8 hours ago, amybrickwallace said:

Even from the start, was Karen really in love with Larry? Were they a couple with a large fan base?

I think from what I have read that this was not written as 'true love' story.

Karen was always presented as wanting more and using Larry to get it. Usually in these types of stories there is a more suitable match for the groom somewhere along the way for the audience to root for. After the marriage Larry and Cathy Craig became involved but Cathy left town.

Really Larry should have learnt not to marry women named Karen...

6 hours ago, Paul Raven said:

I think from what I have read that this was not written as 'true love' story.

Karen was always presented as wanting more and using Larry to get it. Usually in these types of stories there is a more suitable match for the groom somewhere along the way for the audience to root for. After the marriage Larry and Cathy Craig became involved but Cathy left town.

Really Larry should have learnt not to marry women named Karen...

Thanks for the explanation. Too bad the entire storyline isn't available to watch. It sounds fascinating.

6 hours ago, Paul Raven said:

I think from what I have read that this was not written as 'true love' story.

Karen was always presented as wanting more and using Larry to get it. Usually in these types of stories there is a more suitable match for the groom somewhere along the way for the audience to root for. After the marriage Larry and Cathy Craig became involved but Cathy left town.

Really Larry should have learnt not to marry women named Karen...

Yep Cathy Leaving was one bad move, one would think she would eventually come back

33 minutes ago, amybrickwallace said:

Thanks for the explanation. Too bad the entire storyline isn't available to watch. It sounds fascinating.

Yeah aside of some random clips and episodes, I was doing a playlist with everything I could find of OLTL during it's first 25 years if you want I can send you the link but it's nothing extraordinary I still gotta dig further 

I think Larry and Karen were one of those stories where they became 'the couple' and true love down the line - once all manner of sin and drama and fury had gone down and they had come out different people. Alan and Monica were the same way on GH. But ultimately Larry was clearly never enough for Karen, though I think they were deeply in love in later years. That it never got to be revisited is a shame, IMO.

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8 hours ago, allmc2008 said:

Mario died from a heart attack in front of Marco.

Not exactly. She had self esteem problems and she was browsing at a department store. Talbot offered her sex in exchange for the dress. The euphoria elevated spirits and then he started to introduce her to other men. Over time, it became an addiction. Then Marco found out and blackmailed her into being his "Madam". The fitness club, I believe, was a front for a whorehouse.

Hmm this is so much detailed and deeper than what I've read before on the story. The summaries, though helpful, don't do the show justice from Russell/Hall's time on OLTL. 

18 minutes ago, Vee said:

But ultimately Larry was clearly never enough for Karen, though I think they were deeply in love in later years. That it never got to be revisited is a shame, IMO.

It's also a shame that he never again had a viable love interest. Why, I don’t know.

He had a number of other romances, but the investment wasn't there for long and I don't think anyone really compares to Judith Light.

I had long ago (in the 2000s, anyway) wanted OLTL to do a special episode in tribute of Michael Storm - "24 Hours with Dr. Larry Wolek". You'd follow ol' Larry throughout his day at the hospital, checking out kids' sore throats and what not, since he knows and is trusted by virtually all the families in Llanview, and Viki and others would visit him and give us insight into how important he's always been to the town and these people even on the sidelines. And then you'd see him sleeping in the break room or at his quiet little house with just a picture of Meredith or Karen, or both, leading a somewhat lonely if not unfulfilled life. But the end of the episode, the following day would have a surprise visit, from Doris Belack as Anna (Belack was alive and still quite active at the time), foisting Larry's teenage grandson off on him (Larry and Dan would've been estranged since the Brenda McGillis years) to be part of the teen scene, and that would open a new chapter for the Woleks on the show. Maybe with a visit from Karen at the end of the ep, too, but who knows. Anyway: Dream of dreams.

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1 hour ago, Vee said:

He had a number of other romances, but the investment wasn't there for long and I don't think anyone really compares to Judith Light.

I had long ago (in the 2000s, anyway) wanted OLTL to do a special episode in tribute of Michael Storm - "24 Hours with Dr. Larry Wolek". You'd follow ol' Larry throughout his day at the hospital, checking out kids' sore throats and what not, since he knows and is trusted by virtually all the families in Llanview, and Viki and others would visit him and give us insight into how important he's always been to the town and these people even on the sidelines. And then you'd see him sleeping in the break room or at his quiet little house with just a picture of Meredith or Karen, or both, leading a somewhat lonely if not unfulfilled life. But the end of the episode, the following day would have a surprise visit, from Doris Belack as Anna (Belack was alive and still quite active at the time), foisting Larry's teenage grandson off on him (Larry and Dan would've been estranged since the Brenda McGillis years) to be part of the teen scene, and that would open a new chapter for the Woleks on the show. Maybe with a visit from Karen at the end of the ep, too, but who knows. Anyway: Dream of dreams.

They really misused Michael Storm. What a shame. He should have been a tent pole to the end, just like Erika Slezak.

9 hours ago, Vee said:

He had a number of other romances, but the investment wasn't there for long and I don't think anyone really compares to Judith Light.

I had long ago (in the 2000s, anyway) wanted OLTL to do a special episode in tribute of Michael Storm - "24 Hours with Dr. Larry Wolek". You'd follow ol' Larry throughout his day at the hospital, checking out kids' sore throats and what not, since he knows and is trusted by virtually all the families in Llanview, and Viki and others would visit him and give us insight into how important he's always been to the town and these people even on the sidelines. And then you'd see him sleeping in the break room or at his quiet little house with just a picture of Meredith or Karen, or both, leading a somewhat lonely if not unfulfilled life. But the end of the episode, the following day would have a surprise visit, from Doris Belack as Anna (Belack was alive and still quite active at the time), foisting Larry's teenage grandson off on him (Larry and Dan would've been estranged since the Brenda McGillis years) to be part of the teen scene, and that would open a new chapter for the Woleks on the show. Maybe with a visit from Karen at the end of the ep, too, but who knows. Anyway: Dream of dreams.

Great story idea Vee! Larry also married Laurel(Janice Lynde) but that went nowhere.

Janice should have learned from Another World (Russ/Tracy).

.Don't let your not to well received character become another wife to an aging core character.

You will Die!!

3 hours ago, Paul Raven said:

Great story idea Vee! Larry also married Laurel(Janice Lynde) but that went nowhere.

Janice should have learned from Another World (Russ/Tracy).

.Don't let your not to well received character become another wife to an aging core character.

You will Die!!

I guess OLTL didn't learn its own lesson when they put Larry in a triangle with another younger woman (Brenda) and his own son, Danny!! 😳🤮

Didn't Storm and Lynde clash?

2 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

Didn't Storm and Lynde clash?

I think so.

I never knew that - I assumed Rauch toasted her.

33 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

Didn't Storm and Lynde clash?

Storm said that when the character of Laurel died and he had to act grief-stricken on the show, it was difficult to do so, because he was so happy she was gone, LOL. On the other hand, Janice Lynde made a nice comment about Storm on Facebook a few months ago, not indicating that anything had been amiss between the two of them.

32 minutes ago, Vee said:

I never knew that - I assumed Rauch toasted her.

From Lynde's comments on Facebook, Rauch was...not her favorite person.

1 minute ago, vetsoapfan said:

Storm said that when the character of Laurel died and he had to act grief-stricken on the show, it was difficult to do so, because he was so happy she was gone, LOL. On the other hand, Janice Lynde made a nice comment about Storm on Facebook a few months ago, not indicating that anything had been amiss between the two of them.

Thanks. So maybe Storm just disliked the story.