Tyler Christopher lit up the screen when he debuted as Nikolas. He's one of the most genuine actors the show ever had, and it was mesmerizing. When he and Sarah Joy Brown came on the canvas, it revitalized the entire show and raised the performance level of the rest of the cast. Jonathan Jackson really got to show his chops opposite Tyler.
Agree with your comment wholeheartedly. I have been watching GH since 1978 but fell in love with Tyler Christopher and his character, Nikolas since its debut in 1996. I believe TC to be one of the most beautiful men that graced GH. Though I love the super-couple of Luke and Laura, I consider Nikolas and Emily the most memorable couple of GH. Nikolas demonstrated his selfless love from his debut to and during the saga of Emily. After Emily's death, Nikolas was never the same and little by little turned into a dark Cassadine. I hope GH brings back TC and NL.
Luke has no way of knowing that Nikolas was "innocent." He is a Cassidine. Luke is not wrong to distrust a young man who was raised to hate his family by Helena and Stavros.
This was such a great story line. Did you guys know that Genie Francis herself gave the writers the idea of what if she had a child while she was on the island for 2 years and Stefan and Nikolas were created. Luke and Lucky were so immature during this time. They were competing with Nikola for Laura's attention/affection.
This was such a great idea and I'm glad that GF gave this input the writers. I wish he'd been Stefan's child instead of Stavros though. I hated the way Luke and his childish son treated Nik. They seemed to both be jealous of him getting close to Laura.
Yes thank you so much Dawn. I can't talk for myself I never did watch these clips with all of the Cassadines and Laura's son Nic! I will take your word for it. Sometimes I to wish Laura married Stefan too. I'm so sorry but at this point in Luke's life boy oh boy has he changed... sorry but for the worst. He also made his only son feel the same way.. That was so dead wrong! JMVHO! PEACE OUT Rosie!
Laura needed to slap Luke and ground Lucky until he was able to act like a human being. Nikolas never did anything to them. They weren't better than him. I really hated Lucky back at this time and I always despised Luke. Stefan made a very valid point when he was talking to Nikolas. It seemed to easy for Laura to move on with Luke and forget all that Nikolas ever existed until he was needed to be a donor for his little sister.
Look my most wonderous GH fan friends.. I see all of the truth and good and bad points too. I have to put my foot down now! All must be taken into acount. Laura has to come clean on everything! Luke,Lucky and Stovros and his brother Staten too. Even that all vengeful be witch Helana. I mean she is the biggest bully of them all! Luke ,Lucky I do love you boys I understand all your points too. The Cassadines are just as in the wrong as our boys in PC are. Look this is for the three children not I repeat for the Three Children.. Not not for the adults. grow some grow up for God' s Sake's.... JMVHO! PEACE OUT Rosie!
Oh am so sorry I meant this is for all of the three children... NOT I REPEAT FOR ONLY THE THREE CHILDREN! NOT FOR THE ADULTS.. SO PLEASE GROW SOME. GROW UP DO THE RIGHT THING.. STOP BEING THE CHILDREN.. YOU GUYS ARE TO OLD FOR ALL YOUR BULLSHIT! FOR GOD'S SAKE GROW UP. PLEASE JMVHO! PEACE OUT Rosie!
Tyler was so handsome and brilliant as Nikolas. I was so in love with him on screen and off. He is the only Nikolas l ever want to see. Now he is really gone forever from our lives. Our beautiful, talented,amazing Tyler Christopher has departed this world 💔💔😭😭😭.And I am so hurt my heart is so torn apart about him. This world is a sadder place without you in it Tyler Christopher. You were the best of the best as an actor. I just wish that you had only believed it yourself. You were loved by so many people. I don’t think that you really know it. Would it had made a difference? Sadly we will never know . God has you and your beautiful soul now. Only he really knew your struggles and heartfelt pain threw out your life. RIP my Sweet Tyler Christopher forever and always your fan😭😭😭😭💔💔💔🙏🙏🙏🕊️🕊️🪽🪽👼👼❤️🔥❤️🔥💐💐🌷🌷🌹🌹
And people wonder why Nik is so messed up today. The boy was abandoned by his mother. Luke was incredibly cruel to him. He was raised, isolated and manipulated by the Manson family(aka Cassadines). He had Helena as his only female role model for a long time. Both Stefan & Laura faked their own deaths and the list of f**ked up things goes on. The boy never had a chance as the adults failed young Nik. I don't expect someone under those circumstances to have a solid moral compass. That is why Nikolas always struggled between being the good prince & dark prince. We're seeing Spencer pay the price due to classic generational trauma. 👍
While Luke seemed like an ass during this storyline, he had very good reason. Remember - his wife was kidnapped and her death faked by the Cassadines. She had to make a choice of marrying her kidnapper or die, or maybe be raped. Helena also facilitated this by basically gifting Laura to Stavros. When Laura snuck back to Port Charles, Stavros came after her with a vengeance, and it was not a happy funtime reunion. So, Luke is being extraordinarily overprotective, but with good reason.
