Luke Spencer
Actor History
Anthony Geary (1978 to 1983; 1984; 29 October 1993 to Present)
Other Names
Lucas Lorenzo Spencer Sr. (full name)
Occupation
Owner of The Haunted Star
Co-Owner of Kelly's Diner
Co-Owner of Luke's Night Club, one of the hot spots in Port Charles
Former Mayor of Port Charles
Former Owner of Campus Disco
Ex-Mobster
Resides At
66 Harbor View Road (Quartermaine Mansion)
Formerly an apartment above Luke's Night Club
Marital Status
Married (Tracy Quartermaine) [Married: May 19th, 2006]
Past Marriages
Laura Webber (divorced)
Relatives
Tim Spencer (father)
Lena Spencer (mother; deceased)
Barbara Jean Spencer (sister)
Ruby Anderson (aunt)
Bill Eckert (cousin; Deceased)
Jenny Eckert (cousin)
Fred Eckert (uncle; deceased)
Caroline Benson (niece)
Barbara Jean Jones (adoptive niece; deceased)
Lucas Jones (adoptive nephew)
Children
Unnamed Child (miscarriage; with Holly)
Lucas Lorenzo Spencer Jr. (son; with Laura)
Lesley Lu Spencer (daughter; with Laura)
Flings & Affairs
Laura Webber (raped)
Jennifer Smith (engaged)
Holly Sutton (lovers)
Constance Townley (lovers)
Tammy Hansen (one-night stand)
Felicia Cummings (one-night stand)
Summer (Laura) Halloway (kissed; Deceased)
Skye Chandler Quartermaine (kissed)
Faith Rosco (kissed)
Crimes Committed
While working for the mob he committed numerous crimes
Raped Laura on the floor of the Campus Disco; Laura forgave him and he eventually came to terms with his actions [1979]
Killed Mikkos Cassadine when saving the world from Mikkos' climate machine [1981]
Believing that David Gray had killed Laura, Luke fought David and killed him
Killed Stavros Cassadine in a fight [1983]
Killed Frank Smith (A mob boss who forced Luke and Laura to live on the run for 12 years) [1994]
Tried to kill Helena but when Katherine Bell died instead framed Helena and then Stefan for killing Katherine [May 1998]
Shot a man on the waterfront that had been blackmailing Edward Quartermaine with a video that showed that Justus Ward had committed the murder of Damian Smith
Has planted numerous bugging devices on the Cassadines in order to keep abreast of what they are up to
Trespassed and broke into/entered the Cassadine compound several times over the years
Arranged the "death" of Laura while visiting her mother so that the Cassadines would think she was dead while they tried to find out what they were up to
Shoved Stavros Cassadine into a black hole underneath GH, effectively killing him (again) [9 November 2001]
Tried to cover up the fact that Laura killed Rick Webber by falsely admitting to the crime himself [September 2002]
Burned PCPD in a self-destructive phase after Laura was committed [November 2002]
Physically attacked both Lucky and Summer [5 June 2003]
Held a knife to Dr. Cameron Lewis's throat [9 June 2003]
Accused of murdering Summer Halloway (not guilty) [24 June 2003]
Fled the country to Switzerland when he was accused of killing Summer [24 June 2003]
Kidnapped Stefan Cassadine and performed an illegal mock trial to expose Stefan's lies [2 October 2003]
Planned to burn down Wyndemere [6 October 2003]
Stabbed and killed Stefan Cassadine because Stefan was responsible for Summer's death [10 October 2003]
Had Dillon Quartermaine attend Stefan Cassadine's funeral dressed as a woman so that everyone there would think that the woman was Luke when "she" wasn't [16 October 2003]
Illegally auctioned off the Dead-Man's Hand [31 October 2003]
Chloroformed Helena Cassadine, kidnapped her, and held her captive [26 January 2004 to 3 February 2004]
Blackmailed Helena; told her that if she didn't tell him where the Azure Key's treasure was, he would hold her captive until she starved to death [3 February 2004]
