SOD - GH's Lucky and Liz to Divorce
*After a decade together filled with both happiness and heartbreak, Lucky and Liz decide to go their separate ways and divorce.
"Lucky thought it would never come to this," sighs his portrayer, Greg Vaughan. "He has gone above and beyond to try to resolve their troubles and rekindle the flame. He's tried everything, but it was obvious that things were going to come to a head. Sometimes, you can love someone but you just can't make it work."
As Nikolas and Emily lend their support to the divorcing duo, Em queries Liz to see if she's going to attempt a life with Jason. Convinced that Jason's lifestyle is too dangerous, Liz is resolved to raise her sons as a single mother. However, the spectre of Jason looks large. "He's the reason they're getting divorced!" points out Vaughan. "Lucky is shocked to find out that Elizabeth wants Jason's attorney, Diane, to handle the divorce. It catches him off-guard that she has been moving ahead so quickly. She's moving out of the house, finding a new place, filing divorce papers. It's a huge snowball effect that has completely blindsided Lucky. He's like, 'wow, you're not wasting any time.'"
Despite Lucky's offer for her and the boys to remain in the Spencer house,Liz moves out and Lucky finds solace with his sex-buddy, Sam. "Everybody needs a booty call, right?" laughs Vaughan. "At this point, there;s no deep thought about where Lucky and Sam's relationship is going to go or what's going to come of this whole scenario. They were both betrayed by the people they loved the most, so they have that in common. And, they're open about what's going on. They don't expect anything from this. They have their own priorities."
By week's end, Lucky and Liz's amicable split gets messy when Lucky objects to Diane's involvement and asks Alexis to take over - without consulting Elizabeth. Upon hearing that, Liz is livid. "At this point, things are still civil," hedges Vaughan. "The boys are not an issue. She says, 'you can see them whenever you want.' I don't know if that will become an issue, but so far, it's not. However, as the situation elevtes, it looks like they are both going to butt heads. Because of their great, long history together, I can't see how it could be a quick, clean break."*