You know how it is. When the environs of your Llanviews and your Port Charleses and your Genoa Cities start to get too stifling, soap characters feel the need to bust loose. Sometimes that means taking a vacation. But other times, it means running afoul of the law or the mob and fleeing town for a while.

This is a soap tradition dating back to Luke and Laura and beyond, and there are few characters who have done it better than General Hospital's Sonny and Brenda. They fled to Puerto Rico in the mid-'90s to escape the mob. Now Sonny is headed Brenda's way as he evades the law. Looks like history repeating!

We collected the best soap-stars-on-the-run moments and put them into a handy gallery for you.

Click here to begin the On the Run gallery.

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