Normally I don't link that many videos, but the scenes with Iva and Emma are so incredibly powerful - Kathleen Widdoes, who rarely got the meaty material she could have had, is especially wonderful, with Lisa Brown shining most in the quieter moments of pain. The darker side of the Emma/Iva relationship, like Iva getting together with John, or Emma learning of the Aaron lies, is so compelling. It's also interesting to be reminded of just how much Marland had clearly planned out the Snyder backstory (other than Iva being adopted, I guess). I do wonder how viewers at the time felt about two women they didn't know (or a woman they had only seen months earlier as Nola on GL) getting such intense scenes involving history they knew nothing of, but it's much better to watch than whatever the hell Steven Weber was doing in this episode.
I love how, in the last clip, Marland does not tip off viewers about Iva being Lily's bio mom, but does have that "it's so good to be reunited with your long lost daughter" type line as a wink to what is on the way.
(this episode also reminded me of my view that Martha Byrne had much more chemistry with Brian Bloom than she ever had with Jon Hensley)