I loved Aidan early on, for maybe his first 3-4 years, and I wished he could have found someone to be with who wasn't on the rebound from someone else. I liked him with Erin, but then she was murdered.

I loved Aidan early on, for maybe his first 3-4 years, and I wished he could have found someone to be with who wasn't on the rebound from someone else. I liked him with Erin, but then she was murdered.

That was the best thing to ever happen to that character

Edited September 18, 201213 yr by Cheap21

LOL! I thought she was boring, but I liked her with Aidan. If she'd stayed around, she could have been Annie's sidekick, assisting in her various schemes.

What year was iBrooke's abortion? About 1980, right?

I remember reading about it in the AMC Trivia Book; I was very surprised, as I never remember hearing anyone mention it (unless I missed it).

Brooke's abortion occurred during Christmas 1979.

I think that one reason it was seldom mentioned was that Brooke tried to forget the rape and abortion. Others did not mention it around her.

Brooke's abortion occurred during Christmas 1979.

You're like a soap encyclopedia...I love it!

So I assume Ruth's rape was in the hospital parking lot (after she finished her rounds as a nurse)?

Edited September 19, 201213 yr by Pine Charles

Watching another March 2008 episode. Before Erica went to jail she gave this advice to Kendall: "Listen to me, Kendall. I want you to do this mental excercise. Whenever you see Aidan, I want you to ignore everything sexy about him. Just visualize something bland - A potted palm." LOL. Love her.

Colby and Frankie used to interact & had a budding relationship. Wow. Don't think I ever knew that.

Edited September 19, 201213 yr by AllmyDaysatGH

I think that one reason it was seldom mentioned was that Brooke tried to forget the rape and abortion. Others did not mention it around her.

I always had the impression that Brooke neither reported the rape nor told anyone about the subsequent abortion. Or maybe it was just Phoebe who was kept in the dark, since Ruth Warrick says, in her autobiography, how it all happened while she was on vacation and her character was away from town.

If anyone wants to see a little of Claudette, she is the caterer at the big costume ball/birthday party for Nina. I think she's in the second episode Eric posted on Youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxZ-7j5wS00&feature=related

I think Brooke may have mentioned her rape during the Julia / Louie Greco rape story.

It seems that over the years, the rape was mentioned more than the subsequent abortion.

Brooke's rape was drudged up over the years in relation to other women raped on the show, which was many (Natalie, Gloria, Julia and Kit). When Ross was on trial for Natalie's rape, Brooke revealed to her new husband Adam that she had been raped by an acquaintance. This was around the time that acquaintance rape was becoming a more talked about matter.

When Julia was considering an abortion after her rape, Brooke was brought into the picture, and it was one of the few times her own abortion was brought up.

With Kit, Brooke was one of her few supporters.

And yes, when Brooke was told she must have an abortion to save her life, her previous abortion was alluded to at that time.

Susan Lucci's response to the NY Post's Cindy Adam's question on how she felt about being pink slipped from AMC after 41 years:

“Very sad. Disbelief, anger, tears, all of that. Hard even now for me to say All My Children in the past tense. It was a dreadful mourning period. I was incredulous. Took a year to get over it. Understand, I played Erica Kane 41 years. I started on the program’s 10th day. Soaps served a purpose for millions of multi-generational passionate fans. Every day someone tells me they miss it. One man said: ‘Cotton is not the fabric of our lives. In our house it was All My Children. It was a constant for his wife, who he knew always watched. Back from Afghanistan, the show was their conversation starter.”

The iconic soap star then went on to say about AMC’s axing: “I’m still not sure why it stopped. I had no heads up when it was going off. I learned when everybody found out, and there wasn’t even time to collect mementos. I only managed to get a red and white T-shirt that read ‘Free Erica Kane from jail.’’

Not sure if anyone else follows Television without Pity, but their staff picked AMC as the Most Painful Series Cancellation in the Tubey awards: http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/show/tubey-awards/tubey-awards-2012-scripted-tv.php