One Life to Live: Difference between revisions

Created by Agnes Nixon, OLTL shared its universe with Nixon's other soap, ''[[All My Children]]'', and has had many [[Crossover|crossovers]] with same, most recently a baby-switch story in 2004. ''[[One Life to Live]]'' aired its last episode on January 13th, 2012, and the characters of John [[Mc Bain]] & the Mannings migrated to [[General Hospital]].

 

* [[AB Negative]] - Tina and CJ, among others

* [[Actor Allusion]] - "David, isn't there a [[Desperate Housewives|housewife that's desperate]] for you somewhere?"

* [[The Baby Trap]] - Stacy to Rex.

* [[Big Fancy House]]: the Buchanan mansion, Llanfair and La Boulaie.

* [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]]: The main character Viki's dad, Victor Lord. Originally seen as simply a domineering and [[Overprotective Dad]] during his original run on the show, it was revealed in the 1990s, presumably after his death, that he was a pedophile who molested Viki as a child. He briefly was revealed to have had his death faked in the early 2000s with Mitch Laurence's assistance, before dying again, during which we got to see the real Victor Lord in all of his ugly [[True Colors]].

* [[Bound and Gagged]] - Hardly uncommon on any soap, but a notable example came in 2003 with Mitch's kidnapping of Blair, who is next seen tied up in her underwear while Mitch calls her husband. She spends a good part of the following episode tied up and blindfolded.

* [[Magic Plastic Surgery]] - Max, Todd {{spoiler|(actually Todd's twin brother, Victor Lord, Jr.)}}

* [[The Malaproper]] - Roxy

** Even squickier was elderly Victor Lord's off-screen but often-mentioned romance with college student Irene, which became creepier (but also more 'logical') when after a [[Retcon]] it was revealed that Victor was a pedophile who had sexually abused his daughter Viki all throughout childhood.

* [[Musical Episode]]: Starr X'd Lovers.

* [[Mushroom Samba]]: Cole's withdrawal hallucinations of his family and friends berating him and telling him how he ruined their lives.

* [[One Steve Limit]]

* [[Pass Fail]]: When Carla Benari couldn't get roles as a black actress, she pretended to be a white one. This caused tension between her and her mother Sadie.

* [[Too Dumb to Live]] - Everyone has their moments.

** Destiny's parents somehow make a bizarre cross between this and the {{spoiler|[[Moral Event Horizon]] by indirectly being responsible for Greg's involvement with Elijah Clarke's schemes just because they're way too stubborn to admit that Destiny is not really their daughter.}}

* ~Who's Your Daddy?~ - many instances, but the volley between Sam and Bo over Matthew's paternity was especially prolonged.

** Not to mention Rex, who's been wondering for a long time. It turns out his father is {{spoiler|Mitch Laurence}}.