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Luke Spencer and Mayor Laura Webber are fictional characters and the signature former supercouple from the American daytime drama General Hospital.[1]

Casting[]

Luke was portrayed by Anthony Geary from November 20, 1978 to July 27, 2015, when Geary decided to retire.

Laura has been portrayed by Genie Francis, on and off, since 1977.

Despite having been raped by a drunken Luke, Laura would later fall in love with him. Though other supercouples came before them, Luke and Laura are the most well known outside of the soap opera realm, and are credited with defining the term "supercouple," which caused other soap operas to copy the successful formula.[2][3][4]

Originally, critics of the soap opera genre panned the unlikely pairing for detailing a rape victim to have fallen in love with her rapist.[4] However, the duo became wildly popular in spite of Luke's past misdeed.

The duo wed on November 16, 1981, with 30 million viewers tuning in. The episode remains the highest-rated hour in American soap opera history.[1][5] They were married for two decades and had two children. Even today, their union still has a presence in Port Charles. On Internet message boards, the couple is often referred to as "L&L" or "LnL" (for Luke and Laura).

Background[]

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Together they have two children and five grandchildren:

On January 3, 2022, Tracy Quartermaine, Luke's ex-wife, disclosed that Luke was reportedly killed in a cable car accident overseas, a plot orchestrated by Victor Cassadine.

Storylines[]

In the beginning, Laura was not involved with Luke, but with Scott Baldwin. Though Laura loved Scotty, she had been led astray and seduced by a much older man, David Hamilton who was using her to get back at her mother, Lesley Webber and rejected Scott, who took up with the scheming ex-prostitute turned nurse Bobbie Spencer. Discovering the truth about David, Laura accidentally killed him and fled to New York while her mother took the rap for her crime. Scott eventually found Laura and the two reconciled, much to Bobbie's dismay. Laura confessed to her crime and Lesley was released. Since there were mitigating circumstances surrounding the case, Laura was only sentenced to six months probation...

Luke Spencer was introduced when Bobbie became determined to break Laura and Scotty up by having Laura break her probation and therefore get sent to Juvenile hall. Bobbie claimed Laura had attacked her, but no one believed her lie. As a result, Bobbie felt she needed help and re-established contact with her brother Luke in order to help her with her schemes to break up Scott and Laura. They were successful at getting Laura's probation period extended until she turned 18 or was married. As a result, Laura began pressuring Scotty to marry her and broke up with him when it seemed that he was never going to marry her. Scotty got drunk and Bobbie took advantage of this by making it look like she and Scotty had slept together. A distraught Laura ran off and was injured in a car accident. Luke and Bobbie felt guilty and decided to give up their vendetta against the couple. Of course, by this time it was becoming apparent that Luke was beginning to fall for his sister's foe.

Scott and Laura were married in July 1979, and while Scott was at work and law school, Laura was left at the house, bored. She encouraged Luke, who was now the manager of The Campus Disco, to offer her a job. He did so, and she began to feel more confident about herself. Laura went on a shopping spree to buy Scotty the Law school text books that he desperately needed; Scott was not happy when he found out that she had charged $500 over their credit limit. Scott and Laura got into a fight and she left for work. While Laura was working at the Disco, Luke had fallen in love with her. At the time, Luke worked for mob boss Frank Smith. Smith ordered Luke to execute a "hit" on senatorial candidate Mitch Williams, who had crossed Smith by vowing to bring down the Port Charles mob. Luke didn't want to, but he knew that if he didn't, he would be fired or possibly killed. Luke also knew that if he did perform the hit, then Mitch Williams' security agents would probably kill him as well. Luke was very depressed, and on the night Laura waited at the Disco for Scott to pick her up, Luke became very distraught and vowed to hold her in his arms before he died. On the floor of the Disco, as the Herb Alpert song "Rise" played in the background, a drunken Luke raped Laura.

Although Laura admitted that she had been raped, she never named Luke as the rapist. Laura stayed with Scott but ended up falling in love with Luke, as well. Since everyone had come to the erroneous conclusion that Laura had been raped in the park, Laura decided to keep working at the disco in order to allay any suspicions that Luke was her rapist. On election night, the night that Luke was to assassinate Mitch Williams, Laura saved Luke's life by throwing away the keys to his car. This prevented Luke from performing the hit. Luke's best friend Roy DiLucca decided to perform the hit himself. Mitch Williams survived, Roy was presumed dead after Mitch's security agents shot at him, only to "return from the dead" twenty years later. Thus Luke was saved from his predicament, only to fall into another when Smith told Luke he would spare his life if Luke married his daughter, Jennifer.

Despondent over Frank Smith's order that Luke marry his daughter Jennifer, Luke ordered Laura to tell Scott that he raped her. Laura flat out refused. Laura became upset every time she saw Luke with Jennifer and decided to quit the disco. On her last night at work, Laura once again saw Luke flirting with Jennifer and ran off to Luke's office crying. Luke followed her, and the two ended up sharing a kiss. Laura slapped Luke and ran off. Later that night when everyone else had left, Laura accidentally locked herself in the office. Hearing voices, Laura hid in a closet and unwittingly became embroiled in Luke's mob activities after overhearing a conversation between Luke and Frank Smith. When Smith realized that Laura had overheard everything, he ordered Luke to keep Laura working at the disco, thus Luke and Laura were now forced to continue working together.

