Lulu Spencer
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Lesley Lu "Lulu" Spencer is a fictional character
(born on-screen August 8, 1994, SORAS-ed
to August 8, 1988) on the ABC
soap opera
General Hospital
. She is the daughter of supercouple
Luke and Laura Spencer
. She has notably been portrayed by Julie Marie Berman, who debuted in the role in November 2005. In 2009 and 2010 Berman won Emmys for her portrayal.
and "Lu" after an alias her mother had assumed while she and Luke were on the run from Frank Smith. The family settles on calling her Lulu. Her parents are legendary supercouple
Luke and Laura Spencer
, and she was born during a happy period in their marriage, when they had settled in Port Charles
after more than a decade on the run with their first child, Lucky
. Laura asked her friend Tiffany Hill to be Lulu's Godmother. Due to Luke's association with mob boss Sonny Corinthos
, Lulu's infancy is plagued by danger, with her mother fleeing town with her at one point. As an infant, Lulu is diagnosed with aplastic anemia
, forcing Laura to reveal the existence of another son, Nikolas Cassadine
, born during her captivity with Stavros Cassadine. Nikolas saves Lulu's life with a bone marrow transplant
, but Luke and Laura's marriage is destroyed by the revelation of this secret. Lulu is primarily raised by her mother after the divorce, though the family eventually reconciles and Luke and Laura plan to remarry. After Laura's appears to murder her stepfather Rick Webber
, she enters into a catatonic state, and Lulu is raised by her grandmother Lesley. Lulu is then "diagnosed" with Soap Opera Rapid Aging Syndrome, and is aged to 17 in November 2005. In February 2006, Lulu is one of the residents who had been victimized by encephalitis, causing her to be hospitalized.
. Resentful at Luke's absence in her life, Lulu continues to rebel by "borrowing" the family cars and stealing money from Tracy. After she graduates, Lulu and Diego Alcazar
scheme to break up Dillon Quartermaine
, her stepbrother, and his wife Georgie Jones
. After lying about Georgie and Diego having sex, Lulu loses her virginity to Dillon and becomes pregnant. Dillon discovers both her deception and the pregnancy. Lulu decides to abort the fetus. Despite legal challenges from the Quartermaines, Lulu eventually goes through with the abortion. Flooded with guilt, Lulu confides in her mother about not wanting to bring a baby into a world where it wasn't loved or wanted, much like Lulu felt growing up without her. When she talks about her abortion she thinks it was the right decision, but it still troubles her since her mom says she was always wanted and loved.
In November 2006, just in time for the twenty-fifth anniversary of her first wedding to Luke, Laura awakes from her catatonic state with the help of Dr. Robin Scorpio
and Dr. Patrick Drake. Luke and Laura renew their wedding vows in a fake ceremony. Luke knows she will return to her catatonic state after several weeks. He is unwilling to divorce Tracy. Laura reveals she doesn't believe she killed Rick Webber and returns to catatonia. Lulu becomes involved in Port Charles' mob community, helping mob boss Sonny Corinthos and his partner Jason Morgan track down teenage hacker
Damian Spinelli
, who had worked for rival Lorenzo Alcazar
. With Dillon's help, Lulu begins to investigate Rick's murder in the hope of clearing Laura's name.
Former Port Charles resident Jerry Jacks
, disguised through plastic surgery as James Craig, takes several people hostage in the Metro Court hotel with the aide of several mercenaries. Craig locks Lulu into a room with Alan Quartermaine. Lulu questions him about his role in Rick's death as all of her evidence points to Alan and his wife Monica Quartermaine
being involved. Alan reveals he knows who the real killer is, but dies from complications due to a heart attack before he can tell. Lulu manages to escape from the Metro Court after a bomb destroys the hotel lobby. She intercepts a letter from Alan to her father which reveals Scott Baldwin
, Laura's first husband and a longtime rival of Luke, had actually murdered Rick. Fearing the news would destroy her father and that he would kill Scott, Lulu decides to keep the information between her and Dillon.
was actually fathered by Jason Morgan. Lulu decides to keep this information from her brother, who she fears would suffer a relapse of his addiction to pills. Soon, Lulu is pursued by Spinelli, Milo Giambetti, and Dillon
, all of whom she rejects after becoming involved with Logan Hayes. She also forgives Elizabeth for lying about Jake's paternity when she learns of Elizabeth's rape. This was due to her discovering her father Luke raping her mother Laura in 1979. Maxie soon decides to break up Lulu and Logan upon learning of Lulu's involvement in breaking up Dillon and his then-wife, Georgie (Maxie's sister). After the encounter, Logan discovers he loved Lulu. Lulu consummates her relationship with Logan and they move in together, leading a jealous Maxie to reveal to Lulu her trysts with Logan.
Devastated, Lulu runs off and accepts a ride from stranger who turns out to be Johnny Zacchara
, son of insane mob boss Anthony Zacchara. At the same time, Port Charles is being terrorized by the "Text Message Killer," a serial killer who terrorized the town from September 2007 to April 2008. Anthony disapproves of the relationship but he is later incarcerated and is institutionalized. With Anthony gone, Johnny and Lulu begin a relationship but soon, Johnny's sister, Claudia Zacchara
arrives in town and causes friction between the duo. Georgie Jones is soon murdered by the Text Message Killer, believed to be Logan. Soon after, Lulu and Johnny consummate their relationship on the Haunted Star. Several residents of Port Charles are injured when Lulu's old friend Diego Alcazar, who is the Text Message Killer, blows up the cannery. As a favor to her cousin Carly Jacks, Lulu begins to work as an assistant to Kate Howard
, who is launching a magazine with Jasper Jacks
. Lulu also discovers Maxie is an assistant for Kate. Soon, An increasingly unstable Logan cannot accept his relationship with Lulu is over, and attempts to blame Maxie for their breakup, leading him to assault her with Lulu secretly watching. Logan goes after Lulu, who stabs him in self-defense, killing him in the process. Johnny and Maxie come to her aid, with Johnny telling his sister he was responsible for stabbing Logan. The four begin to cover up the crime, though Johnny is eventually arrested. Johnny is later acquitted of all charges. Lulu suffers a mental breakdown, which leads to her mother coming to her aid. After Laura reconciles with Luke, she moves to France to continue her treatment.
Soon after, Johnny and Maxie begin to attend public affairs as a publicity stunt for Kate. Lulu breaks up with Johnny after discovering he cheated on her with Maxie, putting a strain on her friendship.
After breaking up with Johnny, Lulu begins a friendship with Ethan Lovett
. She flirts with and even kisses him to spite her stepmom Tracey. The relationship doesn't go any further though, due to Lulu admitting she has no romantic feelings for him, as he has none for her. Soon they both find out Ethan is in fact her half-brother after their father having an affair with Holly Sutton during his marriage to Laura.
In March 2010, Maxie develops a infection after an adventure-gone-wrong with Spinelli. As Maxie is faced with the possibility of death, Lulu realizes how much Maxie really means to her. She admits to Carly that she wouldn't know what to do without her.
at Jake's. They become flirtatious after that, much to Ethan
and Lucky's dismay. Although Lulu's not interested in anything solid with Dominic, she does like him and continues to hang out with him.
At the General Hospital Carnival, Dominic asks Lulu to go to the carnival with him, but she turns him down and goes with Matt Hunter
, only to make Dominic jealous. After Matt cancels, Dominic and Lulu go to the carnival where he wins her a stuffed animal from a carnival game. Soon after that, Edward Quartermaine
has a heart attack while driving and heads straight for Lulu's cousin Morgan.Dominic pushes Morgan out of the way. The car hits him instead. Lulu visits him at the hospital where she agrees to go on a date with him when he recovers. At her second visit with Dominic, she gets suspicious about his situation in the mob when he talks as if he is against it.
Lulu goes and visits Johnny soon after learning he was shot by an ambush on a warehouse and saves Spinelli's life. Olivia Falconeri
and Dominic are there as well. Dominic flirts with Lulu. Lulu gives Dominic a ride back to General Hospital. When they arrive, he still flirts with Lulu. Later, she discovers he possesses a badge. Dominic quickly responds by telling her it was stolen. Lulu then believes it and plays go-fish with him. Later, Ethan arrives and asks Lulu to come and talk to Nikolas about Rebecca. Lulu challenges him to a card game which results in Lulu staying with Dominic. While leaving, Dominic discovers a king
in her back pocket which indicates she wanted to stay with him anyway. She fools him by leaning in to kiss him but quickly jerks away.
