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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 240704" data-attributes="member: 27"><p>In a storyline from long ago (well, okay, 1983 or 1984) Ed. Maureen, and Claire went to Beirut to search for missing Fletcher, who was reporting in a war zone. Fletcher and Claire were a couple at that point, and Claire worked for Ed at Cedars. Soon it appeared that both Maureen and Fletcher were (separately) presumed dead, leading Ed and Claire to have Grief Sex. Naturally both Mo and Fletch showed up alive, leading to the usual "we have to keep this a secret" plotting between Ed and Claire....but it didn't really work out because Claire ended up pregnant (with Michelle). In the end they had to turn Claire into the villain of the piece so that Ed and Mo would not look like jerks for taking Michelle from her. So the residual tension between Ed, Maureen and Fletcher was there even if no one really talked about it by then. Fletcher had moved on with others (including Maeve Stoddard, Ben's mother) and other than a brief return to town to stir up some trouble, Claire was not a factor in their lives.</p><p></p><p>From what I recall, the Spauldings were introduced around 1977-1978, with millionaire Alan, his wife Elizabeth (whom my mother absolutely hated!) and their son Phillip, who was ill with...something, which meant he kept turning up at Cedars. Ross's brother Justin was a doctor at the hospital and it was revealed that Phillip was the biological son of Justin and his wife Jackie. I can't recall just why they gave Phillip up for adoption, but everyone worked really hard to keep him from learning he was adopted for some reason (I guess in that time period it was shameful or shocking or something). Elizabeth was soon out of the picture (I think she died?) and Alan soon began romancing Mike Bauer's daughter Hope. Both Ed and Mike knew Alan was bad news and tried to keep him away from Hope but she ultimately married him. He was a liar and philanderer, and after she gave birth to Alan-Michael she became an alcoholic and decided to sober up, dump Alan and leave town with A-M. </p><p></p><p></p><p>A guy named Mr. Edge80s (or however he spells it) put up a lot of the series on youtube (it's how I got to rewatch it), including stuff around 1980-81 and again from 1983 to the end in December, 1984. I can't recommend it highly enough. I watched some of <em>The Doctors </em>and though it was enjoyable (very young Anna Stuart!), it didn't feel like "appointment TV" the same way EON did (or AW continues to be). If 1980-83 <em>Guiding Light</em> were available some place, I would love to see that again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Daniel Avery, post: 240704, member: 27"] In a storyline from long ago (well, okay, 1983 or 1984) Ed. Maureen, and Claire went to Beirut to search for missing Fletcher, who was reporting in a war zone. Fletcher and Claire were a couple at that point, and Claire worked for Ed at Cedars. Soon it appeared that both Maureen and Fletcher were (separately) presumed dead, leading Ed and Claire to have Grief Sex. Naturally both Mo and Fletch showed up alive, leading to the usual "we have to keep this a secret" plotting between Ed and Claire....but it didn't really work out because Claire ended up pregnant (with Michelle). In the end they had to turn Claire into the villain of the piece so that Ed and Mo would not look like jerks for taking Michelle from her. So the residual tension between Ed, Maureen and Fletcher was there even if no one really talked about it by then. Fletcher had moved on with others (including Maeve Stoddard, Ben's mother) and other than a brief return to town to stir up some trouble, Claire was not a factor in their lives. From what I recall, the Spauldings were introduced around 1977-1978, with millionaire Alan, his wife Elizabeth (whom my mother absolutely hated!) and their son Phillip, who was ill with...something, which meant he kept turning up at Cedars. Ross's brother Justin was a doctor at the hospital and it was revealed that Phillip was the biological son of Justin and his wife Jackie. I can't recall just why they gave Phillip up for adoption, but everyone worked really hard to keep him from learning he was adopted for some reason (I guess in that time period it was shameful or shocking or something). Elizabeth was soon out of the picture (I think she died?) and Alan soon began romancing Mike Bauer's daughter Hope. Both Ed and Mike knew Alan was bad news and tried to keep him away from Hope but she ultimately married him. He was a liar and philanderer, and after she gave birth to Alan-Michael she became an alcoholic and decided to sober up, dump Alan and leave town with A-M. A guy named Mr. Edge80s (or however he spells it) put up a lot of the series on youtube (it's how I got to rewatch it), including stuff around 1980-81 and again from 1983 to the end in December, 1984. I can't recommend it highly enough. I watched some of [I]The Doctors [/I]and though it was enjoyable (very young Anna Stuart!), it didn't feel like "appointment TV" the same way EON did (or AW continues to be). If 1980-83 [I]Guiding Light[/I] were available some place, I would love to see that again. [/QUOTE]
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