Tom Finds Out Erica is on The Pill

[@akiracht30]

Glad Tom later apologizes for pressuring Erica to have a baby. Tom wasn’t this mad at Barbara for getting pregnant by Travis again which to me he should’ve been.

[@richardclark7224]

You right about that … I never understood that

[@whitneydavis7443]

She was actually pregnant with her son while she was filming these scenes.

[@fwdthinker]

She even looks pregnant.

[@sonyab1974]

Yup! :) How very ironic! ROFL!

[@ronaldhaynie]

I remember becoming secretly hooked on this show because of these episodes. To watch Erica lie every day was a daily event. She definitely is one of the top soap villainesses of all time. And Richard Shoberg as Tom Cudahy was one awesome actor. I acquired my acting skills from these people, and now I am proud of it....Ronald Haynie

[@robinsmith2118]

We all tried Erica's schemes and failed

[@greenlee7smythe]

Robin Smith are u kidding?! Even Erica failed at Erica’s schemes! Lmao 😂

[@sonyab1974]

@@greenlee7smythe ROFL!

[@fwdthinker]

Well, we know Kendall got it honest. Erica didn't raise her, but she clearly get her mom's penchant for mendacity, machinations, and manipulation. Kendall Hart is Erica Kane Jr. DNA never lies - LOL!

[@victoriajohnson5461]

Tom so handsome!😊

[@laminage]

Richard Schoeberg shoe have won an Emmy for his work. TV Guide called this one of the Best Episodes in All My Children Hisotry.

[@lauracianci2038]

I agree with that

[@jeffreymcdaniel6813]

Wow!!! He was good!!!

[@TL2354]

Just one shoe? Not both?

[@ridgeracer77]

Yeah he seemed LEGIT MAD. WHAT AN ACTOR.

[@laminage]

@@TL2354 I had a problem with editing. I only started watching AMC in 1983 with The Tad Martin Storyline. Poor Tom, he was such a great guy but he had such bad luck with Women.

[@howardmoore1332]

Erica will stick to that lie and deflect, deflect deflect! When I saw this scene when I was in high school, I was laughing so hard it hurt lol!

[@flowerbombflowerbomb2432]

He's a good actor...very good.

[@greenlee7smythe]

And HANDSOME! That curly hair! Mmmmm!

[@SuperMarioBrosIII]

@@greenlee7smythe I have the episode on VHS then transfered to DVD and it looks much better then this uploaded clip!🤗💽📺🙏

[@OneLoveRSR]

Erica was the classic narcissist. She really went all out in this episode trying to gaslight Tom. First, she tried to deny. Then she tried to judge him for snooping. Then she tried to play helpless victim. Every single approach she took, she'd hoped to make Tom second guess himself. Even when there was no way out after having the pills shoved in her face, she kept saying "I told you, I'll stop taking them." Never once said, "I'm sorry for taking them behind your back." It was still, I told you I'd stop so it's YOU who are being unreasonable here.

[@travisdavis7591]

It's what made her character so evil...and so fun!!

[@ridgeracer77]

I don't think she's evil. Just not ready to have kids and dug herself into a hole by lying.

[@monicajones5943]

I remember this s/l. Everyone knew Erica was on the pill except Tom. I think this was around summer 1979.

[@ChristopherIGomes]

TOM LOOKS BAT SHIT CRAY.... LOL!!! ERICA REALLY DROVE HIM CRAZY!!!

[@williamparker5351]

🎯🎯🎯🎯👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻💯💯💯💯

[@AlejandroHernandez-w6z]

Susan looks pregnant in this scene

[@ChristopherIGomes]

@@AlejandroHernandez-w6zshe was …

[@wildedits3212]

@@AlejandroHernandez-w6zshe was

[@wildedits3212]

@@AlejandroHernandez-w6zshe was pregnant with her son

[@laminage]

This scene was so amazing because this was the first time that Erica had to take acountability for what she did. Her other husbands never dealt with her like tom did as far as I know. I still remember when she was a Teenager and she was moaning and whining over phillip and tara being together. Chuck told her to leave it alone but she wouldn't.

[@SUPERMAN3309]

If this guy didn't win a daytime emmy for this he should have.

[@laminage]

Yes remember when john abbott found out about jack sleeping with jill then played by jerry douglas, terry lester (RIP), and Brenda Dickson. He was beyond furious and he got fired from Jabot as Vice Chairman and got kicked out of the abbott mansion.