Poisoned Helena enough to give her a stomach ache [3 February 2004]
Stole the Azure Key's treasure from the Quartermaine/Cassadine auction [5 February 2004]
Sprang Edward Quartermaine from the Shadybrook Sanitarium [March 2004]
Along with Skye, attempted to steal a file from file inspector Morse [9 March 2004]
Arrested for laundering money through the Haunted Star Casino (along with Faith, the true culprit) [29 March 2004]
Maladies and Hospitalizations
Beat up by Scotty before marrying Jennifer Smith and fell overboard [July 1980]
Caught in an avalanche and broke his back, paralyzing him for awhile
Injected with a deadly virus by Lucky and went a little crazy, confusing what year he was in [2001]
Run over by a car while saving Summer Halloway's life [18 November 2002]
Suffered head injury after being knocked out by Summer when he attacked Lucky [5 June 2003]
Hospitalized after accidentally knocking himself unconscious after a fall [10 June 2003]
Fell ill during the encephalitis plague he brought to Port Charles [January/February 2006]
Brief Character History
Luke arrived in Port Charles at the request of his sister Bobbie to help her split up Scotty Baldwin (who she wanted for herself) and Laura Webber. Luke took a shining to Laura's innocence and she was drawn to Luke's unconventional life-style and love of adventure. Although Bobbie's plan didn't work, after marrying Scotty, Laura went to work for Luke at the Campus Disco. Luke was ordered by the mob to kill Mitch Williams, a corrupt politician who was campaigning for Senator with the promise to crack down on organized crime. Feeling trapped and about to die no matter what he did, he confessed to Laura the night before the hit that he loved her and ached to make love to her. Almost delirious with his anguish, he kissed Laura and pulled at her clothes, but she ultimately resisted. With music pulsating in the background, Luke raped Laura on the dance floor of the Campus Disco.
In 1980, Luke was pressured by Frank Smith into proposing to Frank's daughter Jennifer. On Luke and Jennifer's wedding day, Scotty read a letter from Laura to Luke in which Luke was named as her rapist. As Luke was about to exchange vows with Jennifer, Scotty came aboard the yacht and proceeded to start a fight with Luke. Luke fell overboard and Laura thought he drowned. But as she paced the docks, he reached out of the water and grabbed her leg. Luke and Laura then swiped Frank Smith's little black book, which once decoded, would detail the criminal activities of Frank and his organization, and took off on the run. When Frank discovered they had taken the implicating book, he tried several tactics to flush them out into the open. Eventually he sent a hit man after them.
Luke and Laura had a wonderful time on the run from Frank Smith. Laura was unsure at first about breaking her marriage vows to Scotty so they waited to make love. When the hit man caught up to them, he didn't reveal his identity and they all worked together at a tavern. But then another hit man came to town to kill all of them. Eventually, Luke cracked the book and turned it over to the cops and Frank Smith was jailed. So Luke and Laura returned to a farm they had spent happy days on and consummated their relationship. But when they returned to Port Charles, they were met by reporters. Startled by memories of the David Hamilton situation from her past, Laura blurted out to the reporters that she was Mrs. Laura Baldwin and had been unfaithful while away. Heartbroken, Luke sulked away from Laura despite Laura's willingness to divorce Scotty.