As Laura tried time and time again to convince Luke to back out of his marriage to Jennifer, Luke became increasingly concerned that Laura would tell the truth about everything. Luke wasn't really concerned about being named as the rapist, but knew that if Laura told Scotty the truth then she would also have to explain why she covered it up for months and that explanation would no doubt involve informing the police about Frank Smith's criminal doings. The consequences of this would be severe: both Luke and Laura and their families would probably be killed by Smith. Luke had to come up with a plan, so he trapped Laura on a sailboat and attempted to seduce her, while Bobbie distracted Scotty and Jennifer. A cat and mouse game ensued as Luke tried everything to get Laura to admit that she loved and desired him. The plan worked, and just as the couple were about to make love, Luke pulled back and told Laura to go and tell Scotty that "the night at the disco was rape". Laura was left stunned and frustrated, but decided to keep mum about everything. Afterwards Luke told Bobbie that he was now more certain than ever that Laura was in love with him, but he could never have her because they were in too deep with the mob.

Eventually, Laura wrote Luke a love letter that Scott eventually found on the day that Luke was to marry Jennifer. He pulled Luke out of the ceremony on Frank Smith's yacht, beating him up. Luke fell overboard and was presumed to have drowned, but Luke eventually resurfaced and told Laura that they could finally be together, now that Scott knew about their relationship. Luke told Laura they could start a new life together if they could decode the black book he had stolen from Smith - which contained the coded names of all of Smith's mob contacts. Solving the codes in the book would allow Luke to send Smith to jail, and he and Laura would finally be free of the mob.

Luke and Laura went on the run from Frank Smith's men, stopping on the way to have some fun dancing at Wyndham's Department Store and falling deeper in love during the process. The pair took refuge in the rural town of Beechers Corners, posing as newlyweds Lloyd and Lucy Johnson, and staying with Whit and Agnes Whittaker on their farm. Unfortunately, two of Smith's hit men, Hutch and Max, pursued them. Hutch located the couple, but bided his time before carrying out the hit. He soon found himself befriending the pair, and his feelings were too conflicted for him to complete the contract. Max, disguised as Sally, found them and was about to kill Luke, but was killed by Hutch first. Eventually Luke and Laura found the evidence they needed to have Frank Smith put away for his mob activities.

Celebrating their success, the two made love. However, upon their return to Port Charles, they were met by a bunch of journalists who quizzed the two on their details of their personal relationship. Laura, who had been attacked by the press previously during the storyline where she had accidentally killed her former lover David Hamilton, found the hounding of the press again too much to take and flipped out. She told the press she still considered herself to be "Mrs. Scott Baldwin". Luke was heartbroken and immediately rejected Laura. In the months before their summer on the run, Luke had spent months trying to get Laura to admit her love for him. Now the tables were turned as Laura tried for months to get Luke to admit that he loved her.

Laura attempted to find Scotty, who had run off to Mexico, in order so that she could get a divorce and marry Luke. However Luke remained hostile towards Laura, even as Laura made several maneuvers to remain in Luke's life. Laura decided that she had to show Luke that she had matured and thus moved out of her parents' home and into an apartment, which just happened to be conveniently located in the same building as Luke's apartment. Since Luke lived on a floor above Laura, he was forced to walk past her apartment everyday. This ensured that the two kept bumping into each other.

Luke eventually went to work for Edward Quartermaine and his niece Alexandria Quartermaine, who were in search of the Ice Princess, the world's largest uncut diamond that had been spray-painted black and mounted on a base to be displayed as a statue. Luke promised the Quartermaines that he would get the statue before their rivals, the Cassadines could. Eventually, Luke and Laura reconciled and decided to get married. Around the same time, World Security Bureau (WSB) agent Robert Scorpio had arrived in town and warned Luke that the Ice Princess mystery was far more serious than previously thought. Hidden inside the base of the statue was a formula that could create a substance called carbonic snow. The Cassadines planned on using carbonic snow in their sinister plot to take over the entire world. It was revealed that Alexandria was in league with the Cassadines and after the Ice Princess had made its way into the hands of several Port Charles citizens, Alexandria and the Cassadine brothers (Victor and Tony) finally got their hands on it and prepared to take it to Mikkos Cassadine, the eldest Cassadine brother.

Alexandria, Victor and Tony invited several guests on an ocean cruise aboard the Titan (Later the Haunted Star). As the Titan left Port Charles, Luke and Robert sneaked on board and were surprised when they found that Laura had also stowed away. Eventually, they arrived at Mikkos' island in the Atlantic. Luke and Laura found the island a rather passionate setting and made several attempts to make love, only to be interrupted by Robert. Laura soon fell sick with a fever, and when Robert attempted to make Luke leave her behind, he refused and let Robert know that Laura was more important to him than their mission. Eventually Laura recovered and the three set about finding a way to stop the Cassadines.

