The couple plans to remarry, but Laura suffers a nervous breakdown after uncovering repressed memories of killing Rick's mistress, Theresa Carter (Alicia Arden) and she is led to believe that she killed Rick; Scott is forced to have Laura committed when she goes into a state of shock and reverts to her teenage self. Though he is hurt, Luke tells her to marry Scotty, but Laura ends up turning Scotty down. They run into Stavros instead. [13] [13] Upon her character's return in 1983, Francis said Laura is "more sophisticated" and "more mature. General Hospital just killed off iconic character Luke Spencer Luke and Laura will have to continue their epic romance in the afterlife. Laura's mental state continued to deteriorate as she had visions of herself when she was younger. The character was written out in the summer of 1976. After moving in with her real mom, Laura had some trouble adjusting to being away from Barbara. But his visits seemed to only worsen her condition. Soon after, Luke discovered that Helena had placed a double in her place in prison and he tracked her to a convent. Smith penned the controversial rape storyline in which a drunken Luke rapes Laura on the floor of the campus disco in October 1979. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! As Laura tries to comfort a distressed Luke, he rapes her. Nikolas suddenly arrives with news of Lulu's whereabouts and is immediately shot. "I will get home and I find that my body is sore from tension, or I'm still about to cry. When Helena was finally captured, she lied to protect Nikolas' involvement in helping her. [27] "They never really gave me an exit" Francis said of her departure. She's coming out of quite an ordeal." But to everyone's relief, Carly turned up alive. When Laura realized what had happened, she flew like a bat out of hell to Texas to rescue Luke from the shotgun wedding. However, they eventually settled on about "six weeks of air time." Stefan sends his nephew Nikolas Cassadine (Tyler Christopher) to donate his bone marrow to save Lulu and Laura is forced to admit that Nikolas is actually her son with Stavros conceived during her time in captivity. After Luke, Laura, and Lucky are proven not be a match, Laura is forced to find her long lost son, Nikolas. Fortunately, Lesley knows this is a lie. [67] Much like when Laura's early stories guided Francis through adolescence, Francis would learn about motherhood through her portrayal of Laura. Does she want Lesley Lu to remember her like this?" Rick denied it but he refused to tell her what happened and instead slowly approached her with a syringe. Luke managed to bargain a last visit with Laura. They awake in bed together and gather that they were transported to the Cassadine Island. [14][19], On May 29, 2015, Entertainment Weekly reported that Francis would once again make a return to the series, beginning June 5. The show had its heyday in the 80s and 90s and I haven't seen it recently but the clips I have seen, it looks like a shell of its former self. Lesley promises to buy Laura a new bike and a new typewriter, making Amy jealous and the Vinings uneasy. "It's hard to shut her off" Francis said of the character in 1979. Kevin and Laura decide to start by looking at the Campus Disco; while visiting the Campus Disco, Kevin and Laura learn that the Campus Disco is now owned by Lloyd and Lucy Johnson, her and Luke's aliases when they went on the run from Frank Smith. However, instead of contacting ABC to give them an answer, Francis would end up calling Geary himself because she was unsure if they could do it again.
