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‘General Hospital’ Drops ‘Remembering Luke Spencer’ Promo Ahead of Special Episode in Tribute to Anthony Geary
- General Hospital airs a special episode in tribute to the late Anthony Geary and the iconic character he played of Luke Spencer on Friday, February 20.
- In the just released promo, characters participating include: Sonny Corinthos, Carly Spencer, Tracy Quartermaine, Elizabeth Webber, and Lulu Spencer.
- Executive producer, Frank Valentini previously teased, “We wanted to revisit some of Luke’s most iconic adventures and unforgettable moments, along with a few rarely seen ones.”
This Friday, every memory leads back to Luke Spencer as General Hospital gets set to air a special episode in remembrance of the the late Anthony Geary and the iconic character he played. The eight-time Daytime Emmy-winning star passed away on December 14, 2025 at the age of 78.
In the just released ABC promo, gathered at the pier lighting candles in tribute to Luke are: Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard), Carly Spencer (Laura Wright), Tracy Quartermaine (Jane Elliot), Elizabeth Webber (Rebecca Herbst), Laura Collins (Genie Francis) and Lulu Spencer (Alexa Havins Bruening).
As a preview of the episode, the video teaser shows Lulu looking at a picture of Luke as she says, “Hi, dad.” After Sonny has a reflection and memory of first meeting Luke, we see Laura in a puddle of tears remembering Luke and expressing, “Thank you for the love of a lifetime.” In the promo’s final moments, Tony Geary is seen in Luke’s farewell episode from 2015, with his voice heard over the clips saying, “It’s time to go.”
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General Hospital’s executive producer, Frank Valentini previously shared on the upcoming February 20 episode, “For decades, Tony Geary brought daytime television’s ultimate antihero, Luke Spencer, to life. We wanted to honor Tony and his extraordinary legacy in the most meaningful way possible, and this special episode of General Hospital gives viewers the opportunity to revisit some of Luke’s most iconic adventures and unforgettable moments, along with a few rarely seen ones. And who better to share those memories than the people of Port Charles who knew and loved him.”
Back on the January 23, 2026 episode of GH; a special “loving montage” was shown at the end of the episode as the first part of the soap honoring the contributions of Tony Geary. The montage included a few clips with the iconic star and cast reflections from: Nancy Lee Grahn (Alexis), Laura Wright (Carly) and Genie Francis (Laura).
HOW LUKE ORIGINALLY DIED
In story, it was back in 2022 that GH decided to kill-off the character of Luke off-screen when Tracy revealed on New Years Day, that he has been killed in a cable car accident in Austria which later was revealed to be at the hands of Victor Cassadine (Charles Shaughnessy). There was an on-screen memorial for Luke in late January of that year.
After Geary retired from General Hospital in 2015, and moved full-time to Amsterdam to be with his now husband Claudio Gama, he only made one other final appearance and that was in 2017 when Tracy was written-off the canvas and went to Europe, after Jane Elliot decided at the time to leave the series. To write-off Tracy, Luke appeared for a quick scene in a coffee shop illustrating that the duo were together.
You can check out the ABC promo for Friday’s General Hospital entitled, “Remembering Luke Spencer” below.
So, are you looking forward to the remembrances and the flashbacks and some never-shown-before footage, plus some touching moments from the characters who had a past with Luke Spencer? Let us know via the comment section below.
This is awesome, only complaint is that they didnt include lucy!! She was good freinds with luke for years and it wouldve been nice for her to be included .
And Scotty. There’s no deep connection or history with this Lulu, this Carly, and barely one with Sonny (which for some reason,they want to push). The only ones involved who had a strong bond with Luke are Laura and Tracy. I don’t recall Lucy being that strongly connected with Luke the way you do. And honestly, Lucy gets on my last nerve with all of her rapid and breathless speaking.
The Sonny & Luke friendship was a real thing. They had similar back stories… raised in abusive homes. Turned to the mob for lack of a better option. Both of them started out running money laundering operations for Frank Smith (Luke had the campus disco, and Sonny had the strip club) and they took Frank Smith down together.
