Sorry, juniorz1, I have to disagree with two of your picks.

Carly/Mike? Sorry, Carly only had one great love, and that was Jack Snyder. You could say she had chemistry with Simon Frasier, Mike Kasnoff or Craig Montgomery, even Hal Munson or John Dixon, but there was never a great love. They were all either rebounds, revenge, or a fling.

Katie/Mike? You have to be kidding on this one. Sure they were great-looking together, and apparently had lots of sex. But if you mention Katie, to me one name comes to mind...Simon Frazier. He was without a doubt the love of Katie's life. I will even grant you Brad Snyder, though I was not a big fan of that couple, but they did have their fans. But Mike? Only Chris Hughes and Jack Snyder had less chemistry with Fluffy than Mike.

Ok, maybe Carly/Mike weren't the great love of each other's lives but I LOVED MW's Carly and SC's Mike together. Yeah, she was the one chasing him while he was hung up on Rosanna mostly, but I loved the story and them together. Maura West (and even Shawn Christian) sold it for me.

As for Mike/Katie, sorry, but Matie were a HUGE couple and probably my fave pairing ever for Katie. I loved all the Montana stuff, with them getting together while helping Jack & Carly along in their wedding. To me, they were a great love story and huge romance, moreso than Brad/Katie, which always seemed forced to me. IMO, TC never had more chemistry with another actor than she did with Collier and Leyden.

Dude....you're KILLING ME here. I would use my last dying breath to dispute Mike and Carly were ever popular. Or a romance, for that matter. Mike's big romance was with Rosanna.

As for us Katie-haters, we can admit the SKatie and Matie pairings were popular. And actually, you could probably add Brad/Katie to that list. We just dispute those people's sanity.

But oddly, I agree with you---Carly loved Mike. Other than Jack, he's probably the only man she truly, truly loved. (I think she respected Hal, but not romantically loved him.) But he didn't love her back.

Agree on who Carly loved. I HATED Mike/Rosanna from jump and probably feel the same about them that you do about Mike/Katie. Just a poor, poor coupling and Carly breathed life into their storyline. IMO, Mike/Carly were always the money couple.

IA....and let's be CLEAR - Shawn Christian's Mike...NOT Collier's.

Absolutely. I definitely was referencing SC's Mike & Carly, not Collier's.

Edited May 6, 201114 yr by juniorz1

As for Actors who had 2 Great Roles:

Marcy Walker (Liza, AMC & Eden, SB)

Robin Mattson (Heather, GH, Gina, SB, & Janet, AMC)

Judi Evans (Beth, GL & Paulina, AW- maybe Adrienne, DAYS too)

Jane Elliot (Tracy, GH & Anjelica, DAYS)

Louise Sorel (Augusta, SB & Vivian, DAYS)

Nancy Grahn (Julia, SB & Alexis, GH)

Eileen Davidson (Ashley, Y&R & Kristen/Susan et all, DAYS)

Robin Strasser (Rachel, AW & Dorian, OLTL)

Susan Flannery (Laura, DAYS & Stephanie, B&

Denise Alexander (Susan, DAYS & Lesley, GH)

Lisa Peluso (Wendy, SFT, Ava, LOV & Lila, AW)

Ilene Kristen (Delia, RH & Roxy, OLTL)

Jed Allan (Don, DAYS & CC, SB)

Roger Howarth (Todd, OLTL & Paul, ATWT)

Vincent Irizarry (Lujack/Nick, GL & David, AMC)

Peter Bergman (Cliff, AMC & Jack, Y&R)

Paul Anthony Stewart (Casey, LOV & Danny, GL)

Thaao Penghlis (Tony, DAYS & Victor, GH)

John Callahan (Edmund, AMC & Dr. "Dick" Baker, DAYS)

Michael Easton - Port Charles - Caleb Morley with two other personas - Father Michael Morley and Stephen Clay

All were unique personas played masterfully by Michael.

Y&R

Jill & Phillip Chancellor

Jill & John Abbott

DAYS

Kate & Victor Kiriakis

Kate & Stefano Dimera

YOUNG & RESTLESS: Victor Newman w/ Christian Miller & w/ Albert and Cora's son

Adding my two cents:

AMC:

Adam & Brooke / Adam & Liza (which resulted out of Adam's determination to get Brooke back)

Palmer & Daisy / Palmer & Opal

Hayley & Brian / Hayley & Mateo

GH:

Lucy & Scott / Lucy & Kevin

Luke & Laura / Luke & Tracy (I actually find Luke and Tracy more viable than Luke and Laura due to the character interaction)

Now, heading into choppy waters...

(SJB's) Carly & Jason, (TB's) Carly & Sonny

Duncan McKechnie had two great loves on ATWT: Shannon O'Hara and Jessica Griffin. They were totally different in almost every way. Shannon was spontaneous, fiery, wacky, emotional. Jess was sophisticated, logical, smart as a whip. It was ironic that Duncan ended up with NEITHER woman at the end.

Although I loved the character of Jessica, I think Shannon was Duncan's true soul mate. They had a chemistry that just jumped off the screen. Duncan and Jess were popular with fans, but they seemed more like brother and sister to me.

Adding my two cents:

AMC:

Adam & Brooke / Adam & Liza (which resulted out of Adam's determination to get Brooke back)

Palmer & Daisy / Palmer & Opal

Hayley & Brian / Hayley & Mateo

GH:

Lucy & Scott / Lucy & Kevin

Luke & Laura / Luke & Tracy (I actually find Luke and Tracy more viable than Luke and Laura due to the character interaction)

Now, heading into choppy waters...

(SJB's) Carly & Jason, (TB's) Carly & Sonny

+1

Duncan McKechnie had two great loves on ATWT: Shannon O'Hara and Jessica Griffin. They were totally different in almost every way. Shannon was spontaneous, fiery, wacky, emotional. Jess was sophisticated, logical, smart as a whip. It was ironic that Duncan ended up with NEITHER woman at the end.

Although I loved the character of Jessica, I think Shannon was Duncan's true soul mate. They had a chemistry that just jumped off the screen. Duncan and Jess were popular with fans, but they seemed more like brother and sister to me.

I liked Duncan and Shannon a lot when I began watching ATWT (I'm trying to forget her 1994 return), and looking back at the old episodes on Youtube, I still do, but I must say that I find Marland's writing for them baffling. They were apart for fairly long amounts of time, and while this doesn't compare to the long separations of some soap couples, it was longer than any other "meant to be" couples under his pen, when both actors stayed on the show. Even Lily/Holden and Tom/Margo. At one point Duncan and Shannon were apart for over a year, in which time she miscarried another man's child and had a serious relationship with that man's brother. By that point, if I was watching on a daily basis and not through clips, I might have said, "It's time to move on."

Edited May 7, 201114 yr by CarlD2