While Luke and Laura were working for ELQ, the adventure of the Ice Princess began. Luke was in search of this stone for Alexandria Quartermaine, but when he became friends with Robert Scorpio, a secret WSB agent, Luke learned that the Cassadines were after it and Alexandria was conspiring with them. When Victor Cassadine obtained the stone, he jumped on his yacht with his brother Tony and set off for the Cassadine tropical island. But Robert and Luke stowed away on the yacht and discovered a third stowaway: Laura. When the yacht docked at the island, the trio hid while the Cassadine brothers met up with their older, evil genius brother Mikkos in his underground cavern. Luke and Laura enjoyed the tropical paradise while Robert utilized Victor's mistress Tiffany Hill, who hated Mikkos' secret plan, to find the entrance to the cavern. Mikkos revealed his plan to use the formula in the Ice Princess to create a substance capable of altering the climates of the world. When the group of 4 do-gooders entered the cavern, Mikkos issued an ultimatum: surrender or he would use his freezing machine to freeze the world, starting with Port Charles. But Luke and Robert were able to turn the machine on him and freeze him along with Alexandria and Tony. Victor went to jail and the world was safe from the Cassadines.
When they returned to Port Charles, Laura divorced Scotty and in 1981 Luke and Laura were married. After they exchanged vows Helena Cassadine (Mikkos' widow) placed a curse on them. A year later Laura disappeared on the docks of Port Charles and Luke went crazy with worry. A New York City reporter, Jackie Templeton, came to town in search of her own Laura: her sister. Together, Luke and Jackie discovered that David Gray, a mysterious man who wanted to steal treasures from the PC Museum, was behind both disappearances. When Luke discovered that David had killed his wife, he killed David in a fight.
Despondent over Laura's death, Luke took off and went camping. While camping, he met English con artist Holly Sutton. She embroiled him in a scam involving oil but her conscious got the best of her and she revealed the truth. They became lovers temporarily until they had a fight and Luke took off by himself. He was caught in an avalanche and broke his back. When he discovered that Port Charles, including Holly and Robert, believed he had died, he decided not to return. But he later changed his mind and returned to Port Charles only to discover that Holly had married his best friend Robert Scorpio. Luke severed his friendship with Robert. He was then elected Mayor of Port Charles. One day, Laura appeared on the lawn of his mansion and he could hardly believe his eyes. She had not died; she had been kidnapped by Stavros Cassadine, who took her to Greece and held her captive. Stavros followed her to Port Charles and was killed when he fell down the stairs during a fight with Luke.
Luke and Laura then resumed their life on the run from Frank Smith. They moved to Canada and Luke fathered his first son, Lucky. In 1993, they returned to Port Charles with Lucky. Frank Smith was finally killed in Puerto Rico, and Luke was able to settle in Port Charles safely with his family. He opened a blues club with Sonny Corinthos. Luke and Laura then had a daughter Lesley Lu.
In 1996, Lesley Lu became very ill with a-plastic anemia and was in need of a bone marrow donor. It was then that Luke learned that when Laura had been kidnapped, she had been told that he was dead and married Stavros Cassadine. She bore him a son, Nikolas who turned out to be a perfect match for the bone marrow that Lesley Lu needed.
The Cassadine/Spencer war had started. Suspicious of Stefan, Luke and Laura faked Laura and her mother's death. While Laura and Lesley were in hiding, Luke was able to figure out that Stefan planned to take over the world with a computer virus put in the world's financial systems. Lucky used his computer skills to help Luke secretly stop Stefan from doing this. The next battle in the war involved Luke trying to dig up some dirt on Alexis and Stefan to try and break up their partnership. He was able to get Alexis banished from the family and then immediately set to work trying to convince her to take down Stefan. In the process, Luke discovered that Alexis' real identity was Natasha Cassadine, Mikkos Cassadine's illegitimate daughter. He used this information to blackmail her into helping him.
Luke enjoyed battling Stefan, but a bigger enemy was about to arrive. Enter Helena Cassadine, Mikkos' widow, who had cursed Laura and Luke several years ago on their wedding day. When Helena came to town in late 1997, Luke increased his efforts in getting Alexis to side with him against the Cassadine's. But it was Helena's efforts against Alexis that convinced Alexis to join forces with Luke. They plotted to kill Helena at Stefan and Katherine's engagement party at Wyndemere by luring her onto the parapet, where Luke had loosened the railing, and she would fall to her death. But things went terribly wrong when Katherine went out on the parapet first and fell to her death instead. Luke managed to convince a horrified Alexis not to confess to Stefan their part in Katherine's death.
