| "Tainted Love" Diary 43 (c) Alison Armstrong |
| An analysis of the "Tainted Love" episodes of the show "Port Charles," formerly of ABC-TV. This site will focus on the scenes featuring the vampire character Caleb Morley (portrayed by actor Michael Easton). The character of Caleb Morley and any other characters relating to Port Charles are the property of ABC and their creators. This is a fan-run site and is not an official site, nor is it affiliated in any way with ABC, Port Charles, or the actors portraying any of the Port Charles characters. No copyright infringement is intended. The writings on this site are copyrighted by the author, Alison Armstrong, and may not be reproduced without the author's express permission. |
| "Caleb, you can love someone and care about them without lusting after them, without having to own them." "Admit it," Caleb smirks. "Your hormones got the best of you." He contorts his face in an expression of mockery and crude lust. |
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| "You don't even know what love is, do you?" Michael asks, this time provoking Caleb into a show of anger. "I know more about love than you will ever know," Caleb yells. "Olivia means everything to me." His voice gets calmer, more in control. "And she is going to make a beautiful bride." "Then if you love her, don't do this to her," Michael pleads. "I'm doing this for us," Caleb exclaims, his voice tinged with hurt. "Olivia wants me to, Michael." "Yeah. You think she's want someone else's child?" Michael asks bitterly, exposing Caleb's wounds. "You think she'd want you to steal Eve's baby?" With these words from Michael, Caleb's demeanor abruptly changes. His self-assurance, swagger, and mockery temporarily vanished, Caleb looks hurt, dejected, and ashamed. "We can't have our own," he says softly, sadly. You know I can't create life." |
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| "You just destroy it." "Save your lecture for someone who cares, all right?" Caleb says, trying to regain his composure. "I will have my family." "Not while I'm alive, Caleb," Michael threatens. "You can't beat me, Michael," Caleb replies, licking his lips. "But you could join me." "What does that mean?" Michael asks, bewildered. "A deal," Caleb suggests. "I want Eve's baby. And you want Eve. Maybe we can together to get what we want. What do you say, Michael? We can both get what we want." |
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| "I would never help you steal a child," Michael answers, disgusted by Caleb's offer. "Even if it left you with a sexy young thing like Eve?" Caleb taunts while Michael looks down at the ground, simmering with anger, his expression bristling into a bestial snarl as if he is becoming Caleb, sharing his brutality as well as the lust Michael tries to so hard to suppress. " Satisfying your. . . every. . . carnal . . . desire," Caleb emphasizes, his face assuming an expression of sensual anticipation. |
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| "Son of a . . ." Michael growls as the two engage in a violent brawl which leaves Michael wounded and Caleb thirsty for revenge. Arriving at Eve's doorstep, Caleb begins to claim more territory, seeking to possess and defile all that Michael covets. As in the scene with Lucy, Caleb lounges in the doorway, leaning against the entrance, overbearingly confident that he cannot be refused. "It's nice to meet you, Eve," he smiles smugly. "Aren't you going to invite me in?" While Livvie, locked inside her hospital room like a princess imprisoned inside a tower, dreams of her mysterious, irresistible prince, Caleb prepares to enchant and seduce another convert to his family. |
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| Snappies of "Tainted Love" scenes taken by A. Armstrong |