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BO
BUCHANAN
PLAYED
BY ROBERT S. WOODS
(1979 - PRESENT)
Bo
Buchanan is the youngest son of Asa Buchanan and brother of Clint.
Currently, Bo is Llanview's Police Commissioner, but he has had a
varied career as a Green Beret, Oilman, TV Producer for Fraternity Row, as
well as a Newspaperman, Racecar driver and Music mogul.
Since
coming to Llanview in 1980 to join his father Asa in running the East
Coast division of Buchanan Enterprises Bo has suffered many personal
losses. Bo's relationship with Asa has often been rocky because they have
very different ideas of right and wrong.
Bo quickly became alienated by his father's devious business
practices. Bo had a major
business coup when he bought Lone Star Records out from under his father,
Asa and managed the career of Becky Lee Abbott, a promising young
country-western singer.
His
first Llanview love interest was TV talk show host Pat Ashley whom he took
to Paris on a romantic trip - OLTL's first overseas location shoot.
In 1983, he fell in love with Delila Ralston, but they decided not
to pursue a romantic relationship after his mother's deathbed confession
that Bo's father was not Asa Buchanan, but Yancy Ralston which meant Bo
and Delila were cousins.
Delila
married Bo's father, and Bo slept with Becky Lee Abbott, who became
pregnant with his son, Drew. Later Bo and Delila discovered they weren't
really related, and they decided to get married. but, Bo divorced Delila
in 1984. Wanting to escape to
a more normal life, Bo took a job working in the Lord-Manning factory
under the fake name "Bill Brady".
He became involved with the O'Neill family and dated the eldest
daughter, Didi O'Neill. Didi
was injured in a car accident and went blind, and Bo proposed to Didi. She
became his wife in 1985.
Later
in 1985, Bo, a former Green Beret, left for Vietnam in search of MIA's. In
1988, Bo and Didi were held hostage in England while Patrick London
assumed Bo's identity in Llanview by using plastic surgery to make himself
look like Bo. Unfortunately,
while being held hostage, Bo's wife, Didi was electrocuted, and died in
Bo's arms. In 1990, he
married Sarah Gordon, who was kidnapped by Carlo Hesser and presumed dead
in a plane crash. While
searching for Sarah, Bo was almost seduced by a federal agent, Alex Olanov
who was obsessed with Bo and stalked his fiancée, reporter Cassie
Callison. . In 1991, he married Cassie, but he was still in love with his
missing wife, Sarah. Just
after Bo and Cassie said their "I do's", Sarah made an
appearance. Bo stayed married
to Cassie, out of a sense of honor and duty but eventually he and Sarah
reconnected and Cassie had their brief marriage annulled.
Sarah's
death from a hit and run accident in 1992 left Bo desperately sad and
depressed to the point that he considered committing suicide.
Nora Hanen Gannon, the attorney for Sarah's estate eased Bo's pain
and loss. Bo and Nora became
engaged in 1993, but their wedding was delayed while Nora was operated on
for a brain tumor. After the surgery, Nora was temporarily blind, and was
stalked and threatened by her former client, convicted rapist Todd
Manning, who had an axe to grind with Nora. Bo rescued Nora, brought her
back to Llanview where she was operated on once again, and her sight was
restored.
On
June 1, 1995, Nora became Nora Hannen Gannon Buchanan when she married Bo
in a rock-and-roll themed wedding, presided over by legendary rocker,
Little Richard.
Never
one to stay idle for long in 1996, Bo joined Patrick Thornhart to defeat a
group of Irish terrorists known as the Men of 21.
Bo assumed the identity of Major Austin, a munitions expert and
penetrated the organization but was almost killed by a double-crossing
agent. Suffering from a gunshot wound, Patrick left his sickbed and helped
Bo diffuse a bomb at The Palace, the hotel and restaurant owned and
managed by Renee Divine Buchanan, Bo's most recent stepmother.
In
1998, Georgie Phillips came to town as Nora's personal assistant. Georgie
quickly insinuated herself into Bo and Nora's lives in every way possible
with the intention of breaking them up. Georgie also tried to make Bo
jealous of Nora's professional relationship with her old lover, Sam
Rappaport by making it seem that there was more than just friendship
between them.
Georgie
failed to seduce Bo so she worked to convince his stepdaughter, Rachel
Gannon that Bo was the married man she had been seeing. Bo gave Georgie an
ultimatum and told her she had one week to get out of Llanview. Georgie
then digitally altered a photo of herself and Bo to make it look like they
were in Bo and Nora's bed together making love. Georgie then demanded that
Bo meet her at the Buchanan lodge. Nora also went to the lodge and assumed
the worst when she saw Georgie kissing a man in the shadows.
A short time later, Georgie was discovered murdered. Nora suspected
that Bo had slept with Georgie, but he was eventually able to make her
believe the truth and they reconciled.
Evidence pointed to Bo and he became the prime suspect in Georgie's murder. Bo was thrilled when his son Drew returned to town and graduated at the top of his class at the police academy.
