New 'Charles' arc starts with a Fang
By CAROLYN HINSEY
"Port Charles" kicks off its 10th arc, "Surrender," on Monday with aone-hour episode airing at 2 p.m. in "One Life to Live's" regular time slot on ABC.
The action revolves around Rafe and Alison's wedding, the windup of the Tess/Livvie saga and some shocking scenes between Elizabeth and Ian.
"It's got all the good stuff of classic theater," says Thorsten Kaye, who plays Ian. "Deception, violence, romance. Alison is getting married to Rafe, but there is a bit of a surprise there. It's not good. They learn a little stupid thing before the wedding - it's an accident - but it's not something they'll be able to walk away from."
"Surrender" will showcase Rafe and Alison's efforts to prove or disprove whether the "little stupid thing" can actually keep them apart forever.
As for good doctor Ian Thornhart, his story is about to take a shocking turn.
"He gets bit by Elizabeth, filthy whore that she is," says the actor.
The show has officially gone gothic.
Caleb is a sexy but very dangerous vampire, and his most recent victim was Alison's mother, Elizabeth. So when Ian goes to innocently comfort Elizabeth after the wedding debacle on Monday, she will sink her teeth into him - literally.
"Typical Thornhart move," says Kaye. "When there's someone in distress he's right there. And then he gets bit."
Ian's struggle to fight the forces of evil now inside him will also be a focal part of the next arc.
"He slowly turns into one of those guys," Kaye says. "The urges are there, but how much will he give in to them? He's a doctor who has to be around blood all day. He won't want to bite anybody or kill anybody."
But will he?
"That word 'surrender' means a lot of things to a lot of people," says the actor. "To Ian, it might mean he surrenders to the dark side. If he's caught up in something that he can't fight, isn't being a hero about saving somebody else? If he's a threat to society he might just pull the plug . And don't forget, the woman he is in love with [Lucy] is a slayer. That's a tough thing for those two to work out."
Especially if Lucy doesn't even know that her lover has taken a turn for the worse.
"No one knows - just the audience," says Kaye. "I don't watch much TV - if there's not a puck or a ball in it, I'm not interested - but this story is really cool. People who haven't seen 'Port Charles' before might get hooked on this thing."
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