Improve OLTL

Daytime Confidential has been doing a series of podcasts discussing all kinds of ways to improve our soap operas. There is or will be one LONG episode for each soap. Luke and the gang discuss production, writing, diversity, core families/characters/couples, etc. They also read responses from listeners sent via e-mail, the blog, or the TVFanOnline Forums. So far Bold & Beautiful, All My Children, General Hospital, Young & Restless, Guiding Light, and Days Of Out Lives are covered. I believe One Life To Live is next. Yesterday I posted a response on the blog, and I'm sharing it here. Enjoy and feel free to share your own ideas.

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10 Ways to Improve OLTL

One Life To Live has been pretty amazing since last year with Asa's death. I always look forward to watching it. But...the past few months definitely haven't been perfect (especially Marty's return). Having said that, here are my 10 improvement ideas:

10 - Show more Langston and Markko. There's more to them than just being friends and advisers to Starr & Cole.

9 - Reunite Viki and Charlie. Have them grow old together. Viki needs to settle down with Charlie and stop getting new love interests. They could be the Joe & Ruth of OLTL as long as Viki's feud with Dorian never gets watered down.

8 - Make Bo the police commissioner again. Ramsey was a terrible one, and John's not fit for the job.

7 - Carlo should follow Talia and the gang back to Llanview to wreck more havoc on the town.

6 - Kill off John McBain. He is super boring and a total waste of screen time. No one but Michael & Marcie will miss him.

5 - Let Tess have her revenge on Jared & Natalie already so that we can move on and have everyone know Tess is back.

4 - More and more RJ! He needs to be front & center and get into some trouble with the law. Or give him another club to run.

3 - Bring back Cord permanently and slowly lead him back to Tina.

2 - Reunite Bo & Nora! A Nora/Bo/Lindsay triangle would be good, though.

1 - If John isn't killed, then at least break up him & Blair and don't let Marty fall in love with Todd. That's all wrong! I don't understand Todd's motivation to hide Marty and feed her false information. Marty's return needs to be fixed! And she needs to be reunited with her son Cole.