One Life To Live 12/2/08

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With the Thanksgiving holiday upon us, the story lines reflected this festive time of year and as we reported before, most of the major stories have come to a close.  However, there are still some juicy plots that are developing.

Manning

As we all know, Todd’s scheme with Marty came to an abrupt halt when John McBain broke into the house and got Marty to safety.  Todd’s plan became public knowledge that he intended on kidnapping his daughter’s baby and sneaking off with Marty to raise the baby, who happened to be her own grandchild.

Now, Star will confront her father in the weeks ahead which should cause some serious rifts through the family.  What could he say to his distraught 16 year old daughter?  Either way, it won’t be good.  Then he will have to face the wrath of the court system and Marty’s intense hatred toward Todd, for raping her again physically and mentally.

Charlie and Vicki

Charlie finished Carlatta’s Diner, now renamed the Buenos Dias.  Charlie found Vicki trying to destroy her father’s grave, hating him for what he did to her as a child and this was a way of reckoning.  Her fate became the fate of her daughter, Jess.  Charlie confessed his mistakes and his love for Vicki and said there will be a new beginning.  In order to prove it, he unveiled to Vicki the new restaurant which he modeled after the Bonjour in Texas where they met.

Jessica and Brody

Both got checked into the sanitorium, the exact same day.  Brody got some advice from Jessica and they became pretty good friends.  It would not surprise me if they become the medicine that cures one another and end up falling  in love.

Shane, Gigi and Rex

In an attempt to bring Rex and Shane closer, Gigi tricks Shane into going with Rex to the Buchanan’s house for Thanksgiving with Rex.  He took the bait and actually looked excited and happy.  They later would meet up with Charlie and Gigi at the Buenos Dias where the owners of the Bonjour were helping the kick off of the mock-up diner.  Here, Rex was introduced to the two by Shane and he asked, “Have you met my dad, Rex?”

One Life To Live 11-24-08

Things have come to a head since the last time I updated.  With all thats going on it looks like things are slowing down a bit for the crew.

Jarred and Natalie were saved from the room Tess built in the basement.  Charlie found the dynamite and ran it upstairs throwing it out the door as it exploded and nobody was injured.  Tess had the baby, then found it still born; in order to maintain composure, Bess her third alter ego came to life.  Bess swapped her dead baby with Star’s baby without anyone knowing, she then returned to Jess’s old cottage where Jess came back.  She was stunned to see the baby in her arms; but as she found the baby her mom and dad found her.  Jess was checked into a mental hospital for further evaluation.  Tess however was crying to Bess to let her find out how her baby was because she knew the baby was not crying.  Bess reluctantly agreed, and Tess met up with her mom and demanded she see the baby.  She brought the baby in and Tess freaked saying that was not her baby.  Bess then returned Tess to the “Cage” and let Jessica back out.

John McBain found Marty at Todd’s house while he was at the hospital trying to get the doctor to not follow through with his plan.  When he returned he encountered John and Marty and she had a gun to John.  John told her that Todd raped her, and she had a son.  It was then that Marty freaked out, John beat Manning to an inch of his life.  Cops came in, arrested John, Todd and took Marty to the hospital.  Marty was checked out by the doctor, and she met Cole at the hospital.  Cole was shocked to see her but he’s furious at Manning for keeping her from him all that time.  He is also upset his mom does not recognize him.  John was released by the Mayor who realized John could end his career.  He offered him an apology and gave John his job back.  However John turned the job down.  Blair is now afraid that John will go back to Marty.  She is disgusted at Todd for what he did and she told Star about her dad’s attempted plan to steal the baby.

Despite the fact her baby was OK, Dr. Joplin came back and told Star her baby was dead.  In reality Jessica has the baby but doesn’t know it because her alter egos do not share memories.  Star is crushed.  Dorian is pissed that she can’t get answers but vows to get some on why the baby died when it was perfectly healthy.

