OLTL Spoilers

[Eric83]

Courtesy of Covington Bay at Soap Opera Central

(Very reliable poster who posts spoilers over there, and is accurate.)

Dorian suspected Mitch was behind Melinda's death who died of a heart attack

A long time follower of Mitch confirmed Melinda's death when she visited him in jail

Gigi vows to Sky she won't let him near SierraRose

Clint proposes marriage to Kim to get custody of SR, Kim agrees thinking it's what Stacy would want

Kyle shows Fish the DNA results

After having sex with Ford, Blair tries, unsuccessfully to prove to Langston that Ford is only after one thing

When Dani is accussed of stealing test scores, Todd stands up for her and offers the school a large donation in exchange for Dani's confession to be waived

Jessica wants Cristian

[Ann_SS]

I don't watch OLTL so I'm confused. How can Clint and Kim get custody of the baby if they are not related biologically? People still don't know Fish is the father?

[Eric83]

Stacy begged Kim to take the baby if anything ever happened to her. Kim said she didn't like babies, so Stacy left the baby to Schuyler in her will. Now I'm thinking since they were best friends, that is the leverage Kim will use to get the baby. Her and Clint will marry, so it will look like they can give the baby a stable home life. And no people don't kow Fish is the father, they will think it's Schulyer. Kim knows that Fish is the father though.

[Ann_SS]

Thanks. I still don't completely understand, but that is okay.

[Khan]

How in the world could RC kill off Melinda? WHAT?!

[MichaelGL]

Is killing off Melinda that big of a deal? Compared to Addie and Cassie, I'm relieved that it's this character who I'm not familiar with lol.

[DRW50]

I think Khan watched OLTL during the 70s and 80s, right? Melinda was a more important character then. Melinda was with Dorian for most of the 70s and then returned for a few years in the late 80s when Robin Strasser fell out with Paul Rauch.

I would have rather seen Melinda return so we could see more of her relationships with Addie, Kelly, and Dorian, but since that was unlikely, and since killing off some of the other non-essential Cramers wasn't going to happen, then I'd rather see her go than Cassie.

[Khan]

Yes. It is. Especially when 1) she's killed off-screen (I hate it when writers do that), 2) there was a time when she was important to OLTL's canvas, and 3) plenty of mileage could've been had from re-introducing her and rebuilding her relationship w/ daughter Kelly.

My memories of OLTL go as far back as '81, but I've researched enough about this show to know how pivotal Melinda was, for instance, to the Jenny/Katrina baby switch.

[DRW50]

I didn't know about the baby switch part. Was that because of her relationship with Peter Janssen?

I agree that they could have done a lot with her. Unfortunately I don't think they would have ever done so. I remember when they made Addie sane and I thought wow, think of all the story potential! And since then, it's been just about nothing. With four or five women over 50 already on the canvas and most of them struggling for story I don't think she would have had a chance. I do agree it's wasted potential. I would have rather seen River go, or Langston, or Starr.

[Khan]

Agree. Just as I doubt Viki's other half-brother, Tony Lord, would have much to do these days if they hadn't killed him off back in '83. And who knows? As they say, "No body, no death" (or, if you're Mitch, "Body, STILL no death").

[Bright Eyes]

OLTL has always been very kill happy, unfortunately. I still long for dear sweet Meredith.

[SFK]

I resent that they've brought back Kelly only to kill her mother within days of her return. It would have been nice to see at least ONE scene with Kelly and Melinda where Melinda had all her marbles, or a scene with the three Cramer sisters all sane. That is something I would have appreciated as a fan, I'm just disappointed that that's out the window.

Soap operas have so screwed with the concept of death it's hard to decide just what to get behind and accept. I wish I could have "known" Meredith, and it probably would have been easier if she'd died naturally than to violence, but that's one of those soap deaths that I've always respected. Hearing Viki occasionally refer to her sister sweetly (back when she used to) was nice, it reminds me of how my great-grandmother would fondly mention her sister who died in her twenties.

Like Khan, I also don't like that Melinda's apparently dying off-screen. And it's not like she's been around or in her right mind for years now, but it just seems wrong to kill off a character like that without any sort of farewell. I'm not saying that you can quite compare the popularity of the characters, but imagine if the writers had the *brilliant* idea to really shake things up and kill off Tina, off-screen, before AE had made her return for the 40th. How incredibly outraged and gypped we'd all feel. That's pretty much what I'm feeling, to an admittedly lesser degree. But I'm also well aware of the fact that I'm mourning most likely unrealized possibility.

[Khan]

If nothing else, I would love to see ONE LIFE answer the question of just how Addie and Melinda had their respective daughters to begin with! Perhaps, Kelly would've been in a situation where she needed to know her father's identity, but when she confronts Melinda, her mother leaps to her death (or at least a coma) rather than reveal the answer.

As always, I'm just saying.

[DRW50]

I think Addie was raped by an orderly.

I think you and SFK both have so many good ideas for how this story would have had more impact. It's frustrating because we could have had even one or two episodes with Melinda, which didn't happen, yet we can have two strippers, and the awful Ford. But then I think the story is more about just giving Dorian a reason to act so erratic than for the actual plot. Most of the stories on OLTL tend to peter out. So if this is going to end with Langston and Blair being more focused on Langston's sex life and Starr on Todd and Dani (or Cole) than on Melinda's death, or what Dorian is going through, then I'd almost rather it be the less important of the characters. And this might give Kelly something to do, although as you said, I wish she'd had one or two scenes with Melinda before her death.

The show kills people off so casually and for no apparent reason, it's just about bargaining at this point. I still have no idea why Todd had no reaction to Rebecca's death, since I had assumed Todd's reaction was the one reason she was brought back.

The sad thing with Tina is that I almost feel like Malone killed her anyway with his dreadful 2003 rewrites of her as a deadbeat mother. Then when she returned, she was just trashed yet again, although Andrea did a good job.

[Mr. Vixen]

I think it is a shame that they are going to kill Melinda...Seems like a waste.

I thought that they were going to make it look as if Cassie was murdered, only to have her pop back up later after Dorian loses her mind, or something like that.

I dont know, I just HATE when characters die off screen. It just really irks me. And I assume that's what will happen here.

Lately I really dislike Llangston (does she even HAVE a purpose, other than to prop up Ford)...So i wouldnt have minded if she was the "victim" of some sort of attempted murder, but in the end I was hoping no oen would die...I was wrong.