Soap Wedding Redux

On February 11, 2011, ABC played some of their fan favorite soap weddings in lieu of new episodes as a way of cutting costs. I did not watch that of All My Children. But apparently, it was the one where soap icon Erica Kane wed Jackson Montgomery. One thing is for sure, they just don't the same amount of romance in soap operas that they did three years ago, let alone ten or twenty. Which is rather sad.

For One Life to Live, they chose to play one of Todd and Blair's weddings. This is the same wedding which Blair today considers the happiest moment of her life. The portrait that Eli bought from Tomas that was painted in 2003 came from a picture taken at this wedding. Todd was played by Roger Howarth, the originator of the role. I happen to prefer the current Todd, Trever St. John, myself. Also in this episode, are Viki and Todd's niece and nephew, CJ and Sarah Roberts, Dorian's eldest daughter Cassie and Joey Buchanan. At this period in time, Joey was played by Nathan Fillion of Firefly and Castle fame. Marty and her now-dead husband, Patrick Thornhart, appear to have recently met. Marty still holds no interest for me and looks even more evil than she does today. It was nice to see some of the chemistry of Joey and Kelly, who the writers are trying to get back together today. It was great seeing the late Phil Carey as one of the soap world's famous patriarchs, Asa Buchanan. Asa was with Alex Olanov--annoying as ever.

As for General Hospital, it is Scrubs Wedding Take Two. Robin and Patrick finally made it down the aisle together in this episode. The last time they tried to marry, Robin went into labor with their daughter Emma. Robin's superspy parents, Robert Scorpio and Anna Devane were in attendance. I can only hope that my Scrubs get back together. Terrell is a fine doctor and a handsome man. However, the only reason he is getting close to Robin is because Lisa (the psycho bitch that used to date Patrick in med school wants him back) asked him to seduce her. Lisa is just using Terrell's affections for her (what does the man see in her?) to do her bidding. Sonny is in agony over Michael being in the coma because of the ricochet bullet. Dylan Cash--best Michael ever. Cash could play the character as a little brat who tries to get his parents together at all costs or a sweet kid. I miss Lainey, Robin's friend and the hospital's last shrink. We also see the beginnings of the Spinelli-Matt-Maxie triangle. Both pairings have their merits but I have to say that I prefer The Blonde One with Dr. Hunter. Spinelli would be a great catch but the poor guy is so unlucky in love (Lulu, Georgie, Jolene, Maxie, Winifred). Maxie was his best relationship but Maxie's faults kept getting in the way.