Instead, Stefan was arrested and Luke tried to frame both Stefan and Helena for the murder. This plan was foiled by his wife, however, when she took the stand in Stefan's defense and stated that she had been on the parapet when Katherine fell; she corroborated Stefan's statement that he did not push Katherine, so he was found not guilty. That revelation was devastating enough to Luke, but then Laura made his worst fear come true-she told him that she and Stefan had had an affair while she was missing, and Luke concluded that Nikolas was actually Stefan's son. Laura also realized that Luke was responsible for the loose railing that led to Katherine's death and couldn't forgive him. Luke decided to take his shock and anger and leave Port Charles for a while in order to pull himself together.
When Luke returned a few months later, Katherine was back from the dead and Laura was involved with Stefan. So Luke went to work patching up his relationship with his son Lucky. Before Luke had left, Nikolas had blurted out to Lucky that Luke had raped Laura years ago. Lucky had confronted Luke and Luke had told Lucky what happened on that horrible night in the disco. Disgusted, Lucky shut his dad out of his life. Luke and Lucky were slowly repairing their relationship when Lucky was presumed dead in a fire that broke out in Jason's bike shop. Luke and Laura were devastated, but unable to turn to each other for comfort. Hurting, Luke had a one-night stand with Tammy Carson in his bar. Then he sought comfort with Felicia Jones, who tried to distract him by getting him to help her research Lila Quartermaine's memoirs. Together, they unearthed a deep dark Quartermaine secret: Lila had killed her fiancé Elliot Thompson in self-defense years ago and Edward had covered it up. Luke and Felicia agreed to keep their discovery a secret.
Luke was then approached by Herr Kreig with an offer to smuggle diamonds. When Luke wanted to call the shots, Herr got upset and Luke discovered Herr's true identity: Cesar Faison. Faison had killed Robert Scorpio and Robert's wife Anna Devane. Afraid that Faison was now after Felicia, Luke agreed to smuggle the diamonds. When Felicia went with Luke to Mexico to get the diamonds, Faison confronted the duo and demanded the diamonds in exchange for Felicia's life. Luke agreed in order to protect Felicia, who he was developing feelings for. Felicia and Luke then headed back to PC. But it wasn't long before Faison figured out that Luke had given him fake diamonds. Faison kidnapped Felicia and demanded the real diamonds. Roy DiLucca, an old friend of Luke's who was back from the dead, helped Luke track Faison to his lair to rescue Felicia. But Felicia and Luke got trapped. Uncertain of how much longer they would live, they nearly made love, not realizing that Faison was taping them. Felicia and Luke managed to get Faison into the room so Luke could knock him out, although Felicia got shot in the process. Then Mac showed up, arrested Faison, and rescued the adventurers.
After Helena helped Faison bust out of jail (he was charged with kidnapping and killing Katherine, his boat blew up with him on it. But before he died he was able to tell Luke something very important: Lucky's alive! Shaken, Luke took off to Europe and began to investigate Faison's statement. Europe didn't lead anywhere, so (Feb 2000) Luke returned to Port Charles and confided in Felicia. She agreed to help him search for Lucky, and they went all over the world in their search. It wasn't until they were in Spring Lake near Port Charles that they caught a glimpse of Lucky. They tried to get to him, but Stefan whisked him away, proving to Luke that Helena and Stefan were both responsible for Lucky's disappearance. Now that Luke had proof that Lucky was alive, he told Laura, who was overcome with joy mixed with horror at Stefan's involvement.
