 Lucas lies about his father's availability in order to stay at Blake Holsey over a school break, so that he can investigate the school, the Pearsons and the wormhole with less interference.During this investigation he finds himself back in Middleton's office, learns of a tesseract device, and sees Middleton's disappearance firsthand.Despite the tesseract incident, Lucas has a good relationship with his own father, and often goes fishing with him when not at school.