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Liveblogging "One Life To Live" Big Day, Part Two "How Can You Say No To Those Eyes?"

Hopefully Kyle put a nicer comforter on the wedding registry. Maybe when Ollie comes knocking they can put this one to use one more time?

snicks is still out sick, so you're stuck with me. I'm not as quick as our poor snickerdoodle, so bear with me.

Join us for the fun, and refresh for updates!

2:10PM: We open to our film stars, Marco and Langston, talking about attending the Big Gay Wedding with Star and Co.

Oooh! There's a little bear cub at Kyle's door asking to come in and try the bed and taste Kyle's porridge. 

GiGi appears to have gone to a Hanson concert with Schuyler, and now MmmBop! is stuck in my head, and to top it off, when they show Rex, he's wearing clothes and bribing people. He's not very good since he got nothing from the night shift. 

Cristian is trying to convince Layla that waiting for a woman in a coma to wake up and bless their booty calls, they may never get laid again. She's not having it though.

Kyle lets our cub in. He notices the mood candles, and the suit. He wants to know if it's love, and Kyle hedges.

Marco's afraid to be seen at a fake gay wedding, because he has daddy issues, and daddy wouldn't approve of fake marriage, or gay marriage. Langston tells him in no uncertain terms, "It's Dorian's World."

Rex is spending the night in the hotel with Jared's wife? GiGi isn't gonna like it!

I've just been informed Natalie is Rex's sister, so that may have been wrong, but do we have a blood test on this? It is a soap after all.

2:15pm: Cristian makes an amazing case for love, but Layla is gun shy.

Rex announces Natalie is his sister for people like me who had never seen them in the same room. She says she's willing to do anything to be with Jared again, even living in a cave.

GiGi and her 80s hair are making the case for bad music

Marco goes on and on about having just gotten his family back and that he doesn't want to lose them over going to a fake gay wedding. Langston reminds him it's not his gay wedding. We've been trying to tell Republicans that for years, and it never helps.

Kyle wants Oliver to be willing to declare his love publicly. Ollie thinks he's come awfully far in the last month, but Kyle wants the full monty. Oliver doesn't want it to be a contest, "May the gayest man win." Kyle thinks splitting the difference might work, but cub's dug in his paws.

2:30pm: Layla interrupts Cristian's fantasy sequence with the news she's leaving him before their relationship starts. OK, so she's just moving out. Same thing in this case.

Kyle wants a boyfriend he can walk down the street holding hands with. Oliver doesn't want to be dragged any further out of the closet than he's already stumbled for the moment. Kyle doesn't want to be dragged back in.

Kyle's gonna make me cry.

Marco and Cole sit and list every ridiculous plot Dorian's been involved in so they can impugn her integrity on the gays. The girls are loyal though.

Rex decides to check in with his wife, who's sharing her earbuds with another man. He detects a chill, even over the phone. 

2:37pm: GiGi listens to Rex squirm on the phone, trying to not admit what he's up to. GiGi hangs up on him. Schuyler leaves her, reluctantly. I think she drove him off with the bad music. The CIA has used that to make terrorists surrender.

The McBain/Natalie fantasy sequences are beyond my skill level. I start typing only to realize it's not happening. It could also be that I have limited interest.

2:45: Langston brings up a valid point - it will be hard to prove Dorian isn't a lesbian, or bisexual. But it looks like Cole is going to side with Marco. Neither of them are gonna get any then.

Fish says a tearful goodbye to Kyle, wishing Nick can give him what it is he needs. Our little cub cries against the door frame outside Kyle's room. Can somebody go hug him?

Schuyler has a fantasy sequence with a lighter of GiGi seducing him. Another potential arsonist, GiGi is doing the same thing, but she's being mentally faithful to Rex in her fantasy world.

But she's not hearing Rex's phone call over her bad pop music. Oddly, when he has a fantasy about GiGi, it's more about her not being mad at him than it is sexual.

Remember when Nick was trying to get clothes off you Kyle? That's what changes when you get married.