In this whole explanation the name Nikolas was never used, because he was innocent. He was a child who was abandoned by his mother and he proved himself over and over. Yet, Luke treated him like he was Stavros, when he did absolutely nothing. Laura chose to keep Nikolas a secret. Stavros chose to be an abusive rapist. None of that involves Nikolas and Luke was an immature bully. This boy so obviously loves his sister and Luke rarely gave Nikolas anything other than scorn. Why? He’s Laura’s son by another man. Nik being a Cassadine was just the easy excuse.
Luke and Lucky had no reason to me so mean to Nikolas he didnt ask to be born and be a Casadine, He saved Lulu's life!!! I get why they would be upset with Laura since she held the truth but she had no choice
There's a resemblance between Nik and Lulu. If you look at 4:23 when they're both looking the same direction you can just see the resemblance so clear.
Those were the best years in the 90's on GH. We will never get them as good again. Tyler Christopher and Evil Uncle - OMGosh they were just slithering around making trouble all the time.
Lucky is a boy, so he feels more competitive. And also Lucy is older and first, so he feels like Lucky is like his replacement. So with that he feels rivalry, because Lucky had what he felt he should have had. But Lulu is a girl, is a baby and he has a connection to her cuz he saved her life. He's not QUITE as jealous of her, but you see how he bristles when Laura says things like... "when I thought I was gonna lose her..." I think maybe it's because she's a baby and he feels protective of her. But Lucky is grown (ish). The thing with Lucky is that they (Lucky and Nikolas) are both taking up the same space as Laura's "first born." The heir. The #1. With Lulu, that aspect isn't there.
All of Luke's previous experiences with a Cassadine were destructive so he has only negative feelings for them. Nikolas represents the terrible past the Cassadines brought to L&L's life and a threat to their future. He is also very hurt that Laura never told him about having Stavros' child. I think Luke is looking for some way to control the situation so he feels less vulnerable, but he goes too far when he treats Nikolas so hatefully and demands that Laura choose between them. Stefan is a typical Cassadine -- vengeful and manipulative. He loves Laura, but wants to hurt her for leaving him. He is also a hypocrite because he tells Nikolas that Laura will use Lulu to get to him at the same time he is using Nikolas to control Laura. Lucky idolizes Luke and is doing what most kids his age would do -- following dad's lead. I think Laura is allowing herself to be torn apart by all of this mainly because she feels guilty about the pain her lies have caused and is afraid about her yet-to-be-revealed lies. She should lay out the whole truth and then demand that everybody be respectful of each other because it's the only way to keep the family together.
Yes. And just because Nicolas *seems* "innocent" doesn't mean anything... I wouldn't trust him either if I was Luke. It's very similar now(ish) with Peter and nobody trusted him except for Anna because she thought she was his mom, and Laura is the same here... that's her son so she trusts him. But Luke is certainly not wrong to trust a young man who was raised to hate his family by Helena and Stavros. 🤷🏼♀️
@@ultravioletpisces3666 Nikolas was taught to despise the Spencers, but Nikolas made it clear to Helena, Stavros, and Stefan that he never wanted any part of that war between the Spencers and Cassadine. Helena and Stefan caused havoc for Nikolas with his decision to stop the hatred between them. Nikolas continued with a kind of selfless love from his debut and throughout the Nikolas and Emily saga. After Emily's death, Nikolas was never the same and eventually turned into a dark Cassadine.
