Review of One Life to Live 11/11 & 11/12

Todd and Tea held their belated wedding reception. Tea gave a speech about the importance of living life to the fullest and loving loved ones with your whole heart. It was a very moving speech and many should heed those words. Dani sung for her mother as a surprise.

Gigi refuses to return Rex's calls after his stupid mistake. While she has dinner with Cristian in Paris, Rex escorts Kelly to the party. Both non-coupled pairs share drunken kisses and express confusion and guilt at their actions. Kelly admits that she still has feelings for first love Joey Buchanan. I wonder how many weeks the viewers will have to wait for Joey's recast to appear in Llanview, PA. Whoever the actor is, he will not be as good as Nathan Fillion.

Despite Clint's warning that Rex never know his parentage, Echo still intends to tell her son that night. Apparently, Clint has known about Rex being his son since Rex's son Shane was diagnosed with leukemia in March 2009. Clint was a perfect match for his grandson and did not divulge this information. He planned to have a team on standby if the stem cells that Gigi's sister Stacy had did not work. To ensure that Rex's paternity does not come to light, he threatens Echo with turning Rex in for corporate espionage. After badgering from Viki, Charlie, and Bo, Echo is forced to reveal that she is Rex's mother.

Starr is still reeling from Cole going to prison. James goes to check up on her and offer her support. She throws herself at him and says that she wants them to make love. James, being the compassionate gentleman that he is, does not take advantage of her and tries to talk some sense into her. Part of her emotional turmoil comes from that fact that she is angry at Cole for putting himself in his position and leaving her to raise their daughter alone.

Marty broke into Vivian's office and took Natalie's medical records pertaining to the amniocentesis. She crashes the party and tries to turn John against Natalie. John isn't taking the bait and tells Marty to leave. How long will we have to have that WTD storyline hanging over our heads?

And now for the minor subplots that get fewer scenes: Destiny told her friend Matthew Buchanan that Greg is her father and Shaun's deceased ex-girlfriend is her mother. Darren is wondering why she didn't tell him first since he is her boyfriend. For me, this would be obvious. She can not talk to most of her family since they have lied to her since she was born. She needed to talk to someone she trusts and Darren was not around at the time. Inez asked Bo to keep an eye on Eddie. Clint asked why she didn't ask him for help. Hmmm...let's see. I think it would be best to stay on the right side of the law since she works for the police commissioner. Not to mention the fact that Clint is the one responsible for having her son Bobby being beaten up (which she is not aware of yet). Langston still has feelings for Ford but does not know whether they can have a relationship. Say yes, try it out please!

Review of One Life to Live 11/9 and 11/10

Cristian and Gigi made it to Paris. Cristian intended to spend a nice romantic evening with Layla, his fiance; however, she was called away to work. Gigi found herself being taunted and provoked by Rex's ex, Adriana Cramer. I used to prefer Adriana over Gigi but now I think Adriana is being a petty snob. It was also very stupid of Rex to mention to Adriana that he and Gigi have not had sex since the incident with Gigi's sister Stacy. I loved how the waiter who does not know English believes that Rex and Gigi's relationship is doomed.

Dorian, ever the meddlesome mother hen, tries to get her niece Kelly's mind off of men like Todd and Rex by hiring a sexy masseuse. Kelly spurns his advances and heads off to a steam room, which turns out to be the men's instead of the women's. And so we have another instance of Rex and Kelly seeing each other naked again. What do you want to bet that we see Rex and Kelly have a fling, as well as Gigi and Cristian?

Cole is sentenced to 10 years in prison. He is granted time to say goodbye to his family and friends before he is taken by John. Marty blames Cole going to prison on Natalie and John, so she tells John that Natalie had an amniocentesis to test the baby's DNA. John is of course angry and confronts Natalie. I'm surprised that that witch Marty did not go ahead and say that Natalie's baby could be Brody's.

There is so much tension in the scenes with the Ford family, that you couldn't cut it with a knife. Eddie continues to hold the threat of turning James in to the cops in Dayton, Ohio over his sons. Inez and Nate come face-to-face with Eddie when going to drop off food for Ford. He calls Inez a whore mistakes his youngest son for her latest of many boyfriends. He believes that she cheated on him and got pregnant when he threw her out. Ford and James tried to keep their mother and little brother away from Eddie, which I thought was sweet since a few months earlier, they (mainly Ford) did not want anything to do with the Salingers.

