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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 98644" data-attributes="member: 27">Yes, the Tea Delgado/Sam Morgan baby switch, though derivative, was plotted and executed well.&nbsp; It provided a really good crossover story for a whole group of OLTL actors.&nbsp; The best part (I thought) was how certain established plot points on both OLTL and GH helped propel the story along, even though they had not been plotted together on purpose.&nbsp; That genetic condition that the Cassadines carry (recently mentioned as part of the &quot;Who&#039;s Nathan&#039;s daddy?&quot; plot) helped them determine that Tea had ended up with Sam&#039;s baby, and of course on OLTL it had been believed Tea was supposed to have a girl (and I guess she did, though she died).The writers ought to be wary of having yet another OB/GYN involved in baby switches and huge betrayals.&nbsp; Britt has not been gone THAT long, and what she did with Dante and Lulu&#039;s embryo (her baby &quot;Ben&quot; actually being D&amp;L&#039;s baby Rocco) made a lot of female fans upset at the time (and made them accuse Ron C of being a reprobate).&nbsp; Soaps are still very much a woman&#039;s medium, and writing plotlines where OB/GYNs are untrustworthy (on top of &quot;dead babies&quot; plots) can turn women off.&nbsp; I&#039;ll never forget the absolute s---storm Santa Barbara stirred up when Eden Capwell&#039;s rapist turned out to be her OB/GYN. The re-fortification of the Quartermaine family must be the work of the new co-Head Writer, Chris Van Etten.&nbsp; While I am all for anything that keeps Monica from having to rattle around that old mansion alone, I too wonder what the ulterior motives are with this Kim lady.&nbsp; Monica and Kim had a scene where Monica pointed out the incredible (as in &quot;not credible&quot;) idea that Kim would just up and decide to leave an established career in San Diego, and Kim and Oscar would suddenly arrive in PC of all places just as Drew&#039;s identity was being revealed.&nbsp; Of course they never really ironed it out--they simply brought it up to put the plot point out on the table.&nbsp; Maybe she &quot;acquired&quot; Oscar in the same way Britt &quot;acquired&quot; Ben/Rocco (and the way Claudette &quot;acquired&quot; Charlotte).&nbsp; Hell, maybe Dr. Obrecht &quot;acquired&quot; Nathan in a similar fashion, which is why she&#039;s so scared of him finding out his paternity.&nbsp; Dr. O was the one who implanted the Falconeri baby embryo in her daughter, after all.Jeez, why can&#039;t these people just get pregnant in the back seat like everyone else? <img src="http://yoursmiles.org/msmile/think/m1703.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":think:" title="Think&nbsp; &nbsp; :think:" data-shortname=":think:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Daniel Avery, post: 98644, member: 27"] Yes, the Tea Delgado/Sam Morgan baby switch, though derivative, was plotted and executed well. It provided a really good crossover story for a whole group of OLTL actors. The best part (I thought) was how certain established plot points on both OLTL and GH helped propel the story along, even though they had not been plotted together on purpose. That genetic condition that the Cassadines carry (recently mentioned as part of the "Who's Nathan's daddy?" plot) helped them determine that Tea had ended up with Sam's baby, and of course on OLTL it had been believed Tea was supposed to have a girl (and I guess she did, though she died). The writers ought to be wary of having yet another OB/GYN involved in baby switches and huge betrayals. Britt has not been gone THAT long, and what she did with Dante and Lulu's embryo (her baby "Ben" actually being D&L's baby Rocco) made a lot of female fans upset at the time (and made them accuse Ron C of being a reprobate). Soaps are still very much a woman's medium, and writing plotlines where OB/GYNs are untrustworthy (on top of "dead babies" plots) can turn women off. I'll never forget the absolute s---storm [I]Santa Barbara[/I] stirred up when Eden Capwell's rapist turned out to be her OB/GYN. The re-fortification of the Quartermaine family must be the work of the new co-Head Writer, Chris Van Etten. While I am all for anything that keeps Monica from having to rattle around that old mansion alone, I too wonder what the ulterior motives are with this Kim lady. Monica and Kim had a scene where Monica pointed out the incredible (as in "not credible") idea that Kim would just up and decide to leave an established career in San Diego, and Kim and Oscar would suddenly arrive in PC of all places just as Drew's identity was being revealed. Of course they never really ironed it out--they simply brought it up to put the plot point out on the table. Maybe she "acquired" Oscar in the same way Britt "acquired" Ben/Rocco (and the way Claudette "acquired" Charlotte). Hell, maybe Dr. Obrecht "acquired" Nathan in a similar fashion, which is why she's so scared of him finding out his paternity. Dr. O was the one who implanted the Falconeri baby embryo in her daughter, after all. Jeez, why can't these people just get pregnant in the back seat like everyone else? :think: [/QUOTE]

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