One Life to Live: Week in Review for September 6, 2010

Langston Wilde, Brittany Underwood, One Life to LiveFunniest Moment: Sometimes, it's a well-placed reference to the show's history that gets us chuckling. And other times, it's when terribly dire events are undercut with humor that elicits a laugh. This week on One Life to Live, Starr Manning gave us both. When talking about John McBain and his role in rescuing her mom from Evil Eli, she said -- in a fairly brilliant deadpan -- "At one point or another, he's saved the lives of everybody I care about." That's kind of true. The question is, why has everyone Starr cares about been in mortal danger at some point or another?

 

WTH? Moment: Brody and Ford's fist-fight -- if you can even call something so one-sided a "fight" -- was notable for many reasons. It paid off the weeks-long tension surrounding Jessica's paternity secret. It was a pretty excellent release for Brody, who's had a lot on his mind lately. And, much as we love Ford, he's kind of had a beatdown like this coming. (Of course, he's already been pummeled nearly to death once, by Eli. Maybe we give Bobby Ford a break for a while, huh?) The WTH element -- and an appreciative WTH at that -- was in the way Ford took Brody's punches. Not since Glass Joe from Mike Tyson's Punch-Out has a man sold a pummeling so convincingly!

 

Best Moment: Cole laid it on the line for James in plain English: leave Starr alone. He's been saying this for weeks now, but this week felt different. This wasn't the same puffed-up posturing or bitchy sniping. Cole was speaking from the heart in defense of his relationship and his family. We're really into James and Starr right now, but Cole made his case and he made it well. And as Starr and Cole have been doing for years on this show, it made teen relationships feel real and important and on the same level as the adults.

 

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Comments

Mon, Sep 13 - 11:58 am

OK Chris and Layla are done. Eli is still alive I am not surprise. So Eli is threating Greg's family. Broady needs to tell Jess everything. Nat needs to tell John too, The actress who plays Jess is about to go om maternity leave, so I am sure they will save this part until her return.

Sun, Sep 12 - 11:09 am

i am glad brody beat ford up but said. he deserves it 4 taking advantage of jess. go brody!

Sat, Sep 11 - 7:45 am

Megan Lynn is as cute & funny as the guy thats on vacation, wished I knew his name. Megan you are good honey but I love to hear and watch the cute guy, thanks Jean age = over the hill........... Way over the Hill :-)

Fri, Sep 10 - 8:02 pm

i love this week for the most part because we got to see lots of James, Ford, and Nate you just got to love those brothers.
Starr and Cole sure say we love each other a lot almost every other word that come out is i love you. maybe to much like they are trying to prove something to each other.

this whole who the baby daddy thing is old. kind of hope it is fords just to see how it will play out. BUT ITS GOT TO BE JOHNS BABY just got to.

suck that Tea is "dead"

STARRJAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fri, Sep 10 - 2:05 pm

i am so happy cause i said three to five different things tat i hope would come true an it did. the fact tat roxi an matthew came back r just two different things. now i hope tea is just in a coma an never had a brain tumor or tat it shrunk. soap operas always do this kind of thing so i hope this comes true. i also hope avangaline never died. it didnt show her funeral so she could still be alive. also i think eli is alive. either in the morg or he wasnt the person tat got burned. they said they couldnt identify the body so it could come true. please writers of one life to live plus grant my wish. tis would make the opera so much better. thank you!

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