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>
> So what was Abby supposed to do given the situation? Go to Croatia
> with him, drink behind his back at the funeral, and generally try to
> hide her problems for another few months/years until Luka is feeling
> better about the loss of his Dad? She's admitted she needs help. She
> can't stop drinking without the help.
Well, in real life, she'd be waiting weeks for a bed to open in rehab, so
it
wouldn't matter if she went to Croatia or not. She could've told him,
gone
to Croatia for a couple of days to make an appearance at the funeral and
then gone; but that would've made sense, so it didn't happen.
Abby has never been one to sympathize with anyone else, it would be out of
character in some ways for her to be invested in how Luka is feeling, how
his father's illness and death have affected him. Similar to the death of
Carter's gamma, she doesn't really notice other people's misery except for
any direct effects on her own misery. Considering Luka's father was sick
and dying for many months and we got not a single word of concern from
Abby
to Luka about it, it would be out of character for Abby to give a cr**
about
it now. The fact that her parents are still alive and she really doesn't
like either one of them should not even be part of the equation. I've
never
been married and yet I feel sad for my medical assistant whose husband is
dying of cancer at age 44 and am trying to sup****t her as best I can.
Weird
that Abby, who is so self involved, chose a career in medicine.
>
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>
> Were Luka and his father 'close?' They have lived several thousand
> miles apart (with only infrequent visits) for at least the past 9-10
> years. Yes, it's always hard losing a parent, but people DO react in
> a variety of different ways, depending on their particular
> relation****p, the suddenness, and other factors.
>
We know his father was the first one he told about Abby's pregnancy. Luka
mentioned his father fairly frequently on the show, at least compared to
other characters. Then, when his father was sick, he rushed to be with
him.
I think that qualifies as 'close'. Just because he lived on another
continent doesn't mean they weren't in contact and weren't close.
>
>>
>> >(Not to mention his ability to see, when he did arrive home, that
>> >something was very wrong, or at least to guess what that 'something'
>> >might be. >>
While it took him awhile to figure out she was drinking, it seems to me he
realized pretty quickly that something was wrong with her. He said so
himself, that he thought she'd just 'forgotten' how to be married or maybe
had fallen out of love with him. As Luka is prone to do, he figures it
must
be his problem, not hers.
>
> Naomi
Luka's face at the end of the scene in their apartment seemed to indicate
that he has very mixed feelings and is uncertain what he wants to do. The
fact that he agreed to take Joe and leave her alone to go to rehab without
a
single word of protest (this is the guy who wanted to go with her when she
had the abortion he didn't want her to have) indicated to me that he is
unsure what he wants to happen. There were lots of alternatives to the
plan
Abby suggested, there is no reason for him to stay in Croatia for months
after the funeral, but he does.
Abby told him to go to Croatia with Joe for his father's funeral. She
then
is in rehab, apparently for about a month. Luka is still in Croatia when
she goes back to work and for weeks afterward. It seems that he decided
to
stay there for longer than she expected. She tells Pratt she talks to him
every day and it is her decision that they stay away, but she seems
uncomfortable and evasive. Although she was supposed to go to Croatia for
a
2 week 'vacation' after leaving rehab, she is unable to answer any
questions
about the country when her coworkers ask, so it appears that didn't happen
either. It seems to me that Luka has decided they need a break. Either
that
or he is being written completely out of character once again to
accomodate
the story. No way 'real' Luka isn't right there with Abby, going to
Al-Anon
and counselling, taking care of their child, if that's where he wants to
be.
I know these are spoilers, but this show is so bad these days, I refuse to
pretend that anyone cares.
Sharon
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