Meanwhile, Mikkos unleashed his ultimate plan: he planned to hold the world to ransom. If world leaders did not accept his demands for total world domination, he would use his carbonic snow in his weather machine in order to send the Earth into a new ice age. In order to show that he was capable of doing this, he selected Port Charles as a test subject and soon the city was plunged into a blizzard -- even though it was still summer. As temperatures in Port Charles continued to plummet, Mikkos managed to capture Luke, Laura and Robert. When his brother Tony and Alexandria Quartermaine expressed doubts about the plan, Mikkos had them killed.

Eventually Luke, Laura, Robert and actress Tiffany Hill managed to defeat Mikkos, and Luke was able to figure out the password in order to turn off Mikkos' machine. In the course of the struggle, Mikkos was killed. Luke, Laura and Robert were thus hailed as heroes by the citizens of Port Charles. There was one more obstacle that Luke and Laura had to face after Lee, Scott's father, drunkenly burned Laura and Scott's divorce papers. Lee was anxious to make it up to Luke and Laura, so Luke, Lee, and Joe Kelly went to Mexico to get another copy of the divorce papers. However, upon their arrival in Mexico, they learned that the original divorce papers had been lost. When Luke, Lee, and Joe failed to find Scotty, Lee suggested that Laura get a Mexican divorce. This was a risky venture, because if Scotty ever contested the divorce after Luke and Laura were married, then Laura would be a bigamist.

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Luke and Laura's record-breaking wedding, November 16, 1981.

Luke and Laura were married on November 16, 1981, in a lavish, public ceremony officiated by the mayor of Port Charles at his official residence. Dozens upon dozens of residents from Port Charles and Beechers Corners were in attendance. Originally Laura's former rival for Scott's affections, Bobbie, was none too happy with the marriage but eventually declared an unofficial truce with Laura. The two have since become close friends. Similarly displeased with the prospect of the couple's marriage was Mikkos' widow, Helena Cassadine. She arrived in Port Charles days before the wedding, blaming Luke and Laura for her husband's death. Unknown to anyone, she placed a curse on the two lovers during the wedding reception. Since then, Helena has been the Spencer family's most ruthless and consistent enemy, and perhaps the most notorious villain in GH history.

The one outward blemish on the wedding festivities was the unexpected arrival of Scott, who caught Laura's bridal bouquet and proclaimed that he was contesting his divorce from Laura. Luke was enraged by Scott's appearance and the two began to fight, in a scene reminiscent of Luke's aborted wedding to Jennifer Smith over a year earlier. This time, however, it was Scott who was soundly beaten by Luke.

While Scott was talked out of contesting the divorce, happiness for Luke and Laura proved to be short-lived, for early in 1982 Laura went missing and was eventually presumed dead. David Gray was the man responsible for Laura's disappearance. Luke spent a year chasing David attempting to find out the true outcome of Laura's disappearance. Luke was not sold on the fact that Laura was dead without any body as evidence. Luke tried desperately to move on with his life and entered into a love affair with Holly Sutton, but the romance was short-lived and ended when Holly fell in love with Luke's best friend, Robert Scorpio, after Luke was presumed dead in an avalanche. Increasingly lonely as the second anniversary of his marriage to Laura approached, Luke ran for Mayor of Port Charles, and won. On his inauguration day, Luke received the surprise of his life when Laura appeared. Laura revealed that she had been kidnapped by the Cassadines as revenge for Luke thwarting Mikkos' plot to freeze Port Charles. Laura revealed that Stavros, Mikkos's son had fallen in love with her and spared her life in return so that she would marry him. Luke told Laura that none of this mattered and that her marriage to Stavros was invalid because Laura was still married to Luke. Soon afterwards, Stavros arrived in town, and after holding Luke and Laura hostage and attempting to rape Laura, he was attacked by Luke and knocked down a stairway to his death (although he would be revived in cryogenic freeze in 2001). Luke and Laura then settled into their respective roles as mayor and mayoress. However, the free spirited duo soon found the roles stifling, and decided to leave Port Charles in order to see the world.

In 1984, Robert helped Luke when he was accused of murder in Mexico so that Luke would be free to be with Laura. When Luke was finally cleared, he returned to Laura, who announced the joyous news that she was pregnant. The Spencers immediately shared their news with their friends. With the revelation, Luke and Laura made what seemingly would be their last appearance on General Hospital. In the following years, passing references to the couple would be made by several characters.

While Luke and Laura were off-screen, the couple had a son, Lucas Lorenzo Spencer, Junior (nicknamed Lucky). In 1993, amid significant anticipation in both the real and fictional worlds, the family returned to Port Charles, purchasing an abandoned house. The catalyst for their return was that Frank Smith had renewed his old vendetta against the couple. Frank Smith's men found Luke and Laura at the Triple L Diner in Canada and attempted to kill them by blowing up their truck, an act which led to the death of one of Luke and Laura's Canadian friends.

In August 1994, Luke and Laura had a daughter, Lesley Lu (Lulu), named after Laura's mother, Dr. Lesley Webber and "Lu" after an alias Laura had assumed while she and Luke were on the run from Frank Smith. They had to deal with Frank Smith for several more years, and then, when the character of Frank Smith was killed off, his son Damian and daughter Jennifer.

