General Hospital February 26 1988 ABC Daytime w/original commercials
Another vintage episode, with commercials.
Tom and Simone's wedding, and the end of the story where Grant Putnam kidnapped Anna.
I didn't realize that Lilybelle (Dru and Olivia's mother on Y&R) played Simone's mother. Looking it up now - Norma Donaldson. Such a fascinating actress, incredible presence.
Laura Carrington has such a unique presence too. I think Stephanie Williams was great on Y&R but never thought she was right for the ABC Daytime recast roles she had.
That lengthy shot of Anna waking up and getting her bearings is something the show would never do now (like having an interracial couple in a frontburner wedding...) but it does so much to set the atmosphere and danger and take advantage of the location shooting.
This wasn't long before the strike. If I ever watch this period more consistently, I'd be fascinated to see how much the strike changed things around - I don't hear that it caused as much upheaval as it did with some of the soaps.
I did not realize Patrick O'Connor hung around for this long.
Like her sister Crystal, Robyn Bernard always had a lot of screen presence, even if I don't think she was suited for a lead role. (which I guess she wasn't really getting by this point anyway)
I gritted my teeth at Simone and Lucy being friendly and Simone asking her where Tom was knowing that within a few years Lucy would sleep with him. Wherever Simone is now she probably STILL hates Lucy...
Nice to see Jessie.
David Wallace isn't bad, but he's bland and more than a little stiff. I know the character likely wouldn't have stayed around even with a stronger actor (Matt Ashford is calling), but I do wonder.
Grant doing that bad British accent to mock Anna makes me laugh more than it should. He's a lot of fun in general here, yet also dangerous in that very American survivalist way (very prescient). Maybe one of the only times those camp takes on villains GH loves to do amuses me (Helena being another).
Anyway, now that I've watched the whole episode I enjoyed it all the way through. No real weak scenes (even the few filler scenes with Amy, Terry and Patrick were OK), which is not easy for an hour-long soap.
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