Blair and Todd Remarried on One Life to Live and Other Big Soap Moments from September 28

In 1984, Marcy Walker made her Santa Barbara debut as Eden Capwell, who would soon kick off her epic romance with A Martinez's Cruz Castillo. Walker exited the show in 1991 after winning a Daytime Emmy as Outstanding Lead Actress for her portrayal of Eden. Prior to joining SB, the actress was well-known to soap fans for her run as scheming Liza Colby on All My Children.

In 2006, Brandon Beemer (pictured with Farah Fath as Mimi Lockhart) assumed the role of Days of Our Lives's Shawn Brady. The pivotal role of Bo and Hope Brady's firstborn had become available when Jason Cook exited in 2005 after a six-year run. Beemer remained with the show until 2008, then returned in 2016. He has played the role off and on ever since. In 2020, the actor recalled how he came to land the gig. "I went in, I remember I sat down and then they look at me. It was [Casting Director] Fran Bascom and her daughter, Cheryl, and they look over at each other and they go, 'So what do you think?” And she goes, 'Yeah, I guess so.' … And then I went to producers and then went to screen-test." At the time, Beemer was not aware that he was auditioning to play Shawn. "I kind of put it together," he explained. "What’s funny is when I was in high school, my ex-girlfriend used to make me watch Days of Our Lives all the time. After school she would have it recorded on her VHS tape and she would make me go in and watch it. After watching it over and over again, you start to get really sucked into it and I looked forward to it. I’d come over to her house and I’m like, 'Hey. Did you already watch DAYS?' And she’s like, 'No, I haven’t watched it yet.' And I go, 'Oh, good!' And so we would watch it, so I kind of knew the characters a little bit. I don’t think they ever really fully told me exactly."

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In 2007, One Life To Live’s Blair Cramer (Kassie DePaiva) remarried “Todd Manning” (Trevor St. John), who later turned out to be a brainwashed Victor Lord, Jr. This was their fifth marriage, and this time, they did not marry for love. Rather, "Todd" enticed Blair into holy matrimony with a $5 million payday, as he needed a wife to improve his chances of getting custody of Sam, his son with Margaret Cochran. Sam, who was then known as Tommy McBain, had been adopted by an unwitting Michael and Marcie McBain. This union between the couple lasted until 2008, when it ended in divorce.

In 2009, General Hospital’s Damian Spinelli (Bradford Anderson) and Maxie Jones (Kirsten Storms) agreed at the altar not to get married. As the ceremony got underway, Spinelli told Maxie in the most heartfelt of terms that he loved her and knew that she didn't want to go through with the wedding. Her once and future stepdad, Mac Scorpio, fainted with relief and was tended to by Dr. Patrick Drake. A beaming Maxie told Spinelli how much it meant to her that he was putting her desire not to wed over his desire to say, "I do," and vowed to be his loving non-wife. The priest then pronounced them un-married, and the couple shared a passionate kiss before making their way back up the aisle as their friends and family cheered them on.

In 2022, Trevor St. John made his Young and Restless debut in the recast role of Tucker McCall, who had originally been played by William Russ, followed by Stephen Nichols (Steve, Days of Our Lives). Tucker resurfacing in Genoa City upended the life of his former wife, Ashley Abbott. In an interview with Soap Opera Digest, Ashley's portrayer, Eileen Davidson, shared, "Ashley never expected to see Tucker in Genoa City let alone on her doorstep ever again. Ashley can’t believe that Tucker has the nerve to show his face after all of his lies, deceit and cheating during their marriage. Ashley has moved on with no regrets and assumed that Tucker did the same. It’s been so long since they’ve been together so Ashley is very suspicious of Tucker’s return to town."