Up to December 31st, 1992
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I did it! Woohoo! One whole COMPLETE year of OLTL is behind me! My journey into "classic soaps" started off with "Guiding Light" and "The Doctors", then I dipped my toes into "The Edge of Night", had a quick experiment with "Another World" till I finally landed at my home base with "All My Children" and... the show that has my heart - "One Life To Live". Who would have thought that at 30 years old, this grown a-s man would discover his all-time favorite soap? I was convinced I had already seen the best and that nothing could ever top the 1992-1993 era of "The Bold And The Beautiful". But guess what? 1992 OLTL totally did. From Blair and Dorian's gothic drama at the start of the year... to Andrew and Billy and the culmination of the AIDS Quilt... and then the precious "Anna Karenina in Llanview" - Viki and Sloan. WHAT AN AMAZING YEAR this has been! Let's finish it off with the last 2 episodes!
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First... what a New Year's Eve party!!! I think these might be the most entertaining final episodes of a soap opera year I've ever seen! I'm not exaggerating. BTG should totally throw a ball like this for New Year's 2026. It was a glorious party full with everything you could dream of - drama, intrigue, surprise twists, love, disappointment, betrayal, and even a couple of outcasts peeking in...
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I would like to note a few things about the Viki/Sloan/Clint situation. Sloan is playing Viki like a violin. He knows exactly how to push her buttons, and that KISS with Dorian when the clock struck midnight on January 1st, 1993... oh boy, that was the cherry on top! Viki basically died inside. Like, she absolutely DIED! Of course she hid it well and kissed her own hubby while totally staring at Sloan the whole time. This woman has totally fallen and I LOVE IT.
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Nora and Bo are the latest duo in town. They aren't dating or romantically involved, but they are forming this amazing friendship. I adore them together. I never thought I would view Bo positively after what his did to Cassie, yet here I am... cheering for him to heal and find happiness. Spending the night in jail while all kinds of eccentric characters clashed with them, was very entertaining and provided the much needed comedic relief. Very Woody-Allen-esque. But this time it worked. They even managed to spoil Hank and Sheila's night. While Hank was taking care of them, Sheila was left all alone, with no one to kiss or hug her when the moment arrived! Poor thing.
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In a very touching twist... Leanne and Jason, who were meant to work as servers that night... received an unexpected gift. Renee invited them to the party as guests. GOD I LOVE RENEE. She is the HEART of this show. To top it off, they were crowned Queen and King of the night, and it was heartwarming to see the two individuals who are struggling the most financially take center stage... glowing and in love. Meanwhile, Kevin observed them from afar, with Rachel by his side, serving as a good distraction. I wish he would recognize Rachel for who she truly is, rather than merely using her to boost his ego after Leanne.
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The meat and potatoes of these episodes... was the unwelcome guest, THE PERSONA NON GRATA, also known as Blair Cramer, who crashed the party with a shocking bombshell. She grabbed the microphone and tried... and likely succeeded in humiliating Asa Buchanan in front of everyone, making him appear like the biggest CUCK of the year. The crowd was cringing... I was worried that Asa might suffer another angina attack. Later... Karma struck swiftly and coldly, like a knife piercing her heart, when Blair invited Max to a dance. This was the moment we had ALL been waiting for y'all. After witnessing this man BEG her for attention and LOVE throughout most of 1992... it was such a beautiful sight to see her get rejected as if she meant NOTHING to him. Even though we know deep down that Max still has feelings for her... this was KARMA... a year in the making, and I relished seeing her left ALONE and isolated from the entire community on New Years. She earned it after everything she did. Actually... almost everyone received their karma that night.
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The more unimportant characters and events - Idiotina said YES to Cain's marriage proposal and then f-cked him in one of the hotel's rooms. God she's so cheap. And Mortimer presented himself to Renee as Carlo in a pathetic attempt to get her attention. Alex was left all alone, "glued" in her tacky apartment by Morty. Even these confused characters (Alex, Cain, Mort and Idiotina) were bearable on those 2 episodes!
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And with this I'm stepping into 1993. I have grown to love this show and the standard is now pretty high. They did it to themselves... now I have HUGE Expectations. Cheers to a great... if not even better 1993 in Llanview!
Overall - 10+/10
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Clip of the day
Blair drops a BOMBSHELL on New Years Eve.
"I'M GOING TO OUTLIVE AND OUTLAST ALL OF YOU"
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