At Maxie and Spinelli's wedding, Dominic shows up and tells Lulu the reason he came was because he heard she was going to be the maid of honor
and he wanted to dance with her. At the reception, Lulu tells Dominic she wonders if she will have a love like Maxie has with Spinelli. Dominic tells her she won't have what they have; she'll have what she has. Soon after that, Dominic asks Lulu to dance and they do.
Later, Dominic opens up to Lulu about the only father figure he's ever had in his life, Mr. Poletti, who was his best friend's dad and treated Dominic like a son, including him in all the activities he did with his own kids. Poletti, who was a cop, was eventually murdered behind a liquor store. Dominic believes it was Sonny who ordered the hit. When telling the story to Lulu, he leaves out the fact he was a cop. It was Sonny who murdered him. He tells Lulu a lot of decisions in his life are because of Mr. Poletti. Lulu believes Dominic is working for Sonny to get him to help avenge Mr. Poletti's death. Dominic lets her believe it. After his conversation with Lulu, Dominic decides he can't compromise his beliefs and give Claudia another child that she would only use as a pawn. He confides to Lulu. When he has kids it will be with the woman he loves, and they will be planned for, wanted and loved.
They then run into each other again at the Haunted Star where Lulu is distracted by Ethan and Nikolas' feud over Rebecca. Dominic meets Lulu's father, Luke Spencer, for the first time and tells him he has a wonderful daughter. Lulu pulls Dominic away from Luke and while talking about how Luke surprised everyone by being thrilled to learn Ethan was his son, asks Dominic if he had even wanted to find his own father. Dominic and Lulu then end up at Kelly's where he tells Lulu about how he had tracked down the man he believes to be his father when he was 14. After watching the man with his wife and kids, Dominic realized there was no place for him in that life and let the idea drop. He admits he is not sure this guy was his father since he doesn't have a DNA sample. He says it didn't matter because whoever his father was would be a guy just like that and he didn't have the right to upset his life just to make himself feel better.
On October 27, 2009, Dominic and his handler Ronnie have a dispute on the docks. Ronnie insists on calling Dominic "Officer Falconari" much to his chagrin before he leaves. Just then, Lulu, who has been accidentally drugged from a bottle of spiked water, appears and says she now knows the real reason he carries a badge is because he's a cop. Dominic quickly figures out what has happened to Lulu and tries to take her to the hospital, but she refuses. He continues to tell her she is confused and he's not a cop, but she is insistent. He can't leave her on the docks in her condition, especially if she could tell someone about his identity. He takes Lulu to his apartment to recover. In her drugged condition, Lulu comes on to Dominic and tells him about fantasies she has had of the two of them together. She then initiates a passionate kiss which he allows for a few moments before he pushes her away, telling her that he can't sleep with her because she would hate him in the morning. He then tries again to get her to the hospital, but she refuses and instead ends up sleeping sprawled across his bed while he sleeps in a chair nearby. The next morning, Dominic was relieved to find out Lulu doesn't remember anything from the night before, especially learning he's a cop.
At Claudia Zacchara's "birthday party," Maxie asks Dominic what his intentions are with Lulu. Lulu, overhearing, interrupts and tells him he does not have to answer. He replies he could try but she is hard to ignore. He tells Maxie what happened the night before and how he rescued Lulu. He also tells her he did not lay a hand on Lulu even though she begged him to. Maxie pulls Lulu aside and asks her if all he said was true. Lulu tells Maxie it was. Maxie laughs and informes her that she is totally into this guy. In denial, Lulu disagrees and in an effort to escape Dominic's gaze almost crashes into a waiter. He smilles, but later, being a gentleman, he offers Lulu a drink and states he really he keeps her off balance. She tells him she just doesn't know who he is, to which he replies "good."
Sonny verbally attacks Claudia at the party with the proof he had learned earlier in the evening. She is responsible for his son Michael having been shot a year earlier. Claudia kidnaps Carly. Dominic, not able to break his cover, can do nothing but let them go. Dominic and Lulu set off to find her. At the Zacchara Mansion, they run into Johnny. They search through the mansion. Lulu, determined to find her cousin, tries to search without them and ends up almost drowning after falling through the floor into the flooded basement. Dominic jumps in to save her. While waiting for help, Lulu surprisingly remembers the night she was drugged. She tells Dominic she remembers him and Ronnie talking. Dominic is getting too close to Sonny and his family. Lulu, realizing he's undercover in Sonny's organization, wants him to promise not to take Sonny down, as he is a family friend. Dominic says he can't make that promise to her. When Lulu continues on about what she remembers from that night, Dominic caves and says, "Dante Falconeri, nice to meet you," revealing to Lulu he's Olivia's son.
Dante then tells Lulu that Mr. Poletti was actually Officer Poletti. Sonny was the person who ordered his death. Lulu, not really understanding the mob, claims Sonny would never do that. Dante tries to take her mind off of it and asks her if she likes the opera. She replies she doesn't know much. Dante asks her to go to the opera with him. She then loses consciousness. Johnny arrives with help. At the hospital, Dante asks her once again to go to the opera with him. She says it's an offer she can't refuse. Lulu then asks, sarcastically, if liking the opera is part of his cover. Dante then asks Lulu to keep it on the down low. Lulu tells him it depends on whether he still plans on arresting Sonny. He then tells Lulu it's his job. Sonny needs to be put away for the many deaths he has caused, including Claudia's.
She is in denial for a little while talking to Maxie about her and Dante. She and Dante go on a date, to the opera. She falls in love with it and the two almost make love in the limo afterward, but the limo driver opens the door on them kissing and they stop. Lulu is soon kidnapped by the serial killer
Franco
. She is strapped to a bomb while Dante and Jason race against the clock to rescue her and Jason's girlfriend, Sam McCall. Dante reaches Lulu in time and pulls her into the basement and behind a wall, just as the bomb goes off. Lucky and Dr. Steven Webber
discover the warehouse after it is blown up. Jason and Sam show up. Lucky berates Jason for choosing Sam over Lulu, an innocent bystander. Just as Lucky is about to beat Jason up, Lulu, led by Dante, walks out of the burning building. Lulu calls her brother, who runs into Lulu's arms. Dr. Webber examines Lulu, and tells her besides a few bruises and scratches, she's fine. Lulu thanks Dante for saving her, in front of Lucky, Jason and Sam. Jason and Lucky go after Franco. Dante stays to comfort Lulu. Johnny comes and sees Lulu, and expresses concern. Lulu assures him that she is ok.
The next day, Lulu is still a little traumatized by the ordeal and takes her anger and frustration out on a parking attendant and hotel employee. Carly tries to help Lulu, and talks with her. Lulu takes a walk, to get some fresh air and ends up at the warehouse site. Dante finds her and comforts her. They share a sweet moment and a kiss. Lulu finds out Nikolas loves Elizabeth from Lucky She calls Elizabeth out on it. Lulu tells her that she thinks that Elizabeth encouraged Nikolas. Lulu then goes to see Nikolas and tells him it's best if he take an extended vacation. He suggests France. She says he and Spencer can visit Laura. They hug. Lulu tells him she misses him already.
Lulu encounters Johnny on the docks, who tells her he knows Dominic is a cop. He tells her when the whole thing goes down, it won't end happily for her. Dante comes by and tells Johnny if he has a problem with him, to take it up with him. Johnny says he doesn't want to cause problems for the two, but warns Lulu about all the people who will be mad at her for keeping Dante's secret, namely Luke. Lulu defends her position. Dante leads her to his room above Kelly's. He tells her he has to wrap up the case and fast. He shouldn't have let it get personal. Lulu assumes he is referring to her. Dante tells her after the bust, he will go back to Brooklyn, saying he has a life there, but he doesn't know where that leaves him and her. Dante asks if she is going to point out they're not together. Lulu replies she kept his secret and that should count for something. Dante tries to convince her to leave, but Lulu dodges. Dante tries to resist, but kisses Lulu instead. After, he tells her he doesn't know why he kissed her. Lulu tells him he does. He again tells her to leave. She asks if that's what she really wants. He reluctantly goes to the door and opens it. Lulu calls him an emotional coward and leaves.