[@lindadeberry4570]

The Queen of ALL MY CHILDREN at her very very best!!!

[@cjermainesmith5229]

Her Royal Highness..

[@deontyler960]

@Draper Scott Why do you say Erica Kane was a waste of a character?

[@monicajones5943]

If only I had gone to grad school. I could’ve been the town therapist in Pine Valley.

[@michelemartelossi541]

This was a milestone moment in soaps and one of the most popular episode.

[@myrablue1307]

Oh Tom...he had to put up with so much from her!

[@theenforcer9605]

This scene was more intense than I originally thought.

[@fwdthinker]

Tom wasn't playing with her! He was HOT! And he didn't call her on all of the lies he had caught her in. The other day I saw a scene with him and Mona when he brought up a LOT of other stuff she had done; even before he married her. He probably felt like a fool because he knew she was trouble.

[@donnamiller5222]

stellar acting

[@mariellclement8092]

They are talking about her being on the pill. But she looks very pregnant right here.

[@katherinekerbow8344]

I am so cracking up!! I remember all of this! So great to see it again...Erica Cain is and was the best soap opera queen of them all!!!! I am sure even all the divas of soapdom would agree...no one can top her.......

[@briansky10]

Wow, what a scene! Haven't seen it since it aired. Thanks for posting.

[@nightowlchad]

Richard Shoberg as Tom was the best male character and had so many love interests and was a great actor and remained to be a very handsome guy from back then and aged very well and graciously. 2 other former soap actors can be in the same category and they are Jay Hammer and Nicholas Walker

[@triciajohansen9295]

Absolutely agree!!!!!

[@donnamiller5222]

Ironically Susan Lucci was pregnant in real life 😄

[@greenlee7smythe]

"THAT SEEMS TO BE THE ONLY WAY TO GET THE TRUTH OUTTA YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"........he looked a little perturbed. lmao!

[@sonyab1974]

A little? ROFL! :)

[@KellyBoo79]

Wow, I like it, Tom was pissed

[@overcomerbtboj]

“THE DISCO!!!” 😂😂😂

[@marcelparker6755]

LMFAO 😂😂😂

[@triciajohansen7124]

Erica on the pill and Susan was pregnant. The irony!

[@jmann6130]

Makes you wonder why they didn’t just write her pregnancy into the show like they usually do on tv

[@makeittrue]

I started watching AMC in 1979 (during the best times from my point of view my junior high years where this show was my escapism). I always loved the way Erica would yell at Mona: "Mo-THER!!!!!!!!!". Tom was always such an upstanding guy. Sean being such the opposite of Tom to the point that even Erica couldn't stand Sean. Erica did open the disco....I liked the period when Erica remained in Pine Valley before hitting all the glamour, etc.... Nothing against the later Erica storyline.......this time period just is my favorite. Introduction of Palmer and Miss Nina and that not good enough surgeon Dr Cliff Warner! :) I agree...Richard Schoberg was very good as Tom. I think he was Erica's third or fourth husband.

[@fwdthinker]

#3...which should have been his red flag. Clearly, he didn't compare notes with Jeff Martin or Phil Brent on why they got rid of her. Come to think of it, wasn't those divorces " baby related", too? She aborted Jeff's baby without his knowledge and I believe she got pregnant on purpose to trap Phil; to get him from Tara. Ironically, her next three men ended up being Karma for the first three. Brandon was married and lied to her about leaving his wife, Kent laughed in her face at the thought of marrying her, and Adam...well he turned out to be straight NUTS and kidnapped her. What goes around...

[@DeepScreenAnalysis]

Do you guys ever notice how in these old soaps, there were never any windows in the sets LOL

[@OneLoveRSR]

Back in these days, "windows" in the sets were an inconvenience. They had to put up these sets and take them down all in the same day. Adding windows would mean adding backdrops and fake greenery and lighting outside of the window, which took up valuable space and time. Once the 80s came around and soaps started getting bigger budgets, they built grander sets.

[@laminage]

Also at that time you almost never saw characters "Outside". I remember in Flowers In The Attic Cathy talked about how the Characters on The Soaps never went outside themselves. In The UK The Characters were both outside and inside as well.

[@laminage]

Back in the day on Coronation Street (UK) the exterior scenes were filmed outside and the interior scenes were video. One of the most memorable was when Anne Kirkbride (RIP), parked her daughter outside of The Rovers, the neighborhood pub and bar, it was 1976, then a crash was heard outside and a rubble of wood was where Tracy was, Diedre went hysterical but fortunately she was safe. Some mad woman took her for a walk outside before the crash took place.

