That is a lot of soap opera content over nearly six decades.
Most of the current cast was on hand when the 15,000th episode was taped.
“It’ll be happy.
It’ll be sad.
It’ll be dark.
It’ll be scary,” Valentini teased.
“It’ll be fun.
It’ll be thrilling.
It’ll be exciting.
But most importantly, it has almost every single cast member in it.”
The celebration on the hospital hub set came with a cake, which Francis had the honor of cutting.
There were also various photos of the actress posing with longtime cast mates.
She told ABC how she feels about her character’s evolution through the decades.
The show re-wrote what viewers saw happen and called it a seduction (via the Associated Press).
Laura is now the town’s mayor and is married to Dr. Kevin Collins (Jon Lindstrom).
“I’m very happy with how the character has grown and changed,” she said.
“In the beginning, of course, she was very, very vulnerable.
And now I focus much more on her strength.”
