Five Things That Happened On February 18 In Soap History

In 1991, John J. York (r.) debuted as Mac Scorpio, Robert Scorpio's (Tristan Rogers) estranged brother, on General Hospital. In a 2019 interview with Soap Opera Digest, York enthused of his early days on the show, "It was a very exciting time for me. My wife and I were expecting our daughter, Schyler, who was born three weeks after I started the show. I was working five days a week. Just jumping in and doing all that work was great. When I first came on the show, I was Mr. Adventure Guy. I remember coming to work and I’m flying helicopters and driving speedboats and jumping out of planes and like, ‘How do I know how to do all this stuff?!’ "

In 2008, one of All My Children's most legendary supercouples, Angie and Jesse Hubbard (Debbi Morgan and Darnell Williams) reunited at a train station two decades after Jesse appeared to die in the line of duty. On the previous episode (a Friday cliffhanger), Angie spotted Jesse as his train pulled out of the station and frantically called his name. She fell to her knees, crying, "Come back!" Devastated to think he was once again gone forever, she stood up as if in a daze and began strolling away. Then she heard the sound of the train pulling back into the station! She turned around and watched in amazement as Jesse disembarked. When the action resumed on Monday, Jesse and Angie ran toward each other. "Please, tell me I'm not dreaming!" she said shakily. "It's me, baby," he confirmed. Her knees gave out as she fell into his arms, weeping with joy.

In 2011, Brenda Barrett (Vanessa Marcil) and Sonny Corinthos's (Maurice Benard) wedding day at the Archer Pavilion finally arrived on General Hospital. Plenty of drama would ensue before they actually got to "I do," but things were relatively calm on this episode, as Brenda spent quality time with her bridal party (bridesmaids Kristina and Molly and matron of honor Robin and even received a well-wishing visit from her ex, Jax. But on the cliffhanger, Sonny's vengeful former wife, Carly, showed up at Brenda's door....

In 2020 on Days of Our Lives, Gabi Hernandez's (Camila Banus) would-be wedding to Eli Grant (Lamon Archey) ended in dramatic fashion: with the bride's arrest by her own brother, Rafe. Eli was horrified after Lani and Julie exposed how Gabi had schemed to hang on to him and keep him away from Lani and blasted Gabi for her deception (which included controlling Julie's pacemaker via an app on her phone). "You didn't just lose Eli," gloated Lani. "You are about to lose everything." Rafe then hauled Gabi down to the station.

In 2020, the long saga of the Wiley/Jonah baby switch veered toward its climax on General Hospital. Before Lucas Jones (Ryan Carnes, r.) was injured in a car accident and lingered in a coma for months, his husband, Brad Cooper (Parry Shen) had confessed to him that their little boy, Wiley, was actually Michael Corinthos's biological son. When Lucas emerged from his coma, he had been unable to remember this explosive truth — but he finally had total recall, Brad's words ("Wiley's not the baby we adopted — he's Michael and Nelle's son!") flooding back to him.