[@AlbieGray]

This was ONE of the classic and historical episodes of AMC. Tom letting Erica have it for taking the pill; and denying him a child!

[@patricias5122]

Cringe-worthy. Could not have such a preposterous premise for a show today. The nerve; demanding the right to control her own body. It's not "denying him a child" it's asserting her right NOT to have a child.

[@fwdthinker]

@@patricias5122 The issue wasn't him forcing her to have a child. The issue is that she lied to him and pretended like she wanted to. That's why Tom got so hot. If she had been honest and let him know she didn't want kids it probably wouldn't have been an issue. The sneaking around and taking birth control pills while telling her husband she was trying to get pregnant was the cringe. And then she STILL continued to lie to his face after getting busted; which sounded like just the LATEST lie he caught her in. The man had HAD IT with her lying azz!

[@DeepScreenAnalysis]

Tom acted like he owned her body. That’s the way marriage was actually perceived back then. It was a transaction where you became the man’s goods. Women have come a very long way.

[@donnamiller5222]

Wow how Erica could lie with such relish

[@fwdthinker]

Now we know why Kendall had it in her DNA. Bianca wasn't as good at it. But the oldest daughter definitely got her mother's scheming nature - LOL!

[@ericaleslie257]

YES !!!!...😁😆😅😂🤣 ...AND... WITH NO-NAME KETCHUP AND NO-NAME MUSTARD ALSO !!!!...🍟🥨😁😆😅😂🤣 THEN 3 MOST POPULAR HAMBURGER AND HOTDOG AND FRENCH FRIES AND PRETZELS CONDIMENTS TOGETHER FOREVER AND EVER !!!!...🍔🌭🍟🥨♾

[@markc-ru4qz]

Daytime was so much better than they had longer scenes now its a bunch of mumbling in thirty seconds

[@awesomecomicsfan6215]

Get her, Tom! #thejigisup

[@laminage]

And to think there was no Text Messaging. I think out of all of her Husbands, Tom was the one who got the angriest with her. I really do believe that her not having her Father around affected her more than she realized. She didn't see a "Proper" Marriage or a "Proper" Relationship.

[@whitneydavis7443]

That’s so true. So much of what happened to Erica was a result of the actions of her father.

[@fwdthinker]

You're right. I don't even remember Travis going off on her like that when he caught her banging his brother in a hotel room. Tom went OFF; especially at 5:13. She should have gotten out of his face then. But a true liar like that believes they can lie their way out of everything. SMH...

[@triciajohansen9295]

@@whitneydavis7443 can't blame daddy forever, she had free will.

[@laminage]

@@triciajohansen9295 Oh you`re right about that but nobody knew about issues then the way they do now.

[@SuperMarioBrosIII]

@@whitneydavis7443 Richard Fields.

[@AlbieGray]

@SophistocatedDivaGuy Wasn't it though? Classic lines; crisply executed; and very WELL done! A pity we won't see a show of it's kind again. :(

[@natalieschannel7675]

By now Erica has had a daughter and a son..

[@chanelpeguero4806]

Natalie's Channel she has two daughters and a son

[@marcelparker6755]

To be fair, the idea of Kendall never existed until the 90s, and as far as everyone else knew... Josh was aborted.

[@greenlee7smythe]

Marcel Parker please let’s just pretend Josh didn’t exist! I’m not sure what year this was but I think before she had Bianca. So Kendall wasn’t thought of at this point and Erica blocked her out.

[@robinsmith2118]

He said bye Felicia

[@AlbieGray]

Loved the homage to Gone with the Wind, when Tom pulls the Rhett Butler to Erica's Scarlett, by saying "Frankly, I don't give a damn!" That was CLASSIC line to a very grim storyline.

[@laura1000]

The Gone With the Wind references make total sense given how similar the personalities of Erica Kane and Scarlett O'Hara are.

[@KRstar78]

To be completely fair Tom should have known what and who he was dealing with, just sayin

[@fwdthinker]

He didn't want to believe it. She put that "I AM ERICA KANE" stuff on him and fried his brain. LOL!

