Sep 25 2008
Please, no more Todd and Marty
I am so glad that when I watched One Life to Live this afternoon that Todd Manning and Marty Saybrooke weren’t given any airtime. Don’t get me wrong - the original story when Todd and his gang of friends raped Marty back in college was definitely one of the storylines that I treasure from One Life to Live. They did an incredible job with the original story, as well as the development of the characters and their relationship with each other in the years that followed.
However, the current storyline is just making me sick. I realize that Todd is twisted. Somehow I liked Todd more when the original actor, Roger Howarth, played him. Regardless of who is playing Todd, the storyline needs to hurry up and be finished.
I’ll admit, at first when Todd came to the rescue of amnesiac Marty, I was intrigued. I thought maybe he saw a way to redeem himself. It didn’t take long though to learn that it had nothing to do with redemption. All he is doing is filling her head with lies and keeping her away from her son (who really needs his mom right now).
Seriously, writers of the show, please, please, please wrap up this story. I am so tired of the “tender” moments between Todd and Marty. They’re making me sick. I have a sneaking suspicion that other viewers who have been watching as long as I have are also pretty sickened by this.
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I also think this rapist/victim “love story” is gross beyond belief. Todd abducted Marty and is hiding her from her friends and family and now they’re trying to make this a love story.