I asked several posts ago, when Luke was first acting strangely, if Luke is Jerry Jacks wearing a Luke mask so im sticking with my guess!!!

Now that I realize that Bill was Luke’s look a like cousin option 2 is the most likely scenario. Unless there is yet someone else behind Barrett Industries bankrolling Julian and they brainwashed Luke into thinking he was Bill by implanting all these fake memories and Julian is on it. If that were the case I would say Jerry is the master mind, since he is the one who hates Luke most of all. This would be a wonderful revenge to screw up Luke’s life by having him believe he is this whole other person and villain too and would… Read more »

I love, love your idea of Luke thinking it’s 1979 again! Way better scenario than another ‘mask’ story!

I surmised awhile ago that “Luke” (such as he is….) was going to be the one calling the shots for Julian….so for me the Friday reveal was more “it’s about time!” than being a huge shocker. Still questioning who this miscreant actually is, though….I certainly hope they don’t go the “mask-erade” route again….it’s become hackneyed and predictable. Plus, if you are going to get really technical, very few other known suspects who could be “playing” Mr. Spencer have the same stature, physique and carriage as Luke…such as Jerry Jacks–too lean and lanky–Faison–too short and small-boned–or even Victor Cassadine–too classy and… Read more »

I have a question regarding the look-a-like Bill theory. Was Bill rich and powerful enough to bank roll a mob organization? And a second question, if I may, didn’t he die on camera? I didn’t watch GH back then, but don’t remember reading or hearing Bill was such a mean guy. What are your thoughts?

I thought it might be Bill too. But why did Bill hate Sonny? Bill was supposedly killed in the fall of 1993 and Sonny first appeared on the show in August, 1993. I don’t remember Bill even being on those last few months or meeting Sonny. If you have more information on their feud, please share. Thanks!

I believe it is Bill as Bill had a connection with Barret industries through Julia. He also had a connection with Faison.I do not know who the ex comment would refer to though as none of his exes are in town. Lucy is in town but I do not recall him dating her.

I personally think that while Luke was being held captfive at Miscaviage, aginst his will that they pumped him full of all those drugs in order to brain wash him into believeing that he was either someone else or that he apparently had issues with some people in Port Charles.

I think at first I thought that Luke had his brains scrambled and he was channeling his bastard of a father Tim Spencer. But after today’s episode, I’m convinced it’s Bill Eckert, especially since Ned is on his way back and they were both involved with Julia Barrett. but don’t rule Ric out….he’s in there somewhere.

another thought. It can’t be Jerry, Jerry’s too short. it can’t be Stefan, unless they give him an elevator shoes. It could be Faison, but that would be passe. could it be the missing Cassadine we’ve all been waiting for, Valentine?? we know that Nina was probably held at the same institution that Luke and Scott were, as Victor was involved there somehow. I hope they never give us spoilers for this because conspiracy theory is so much more fun! 🙂

I do not think this is Luke..I think its Bill Eckert!

It’s Luke working with the WSB to get the Jerome family back under wraps.

I don’t think it is jerry or bill they knew who Edward was. It has to be someone who doesn’t know Tracy’s dad.

Jerry was not a womanizer..whoever this is Has scumbag written all over him. Even in 1979 Luke was obsessed with laura not any woman.

Please, please, please let it not be Jerry Jax. That would be so disappointing as I am so tired of him. When he hit on Kiki it immediately made me think of Stavors hitting on the love of his life’s daughter, Lulu Spencer.
But I don’t think it’s Stavros. Probably Bill Ekert but Ekert, although not a perfect man, was never a pervert. I only hope it doesn’t involve another mask,

agreed

yep

Good point about the Britt business. Hmm.

I hope you are right TG loves to play Luke as a dark character so bring it on personally I would like to see somebody bring Sonny & Ava to their knees.

I don’t buy the “real Luke” theory though because whomever was funding Julian’s business was doing so way before the Miscavage/Luke acting weird thing. I lean more towards the Bill theory.

Thanks for the history lesson— as a newer viewer didn’t realize until your post that Bill Eckert was Luke’s look a like cousin. Everyone kept mentioning this Bill guy and I couldn’t understand why they thought it was him—but now it makes sense, — someone should have explain it sooner for us newbies, so thanks for doing that GH Ed.

Yes, thank you, GH Ed. What do you think of the current state of affairs? Do you think this Luke could be Bill posing as Luke?

Thanks so much. I did not have a recording device and was either taking classes full time or teaching when this Eckert thing was on. I only remember it very vaguely and never figured it all out.