I do agree with you that Lucy being involved is a bit much as I don’t remember her being all that close to Luke. Lulu, on the other horn, is Luke’s daughter, so of course she should be there, even though this version of Lulu never had any scenes with Luke. And of course it’s a crime that Lucky won’t be there. Or Ethan, for that matter. Even though his existence was one of the dumbest rewrites ever.
Alexis (or Natasha, as Luke called her) should be included more than Lucy, actually.
Like @Larry Stephens, I had the same thought and recollection regarding Lucy. As for Sonny, I’m entirely with you, but the show for many years has wanted “to push” Sonny down viewers’ throats, always trying to make the abusive, murderous thug/mob boss more palatable, even to the point of Sonny having a “friendship” with Laura.
And to me, it was a travesty for Geary’s final episode to include scenes with Sonny, so that Luke could somehow pass the oversight of Port Charles onto Sonny, in other words, passing the leading man torch. It was all so contrived.
Not interested in characters way back. So tired of Luke Luke Luke and the bunch of afro hair style then. Need men with regular hair like Dante’s
Go lay down.
If wasn’t for “Luke Luke Luke” GH probably wouldn’t have made it past 20 years, yet alone almost 63.
1 sould love to see that. i remember when luke and laura firxt started and every thing.
I wish they would have gotten Lucky to come on. I love GH.
Lucky should of been included in this Tribute To Luke! It doesn’t seem complete to have Laura & Lulu but not Lucky given that when Luke & Laura returned to the story line after marrying it was with there children Lucky & Lulu as young kids! I remember this as a very important part.. not only the return of Tony Geary to the cast of General Hospital but as an intricate part of Luke’s life! But as they say..”And The Rest Is History!”
R.I.P. Luke Spencer (aka) Tony Geary
Lucky was the only non-current cast member shown in the episode.
I’m very put off by this. This character should not be celebrating; you want to celebrate Tony? I understand. But Luke? No, thank you.
Agree. We already saw a tribute to Luke, we needed a tribute to Tony and all his epic storylines; not to mention that Alexa Havins’ Lulu never knew Luke.
But what does the actress have to do with it. Whether you agree or not, this is a tribute to AG through the character of Luke. And Lulu is Luke’s daughter, so it’s obvious that she’d be included, whether it’s AH, ER, or JMB.
It’s their way of honoring both Tony and the character of Luke, who like it or not, was one of the most important characters in the history of the show. Yes, a character with a dark, complicated past punctuated by an ugly moment when Luke raped Laura. Something that has been acknowledged on the show in storyline form numerous times in the years since. But why wouldn’t they honor him, as they did Bobbie/Jackie, Monica/Leslie, and hopefully at some point soon Tristan/Robert? Tony and Luke deserve it. Sorry, I don’t get why anyone would complain about this.
In the cases of those other actors you mentioned, their roles hadn’t already been written off. Geary left the role of Luke in 2015, and the character was killed off in 2022, so it is not as if Luke is recently dead. Plus, continuing to try and glorify a rapist is off-putting to me.
Secondly, I’d have no issues with honouring Tony in the way that The Young and the Restless honoured both Jeanne Cooper and Kristoff St John. This is clearly filler content (as evident by its episodic number).
And they already confirmed they would be honouring Tristan Rogers at some point later this year in-story.
Cannot wait to watch the special episode hope it’s going to be really good hope they show good scenes with sunny and Luke Luke and Bobby and Luke and Carly and Luke and his children there will be no General Hospital if it wasn’t for Luke Spencer he made this soap opera what it was and what it is today his legacy will live on forever May Anthony Gary rest in peace ❤️
Punctuation is a wonderful thing.
Stop that.
Luke Luke LOL
Ha! Reminds me of a character from an old Cheers episode, Andy Andy.