Review of One Live to Live 11/2

There is so much chaos, conflict, and dysfunction on soap operas. It is always nice to happy family moments every now and then to counteract the bad things that happen to the families. It was great to see Todd, Tea, Dani, and Starr together after Tea's supposed death, kidnapping/hostage situations, and the explosion. Dani and Starr have not seen each other since Dani was sent to retrieve medical supplies for Eli. Shortly after that was when Starr and Hope were able to make an escape. Starr was finally able to hear that Dr. Greg Evans was helping Eli to convince Tea that she was dying of a brain tumor. Just as the Manning family is about to leave the hospital, they see Greg being taken away by the police. I wonder what he and Tea will say to each other.

I do not really understand why James decided to help Cole evade the police. I know that his motivation for doing that was Starr. I believe John was right in saying that it would be worse for both Cole and therefore Starr if he does not turn himself in.

As for Rex's bio parents storyline, Echo is trying to pump Rex's "adoptive mother", Roxie, for information on him. Afterward, she calls Clint and tells him that they need to talk tomorrow. Viki finally realizes that Rick and Lili's love letters came from a book. I have two questions regarding Clint/Echo/Rex. Does Clint know that Rex could be his son? And what did Clint do to Echo that was supposed to prevent her from troubling him?

It appears that Cristian and Gigi are going to Paris. Let's just hope that they do not develop romantic feelings for each other.

Review of One Live to Live 11/1

Because my classes interfere with my favorite soap operas, I am forced to watch them online at abc.com using their video player. There are advantages to watching my soaps online, such as not having to deal with many commercials, being able to pause, and being able to focus on other things during the few short advertisements that are played. One of my favorite soaps is One Live to Live, which along with General Hospital, airs on ABC.

Cole, Starr, and baby Hope finally get to have their happy little family reunion after two kidnapping/hostage situations. The Cramer women (Blair, Kelly, Langston, Dorian, Starr, and Hope) also have reunion after the damage inflicted upon them by the evil Eli and crazy Hannah. Hannah is so damn delusional! She kidnaps and attempts to murder three people (including a toddler!) in order to ensure that she has Cole to herself. After she is arrested, she actually believes that Marty the psychiatrist (and Cole's mom) will actually stand up for her at her arraignment after threatening the woman's family. I agree with Blair that Marty should have realized that Hannah was actually crazy and that it was a stupid idea to let Hannah live in Marty's home.

Cole did not know that Hannah was the one holding Starr and their daughter hostage (this time). He shot and killed Eli because he thought the girls died when Eli set the warehouse to explode. Marty, knowing that her son already had a record, decided to take the fall for him. There is nothing wrong with a mother wanting to protect her child. However, Cole is impulsive and never thinks things through. Marty did not think about Cole's fingerprints on the gun nor the lack of gunshot residue on her person. She gets all pissed off at Natalie didn't lie to John. Natalie tried to lie but the forensic reports were already in and John is a smart detective. Nor does Marty have any right to say that Natalie is responsible for Marty's family falling apart. Cole was the one who murdered Eli. Cole and Starr have been falling apart for quite awhile (how much longer do I have to wait for James/Starr?). John and Natalie were already finding their way back to each other before Marty even found out she was pregnant. Eli was the one to push Marty down the stairs which caused her to miscarry.

Meanwhile, Rex and Viki try to figure out what Echo has to do with Rex's parents. According to Echo, Clint (Viki's ex that cheated on her with Echo) gave her the necklace after a business trip to New Mexico. The writers are making it seem as though Clint and Echo are Rex's biological parents. But Rex found out his parents' names were Rick and Lili, when he went to Santa Fe. When Rex was talking about Rick and Lili's love letters, Viki thought they sounded familiar. Cut to Clint reading a book titled The Love Letters of Rick and Lili. Guess that answers that question. On a side note, I hate when casting directors pay no attention to genetics. Two blue-eyed parents can not produce a child with brown eyes!