I know probably everyone thinks the cliched answer is Karen Wolek testifying on the witness stand on OLTL and revealing to everyone she was a prostitute--and it is an AMAZING scene--but there's another big moment during that trial that beats it by a hair.
The trial was about the murder of Marco Dane (Gerald Anthony). So we all saw the dead body. But this is a soap opera, right?
The reveal they did here was absolutely brilliant. They just showed the courtroom, they weren't really focusing on anyone in particular, when a man walks in and simply takes a seat.
My sister and I were watching this together. We looked at each other, because the guy looked familiar but we couldn't place him.
See, Marco Dane had a beard and dressed kind of like a punk. This guy was clean-shaven and was wearing a suit.
Little by little, it dawned on us who it was, even though he was just sitting in the courtroom as if he was an anonymous spectator.
We started screaming at the TV and each other, "It's Gerald Anthony, it's Gerald Anthony!"
Of course, at THIS point, they explained this was Marco's twin, Mario Dane, and for quite some time the audience accepted it--until there was ANOTHER great iconic scene. Karen had been raped by her brother-in-law Brad Vernon, "Mario" figured it out, and he harangued Karen until she admitted it. Then she--and the audience--realizes he's not Mario, he's actually MARCO.
The thing that's so great about all of this is you could NEVER get away with these kinds of reveals today because of the internet.
From beginning to end, what a great storyline. Sigh. Miss those days a lot.
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