[@KRstar78]

@@fwdthinker lol 😂 Sidenote you would think she would find a better place to hide her birth control pills

[@manley1983]

I am not a "Total" Fool!!! Poor Tom

[@triciajohansen9295]

I always liked Tom Cudahy. He finally found happiness with Livia and I was very happy as well. He deserved all the happiness after the Erica, Brooke, and Barbara marriages went kaput.🍀

[@jmann6130]

@@triciajohansen9295 don’t forget Skye Chandler

[@patricias5122]

Poor Tom, my foot. Erica has my complete sympathy.

[@musicman929]

Was La Lucci pregnant in real life in these scenes? Her face looks full and that outfit is terrible. Looks like they are hiding a baby bump.

[@cajayson8301]

Her son was born in 1979 and this scene took place that year so it's probable

[@LuvTadnDixie]

Yes, she was pregnant.

[@donnamiller5222]

yes that's why she left for a while

[@b.j.thomas9754]

She was really pregnant acting like she's not...lol

[@whitneydavis7443]

Yes, she was

[@sonyab1974]

Yeah Clarence she used to lie so much back then!!! She used to be a pathalogical liar! :)

[@fwdthinker]

I guess she thought since Tom was an ex-jock he didn't know how to count. Haha!

[@triciajohansen7124]

Or just plain stupid.

[@citydweller99]

On the surface, I think Tom would have been good for her. Family oriented, nice, steady and good looking...but Erica being her own worst enemy couldn't be happy with him.

[@frayjr1970]

Watching this confirms why it took so long for Susan Lucia to win an Emmy. At this stage of her career, for her to get chewed up by an actor instead of matching his emotional level it was as if the two read different scripts but I suppose the director should have interjected and asked her to take it up 10 notches or him to take it didn’t 10. Picture Erika Skezak, Robin Strasser or Judith Light in this scene…by the end of it they would have had Tom thinking it was his idea for her to take the pill! I love Susan Lucci and think she is one of the most beautiful television stars ever and she’s kept her image in tact for 50 years or more; that takes drive and talent in itself.

[@fwdthinker]

She stayed in character for Erica. She was a pathological liar who kept her cool even while being busted. Tom was in character because he was hot; mostly for himself for getting conned by her. Erica wouldn't have gotten emotional. She's all about "deny and deflect". I think she played it correctly for her character.

[@charlesfranklinlambeth3944]

I agree with you. I think Susan should have taken it up a few notches. She was nowhere near Tom’s intensity level. She needed to play off him more.

[@kev121]

Perhaps she didn’t take it up a notch because at the time she was VERY pregnant. Shortly after this, they wrote Erica out, having her go to Hollywood to try to be an actress.

[@kenyattasimpson8468]

Tom went full anger psycho on Erica

[@triciajohansen7124]

No, just furious with her lying!!!!

[@kenyattasimpson8468]

@@triciajohansen7124 that's why he went full anger psycho

[@pacmanindy]

Grow up, Erica!!!

[@briansky10]

For this Susan Luccu received her first Emmy nomination. Lost and kept losing for the next 20 years. Poor woman!

[@markc-ru4qz]

Tom was so cute but when he got mad he looked like a dork

[@weirdalfan1980]

Bout time a man stand up to me-me

[@ridgeracer77]

"oh come on" - - Tom

[@LERONMORTON-fz8em]

ERICA KANE WAS SO FABULOUS IN THESE SCENES 👍👍 SUSAN LUCCI IS EXPECTING A BABY IN REAL LIFE 😀😀 LUV WHEN SHE AND TOM WAS TOGETHER 🤗 A GORGEOUS LOOKING COUPLE 😍

[@doristschinkel9199]

Didn't Erica open a Disco? Erica's & Gregory Abbott was there on opening nite??

[@laminage]

Dr. Clader should have gone to Springfield, USA and tell Dr. Sedgewick how to STFU! She was awful at telling business out.

[@shainajoanae4798]

Just looking at the apartment. Was Erica Kane broke at this point in her life? Lol

[@travisdavis7591]

Man, this is when soaps were written just this side of real life. Susan Lucci made Erica so bad not because of plot driven grand schemes, but because she reveled and being damaged and self-involved, so much to the point that she would manipulate men with her body and her charisma, all while lying as easily as she would breathe. Poor Tom didn't have half a chance, and was so angry because Erica broke his heart AND had no respect for him.

[@cajayson8301]

used to be?! LOL she still is!

[@kevinriley6320]

But Erica did have Tom's baby. Dr. Greg Madden switched her birth control with tic tacs.

