Kish: Avalanches and Heroics

Today's One Life to Live was another action packed hour of great soap! Both Fish and Kyle were featured, although not together, of course, since Oliver is up on Llantano Mountain in a blizzard and Kyle is safe and warm at the hospital in Llanview.

Let's start with the Kyle scenes, which further strengthened the bond between him and his BFF Roxy. Kyle, who you'll recall told Roxy that Stacy's baby wasn't her grandchild at the end of last week, found Roxy still sitting in the hospital waiting room, lost in thought.

When he asked what she was thinking about, she told him that there were bad things about raising babies that you never think you'll miss- dirty diapers, crying in the middle of the night- but that there are a lot of good things that come along with that. She'd really been looking forward to being the baby's Grandmother.

Roxy said that at least Rex wouldn't have to deal with 'that slut' any more, but that she did feel sorry for the baby's real father and she wished she knew who it was so she could tell him to head for the hills.

Kyle told Roxy that he knew she'd have to tell Rex the truth and that if anyone found out it had come from Kyle he'd be kicked out of medical school. He knew, though, that Roxy wouldn't let that happen. Roxy asked how he knew that, and he told her that he trusted her and that she was his best bud.

Roxy: I never had one of those before.

Kyle: Well, maybe it's about time. I just worry that I made a mistake, because I hate seeing you suffer like this.

Sweet scene. I seriously love these two as friends! Anyway, Roxy told Kyle she'd be suffering either way and that she'd love to wring Stacy's neck. Kyle told her that she'd have to stand in line but Roxy realized that there was someone else she could confront immediately.

Roxy went to see Kim and let her know that she knew the truth. Kim, after trying to pretend that she didn't know what Roxy was talking about, threatened to destroy Kyle's future as a doctor if Roxy told anyone. She also told Roxy that she could take her and that she's been 'known to cut a bitch.' Ha! I seriously love Kim. She's vicious, but she's not a one note character. Her loyalty to and love for Stacy has been obvious since day one, and more so now than ever sine she's terrified for Stacy's safety.

Once she was alone, though, Roxy called Rex's cell phone. The scene with Roxy calling Rex was cut together with one of Kyle calling Fish's cell phone, and leaving a message to let him know that he'd told Roxy about the baby not being Rex's, but hadn't said anything about who the real father was.

That was all for Kyle today. Oliver's scenes, meanwhile, started with him wandering in the snow, calling out for Rex, Schuyler, or anybody within earshot. When no one answered him, Fish said "I think I'm in trouble, Kyle." I absolutely loved that moment, when Fish talked to Kyle as if he were there with him. It was very sweet and it really spoke to how connected the two of them are, as if Fish feels that Kyle is such a part of him that they're always together, even when they're miles apart. Yes, I know that's completely sappy, but I don't care! I'm a romantic.

Fish tried to get cell service again but wasn't successful this time, so he started heading farther up the mountain in the general direction that the others had all taken. Rex, meanwhile, had found and revived the unconscious Schuyler, while Gigi had stumbled upon Stacy buried under a blanket of snow and saved her.

The two pairs each heard a strange noise, as did Oliver, who was trudging through the snow on his own. Rex & Schuyler quickly realized that it was an avalanche (and Rex, God love him, expressed that realization for us viewers as only he could!). What they didn't see was that it seemed to be coming down directly on top of our guy Fish!

The next image we had was of Oliver's knit hat, in which he'd looked so cute, lying all by itself on top of the snow. Had he been buried alive?!

Meanwhile, as Gigi got Stacy back to the cabin (and managed to figure out that Stacy was lying about the baby's due date and thus its paternity), and Rex and Schuyler were forced by the avalanche blocking the path up the mountain to head back to the road (where Schuyler finally admitted to Rex that the baby was his), big things were happening at the old Geological Observatory.

Mitch, you'll recall, had been told by his God that he had to impregnate his own daughter, Jessica, with The Chosen One. Jessica, still in her zombie like state, didn't care for that idea, so Mitch drugged her into unconsciousness.

Brody burst in with his gun drawn before (I hope) Mitch was able to do much more than lay Jessica out on the bed. Mitch grabbed a syringe and threatened to kill Jessica if Brody didn't lower his gun, but Brody took the more sensible option and shot Mitch instead.

Not so sensibly, he shot him in the arm rather than in the head, but that still enabled him to get Mitch tied to a chair. As Brody was trying to wake Jessica up, Nurse Charles slipped a cord around his neck and began choking him to death from behind as Mitch gleefully screamed at her to "Ride him to hell!" Mitch is seriously the creepiest soap villain EVER.

Jessica came to, sort of, and saw her boyfriend being killed before her eyes. She started to reach for his gun, which was beside her on the bed, but was moving very slowly, as befit her drugged state. I, meanwhile, was yelling "Shoot the bitch!" Not my proudest moment, but then it's easy to get caught up in good storytelling!

Finally, just as Brody looked like he was close to losing the fight, a shot did ring out, but it wasn't Jessica who pulled the trigger. It was Oliver! He was alive and well, though missing his cute hat. Unlike Brody Fish shot to kill, so we'll be seeing no more of Nurse Charles.

It was a great moment, though. I was worried about Fish being buried alive and they diverted all attention to Jessica slowly reaching for Brody's gun, so when Fish turned up and saved the day, I truly hadn't seen it coming.

Now that Fish has saved Brody's life, aren't they bonded forever? I'd settle for seeing them as partners on the force!

Fish, ever the cop, informed Mitch that he was under arrest, but Laurence just sneered that he'd have Oliver's badge. Brody wanted to get Jessica (who, it seems, wasn't faking the zombie like state after all) out of there, but Fish told him that they were snowed in.

Fish filled Brody in on the explosion and that there hadn't been any sign of John or Natalie. He asked about Stacy and Brody said he hadn't seen her. Oliver demanded to know what Mitch had done with her and The Messenger informed him that she was in God's hands.

Oliver got angry (and he's just as hot as Kyle when he gets mad!) and demanded to know where she was. Mitch rambled on about her and her bastard child being turned out to the mercy of the mountain and Fish threatened Mitch if anything had happened to them. Mitch wondered aloud what a 'degenerate slattern' and her child mattered to Officer Fish.

Oliver told Brody that he had to go and look for Stacy. Brody thought he was crazy to go back out in the storm, but gave him a flashlight and urged him to be careful. As Oliver left, Mitch shouted that he'd pray for him.

That was all for today, but what a day it was! Oliver is truly the most heroic gay character featured in daytime soaps thus far. What I love is that he isn't a hero in the John McBain sense, where you never really see him express any emotion. Today we saw that Oliver didn't hesitate to kill Nurse Charles to save Brody, but the look on his face after he'd done so was definitely full of emotion. Scott Evans is playing this character perfectly.