Credit goes to Beth's Board for finding this video on Yahoo. It's Good Morning America's segment on the Iraq war veterans being on AMC. JR Martinez (Brot) is interviewed, and Beth has a tiny part as well. It's a very interesting interview.
I should have posted this MUCH sooner, but I just now got around to watching it, lol. This GMA piece aired the day that Brot first aired, which I think was the first week of November.
Over at Beth's Board, Bethfan1 was doing a search and came across Maximo TV's video of SoapNet's "Night Before The Emmys" Party. Beth has a small segment about one minute into it, and she talks about her children.
Jake: You may not be getting in that chair today. You may not be getting in that chair tomorrow. But someday you ARE getting in that chair and rolling out into the world.
This is late because I wasn't home most of last week, Thanksgiving happened, and I was busy with other things. I choose these two photos because there is nothing but love in their eyes. And him pushing her hair behind her ears is such a simple action, but it speaks volumes.
Jake: Wow, that's fantastic. You really look nice. I never knew.
Taylor: I am so not a party person.
Jake: Oh, sure you are.
Taylor: Tell that to the guy I killed at the last fiesta I was dragged to against my will.
Jake: Yeah, well, hopefully you won't need to take anybody out tonight.
Taylor: Well, if Dr. Hayward is there, I can't make any promises.
Jake: Well, if Dr. Hayward is there, I'll take him out myself.
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Taylor: All right, let's get this party over with.
Jake: Nice attitude you have there.
Taylor: Well, the only reason I agreed is because I knew that you would keep pushing me until I said yes. You owe me big, by the way.
Jake: Oh, I don't have a problem owing you. I'm going to like owing you. All right, let's get your shoes on.
Taylor: I don't need those.
Jake: Sure you do. You're going to be dancing, and it's cold outside.
Taylor: There will be no dancing.
Jake: Oh, there will be dancing. Let's get going here, Ginger.
Taylor: You know what? In here in private, sure, I'll dance with you, Fred.
Jake: You know, you are being negative. You realize that, right?
Taylor: I don't want people staring at me like I'm some sort of freak.
Jake: Well, you are a freak. I'm kidding.
Taylor: I don't want to go.
Jake: I was kidding. You're not a freak.
Taylor: I'm not going to go. I'm going to be bad company.
Jake: What is wrong with you? What is the problem?
Taylor: Nothing.
Jake: You -- let me ask you something. Does this work for you, generally? The thing that you do, freezing people out?
Taylor: Three years ago today, I met Brot. Today, three years ago. It was my first day in Iraq. We were hot, we were tired. We were jet-lagged. Mostly we were hungry. And he cut in front of me in the mess line.
Jake: Brave fellow.
Taylor: Yes, considering I was his superior officer. So I told him off. And he talked back to me.
Jake: Really?
Taylor: Next thing he knew, he was wearing my chicken surprise. And then I was wearing his orange juice.
Jake: Lovely. I hate chicken surprise with orange juice. I call that love at first fight, that's what I say.
Taylor: Yeah, pretty close. Sorry, he always comes up.
Jake: It's all right. I understand. You loved him.
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Erica: Jake, I had no idea you would be here.
Jake: You look beautiful. I wouldn't miss it for the world.
Jake and Taylor attend a part at ConFusion. Beforehand, they call each other Fred and Ginger because Jake said they'll dance at the party. Very cute moment! At the party Taylor is introduced to Erica & Bianca, and they talk to Colby for a bit. Colby acts weird because she is tempted to tell them about Brot. Later, Taylor stands up on her own to dance with Jake.
Credit goes to Ricky's official YouTube account: rickypaullgoldin.
Taylor: Jake, is your friend going to be all right?
Jake: Aidan's going to be fine, thank god. My career, on the other hand, is another story.
Taylor: Why, what happened?
Jake: Well, the board doesn't know if I'm fit to perform surgery by my lonesome.
Taylor: Why not?
Jake: I don't know. Ask him.
