the jewels from Holly. Anna later returned to PC and was also part of the investigation of Lorenzo Alcazar, but then left town. Later that year, Robin suggested to Luke that Laura try a new experimental drug on Laura. Laura emerged from her catatonic state not realizing Luke was married and began planning to remarry Luke as everyone played along. Eventually, the drug wore off and Laura returned to her catatonia, but not before they celebrating a holiday together and she confessed to Lulu that she didn’t believe she killed Rick Webber – eventually is was found out that Scotty did.

The next year, Anna revisited PC and hooked up with Noah and eventually left on another mission. Anna would return a couple more times thereafter (along with Robert), including when Robin married Patrick and to visit her granddaughter.

In 2008, Laura emerged from catatonia, but asked Lulu to keep it a secret. Her children visited and Scott took Laura away to try to recapture their past. Luke eventually admitted his marriage to Tracy and Tracy arranged for Laura’s doctor to (who created drug) to take Laura back to France. Laura was hesitant, but agreed because she said how worried her family was.

In 2009, Holly lured Luke to Singapore (Tracy and Ethan tagged along). She tried to seduce Luke to leave Tracy, but eventually confessed to being Ethan’s mom from an affair with Luke many years earlier. She left town, but admitted that when she had found out she was pregnant, Luke had already reconciled with Laura, so she gave Ethan up for adoption only let Ethan know the truth when his adoptive parents were killed.

In 2012, Anna returned to town because Robin’s health was deteriorating. Eventually, it was assumed that Robin died in the lab explosion. Luke and Tracy were on the outs again and Luke helped console Anna and the two developed a friendship and relationship.

Also in 2012, Holly again returned to save Ethan and claimed to Helena that Ethan was really Robert’s son, not Luke’s. Luke continued that lie to Robert in order to give him hope after Robin’s supposed death. This sent Robert on a search to find Ethan.

In 2013, Laura returned to town with Scott as they were engaged, but secretly still had feelings for Luke. It was during this time that LAURA AND ANNA MET FOR THE FIRST TIME (crazy).

In addition, in August 2013, Holly returned after taking care of Robert to join Luke to find Jerry Jax regarding the Polonium poisoning cure (we got to see Sean Donely again!). Holly and Luke ended up in Corinth, PA (Loving) – same place Faison once lived – and it would be THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1984 THAT SHE AND LAURA WOULD SHARE A SCENE TOGETHER!!

Fast forward to the next week or two and Laura and Holly will finally get to have some substantial scenes together again. Can’t wait!!