Jax and Chloe, Ned and Alexis

The Quartermaines

Sonny and Carly

Roy and Hannah

The Scorpios

The Cassadines

The Spencers

Elizabeth Webber

The Spencers:

• Luke and Felicia come home after seeing Lucky. Luke is optimistic about getting his son back. They say their goodbyes, because Felicia knows that Mac will be angry with her and will ask her not to see Luke anymore. (3/2)
• After she's gone, Alexis comes by, looking for Roy. She fills him in on Helena's attempt on her life, and then Luke heads home. (3/2)
• Now that he is certain that Lucky is alive, Luke tells Laura the news. (3/2)
• Luke repeats the news for Laura and then for Nikolas, and asks Nikolas to help if he can by getting information from Stefan. Laura, in turn, asks them both to leave before Stefan arrives. She faces him herself, confronts him with his lies, and slaps him. (3/3)
• Luke, meanwhile, goes back to the club. He gets a strange phone call: nobody seems to be on the line. He doesn't know that it's Helena, offering Lucky the chance to talk to his father. (3/3)
• When the line goes dead and he still hasn't heard anybody on the line, Luke tries to return the call by punching *69, but the number is out of reach. Roy arrives, and Luke tells him that Lucky's alive. (3/6)
• Laura berates Stefan for lying to her. And while she sees that he could have been keeping the secret to protect her, she tells him that she can't trust him. (3/6)
• After Stefan leaves, Laura goes to Luke at the club. (3/6)
• Laura tells Luke that she can't trust Stefan. When Mac arrives, angry with Luke, Laura asks him to help them find their son, and he hesitantly agrees. He's not convinced that Lucky's alive; he thinks it could be a lie from Luke and Felicia to cover or excuse their affair. Laura, however, believed her husband; she told Luke that she would go with him this time when he searched for their son. (3/7)
• Luke arranges for Roy to watch the club while he's gone. When Bobbie tells him what was going on with Mac and Felicia, Luke feels bad about it; he tells her that he's going after Lucky with Laura, and she approves. Mac calls him in to the PCPD to talk about a lead on Lucky. While at the police station, Luke comes face to face with Stefan. (3/9)
• Meanwhile, Laura tells Lesley that she's going to look for Lucky with Luke. When Elizabeth comes by, they talk about her trouble dealing with Lucky being alive. By the time Luke checks in, Laura's already packed. They'll start with Helena's yacht, which the police have located in New York City. Luke says he'll be back soon and they'll head off. (3/9)
• Luke checks in with Roy and speaks to Elizabeth. He then says goodbye to Felicia, and he and Laura leave town to search for Lucky. (3/10)
• In NYC, Luke and Laura take a minute to settle into their room. Things are going well until Laura finds Hiram and Orphey's passports. They put it aside and start their search, looking on Helena's yacht for clues. They find a model of another ship, and finally realize that it's their old yacht, the Haunted Star, once owned by the Cassadines under the name the Titan. (3/14)
• They track down the man to whom they sold the boat years ago, and he is able to give them its current information. (3/16)
• On board their old yacht, Luke and Laura find a map that Lucky has written and left behind, pointing the way to the boxcar from their house. (3/17)
• When Stefan shows up offering to help, Luke holds a gun on him and then locks him in a closet. When Laura comes back into the room to retrieve her purse, Stefan tries to persuade her to let him out, but she turns to leave just as Luke enters and asks her what she's going to do about Stefan. They leave together, but Laura tells Stefan that she'll call for help once they're safely away. (3/20)
• While Helena tells Lucky about Mikkos and the weather machine, Luke and Laura wrangle information out of the ticket agent at the airport. Later, Luke tries to convince a pilot to take them back to the place where they dropped Helena off. When they get suspicious, Laura enters, posing as an inspector, and gets him off the plane. They get on another flight and head after their son. (3/22)
• On the Cassadine Island, Luke and Laura talk about the differences between them in the years before the Cassadines returned to Port Charles. They're startled by the sound of somebody approaching, but when they jump the person, they find that it's Felicia. (3/24)
• Felicia warns Luke and Laura that Helena may be setting a trap for them. She's sticking around, so they head down into the compound. Helena and Lucky are gone by the time they get there. As Laura grows more irritated with Felicia's behavior, she steps outside Mikkos's study to get away. As she leaves, the door closes and Luke and Felicia are trapped inside. (3/27)
• Stefan arrives and tells Laura that he can open the door. He will, if she'll come with him to search for Lucky. She turns him down, but can't believe that he leaves them there to die. She goes above ground to wait for the coast guard, and Luke and Felicia find a way out via the air ducts. Luke embraces Laura as Felicia looks on, and they head off on their way again, Felicia in tow. (3/29)
• Now in Texas, Laura and Luke share a moment together, but Felicia interrupts them. Later, Laura asks Felicia to go home to her husband, and when Felicia refuses, they fight. Laura asks Luke what he thinks, and he says he's not uncomfortable with her being there. Laura storms off, angry. Later, looking for Lucky, they split up. Felicia sees the matchbook that Lucky has left, but can't reach it. When she leans over the edge of the cliff to try, she falls. Laura finds her hanging over the edge. (3/31)

I. Luke and Felicia Say Goodbye (3/2)

Felicia: "Luke, there's nothing we could do. The van took him away."
Luke: "I can't believe I just stood there and let them whisk my kid away from me."
Felicia: "We tried to follow the van. It was just too fast."
Luke: "He was standing right there in front of me--right there."
Felicia: "Yes, but he was standing and on his own two feet. Hold on to that."
Luke: "God. When I tell his mother that our kid is alive--"

Luke stared off into space at the thought of telling Laura the Lucky was alive, but he didn't finish his thought. I don't think that was a conscious choice for Felicia's sake, I think that Luke can't really see past the thought of getting Lucky back alive and safe and sound from the Cassadines. As this played out, we'd see Laura becoming more and more aware of the future she wanted, while Luke would definitely not see the same thing.