Rex and Gigi got a visit from Brody’s Marine friend, who asked Rex to drop the charges.  Rex realized Brody needed help as opposed to jail. He asked Nora to drop the charges but she can’t do it.  They did however strike a deal to get Brody checked into a hospital that will help him with these dreams and rages he received from being in the army.  Its rumored that while he is there, Jess and him will hook up and become a couple.  Shane is still getting used to the fact Rex is his dad, and Rex is happy for this.

One Life To Live 11-4-08

Its been a slow few weeks with plots gearing up for some great finishes, one of the reasons the updates have not been coming in, it was a lot of the same old, same old stuff with the stories coming to a head.

One story coming to a head was Clint Buchannan trying to get B.E. back.  As we all knew Clint was turning into his father trying to get the company back, which really it was stolen from him, it tore his family apart and killed Nash, his son-in-law that sent Tess back.  His plan to get back at Dorian was to bring Langston’s (Dorian’s soon to be adopted daughter) uncle out of Columbia, fight for custody, win and threaten to bring her to Columbia should Dorian not sign over the company.  Dorian countered this act by trying to have Ray Montez bumped off.  The plan almost went through had John McBain not shot the would be assassin at the airport, but not before Ray Montez’s wife shot Ray almost killing him.

Ray still has custody of Langston, and lies in a bed fighting for life but regains consciousness.  Clint comes to his senses and has the Colombian government claim him as an escaped convict, freeing Langston to be adopted by Dorian…. however because of her role in the shooting, Nora, Clint’s girlfriend makes a deal with Dorian, she gives up C.E. and there will be no charges pressed on her.  Ironically Dorian agrees and B.E. is back, and she has Langston.

Now, Ray Montez woke up and is saying he did not kill his wife to put him in prison, his new wife did.  Ray may be an innocent man but in a Colombian judicial system corruption runs amok so this could lead to a whole new chapter story, as Christian is now getting close to Ray’s daughter protecting her as his own and I think maybe falling for Ray’s wife.  There is rumor that Sarah and Tina will be running away for protection, basically going on a vacation or maybe a contract deal glitch, which could lead to Christian falling for Ray Montez’s wife.

Todd Manning is still lying about Marty being alive, and is still planning on taking the baby from Star maliciously, but it seems like Marty is starting to work the good out of Todd and he may call the whole plot off.   Meanwhile, Cole has come to his senses and realized he was trying to keep the baby to keep his mother’s memory alive, he is by Star’s side as she is about to have the baby.  The real question is, will Todd go through with his horrible plan?

Tess is still running her diabolical scheme, she now has Jarred in the hole with Natalie and has set a large amount of dynamite in the cellar to blow them up, she knows her mom is there too but doesn’t care.  Charlie confronted her and she nailed him on the head with a pan in the kitchen of her moms home.  Vicki found Charlie and now knows that Jess is Tess and that something must be done, because she is the cause of Natalie and Jarred’s disappearance.  Tess ran away thinking she is safe and Bree is safe because she is at Todd’s when really she is at the home that is about to blow up.  Its rumored that Vicki’s alter ego will emerge to bring Jess back and help save Natalie and Jarred.  Supposedly by the 13th of November this story should come to an end.

As we all knew Rex and Gigi are back together, they planned on telling Shane that Rex was his real dad, but before that could happen Brody kidnapped Shane and almost killed him.  Instead he shot Rex who clung to life in a coma.  Adrianna comes back in a cameo appearance, and takes total control over Rex and doesn’t allow Gigi or Shane to see him.  Upon the doctors saying that they can do no more for him, Adrianna has Rex taken to her home to keep Gigi away.  Marci and Gigi find out where Rex is and sneak her in Dorian’s house, to Rex’s side.  Gigi somehow gets Rex to emerge from the coma, but Adrianna was there to watch.  She then admitted that a divorce was necessary, realizing that Gigi could do what she couldn’t.  Rex goes home with Gigi and Adrianna goes back to Paris.  Shane meanwhile is at Clint’s home with Bo’s son who went through a similar deal.  He said he always thought of his known dad as his dad like Shane with Brody but it was cool that he got to know Bo as his real dad and wouldn’t change a thing.  It was tough at first but well worth it, which made Shane think.  It will be some time for Shane to come around but I expect he will embrace Rex as his dad.

