SOAP OPERA NEWS SALUTES
GH’S STEFAN AND KATHERINE
Soap Opera News
May 6, 1997
They say lightening doesn’t strike twice, but on soap operas it does. General Hospital has certainly proved that with the rematch of former Days of Our Lives super-couple Stephen Nichols (Patch) and Mary Beth Evans (Kayla) as Stefan and Katherine.
Many compelling moments have occurred between their characters since Nichols joined GH last summer, but none was more moving than when Stefan got Katherine to stand and come to him for the first time.
Ever since Stefan fired a gun into what he thought was just a tree and left innocent bystander Katherine paralyzed, GH has been slowly building up a passionate–yet dangerous–relationship between these two. (After all, she does know that he is the one who put her in a wheelchair and yet she chooses to forgive him, while the newly married Stefan has fallen for his victim.)
When Katherine stood up between her physical therapy parallel bars and looked into Stefan’s eyes, we were propelled back almost a decade to an equally pivotal Days moment–when a mute Kayla regained her voice and was able to speak her wedding vows to Patch rather than sign them.
“Don’t be afraid,” Stefan told Katherine, Bringing us back to the present. And she wasn’t. She took the difficult first step and walked to him. We thought they would kiss, and we longed for that moment, but instead, their looks said everything. (The kiss came later.) The depth of their feelings for each other was palpable, and we could see that even they conceded that these feelings were taboo.
GH has wisely take advantage of the proven chemistry between Nichols and Evans, and we’re sure that these characters will share many more memorable moments as the storyline progresses. We wouldn’t think of missing them.
—The Editors
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