(Mar-April 2000) She confronted Stefan, who denied it, but Laura continued to believe Luke. Luke and Laura teamed up and set off on a long journey to find Lucky and bring him home. They followed the clues left by Helena and found themselves on a trip down memory lane as they traveled from their old boat, the Haunted Star, to Ice Princess Island, where Felicia caught up with them and begged to help them, and then on to Texas, Lucky's birth place. They searched the cabin they had lived in there, but didn't find anything. Laura tried to get Felicia to back off and go home, but Luke told her she could stay. Felicia found a rock outside nearby that Lucky had carved his name in, but then fell over the side of a cliff. Laura was forced to rescue her and they continued the search. They finally located Lucky at the Triple L Diner in British Columbia. When Luke spotted Lucky, Lucky slugged him and took off. Confused, Laura went back to Port Charles to wait in case Lucky returned while Luke continued to search for Lucky. Lucky finally returned to Port Charles, but he was definitely not the same as before. He was still very angry about Luke raping Laura. Luke vowed to undo whatever Helena had done to him.
In the mean time, Stefan had mysteriously disappeared and was presumed dead. Luke was the only suspect, but his alibi was airtight, since he had been with Felicia the night Stefan disappeared. Against Luke's wishes, Felicia testified that she had been with Luke the night of Stefan's disappearance. Luke was free but his relationship with Laura was strained even further. Luke eventually figured out that Helena had performed some kind of brainwashing on Lucky. Luke threatened to kill Helena and even kidnapped Nikolas in desperation to get Helena to talk. When Luke figured out that the Ice Princess some how figured into Lucky's programming, he decided to go after it. He asked Felicia to go with him but she declined. Luke wasn't able to get his hands on the Ice Princess and returned to town empty handed.
Felicia and Luke began to explore a possible romantic relationship. But when Luke came across some disks belonging to Helena, he became so distracted that Felicia gave up on trying to spill her feelings to him. When she finally did tell him that she loved him, he couldn't return her feelings and they broke up. Luke then enlisted Dr. Kevin's help in deprogramming Lucky but the programming was too deep for him to reach. In a heart-breaking scene, Luke and Laura finalized their divorce and looked back on the good times they had together.
Luke and Roy began sniffing around the sublevels of General Hospital's basement trying to find Helena's lair. Luke also secretly teamed up with Nikolas to get info on Helena's plans and on how to reverse Lucky's programming. Laura wasn't sure of Luke's plan and worried about Nikolas's safety, but ultimately went along with it. It wasn't long before Luke got a first-hand look at Helena's plans in action. When Luke finally found his way into Helena's underground lab, she showed up and taunted him. She showed him Stavros, who shocked Luke by waking up and describing the night of his "death" which had only been witnessed by Luke and Laura. When Lucky showed up, Luke urged him to run. But Helena tapped into Lucky's programming to force Lucky to inject Luke with a biotoxin that would render him ineffective in trying to stop her plans. Luke was dumped in an alley where the virus immediately began to have an affect on him. He didn't know what year it was and kept mixing up his memories of the past with current events. He found his way back to his place where he found Lucky. Due to his programming, Lucky couldn't remember what had happened to Luke. Helena showed up after Lucky was gone to see the effects of her handy work. In a brief moment of clarity, Luke nearly strangled her until Stavros burst in. Bobbie found Luke and got Tony to examine him, but Luke ran away before they could get him treatment. Roy and Melissa found him in the Cassadine crypt and stashed him in a cabin. While Laura tried to care for him there, she was nearly able to make some sense out of his confused ramblings. Tony brought the antidote he'd used on Lucas. But it didn't work and Luke escaped from the cabin. Laura found him and got him to the hospital for proper treatment. He began to recover, although he was still weak. Luke wanted to personally help bring down Helena, so he escaped from the hospital and went to Helena's lab. He found Laura and Stavros in a room and physically fought with Stavros. But he was still weak from the biotoxin and no match for Stavros. However, later on Luke was able to push Stavros into a bottomless pit. Helena was arrested and the Cassadines were finally defeated.