One Life To Live 10-20-08

Rex and Gigi

Gigi finally told Shane that Rex is his real dad, after Brody kidnapped Shane during a horrific flashback to his days in Iraq.  Brody attempted to shoot Shane mistaking him for a boy he killed in the service.  Rex throws himself in the line of fire, and gets critically wounded.  He is alive but on a respirator and in a coma.  His soon to be x-wife Adriana comes back and forbids Gigi or Shane the right to see Rex out of pure spite.  Upon the doctors saying that there is nothing more they can do for Rex, Adriana moves him to her home where Gigi and Shane have no access to him.  I have a feeling that will change, because Marcy has a plan.  Once Gigi gets to Rex I know he will be revived from his coma.  Adriana, who in real life left the show is back for a cameo appearance to add drama to the plot.  She is scheduled to be here till the beginning of November…. Expect Rex to come to then.
Todd and Marty

They are falling in love, but its based solely on lies.  Marty’s nurse was told my John McBain that she could be in ememint danger since Todd raped Marty a long time ago, and that she has a son who thinks she’s dead.  It seems like she wants to do the right thing, despite the check Todd gave her to remain quiet.
 

B.E. Vs C.E

Clint has been trying hard to get his company back from Dorian, so he brought Ray Montez, Langston’s Uncle from Columbia to gain custody of her and threaten to bring her back to Columbia.  In return, Clint would stop Montez who did not want to bring her back to Columbia in exchange for B.E. back.  Dorian denies it and hires a hit man to destroy Montez.  To her surprise it works but it wasn’t the hit man who did it, he was shot by John McBain who knew she was up to something, instead it was by his wife who fled Columbia to get away from Montez, only to find him in Landview.

Dorian now is suspected of a hit for hire, which could cost her the entire stock in B.E., her family and her freedom.  Langston will probably lose her uncle but found a cousin.  The chances of Clint getting B.E. back now with Dorian in the hot seat could prove tricky but not impossible.
 

Jarred and Natalie

Tina tipped of Jarred about Natalie who was locked in the basement by Tess.  Upon finding her, Tess locked Jarred in the room with her, and decided to pack up her daughter and flee.  Vicki who returned to the show knows something is up with Tess, and may have something to do with Natalie’s disappearance, but with Tess gone nobody will know where to find Jarred or Natalie and they are soon doomed to die unless they find a way out or Tina comes through and informs them about where they are.

One Life To Live - 9-18-08

Buchannan

We all know Jessica turned into Tess after Nash died, and she vowed revenge on her twin sister Natalie and Jarred, and she got it.  She built a sound proof room hidden downstairs in Vicky’s basement where she currently is holding Natalie hostage.  She has attempted to break Jarred up with a note that Tess wrote for Jessica who was forced to sign it.  Upon returning from Columbia, Jarred doesn’t believe the note and went to the police for help. 

Tina, Vicky’s sister found out about the room and is having a very hard time keeping this a seceret. Tess is using Hesser as leverage so her daughter does not get back intwined with that mad mobster, she is also blackmailing her with the jewels of Mendorra that she stole.  I look to see her cracking, because she can’t live with herself as it stands knowing whats happening to her niece Natalie.

Bo Buchannan is now the police commissioner once again.  He has ordered John McBain to look into what got Ramsay killed, and who Todd Manning has stored in his house despite the Mayor’s request to drop the case. 

Clint is using a scheme to get B.E. back from Dorian.  He knows she is loyal and possessive to her family, now that she wants to adopt Langston, he found a relative in Columbia of hers who he is paying to say he wants custody of Langston.  Dorian will be forced to give B.E. back in exchange for Langston.  His girlfriend, Nora is not happy about this at all.  Clint sent Jarred down to Columbia to fetch her uncle and bring him back, which he did successfully, unfortunately Langston’s uncle is a cold blooded murderer.

Upon the arrival of her uncle, Clint’s butler could not stand to live a lie since he too helped Jarred cover up his real identity, he gave Clint his resignation which Clint ripped up to give another chance.