[@chazmitchell8247]

Kevin Riley no that was Erica and Jeff’s baby

[@angelmarie2281]

Did you just quote The Simpsons? 🤣😂🤣😂

[@lisabaxter7786]

I almost forgot this episode lol

[@laminage]

I would have loved for Susan Lucci to go to The UK and do the Soap Opera Hollyoaks and play Tony Hutchinson's American Cousin. Tony is played by Nick Pickard who is the only original cast member when the show debuted in 1995. She could butt heads with Michaela McQueen.

[@donnamiller5222]

Why did it take so long so long for Susan Lucci to win an Emmy?

[@BLTKellys]

Because she wasn’t a good actress.

[@fwdthinker]

I think people believed she was like that in real life because she played it so well. But Susan Lucci kept her same husband for over 50 years (until his recent passing) and has children and grandchildren. Definitely like "Insane Kane" - LOL!

[@Dawned-13]

Anyone know what year this was?

[@laminage]

It was 1979. I know it's irrelevant but another "sneaky" little miss was Jessica Wakefield in Sweet Valley High when she pretended to be her Sister Elizabeth, then in The Caitlin Books (written by Francine Pascal), Caitlin allowed an innocent scholarship girl named Diana to be blamed for the poisoning of The Son of The Owners of the private boarding school named Ian Foster. She got cold busted by her Boyfriend Jed on the night of their Jr. Prom, she admitted to Diana what she did because she was jealous that Jed liked Diana and not her. She admitted what she did to the owners and they were mortified. they even had to apologize to Diana. It shows that when you lie it always catches up with you.

[@donnamiller5222]

Why it took so long for Susan Lucci to win an Emmy is beyond me

[@cindys5426]

Yes, that's just crazy same with Genie Francis,they were both robbed.

[@rosearmstead4585]

Did Susan every get a emmy?

[@triciajohansen3027]

@@rosearmstead4585 yes, in 1999

[@rosearmstead4585]

@@triciajohansen3027 Thank u I did find it and looked at it

[@tarawehry7105]

Busted

[@tarawehry7105]

Fcking busted

[@Dathan]

When in the heck did she have Bianca? I watched this when it was 30 minute show. The sets always so dark like Dark Shadows. Thanks!

[@marcelparker6755]

Like, a whole decade after this (1988).

[@rosearmstead4585]

She married to Jackson's brother can't remember his name last name Monterey

[@susanmarie4891]

Travis Montgomery

[@laminage]

​@@susanmarie4891Sadly so many of the actors who played her "Husbands" are dead. Larkin Malloy (Travis), Nicholas Benedict (Phillip Brent #2), David Canary (Adam), Michael Nader (Dimitri). I had no idea that Larkin Malloy was on The Edge Of Night, it wasn't shown where I lived in Canada. Also some folks say that Collingwood Manor was the inspiration for Foxworth Hall in Flowers In The Attic. Keith Prentice who played Larry in The Boys In The Band was on Dark Shadows, from the 1970's. Also Matt Bomer (Ex Ian Kipling) and William Christian (Ex Derek Frye) also did the show whether on Netflix or Theater.

[@janetoconnor3636]

She gave birth to Bianca on February 9 1988 and Travis was there

[@donnamiller5222]

Erica if don't want get pregnant say so stop being sneaky

[@Bettye-x2l]

Yes

[@SharonHoyne]

Erica was one of the boring one dimensional characters of all time. Susan Lucci is not the queen of soaps.

[@Bettye-x2l]

Yed

[@tjames9698]

Ridiculous how Tom just assumed Erica was going to get pregnant.

[@jmann6130]

To be fair she never said she didn’t want to have kids and just took the pill behind his back and hoped he wouldn’t ask uncomfortable questions

[@maria7689]

Tom acted like he was better than everybody. I never liked him.

[@brotherofjunk]

Was SL pregnant at the time this was filmed? She looks radiant. Also looks as if production is trying to not shoot her in a wide shot.

[@ericaleslie257]

DOES SOMEONE AND OR ANYONE KNOW IF THERE IS AN ACTUAL SCENE WHERE TOM IS ACTUALLY GOING THROUGH ERICA'S THINGS AND HE ACTUALLY FINDS HER BIRTH CONTROL PILLS ????!!!!...😁😳🤔💭🗯🧐🕵‍♂🔎🔍💊💊💊💊💊😳😱😭💔😠😡🤬🤯💥 **LINK PLEASE !!!!**...🔗👁👁📹😁😆😅😂🤣

[@nicoleberry2750]

@AMCRewind I would like to know if I can please have your email address so I can make requests.