Congratulations "One Life to Live" on your wins for Outstanding Writing and Directing

As well as wins for ....

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN FOR A DRAMA SERIES
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN LIGHTING DIRECTION FOR A DRAMA SERIES
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SONG *

Discuss the best damn soap on television!

Tess

I decided to start watching the show spoiler-free. I'll just have to wait for the episodes to be posted on YouTube to see what is happening. This is getting so good and there is no reason to lose the surprise element.

As a matter of fact decided to avoid reading the spoilers for every single soap I follow, namely AMC, ATWT, B&B, DAYS, OLTL and Y&R. I am very curious how am I going to view the shows that I find deadly boring (hello DAYS).

I decided to start watching the show spoiler-free. I'll just have to wait for the episodes to be posted on YouTube to see what is happening. This is getting so good and there is no reason to lose the surprise element.

As a matter of fact decided to avoid reading the spoilers for every single soap I follow, namely AMC, ATWT, B&B, DAYS, OLTL and Y&R. I am very curious how am I going to view the shows that I find deadly boring (hello DAYS).

i cut out detailed spoilers and just read general previews and watch promo's - i love all the soaps much more that way

I agree with JP. I have only been reading general spoilers at the end of the week for the next week as well as watching promos. I use to be a spoiler junkie for Days but not as much for GH. I think one reason I am able to still watch GH is because I don't know completely what is going on. I just have a general idea. Trying to be as spoiler free as possible with OLTL.

Here's to yet another great week!

Here's to yet another great week!

Ron Carlivati

From Sara Bibel's blog:

Ron Carlivati on OLTL’s Upcoming 40th Anniversary [Don’t Read If You Don’t Want To Know!]:

We’re doing some homages to the classic scenes on One Life To Live. We’re going to the falls. We’re going back in time

.… We want new fans of course, but I want to write for the fans that we have. [on the 1000th show.] I went to Frank Valentini and asked, “How do you feel about killing Asa Buchanan? His face went white. I thought he’d say no. Phil Carey had left the show and I wanted to honor him in some way rather than saying ‘Asa’s upstairs.” … Tina’s one of my favorite characters ever. I’ve been on the show for 12 years and I’ve wanted her back the whole time.

[He’s asked about bringing Erin Torpey back to replace Jessica Tuck in the homage to the heaven storyline.]

“That was some last minute rewriting. We wanted someone who would have that same emotional relationship to Viki. We had to be a little creative, but I think you’re going to get that same mother-daughter relationship…. We all meet, we throw out ideas. Sometimes someone will throw out something outrageous to be funny and I’ll stop and say, ‘Wait, why can’t we do that?’ A lot of times that’s where the best ideas come from.”

Ok so I don't know how I feel about the week...Dena Higley's horrible Tess is so in my mind and I hated that character, I'm weary of seeing it again. I don't actually care about Tess.

I have to disagree with you baller. I think Tess was one of the few things Dena Higley did write. The story sucked, but it was great for Bree and the character of Jessica.

I'm actually excited about Tess. The storyline fits perfectly after the tragedy, and I can't wait to see what will happen when Tess starts her revenge.

I have to disagree with you baller. I think Tess was one of the few things Dena Higley did write. The story sucked, but it was great for Bree and the character of Jessica.

She did "write", and she did "right". Sorry, Ryan. Couldn't resist.

And I do think that in spite of the monstrous history rewrite, the Tess story was more good than bad. Yes, there were some HUGE stumbles along the way (Like anything involving the Restons, and trying to shoehorn it in to a history we'd all witnessed on-camera, and the ridiculousness of everyone flying back and forth from Llanview to Napa and back - really, how many times did Nash and Tess run back to Napa?!), but there are a lot of good scenes that came out of it, and great moments. And Bree finally made the role of Jessica her own through Tess. You could just tell Bree was more confident in Jessica post-Tess than she was pre-Tess.

I'll jump in on this Ryan. When Tess was discovered by Todd and Viki's heart attack was WONDERFUL!

I have to disagree with you baller. I think Tess was one of the few things Dena Higley did write. The story sucked, but it was great for Bree and the character of Jessica.

I think it's a more interesting Tess than we saw under Higley. Higley's Tess was just a slut, redeemed by the love of a con artist, and I found neither Tess nor Nash very interesting. In fact, they had to introduce the Reston's to give Nash a story back then, but it went nowhere. Anybody remember that Claudia wound up killing her dad and she and Nash hid his body, and then . . . well nothing?

According to Bree's interview and the previews Carlivati's

Tess is going to be colder, more calculating and savvy, and filled with rage and seeking revenge. That sounds far more interesting to me.

ETA: This Tess is more about the family dynamics that are in play, I think. That will be more interesting for me than simply a plot device designed primarily to introduce a new stud. There were brief flashes of interesting stuff with Higley's Tess, one of which Jay linked. But for the most part it was a love story, and the concept failed IMO.

Edited June 30, 200817 yr by rhinohide

can'T wait to see more of Tess

I've had enough of Natalie and Jared already just from these beginning scenes.

Wheres the freaking Continuity Supervisor when we need her?????????????????