Keeth, I'll leave you alone about your Ellen Holly/Carla Grey fascination... we talked about that before, your love for her "methody" acting which leaves me wondering if this chick was really all that.

But with One Life, the question is, when did the show honestly get put on the map? Those of us who follow ABC soaps and Agnes Nixon know that a great deal of material occurred in the late 60's into the 70's, but still... It wasn't until the Wild West element of the 80s that this show began to come INTO its own identity. Yes, some might dispute that OLTL is the red-headed stepchild of ABCD, but still... The Buchanans and the Old West element gave this show a vitality... and the characters involved are looked at as (dare I say) "legacy" (in quotes) characters. So I wouldn't doubt that a Cord Roberts would come before a Carla and/or Sadie Grey.

Good memory. She'd probably turn down their offer anyway as she has in the past, but if they're going to honor their strong socially conscious roots before it's all over, she's the one to go with (and Carla's story is the closest to AN's heart). As seen by the 40th anniversary, the late '80s are OLTL's "legacy" indeed and that's cool though because I mean... what are you gonna do? The show was restructured around the Bukes and lots of people and ties got lost in the shuffle. See, with folks like Phoebe and Myrtle still around on AMC, we got the visits from the "long forgotten" like Kitty and Linc. Look at how character rich AMC's anniversaries have been in comparison to One Life's. It's interesting how the two shows took different paths in that way, mainly due to OLTL's EPs tendencies to torch the place and rebuild.

Geez, I really hope no one has placed money on an Ellen Holly return. Sure it'd be nice to see her for old times sake, but Carla's not even remotely tied to anyone on the canvass. Unless they make her insta-related to Deanna LOL, but I'm sure that would never happen.

I wouldn't even put money on Kevin returning. Just having fun playing pretend.

Geez, I really hope no one has placed money on an Ellen Holly return.

I doubt anyone is that delusional. Except for maybe Nelson and Jamey.

I do hope they have the sense to bring back Tina for a visit though. It's awful that that they would bring back Howarth but screw over AE and the character she played.

I can't help but laugh at the irony that after all the young male characters that have come and gone, OLTL is going to go off the air with the character of CJ Roberts never having seen the light of day in almost 20 years. All the fanfic and demands for his return, yet it's like he never existed. I guess being part of a core family only goes so far.

Edited May 8, 201114 yr by marceline

If OLTL has a hard time reaching for ways to celebrate its whole run (which it does -- always has), I feel sorry for GH fans, because I have no idea what they'll give yall for a finale. Luke and Laura's third wedding will be it, I'm sure.

I feel sorry for GH fans, because I have no idea what they'll give yall for a finale. Luke and Laura's third wedding will be it, I'm sure.

Unless Genie Francis is unavailable (b/c she's still on Y&R). In which case, it'll be Luke and her stand-in, the utility mop.

Edited May 8, 201114 yr by Khan

If JFP isn't butthurt about GF having the nerve to take work on another soap.

Re: CJ and even Sara, see, I would take those characters first and foremost over all of the scragglers who've come and gone (and stayed ). They should be further extensions of the show's core with the non-related characters bouncing off of them instead of deciding to force the Rexes and Davids of the world into the family. I'm sure the children have issues with their mother but a scene where one of them calls out Viki for dissing their mother and kissing Todd's ass... I would have loved that. Imagine Viki's "humina-humina" trying to defend that.

But this whole "bringing characters back" thing is rather superfluous in my point of view. I rather the show focus on wrapping up the stories of the characters on the canvas. Not waste time catching up with characters whose stories have come to a close years ago. Like, I don't wanna see Devon McFadden stroll up to Bianca and be like, "You know, something? There was a time..."

These days on soaps the characters and stories are so empty, I wouldn't care if they just killed off most of the cast, offcamera, and spent the rest of the time on the past. With OLTL, I've already seen years of unwatchable stories with Jessica, Todd, Tea, Rex, Gigi, the Fords, John - seeing even more examples of why OLTL was canned just makes me feel like they are marking time.

With ATWT, Goutman didn't bring back a lot of previous characters because they supposedly had such story to wrap up, but it was clumsily apparent that this "story" amounted to stuff like, "Let's give Julie Pinson's husband a job," and, "Let's do yet another ripoff of the old heart transplant story so everyone can see how awesome we are."

If OLTL has a hard time reaching for ways to celebrate its whole run (which it does -- always has), I feel sorry for GH fans, because I have no idea what they'll give yall for a finale. Luke and Laura's third wedding will be it, I'm sure.

Laura is never coming back. More likely the ending would be Luke getting drunk and bitterly ranting at viewers for being stupid and pathetic.

More likely the ending would be Luke getting drunk and bitterly ranting at viewers for being stupid and pathetic.

In other words, the last episode of GH would be like every other episode of GH.

I'm sure the last line will go to Maurice Bernard who will undoubtedly stumble, mumble, and ultimately forget what he was supposed to say to begin with.

GH's last episode will be devoted to Sonny and Jason and a big mob-shoot out. Then Luke will commit suicide. THE END.

GH's last episode will be devoted to Sonny and Jason and a big mob-shoot out. Then Luke will commit suicide. THE END.

That's what I was thinking. We might even have a Sonny and Jason marriage. There is no way Guza would give GH fans another Luke and Laura wedding as the finale for the show.

GH's last episode will be devoted to Sonny and Jason and a big mob-shoot out. Then Luke will commit suicide. THE END.

Too bad it won't be a murder suicide.

I just say let Helena put a bomb in the Hospital and once it explodes with everyone in town in it for a big gala the screen goes black.... I wish Elizabeth Taylor was still alive as the original Helena to make the scene better

Edited May 8, 201114 yr by EyewitnessNews

You know it's time for a show to go when it's own fans, fans who have been devoted for years, have simply capitulated.