The next morning, Lulu is walking on the docks, talking on her phone with Maxie and juggling Kate's personal shopping items and lattes. Maxie tells her not be rude, she wasn't the one crying herself to sleep last night. Lulu tries to deny it. Lulu hangs up on Maxie and drops the lattes. She goes to pick them up. Dante comes and helps her, while she gives him a hurt look. He hands her the coffee and assumes it was Maxie. She wonders why he cares. He responds she cares if she cried herself to sleep. She denies it, and tells him she had a 24-hour cold. He wonders if she is upset. She says she exceeded her tolerance for cheesy pick-up lines anyway, prompting him to tell her a few. She laughs. She then asks him why he suddenly stopped showing interest in her. He says that he wants to do right by her and not put her in danger. To this, Lulu calls him patronizing and sexist. She tells him not to tell her it's over, kisses him, and says she assures him that it is not. She then picks up her things and walks off.
Lulu arrives, late to Crimson, to a sarcastic Maxie. Maxie gives her the opera tickets she wanted for her and Dominic. Maxie leaves as Carly comes and cheers Lulu up, by asking her to be Josslyn's godmother. Lulu agrees. Carly leaves and Maxie returns. She analyzes Lulu's mood and infers things with Dominic aren't going well. Lulu tells her he is pushing her away to protect her. Lulu admits what doomed her and Dominic was her falling in love with him. Lulu arrives, upon Ethan's request, at the Haunted Star. He tells her Lucky is drinking. Lulu calls Lucky and tells him to meet her at the Star. Ethan leaves, Lucky comes and Lulu asks him, point blank, if he's drinking, to which he admits he is. Lulu tries to get him to stop, but tells him he is just like their father and leaves him to the scotch bottle. Lulu, after calling Nikolas and Elizabeth to meet her at Elizabeth's house, shows up and tells them both Lucky is drinking and it's their fault. Elizabeth tries to get Lulu to explain. Lulu does. Elizabeth tries to get Nikolas and Lulu to go with her to the Star to confront Lucky about his drinking. Lulu scoffs at Liz and leaves.
She heads to the docks, where she is upset and crying. Dante is sitting on the bench. He tries to console her, but still remains at a distance. Lulu gets cynical and tells him the Lucky's drinking is the wake-up call she needed because she was getting sentimental about them. He needed to bust Sonny and move on. She leaves him on the docks. Lulu goes to GH and asks Epiphany about the AA meetings and if any pain-killers have gone missing. Epiphany tells her to tell her what's going on. Lulu explains Lucky is drinking. Lulu meets Nikolas at the docks and finds out he and Elizabeth having been sleeping together. Lulu calls him a lying selfish pig and storms off. She returns to GH and asks Epiphany if she left her phone there and spots Elizabeth. She calls Elizabeth names, calls her out and berates her in front of the hospital staff. Everyone watches as Lulu rips into Elizabeth about her deeds. Lulu then walks off and goes to see Dante. She tells him what happened, and then asks him, if what they have is real or just a part of his undercover assignment. Dante tells her it's real. He loves her. Lulu replies by saying she loves him to. They take things to his bed when his phone goes off. Dante talks to Raynor on the phone. He then tells Lulu things are about to change. He doesn't want to drag her down with him, and asks her to leave. She does, leaving Dante behind heartbroken.
On Friday January 29, 2010, Dante is shot by his father Sonny. He is then rushed to General Hospital by Olivia and Sonny. Arriving at Sonny's, Lulu sees Dante's blood on the floor and finds his cell phone and badge. She goes back to Carly and Jax's party to confront Jason about Dante. She tells him if Dante is dead, she hopes he and Sonny burn in hell, threatening to tell everything about Sonny's organization to the PCPD. Lulu then goes to the hospital only to find Sonny there. Enraged, she takes all her anger out on him. Sonny reveals to her he did not know Dante was his son until after he shot him. Lulu and Olivia see Dante before he goes in for surgery. There, Lulu professes her love for Dante. When Sonny's trial starts, Carly, Sonny, and Jason send Michael to Sonny's island. However, in April 2010, Dante finds Michael. Lulu and Dante hide Michael which causes Lulu and Carly to get into a fight.
After Michael is sent to prison, Carly vows to break up Lulu and Dante. On May 5, 2010 the couple make love for the first time. Carly calls in Brook Lynn, an old friend of Dante's from Bensonhurst, and pays her to break up Lulu and Dante.
Dante's old friend, Brook Lynn Ashton (Adrianne Leon) from Bensonhurst returns to town in May 2010. Dante finds her singing at the local bar, Jake's. Lulu and Brook's history is quickly revealed. Lulu is kind of suspicious of Brook. Carly has secretly hired Brook Lynn to get Dante into bed to get her revenge against the couple. On August 17, 2010 Lulu walks in on Dante and Brook Lynn half-naked. However, when Lulu realizes Brook Lynn drugged Dante, she forgives him. They move on with their relationship.
In October 2010, Brenda Barrett
(Vanessa Marcil
) returns to Port Charles. Through a series of flashbacks it is revealed Dante worked on a security detail for the supermodel in 2007. However, the pair refrain from telling anybody. It is revealed Dante covered up a murder for Brenda. In addition, Carly finds a document which indicates Dante signed away his parental rights to his and Brenda's child. She ssumes the two had an affair. In private, Brenda tells Dante she miscarried the baby. However, Dante tells Lulu he had never met Brenda. When Lulu caught Dante in the lie, he changed his story. He barely knew her, and didn't think she would remember him. On January 18, 2011, Lulu breaks up with Dante when she finds out about the murder he helped Brenda cover up in 2007. However, Dante is determined to win Lulu back, and the breakup makes him realize what he had with Brenda was just a crush. What he has with Lulu is real. During Brenda's wedding to Sonny (with Dante serving as the best man) Brenda objected to her own wedding to tell Sonny the truth about her baby. Dante stepped up and revealed, although he signed away his parental rights, the child was not actually his. Lulu leaves the wedding, visibly upset. Dante follows her to her apartment where he tells her he will not give up on their relationship.
. Luke is devastated when he learns he was the driver who killed Jake, and begins to unravel. Lucky blames his father's alleged alcoholism
on the accident. Lulu and Ethan do not believe their father is an alcoholic. Neither does Luke, who nonetheless finds himself on a self-destructive downward spiral out of guilt for killing Jake.
Luke tries to burn down his casino the Haunted Star. He also attempts to goad Jason Morgan (Jake's biological father) into killing him. Lulu and the Spencers finally band together in a forced intervention of Luke to try to coax him into rehab. Lulu tearfully recalls how supportive Luke was when she had her abortion. Luke ultimately refuses treatment. Lulu regretfully agrees to cut ties with him until he changes his mind. She has a few run-ins with him shortly afterward, and is angry when she catches Ethan having drinks with him at the Haunted Star. Lulu soon finds herself unable to abandon her father and proceeds to clean up his messes and comfort him. When Luke finally screams at her in a blind rage, he realizes how low he's fallen and agrees to go to rehab. However, fifteen minutes after arriving at the facility, Luke checks out and vanishes. Although Lulu is devastated, she blames her family's "tough love" on his decision and seems to be the only person who believes he will return.
During these tragedies, Lulu begins to ignore her duties at Crimson. When Kate threatens to fire her, she happily quits and plans to run the Haunted Star during Luke's absence. She hopes a renovated, improved business will give Luke incentive to return to Port Charles and remain sober. When Tracy informs Lulu she plans to sell the casino, Lulu obtains funds from Nikolas to buy it.
brothel
the latter was raised in, but Luke cruelly rejects him. When Lucky returns to Port Charles and reports this to his family, Lulu begins to give up hope that she will reunite with her father. Yet when Lucky burns down the Spencer home that Lulu was raised in, she decides that she must retrieve her father herself, for Lucky's sake, and departs for Florida.