Vega

Their mothers cafe Carlattas burned to the ground, Vicky’s boyfriend is rebuilding it for her.  That is the least of her worries though, because Antonio went down to Mendorra and sprung Talia from the clutches of Jonas and Carl Hesser by staging a gay betrayal of her father and her new husband causing treason.

Hesser escaped jail, and went back to the US where he kidnapped Christian, bringing him to Columbia and is now being portrayed as Langston’s uncle.  He met with Vegas wife who was shocked to see Christian in her husbands jail garb.  Now she decided to help him get back to the US, in exchange he help her find her husband.

Rex And Gigi

Rex finally knows he is the father of Shane, who is not happy with Rex.  He wants his dad, Brody and Gigi to get together.  He knows that Rex is in love with his mother and vice versa so he is standing tough to protect the family he now has.  Brody took Shane and they did a DNA test with Rex’s toothbrush that Adrianna sent to him.  So now Shane thinks Brody is his real dad.

Gigi said she will not lie to Shane anymore and is slowly starting to talk to him about the truth.  How Shane will take this is still unknown, but Rex really wants to be his father.  Brody has played such a mental game with Shane that it could hurt him more than help him.

One Life To Live 8-25-08

Its been a while since we updated you with One Life To Live, but there has been so many strange twists and turns, with no definative conclusions that we decided to wait till there was some foresight into the mini-dramas.

Bo - Rex - Gigi - 1968

Bo was upset that Lindsey lied to him about her sanity in the Spencer Truman death, she faked her sanity to avoid jail time, and Bo was appointed her guardian.  All this info came out at Bo and Lindsey’s wedding by Nora, Bo’s ex-wife.  Bo gets so upset he leaves Landview and goes back to the Texas ranch where his life began.

Rex, completely concerned about his friend Bo, follows him to Texas.  Trying to talk some sense into the drunk Bo, who is planning on going for a horse ride in the terrible storm, walk to the stable to get the horse out.  Bo grabs a hold of the metal fence, while Rex has his phone in hand and they get struck by lightning, opening a portal that sends them back to 1968. 

Bo, in 1968, is actually his father.  Rex, is actually Bo.  Everyone they know from 2008 are people in Bo’s past in 1968.  They try to figure out how to get back to 2008, while trying not to change history.  Rex finally tries his cell phone which is able to call 2008 and he calls none other than Gigi.

Gigi realizes that Rex is in trouble and pays Delphina for help.  They travel to Texas to open the portal and get Rex and Bo back.  Delphina talks to her “Man” charecter who is helping Bo and Rex get back to 2008.  They figure out that they must go back to the exact location, and be struck by lightning again opening the portal so they can return.  When they do so, something goes wrong and Bo goes back to 2008, Gigi goes back to 1968 where Rex is still stuck.  The reason, Rex let go of the phone.

Rex and Gigi finally rekindle their love 20 years before they were even born.  Rex, who is Bo is being shipped to Viet Nam to fight in the Viet Nam war, Gigi realizes she will be left alone back in 1968 waiting for Rex, BO, to return.  She couldn’t take Rex not knowing he is really the father of Shane, so she tells him, “Don’t fight to come back just for me, come back for Shane too.  Your fighting to stay alive because you are his father.”

Meanwhile back in 2008, Brody knows something bad has happened to Gigi, worried Shane will be taken into foster care since he is not his real father, opens the package that Adriana, Rex’s estranged wife sends to Gigi to get the DNA from Rex to officially make Brody Shane’s father through Rex’s tooth brush.  Brody takes that toothbrush to have it checked for his DNA.  Despite the procedure, the lab took the tooth brush as Brody’s DNA which will prove he is Shane’s dad using Rex’s DNA.  He doesn’t realize that Gigi and Rex will return back to 2008, which will cause some major problems for both Shane, and Gigi.

Mendora

Talia is still married to the Prince of Mendora, and Sarah, Christian and Antonio escaped with their lives.  Antonio was on his way back to get Talia out of Mendora, when Christian and Sarah arrived to help.  They realize that just getting Talia out of there won’t stop her father from bringing her back to Mendora.  Christian and Antionio know they have no choice but to eliminate him.  The inside scoop says that this famous mobster of One Life To Live does not make it out of Mendora, and his charecter finally comes to an end, meaning it looks like Antonio and Christian will succeed in their plan.

