I've been watching some May 1998 OLTL and I've been impressed by the surprisingly good plots going on at this time:
-David Renaldi's heartwarming return.
-The Georgie Murder mystery being a huge umbrella plot.
-Dorian and Mel/Cassie & Kevin
-Todd's vendetta against the Buchanans
-Todd and Téa being their twisted and problematic best with their constant arguments and such.
-Drew Buchanan being the douchebag we can all root against.
-Alright, so Sam was a dead fish, but without him...we wouldn't have been introduced to Lindsay (the perfect nemesis to Nora).
JFP and Pam Long did a great job livening up the show after the utter banality of the Labine era. Anything is better than Nora's menopause.