By the time Lulu arrives at the brothel, Luke has apparently left. Posing as his former business associate, Lulu questions the dangerous brothel manager Javier and a prostitute named Lupe. The two hint that Luke might return, so Lulu takes a job as a cocktail waitress in the brothel with hopes to reunite with him soon. Dante follows her and pretends to be a john, then accepts a job from Javier as a bouncer
. Soon Javier learns of the pair's deceit, and kills Lupe when he believes she is giving them information. Javier has his thugs beat and tie up Dante while he tries to rape Lulu, but Dante escapes and saves her, overpowering Javier. At gunpoint, Javier confesses that he knows Luke is somewhere doing business with his old nemesis, Nikolas' grandmother Helena Cassadine
.
Lulu and Dante next head for the Greek island where Helena has her base of operations. Dante poses as an applicant to join Helena's private security, but Helena quickly sees through their ruse. As the three of them exchange heated words, Nikolas surprises everyone when he arrives, having left Port Charles for good after learning that Aidan is not his son. He convinces Lulu to give up the search for Luke, and she and Dante return to Port Charles.
Upon returning, Lulu tells most of her family and friends that she's given up searching for her father and wishes to move on. Meanwhile, when Dante discovers that Lucky might be getting involved in drugs again, he opts to keep it secret from Lulu for the time being, per Liz's request.
Meanwhile, it is Lulus birthday. Dante gives Lulu a key to his apartment and asks him to move in with her, but she cannot give him an answer. After Lucky sobers up, Dante visits him and tells him that he needs to tell Lulu the truth. However, Lulu walks in and hears them talking about Lucky's relapse. She is mad that Dante wasn't honest with her. Lulu breaks up with Dante. Dante pleads with Lulu to take him back but Lulu asks him if he would lie to her about Lucky again. Dante said he would in order to keep Lucky safe. Lulu then leaves Dante.
Lulus stepmother Tracy tries to convince her that Dante is a good guy, and that he only lied to protect her brother. Lulu then goes to Crimson to help Sam pick out a wedding dress. Little does she know that Dante had been in the other room talking to Olivia about her. Lulu holds a wedding dress up to herself, imagining what it would look like on her, when Dante walks in. They have a conversation about their relationship but Dante must leave for police business. Lulu continues to look at herself with the dress on.
Dante then decides that he wants to ask Lulu to marry him. He tells Olivia, and she sets up a dinner for the two on the rooftop of the MetroCourt. Meanwhile, Lulu asks Ethan to help her run away for a little while. However, Ethan tells Dante that Lulu has plans to leave, and Dante finds her at the Haunted Star and asks her to come with him. He takes Lulu to the rooftop and begins to propose, however Lulu talks over him and tells him that she can't trust him anymore. Dante then says "Dammit, Lulu. Will you just shut up and marry me?". Though she hesitates and leaves Dante hanging, Lulu eventually decides to accept the proposal over the surprise dinner on September 23.
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(born on-screen August 8, 1994, SORAS-ed
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to August 8, 1988) on the ABC
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General Hospital
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. She is the daughter of supercouple
Supercouple
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Luke and Laura Spencer
Luke and Laura Spencer
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. She has notably been portrayed by Julie Marie Berman, who debuted in the role in November 2005. In 2009 and 2010 Berman won Emmys for her portrayal.
Early years
Lesley Lu is named "Lesley" after her maternal grandmother Dr. Lesley WebberLesley Webber
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and "Lu" after an alias her mother had assumed while she and Luke were on the run from Frank Smith. The family settles on calling her Lulu. Her parents are legendary supercouple
Supercouple
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Luke and Laura Spencer
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, and she was born during a happy period in their marriage, when they had settled in Port Charles
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after more than a decade on the run with their first child, Lucky
Lucky Spencer
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. Laura asked her friend Tiffany Hill to be Lulu's Godmother. Due to Luke's association with mob boss Sonny Corinthos
Sonny Corinthos
Michael "Sonny" Corinthos, Jr. is a fictional character on the popular ABC soap opera General Hospital. Maurice Benard has played the role, that of a manic depressive Mob boss living in Port Charles, since the character's storyline originated on August 13, 1993...
, Lulu's infancy is plagued by danger, with her mother fleeing town with her at one point. As an infant, Lulu is diagnosed with aplastic anemia
Aplastic anemia
Aplastic anemia is a condition where bone marrow does not produce sufficient new cells to replenish blood cells. The condition, per its name, involves both aplasia and anemia...
, forcing Laura to reveal the existence of another son, Nikolas Cassadine
Nikolas Cassadine
Prince Nikolas Mikhail Stavrosovich Cassadine is a fictional character on the long-running American soap opera General Hospital. The role was originated by Tyler Christopher, who played the character from 1996–1999, and then after a four-year hiatus resumed the role in 2003 and left the show in 2011...
, born during her captivity with Stavros Cassadine. Nikolas saves Lulu's life with a bone marrow transplant
Bone marrow transplant
Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is the transplantation of multipotent hematopoietic stem cell or blood, usually derived from bone marrow, peripheral blood stem cells, or umbilical cord blood...
, but Luke and Laura's marriage is destroyed by the revelation of this secret. Lulu is primarily raised by her mother after the divorce, though the family eventually reconciles and Luke and Laura plan to remarry. After Laura's appears to murder her stepfather Rick Webber
Rick Webber
Rick Webber was a fictional character on the ABC soap opera, General Hospital. He was portrayed by Michael Gregory from 1976 - 1978, and by Chris Robinson from 1978 - 1986, and again briefly in 2002, when the character was killed by Scott Baldwin....
, she enters into a catatonic state, and Lulu is raised by her grandmother Lesley. Lulu is then "diagnosed" with Soap Opera Rapid Aging Syndrome, and is aged to 17 in November 2005. In February 2006, Lulu is one of the residents who had been victimized by encephalitis, causing her to be hospitalized.
Pregnancy and Family reunion
Lulu proves to be too much for her grandmother to handle. Lesley forces Luke to take a more active role in his daughter's life. Lulu moves into the Quartermaine mansion with Luke and her new stepmother, Tracy QuartermaineTracy Quartermaine
Tracy Angelica Quartermaine Spencer is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera General Hospital...
. Resentful at Luke's absence in her life, Lulu continues to rebel by "borrowing" the family cars and stealing money from Tracy. After she graduates, Lulu and Diego Alcazar
Diego Alcazar
Diego Alcazar was a fictional character on the popular ABC daytime drama, General Hospital. Diego is the son of Lorenzo Alcazar and Maria Sanchez. Ignacio Serricchio originated the role of Diego in October 2004 and portrayed him until the character's "death" in November 2006...
scheme to break up Dillon Quartermaine
Dillon Quartermaine
Dillon Albert Quartermaine is a fictional character on the popular ABC soap opera, General Hospital. He first appeared in 1992, and is the son of Paul Hornsby and Tracy Quartermaine. He also appeared briefly on ABC's now-defunct The City . Dillon was portrayed by actor Scott Clifton from 2003...
, her stepbrother, and his wife Georgie Jones
Georgie Jones
Georgianna "Georgie" Jones is a fictional character on the popular ABC soap opera General Hospital. She is the daughter of supercouple Frisco and Felicia Jones. Georgie was portrayed by actress Lindze Letherman, who first appeared on the show in September 2002 and left in December 2007...
. After lying about Georgie and Diego having sex, Lulu loses her virginity to Dillon and becomes pregnant. Dillon discovers both her deception and the pregnancy. Lulu decides to abort the fetus. Despite legal challenges from the Quartermaines, Lulu eventually goes through with the abortion. Flooded with guilt, Lulu confides in her mother about not wanting to bring a baby into a world where it wasn't loved or wanted, much like Lulu felt growing up without her. When she talks about her abortion she thinks it was the right decision, but it still troubles her since her mom says she was always wanted and loved.
In November 2006, just in time for the twenty-fifth anniversary of her first wedding to Luke, Laura awakes from her catatonic state with the help of Dr. Robin Scorpio
Robin Scorpio
Dr. Robin Scorpio-Drake is a fictional character from the ABC soap opera General Hospital and its prime time SOAPnet spin-off General Hospital: Night Shift, originated and portrayed by Kimberly McCullough since 1985. The character came to mainstream attention when she was diagnosed as HIV-positive...
and Dr. Patrick Drake. Luke and Laura renew their wedding vows in a fake ceremony. Luke knows she will return to her catatonic state after several weeks. He is unwilling to divorce Tracy. Laura reveals she doesn't believe she killed Rick Webber and returns to catatonia. Lulu becomes involved in Port Charles' mob community, helping mob boss Sonny Corinthos and his partner Jason Morgan track down teenage hacker
Hacker (computer security)
In computer security and everyday language, a hacker is someone who breaks into computers and computer networks. Hackers may be motivated by a multitude of reasons, including profit, protest, or because of the challenge...
