General Hospital fans are singing Alexa Havins’ praises following her performance in the tribute episode to Anthony Geary. One reason she is being singled out is that she led the episode, but never met or worked with the beloved soap legend.
Key Takeaways
- The entire episode was a tear-jerker.
- GH fans are gushing over Alexa Havins.
- She deserves all the props, as does the rest of the cast.
GH Newbie Hit It Out Of The Park
It’s been over a year since Lulu (Havins) woke up from her four-year coma. However, she had yet to deal with losing her father, Luke (the late Anthony Geary), who died during that time.
Geary died last December, making Lulu needing closure over Luke’s death the perfect way to honor the soap legend. The tribute to Geary was filled with emotion and was beautifully done, even if it was missing a few key players.
Havins was the only one in the stand-alone episode who wasn’t a co-star of Geary’s, adding to the “insane pressure” she felt to do the tribute justice. The actress need not worry because she did that and more as Lulu took a trip down memory lane with Tracy, (Jane Elliot), Laura (Genie Francis), Sonny, (Maurice Benard), Elizabeth (Rebecca Herbst), and Carly (Laura Wright).
While her other cast members were dealing with their real grief over Geary, Havins dug deep to make sure fans felt the bond Luke and Lulu had when she was not playing the character. GH fans used social media to give Havins her well-deserved props.
“Alexa Havins was fantastic and [sic] yesterday’s episode. A new fan would never know her Lulu never has seen [sic] with Tony Geary because she played those things so authentic and so natural. Also I absolutely love that they took that shot of Luke walking away from the docks from Tony’s final episode and made it so that it was Lulu seeing Luke’s ghost walking into the afterlife beautifully done,” shared a fan on X.
Another fan declared, “Alexa Havins’s Lulu never had scenes with Tony Geary’s Luke, yet she carries that emotional weight like she spent years opposite him. That’s a testament to her phenomenal talent. She honors the history without imitation and makes the connection feel lived-in and real.”
There’s no question that Havins is one talented actress, who impressed GH fans even more with how she handled leading the tribute episode to Geary. Havins’ performance left many of us reaching for the tissues.
It’s not to say the GH stars in the tribute don’t deserve props, because they do. However, given Havins’ situation and that the episode centered on her character, she stood out just a little bit more than the rest.
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