But even though Frank Smith was safely out of their lives for good, Luke and Laura's life did not calm down. In 1995, Laura resented Luke's growing friendship with mobster Sonny Corinthos, who would eventually inherit Frank Smith's organization. After an enemy of Sonny's attacked Spencer Family home, she and Luke separated for a while because she could not stand any more danger and knew Luke would bring that to their family. They later reconciled on their 14th wedding anniversary.

The following year, Laura was accused of murdering Frank Smith's son, Damian. Although she was exonerated, she was soon shocked to learn that the true killer was her attorney Justus Ward, who agreed to represent Laura in order to prevent her from going to prison for his crime. Justus' father Bradley was the son of Edward Quartermaine and the recently-deceased Mary Mae Ward. The Ward family previously owned the Spencer home, and Mary Mae had become a surrogate mother to Laura upon her return to Port Charles. While the Spencers and the Quartermaines agreed to remain quiet about Justus' guilt, Luke and Laura never forgave Justus, and his close friendship with the Spencer family came to an end.

Luke and Laura immediately faced another crisis when their daughter Lesley Lu was diagnosed with aplastic anemia. She desperately needed a bone marrow transplant, but none of the Spencers were a match. Eventually, Lulu got her transplant from an unexpected source. It turned out that when Laura had been held captive and married to Stavros Cassadine, she had had a son by him, Nikolas. Nikolas' bone marrow was a match and the transplant was performed that saved Lulu's life. However, the revelation that Laura had borne a son that she never told Luke about was a great shock to the Spencer marriage, particularly since that son was a Cassadine. Furthermore, Nikolas and his uncle, Stavros' brother Stefan, moved to Port Charles, and acted as a continual reminder of Laura's concealing of the truth. Stefan managed to take advantage of Bobbie's loneliness after her divorce from her husband Tony and turn Bobbie against Luke and Laura for a period of time. Bobbie and Stefan even married, but Laura knew that he only married Bobbie to make Laura jealous.

Luke and Laura soon discovered that back in the year 1984, Stefan had been ordered by his mother Helena to murder Laura's mother Lesley to avenge the deaths of Mikkos and Stavros. Stefan had gone against his mother's wishes however and had rescued Lesley from the car accident that had been presumed to be the cause of her death. Lesley was now in a catatonic state and after being reunited by Stefan, Laura and Lesley were presumed dead in an explosion. However it was soon revealed that their deaths had been faked by Luke in order to hide from Helena, and discredit Stefan at the same time. Upon their return in 1997, Luke and Laura were met with unexpected hostility from the citizens of Port Charles, and particularly Bobbie, Nikolas and Stefan.

Stefan decided to drive Laura out of town with the one piece of information that he knew would destroy her marriage to Luke. Stefan reminded Laura that years before, Stefan and Laura had been lovers behind Stavros' back when Stavros was holding her captive, and that Stefan could possibly be Nikolas' biological father. This was enough to get Laura to pack her bags, and she fled to Switzerland, giving the excuse that her mother would get better treatment over there that would help her come out of her catatonia. She spent the next year in Switzerland, not returning until early 1998.

Early in 1998, Luke and Laura were forced to revisit their past again when Lucky learned of the long ago rape incident at the disco, from Nikolas of all people. Luke and Laura were estranged from Lucky for months, as their son's romantic illusions about his parents had been shattered. Lucky did not know which was worse, the idea of his father raping his mother, or the fact that his mother had lived with her rapist for all of these years. Lucky's disgust was heightened by the fact that he had fallen in love with Audrey Hardy's granddaughter Elizabeth Webber, who had been raped herself. Even though Luke and Laura were eventually reconciled with Lucky, their own relationship was in bad shape. Luke hit the roof when he realized that Stefan and Laura had been lovers and that Stefan was possibly Nikolas' father. At the end of 1998, Luke and Laura separated. Luke and Laura would be further driven apart by the presumed death of their son Lucky in a fire the following year. Both were devastated, and separated during the tragedy.

It was revealed in 2000 that Lucky was indeed alive due to a plot by their nemesis, Helena Cassadine. Luke and Laura did not reconcile and instead divorced. Laura would consider reuniting with her first husband Scott Baldwin for a while but eventually she realized that she would always love Luke. By 2002, Luke and Laura had reconciled and made plans to remarry.

In 2002, a mentally disturbed Laura killed her stepfather Rick Webber, during a psychotic episode shortly before she and Luke were to remarry. She was sent to a mental hospital, Shadybrook Sanitarium. While Luke was Laura's original guardian ad litem, Nikolas successfully petitioned the court to have himself appointed in Luke's stead. Luke mourned over the loss of Laura's mental stability for several years, while dealing with their reckless daughter, Lulu. Laura "appeared" in episodes after her breakdown as a motionless figure, seen from the back, staring off in a catatonic state, though in one scene shortly after Luke left the room, Laura's hand was shown to move.

