History YMMV / OneLifeToLive

* EnsembleDarkhorse & MisaimedFandom: Roger Howarth. Originally supposed to play a short term character designed solely for [[RapePortrayedAsRedemption Marty's]] [[RapeAsDrama Gang Rape]] storyline (for context, his previous role was as preppy Kent Winslow on fellow ABC soap {{Series/Loving}}), his acting skills were quickly praised by fans, to the point that, to the writers and actor's dismay, the character of Todd recieved a lot of popularity from (girl)fans who liked him in spite of ([[AllGirlsWantBadBoys or because of]]) of his crimes. One fan even held up a sign that said "Rape Me Todd!". The writers gave in and Todd was [[BadassDecay softened]] and given a FreudianExcuse.

** That's ''Series/{{Castle}}'' as one of the many--but arguably best and best-known--actors to play Joey Buchanan.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: The recent reveal that the man who was thought to be Todd Manning for eight years (the recast version, who was introduced with the reveal that Todd had plastic surgery) was the twin brother of the the original (portrayed by the original actor upon his return) is seen as such, given that many fans of the show were pissed off when the recast Todd (whose real name was Victor Lord Jr.) "re"-raped Marty in 2008, since this means that it was a fake who did the deed.
** Speaking of the "re"-rape; the writers ended up resolving the plotline by having Marty team up with the other two men who raped her (who had repented and were pissed off that "Todd" had gotten away with raping Marty AGAIN) to basically force Victor to jump to his death in to a nearby river. In the end, Victor agreed with the three that he didn't deserve to live and jumped. Sadly, his other girlfriend Blair saved him from drowning.

** Creator/RainnWilson's very first screen credit was a small 1997 role as a psychopathic criminal.

* DracoInLeatherPants: Todd Manning. One fan even held up a sign once saying "[[WhatAnIdiot Rape me Todd"]].

* EnsembleDarkhorse & MisaimedFandom: Roger Howarth. Originally supposed to play a short term character designed solely for [[RapePortrayedAsRedemption Marty's]] [[RapeAsDrama Gang Rape]] storyline (for context, his previous role was as preppy Kent Winslow on fellow ABC soap {{Series/Loving}}), his acting skills were quickly praised by fans, to the point that, to the writers and actor's dismay, the character of Todd recieved a lot of popularity from (girl)fans who liked him in spite of ([[AllGirlsWantBadBoys or because of]]) of his crimes. One fan even held up a sign that said "[[WhatAnIdiot Rape Me Todd!]]". The writers gave in and Todd was [[BadassDecay softened]] and given a FreudianExcuse.

* RetroactiveRecognition: That's ''Series/{{Castle}}'' as one of the many--but arguably best and best-known--actors to play Joey Buchanan.

* AwesomeMusic: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rG0o3xxAkcU The 1984-1991 theme, named after the title of the show and performed by Peabo Bryson.]]

* MagnificentBitch: Bess

* HarsherInHindsight: Max and Luna are starting to make love when she tells him to wait. His response? "If you stop me now, I will murder you and no jury will ever convict me." This is meant to be funny, but when you consider that women have in fact been killed for refusing a man's advances, it really isn't. It gets even worse just a few months later when Luna tells Max she's a rape survivor and he realizes that this is the reason she told him to stop. It's a miracle his comment didn't result in her having flashbacks.