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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Anthony Geary Tribute: An Homage to Luke Spencer, What Did You Think of the Episode?
On the Friday, February 20 episode of General Hospital, Luke Spencer was on the minds of many of his loved ones as the ABC daytime drama series paid tribute to the late great Anthony Geary complete with several clips through the years, remembrances and more.
As the story began, Lulu (Alexa Havins) finds a photo of her dad under her book shelf, which makes her realize she never had the chance to mourn his death, for when he passed away in 2022, she was still in her coma. Lulu hightails it over to her “Stepmonster’s’ house and she and Tracy (Jane Elliot) decide they will honor her father and Tracy’s ex-husband.
After first sitting in church, Lulu and Tracy admit this isn’t the way Luke would want to be remembered. Tracy blows out a candle on her way out telling Luke she knows he wouldn’t want this, and she heard him. Next, they head to the Brown Dog Bar. The owner told them the place isn’t open for several hours and to come back later.
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However, Tracy pays him off in cash to let them have the place for awhile, As he exits m it is revealed that his zip-up jacket says his name is “Luke.” Now trying to figure out which drink to have, since Luke loved booze, the two women drink some scotch and rum.
Meanwhile at Carly’s (Laura Wright), Sonny (Maurice Benard) stops by for Donna’s lunchbox and sees a poker chip reminding him of Luke. Sonny had a flashback to the first time he met Luke. Sonny tells Carly that his relationship with Luke got off to a very rocky start, but Luke ended up being more a brother to him. Carly recalls how good Luke was to her mother, Bobbie and recalled scenes where Luke calls Carly out on her stuff, and we used to love how he called her “Caroline.”
THANK YOU FOR THE LOVE OF A LIFETIME
Later, Elizabeth (Rebecca Herbst) visits Laura (Genie Francis) and tells her Aiden passed his driving test and that he has an interest in cars, which reminds Laura of Luke. Next, Laura heads to the chapel and becomes emotional as she flashes back to some classic scenes from the Luke and Laura heyday.
Laura says that what they had was never really over for her, because their hearts were bonded together beyond time and loss and this lifetime, and how nothing could change that. Perhaps one of the more heart-tugging moments of the tribute was Laura in remembrance of Luke saying, “Thank you for the dance. Thank you for the adventure. And thank you for the love of a lifetime.”
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Sonny ends up finding Tracy and Lulu inside the Brown Dog Bar and they invite him to stroll down memory lane with them about Luke. When talked turned to Tracy and Luke, Sonny piped up, “A couple so wrong, it turned out so right.” One of the best clips was that of Luke tying the knot with Tracy in Vegas when she got too drunk to remember it, or when Luke was in the hospital after 3 heart attacks and Tracy wanted him to take care of himself.
VISIONS OF LUKE
Next. Elizabeth gets a text, and Carly, and they meet up with Sonny, Lulu, Laura and Tracy at the Brown Dog Bar. Sonny had an idea and they all have lanterns that are lit that they put into the waters of the pier in honor of the Luke Spencer and the iconic Anthony Geary.
When Lulu turned her attention back to the water, she saw visions of Luke walking through the fog, with a duffel bag slung over his shoulder from Tony Geary’s farewell episode. Lulu says, “See you later, Dad.”
Once alone on the pier, Sonny remembers the last time he saw Luke alive, when before Luke left Port Charles, he gifted Sonny with his gun. Carly went back to Bobbie’s and had flashback of an argument with Luke.
Meanwhile, Tracy, now back at the Quartermaine mansion looks at a photo of her mother, Lila, and then remembers the time that Luke proposed to her for real in a touching moment. Back in the present, Tracy sobs, “I’d do it all again.”
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The episode comes to a conclusion with Lulu, remembering her dad, and then finding a poker chip in her pocket, the same ones found by Sonny and Carly earlier in the episode. She says, “Thank you for giving me your luck. And your love, Dad,’ as she props up his photo in the picture frame on the mantel. We fade to black.
So, what did you think of the standalone episode in tribute to Anthony Geary? Did the writers and producers hit all the right notes? Did it make you reach for the hankies? Were there some key moments you felt were left out of the flashbacks or the story? Weigh-in via the comment section below.
That was such a wonderfully moving episode. Everyone did a great job. I was especially touched by Laura sitting alone in the chapel and reminiscing about “the love of a lifetime.” That brought on the waterworks for me as did Tracy’s “I’d do it all again.” Bravo the everyone on a job extremely well done.
Here, here! And if the words and flashbacks during Laura’s remembrance weren’t enough, I started bawling when I realized the background music for Laura’s entire chapel scene was a slow, low-key piano version of the Dave Koz 90’s “Faces of Heart” GH theme, which I very much associate with Luke and Laura’s return to the show in 1993.
Luke raped Laurie. After they got back together I quit watching this show. It was disgusting.
Stockholm syndrome.
She fell in love with her rapist
It’s been 45 years. It’s fiction. Jesus
Close to perfection. I loved the scenes with Laura/Luke and Tracy/Luke were my favorites. What an amazing legend!
I wish it would have had a few flashbacks of Bobbie, Ruby, Robert and Holly, but know that can get expensive to show old clips.