In mid-September 2006, a new storyline was introduced, whereby Dr. Robin Scorpio announced a potential alternative treatment called LS-49 which might bring Laura back. It was an experimental drug being tested by a doctor in Paris that Robin knew from medical school. She told Luke that there were patients who were responding to the drug but others who had not been responsive outnumbered those who did. Dr. Patrick Drake was wary of the drug, saying it was too big of a risk and might send Laura into permanent catatonia.

Luke indicated he did not want to cause any further lack of dignity to Laura via failed treatments, but later changed his mind due to their daughter Lulu's distraught condition after her recent abortion. After flying out to Paris to meet the medical doctor who was studying LS-49, Luke arrived back in Port Charles and gave his consent to Robin to administer the experimental drug to Laura with Patrick Drake protesting the entire time. Luke failed to give prior notice to Lucky, Lulu, or Nikolas and they were outraged that Luke had no right to give his consent. Nikolas made it clear they were her children and Luke and Laura were not even married anymore.

On Thursday, October 26, 2006, the experimental drug touted by Dr. Robin Scorpio surprisingly brought Laura back from her catatonic state after four years, as Genie Francis returned as "Laura Spencer". On November 16, 2006, the show aired a 25th anniversary episode celebrating the 1981 wedding of Luke and Laura. Francis' return was only a 6 week stint, intended to coincide with the anniversary of the highly-rated wedding episode.

The re-marriage storyline was complicated by the fact that Luke was already married to Tracy Quartermaine, after a series of events involving alcohol, gambling, and one of Luke's attempts to obtain large amounts of money Tracy stole from him. Luke told family and friends that he and Tracy had gotten a quick divorce in the Dominican Republic. Yet unbeknownst to anyone (except Tracy), there was no such divorce. However, Tracy fully realizes that Laura will always be Luke's one true love, but she refuses to divorce him, because -- improbably -- she has fallen in love with Luke herself.

When Laura overheard Luke and Lulu discussing her condition, Laura began having vague memories of the attack where she killed her stepfather. Curious, she went to the attic and remembered everything. When Luke discovered that she must have overheard, he rushed to the attic to make sure Laura was OK. Upon his arrival, Laura told Luke she remembered everything. Not wanting to take chances with her sanity, Luke took Laura back to Shadybrook to make sure she was fine. After a session with a psychiatrist, Laura was cleared, though Luke still worried about her mental state.

Luke and Laura returned to the Spencer house where Lulu, Lucky, Nikolas, and Lesley were waiting. Laura apologized to her mother for killing Rick, but Lesley said it was all water under the bridge. She was just happy to have her daughter back. Laura announced to her family that she remembered everything and didn't want anymore secrets kept from her. Lucky began by telling his mother about his addiction to pain killers and his marital problems. Laura gave Lucky her support and told him that she was proud of him.

Meanwhile, Luke had known all long that Laura's recovery was only temporary and she would soon return to her catatonic state. He was warned by Robin early on that if the medication did work, it would allow Laura to come back for only a short period of time. He kept this information to himself clinging to a glimmer of hope that Laura would be an exception to the after effects of LS-49. Devastated, Luke was determined to make Laura's remaining days as happy as possible.

When Lulu found the invitation to her cousin Carly's wedding to Jax, which was to be held on the same day as Luke and Laura's wedding, she immediately called Carly. When Carly and Jax arrived, everyone found out about the scheduling dilemma. Carly graciously stepped aside to give to her uncle and aunt their day and even offered them her and Jax's entire wedding, flowers, caterers, and all. Laura and Luke thanked Carly and Jax and took them up on their generous offer.

On their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary, Luke and Laura chose to reaffirm their vows in an elaborate ceremony at the Quartermaine Mansion, nestled in Lila Quartermaine's rose garden, with friends and family as witnesses.[6] The festivities were only slightly tarnished by Tracy, visibly intoxicated, who was removed before the conclusion of the event. Unknown to those present, the officiant was actually an actor hired by Luke, which made the ceremony legally nonbinding, thus averting any allegations of bigamy against him.

Just as the original reception was marred by the arrival of Scott Baldwin, a minor cloud was cast on the anniversary reception when Bobbie's niece Maxie Jones ingratiated herself into the festivities. Maxie had recently had an affair with Lucky, where she purposely enabled his drug addiction by supplying him with the drugs herself, and claimed to be pregnant with Lucky's child. In an odd example of dรฉjร  vu, the unwelcome Maxie caught Laura's bridal bouquet, just as Scott had done 25 years earlier.

On November 20, Luke revealed to Laura that their happiness would be short lived and that her catatonia was now a physical illness. Laura wanted an early Christmas because she feared she would not make it. While talking to Lulu, Laura told Lulu about their excitement about her birth and made the Spencer Family complete. Lulu was flooded with guilt about her abortion, and Laura sensed something was bothering her daughter and pressed her to tell her what was wrong. Lulu then tearfully told her mother she had an abortion because she didn't want to bring a baby into this world who wasn't loved or wanted, just as she felt she had never been loved or wanted. Laura comforted her daughter, telling her that she was wanted and loved, and supported Lulu's decision about the abortion. When Luke brought in the Christmas tree, Laura asked why there was a Christmas tree in the house, proof that she was relapsing. On November 22nd, after saying tearful good-byes to her children, Laura slipped back into catatonic state in front of Luke's eyes. After Luke realized that Laura had left him, he exited the room and sobbed.