I started watching GH in 1987 so never saw Luke and Laura during their courtship. This story line was one of the first with Luke and I find him despicable. And there he is teaching his son to be despicable too.
Luke and Lucky, the dynamic narcissist-duo at it again. They have no right to be angry with Laura. Frustrated by the situation, sure. But they should also have made an attempt to understand the situation from the perspectives of Laura and Nikolas. At the very least, they could/should have shown empathy toward Laura as an abused woman and as a mother. But no. They just couldn't help inhaling the stink from their own a**holes, being total jerks. Laura should also have left Luke. There were countless instances when he revealed to Laura (and thus, viewers) the dark void of his soul. This particular story-line was just one of many where Luke presented himself as a toxic, malicious, self-righteous narcissist-rapist. Unfortunately, his toxicity left an indelible imprint on Lucky who wasn't intelligent enough to understand who his father was. Despite Laura's psychological fragility, there were times when she saw right through Luke and recognized her own response to him; her own horrified revulsion. That same fragility however also prevented her from acting in her own best interest in order to save herself and her children -- especially Nikolas -- from the monster whom she voluntarily married.
Did anyone else notice how they changed the story line later? When Laura first came back in 1983 she said Stavros was a cousin of Mikos but later they changed it to him being Helena and Mikos son.
I always thought it was sick, the way they manipulated nik into thinking that any woman wouldnt have escaped a life of rape and captivity if given the chance.
Because as long as she was controlled by Luke she would have done anything to placate him and Lucky even if it meant turning her back on her eldest son again. She needed to put her foot down with Luke and throw his sorry butt out and then make Lucky act like a human being.
I don’t no what’s really going on here but this is some more of Gh mess i can understand Luke feelings about Nicholas because I’ve watched from the beginning and i no the history of the cassidines with these people and years later Gh throws Nicholas in the mix with lucky and lulu and no one can cope with the aftermath but wait what about no hell holly came back years later and tried to say she had a son with Luke all these years later when she miscarried a child for him years earlier Gh really need to get it together i don’t no who none of these kids in the later part of Gh belongs to just robin Scorpio and the quartimane kids everybody else is a wonder
Luke seems 2 4get what he did when he thought Laura was dead. So Laura found luv in a hopeless place & her child just happened 2 survive & Luke’s didn’t. I don’t like any of this, but, life happens!
Tyler Christopher lit up the screen when he debuted as Nikolas. He's one of the most genuine actors the show ever had, and it was mesmerizing. When he and Sarah Joy Brown came on the canvas, it revitalized the entire show and raised the performance level of the rest of the cast. Jonathan Jackson really got to show his chops opposite Tyler.
Agree with your comment wholeheartedly. I have been watching GH since 1978 but fell in love with Tyler Christopher and his character, Nikolas since its debut in 1996. I believe TC to be one of the most beautiful men that graced GH. Though I love the super-couple of Luke and Laura, I consider Nikolas and Emily the most memorable couple of GH. Nikolas demonstrated his selfless love from his debut to and during the saga of Emily. After Emily's death, Nikolas was never the same and little by little turned into a dark Cassadine. I hope GH brings back TC and NL.
We miss you Tyler. 🕊️💙🙏🏾💙🕊️ Thank you for bringing Nikolas Cassadine to life for the world.🥰
Nikolas was innocent, and like it or not he is Laura’s child as much as Lucky and Lulu. Luke needed to get over himself.
No luke and lucky. Lulu like nikolas
Probably but he has good reason to be suspicious.
Luke has no way of knowing that Nikolas was "innocent." He is a Cassidine.
Luke is not wrong to distrust a young man who was raised to hate his family by Helena and Stavros.
Yeah Luke is a monster
@@ultravioletpisces3666 yes he is Nik was a teenage boy. Luke was a rapist and murderer. Luke was the criminal
This was such a great story line. Did you guys know that Genie Francis herself gave the writers the idea of what if she had a child while she was on the island for 2 years and Stefan and Nikolas were created. Luke and Lucky were so immature during this time. They were competing with Nikola for Laura's attention/affection.
This was such a great idea and I'm glad that GF gave this input the writers. I wish he'd been Stefan's child instead of Stavros though. I hated the way Luke and his childish son treated Nik. They seemed to both be jealous of him getting close to Laura.
