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General Hospital Update for Tuesday, 20-Apr-1999

Here is a recap of Tuesday's episode. (Please bear with me, as there are spots I missed due to breaking news regarding the Denver shooting.)

The show opens with Sonny comforting Liz. She collapsed after seeing the subway token that Lucky was wearing around his neck. Taggert told her that they found it on the body. After helping her up, Sonny tells Bobbie that she nor Liz needs to be there. He offers to have his driver take them home. Bobbie says she will take Liz home herself.

Taggert tells Liz that they need the necklace back for forensics. She looks at him, pulls it back, and says NO.

Switching to Luke and Laura, they are still reeling. Laura won't believe it is true. She tells Luke that there's been a mistake, and that it's not Lucky. He tells her that the fire was at Morgan's garage, and that Lucky was upstairs, already in bed. He says that Lucky inhaled the smoke, otherwise he would've been out the window. Laura is hysterical at this point, screaming NO! over and over. As it begins to sink in, she falls into Luke, and cries, "Not my baby!"
The scene closes with Luke holding Laura, as they face the death of their child.

Laura then asks Luke if he has actually seen Lucky, because it still could be a mistake. He says, no- because I had to get to you first. She gets up, and starts calling Lucky's name out. Luke grabs her, and makes her sit down. As she calms down, she starts asking how the fire started. Was it an accident, or something to do with Moreno? Luke says he doesn't know, but he will find out. They leave together to go to the morgue to identify the body.

Taggert asks Liz what is on the chain. He says it looks like a subway token- it must be something important. She tells him it was from their trip to New York. Taggert tells her that he needs it just for a little while, and he promises to get it back to her quickly. She gives it to him. He then starts asking her when she last saw Lucky, etc. She tells him about their dinner, and then about Lucky calling her.

Taggert walks by Sonny, and tells him that he & Jason will need to come down for questioning. He said, "If you dissappear, I will never stop looking for you."

***Newsbreak regarding the school shooting. not sure if anything was missed or not.***

Luke & Laura are at the morgue. Luke goes in to view the body. He sees that it is in fact Lucky. Laura comes in and begs to see "her baby" one more time. Luke finally agrees to let her. She sees Lucky, and passes out. Luke catches her as she falls to the floor. As they are walking out of the morgue, Sonny & Jason walk in. Laura gets this look on her face that is equal to the Exorcist, and calls Sonny a murderer. She reminds Sonny about the promises he made her, about his violence never touching her family. ( Really sad to see this put on his shoulders, since we all know how the fire really started, huh?) She yells some things at Sonny, and blames him for Lucky's death. Then she blames Jason for letting "an innocent little boy" live in a place targeted for "his kind" . Luke tries to get her to leave, and she turns on him. She tells Luke that he started all of this, by teaching Lucky to trust people like Sonny. She says that Luke made Lucky believe he was safe with people like Sonny,and that is why he never came home.
Luke throws back that he didn't have a home to come back to, just a house of lies. She slaps him. Taggert steps in, and has an officer take Laura home. Luke walks out, leaving Sonny & Jason alone.

Bobbie talks to Liz, telling her that the last words you say to someone when they die aren't what's important- it's that you showed them you loved them. Audrey comes in and tries to comfort Liz. She leaves the room, and Bobbie shares a close moment with Audrey.

Laura gets home, and tells Nicolas that Lucky is gone. They share a very touching moment, and she asks him not to leave her alone. Nicolas starts to cry, telling her about their dinner, etc. Laura tells him what a gift it was to have been able to see he & Lucky become brothers.

***newbreak on the shooting. By the pictures they show at the end of the show, Leslie Lu came downstairs. Not sure if Laura told her or not. ***

Luke ends up at Kelly's. As he looks through the door, he remembers doing the same thing just hours before, when he saw Lucky & Liz together. He goes inside and starts remembering Lucky. They show some touching scenes, such as: Luke & Lucky scaring Laura on Halloween, Luke meeting Foster, Lucky finding out Laura is pregnant with Leslie Lu, Lucky holding Leslie Lu as a newborn, and the last talk Luke had with Lucky. (I didn't cry this much when Brenda died!!- if this is an indication of the week to come, you'd better stock up on Kleenex.)

Bobbie walks in the door, and Luke finally breaks down in her arms.

THE END