In her last conversation with Lulu, Laura expressed her belief that she was not the person who killed Rick Webber, a distinct possibility since there was no known witness to the actual killing. As a result, Lulu began investigating Rick's death, aided by her stepbrother Dillon Quartermaine and teen computer hacker Damian Spinelli. Among those that the trio have suspected of being the true murderer were Monica Quartermaine (with whom Rick had a torrid extramarital affair), Alan Quartermaine (who attempted to kill Rick and Monica on more than one occasion), and Scott Baldwin (Laura's first husband). On March 5, 2007, Lulu and Dillon intercepted a letter that Alan had sent to Luke upon his death. In the letter, Alan identifies Scott as Rick's killer.

Asserting his ability to better protect Laura's interests over Luke or Nikolas, Scott sought to be appointed as Laura's guardian ad litem by the court. Under subpoena, Nikolas reluctantly confessed in court that Luke had raped Laura years before. Hearing this revelation during her brother's testimony, Lulu found it difficult to come to terms with the fact that her father had raped her mother, who had chosen to stay with him. Amidst the chaos, Scott gained guardianship of Laura, only for Luke to abduct her into seclusion. Lulu's boyfriend, Logan Hayes disclosed that he was Scott's son, and his relationship with Lulu started to deteriorate due to Maxie Jones's meddling. Subsequently, Laura was taken back to Shadybrook, with Nikolas regaining guardianship. In a bid to reconcile with Lulu, Logan assaulted Maxie, and realizing Lulu had seen the attack, he invaded the penthouse she shared with her new partner, Johnny Zacchara. In self-defense, Lulu stabbed him, and after escaping the authorities with Johnny, her mental state began to falter, leading to her admission to the same institution as her mother.

At Shadybrook, Laura confides in Lulu that she has been regaining consciousness but prefers to keep this hidden from the family to avoid concern in case of a setback. Laura assists Lulu in coping with her remorse over Logan's demise, but Lulu's sanity is once again in question when doctors disclose that the Laura she has been conversing with is merely an illusion. Scott discovers Lulu speaking to her comatose mother and starts to threaten her with arrest for Logan's death. When Laura hears her daughter threatened, she fully awakens and persuades Scott to depart with her to safeguard Lulu. Laura and Scott escape to Los Angeles, the site of their initial honeymoon, with Tracy and Luke in hot pursuit. Laura and Luke reunite, yet their joy is fleeting upon discovering their most recent marriage was invalid and Luke remains wed to Tracy. Laura goes back to Port Charles, and after a heartfelt reunion with her kin, she opts to relocate to Europe for ongoing treatment to prevent a recurrence. Unbeknownst to her, Scott Baldwin is trailing her.

On February 11, 2013, Laura made her way back to Port Charles. She reunited with her daughter Lulu at the Haunted Star and shared stories of her extended stay with Lucky in Ireland. On February 19, 2013, both Luke and Laura were taken aback when Lulu received an uncut Ice Princess gemstone from an anonymous sender, which later proved to be counterfeit. This series of events led to Lulu's abduction by Helena and Stavros Cassadine. Despite the ordeal, Luke, Laura, and Lulu's husband Dante succeeded in rescuing her, only to find that she had lost her memories. Eventually, Dante's efforts helped Lulu regain her memories.

Luke and Laura reconnected during the adventure and shared a kiss upon returning to Port Charles, but they soon realized their romantic spark had faded. Laura married Scott, and Luke gave them his blessings. Come August, Scott sought a divorce from Laura. Confused, Laura questioned Scott's discontent. He confessed that he had come to terms with never being her first choice and that Laura's love for him would never match his for her. Laura consoled Scott, affirming she would not marry Luke as they were no longer compatible. "Neither are we," Scott conceded with reluctance. Laura acknowledged the truth in his words. Subsequently, she decided to go back to Paris for her annual checkup and to continue her treatment.

In 2015, Laura once again found herself in Port Charles, this time seeking Luke's assistance to free their son Lucky from Helena's clutches. Their mission was successful, leading to the liberation of both Lucky and his son Jake Webber. Following these events, Luke took his leave from Port Charles, embarking on a personal quest to confront his past demons, and left Laura a farewell note, affectionately addressing her as his "Angel". After Luke's exit, Laura permanently resettled in Port Charles.

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Luke and Laura were married on November 16, 1981. They were divorced in 2001, but remarried in Lila Quartermaine's rose garden on their 25th wedding anniversary on November 16, 2006. The marriage, however, was invalid.

