Spoilers

For the week of 12-3-01: Todd and Blair are getting married (for real this time)! Cassie and Kelly will return for the wedding.

from tvguide.com 10-12-01:
BLAIR'S BABY SNATCHED
One of life's happiest events turns sour this week on One Life to Live. Down in Mexico, Todd has helped his former wife Blair give birth to their baby boy. "He delivered it, and he's very loving to the baby in front of her," says Blair's portrayer Kassie DePaiva. "She thinks that everything is perfect between them." But Todd, who's convinced that the baby will dampen the road to his and Blair's happiness, spirits the newborn away and tells Blair the baby has died.

"It's just awful. In the most real, gut-wrenching way you could possibly imagine, she just breaks down," DePaiva shares. "She wanted this baby so much. The fact that I've had a baby in real life, and I know that your hormones go wacko, I just tried to play it as real as possible."

Despite her numerous attempts to tell Todd that the baby is his, the couple keeps missing their chance for honest communication. "Blair's tired after giving birth; she thinks he's in the room and she says, 'Oh, it's our baby, he's beautiful, does he look like you?' But Todd's out of the room and never hears her."

Assuming that Max is the proud new father, Paloma contacts him, who quickly makes his way south of the border. For once, Blair decides to come clean. "She owes it to him," deduces DePaiva, whose character abandons her scheming ways once she learns of her baby's "fate." "She's grieving. The audience knows it's a trick, but it's not a very funny joke on Blair."

Blair won't be sharing the laugh with Todd if she ever learns what he did. "I think she should punch him in the face," says DePaiva with a chuckle, "and then go from there."

Fall Preview from SOD 9-11-01
Executive Producer Gary Tomlin says:
Blair/Todd/Max/Gabrielle: "In spite of everything, Gabrielle realizes that she's in love with Max, but Max isn't necessarily in love with Gabrielle. The plot she and Asa have going takes a decidedly dark turn and affects everybody in town. These stories are coming together in a way that's heartbreaking, but also a lot of fun. It's so Todd, and there's so many twists and turns." Working to a wedding? "Yes. Whether or not it'll come off, we're not sure yet. There's a real possibility of a Blair/Todd wedding in the future, which would please me." And will Blair lose the baby? "There is a question, but I'm not a big believer in dead babies."

from soapdigest.com
Blair and Todd are together again, under the same roof, though still barely tolerating each other. This week, Blair agrees to move back in with Todd in order to be closer to Starr. But agreeing on which house they will live in takes some doing -- Todd wants everyone in his Penthouse; Blair insists on Dorian's mansion. Ultimately, Starr helps everyone decide. "It's one of these dysfunctional arguments between the three of us," previews Kassie DePaiva (Blair), "and it's one of these 'I'm going to give you [Starr] the bigger piece of candy’ arguments." Then, Starr points out the one thing Dorian's has that the Penthouse doesn't -- and Todd gives in. Laughs DePaiva, "The swimming pool is the deciding factor."

Summer Spoilers from SOD 6-12-01
Executive Producer Gary Tomlin says:
Todd/Blair/Starr: "After everything that's happened, Blair doesn't feel that she can trust Todd. So what she wants to see is that he can be capable of accepting this child, loving her, even if it was Max's child. She needs that proof for her own peace of mind before she would ever go back to him. Max and Gabrielle will be pulled back in throughout the summer."

From NY Daily News: Blair Feels
Heat to Get Hitched

By CAROLYN HINSEY

Todd whisks Blair off on a private plane next week on "One Life to Live" as part of an elaborate plan to back her into another marriage.

"The airplane thing catches her completely off-guard," says Blair's portrayer, Kassie DePaiva. "It's one of his big Todd-isms, where he tries to do something wonderful and special and exciting and great because it serves him."

As part of Todd's plan to win Blair back, he dresses their little daughter Starr in wedding garb and plants her on the plane to persuade Mommy to say "I do."

"It's so typical of Todd," groans DePaiva. "It's terrible. But it will be hilarious for the viewers. This little Kristen Alderson [who plays Starr] is so good; she's got some great stuff coming up. Todd will continue to use Starr to get Blair, and Blair being a control freak will see Starr's loyalty slipping away, which will be hard."

Will Todd's scheme work?

"No," says DePaiva. "The whole point of getting married again for Blair would be to rub it in people's faces. If they ran off to Santo Domingo, it would seem seem like they were hiding the marriage instead of flaunting it, which Blair wants to do. She wants her wedding 'bigger and better than Viki's.' That's what she tells him."

Prevailing wisdom is that "OLTL" will plan a big wedding for the February sweeps ratings period, since Todd and Blair are one of the show's most popular couples — despite their dysfunction.

"He accepts her for what she is and loves her anyway for his own reasons," says DePaiva. "And she is so desperate and pathetic at this stage of her life that that's enough for her."

Viewers know that Todd has scored big points with Blair by helping cover up the fact that it was Blair who shot Max, not Skye, who is in jail for the crime.

"They are velvet chains," says DePaiva. "At this point, she is just trying to keep her head above water. It's all about survival — covering her fanny and staying out of jail."

The spoilers are from the August 22, 2000 issue of Soap Opera Digest. The picture above is from the cover of the same issue.

Fall Previews Head Writer Megan McTavish says:

"Blair and Todd have a very interesting relationship they should rekindle. Romantic? Well, think Todd when you think of that word." Meanwhile, Blair's revenge against Max may backfire. "Just when Max thinks he's got his ducks in a row about who's keeping his paternity a secret, a source jumps out who may screw it all up for Max."