Lucas Roberts
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Lucas Desmond Roberts is a character on the television drama Days of our Lives.
Lucas is currently played by actor Bryan Dattilo.
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[edit] Character History
Lucas Roberts came to Salem with his mother Kate Roberts, upon returning from military school in 1993. Upon arrival, he befriended Sami Brady and the two began their scheming relationship that continues to this day. Sami wanted Austin Reed, who was in love with her sister Carrie Brady, and Lucas wanted Carrie, who was in love with Austin. Lucas told Sami that if she lost some weight she might get Austin to notice her, so Sami went on a crash diet. Meanwhile, Lucas managed to convince Carrie to have plastic surgery on her scar so she could be Bella's Face of the 90s. Later, Lucas learned that his illegitimate father was Bill Horton and that Austin and Billie Reed were his maternal half-siblings.
When Lucas' friend from school Alan came to town, he raped Sami and took Carrie and Sami hostage. After Alan went to jail, Sami feared that nobody would ever love her. Lucas was feeling rejected by Carrie. Both seeking comfort, Lucas & Sami slept together. Soon after, Sami drugged Austin and tricked him into sleeping with her too by pretending to be Carrie. Carrie learned that Austin had slept with someone else, but she didn't know it was her own sister. Austin & Carrie were apart because they both suspected the other of being unfaithful.
After Lucas' mother Kate was apparently killed in a plane crash, he learned that Vivian had something to do with it and he blackmailed her into finding Sami and bringing her home in time to stop Austin and Carrie's wedding. Sami returned and revealed that she was pregnant with Austin's child. What Lucas didn't yet realize is that he was Baby Will's true father.
Sami's plots continued and eventually brought Carrie & Lucas together, freeing up Austin for Sami. Eventually, Lucas's mom Kate learned the truth and exposed both Lucas and Sami. Carrie and Austin were reunited. However, a later accident left Sami with amnesia, which Lucas used to his advantage. He pushed Sami towards Austin, to keep him away from Carrie. Even as Sami's memories started to return, Lucas got Sami to help him with a new plot to convince Austin that Carrie was falling in love with Mike Horton. Lucas thought that once Austin gave up on Carrie, he could easily steal her from Mike. Once Austin was free, Sami was planning to steal him from Carrie.
As usual, the truth eventually came out, and Austin & Carrie married. Lucas learned that Sami was blackmailing his mother, but Kate refused to tell him what Sami had on her. After Sami became engaged to Franco Kelly, Lucas refused to let Franco become Will's stepfather. Franco was later murdered and Sami was charged with the crime, although Lucas was the culprit. Sami was almost executed, but Lucas confessed at the last possible moment.
Lucas later fell in love with Nicole Walker but she was in love with Eric Brady, Sami's twin brother. Lucas didn't realize that his mother had paid Nicole five million dollars to marry Lucas so that he would win custody of Will. The plan worked, but after Sami was released from prison, she worked with Nicole to get Will back. Nicole got Lucas drunk and seduced him and made him think he had beaten her and he confessed to Franco's murder.
After being injured in a fire-blaze his mother purposely lit in the Kiriakis Mansion, Lucas was sent away to a rehab center in 2001 due to his alcohol addiction.
Lucas came out of his coma a year later and came back to Salem, but he was still partially paralyzed. Lucas seemed to really want to make amends, but showed his true colors at Austin & Sami's wedding when he exposed the truth and ruined the wedding. Eventually, with Victor's help, Lucas got joint custody of Will, who he took with him for a summer in Africa.
Upon their return, Lucas went from being strongly on Victor's side to working for his nemesis, Tony DiMera. He enjoyed his new power, but the stress drove him back to drinking. His AA sponsor, Maggie Horton, told Lucas he would feel compelled to drink until he was truthful about his feelings. Lucas managed to control the drinking, especially after Sami was injured at the DiMera Mansion and nearly died. While she was in the hospital recovering, Lucas kept fantisizing about her. He continued to help Sami adjust after she got out of the hospital.
Lucas, as well as his mother, was one of the main suspects when the Salem Stalker started a murder spree. When the Stalker's identity was revealed to be Sami's mother, Marlena Evans, Lucas was there for Sami. She and Lucas grew closer as he tried to help her through this difficult time, and they finally made love again. Lucas even proposed to Sami, but with a caveat: she had to promise to redeem herself and never lie to him again.
Sami and Lucas became engaged but Kate did everything in her power to make sure they never walked down the aisle. She even brought Sami's ex, Brandon Walker, back to town. With Kate's help, "fate" intervened. Lucas found Sami and Brandon in bed together on the morning of the wedding, and he was devastated. As much as he loved Sami, he couldn't forgive her for this. He ripped up the marriage license and swore he never wanted anything else to do with her. Sami tried to convince him that Kate was responsible, but his mother smooth-talked him and he only further blamed his ex-fiancé.
Lucas joined the team to rescue his half-brother Philip Kiriakis, unaware that Sami (disguised as Stan) had infiltrated the group with a plan of her own. Back in Salem, with Philip's rescue successful, Lucas and Sami were both shocked by Carrie & Austin's return.
[edit] Family, Marriages, Children & Romantic Entanglements
[edit] Family
- Bill Horton (father)
- Kate Roberts (mother)
- Mike Horton (paternal half-brother)
- Jennifer Horton (paternal half-sister)
- Austin Reed (maternal half-brother)
- Billie Reed (maternal half-sister)
- Philip Kiriakis (maternal half-brother)
- Cassie Brady (maternal half-sister)
- Rex Brady (maternal half-brother)
- Mickey Horton (uncle)
- Alice Horton (paternal grandmother)
- Tom Horton (paternal grandfather)
- Abigail Deveraux (paternal half-niece)
- Chelsea Benson (maternal half-niece)
[edit] Marriages
Marital Status: Dating/Living with Sami Brady
- Carrie Brady (July 10, 2006 to October 18, 2006; annulled)
- Nicole Walker (1999 to 2002; divorced)
[edit] Children
- Will Roberts (son)
[edit] Significant relationships
- Sami Brady (one-night stand/engaged; August 2004-February 2005, August 2005-September 2005; Dating/living together-November 2006-Present)
- Nicole Walker (divorced)
- Sophie (kissed)