Great job with the history. Do you think it could be Bill? I am loving it anyway!!

wow, gh ed, i am super impressed. I also kept saying to myself “who is bill Eckert?” as i read each post. That was like a soap within a soap!! Can’t believe after watching for as long as I have, there were only three or four names I recognized. well done!

Well today, “Luke” mentioned to Julian he had been planning this scheme for 20 some years, so the Eckert timeline works. For a moment I also thought that maybe this had something to do with Tracy’s ties to the Solleito family, but that actually happened a bit later in the ’90’s and the characters were Agnes Nixon creations, so that could be a bit of an obstacle. Then again, it would provide a link to the nod to “Loving” with the house in Corinth we saw last year. Also enjoyed Dr. O’s little history lesson about her past with the… Read more »

you should put where you got this from

But near the bottom they mention Bill is dead. 1993… Bill Eckert… spitting image of Luke. Bill was trying to protect his son Sly & Lucky from a hit man and was shot in a case of mistaken identity… he died in Luke’s arms. And Bill had killed Harlan Barrett. How about Richard Halifax ? He was involved with Bill & Holly and Lucy, and described as a wealthy man…. hmmm, well there is one guy I can think of that was wealthy, would hate Sonny, would back Julian, was in love with Lucy… and supposedly dead. Do you know… Read more »

I think it was some kind of mind altering drug.

Luke’s been stealing a lot of money over the years and then he takes off for months at a time ( while in REAL life he’s on vacation) – when he comes back he never explains where he’s been….. no one knows exactly what he’s doing but it’s always an adventure – I think we’re getting ready to find out exactly what and where Luke has been every time he goes out of town……I think this is Tony Geary’s Swan song story…..

Faison’s dead remember. In regards to update on Bill Eckert, Thanks for the update. I must of miss a few more years that I thought because I do not remember Bill Eckert and I missed Fridays episode, but not Mondays that if for sure. I could not figure out Luke’s behavior it was totally off the wall, kind of like his younger days but not so much, the older look would never make a pass or threaten Morgan when he tried to protect Kiki! Can’t figure who it could be but it will be interesting to watch and actually find… Read more »

Damian died in the Ward House fire http://abc-daytime.wikia.com/wiki/Damian_Smith

Damian’s a good idea too… and they mentioned Katherine Bell the other day on the parapet, so naturally I thought of Katherine & Damian.

He hated Sonny and Luke! And history says he did not die in the Ward fire… he was hit over the head and left for dead in the fire, but apparently died elsewhere at a different time…. or not! 🙂

nice story twist, but I’d rather see Leigh McClousky back as Damian…. he was a nice treat for my eyes! 😀

so guess I’d revise my guesses, to Victor Jerome or Damian Smith

I would add Trevor Lansing to that list (resurrected LOL).

are all these possible guys with the exception of bill all wearing high heals? because all of them were short and nowhere as tall as bill/luke?

With the exception of Jerry, all of those people died violent, explicit, leaving-no-doubt-of-death deaths on-camera. Of course, so did A.J., Duke, and Julian, but there’s a tipping point for all the back-from-the-deads. Even if they would bring back Emily or Georgie or someone else beloved, it would be pushing it, and I read a recent interview where Ron admitted that.
Of those five, I pick Jerry. Victor would be cool, but the original actor (Jack Axelrod) just turned 84. “Luke” seems a little spry for someone that age.

Your the closest to my thoughts: Anthony Zacchara (he has the potty mouth, look at his talk with Lisa Niles, very similar in tone to preview with Julian “always have a plan”) followed by another of Tracy’s exes, Larry Ashton, Ned’s dad, who might very well be familiar with Monica’s cheating past since she slept with his SON. Also considered a version of Victor J., back from the dead. Or maybe half brother Dino, back from jail. He and Julian certainly have a bond in that Julian succeeded in finishing off (Olivia) what Dino attempted.

Another plus for Zacchara. When last seen, he was thought dead, but with Miscavige’s own Heather Webber. Sure, she buried him in the woods. You believe her?

All interesting theories—and thanks for he hrtiry lesson–b/c as I had remembered it, Bill Echart was a Middle-Class person.

BUT everyone needs to remember–NO- one is ruled out as a possible suspect
under a Luke mask—as “No one ever really dies in Port Charles”……..

Harlan Barrett

I loved Anthony Z as he was so so funny.