One Life To Live 7-23-08

Vicky LIVES!

That’s right, Vicki was saved.  I thought it would be the shows potential self destruction to eliminate a matriarch on the show.  Vicki after her crash went through Heaven and saw many of her dear deceased friends, but it was her ex-husband that convinced her she had so much more to live for.

Back on earth, Dorian, a physician was very pleased to know that Vicki was dead.  That is until David Vickers showed up and begged Dorian to revive her.  Leave it to Dorian to make it worth her while, before she would even help Vicki, David had to swear to divorce her sister Addy.  He agreed and continued to beg Dorian, till finally she got her medical bag.  Even Dorian was shocked to see that she had the Effe. shot in there.  She performed the procedure and Vicki returned.

Clint Buchannan Fights for B.E.

Clint has found ways to get B.E. back and over throw Dorian but he realizes that the process will be tied up in court and can last years.  He has another idea, before telling David Vickers he is Asa’s true lost son, he wants to propose to him an offer.  10 Million Dollars to divorce Addy, using Dorian’s money to do so.  Clint does not know that he already signed away his marriage at the hospital to live up to his promise to Dorian.  So how this will play out I don’t know.  Will Clint tell David he is a true Buchannan, making David who is already furious at Dorian, even more prone to fight for what she took from him?  Will he find another way to swindle his company back to the family it was stolen from?  Clint is very much like Asa all throughout.

One Life To Live 7-21-08

The Buchannan Drama -

Jessica turned back into Tess after the death of her husband Nash, and vowed revenge against her sister Natalie and boyfriend Jarred, because she blames them for his death.  In an attempt to end their lives, she cut the brake lines on Natalie’scar and asked her and Jarred to go to her cottage to pick up some left over bottles of Nash’s wine.  Instead, Vicki, Natalie and Jessica’s mom met up with Natalie in the garage and offered to go instead, taking Natalie’s car.

Natalie and Jarred walked in from the garage to surprise Jessica (Tess) asking who went and in what car?  They replied mom went in my car.  Sure enough, Vicki arguing with long time rival Dorian, whom she picked up on the side of the road due to a broken down car, crashed.  The last thing Dorian said to her before the crash was she slept with her boyfriend Charlie.  Vicki still didn’t believe this, good call since it was a lie in the first place.  Never the less, Dorian looked over at Vicki and could not feel a pulse, she was dead.

Today, Dorian’s dead ex-husband returned to tell her how disappointed he was with her, told her she needs to live her own life and not under the shadows of Vicki. 

Vicki went to Heaven, and had some reunions with Asa Buchannan, her ex-father-in-law, her dead grandchild, her alter ego and then the creator of the show.  Her grandchild asked her to forgive Charlie.  Which tells me she will be revived at the scene of the crash.  I also think the producer will show Vicki the entire process of deceit Dorian took against B.E., Charlie, and the mess Tess caused.  Look for her to come back in a vengeance.

Mandora And All the Craziness

Tana decided not to marry the Prince, which her a strained father and ex mobster said was her destiny, thus forcing him to live out his threat to kill Antonio, his brother and his girlfriend.  He also decided to behead Christina’s mom Tina and her impostor husband.

We left off with Antonio being taken to the dungeon with his girlfriend Tana.  Tina, her daughter and Antionio’sbrother were taken to a large waterfall, Tina once went over it and survived, but Tana’s father decided to make Tina watch with her daughters boyfriend as she is forced to go over the rocky waterfall tied to a boat for no chance of survival.

Blast To The Past

After Rex and Bo Buchannan got shocked on an electric fence, they were pulled back to the ranch in Texas.  When asked what year it was, Bo replied 2008, but found him and Rex stuck in 1968.  Everyone sees Bo as Asa, Rex as Bo and Jarred as Clint Buchannan.  They are confused on how this is happening and why?

