Fathers vs. Sons

July 23, 2009 1:00 AM By Joe Reid

Maurice Benard Drew Garrett "General Hospital"

It's not all "Field of Dreams" with the fathers and sons on the soaps we know and love. With so many difficult-to-please billionaire patriarchs, Oedipal affairs with stepmothers, and just plain incompatible demeanors, it's not even the cats in the cradle and the silver spoon. (Seriously, Harry Chapin and Cat Stevens could have written full albums on the father/son struggles in the Buchanan family on "One Life to Live.")

 

This week, "General Hospital" offers us another father/son feud for the ages, as, in the aftermath of Claudia's harrowing car accident for which Michael may or may not have been responsible, Sonny's going to lash out at his son. And if you haven't noticed, Michael hasn't exactly been responding well to stress since he woke up from his coma. This is gonna get way more combustible than Little Boy Blue and the man in the moon (sorry, that song's stuck in our heads now).

 

To commemorate this latest entry in a proud soap tradition, we've compiled our favorite adversarial fathers and sons into one handy slideshow. Click through ... or else Victor Newman will be very disappointed in you.

Tags: Daytime 101 | The Young and the Restless | The Bold and the Beautiful | As the World Turns | One Tree Hill | General Hospital | One Life To Live | Beverly Hills 90210 | Guiding Light | All My Children

Comments

bgsmith25
Thu, Jul 30 - 2:59 pm

the new Michael is hot and sexy, him and Kristina would make a cute couple too bad they're half related.

I cant wait until Michael and Sonny finds out that Claudia was behinde it all when Michael got shot I cant wait until hell breake lose on that.

faryow68
Tue, Jul 28 - 11:27 pm

I am sick of Sonny thinking he is all that and a bag of chips!!!!!! I hated Claudia but now feel sorry for her loss. But, she will go mega crazy witch again and screw things up for anyone who is trying to like her. Get rid of the "original" Carly, DO NOT try to keep her & sonny together because of that. It doesn't work anymore.
I LOVE LOVE Johnny & Olivia!!! They are SUPER hot & Sexy. Keep her with him NOT Sonny. I love her son, Dante, he is super hot too, bravo for getting so many hot guys on one soap! . I don't care for Jasam I wanted Liz & Jason to last. How come Kristina is willing to let poor Mikey take the fall for what she did???! That is so wrong on so many levels...Come on writers, don't go that way with the story. Keep Johnny & Olivia together and let it come to light SOOOOOONN who Dante really is....We all knew it loooong ago, let that cat outta that bag PLEASE!!!!!!

lpwgrl
Mon, Jul 27 - 9:10 pm

Sonny needs to get rid of that hag! and yes she got what she deserved too. Too bad for the baby though! Can't wait for Jason to exact revenge on her also!

vivjun
Fri, Jul 24 - 4:41 pm

I am so sick of Sonny being a woos (sp). When is he going to act like a man again? Get rid of that horrid Claudia once and for all now that she has lost their baby.

By the way, the karaoke challange was great. No one was even shot that night.

ADDIE924
Fri, Jul 24 - 1:05 pm

wrieter please let it come out that clauda was the reson why micheal were in a coma for a year. let carla break up with jaxes . the story is goinging on to long.

ladybugz33
Thu, Jul 23 - 9:34 pm

oh lord !!!!come on the writers are getting so predictable new stories please get it together a year ago it was awesome now i am so not even watching cuz nothing ever happens or it almost happens and boom the storiy ends and the cast is rearranged !!!! oh and not to mention a couple story last a year long for a couple to even say boo ! to each other .
give me a break get some young writers in there anyone over the age of 50 needs to get the boot . for realz !!!!

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