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.

Review of One Life to Live for 11/8

Due to ABC.com only having 11/9 available as of yesterday, I had to watch Monday's episode on YouTube in 4 parts. The only good thing about that was not having to see commercials.

Because Todd and Tea got married when they thought Tea was dying of a brain tumor, they did not have much time to celebrate their marriage. They and Dani have decided to hold a delayed wedding reception party and are going around town inviting all of their friends, family, frenemies, etc. They even hire Echo to take pictures at the party.

Rex is told by Viki that the love letters were copied from a book. However, she did not tell him that Echo is his mother. Nor did she tell him that she believed that Charlie is his father. Clint, Rex's actual biological father, told Echo that the reason he wants nothing to do with Rex is that he thinks he is a gold digger. I find it strange that Clint, who is all about keeping the wealth in the great Buchanan family, adopted most of his ex-wife's children and treated Natalie (who is actually his and Viki's, unlike her twin Jessica) wonderfully even though she wanted her inheritance.

Now for some Ford family drama. The child abusing SOB, Eddie Ford, has come to Llanview in search of his son James. Eddie wants the $50, 000 back that James stole from him and threatens to turn James in. When he finds out that someone beat his eldest son, he wants revenge. This strikes me as a bit hypocritical as Eddie beat up his sons and ex-wife but gets angry if someone else hits his kid. Eddie also finds out from James that his ex, Inez, is also in town and that she has told her sons the truth about her absence in their lives. I wonder what will happen when he finally sees her and their youngest son. Speaking of Inez, why is Nora so jealous of her?

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.