Damian Spinelli
Damian Spinelli
Damien Millhouse "Spinelli" Spinelli, a.k.a. "The Jackal", is a fictional character on the ABC daytime drama, General Hospital, played by actor Bradford Anderson since November 13, 2006...
, who had worked for rival Lorenzo Alcazar
Lorenzo Alcazar
Lorenzo Alcazar is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera General Hospital, originated by actor Ted King, who previously played Lorenzo's deceased brother Luis Alcazar...
. With Dillon's help, Lulu begins to investigate Rick's murder in the hope of clearing Laura's name.
Former Port Charles resident Jerry Jacks
Jerry Jacks
Jerard Aloysius "Jerry" Jacks was a fictional character on the popular ABC soap opera, General Hospital. He was portrayed by Julian Stone from April 10, 1998 to December 14, 1999. In January 2007 the role was resumed by Sebastian Roché with the in-universe explanation that character James Craig ...
, disguised through plastic surgery as James Craig, takes several people hostage in the Metro Court hotel with the aide of several mercenaries. Craig locks Lulu into a room with Alan Quartermaine. Lulu questions him about his role in Rick's death as all of her evidence points to Alan and his wife Monica Quartermaine
Monica Quartermaine
Dr. Monica Quartermaine is a fictional character on the popular ABC soap opera, General Hospital. She is a member of the wealthy Quartermaine family. Her various affairs and quarrels with her husband Dr...
being involved. Alan reveals he knows who the real killer is, but dies from complications due to a heart attack before he can tell. Lulu manages to escape from the Metro Court after a bomb destroys the hotel lobby. She intercepts a letter from Alan to her father which reveals Scott Baldwin
Scott Baldwin
Scott Baldwin is a fictional character from the ABC soap operas, General Hospital and its now-defunct spinoff Port Charles. He is often remembered as the "odd man out" in GH's well-known love story of Luke and Laura Spencer. The character debuted on GH as a child in the 1960s...
, Laura's first husband and a longtime rival of Luke, had actually murdered Rick. Fearing the news would destroy her father and that he would kill Scott, Lulu decides to keep the information between her and Dillon.
Logan Hayes and Johnny Zacchara
Spinelli develops feelings for Lulu. Through their friendship, Lulu discovers Lucky's son Jake with wife ElizabethElizabeth Webber
Elizabeth Spencer may refer to:*Lady Elizabeth Spencer , wife of Henry Herbert, 10th Earl of Pembroke*Elizabeth Spencer, Baroness Hunsdon*Elizabeth Spencer , American novelist...
was actually fathered by Jason Morgan. Lulu decides to keep this information from her brother, who she fears would suffer a relapse of his addiction to pills. Soon, Lulu is pursued by Spinelli, Milo Giambetti, and Dillon
Dillon Quartermaine
Dillon Albert Quartermaine is a fictional character on the popular ABC soap opera, General Hospital. He first appeared in 1992, and is the son of Paul Hornsby and Tracy Quartermaine. He also appeared briefly on ABC's now-defunct The City . Dillon was portrayed by actor Scott Clifton from 2003...
, all of whom she rejects after becoming involved with Logan Hayes. She also forgives Elizabeth for lying about Jake's paternity when she learns of Elizabeth's rape. This was due to her discovering her father Luke raping her mother Laura in 1979. Maxie soon decides to break up Lulu and Logan upon learning of Lulu's involvement in breaking up Dillon and his then-wife, Georgie (Maxie's sister). After the encounter, Logan discovers he loved Lulu. Lulu consummates her relationship with Logan and they move in together, leading a jealous Maxie to reveal to Lulu her trysts with Logan.
Devastated, Lulu runs off and accepts a ride from stranger who turns out to be Johnny Zacchara
Johnny Zacchara
John "Johnny" Anthony Zacchara is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera General Hospital and the contract role has been portrayed Brandon Barash since 18 September 2007. Within the series, he is known as the son of mobster Anthony Zacchara.-Arrival:...
, son of insane mob boss Anthony Zacchara. At the same time, Port Charles is being terrorized by the "Text Message Killer," a serial killer who terrorized the town from September 2007 to April 2008. Anthony disapproves of the relationship but he is later incarcerated and is institutionalized. With Anthony gone, Johnny and Lulu begin a relationship but soon, Johnny's sister, Claudia Zacchara
Claudia Zacchara
Claudia Antonia Corinthos is a fictional character from the ABC daytime soap opera General Hospital. The daughter of New York City mob boss Anthony Zacchara, Claudia was portrayed by Sarah Brown beginning January 31, 2008. She left the role of Claudia on November 6, 2009 to join the cast of The...
arrives in town and causes friction between the duo. Georgie Jones is soon murdered by the Text Message Killer, believed to be Logan. Soon after, Lulu and Johnny consummate their relationship on the Haunted Star. Several residents of Port Charles are injured when Lulu's old friend Diego Alcazar, who is the Text Message Killer, blows up the cannery. As a favor to her cousin Carly Jacks, Lulu begins to work as an assistant to Kate Howard
Kate Howard
Katherine "Kate" Hardwicke Howard is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera General Hospital. The character was introduced to the show in May 2007, and was portrayed by Megan Ward since the character's introduction. Ward last appeared on-screen on October 20, 2010...
, who is launching a magazine with Jasper Jacks
Jasper Jacks
Jasper "Jax" Jacks is a fictional character from the ABC soap opera General Hospital. He has been played by actor Ingo Rademacher from January 1996 to August 2000, and from August 2001 to July 2011. In January 2008, the role was temporarily filled by Gideon Emery...
. Lulu also discovers Maxie is an assistant for Kate. Soon, An increasingly unstable Logan cannot accept his relationship with Lulu is over, and attempts to blame Maxie for their breakup, leading him to assault her with Lulu secretly watching. Logan goes after Lulu, who stabs him in self-defense, killing him in the process. Johnny and Maxie come to her aid, with Johnny telling his sister he was responsible for stabbing Logan. The four begin to cover up the crime, though Johnny is eventually arrested. Johnny is later acquitted of all charges. Lulu suffers a mental breakdown, which leads to her mother coming to her aid. After Laura reconciles with Luke, she moves to France to continue her treatment.
Friendship with Maxie Jones
Despite blaming each other for ending their siblings marriages, Lulu and Maxie began to form a friendship because of the events surrounding Logan's death. The two decide to move in together, though their truce is strained when Johnny breaks all ties with his family. Lulu moves him into their apartment as well. Carly decides to hold a benefit to help fund research on traumatic brain injuries involving children, causing Johnny to feel guilt over his role in Michael Corinthos's coma. That, coupled with his inability to find work because of his mafia ties, strain their relationship, forcing Lulu to attend the event alone. While at the benefit, which is hosted at General Hospital's boardroom, several guests and staff members are incapacitated by a biotoxin. Lulu agrees to help Epiphany Johnson with hospital duties, but most of her efforts involve helping Spinelli and waiting to hear from Johnny. During the evacuation, she refuses to leave her "stepmonster" Tracy's side until she's evacuated, leading to a closer relationship between them.Soon after, Johnny and Maxie begin to attend public affairs as a publicity stunt for Kate. Lulu breaks up with Johnny after discovering he cheated on her with Maxie, putting a strain on her friendship.
After breaking up with Johnny, Lulu begins a friendship with Ethan Lovett
Ethan Lovett
Ethan Lovett is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera General Hospital, portrayed by Nathan Parsons since January 30, 2009...
. She flirts with and even kisses him to spite her stepmom Tracey. The relationship doesn't go any further though, due to Lulu admitting she has no romantic feelings for him, as he has none for her. Soon they both find out Ethan is in fact her half-brother after their father having an affair with Holly Sutton during his marriage to Laura.
