September 22, 2011 06:07 PM PDT

All My Children Finale Photos: Pine Valley Vets Past and Present Unite to Say Goodbye

by Megan Masters

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All My Children‘s final broadcast on ABC is coming up fast, and with countless questions looming about how things will (temporarily) come to a close in Pine Valley, we’ve put together a photo gallery that chronicles the ~~sad~~ big day.

The images depict a joyous coming together of some of AMC’s most influential denizens — Erica Kane and Adam Chandler included! — but the tone drastically shifts as the end of the slideshow nears. Could it be a hint of what’s to come from the much talked about cliffhanger finale?

First All My Children Stars Sign Up for Online Venture

David Hayward is present and appears to be in one piece, so maybe there’s a big bad worse than the God-playing doc? Browse the photos below and don’t miss ABC’s All My Children sendoff on Friday.

TOP ROW: TATE BERNEY. SARAH GLENDENING, THORSTEN KAYE, MACKENZIE ALADJEM, CHRISTINA BENNETT LIND, DANIELLE PARKER, CAMERON MATHISONFRONT ROW: JAKE VAUGHN, THORSTEN KAYE, ALICIA MINSHEW, ELLAH MILLER, IAN SLATER, SUSAN LUCCI, WALT WILLEY, REBECCA BUDIG

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ALL MY CHILDREN – From Pine Valley's families to yours…tune in to “The View” for their tribute to “All My Children” tomorrow, Friday, September 23, 2011, and then watch the final episode of “All My Children” on the ABC Television Network. “All My Children” airs Monday-Friday (1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.
(ABC/Rick Rowell)
TOP ROW: TATE BERNEY. SARAH GLENDENING, THORSTEN KAYE, MACKENZIE ALADJEM, CHRISTINA BENNETT LIND, DANIELLE PARKER, CAMERON MATHISON
FRONT ROW: JAKE VAUGHN, THORSTEN KAYE, ALICIA MINSHEW, ELLAH MILLER, IAN SLATER, SUSAN LUCCI, WALT WILLEY, REBECCA BUDIG

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Comments (14)

Yup, definitely gonna be a shoot-em-up ending.
Comment by Sivat – September 22, 2011 07:41 PM PDT Reply To This Post
- I thought I was watching Gone With The Wind. Is that the best they could come up with? What a terrible thing to do to such wonderful actors.May they rest in peace.
  Comment by barb – September 28, 2011 12:45 PM PDT Reply To This Post
Looks like they are all already dressed for a funeral…well, except for Erica and Opal’s spangly numbers and the low cut dress on Amanda, but everyone’s in black or navy or grey suits and dresses. Also looks like they’re in the soon to be foreclosed on Chandler Mansion, so does that mean Stuart doesn’t make it after all?

There was a rumor that the ending is a cliff-hanger that may involve a shootout and we’ve seen JR walking around with Adam’s gun for a few days now so that could be happening too, but JR’s dressed up too in one of those pics (the other with him in the bedroom looks like a scene that was shown today actually).
Comment by Tess – September 22, 2011 08:02 PM PDT Reply To This Post
This week has been great. The old school core of friends Tad,Angie/Jesse all got to come back from the dead and have soulmate reunions, I just wish they would have brought Jenny back from the dead. They did it with Jesse and there was a body when he died too. After several mentions of Jenny and Greg’s 2008 appearance where he admitted he wasn’t over Jenny and never would I had hope they would reunite before the show ended. Instead we get JR’s nutty behavior and more than likely babe coming back
Comment by Patti – September 22, 2011 08:09 PM PDT Reply To This Post
JR’s got a gun. And Erica, David, and Minxs (Bianca and Marissa) better duck. And then all 4 make it onto the online version.
Comment by Michele – September 22, 2011 10:23 PM PDT Reply To This Post
- With Eden Riegel recently fired from Y&R, I think Prospect Park is going to try to snatch her up for the online edition of AMC.
  Comment by Sivat – September 23, 2011 06:45 AM PDT Reply To This Post
I do not think they should end with a cliffhanger because the way things are going with Prospect Park, I really doubt the show will ever come back. They don’t have the money to pay all the actors except the sucky ones and for all the sets. I like the JR craziness because the show is a soap and all about drama and for it to just end without any drama would be silly. Plus I don’t see AMC as an online soap really being that successful.
Comment by Daniel Gonzales – September 22, 2011 11:15 PM PDT Reply To This Post
Patti

Don’t miss The View today for a Greg & Jenny reunion. The whole show is dedicated to AMC!
Comment by TV Gord – September 23, 2011 05:15 AM PDT Reply To This Post
If they needed a cliffhanger ending, this is how I would have done it.

The show ends like a traditional soap finale, with everyone getting their happy ending. The final scene is Erica with Kendall and Bianca in Erica’s living room, where she says how much she loves “all my children”. Bianca and Kendall exit, but Erica lingers. She hears a noise outside and goes outside to check on it. Then, Erica stumbles back in, looking completely disheveled. She collapses on the floor. Kendall rushes in and Erica asks what happened. Kendall reveals Erica’s been missing for an entire year!

Bam, instant cliffhanger! As Erica tries to get used to life one year later, she guides the audience through the changes to Pine Valley, where characters have died, moved away, remarried, etc. in the missing year (thus explaining actor absences). The series ends on a note that’s respectful of the past 41 years on AMC but also sets up a juicy reason to tune in to Prospect Park.
Comment by Sivat – September 23, 2011 06:49 AM PDT Reply To This Post
I can’t believe they ended it that way. It was more of a “see-you- Monday” than a goodbye ending…
Comment by connie – September 23, 2011 11:52 AM PDT Reply To This Post
WHAT IN THE WORLD? I am nearly 74 – I watched the first show and through the years as many as I could through the years. Finally when videos came on the scene, I was able to tape episodes and watch as I had my dinner. For 24 years All My Children was my partner at dinner and I was not alone! Now happily married for 7 1/2 years to the man of my dreams, it is still extremely hard to have watched, for 3 days, beautifully planned family gatherings complete with family photos to post in the “All My Children Scrapbook”, only to have to hear a gunshot as their parting shot. Well at least THAT stopped the tears – yet what a disappointment. How I will miss these friends of over 41 years.
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Comment by Rock khan – September 23, 2011 02:03 PM PDT Reply To This Post
I was so sad to see the ending of my 41 years of watching amc.I pray it will come back to tv.It was a part of my life every day.I watched it on soapnet at nite,and hope it will return,what a cliffhanger!!!!!
Comment by Debbie Mc – September 25, 2011 11:35 AM PDT Reply To This Post
EAT **** THE CHEW..ABC YOU REALLY ****** UP..NO AMC FAN IS GOING TO SUPPORT YOUR SHOW….HAVE YOU NOT HEARD OF THE FOOD NETWORK..ALSO FROM THE MAJOR NEW YORK HOSPITAL MY HUSBAND IS A DOCTOR AT NO ONE IS SUPPORTING IT..EVEN IF YOUR NOT A FAN YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO IS..WHATS WITH DR.OZ ONCE I THOT HE WAS A SINCERE DOCTOR & NOW HE IS JUST ALL ABOUT THE SPOTLIGHT WITH HIS DAUGHTER REPLACING AMC..DR.OZ YOU ARE OFF MY TIVO ALSO
Comment by stella – September 25, 2011 07:18 PM PDT Reply To This Post