Meanwhile, this month was full of parents fighting for their children: Mac and Felicia, Luke and Laura, AJ, Sonny and Carly, Mike, etc. Maybe that's why I thought Stefan's quest for Lucky appeared so self-motivated.

Felicia: "Lucky didn't look defeated at all."
Luke: "No, he didn't. He's a survivor. He's always been."

Luke: "I'm going to find out where he has him, and I'm going to bring him home. Now that I know he's alive, it doesn't have to be a secret anymore."
Felicia: "And you can tell Laura."
Luke: "Yeah. And you can tell Mac. That's what you want to do, right?"
Felicia: "You think I'm stalling?"
Luke: "I didn't say that."
Felicia: "I miss my family."
Luke: "I know."
Felicia: "It's Georgie's birthday today. Mac will be very hurt. But I think he'll be fine because I can explain things to him, and he'll totally understand, I think."
Luke: "Good."
Felicia: "He'll ask me not to see you anymore. Do you ever wish that you could just live a double life?"
Luke: "Yeah."
Felicia: "Yeah?"
Luke: "One as me and one as a belly dancer in Tehran."
Felicia: "Yeah, something that's homey and safe and secure--"
Luke: "And something that's completely risky and wild."
Felicia: "And totally unpredictable."
Luke: "On the edge."
Felicia: "Yeah. Is that something that you're allowed to do or not?"
Luke: "They say not. Regrets?"
Felicia: "Only that it's just over. Not the Lucky being hostage part."
Luke: "Oh, no, no. I know. I know. You mean the other part, the--well, we'll always have Nova Scotia."
Felicia: "You are just so--"
Luke: "So are you."
Felicia: "Maybe that's why we--"
Luke: "Probably."
Felicia: "And I'll hang on to it for as long as I live."
Luke: "Felicia?"
Luke: "I'll hang on to it, too. Always."

As they talked, Luke poured himself a drink--water, this time. He sits on the desk as Felicia convinces herself that Mac will forgive her. In spite of thoughts of Mac, she was all smiles and giggles, until she thought of it being over with Luke. Luke stopped her, kissed her hard, and was shaking by the time he let go. She was upset and left quickly, leaving him stunned.

II. Luke and Alexis Say Hello (3/2)

Alexis was stunned as well when she cruised into the office expecting Roy and found Luke there instead. She was gorgeous in light grey to his black. They finally sat down as their talk turned serious.

Luke: "You're surprised to stumble upon me in my own office?"
Alexis: "I--I thought you were out of town."
Luke: "So, you only visit when I'm gone?"

Luke: "You need to relax. Would you like a rub down? Come on, tell an old co-conspirator what's up, Natasha."
Alexis: "Helena tried to kill me."
Luke: "I see no slash marks across your pretty neck. In fact, you show no signs of wear and tear at all."
Alexis: "Well, my friend does--Chloe Morgan. In the hospital. She mistook her for me."
Luke: "Because the two of you are twins?"

I have to admit, that cracked me up, since Chloe looked nothing like Alexis when Helena ran her down. I was also amused by the line where Luke said Stefan's name first the way he always says it, then a second time with the correct pronunciation, as if that's what had her confused.

Alexis: "I don't think anything she does surprises him."
Luke: "So Count Baklava is hard to shock?"
Alexis: "By now, he'd have to be. It's great to see you."
Luke: "And it's great seeing you, but don't worry about my sensitive feelings."
Alexis: "I don't."
Luke: "Oh."

Oh, I was hoping beyond hope that these two would get it together in the search for Lucky or the task of nailing Helena. I would have loved to see Alexis concerned so much with the truth about Lucky or with putting Helena in prison for it that she would spread herself thin between Stefan on the one hand and Luke on the other--not to mention Ned's sure-to-be-grumpy reaction. What fun that would be!

Terry: "Today was rich, and even had a divine Luke/Alexis scene. I love Nancy Lee Grahn. She looks so fabulous in those long jackets. She can nail a line. She plays a smart, brave, fun woman. And she does flustered so well. She and Luke were to die for. Loved it."

Amy: "But all we get is a token scene between them every once an again. They're better when they see each other more often and get in that groove. Though I adore them together, as you know, and while they do exposition together better than anybody else, scenes like this don't thrill me, because they're not developing into anything."

I would be happier about Luke's later offer to work together against Helena, once Lucky was back in town. I'd kind of like to see Alexis straddling the chasm between Stefan and Luke, and putting the truth about Lucky and the downfall of Helena before either of them.

Claude: "Hey, boss, am I ever glad to see you."
Luke: "Yeah, but you don't see me. I'm a figment. I'm a fantasy from your fevered brain. I'm a vision with a place to be. Later."

I love Claude. *G*

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