In March 2010, Maxie develops a infection after an adventure-gone-wrong with Spinelli. As Maxie is faced with the possibility of death, Lulu realizes how much Maxie really means to her. She admits to Carly that she wouldn't know what to do without her.
Dante Falconeri
Lulu meets Dominic PirelliDante Falconeri
Dante Angelo Falconeri is a fictional character on the popular daytime soap opera General Hospital. Dante is the son of the popular character Sonny Corinthos and his old flame Olivia Falconeri. He has been portrayed by contract player Dominic Zamprogna since June 22, 2009.-Character description...
at Jake's. They become flirtatious after that, much to Ethan
Ethan Lovett
Ethan Lovett is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera General Hospital, portrayed by Nathan Parsons since January 30, 2009...
and Lucky's dismay. Although Lulu's not interested in anything solid with Dominic, she does like him and continues to hang out with him.
At the General Hospital Carnival, Dominic asks Lulu to go to the carnival with him, but she turns him down and goes with Matt Hunter
Matt Hunter
Matt Hunter is an Canadian professional mountain biker. Matt Hunter's professional career began when he won the 2003 "Ultimate Freeride Challenge"....
, only to make Dominic jealous. After Matt cancels, Dominic and Lulu go to the carnival where he wins her a stuffed animal from a carnival game. Soon after that, Edward Quartermaine
Edward Quartermaine
Edward Louis Quartermaine is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera, General Hospital. The character was created in 1978, originally played by David Lewis. When ill health forced Lewis to step down from the role in 1989, the character was killed off in a plane crash. Lewis' voice was still...
has a heart attack while driving and heads straight for Lulu's cousin Morgan.Dominic pushes Morgan out of the way. The car hits him instead. Lulu visits him at the hospital where she agrees to go on a date with him when he recovers. At her second visit with Dominic, she gets suspicious about his situation in the mob when he talks as if he is against it.
Lulu goes and visits Johnny soon after learning he was shot by an ambush on a warehouse and saves Spinelli's life. Olivia Falconeri
Olivia Falconeri
Olivia Falconeri is a fictional character on the ABC daytime soap opera General Hospital. She has been portrayed by Lisa Lo Cicero since September 19, 2008...
and Dominic are there as well. Dominic flirts with Lulu. Lulu gives Dominic a ride back to General Hospital. When they arrive, he still flirts with Lulu. Later, she discovers he possesses a badge. Dominic quickly responds by telling her it was stolen. Lulu then believes it and plays go-fish with him. Later, Ethan arrives and asks Lulu to come and talk to Nikolas about Rebecca. Lulu challenges him to a card game which results in Lulu staying with Dominic. While leaving, Dominic discovers a king
King (playing card)
The king is a playing card with a picture of a king on it. The usual rank of a king is as if it were a 13; that is, above the queen. In some games, the king is the highest-ranked card; in others, the ace is higher...
in her back pocket which indicates she wanted to stay with him anyway. She fools him by leaning in to kiss him but quickly jerks away.
At Maxie and Spinelli's wedding, Dominic shows up and tells Lulu the reason he came was because he heard she was going to be the maid of honor
Bridesmaid
The bridesmaids are members of the bride's wedding party in a wedding. A bridesmaid is typically a young woman, and often a close friend or sister. She attends to the bride on the day of a wedding or marriage ceremony...
and he wanted to dance with her. At the reception, Lulu tells Dominic she wonders if she will have a love like Maxie has with Spinelli. Dominic tells her she won't have what they have; she'll have what she has. Soon after that, Dominic asks Lulu to dance and they do.
Later, Dominic opens up to Lulu about the only father figure he's ever had in his life, Mr. Poletti, who was his best friend's dad and treated Dominic like a son, including him in all the activities he did with his own kids. Poletti, who was a cop, was eventually murdered behind a liquor store. Dominic believes it was Sonny who ordered the hit. When telling the story to Lulu, he leaves out the fact he was a cop. It was Sonny who murdered him. He tells Lulu a lot of decisions in his life are because of Mr. Poletti. Lulu believes Dominic is working for Sonny to get him to help avenge Mr. Poletti's death. Dominic lets her believe it. After his conversation with Lulu, Dominic decides he can't compromise his beliefs and give Claudia another child that she would only use as a pawn. He confides to Lulu. When he has kids it will be with the woman he loves, and they will be planned for, wanted and loved.
They then run into each other again at the Haunted Star where Lulu is distracted by Ethan and Nikolas' feud over Rebecca. Dominic meets Lulu's father, Luke Spencer, for the first time and tells him he has a wonderful daughter. Lulu pulls Dominic away from Luke and while talking about how Luke surprised everyone by being thrilled to learn Ethan was his son, asks Dominic if he had even wanted to find his own father. Dominic and Lulu then end up at Kelly's where he tells Lulu about how he had tracked down the man he believes to be his father when he was 14. After watching the man with his wife and kids, Dominic realized there was no place for him in that life and let the idea drop. He admits he is not sure this guy was his father since he doesn't have a DNA sample. He says it didn't matter because whoever his father was would be a guy just like that and he didn't have the right to upset his life just to make himself feel better.
On October 27, 2009, Dominic and his handler Ronnie have a dispute on the docks. Ronnie insists on calling Dominic "Officer Falconari" much to his chagrin before he leaves. Just then, Lulu, who has been accidentally drugged from a bottle of spiked water, appears and says she now knows the real reason he carries a badge is because he's a cop. Dominic quickly figures out what has happened to Lulu and tries to take her to the hospital, but she refuses. He continues to tell her she is confused and he's not a cop, but she is insistent. He can't leave her on the docks in her condition, especially if she could tell someone about his identity. He takes Lulu to his apartment to recover. In her drugged condition, Lulu comes on to Dominic and tells him about fantasies she has had of the two of them together. She then initiates a passionate kiss which he allows for a few moments before he pushes her away, telling her that he can't sleep with her because she would hate him in the morning. He then tries again to get her to the hospital, but she refuses and instead ends up sleeping sprawled across his bed while he sleeps in a chair nearby. The next morning, Dominic was relieved to find out Lulu doesn't remember anything from the night before, especially learning he's a cop.
At Claudia Zacchara's "birthday party," Maxie asks Dominic what his intentions are with Lulu. Lulu, overhearing, interrupts and tells him he does not have to answer. He replies he could try but she is hard to ignore. He tells Maxie what happened the night before and how he rescued Lulu. He also tells her he did not lay a hand on Lulu even though she begged him to. Maxie pulls Lulu aside and asks her if all he said was true. Lulu tells Maxie it was. Maxie laughs and informes her that she is totally into this guy. In denial, Lulu disagrees and in an effort to escape Dominic's gaze almost crashes into a waiter. He smilles, but later, being a gentleman, he offers Lulu a drink and states he really he keeps her off balance. She tells him she just doesn't know who he is, to which he replies "good."
Sonny verbally attacks Claudia at the party with the proof he had learned earlier in the evening. She is responsible for his son Michael having been shot a year earlier. Claudia kidnaps Carly. Dominic, not able to break his cover, can do nothing but let them go. Dominic and Lulu set off to find her. At the Zacchara Mansion, they run into Johnny. They search through the mansion. Lulu, determined to find her cousin, tries to search without them and ends up almost drowning after falling through the floor into the flooded basement. Dominic jumps in to save her. While waiting for help, Lulu surprisingly remembers the night she was drugged. She tells Dominic she remembers him and Ronnie talking. Dominic is getting too close to Sonny and his family. Lulu, realizing he's undercover in Sonny's organization, wants him to promise not to take Sonny down, as he is a family friend. Dominic says he can't make that promise to her. When Lulu continues on about what she remembers from that night, Dominic caves and says, "Dante Falconeri, nice to meet you," revealing to Lulu he's Olivia's son.
Dante then tells Lulu that Mr. Poletti was actually Officer Poletti. Sonny was the person who ordered his death. Lulu, not really understanding the mob, claims Sonny would never do that. Dante tries to take her mind off of it and asks her if she likes the opera. She replies she doesn't know much. Dante asks her to go to the opera with him. She then loses consciousness. Johnny arrives with help. At the hospital, Dante asks her once again to go to the opera with him. She says it's an offer she can't refuse. Lulu then asks, sarcastically, if liking the opera is part of his cover. Dante then asks Lulu to keep it on the down low. Lulu tells him it depends on whether he still plans on arresting Sonny. He then tells Lulu it's his job. Sonny needs to be put away for the many deaths he has caused, including Claudia's.
