General Hospital Transcript Thursday 12/20/07

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Lucky: Hello there.

Luke: Hey. Good to see you. Oh. You here to add your voice to the rabble trying to browbeat me back onto that operating table?

Lucky: Don't worry, I know better than to waste my breath. You're going to do what you want.

Luke: You know what I want? I want my old life back. The one where I could walk more than 10 steps before falling on my @$$.

[Luke chuckles]

Luke: They ripped my chest open. Did they finish the job? No, they didn’t. They sewed me back up just so they can do it over again. I'm going to sue these bastards.

Lucky: You know what I think?

Luke: What?

Lucky: I think you're afraid.

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Luke: No, my problem is not fear, son. It's helplessness. I mean, I -- I can't face off with this invisible stalker who's trying to kill me. And it goes against every instinct I have to just lay there on a table and let a bunch of faceless strangers fight my battles for me.

Lucky: The doctors can only perform the surgery. Surviving is up to you. It's not like you're taking on the mob or the Cassadines. Dad, that fight comes from within.

Luke: I know it.

Lucky: All I'm saying is that if you want to be in this fight, that surgery is the first punch. You need to have the surgery, Dad.

Lulu: Why wouldn't he?

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