2:55: Star draws an uncomfortable parallel between her underage marriage and gay marriage, but neither of the boys are budging, so the girls are going stag to the wedding.

Despite Layla having a fantasy of a shirtless Cristian (which is how mine all go), he hands her a check for the bills and leaves, fully dressed. Fortunately, like all television women, she has a 'mo to hold her. 

But at least someone is finally hugging Oliver!!!!

We close on a video montage of everyone wishing they were with someone who isn't there. 

Someone will be back tomorrow - hopefully snicks, but if not, Dennis or myself will attempt to make a poor substitute.

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  • Javi's picture

    Whats up with all the beer?

    Oliver and Cris yesterday, Sky and Gigi today, and now McBain even got a brewski. Everyone is boozing it up tonight in Llanview....which means Roxy can't be too far away
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    Shebatt4u2's picture

    I know, right?

    I don't think I've ever seen Layla drink a beer. Plus, isn't Sky a recovering addict? When he covered that shift for Gigi, she was concerned about him being around a bar and now she's offering him beer? Did I miss something?  
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    jonnymohio's picture

    Product Placement

    I think OLTL/ABC must have a deal with advertisers for commercial product placement. Did you notice all the Reese's mentions in an episode last week?
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    Joseph's picture

    Um, ew!

    Natalie is Rex's sister!!!
    Dane Hill's picture

    LOL!

    Love that I followed along with these comments in real time.  That was pretty funny.
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    Anthony D. Langford's picture

    Oh Yeah....

    I don't think they are biologically brother and sister (anymore), but they were raised as such so that's how they see each other.
    lloydletta's picture

    Um not so fast

    Natalie and Rex were both raised by Roxie - but Natalie is Viki's biological daughter with Clint Buchanan.  Jessica is Viki's biological daughter with Mitch Lawrence and Viki (and is twins with Natalie).  Yup only in the soap world.....
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    Joe's picture

    Twins

    Wait. Vicki had twins, and they have different daddies? So she slept with two men within days of each other??

    SLUT!!  :-)

    God, I love soaps. They are so over-the-top ridiculous, you can't help but be amused.

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    wagville's picture

    Well, actually...

    Viki only slept with Natalie's father (who she was married to). Then her split personality took over, and she was unconscious when Mitch Laurence's evil minions implanted Mitch's evil magical sperm inside her, which accounts for the second baby. And they justified that particular tidbit by having one character say this unforgettable line: "I read about how this can happen."

     

     

    Daily snark and sniffles over Kish at the One Life to Live recaps.

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    Anthony D. Langford's picture

    Weepy...

    The gays are getting weepy.....
    Joseph's picture

    I was getting weepy...

    ...that's for sure. Fish pleading with Kyle was wonderful.
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    Shebatt4u2's picture

    Yep...

    It's coming on!

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    jsg03jd's picture

    May the most straight-acting gayest man win...

    ...but seriously, Scott and Brett are doing such good work today.

    Kyle's so afraid of being Oliver's "dirty little secret" again.  No wonder he's so scared of making a go of it with Ollie Fish one more time... 

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    Nate's picture

    Teen talk in Llanview

    How great is it to see teens actually talking like teens. The discussions about attending the same sex wedding demonstration is quite good and realistic. Kudos again to the writers, and spreading the gay conversations around to the characters not directly involved with Kyle and Oliver. Nice to see.
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    isoron's picture

    Wow!

    These match fantasies are really weird! Although I really will miss Jared!
    jws1128's picture

    question, please

    How long has Kyle been out ?
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    Crawfish Po Boy's picture

    Kyle's Outness

    Kyle's parents outed him to himself when he was in high school. I think they made him a cake or a party.

    There have been a couple references to it in earlier discussion between Kyle and Oliver and Oliver talking about Kyle to Layla and Christian.

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    jws1128's picture

    thanks

    that's what I thought.

    btw I'd love to see that scene in a flashback.

    (Hi son we're ok that you're gay, let's have a parTay LOL. )

    So Oliver outed himself, which took longer but more courage (?)