She is in denial for a little while talking to Maxie about her and Dante. She and Dante go on a date, to the opera. She falls in love with it and the two almost make love in the limo afterward, but the limo driver opens the door on them kissing and they stop. Lulu is soon kidnapped by the serial killer
Serial killer
A serial killer, as typically defined, is an individual who has murdered three or more people over a period of more than a month, with down time between the murders, and whose motivation for killing is usually based on psychological gratification...
Franco
Franco (General Hospital)
Robert "Franco" Frank is a fictional character on ABC's daytime drama General Hospital. He has been portrayed by James Franco since November 19, 2009 and was listed as special guest star before the opening credits. Franco left the role for a short time on January 11, 2010.James Franco returned to...
. She is strapped to a bomb while Dante and Jason race against the clock to rescue her and Jason's girlfriend, Sam McCall. Dante reaches Lulu in time and pulls her into the basement and behind a wall, just as the bomb goes off. Lucky and Dr. Steven Webber
Steven Webber
Dr. Steven Lars "Steve" Webber is a fictional character from the ABC soap opera, General Hospital. Steve was born in 1977, the character has appeared briefly in three different storylines, played each time by a different actor. As as infant in the late 1970s, the character was portrayed by Martin...
discover the warehouse after it is blown up. Jason and Sam show up. Lucky berates Jason for choosing Sam over Lulu, an innocent bystander. Just as Lucky is about to beat Jason up, Lulu, led by Dante, walks out of the burning building. Lulu calls her brother, who runs into Lulu's arms. Dr. Webber examines Lulu, and tells her besides a few bruises and scratches, she's fine. Lulu thanks Dante for saving her, in front of Lucky, Jason and Sam. Jason and Lucky go after Franco. Dante stays to comfort Lulu. Johnny comes and sees Lulu, and expresses concern. Lulu assures him that she is ok.
The next day, Lulu is still a little traumatized by the ordeal and takes her anger and frustration out on a parking attendant and hotel employee. Carly tries to help Lulu, and talks with her. Lulu takes a walk, to get some fresh air and ends up at the warehouse site. Dante finds her and comforts her. They share a sweet moment and a kiss. Lulu finds out Nikolas loves Elizabeth from Lucky She calls Elizabeth out on it. Lulu tells her that she thinks that Elizabeth encouraged Nikolas. Lulu then goes to see Nikolas and tells him it's best if he take an extended vacation. He suggests France. She says he and Spencer can visit Laura. They hug. Lulu tells him she misses him already.
Lulu encounters Johnny on the docks, who tells her he knows Dominic is a cop. He tells her when the whole thing goes down, it won't end happily for her. Dante comes by and tells Johnny if he has a problem with him, to take it up with him. Johnny says he doesn't want to cause problems for the two, but warns Lulu about all the people who will be mad at her for keeping Dante's secret, namely Luke. Lulu defends her position. Dante leads her to his room above Kelly's. He tells her he has to wrap up the case and fast. He shouldn't have let it get personal. Lulu assumes he is referring to her. Dante tells her after the bust, he will go back to Brooklyn, saying he has a life there, but he doesn't know where that leaves him and her. Dante asks if she is going to point out they're not together. Lulu replies she kept his secret and that should count for something. Dante tries to convince her to leave, but Lulu dodges. Dante tries to resist, but kisses Lulu instead. After, he tells her he doesn't know why he kissed her. Lulu tells him he does. He again tells her to leave. She asks if that's what she really wants. He reluctantly goes to the door and opens it. Lulu calls him an emotional coward and leaves.
The next morning, Lulu is walking on the docks, talking on her phone with Maxie and juggling Kate's personal shopping items and lattes. Maxie tells her not be rude, she wasn't the one crying herself to sleep last night. Lulu tries to deny it. Lulu hangs up on Maxie and drops the lattes. She goes to pick them up. Dante comes and helps her, while she gives him a hurt look. He hands her the coffee and assumes it was Maxie. She wonders why he cares. He responds she cares if she cried herself to sleep. She denies it, and tells him she had a 24-hour cold. He wonders if she is upset. She says she exceeded her tolerance for cheesy pick-up lines anyway, prompting him to tell her a few. She laughs. She then asks him why he suddenly stopped showing interest in her. He says that he wants to do right by her and not put her in danger. To this, Lulu calls him patronizing and sexist. She tells him not to tell her it's over, kisses him, and says she assures him that it is not. She then picks up her things and walks off.
Lulu arrives, late to Crimson, to a sarcastic Maxie. Maxie gives her the opera tickets she wanted for her and Dominic. Maxie leaves as Carly comes and cheers Lulu up, by asking her to be Josslyn's godmother. Lulu agrees. Carly leaves and Maxie returns. She analyzes Lulu's mood and infers things with Dominic aren't going well. Lulu tells her he is pushing her away to protect her. Lulu admits what doomed her and Dominic was her falling in love with him. Lulu arrives, upon Ethan's request, at the Haunted Star. He tells her Lucky is drinking. Lulu calls Lucky and tells him to meet her at the Star. Ethan leaves, Lucky comes and Lulu asks him, point blank, if he's drinking, to which he admits he is. Lulu tries to get him to stop, but tells him he is just like their father and leaves him to the scotch bottle. Lulu, after calling Nikolas and Elizabeth to meet her at Elizabeth's house, shows up and tells them both Lucky is drinking and it's their fault. Elizabeth tries to get Lulu to explain. Lulu does. Elizabeth tries to get Nikolas and Lulu to go with her to the Star to confront Lucky about his drinking. Lulu scoffs at Liz and leaves.
She heads to the docks, where she is upset and crying. Dante is sitting on the bench. He tries to console her, but still remains at a distance. Lulu gets cynical and tells him the Lucky's drinking is the wake-up call she needed because she was getting sentimental about them. He needed to bust Sonny and move on. She leaves him on the docks. Lulu goes to GH and asks Epiphany about the AA meetings and if any pain-killers have gone missing. Epiphany tells her to tell her what's going on. Lulu explains Lucky is drinking. Lulu meets Nikolas at the docks and finds out he and Elizabeth having been sleeping together. Lulu calls him a lying selfish pig and storms off. She returns to GH and asks Epiphany if she left her phone there and spots Elizabeth. She calls Elizabeth names, calls her out and berates her in front of the hospital staff. Everyone watches as Lulu rips into Elizabeth about her deeds. Lulu then walks off and goes to see Dante. She tells him what happened, and then asks him, if what they have is real or just a part of his undercover assignment. Dante tells her it's real. He loves her. Lulu replies by saying she loves him to. They take things to his bed when his phone goes off. Dante talks to Raynor on the phone. He then tells Lulu things are about to change. He doesn't want to drag her down with him, and asks her to leave. She does, leaving Dante behind heartbroken.
On Friday January 29, 2010, Dante is shot by his father Sonny. He is then rushed to General Hospital by Olivia and Sonny. Arriving at Sonny's, Lulu sees Dante's blood on the floor and finds his cell phone and badge. She goes back to Carly and Jax's party to confront Jason about Dante. She tells him if Dante is dead, she hopes he and Sonny burn in hell, threatening to tell everything about Sonny's organization to the PCPD. Lulu then goes to the hospital only to find Sonny there. Enraged, she takes all her anger out on him. Sonny reveals to her he did not know Dante was his son until after he shot him. Lulu and Olivia see Dante before he goes in for surgery. There, Lulu professes her love for Dante. When Sonny's trial starts, Carly, Sonny, and Jason send Michael to Sonny's island. However, in April 2010, Dante finds Michael. Lulu and Dante hide Michael which causes Lulu and Carly to get into a fight.
After Michael is sent to prison, Carly vows to break up Lulu and Dante. On May 5, 2010 the couple make love for the first time. Carly calls in Brook Lynn, an old friend of Dante's from Bensonhurst, and pays her to break up Lulu and Dante.