I’m looking forward to this episode. I just wish GH would have included Lucky (Jonathan Jackson) in this tribute episode. I’m sure he’ll be included in some of the flashback scenes. Of course Laura and Lulu should be in this episode, but I’m happy to see they included Elizabeth. I remember some of the scenes Luke and Elizabeth shared after Lucky died and the scenes they shared after Jake died. But the storyline about Liz’s rape, which led to Lucky discovering his dad raped Laura, earned Daytime Emmy nominations for all three and Emmy wins for Tony and JJ. Sonny and Luke were business partners, co-owners of Luke’s club and close friends in the mid 90s. I don’t think Carly and Luke were ever close, but she is Bobbie’s daughter so it makes sense she’s there.
I love this! I remember skipping school to watch Luke and Laura’s wedding! He was an incredible actor and a true legend, may he rest in peace.
Where is Joshua Jackson as Lucky to say goodbye to his father Luke????
Maybe it to hard for lucky to say goodbye maybe that’s why he isn’t in it and plus Joshua Jackson is to busy plus he already greaving from his close friend from Dawson creek so mayb that’s why
You mean Jonathan Jackson.
I really wish they had done a story – some sort of mystery adventure that involved having to save Robert and Luke which could have brought in all the characters – Mac and Felicia, Anna and Robin, lucky, Elizabeth, Sonny,Lucy, Tracy. They could have built it up and had montages from the old days to lead to a celebration of both actors lives and contributions to the show.
Tristan deserves his own separate remembrance – which will likely come later this year as the show addresses Robert’s passing in a full story arc.
Luke has been considered dead in story for years now. Friday’s stand alone episode should be a nice way to acknowledge Tony’s legacy without impacting story.
The actual episode may have more character/actor participation than those shown in the promo, for all alleged “fans” already complaining about who’s in it/not in it before the episode even airs ffs…
My thing is yes Luke was a part of GH but what about Tristen aka Robert he has passed why not remember him?
Yes!! I cried for days after hearing and seeing he had passed. This will give him a proper send off and for fans/long time viewers of Luke and Laura a way to say a final good bye.
Also, I agree with other posts, you should’ve shown or gotten Lucky, Ethan, Nikolas and Scotty and any others that were on during Luke’s time- it would’ve made it so Luke’s “Family” all showed their respects for their father, friend, or what have you. I just hope it gives him a good send off. If not I’m gonna be expecting a stellar send off for Robert!!!!
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) revealed on Thursday, the lineup of presenters for 53rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards taking place on Friday, October 30, 2026, at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles, California.
The ceremony will stream live on the NATAS YouTube channel at YouTube.com/@theemmys and watch.TheEmmys.tv.
Scheduled to present from the current soaps are: Katelyn MacMullen (Willow, General Hospital), Delon de Metz (Zende, The Bold and the Beautiful), James Preston (Nick, The Bay), Paul Telfer (Xander, Days of our Lives), Tamara Tunie (Anita, Beyond the Gates) and Susan Walters (Diane, The Young and the Restless).
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In addition soap alums, Crystal Chappell, Lesli Kay, Joe Lando, Eva LaRue, who is also a nominee this year, A Martinez, Juliet Mills, and Alicia Leigh Willis, will also be on hand to present.
The ceremony which celebrates nominated lifestyle programs and dramas will also include presenters: Eva zu Beck (Superskilled with Eva zu Beck), Danielle Chang (Lucky Chow), Sunny Hostin (The View), Derek Hough (Extra), Pati Jinich (Pati’s Mexican Table), Star Jones (Divorce Court), Michael Jr. (Stand Up and Do Something), Judge Greg Mathis (Mathis Court with Judge Mathis), Keke Palmer (Glam Through the Ages), Nischelle Turner (Entertainment Tonight), and Andrew Zimmern (Andrew Zimmern’s Wild Game Kitchen).
The 2026 Daytime Emmy Awards will bring together an exciting mix of presenters representing the full spectrum of daytime television,” said Adam Sharp, President & CEO of NATAS. “From familiar faces in daytime drama to the personalities and creative voices behind talk shows and lifestyle programming, this year’s lineup reflects the breadth of talent that makes daytime so special. We look forward to celebrating the people who continue to shape the genre.”