@@dawnyzaguirre8851 telling the truth never like lnl i wish laura married stephan i liked him
Yes thank you so much Dawn. I can't talk for myself I never did watch these clips with all of the Cassadines and Laura's son Nic! I will take your word for it. Sometimes I to wish Laura married Stefan too. I'm so sorry but at this point in Luke's life boy oh boy has he changed... sorry but for the worst. He also made his only son feel the same way.. That was so dead wrong! JMVHO! PEACE OUT Rosie!
Wow! Yes
I’m glad that Lulu and Nikolas have a good brother sister relationship. Nikolas has been a better brother to her than even lucky was
WYNDEMERE really did look like someplace DRACULA would come home to, didn’t it?🧛🏾♂️😂
"Come inside and get some fresh air." Luke was ruthless. 🤣😂
Luke needs to relax, Nik loves Lulu he wont hurt her no matter what
Luke was an idiot.
Laura needed to slap Luke and ground Lucky until he was able to act like a human being. Nikolas never did anything to them. They weren't better than him. I really hated Lucky back at this time and I always despised Luke. Stefan made a very valid point when he was talking to Nikolas. It seemed to easy for Laura to move on with Luke and forget all that Nikolas ever existed until he was needed to be a donor for his little sister.
Stefan helped her and he wanted revenge on Laura because she left Stefan for Luke.
Laura was told not to go back for Nicholas or his grandmother would kill her family
Look my most wonderous GH fan friends.. I see all of the truth and good and bad points too. I have to put my foot down now! All must be taken into acount. Laura has to come clean on everything! Luke,Lucky and Stovros and his brother Staten too. Even that all vengeful be witch Helana. I mean she is the biggest bully of them all! Luke ,Lucky I do love you boys I understand all your points too. The Cassadines are just as in the wrong as our boys in PC are. Look this is for the three children not I repeat for the Three Children.. Not not for the adults. grow some grow up for God' s Sake's.... JMVHO! PEACE OUT Rosie!
Oh am so sorry I meant this is for all of the three children... NOT I REPEAT FOR ONLY THE THREE CHILDREN! NOT FOR THE ADULTS.. SO PLEASE GROW SOME. GROW UP DO THE RIGHT THING.. STOP BEING THE CHILDREN.. YOU GUYS ARE TO OLD FOR ALL YOUR BULLSHIT! FOR GOD'S SAKE GROW UP. PLEASE JMVHO! PEACE OUT Rosie!
Lulu is so CUTE!!! OMG!!!
Tyler was so handsome and brilliant as Nikolas. I was so in love with him on screen and off. He is the only Nikolas l ever want to see. Now he is really gone forever from our lives. Our beautiful, talented,amazing Tyler Christopher has departed this world 💔💔😭😭😭.And I am so hurt my heart is so torn apart about him. This world is a sadder place without you in it Tyler Christopher. You were the best of the best as an actor. I just wish that you had only believed it yourself. You were loved by so many people. I don’t think that you really know it. Would it had made a difference? Sadly we will never know . God has you and your beautiful soul now. Only he really knew your struggles and heartfelt pain threw out your life. RIP my Sweet Tyler Christopher forever and always your fan😭😭😭😭💔💔💔🙏🙏🙏🕊️🕊️🪽🪽👼👼❤️🔥❤️🔥💐💐🌷🌷🌹🌹
God bless you!!! Well said. Tyler is with Jesus now. Live for Christ and we will see Tyler again.
And people wonder why Nik is so messed up today. The boy was abandoned by his mother. Luke was incredibly cruel to him. He was raised, isolated and manipulated by the Manson family(aka Cassadines). He had Helena as his only female role model for a long time. Both Stefan & Laura faked their own deaths and the list of f**ked up things goes on. The boy never had a chance as the adults failed young Nik. I don't expect someone under those circumstances to have a solid moral compass. That is why Nikolas always struggled between being the good prince & dark prince. We're seeing Spencer pay the price due to classic generational trauma. 👍
Lets go inside to get some fresh air.lol
Luke always had the kind of sense of humor that would make you roll your eyes. So annoying.
Wow imagine that! A rapist looking down at a product of rape!
That part. The irony!
