OLTL-Pt1 Tina Shows Viki Victor Lord's Letter Stating She's Her Half Sister 1985

[kirbyco1221]

thank you for posting-i recall as if it just aired!

[AIYOKELIN1]

"A Wire Hanginnnnnng". I kept waiting for that line to come in lol yea yea i know, i know :)

[Tonezone]

I cannot wait for Tina to come back. I absolutely hope this is OLTL's attempt at letting it all hang out with the twisted, twisted family that is the Lords.

And I agree with some earlier comments, there are shades of other alters in this scene, whether intentional at the time or not. I would imagine this scene was inspiration for Malone and the great ES for creating the other alters. I mean, the way she ends the convo with Tina is eerily Jean-like

[zdiversable]

wow ES's delivery of her lines is impeccable!

[pepper11206]

This is an amazing scene. Thank you so much for uploading. Classic :)

[QonOUTview]

I think I saw a little Princess sobbing between the Viki/niki split.

[dramajunkie76]

@QonOUTview Totally...Princess sobbing at the end, outbursts from Tommy when Viki shows rage during this scene, and of course the coldness of Jean Randolph when Viki rips up Tina's letter. And ultimately Niki...La Slezak shows her full range in this scene, it's incredible!

[TheGPredator8211]

Isn't Tina Todd's twin sister?

[dereka79]

@TheGPredator8211 Nope. Tina is actually older than Todd. They are not twins.

[TheGPredator8211]

@dereka79 Thought it said they were twins.... did they ever meet? well, not in any episode tht ive seen...

[dereka79]

@TheGPredator8211 Oh, yeah they met all right! Back when Todd was first introduced as their brother. Let's just say it wasn't pretty :-)

[Goldenrod636]

@TheGPredator8211 Victor and Irene had an affair while he was married to Eugenia, Viki's mother and Tina was conceived. They divorced and then had another affair and Todd was conceived. The order of Victor's children is: Viki (with Eugenia), Merrie (with Eugenia), Tony (with Dorothy, Eugenia's sister and Viki's aunt, making him Viki and Merrie's half-brother AND cousin), Tina (with Irene), Todd (with Irene).

[QonOUTview]

@Goldenrod636 Merrie is not Victor's daughter. Eugenia had an affair. She fought with Victor and fell down the stairs gave birth to merrie and died.

[Goldenrod636]

@QonOUTview Victor suspected it but it was never confirmed, so she still is his daughter.

[ManTexDal]

it was NEVER proven that Meredith was NOT Victor's daughter, he THOUGHT it but they never clarified it

[yaywhewclips242]

Egads, Tina's hair is so long here.

[Messylin]

Slezak is such a ham!!! Oh my GOD! How did she get away with being this theatrical?!!!

[GETOSUPASTAR]

ok i was a kid when all this was going on...my earliest memories of OLTL start around '87... who was Tony?

[ManTexDal]

Tony was, the first of Viki's HALF brother (her farther Victor had a one night stand with Dorthy Randolph before shipping off to WW 2) he came to town about a yr before Victor died (that first time) Dorian kept them apart so she could get her hands on Victor's money

[GETOSUPASTAR]

@ManTexDal o ok...so he was on the show before tina? well thanks for clearing that up! :) now didnt they re-write history that vikis DID was not caused because she saw victor with irene but because he sexually abused her? and @ one point i think they said it was caused by her having megan and the whole eterna storyline...

[Goldenrod636]

@ManTexDal Tony is Viki and Merrie's half-brother (paternal) and full-cousin (maternal). Tony's mother Dorothy and Viki and Merrie's mother Eugenia were sisters.

[ManTexDal]

I have always wondered how if things how been different, and Tina how shown MEREDITH that letter, how would MEREDITH have handdled the revelation about Victor and Irene ?

[petercox9]

you know victor lord isn't the only father who gave off that incestuous vibe. does anyone remember palmer courtlandt and how jealous he was over cliff warner? yes, indeed, vicki was a total bitch to tina after she promised tina's mother her socalled best friend that she would look after tina like she was her own daughter. i was so happy that andrea evans came back to one life to live stronger than she was back when they used to worship becky and samantha vernon. andrea evans was so superb.

[trevor22a]

This is the scene that got me hooked on OLTL. I didn't know VIki's history and I was mesmerized by Erika Slezak's incredible performance. It's sheer melodrama played to perfection. I miss this kind of soap writing. Andrea Evans was perfect too, Just classic soap stuff!

[dereka79]

And we should have all realized something was up when Viki was referencing Dorian about Victor -- "my father, a man she tried to steal from me. She tried to keep him all to herself ..." That was just a little telling and a little creepy, as if Viki was talking about a lover. So, perhaps even then the writers were planting little seeds. And yes, about those lines over Tina's face, at first I thought there was something wrong with the screen! LOL Obviously, Viki is beginning to split.

[mishinners]

I've been waiting to see this scene since I started watching the show in 1986 and it lived up to all my expectations!!!! Never in a million years expected the trippy black and white lines over Tina's face!!! Something about Andrea Evan's brings out the most interesting side of Erika Slezak's acting. Basically, Tina is the only person in Viki's life that Viki has treated truly unfairly and mean. A sister can always see through her sister!

[dereka79]

Again, OLTL's BEST ongoing story (besides the Dorian/Viki rivalry) is Viki's relationship with "Father." So, twisted, complicated, heartbreaking, strange, et al. And little Miss Tina comes back to town to begin to chip away at the truth about Victor Lord.

[mishinners]

carlD2 If you watch the vintage One life to live episode from 1969 Victor calls out Merrie's name and the privately gives her a flower. then some creepy music played as he met her male friend. It's almost as if each decade passed the writers slowly revealed a little more of the story. it's as if they knew couldn't talk about molestation back then.

[CarlD2]

Love when Viki says "daddy" with such contempt.

This clip makes you wonder if they were hinting even back then that Viki had other alters besides Niki. She's really off the rails here, and some of her behavior is very similar to Tommy, Jean, and Princess.