I would say that it’s Victor Jerome. I think that Juilian knows the truth but Ava doesn’t because she had not been raised together with Julian…As far as using Luke’s face he could have had plastic surgery done just as Julian did. Remember Victor Jerome was well known for his treating women like garbage…and a well known womanizer…As far as Sonny is concerned… Sonny has become the rival boss who now has the turf that was once Victor Jerome’s…he now has finally come back to claim it….This is IMO

And maybe John Black is the real Luke Spencer, he’s changed identities so many times anything is possible LOL. But if GH is taking a page from DAYS playbook, the clone, the poor guy on his luck who had plastic surgery to look like Luke, or the ever popular brainwashing to have Luke think he is someone else seems more likely than the devil— maybe there was a super villain conference and Stefano gave some of PC’s bad guys tips on how to do- I’m sure he always has some mad scientist on speed dial for such occasions as these.

Joe black

The Sonny/Spencer scene was one of the best since in a very long time. Equal to the stuff from around the 50th anniversary and much better than anything since then.

Damien Smith as well and he has an ex in town as I believe he dated Lucy and Bobbie

It’s worse – far worse. OLTL didn’t pull this kind of carp on their fans, not even when Ron C. was writing. He did some bad stuff there, but nothing like what he’s doing on GH.

You can smell the stale storylines and the spoiled characters from a mile off these days.

That says it all – mine’s broke as well. Just get on with it. Tell us who he is and lets get going with it already. Glad Maxie is back – so far I’m not real thrilled with her new guy. As for Elizabeth sorry she got shot and lost out with Prince Nick but I never liked her anyway – she has slept her way thru the entire town. I Love Franco.
Take care all – have patience – you know this will last forever

You are so right. And the real Luke does not come on to young women, etc. I just hope this does not go on too long. I do not like perverts.
And don’t want him ruining Luke’s life

Agree!!
I luv the big surprises!!!!
RC is great when it comes to surprises/shockers!! 🙂
Hope there are more to come!

I don’t think whom ever it was, was being held at the looney bin. I think that was just where they held the guys and made the switch with Luke all drugged out. Who ever “Luke” is , he has connections… all those bad guys posing as mental ward employees and acting as Heather’s goons to snatch the Real Luke at the Quartermaine’s.

I don’t think it’s Luke

yah!! and like his new hair!!

Except if it were him, wouldn’t he have already made a beeline for Lulu???? I cannot believe he could have suppressed his obsession with her and maintained a clear distance from her for this long….Luke has barely even been in his “daughter’s” orbit since he “returned.” Not to mention that Stavros always goes gaga for blondes (Laura and Lulu)…both of the ladies who caught “Luke’s” fancy are brunettes….just saying!

Great scenario … only difference: Dr. Liesl Obrecht might be Madeline’s sister (according to spoilers), and Nathan might be her son, with maybe Victor Cassadine?!

Very creative… although I’d prefer if Nathan’s father was Faison, or at least his mother is Obrecht. His last name is West, Britt’s last name is Westbourne… I haven’t been watching lately, has he been in the same room at all with either Britt or Obrecht?

Except Anthony was about a foot shorter and numerous pounds lighter than Luke….pretty hard to “mask” those huge physical differences. In addition, Zacchara had a real thing for Tracy, so he would be using every opportunity and excuse to get “physical” with his “Venus” instead of trying to play touchy-feely with Kiki right under her nose….this “person” is all but ignoring Ms. Quartermaine other than using their “relationship” as a cover of convenience. Not saying that there aren’t common personality characteristics reminiscent of Anthony’s coarseness and perversity, but for me the clues just don’t add up. Not to mention he… Read more »

According to recent history, this financial backer has been Julian’s secret from Ava for YEARS, and when they met a few short months ago, Julian told Jerry he would owe him and would collect some day. Doubt he would talk to his longtime financial backer that way. And Jerry was never crude and into young girls. Bobbie and Alexis were his “girls”.

Seriously doubt Faison would be ogling his OWN DAUGHTER’S behind, calling her a “nice piece of a$$”, nor did Jerry talk like that. This person has been backing Julian for YEARS, so I doubt Julian would have the nerve to tell his backer he would owe him BIG TIME, as Julian told Jerry when he rescued him JUST a few months ago.

No, he called his own daughter a “nice piece of a$$”? No.

That’s a possibility, Deborah. Or how about half brother Dino, who went to jail for trying to kill Julian’s other sister. They certainly share more than just dad, since Julian actually killed that sister. Just a thought. Of course, other more familiar (likely recent) bad guys would have a more dramatic reveal than someone many new fans would simply scratch their heads over. Anthony Zacchara would fit the Bill. Sure, he was shot onscreen. So was Bill Eckert. Sure he was dragged around for what seemed days, but in soap land was probably just hours. But so was his “dragger”,… Read more »

He called Britt a nice piece of @$$??? His own daughter. No. Just saying.