Drew
confessed to Bo that he had been having an affair with Georgie and that he
was the father of the baby she had been carrying when she was killed. Drew
insisted to Bo that he hadn't killed Georgie. In the hope of giving his
son, more time to find the real killer, Bo shocked his friends and family
when he confessed to killing Georgie.
At this same time, Todd's Buchanan paranoia and his persecution
complex kicked in and was convinced the Buchanans were trying to pin
Georgie's murder on him. To
clear himself and make the real killer confess Todd held all the possible
suspects hostage at the lodge. When it looked as though Kevin was going to
kill Todd, Rachel came forward and confessed to killing Georgie. Bo and
Nora were shocked, but they presented a united front to defend Rachel.
Later
on, Bo was devastated when his only son, Drew was shot and killed by Nurse
Barbara Graham in 1998. Once
again grieving a serious loss, Bo took off on his boat in the middle of a
violent storm and it seemed he would die at sea. Using a ham radio, Nora
contacted Bo and lied, telling him that she was pregnant.
This gave Bo the will to live and he returned to Llanview, but was
hospitalized with a serious case of pneumonia. At this same time, Sam
Rappaport's jealous ex-wife, Lindsay altered the results of Bo's fertility
tests to make it look like Bo couldn't father more children. Nora was
distressed to that Bo couldn't father a child and wanted to tell him that
she wasn't pregnant, but things spiraled out of control. Nora didn't want
to break Bo's heart with the news they wouldn't be having a baby.
Desperate to get pregnant, Nora turned to her former lover, Sam. After his
initial refusal, Nora and Sam slept together with the hope of getting Nora
pregnant. Nora became
pregnant and she planned on raising the baby as hers and Bo's.
Lindsay
saw Sam and Nora go into the cabana and was consumed with jealousy and
resentment that, Nora, the woman who seemed to have it all, including the
love of Lindsay's ex-husband, was going to also have Sam's baby.
At the Woman of the Year Awards, Lindsay showed up drunk and
revealed that Nora was really carrying Sam's baby.
Bo moved out on Nora, although they were both pained by the
separation.
Several
months later, Nora learned the truth about Bo's fertility tests and
realized baby Matthew might be his son after all. Nora then decided to
have Matthew's DNA tested, but Lindsay bribed the lab technician into
making sure Sam stayed Matthew's father.
With
his marriage to Nora over, but unwilling to admit he still had deep,
unresolved feelings for her, Bo started a relationship with Lindsay
Rappaport. Lindsay's
constantly tested Bo's patience because of her lack of self-esteem and her
resentment of his ex-wife, but Bo seemed to truly care for her and they
planned to get married on Valentine's Day this year.
Lindsay found out she was pregnant by Bo and she planned to tell
him the happy news on their wedding night.
As
Bo and Lindsay were about to exchange wedding vows, Nora entered St. James
church and told Bo the truth about Lindsay tampering with the results of
his fertility test. Lindsay confessed her deceitfulness to Bo and also
said she was pregnant with his child.
Bo refused to believe that Lindsay was pregnant and she gave him
back his ring. Bo and Lindsay's relationship was over but Bo was also
furious with Nora and questioned why she had exposed Lindsay's secret on
what was supposed to have been his wedding day. Bo remained distanced from
Lindsay and harbored resentments towards Nora.
Bo
was upset by all the shocking news shared with him by both Nora and
Lindsay. One night he found
himself at Rodi's and RJ Gannon was there as well. RJ started harassing
Bo, who had reached his breaking point and began punching RJ relentlessly.
RJ accused Bo of police brutality and Bo stormed off into the night.
Bo hopped on his motorcycle and ended up at a roadhouse outside of
Llanview. Bo met a beautiful
unknown woman, who later turned out to be Dr. Melanie McIver, Lindsay's
sister. Melanie accidentally
ran over Bo's motorcycle in the parking lot and came in to confess.
After Bo initially shared his anger about his mangled motorcycle,
Bo and Melanie, who was also feeling despondent over her marriage, ended
up having a one night affair fling before he returned home to get his life
back in order.
After
Will Rappaport's trial Bo and Nora were on the same train taking Will to
Statesville Prison Nora asked Bo forgive her for ruining his wedding and
interfering in his relationship with Lindsay.
Bo still had deep and unresolved feelings for Nora, but he couldn't
forgive what she had done. Later, the train derailed and Nora was trapped
in the wreckage. Bo desperately tried to rescue Nora but was unable to
free her. After going to get more help, Bo was devastated when he returned
to see the car Nora was trapped in engulfed in an explosion. Nora was
presumed to have died in the fire and Bo was consumed with guilt for not
granting her his forgiveness when she had asked for it.
At the moment Bo is
trying to resolve his feeling regarding his relationship with the women in
his life, Lindsay Rappaport, her sister Melanie McIver and the return
of Nora, who was found to have not died in the train wreck. Her
memory erased by a drug injected into her by Lindsay, Nora's past few
years were erased, leaving her to believe that she and Bo are still
married. Her dismay at the loss of their marriage and spending time
with her as her old self have all contributed to a renewal of protective
feelings from Bo to Nora. Melanie has been fighting down jealousy
over their closeness and Lindsay is working hard to cause as much
interference as possible!