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Luke and Laura's wedding, 11/16/81

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Luke and Laura's invalid wedding, 11/16/06



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Luke and Laura dance through Wyndham's Department Store in (1980)


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References[]

  1. โ†‘ 1.0 1.1 West, Abby. "Luke and Laura: 17 Great Soap Supercouples", Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved on 2008-01-29. 
  2. โ†‘ Martha P. Nochimson (2002). Screen Couple Chemistry: The Power of 2. University of Texas Press, 408.
  3. โ†‘ Suzanne Frentz (1992). Staying Tuned: Contemporary Soap Opera Criticism. Popular Press, 136 pages.
  4. โ†‘ 4.0 4.1 V., Beverly. "General Hospital: Luke & Laura, The Rape", tvfanonline.com. Retrieved on 2007-09-07. 
  5. โ†‘ Wolf, Buck. "Luke and Laura: Still the Ultimate TV Wedding." ABC.com November 16, 2006.
  6. โ†‘ usatoday.com

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Couples SondraProfile 2011

Supercouples
Alan and Monica ยท Dante and Lulu ยท Duke and Anna ยท Frisco and Felicia ยท Jason and Elizabeth ยท Jason and Sam ยท Jax and Brenda ยท Jax and Carly ยท Kevin and Lucy ยท Lucky and Elizabeth ยท Luke and Laura ยท Nikolas and Emily ยท Patrick and Robin ยท Rafe and Alison ยท Robert and Anna ยท Robert and Holly ยท Sean and Tiffany ยท Sonny and Brenda ยท Sonny and Carly ยท Spencer and Trina ยท Spinelli and Maxie ยท Stephen and Livvie ยท Stone and Robin