Luke is such an ass to Nik. Still is. Nik is Laura's child just as much as Lucky and Lulu, yet Luke can't see past his hatred for the Cassadines.
Dawn Yzaguirre You know Luke is a legend on the show
Stephan Nichols was great as Stephan.
Yes he was. Since he's leaving Days I'm praying that the PTB at GH contact him about coming back as Stefan.
hahaha 4:23. someone please explain to me how you go inside 2 get fresh air?!
It was meant to be an insult because Nikolas is on the porch.
While Luke seemed like an ass during this storyline, he had very good reason. Remember - his wife was kidnapped and her death faked by the Cassadines. She had to make a choice of marrying her kidnapper or die, or maybe be raped. Helena also facilitated this by basically gifting Laura to Stavros. When Laura snuck back to Port Charles, Stavros came after her with a vengeance, and it was not a happy funtime reunion. So, Luke is being extraordinarily overprotective, but with good reason.
In this whole explanation the name Nikolas was never used, because he was innocent. He was a child who was abandoned by his mother and he proved himself over and over. Yet, Luke treated him like he was Stavros, when he did absolutely nothing. Laura chose to keep Nikolas a secret. Stavros chose to be an abusive rapist. None of that involves Nikolas and Luke was an immature bully. This boy so obviously loves his sister and Luke rarely gave Nikolas anything other than scorn. Why? He’s Laura’s son by another man. Nik being a Cassadine was just the easy excuse.
Nikolas had nothing to do with any of that. HE is a child he is innocent.
Luke and Lucky had no reason to me so mean to Nikolas he didnt ask to be born and be a Casadine, He saved Lulu's life!!! I get why they would be upset with Laura since she held the truth but she had no choice
There's a resemblance between Nik and Lulu. If you look at 4:23 when they're both looking the same direction you can just see the resemblance so clear.
awe so cute
This is how parents manipulate and hurt children...sickening.
Those were the best years in the 90's on GH. We will never get them as good again. Tyler Christopher and Evil Uncle - OMGosh they were just slithering around making trouble all the time.
Luke and Lucky were jealous of anyone, even their own family. Laura had every right to be with Nik.
Laura was being to nice to luke and lucky they both need to be in there place
I think it's funny how different his feelings are for lucky vs lulu
Lucky is a boy, so he feels more competitive. And also Lucy is older and first, so he feels like Lucky is like his replacement. So with that he feels rivalry, because Lucky had what he felt he should have had. But Lulu is a girl, is a baby and he has a connection to her cuz he saved her life. He's not QUITE as jealous of her, but you see how he bristles when Laura says things like... "when I thought I was gonna lose her..." I think maybe it's because she's a baby and he feels protective of her. But Lucky is grown (ish).
The thing with Lucky is that they (Lucky and Nikolas) are both taking up the same space as Laura's "first born." The heir. The #1. With Lulu, that aspect isn't there.
All of Luke's previous experiences with a Cassadine were destructive so he has only negative feelings for them. Nikolas represents the terrible past the Cassadines brought to L&L's life and a threat to their future. He is also very hurt that Laura never told him about having Stavros' child. I think Luke is looking for some way to control the situation so he feels less vulnerable, but he goes too far when he treats Nikolas so hatefully and demands that Laura choose between them. Stefan is a typical Cassadine -- vengeful and manipulative. He loves Laura, but wants to hurt her for leaving him. He is also a hypocrite because he tells Nikolas that Laura will use Lulu to get to him at the same time he is using Nikolas to control Laura. Lucky idolizes Luke and is doing what most kids his age would do -- following dad's lead. I think Laura is allowing herself to be torn apart by all of this mainly because she feels guilty about the pain her lies have caused and is afraid about her yet-to-be-revealed lies. She should lay out the whole truth and then demand that everybody be respectful of each other because it's the only way to keep the family together.
Does Stefan love Laura, how many other women does he get involved with while he’s in PC?
Yes hon thanks very GOOD POINT! ROSIE OUT!
That still doesn't excuse Luke being a dick to the guy that just saved his daughters life.
Yes. And just because Nicolas *seems* "innocent" doesn't mean anything... I wouldn't trust him either if I was Luke.
