All My Children's 40th Anniversary

All My Children celebrated its 40th anniversary Monday and Tuesday and after watching theepisodes I have to admit my reaction is more than a little conflicted. Obviously, seeing the long absent faces of Kelly Ripa (Hayley Santos), Mark Consuelos (Mateo Santos), Eva La Rue (Maria Santos), Julia Barr (Brooke English), Eden Riegel (Bianca Montgomery), Leven Rambin (Lily Montgomery) and James Mitchell (Palmer Cortlandt) warmed this AMC viewer’s heart. There were also the touching mentions of Myrtle (Eileen Herlie), Mona (Frances Heflin) and Phoebe Wallingford (Ruth Warrick), but did AMC have to waste so much time advancing Chuck Pratt plots that aren't working?

Tuesday’s anniversary episode was filled with great little moments such as Erica saying “Brooke who?,” Palmer telling the camera he knew Opal still loved him, Adam’s inability to keep all of his marriages straight, while Erica was able to rattle off all of her surnames with ease, but on an anniversary episode, did we really need to waste precious screentime on characters like Marissa and Randi?

I enjoyed the mentions of the Glamorama and the Chicken Shack by Opal (Jill Larson) and of course Tempo was brought up. I liked David Hayward (Vincent Irizarry) more in today’s episode as he talked to the camera more than any time since Irizarry’s return.

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