One Life to Live Finale - Tuesday 01/10/12

Well I just can't seem to get on the same page as OLTL fans. I gave a C grade to yesterday's ep that had people raving, while I really enjoyed today's ep, which got a lukewarm response from a lot of fans. Go figure.

Well today's ep didn't have comebacks of fan favorites or big cliffhangers (I don't consider Jessica's paternity to be a cliffhanger because we all know how that's going to turn out, don't we?), but it did have a lot going for it. The fake out at the beginning with the RIP Cole headline was a nice touch. I was thisclose to cursing out Carlivati for killing my Cole and I had to laugh when it turned out he wasn't dead. I also thought it was an interesting decision to tell a lot of the story through flashbacks.

So what did I like? Well one Ford boy dead, two more to go... I thought Bree Williamson did a great job mourning the loss of Ford #1 - it ain't easy to act opposite a dead guy and a baby. Though I couldn't help being reminded of Jess's heartbreaking scenes during Nash's death, and really there's no comparison. Jessica is the kiss of death with guys, especially if she has a baby with them! And normally Ford family scenes annoy the heck out of me but little Ford #2 and little Ford #3 did an adequate job.

But my favorite part? The Todd, Blair, Starr stuff.  I can't help smiling every time I see Roger Howarth. Roger's Todd is one of my all-time favorite Love to Hate characters. I think Trevor St. John did a great job during his run with the show and I totally understand his fans' anger, but what can I say? Roger was always the real Todd to me (I also always preferred the writing for Roger's Todd more than Trevor's Todd/Victor.) Seeing Roger, Kassie and Kristen together again was just bliss to me. I remember when Kristen was itty bitty Starr and she and Roger had the cutest scenes together. I always hated how abusive Trevor's Todd was towards Starr, so to see Starr asking Todd for help and Todd agreeing - just awesome. And the fact that Todd was helping Marty and Patrick's son - icing on the cake!

I thought the John/Téa stuff was pretty good. I find it amusing that John still has a Todd fetish. Dude, you actually didn't hate Todd, you hated Victor, right?? So be happy he's gone...let it go...let it go...

Grade: B

So what did you guys think? Good stuff? Boring? Do you think we're heading towards a nice wrap up?

-Melanie/SoapOperaBabble