    Then I think FishMan is right.  Though Kyle is the man he loves, he may need to take it slowly.

    but SPOILER

     

     

     

    we know from pics posted that he doesn't YEAAAA giggle

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    Shebatt4u2's picture

    Tease me...

    …what’s with the candles? Whatever the reason, just don’t let them go to waste. I say it’s perfect setting for another Kish kiss!

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    Joseph's picture

    These fantasies

    We have one more act to go in the episode: will we get a Fish/Kyle fantasy as well?

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    Joseph's picture

    Guess not

    Well, it was still a great episode otherwise.
    Javi's picture

    there wasn't...

    ...but I'm glad they didn't get one! I want any possible reconciliation between them to be REAL and powerful!
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    j U d E's picture

    Just want to say..

    DemonDeac wrote:
    ...but I'm glad they didn't get one! I want any possible reconciliation between them to be REAL and powerful!
    T O T A L L Y !!!! With two 'T' and two 'L'! No seriously, me too! I want their 'first' time back together to be a real moment. No fantasy. There can be fantasies later, but their reunion scene - a REAL moment, please! Yes and in Kyle's room with all the candles. Please!

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    Would somebody hug OLIVER, already!?

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    ablecane's picture

    Ok, I made it to the point where Oliver

    touched Kyle's chest, told him he wanted him to be happy with Nick, and then ran out and started crying.

    Then I lost it.  Great acting today.

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    jsg03jd's picture

    BOO.No fantasy sequence.And

    BOO.

    No fantasy sequence.

    And that is NOT quite the hug I was hoping Oliver would get: I wanted Oliver to be the one who gets comforted, not Oliver comforting Layla! 

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    Javi's picture

    really?

    I would have felt cheated by a fantasy sequence between Kyle and Oliver. I want a real emotional pay-off between them, nothing else would suffice.

     

    Also what was up with all those hallucinations!   Maybe it was the booze?  McBain's had crappy camera angles man.

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    jsg03jd's picture

    I hear ya...

    ...it's just when I see all the other couples get a "fantasy" (I'm hearing Mariah in my head even though I don't want to) in one episode, and the gay boys don't get one, it brings back a lot of bad memories for me from watching Nuke (specifically, the VD special of 2008 where all the couples except Nuke kissed).

    It's a minor quibble, but it would have been cute for Kyle to lift his head up from his books to see an Oliver standing behind him ready to take Kyle to bed...I mean, in his arms! :o) 

    isoron's picture

    But ...

    it was a poetic hug in that they each got what they needed and for nearly the same reason.
    j U d E's picture

    That hug don't count!

    It doesn't! And it was Oliver hugging Layla. I want someone to hug OLIVER! Is that clear?!

    ;o)

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    Would somebody hug OLIVER, already!?

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    jsg03jd's picture

    I agree: the hug definitely doesn't count!

    I agree, j. U. d. E.  That's my main complaint with that scene: I wanted Oliver to sob into someone's arms instead of crying alone in a hallway or a doorway again all by himself.  I was hoping a half naked Cris would take Oliver in his arms, and Oliver would cry his tears on Cris's pecs...

    Fine.  Cris doesn't have to be half naked, but you get the picture.

    Layla could have been the hugger too.

    Point being, Oliver needs to be HUGGED like the teddy bear that he is not to be the HUGGER!!!  That's not too much to ask, is it? 

     

    Nine Rand Note's picture

    OK, so WHO moved out?

    Layla or Cristian? Did Oliver explain why he arrived home all red-lidded? 

    *Settles in to wait for Youtube uploads*

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    Joseph's picture

    Answers

    Cristian moved out. Oliver just went up to the equally teary Layla and they embraced. Nothing was said.
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    Kraylessa's picture

    Kyle Made of Stone?

    Kyle is a much stronger person than I. Every single time I see Fish and especially when he looks sad I get all.... I don't even know how to describe it! I think I need to hold him.

     

    "It's weird. It's just different. It's not men. It's just him. It's only him." - Ianto Jones

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    michael's picture

    today's episode is brought to you by..