I’m looking forward to seeing the way GH honors Robert Scorpio. I hope it has a great arc like Monica’s funeral. Hopefully, Sasha will come back to stay.
ABC owns the show and the actors playing Luke, Bobbie, Ruby, and Robert are dead so there are no residuals to pay. So how is showing old clips expensive? Most of the characters you mention were on the show a long time. They probably had an abundance of old clips and had to make tough choices about what could fit in an hour tribute.
That’s not how residuals work. Residuals continue after performers pass away, considered part of their estates in perpetuity. That is precisely why we don’t see more flashbacks in general and specifically in this case.
Are you sure? I’ve seen so many celebrities talk about how little they make on the reruns of massive hits they started in on nighttime tv. I can’t imagine daytime soaps which are treated like the stepchild of the entertainment industry paying out a lot of money on flashbacks or not having clauses in the contract their performers sign that are not very favorable to the employer producers. But it might explain why Proctor and Gamble has not tried to monetize it’s extensive soap opera catalog on streaming sites.
What BossTime said is accurate. The performer in a flashback gets their contracted rate when they were on the show. If recurring, their going rate at the time of the original broadcast.
None of this applies if the performer appears in the current episode as they are paid their current rate.
It’s was the most beautiful tribute to Tony/Luke GH writers had wrote to a legend
It was lovely
Glad it was told by way of giving Lulu a chance to grieve, but I did find it a bit of an unnecessary inset of an episode. Would have much rather had a sit-down style with the cast discussing Anthony Geary.
I agree. I think the sit down style with actors who actually worked with the subject a more fitting tribute even if it means pulling in a person or persons who is no longer on the show. So many people no longer on the show but who worked with Tony Geary made beautiful comments about him on social media. Next time when a great one leaves maybe we can incorporate some of the se comments and anecdotes in the tribute.
I’m sorry but Alexa’s (Lulu) dialogue didn’t move me. Now if it was Julie or even Emme cause they worked with Luke it would have more meaning.. The rest were very moving had me in tears, especially Laura & Tracy. The lanterns were a great send off as well
They aired one of my favorite scenes: Laura interrupting Luke during his shift at Kelly’s during their first break-up. Too bad they couldn’t show more of that clip because it’s award-worthy. Miss Havens did a wonderful job in this episode despite her having no working history with Tony. And I’m assuming Genie’s and Jane’s solo crying scenes included real tears. A bitter sweet episode I’ll remember for a while. Good job GH.
I am almost an entirely lapsed GH viewer at this point but absolutely had to come “home” for this episode. I therefore haven’t seen much of Havens’ Lulu, but I was indeed blown away by her performance. I can’t vouch for any other episodes, but here she absolutely channeled a grown-up version of Julie Berman’s Lulu, which is about the highest praise I can give her. She won me over at the early “step monster” reference and never let me down from there.
Given the time constraints and the recent Lulu recast, I thought they pulled it off very well. Jane and Genie put their hearts into their performances which clearly was not acting but the two women showing real grief for the loss of a good friend. I also thought the ending was edited beautifully with Geary dissolving into the fog. A little too much Carly for my taste but other than that biased quibble, it was well done.
Oh my! What a tearbreaker! Such a wonderful tribute to our Luke! I hope they do the same for Tristan Rogers/Scorpio!! If this episode doesn’t take an award for all the soap opera categories, something is very wrong!
Yeah, I hope they do a nice tribute for Tristan also. And I can’t remember if they said they’d be doing a tribute for Denise Alexander. I really hope they do.
Thought it was done very well. I’m not a daily watcher but as luck would have it saw the tribute, well done!!
I was pleasantly surprised. We may quibble about who wasn’t there or who should or shouldn’t have been there, but the characters that were there did a great job! All of them! I am haunted and impressed by a line uttered by Sonny: “In some cultures, people believe that you die twice: one, when you take your last breath; and then when your name is mentioned for the last time.”
The tribute was very well done. It was a very powerful episode. Kudos to the cast and writers of GH!!
Totally rang hollow with Alexa Havens who never acted with him. They split the screen at the end using a scene he was in with Emme not her. Awful. This wouldve rang true had there been a flasback with Bobby and Emme as Lulu or original Lulu. Having the focus in NuLulu, felt fake. Then again Havens has done nothing good since she came except bust uo peoples lives. Bring Emme back who had chemistry with Dante please si i dont have to kerp fast forwarding lulu scenes!
Well, you might want to hold on to something when the Emmy nominations come out, there’s a good chance Alexa gets a well-deserved nomination in the supporting actress category.
YES! It hit ALL of the Emotions while watching this episode. It brought me back to watching the episodes the clips were used from. I’m Sorry to Anthony’s husband, the Veteran characters and performers, Fans of GH’S Loss of Both the Actor & Character Lucas Lorenzo Spencer/William Eckert. THANK YOU ANTHONY for your Decades performing as these 2 characters, I Will Miss You, & I Will LOVE YOU.
Mark L.D. Brown
The Tribute to Anthony Geary was Phenomenal! I cried through the whole show, taped it ,watched again the next day and cried again.
I really miss anthony Geary he was a great actor.
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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