User:Nk3play2/John McBain

John McBain is a fictional character from the original ABC Daytime soap opera, One Life to Live. The role was originated in 2003 by soap opera veteran, Michael Easton. Upon the series' cancellation, Easton continued playing the role of John McBain on General Hospital.

The character's most significant storylines have included his romances with Evangeline Williamson and Natalie Buchanan, with whom he has a son named Liam, his feuds with Victor Lord, Jr. (aka Todd Manning), and Spencer Truman. Upon the character's introduction on General Hospital, his feuds with Sonny Corinthos and the real Todd Manning became front burner stories along with his romance with Sam McCall.

Background
John's original date of birth was established as as March 8, 1969. Link: http://tvmegasite.net/day/oltl/characters/johnmcbain.shtml

John's date of birth was re-established as March 8, 1971 (May-JUne 2012; GH)

John celebrated his birthday on March 8, 2005, on One Life to Live. Here is the link:

On May 29, 2012, John confessed to Anna that his father, Thomas McBain, made a deathbed confession about Theresa, in 1981. Here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4Fp8zzi-Zs

On June 14, 2012, John revealed that he spent the first 10 years of his life, not knowing Theresa existed which indicates that John was 10 years old when his father died in 1981 putting his date of birth year at 1971. Here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlrIyvELmvA

http://xfinity.comcast.net/blogs/tv/tag/michael-easton/page/5/

Characterization
TV Guide described the character as a "supercop." Nelson Branco of TV Guide compared gave the character the nickname, "The Dark Knight," likening him to the comicbook superhero, Batman.

Storylines
Upon John's introduction, he is working undercover for Walker "Flynn" Laurence (Trevor St. John) and enlists Natalie Buchanan (Melissa Archer), and her fiancé Cristian Vega (David Fumero) to get information on Laurence. When Natalie gets kidnapped after going against John's orders, he and Cris come to her rescue costing Cris his life. Though she is initially blames John for Cristian's death, they bond and develop a friendship. John quits his job at the FBI and takes a job with the Llanview police department where he starts investigating a the Music Box Killer.