Luke then set his sights on winning back Laura. He invented a fake mission and enticed her to come along. The old sparks between them ignited and Luke proposed to Laura. She took a little time in answering but she finally agreed. But life got in the way of their plans for a wedding. Jennifer Smith had come back and swiped Luke, intent on marrying him. Laura tracked him down and together with Roy and Felicia rescued him. Helena escaped a few months after her arrest and Luke was upset to learn that Nikolas had given her money in order to protect Gia instead of his family. But Luke managed to find Helena and personally escorted her to prison. Luke celebrated Helena's imprisonment and counted Nikolas as his enemy still. When he tried to get Lucky to spy on Nikolas, Lucky refused. Then Carly was presumed dead in a car accident and Luke comforted his disbelieving sister. When Carly turned up alive, Luke investigated who was behind the body double and DNA match to make it seem Carly was dead. Soon Luke discovered that Helena had put an imposter in her place in prison. He tracked her to a convent where he ran into Laura who'd tracked her missing engagement ring to the same place. They found Helena there and had her shipped to a convent in the Arctic Circle.
Finally the love birds could plan their wedding. But Laura realized that she was missing some memories of her past involving the garage attic in her parents old house. Luke promised to help her solve the mystery. Together they discovered that Rick was involved. Laura continued to have flashbacks and they discovered that Rick had been having an affair with a woman named Theresa Carter. Luke tracked the woman down (who was really hired by Rick) and he went with Laura to see her. Laura was satisfied by the story Theresa told them, but Luke wasn't. He found the camera Theresa had talked about in her story and had Lucky develop the film. One of the pictures showed a young Scott Baldwin covered in blood. When Laura had a major flashback the night of their rehearsal dinner, she went to the attic where she confronted Rick. Luke also followed them to the attic and whisked Laura away from the scene, leaving Rick dead on the floor.
Luke hid with Laura in a barn. He had to tie Laura up because she was afraid of him and kept trying to run from him. Luke continually had to remind Laura that he was protecting her and that Rick had died by her hand in self-defense. Laura nearly came around but ended up running off before they returned to Port Charles. She found her way back to the attic where she had flashbacks of killing Theresa and of killing Rick. Luke found her there dressed in her old, tattered wedding dress. Realizing she was suffering a mental breakdown, he went along with her wedding hallucinations and shared tender vows with her. Then Scott and Mac showed up, arrested him for Rick's murder, and took Laura for psychiatric evaluation. Wanting to protect Laura, Luke claimed to have killed Rick. He bargained with Scott for one last visit with Laura. But Laura didn't recognize him as anything more than a bad man who had hurt her. As an orderly wheeled her away to transport her to London for treatment, all Luke could say was, "good-bye, my angel, good-bye."
Luke escaped from custody during a transport to another prison with Nikolas' help. He tried to visit Laura in London, but his visit seemed to worsen her condition. So Luke joined a chain gang, despondent over losing Laura. Lucky and Elizabeth tracked him down and brought him home. Wanting to punish himself somehow, Luke made every effort to get himself arrested, even setting the police department on fire. He would have died in the fire if Lucky hadn't rescued him. Alexis used Laura's taped confession to blackmail Scott into keeping Luke out of jail. Scott wanted Luke declared mentally unstable, so Alexis found him a shrink. Luke even opened up a little about Laura to his new therapist.
