Liveblogging "One Life To Live": Prelude to a Kish

Welcome to our first ever One Life To Live liveblog! While ostensibly we're here to follow Kyle Lewis (Brett Claywell) and Officer Fish (Abe Vigoda Scott Evans), I'm particularly excited about treading these waters.

I grew up watching OLTL and fondly remember the great moments, such as the emergence of Viki's alternate personality Niki (and re-emergence through the years), Tina's tumble over the Iguaza Waterfall (she survived and showed up to crash the wedding of former flame Cord and feisty archeologist Kate, played by a very young Marcia Cross), the ongoing catfights between Viki and queen bee Dorian, and of course, the greatest storyline in the history of soapdom ... the journey to the underground lost city of "Eterna".

I haven't watched the show in well over a decade, so it'll be interesting to see who's still there from the bygone days. And of course, I can't wait to see how they explore the characters of Kyle and Fish (who apparently have a past). And I'm especially anxious to catch my first glimpse of out Scott Evans.

Journey below to follow along, and refresh for breaking updates!

2:05PM EDT: We start with a tearful graveside breakdown from Viki's daughter (I think ... but not the one who died from Lupus and is now a vampire on True Blood). We have Fish and Kyle! Something about Kyle not want to keep a low profile anymore, which makes Fish's eyes narrow.

2:10PM EDT: A gaggle of young people are talking about "bags of blood", and then a deranged woman is waving around a bag of stem cells. We're just minutes in, and I'm already having a WTF? moment. I love it. Hey, it's Blair (Kassie DaPaiva), who I recognize from way back when, but when I see Kassie, I always picture her swallowing an eyeball and being assaulted by a possessed tree in Evil Dead 2.

2:15PM EDT: Kish have an intense scene culminating in Kyle calling Fish "Pal" ... but I don't think he meant it. The deranged woman is still waving around the bloody bag, prompting lots of "Ewww!" and "Ick! Gross!".

2:20PM EDT: Hey, It's Todd Manning! But last time I watched, he was played by Paul from ATWT. Fish tells Kyle "I have a date waiting inside", and Kyle says "oh yeah, the beautiful girl ... maybe one day you can introduce us". Fish looks perturbed and says "yeah, I'll see you later, Kyle", as Kyle smirks.

2:25PM EDT: Hey, it's Christian! But why is his shirt still on? Fish and Layla meet up. More blood bag stuff, and Rex has a shirtless flashback. Thank you!

2:35PM EDT: Fish and Layla talk about her joining the force, and he mentions how ULTRA CONSERVATIVE his father is (which may just possibly come up in the future). As they're talking Fish sees Kyle watching them, prompting Fish to suddenly grab Layla and begin snogging. Kyle hilariously rolls his eyes, and when Christian presents him with a drink a blonde bought him, Kyle looks at Fish and says "I've got my eye on somebody else". Blair (who apparently is still her old, wonderfully devious self) asks Christian to admit he's carrying a torch for Layla. He says he can't think like that because she's dating Fish, but when he sees the two of them kissing, he's obviously ... not happy.

2:40PM EDT: Is it "conserve a shirt" day today? Not that I'm complaining.

2:45PM EDT: Fish apologizes to Layla for coming on so strong, and she responds with "what took you so long? I didn't know you had it in you!". Kyle grimaces and says "neither did I". Meanwhile, Christian's eyes narrow.

2:47PM EDT: Oh dear ... Stacey disrobes revealing a zebra print panty and bra set. Rex says "not tonight, I've gone temporarily blind".

2:55PM EDT: Blair sings as we get a montage of various characters in bed, at the bar, etc. It really needs kittens in a field. Kyle looks longingly at Fish, as Fish grasps Layla's hand, and Christian looks on.

Preview Time: Huh! No preview? But don't worry, this is just the beginning of what promises to be a very interesting storyline! Stay tuned!