    .... an unknown beer that everyone is drinking.  seeing fish plead to kyle was so emotional and i just wish that they would of extended olivers cry outside kyle's door just a little bit more.
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    Natalie's picture

    it's was just ....

    an INCREDIBLE SCENE betwen Kyle and Oliver, amazing acting from both actors,i really do believe them and their feelings, what a passion,what a drama!!! BRAVO OLTL!
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    j U d E's picture

    Intense!

    WOW! I felt all their emotions! I was breathing heavily with them. Well, not quite, but WOW! It felt real. Amazing!

    It took me about an hour to watch their 6 minute YouTube clip! I watched every little moment trillions of times before the next little moment. Did I say amazing? Amazing!

    I need a hug!

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    Would somebody hug OLIVER, already!?

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    Liz T's picture

    oh, jude...i guess i could give you a hug.

    i guess i could give you a hug. *hug*

    whats with people and hugging on this website? haha ;-)

    at least you can watch with sound though. i have to watch the scenes without sound.

    having to read lips takes up a lot of energy and i'm pooped.

     

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    j U d E's picture

    Oh Liz!

    THANK YOU! I *hug* you too!

    No sound?! WHY??

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    Would somebody hug OLIVER, already!?

    Liz T's picture

    for some odd reason, our computer here at home

    jude, for some odd reason, our computer here at home has lost everything dealing with sound. the audio device, everything. thats why i am trying very hard to save up for a new laptop (my sister broke my laptop)

    technology seems to hate me or something. :-P

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    j U d E's picture

    Ohh oh!

    Sorry, to read that! Why don't you go to an internet café, lol, and take your headphones with you! Internet cafés arent that expensive anymore.

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    Would somebody hug OLIVER, already!?

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    Liz T's picture

    i actually do...

    i actually do go to a library that has internet access during the day. (and i do bring headphones) i will usually stay till about 4:30...but some days, i can't and those days suck. like today. at least my teeth were in good health. no cavities. :-D

    everytime i see your name, i start singing "hey jude" ;-)

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    Cufflinksandtie's picture

    When I see his name....

     

    I think, "Law"-yer

     

    Aime-mois moins, mais aime-moi longtemps

    j U d E's picture

    Your teeth and mine

    Good for you! That you do have a possiblity to see the KISH scenes with sound! And, that reminds me that I will be needing to go to the dentist too, some time soon.

    Ha, I like the Beatles, but my screen name is more to do with my real last name (some sort of abbreviation) and I was once called Jude in a place and time that was full of emotions and changes etc.. Anyway, like 'Cufflinksandtie' said, it's also more because of the Jude Law... :o)

    [Just for the record: I'm not a 'he' ;o)]

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    Would somebody hug OLIVER, already!?

    Randy's picture

    No sound.

    Liz, check device manager (right click "my computer", click on properties, click device manager and check the sound section) if there is a red X it means the driver is corrupt and needs to be re-installed.

    Live Long and Prosper

    Natalie's picture

    yeah i know...

    i felt in the same way, they are doing just great job with their roles, and you know i'm a big Nick's fan but i have to admit the chemestry between those two men just irresistible!

    and i love the song at the very ending,and really,why noone give a BIG TIGHT WARM hug to Oliver? poor poor guy...

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    Madeleine's picture

    Hahahaha

    the line about the porridge made me laugh.

    and MMMbop is a great song!

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    Ed Kennedy's picture

    Thank you!

    I was really proud of the porridge line, I felt it would be snicks approved, and it passed without notice because the show was so good.
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    Liz T's picture

    you're such...

    you're such a dork ed. did you congratulate yourself after you thought of the porridge line? i bet you were like "ha! oh man, that's a good line. they'll like that!"

    ;-)

    Ed Kennedy's picture

    I am a dork...

    I am a dork, that's true. I spend so much time essentially transcribing television shows that when I get to have a spark of creativity, I grin from ear-to-ear. And generally, I'm the only one.

    It's always the throwaway line that gets the attention.

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    Liz T's picture

    it's all good, because....

    it's all good, because i am the same way. every now and then, i think i am the wittiest person or something because of something i came up with. :-)