Dante's old friend, Brook Lynn Ashton (Adrianne Leon) from Bensonhurst returns to town in May 2010. Dante finds her singing at the local bar, Jake's. Lulu and Brook's history is quickly revealed. Lulu is kind of suspicious of Brook. Carly has secretly hired Brook Lynn to get Dante into bed to get her revenge against the couple. On August 17, 2010 Lulu walks in on Dante and Brook Lynn half-naked. However, when Lulu realizes Brook Lynn drugged Dante, she forgives him. They move on with their relationship.
In October 2010, Brenda Barrett
Brenda Barrett
Brenda Veronica Barrett is a fictional character from the ABC daytime soap opera, General Hospital. The role was originated by Vanessa Marcil on September 18, 1992. After a six-year run with the show, the character of Brenda was believed to have died after her mentally ill mother drove their car...
(Vanessa Marcil
Vanessa Marcil
Vanessa Marcil is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Brenda Barrett Corinthos on General Hospital, Gina Kincaid on Beverly Hills, 90210 and Sam Marquez on Las Vegas....
) returns to Port Charles. Through a series of flashbacks it is revealed Dante worked on a security detail for the supermodel in 2007. However, the pair refrain from telling anybody. It is revealed Dante covered up a murder for Brenda. In addition, Carly finds a document which indicates Dante signed away his parental rights to his and Brenda's child. She ssumes the two had an affair. In private, Brenda tells Dante she miscarried the baby. However, Dante tells Lulu he had never met Brenda. When Lulu caught Dante in the lie, he changed his story. He barely knew her, and didn't think she would remember him. On January 18, 2011, Lulu breaks up with Dante when she finds out about the murder he helped Brenda cover up in 2007. However, Dante is determined to win Lulu back, and the breakup makes him realize what he had with Brenda was just a crush. What he has with Lulu is real. During Brenda's wedding to Sonny (with Dante serving as the best man) Brenda objected to her own wedding to tell Sonny the truth about her baby. Dante stepped up and revealed, although he signed away his parental rights, the child was not actually his. Lulu leaves the wedding, visibly upset. Dante follows her to her apartment where he tells her he will not give up on their relationship.
Jake's death
Shortly after Dante and Lulu reconcile, further troubles surface. Lucky's four year-old son Jake Spencer is accidentally killed by Luke in a hit-and-run accidentHit and run (vehicular)
Hit-and-run is the act of causing a traffic accident , and failing to stop and identify oneself afterwards...
. Luke is devastated when he learns he was the driver who killed Jake, and begins to unravel. Lucky blames his father's alleged alcoholism
Alcoholism
Alcoholism is a broad term for problems with alcohol, and is generally used to mean compulsive and uncontrolled consumption of alcoholic beverages, usually to the detriment of the drinker's health, personal relationships, and social standing...
on the accident. Lulu and Ethan do not believe their father is an alcoholic. Neither does Luke, who nonetheless finds himself on a self-destructive downward spiral out of guilt for killing Jake.
Luke tries to burn down his casino the Haunted Star. He also attempts to goad Jason Morgan (Jake's biological father) into killing him. Lulu and the Spencers finally band together in a forced intervention of Luke to try to coax him into rehab. Lulu tearfully recalls how supportive Luke was when she had her abortion. Luke ultimately refuses treatment. Lulu regretfully agrees to cut ties with him until he changes his mind. She has a few run-ins with him shortly afterward, and is angry when she catches Ethan having drinks with him at the Haunted Star. Lulu soon finds herself unable to abandon her father and proceeds to clean up his messes and comfort him. When Luke finally screams at her in a blind rage, he realizes how low he's fallen and agrees to go to rehab. However, fifteen minutes after arriving at the facility, Luke checks out and vanishes. Although Lulu is devastated, she blames her family's "tough love" on his decision and seems to be the only person who believes he will return.
During these tragedies, Lulu begins to ignore her duties at Crimson. When Kate threatens to fire her, she happily quits and plans to run the Haunted Star during Luke's absence. She hopes a renovated, improved business will give Luke incentive to return to Port Charles and remain sober. When Tracy informs Lulu she plans to sell the casino, Lulu obtains funds from Nikolas to buy it.
Search for Luke
Lucky tracks down Luke to the FloridaFlorida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
brothel
Brothel
Brothels are business establishments where patrons can engage in sexual activities with prostitutes. Brothels are known under a variety of names, including bordello, cathouse, knocking shop, whorehouse, strumpet house, sporting house, house of ill repute, house of prostitution, and bawdy house...
the latter was raised in, but Luke cruelly rejects him. When Lucky returns to Port Charles and reports this to his family, Lulu begins to give up hope that she will reunite with her father. Yet when Lucky burns down the Spencer home that Lulu was raised in, she decides that she must retrieve her father herself, for Lucky's sake, and departs for Florida.
By the time Lulu arrives at the brothel, Luke has apparently left. Posing as his former business associate, Lulu questions the dangerous brothel manager Javier and a prostitute named Lupe. The two hint that Luke might return, so Lulu takes a job as a cocktail waitress in the brothel with hopes to reunite with him soon. Dante follows her and pretends to be a john, then accepts a job from Javier as a bouncer
Bouncer (doorman)
A bouncer is an informal term for a type of security guard employed at venues such as bars, nightclubs or concerts to provide security, check legal age, and refuse entry to a venue based on criteria such as intoxication, aggressive behavior, or attractiveness...
. Soon Javier learns of the pair's deceit, and kills Lupe when he believes she is giving them information. Javier has his thugs beat and tie up Dante while he tries to rape Lulu, but Dante escapes and saves her, overpowering Javier. At gunpoint, Javier confesses that he knows Luke is somewhere doing business with his old nemesis, Nikolas' grandmother Helena Cassadine
Helena Cassadine
Helena Cassadine is a fictional character on the American soap opera General Hospital, famously originated by film actress Elizabeth Taylor in November 1981...
.
Lulu and Dante next head for the Greek island where Helena has her base of operations. Dante poses as an applicant to join Helena's private security, but Helena quickly sees through their ruse. As the three of them exchange heated words, Nikolas surprises everyone when he arrives, having left Port Charles for good after learning that Aidan is not his son. He convinces Lulu to give up the search for Luke, and she and Dante return to Port Charles.
Upon returning, Lulu tells most of her family and friends that she's given up searching for her father and wishes to move on. Meanwhile, when Dante discovers that Lucky might be getting involved in drugs again, he opts to keep it secret from Lulu for the time being, per Liz's request.
Relationship troubles
In August, Lucky takes on a case involving a local drug ring. As a result, Lucky is shot up by thugs and relapses back into his addiction. Dante is aware of this but Lucky insists that he doesn't tell Lulu because he didn't shoot himself up.Meanwhile, it is Lulus birthday. Dante gives Lulu a key to his apartment and asks him to move in with her, but she cannot give him an answer. After Lucky sobers up, Dante visits him and tells him that he needs to tell Lulu the truth. However, Lulu walks in and hears them talking about Lucky's relapse. She is mad that Dante wasn't honest with her. Lulu breaks up with Dante. Dante pleads with Lulu to take him back but Lulu asks him if he would lie to her about Lucky again. Dante said he would in order to keep Lucky safe. Lulu then leaves Dante.
Lulus stepmother Tracy tries to convince her that Dante is a good guy, and that he only lied to protect her brother. Lulu then goes to Crimson to help Sam pick out a wedding dress. Little does she know that Dante had been in the other room talking to Olivia about her. Lulu holds a wedding dress up to herself, imagining what it would look like on her, when Dante walks in. They have a conversation about their relationship but Dante must leave for police business. Lulu continues to look at herself with the dress on.
Dante then decides that he wants to ask Lulu to marry him. He tells Olivia, and she sets up a dinner for the two on the rooftop of the MetroCourt. Meanwhile, Lulu asks Ethan to help her run away for a little while. However, Ethan tells Dante that Lulu has plans to leave, and Dante finds her at the Haunted Star and asks her to come with him. He takes Lulu to the rooftop and begins to propose, however Lulu talks over him and tells him that she can't trust him anymore. Dante then says "Dammit, Lulu. Will you just shut up and marry me?". Though she hesitates and leaves Dante hanging, Lulu eventually decides to accept the proposal over the surprise dinner on September 23.
External links
- Character biography at SoapCentral.com