Soon after, Luke spotted a mysterious blonde woman in the park and pushed her out of the way of an oncoming car. Although he repeatedly ran into her after their first encounter, no one else ever saw her and doubted her existence. She called herself Summer and told Luke that she was a high-priced call girl. Luke hired her to help him re-enact special moments between the Spencers. But no matter what they did, Summer couldn't replace Laura, although Luke was some what captivated by her. They developed a unique friendship and he even convinced her stop being a call girl. Summer finally became real to the rest of the world when a desperate Luke sat on the ledge of General Hospital and she showed up in front of his therapist. Although he wasn't actually dating Summer, Luke was still shocked to find out that Summer had also been dating his son Lucky. He stopped seeing her and she briefly returned to her call girl profession. Eventually the truth came out that Summer had been hired by Nikolas to keep Luke's attention away from trying to find Laura. Nikolas had promised to give Summer information on the whereabouts of her brother. Summer hadn't planned on meeting and falling for Lucky in the process. Luke agreed to forgive her but told her never to scam him again or he would kill her. Then Luke, Summer, and Lucky went in search of Summer's brother. The adventure quickly turned into a treasure hunt for some lost Cassadine coins. In the end, Luke beat them all to the treasure and informed them that the coins had been replaced by fakes.
Luke and Lucky's relationship began showing signs of strain and the situation with Summer hadn't helped. Luke blamed Lucky for giving total control over Laura's medical treatment to Nikolas, a Cassadine. Summer got caught in the middle of a physical altercation between Luke and Lucky when Luke discovered that Lucky and Nik had hidden Laura again. She ended up knocking Luke out to get him to let go of Lucky. Later a drunk and doped up Luke returned to Lucky's place and mistook Summer for Laura. Luke talked to "Laura" lovingly, and Summer went along with it, feeling sorry for him. He pulled a knife and promised to protect "Laura," but when Lucky arrived, Luke left. Later Summer helped Lucky trick Luke into being committed to a mental hospital.
When Summer was pushed off a cliff at Nikolas and Emily's engagement party, everyone suspected Luke at first. But Lucky quickly realized that Luke wasn't responsible. Luke left town for awhile anyway. When he returned, he discovered that Lucky had become a cop and Stefan still wasn't behind bars for killing Summer. So Luke kidnapped him and held a televised a mock trial of Stefan at the end of which he declared Stefan guilty. Stefan and Luke had their final showdown on the cliff where Summer fell. Stefan allowed himself to be impaled by Luke's knife and then fell to his death. Lucky was forced to arrest Luke, who didn't run away at first and seemed almost proud of his deed. But Luke was not willing to do time for Stefan's murder and fled from police custody. He hid out in Jax's lake house where Skye happened to be staying. He convinced her to help him attend Stefan's funeral in secret and then to help him scam the Quartermaines out of money so that he could go on the run in style. But his original plan got replaced when he discovered the cards from the Dead Man's Hand that AJ had hidden away. Luke managed to get his hands on all 5 cards and auctioned them off to the highest bidder at the Halloween costume party. Jax won the bid and had just wired Luke the money when the room was filled with gas. Everyone passed out and a mystery person stole the cards. Luke tried to get the cards back, but Jax ended up with them and raced off to get them back to his father before he died.
Luke was not happy to find out that Nikolas had discovered a suicide note left by Stefan, which meant that Luke would not be tried for murder. Uncertain what to do with his newfound freedom, Luke didn't have to wait long. The Haunted Star had come back into Port Charles Harbor. Sam had won a boat in a poker game and the boat turned out to be the Haunted Star. Suddenly, several people, including Luke, were interested in opening a casino in town. Luke wanted to use the Haunted Star for the location and Sam had the title to the boat. But Luke had the gambling license, so they teamed up. Luke also wanted the Dead Man's Hand as a center piece for the casino. Sam wormed her way back into Jax's life and managed to get the cards back from him. But her victory felt hollow and she gave them to a homeless man: Luke. Luke's other partner Skye began making plans to turn the dumpy Haunted Star into a fabulous casino. Luke even found a stash of cash to bank roll his new business. But the cash turned out to belong to Faith Rosco. When she demanded the return of her cash, Luke basically told her "finders-keepers." So she kidnapped Skye as a bargaining chip and Luke had to rescue Skye when Faith dumped her overboard tied to a chair. Faith decided she would play Luke in a game of poker. If she won, he would launder money for her, but if he won then she would leave him alone. For reasons of his own, Luke let Faith win.
