Part Sixty-Four: "I've never had sex with any girl."

[rhiannonhero]

ZOMG! We had a total Luke Marathon Fail, y'all! I blame the long weekend, and a co-mod's illness, and just plan mental fog and confusion, because we are only human, people! Uh, not that any of you even noticed, probably, but whatevs; we are moving along

Comments

[kccalgal]

Poor Luke! He finally gets the courage to come out to his parents after his pep talk from Will convincing him he has the parents of the year. What reaction does he get? Silence. Luke has to resort to his failsafe...apologizing.

Not one hug. Not one I love you no matter what. Holden knew in his heart and still can't give Luke that? He spends his time deflecting telling Lily how she should feel after being blindsided. Luke says that he was scared to tell them because he thought they would hate him. He begs that he needs to talk this out and he gets shut down. The way they reacted you would think Luke was charged with negligent homicide. I guarantee Luke found a bottle of booze and was up in his room crying and getting drunk.

Wasn't this the beginning of the end for Martha Byrne? I remember her saying she was not happy with how Lily reacted to Luke's coming out and that she thought it was OOC for Lily.

[tldreamer]

I think it was (in regards to your Martha comment). She wasn't happy with alot of things they were writing for her character from what I recall. I always thought that she would've really had a fit if she'd been on the last 2 years of the show, because the writers really changed Lily's character quite a bit, IMO.

[smoothlikebutta]

I remember her saying she was not happy with how Lily reacted to Luke's coming out and that she thought it was OOC for Lily.

I remember her saying that, too. That must have been frustrating.

[greek_09]

Wasn't this the beginning of the end for Martha Byrne? I remember her saying she was not happy with how Lily reacted to Luke's coming out and that she thought it was OOC for Lily.

Yes, I also remember hearing about Martha saying this in an interview. And I agree with her. To me, this did not seem like a reaction that would come from Lily. She loved her children always, no matter what.

IRL I can see how parents might have this reaction because it seems very realistic especially when most hide the fact that they're gay.

I thought Damian's reaction made sense and honestly I've thought for a while now that Emma could have reacted badly (because to me she always seemed like an old-fashioned grandmother; plus I think it could have been interesting if they went this route).

Martha did pretty great with the crappy material she was given the last few years she was on the show.

Always thought Van was AMAZING in these scenes. Broke my heart.

[nancygrew]

I've thought for a while now that Emma could have reacted badly (because to me she always seemed like an old-fashioned grandmother; plus I think it could have been interesting if they went this route).

I think it could have been a good storyline to address how an older generation that was raised with different mores could have reconciled the values they were taught as a matter of course with how they love Luke. But . . . I kind of like the way they treated Emma finding out. She was just so hurt that Holden and Meg thought that she might be judgemental about it. Plus it was fun to see her wrestle with whether her stand on whether insisting that Luke and Noah not have sex in her house was prejudiced or just the same rule as with any couple [even though I don't recall the rule being addressed with any other couple!].

[nancygrew]

I remember her saying she was not happy with how Lily reacted to Luke's coming out and that she thought it was OOC for Lily.

I always did think this part of the storyline was out of character for Lily. Not so much because she wasn't 100% supportive from the start as sometimes parents surprise you [i.e., Cher when Chastity first came out to her]. But even if she was freaked, I would have expected Lily to be "I love you but . . . " when Luke was being all "you hate me!". I think they did a better job in a later scene [the one with Bobbo] where what comes across is that Lily isn't homophobic but just terrified about Luke being hurt.