Current Couples
Chase and Brook Lynn ยท Cody and Sasha ยท Curtis and Portia ยท Dante and Sam ยท Dex and Josslyn ยท Drew and Nina ยท Kevin and Laura ยท Mac and Felicia ยท Michael and Willow ยท Ned and Olivia ยท Robert and Diane ยท Scott and Lucy ยท Sonny and Natalia ยท T.J. and Molly ยท Yuri and Terry
Potential Couples
Brennan and Carly ยท Brick and Jordan ยท Calvin and Jordan ยท Chase and Sasha ยท Cody and Brook Lynn ยท Cody and Tracy ยท Dex and Kristina ยท Dex and Molly ยท Drew and Jordan ยท Drew and Willow ยท Gio and Josslyn ยท Gio and Trina ยท Isaiah and Jordan ยท Jason and Anna ยท Jason and Ava ยท Marshall and Stella ยท Ric and Ava ยท Ric and Sam ยท Robert and Olivia ยท Scott and Tracy ยท Sonny and Alexis ยท Sonny and Ava ยท T.J. and Willow
Former Couples
Brad and Lucas ยท Chase and Willow ยท Curtis and Jordan ยท Drew and Carly ยท Drew and Elizabeth ยท Drew and Sam ยท Jason and Carly ยท Lucky and Maxie ยท Lucky and Sam ยท Michael and Sasha ยท Ned and Alexis ยท Nikolas and Ava ยท Ric and Alexis ยท Ric and Elizabeth ยท Ric and Nina ยท Scott and Laura ยท Sidwell and Holly ยท Sonny and Nina ยท Sonny and Olivia ยท Sonny and Sam ยท Valentin and Nina
Offscreen Couples
(One or both characters offscreen)
Couples of the 1960s
Eddie and Angie ยท Edward and Lila ยท Fred and Janet ยท Howie and Jane ยท Ken and Cynthia ยท Lee and Meg ยท Mike and Adela ยท Mikkos and Helena ยท Mikkos and Kristin ยท Noel and Brooke ยท Peter and Jessie ยท Phil and Jessie ยท Roy and Peggy ยท Steve and Audrey ยท Steve and Peggy ยท Tom and Audrey ยท Victor and Helena
Couples of the 1970s
Al and Lucille ยท Cameron and Lesley ยท David and Laura ยท Henry and Jane ยท Jeff and Heather ยท Jeff and Monica ยท Jim and Audrey ยท Julian and Alexis ยท Lee and Carolyn ยท Peter and Diana ยท Phil and Diana ยท Rick and Lesley ยท Rick and Monica ยท Roy and Bobbie ยท Scott and Heather
Couples of the 1980s
Alan and Lucy ยท Bryan and Claudia ยท Colton and Felicia ยท D.L. and Bobbie ยท Faison and Liesl ยท Grant and Celia ยท Jake and Bobbie ยท Julian and Cheryl ยท Kevin and Terry ยท Lee and Gail ยท Luke and Holly ยท Ned and Dawn ยท Ned and Monica ยท Noah and Bobbie ยท Rick and Ginny ยท Robert and Cheryl ยท Robert and Katherine ยท Robert and Jackie ยท Silas and Nina ยท Sonny and Connie ยท Stefan and Laura ยท Tom and Simone ยท Tony and Alex ยท Tony and Bobbie ยท Tony and Tania ยท Valentin and Alex ยท Victor and Liesl
Couples of the 1990s
A.J. and Carly ยท Bill and Nancy ยท Damian and Katherine ยท Damian and Lucy ยท Decker and Dawn ยท Finn and Jackie ยท Foster and Annabelle ยท Franco and Ava ยท Gregory and Jackie ยท Jagger and Brenda ยท Jagger and Karen ยท Jason and Robin ยท Jason and Karen ยท Jax and Chloe ยท Leopold and Dominique ยท Mac and Dominique ยท Miguel and Lily ยท Ned and Lois ยท Ned and Wendy ยท Paul and Jenny ยท Paul and Tracy ยท Rex and Lucy ยท Ryan and Felicia ยท Scott and Dominique ยท Shawn and Jordan ยท Silas and Ava ยท Sonny and Karen ยท Sonny and Lily ยท Stefan and Bobbie ยท Stefan and Katherine ยท Todd and Blair ยท Tony and Carly
Couples of the 2000s
A.J. and Courtney ยท Alcazar and Carly ยท Alcazar and Lois ยท Alcazar and Skye ยท Carlos and Sabrina ยท Coleman and Connie ยท Cooper and Maxie ยท Dillon and Georgie ยท Dillon and Lulu ยท Drew and Kim ยท Ethan and Kristina ยท Franco and Maxie ยท Griffin and Claudette ยท Jason and Courtney ยท Jax and Courtney ยท Jax and Skye ยท Jesse and Maxie ยท Johnny and Lulu ยท Johnny and Maxie ยท Johnny and Olivia ยท Kiefer and Kristina ยท Logan and Lulu ยท Luke and Felicia ยท Luke and Tracy ยท Max and Diane ยท Nathan and Claudette ยท Nikolas and Courtney ยท Nikolas and Elizabeth ยท Nikolas and Gia ยท Nikolas and Rebecca ยท Patrick and Lisa ยท Ric and Claudia ยท Ric and Faith ยท Ryan and Heather ยท Scott and Bobbie ยท Sonny and Claudia ยท Sonny and Emily ยท Taggert and Portia ยท Trevor and Connie ยท Zander and Elizabeth ยท Zander and Emily
Couples of the 2010s
Aaron and Kristina ยท A.J. and Elizabeth ยท Andre and Jordan ยท Anthony and Tracy ยท Brad and Felix ยท Chase and Nelle ยท Dante and Valerie ยท Dev and Josslyn ยท Dev and Trina ยท Dillon and Kiki ยท Drew and Hayden ยท Drew and Margaux ยท Dustin and Brook Lynn ยท Dustin and Lulu ยท Ethan and Irina ยท Ethan and Maya ยท Ewen and Elizabeth ยท Felix and Lucas ยท Finn and Alexis ยท Finn and Anna ยท Finn and Hayden ยท Franco and Carly ยท Franco and Elizabeth ยท Franco and Nina ยท Griffin and Ava ยท Griffin and Kiki ยท Hank and Nelle ยท Hank and Willow ยท Jax and Nina ยท John and Sam ยท Johnny and Brook Lynn ยท Johnny and Carly ยท Johnny and Connie ยท Johnny and Kristina ยท Johnny and Lisa ยท Julian and Kim ยท Julian and Olivia ยท "Levi" and Maxie ยท Lucky and Siobhan ยท Luke and Anna ยท Martin and Blair ยท Michael and Abby ยท Michael and Kiki ยท Michael and Nelle ยท Michael and Rosalie ยท Michael and Sabrina ยท Michael and Starr ยท Mike and Rita ยท Mike and Yvonne ยท Milo and Epiphany ยท Morgan and Ava ยท Morgan and Kiki ยท Nathan and Maxie ยท Neil and Alexis ยท Nikolas and Britt ยท Nikolas and Brook Lynn ยท Nikolas and Hayden ยท Nikolas and Nadine ยท Oscar and Josslyn ยท Parker and Kristina ยท Patrick and Britt ยท Patrick and Sabrina ยท Patrick and Sam ยท Paul and Ava ยท Peter and Maxie ยท Rafe, Jr. and Molly ยท Ric and Madeline ยท Ryan and Ava ยท Shawn and Alexis ยท Shawn and Carly ยท Silas and Sam ยท Sonny and Nelle ยท Spencer and Josslyn ยท Spinelli and Ellie ยท Steve and Olivia ยท T.J. and Taylor ยท Todd and Carly ยท Trey and Kristina ยท Valerie and Kristina
Couples of the 2020s
Adam and Josslyn ยท Austin and Ava ยท Austin and Britt ยท Austin and Maxie ยท Blaze and Kristina ยท Brando and Molly ยท Brando and Sasha ยท Cameron and Esme ยท Cameron and Josslyn ยท Cameron and Trina ยท Chet and Terry ยท Cody and Britt ยท Finn and Elizabeth ยท Jackson and Lucy ยท Jake and Charlotte ยท Jason and Britt ยท Jax and Britt ยท John and Ava ยท Julian and Britt ยท Julian and Nelle ยท Lenny and Phyllis ยท Marshall and Epiphany ยท Martin and Lucy ยท Nikolas and Esme ยท Rory and Trina ยท Taggert and Jordan ยท Scott and Liesl ยท Spencer and Esme ยท Valentin and Anna ยท Valentin and Brook Lynn ยท Valentin and Gladys ยท Victor and Ava ยท Victor and Eileen ยท Victor and Lucy ยท Yuri and Monica ยท Zeke and Jordan
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