Matthew Hoffman (Love Island USA, Cheap A$$ Beach Houses) will serve as the ceremony’s Voice of God, bringing his signature comedic narration to the evening’s celebrations. As previously announced, Lifetime Achievement honoree Genie Francis (Laura, General Hospital) will be presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award by her husband, Jonathan Frakes.
So, what do you think about the list of presenters for the 2026 Daytime Emmy Awards? Let us know who you are looking forward to seeing via the comment section below.
General Hospital fans took to social media following the airing of the Wednesday, October 21 episode of the ABC daytime drama series. In story, Molly (Kristen Vaganos) reveals to Alexis (Nancy Lee Grahn) that she has received an offer to join the top law firm in Chicago that practices civil law. She says it’s her dream job.
The problem Molly says is relocating from Port Charles and uprooting her life and being away from her mother, Scout and boyfriend Cody Bell (Josh Kelly). Wistful that she may lose another daughter to a long-distance situation (Kristina left a few months back to go to medical school in California), Alexis urged Molly to get Cody to go with her.
Molly still seemed concerned and has trouble committing to the idea. Alexis tells her to talk it over with Cody. Meanwhile, Cody asked Tracy (Jane Elliot) is he can have Thanksgiving off because he and Molly planned to spend Thanksgiving together with their families. After initially balking, Tracy agrees.
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WILL MOLLY AND CODY HEAD TO CHI-TOWN?
Later, Cody shows up at Miller & Davis and the conversation turned to Thanksgiving dinner that Alexis is hosting. Molly and Cody asked her not to cook anything. Cody hugged Molly reassuring Alexis that he and Molly would take care of whatever was needed on Turkey Day.
So, this raises the question, why out of nowhere are we learning that Molly received an amazing law offer in Chicago, if the character was not being written out? If Molly leaves the canvas, would the character of Cody make his exit too?
Kristen Vaganos joined GH as a recast Molly Lansing-Davis back in September of 2023 and went on contract in August of 2024. Josh Kelly began playing Cody Bell back in June of 2022. Initial reports were that Kelly joined the show on contract and then as of June 2025 went on recurring status with the show per his choice.
Do you see a world where GH is writing out Molly and Cody? Would you be sad to see Kristen and Josh exit the soap opera? If this is not what is going on, is this just a plot point for some other story that is upcoming? Share your thoughts and theories via the comment section.
It’s been over two-years since his last appearance on General Hospital, now fan favorite Kin Shriner (Scott Baldwin) has taken to social media to share his thoughts on the casting of his grown-up TV daughter, Serena Baldwin now played by Kelly Kruger.
Kelly took over the role of Serena on-screen starting with the July 30, 2026 episode and has been ensconced in the storyline with her mother, Lucy Coe (Lynn Herring), in trying to win back full creative control of Deception for her.
In fact on the Monday, October 19 episode of the ABC soap opera, Serena tried to dupe Jason Morgan (Steve Burton) into signing over Michael’s (Rory Gibson) shares of the company. Jason caught on and wondered why she was doing this. She claimed she just wanted to help her mom gain creative control from Tracy (Jane Elliot) rather than full ownership, and begged Jason to keep quiet about it, which he agreed to for now.
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WHERE IS SCOTT?
On Monday, Shriner also took to X and said, “I think Kelly Kruger is doing a great job on General Hospital, and she and Lynn Herring work well together.” That was followed by comments in his thread about the show needing to bring back Scott too.
In fact, back on August 25, Shriner also took to X with a reminder that Scott is still around and ready to come back to Port Charles, sharing, “Scotty Baldwin always fits in he just needs the right sport coat !!!!”
The last time Serena mentioned her father Scott was when Kruger made her debut and informed Lucy that her father was, “living his best life in Key West.” Meanwhile, Shriner posts on his X account continually and shared back on August 2, that it has been 49 years since he made his on-screen debut as then teenaged, Scotty Baldwin and thanked the fans for al the love and support.
So, now let us know, are you enjoying Kelly Kruger as Serena Baldwin? Do you want to see GH bring back Scott Baldwin into the story, so Serena has both her parents in Port Charles? Do you like the potential of Jason and Serena pairing? Weigh-in via the comment section below.
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