To SUM IT UP

This marks the 40th anniversary of the show.  They are having flash backs and bringing back old “Ghosts” from the dead characters.  This should run into Tuesday, and maybe Wednesday.  It’s nuts to watch and nostalgic at the same time.

One Life To Live - 7-11-08

Manning Baby-

There are so many charecters involved with this juicy plot.  As young Star Manning made the adult decision to give her baby up for adoption to a family she knows will take care of it, her boyfriend and the babies father, Cole, is furious over the decision.  Star decieded to give the baby up for adpotion to Marcie McBain and her husband, who once adopted Sam, Star’s brother, before they knew his real identity.  As you all remember Todd, Stars father, fought in court and legally took him away from the McBains and Marcie kidnapped Sam to protect him from Todd.  These two are mortal enemies.

Cole felt he had no where to turn to keep the baby, so he went to the most unlikely source to keep the baby.  Todd Manning, Stars father.  This man tried killing Cole and almost destroyed his daughter and raped Cole’s Mother.  This set off a time bomb and now that Todd knows Star wants the McBains to have his grand child he vowed to destroy everyone that helps in that process, including Star, his wife Blair, and the McBains.  It’s a heated drama that will probably end up in someone’s death or incarsaration.  Funny thing is, Cole is trying to keep the baby because he no longer has a family, but he also has no job and is only 17.  His chances of keeping this baby now are even less than if he just allowed Star to do what she wanted to in the first place, and give the baby to the McBains where he could visit the baby.

Gigi and Rex

At Adriana and Rex’s wedding Gigi stood up hoping to tell Rex that he is the father to her son, unfortunately all she could do was tell her real feelings for Rex, which got her sucker punched by Adriana.  Rex still married Adriana, but found out two days later that Adriana was lying to him about Gigi and split up with her.  On the 4th of July, Rex spilled his true feelings for Gigi and as she was about to tell Rex he was the father of Shane, Brody and Shane came and interrupted.  Rex and Gigi did kiss passionately before the two arrived confirming her feelings for Rex too.  Brody now wants to be Shane’s dad, and told Rex to get lost, even though he knows Rex is the real dad.  I forsee this plot coming to an end real soon and Rex and Gigi will get back together and Rex can take his place as Shanes “Real” dad.  Brody on the other hand I think has feelings for Gigi and won’t make this easy.

The Buchannans

With the take over of B.E. by Dorian Lord, at the hands of Natalie, and Jarred’s lies, the family lost B.E.  They are working to get the company back legally, but it comes with twists and turns.  It wouldn’t be a soap if there wasn’t. 

Nash is dead from the take over, by Jarred trying to defend Natalie.  Jessica’s alter ego personality “Tess” came out and is falsely wooing Natalie and Jarred into her unknown scheme.  As it stands now she is trying to get them to move back into Natalie’s mom’s home with her, “To keep the family together.”  Natalie agreed.

Bo Buchannan finally decided to marry Lindsey, and at the alter his X-wife and Clint, his brothers new girlfriend Nora dropped a bomb shell that Lindsey faked insanity to avoid jail for killing Spencer Truman.  Bo broke off the wedding, and the entire family is furious at her for breaking Bo and Lindsey up.  Nora has wanted Lindsey’s blood for years and now finally has it.  Nora didn’t stop there, she had her rearrested for the murder and it looks bleak for Lindsey.  Nora will probably lose her whole family over this, but Bo and Clint need her to help them get the company back, since she is the D.A.

One Life To Live - 6/18/08

 David Vicars knows how to shake up the Cramer women, once engaged to Dorian Lord, he is now married to her sister Addey.  What will Dorian do now that they are related through their marriage.

Natalie is not the prize of the family after her boyfriend’s lies cost her family their business to Dorian, and caused the death of her sister’s husband Nash, but she was determined to keep Jarred out of prision.  She made a deal with her dad that she will tell him who the real Buchannan brother is, in return Jarred will not be prosecuted for anything civil or criminal.  Disgusted her father took the agreement, and she tells them the real brother is David Vicars.  Now that Clint and Bo know who their real brother is, will they ever accept him?

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