It's very similar now(ish) with Peter and nobody trusted him except for Anna because she thought she was his mom, and Laura is the same here... that's her son so she trusts him.
But Luke is certainly not wrong to trust a young man who was raised to hate his family by Helena and Stavros. 🤷🏼♀️
@@ultravioletpisces3666 Nikolas was taught to despise the Spencers, but Nikolas made it clear to Helena, Stavros, and Stefan that he never wanted any part of that war between the Spencers and Cassadine. Helena and Stefan caused havoc for Nikolas with his decision to stop the hatred between them. Nikolas continued with a kind of selfless love from his debut and throughout the Nikolas and Emily saga. After Emily's death, Nikolas was never the same and eventually turned into a dark Cassadine.
Nikolas looks like Emmett Cullen, especially in that hairstyle!
I started watching GH in 1987 so never saw Luke and Laura during their courtship. This story line was one of the first with Luke and I find him despicable. And there he is teaching his son to be despicable too.
Luke and Lucky, the dynamic narcissist-duo at it again. They have no right to be angry with Laura. Frustrated by the situation, sure. But they should also have made an attempt to understand the situation from the perspectives of Laura and Nikolas. At the very least, they could/should have shown empathy toward Laura as an abused woman and as a mother. But no. They just couldn't help inhaling the stink from their own a**holes, being total jerks.
Laura should also have left Luke. There were countless instances when he revealed to Laura (and thus, viewers) the dark void of his soul. This particular story-line was just one of many where Luke presented himself as a toxic, malicious, self-righteous narcissist-rapist. Unfortunately, his toxicity left an indelible imprint on Lucky who wasn't intelligent enough to understand who his father was. Despite Laura's psychological fragility, there were times when she saw right through Luke and recognized her own response to him; her own horrified revulsion. That same fragility however also prevented her from acting in her own best interest in order to save herself and her children -- especially Nikolas -- from the monster whom she voluntarily married.
Do they have these on dvd?
Did anyone else notice how they changed the story line later? When Laura first came back in 1983 she said Stavros was a cousin of Mikos but later they changed it to him being Helena and Mikos son.
Stefan is such a manipulator, better than Luke.
Stefan had every reason to be angry and so did Nikolas. He was protecting that boy from being hurt.
@@dawnyzaguirre8851 Stefan used Laura and generally was an asshole. He was always scheming to punish Laura through Luke.
Christine Stefanowicz Agreed, especially since Stefan knew the truth about why Laura left and stayed away
Nick was a G back then. The goodnight
I dont get why Luke hated Nikolas it wasnt his fault he was a Cassadine or that he was born!!!
Luke is so ungrateful
what year was this
I always thought it was sick, the way they manipulated nik into thinking that any woman wouldnt have escaped a life of rape and captivity if given the chance.
my question is why didnt laura tell luke when got released from stavros in 1983 when she returned that she had a baby
Nikolas
Why would Stefan think Laura would use Lulu ?
Because as long as she was controlled by Luke she would have done anything to placate him and Lucky even if it meant turning her back on her eldest son again. She needed to put her foot down with Luke and throw his sorry butt out and then make Lucky act like a human being.
💔💔💔💔
Who is nikolas favourite siblings?lucky or lulu
I'm going with lulu
Sometimes Luke really was an arse.
I don’t no what’s really going on here but this is some more of Gh mess i can understand Luke feelings about Nicholas because I’ve watched from the beginning and i no the history of the cassidines with these people and years later Gh throws Nicholas in the mix with lucky and lulu and no one can cope with the aftermath but wait what about no hell holly came back years later and tried to say she had a son with Luke all these years later when she miscarried a child for him years earlier Gh really need to get it together i don’t no who none of these kids in the later part of Gh belongs to just robin Scorpio and the quartimane kids everybody else is a wonder
Get it all off if your chest, with that Breathless Diatribe?
It’s in the past.
Get over it.🙄
Luke and lucky don't even like Nikolas at all
They were jealous that he and Laura were getting closer.
But Lucky and Nikolas got closer later.
Luke seems 2 4get what he did when he thought Laura was dead. So Laura found luv in a hopeless place & her child just happened 2 survive & Luke’s didn’t. I don’t like any of this, but, life happens!
Laura didn't find love in a hopeless place. She was taken prisoner and raped.