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Jake: Hayward went to the board and told them I'm a liability so he could scrub in and play hero. Forget about the fact that i flew down to pine key, kept Aidan alive, and insisted that he has the surgery up here in the first place. No, cardiologists or not -- he is the last person that aidan wants rooting around in his heart. Trust me. Trust me. Then again, hayward always gets his way, doesn't he?
David: Nice work, martin. I would say I couldn't have done it without you, but we both know that's not the case.
Taylor: Who the hell do you think you are?
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David: I'm sorry. Have we met?
Taylor: Well, I've heard all about you.
David: Really? Well, I'm sure not without a healthy dose of martin spin. Should I be flattered that you spend so much time obsessing over me?
Taylor: Oh, I think you're the one who's obsessing. Out to get revenge because of what happened to your daughter?
David: You know nothing about my daughter or what she meant to me.
Taylor: Dr. Hayward, you are not the only person in the world to lose someone, and at some point, we all have to make the decision to move on and let go of the anger. With Jake's help, I learned that, and I'm not --
Jake: Thank you, thank you. I appreciate it. I can fight my own battles.
David: That's great. No, no, no, why stop now? Hey, I mean, this is the best part, isn't it? The part where you went to africa to heal the sick, feed the poor, walk on water -- all the while, losing your wife?
Jake: Do you -- do you actually think you can walk into this town and play god and mess with everybody's head, screw with this hospital again, turn everybody against each other? Because you can't.
David: Hmm.
Jake: I won't let you.
David: Let me?
[David chuckles]
David: Well, I think the board has already determined the scope of your authority, doctor.
Jake: Do you want a fight, Dave? Is that -- is that what you're looking for? Because you know where to find me.
David: Yes, I do. And on that note -- pleasure. I have my own patients to attend to.
Taylor: I am sorry. I know I have a big mouth, but that guy is a jerk!
Jake: You do realize that you just admitted to wanting to move on?
Taylor: In the midst of all that, you heard me say that?
[Jake laughs]
Taylor: Yes, I did say that. It's time. I've been stuck in the past. I'll tell you something, if i don't start focusing on my future, I'm never getting out of here.
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Jake: There we go.
Taylor: Thank you.
Jake: Whoo! Just kidding. All righty, so, uh, question. This, uh, future that you talk about having, where is it -- where is it going to take place exactly?
Taylor: Not in this hospital bed, that's for sure.
Jake: Pine valley?
Taylor: Well, if I got cleared for service tomorrow, I would go. Absolutely, I would go. I would fight, do my part, make sure the rest of the men and women in my unit get home safely. But am I desperate to go? Not anymore.
Jake: Well, I'm glad to hear that.
Taylor: You were right, what you were saying. I wasn't -- I wasn't desperate to get back there and GHT. I was just -- I was just hoping to die. That's why I think going back would have been me searching for one last moment with Brot, you know? Just hoping to feel close to him again -- uh, anyway.
Jake: You loved him. It's very understandable. You -- you loved him. He was a hero.
Taylor: So are you. You never stopped fighting for me. Jake, I wonder sometimes if Brot would have done the same thing -- not to say that he -- he didn't love me, but it's a lot, seeing the woman you love injured, having to be the one who gives them the strength to go on. Would it all have been too much for him? He was a warrior. You know? Could he ever really love a woman like that?
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Jake: This chair right here -- this is not you. You haven't been in it long. You're not going to be in it long. And whether you are running or walking or swimming or whatever, playing volleyball, you're the same woman -- the same woman.
Taylor: Yeah. To you, Jake.
Jake: Well, I didn't know Brot and I never got to see life through his eyes, but we had one thing in common -- you.
[Taylor chuckles]
Jake: And I think he would have stood by your side. You have a very strong personality. I can't see anybody just -- I can't imagine anybody walking away.
Taylor: It's so funny to me how different you both are. You're both so wonderful, you know, and strong in different ways. I -- I think I must be a very lucky woman.
[Jake chuckles]
Jake: Well, you are. And -- and I -- I feel the same. I feel like I'm a lucky guy.
The journey of Ricky Paull Goldin and Beth Ehlers on All My Children is now over since the show moved to Los Angeles and Beth was let go. This blog serves as an archive of their time from 2008 through 2009 as Jake Martin and Taylor Thompson.
