Llanview, Pennsylvania is the fictional setting of the ABC soap operaOne Life to Live. It is said to be a suburb of Philadelphia, making it around a six hour drive between Port Charles and Llanview.
Many characters from Llanview have moved to or visited Port Charles, New York; and some characters from Port Charles have visited Llanview.
After One Life to Live's cancellation, Téa Delgado's house in Llanview was featured on General Hospital in 2012. There have also been some other connections between the two cities.
Please note, the dates listed for each character do not reflect the character's dates in a particular city if that city's show (OLTL for Llanview, GH for Port Charles) is that character's original show in which they appeared.
Characters[]
Steve Hardy - Steve visited Llanview from Port Charles to consult on a case at their hospital. (in Llanview 1969)
Marco Dane - Marco left Llanview and moved to Port Charles as a private investigator working for Tracy Quartermaine. (in PC September 1992 to 1993)
Rae Cummings - Rae left Llanview and came to Port Charles in search of clues to finding her long-lost daughter. After finding her daughter Skye, Rae returned to Port Charles with her. (in PC March to April 2000; April to May 2001; November to December 2001; May 2002)
Skye Chandler-Quartermaine - Skye left Pine Valley and went to Llanview and found her birth mother, Rae. She left Llanview with Rae to go to Port Charles to find her believed-to-be birth father Alan Quartermaine. Alan adopted Skye, and she has since returned at times to be with her adoptive family. (in Llanview July 1999 to April 2001, November to December 2012; in PC April 2001 to January 2008, March to July 2010, August to September 2011, November 2012)
Cole Thornhart - Cole came to Port Charles with his daughter Hope and girlfriend Starr Manning when their flight was redirected. He died in a car accident, along with his daughter, minutes after arriving. (in PC February 2012)
Hope Manning-Thornhart - Hope came to Port Charles with her mother Starr and father Cole when their flight was redirected. She died in a car accident, along with her father, minutes after arriving. (in PC February 2012)
Starr Manning - Starr came to Port Charles with her daughter Hope and boyfriend Cole when their flight was redirected. She decided to stay in town to get justice for Cole and Hope's deaths. Starr remained in Port Charles until March 2013 when she received a call from Langston Wilde and suddenly leaves town. It is implied that Hope and Cole turned up alive in Los Angeles and Starr went into hiding with them. (in PC February 2012 to March 2013)
Blair Cramer - Blair left Llanview when she heard about her daughter Starr, granddaughter Hope, and Cole's car accident and came to Port Charles. She frequently returned to visit Starr. (in PC March 2012; July 2012)
Todd Manning - Todd left Llanview, jumping bail for his twin brother's murder, when he heard his daughter Starr was hurt. He was taken back to Llanview by police Lt. John McBain, but then returned when he was cleared of his own murder charge and Starr was charged with the attempted murder of Sonny Corinthos. He decided to stay in Port Charles to be near his daughter. In March 2013, Todd hastly returned to Llanview, after receiving a frantic call from his daughter Danielle Manning. (in PC March 2012; May 2012 to March 2013)
John McBain - John left Llanview to pick up Todd Manning, since he had jumped bail. He decided to stay in Port Charles to take down Sonny Corinthos. In March 2013, John learns that the FBI has an assignment and that he must leave town. (in PC March 2012 to March 2013)
Téa Delgado - Téa came to Port Charles from Llanview to represent Starr who was being charged with the attempted murder of Sonny Corinthos. While in town, she gave birth to her son Victor Lord III, who died shortly after birth and was switched with Danny Morgan. She then returned to Llanview. She returned to Port Charles after the baby was kidnapped and brought there. She went home to Llanview after realizing the baby wasn't hers. (in PC May to June 2012; October 2012)
Danny Morgan - Danny went to live in Llanview with Téa Delgado after he was switched at birth with her deceased baby Victor Lord III (in Llanview June to October 2012)
Heather Webber - Heather went to Llanview to find Téa Delgado and baby "Victor." (in Llanview September to October 2012)
Carly Jacks - Carly went to Llanview with Todd Manning and Skye Chandler-Quartermaine to stop Blair Cramer from marrying Tomás Degado, whom they believe to actually be Lorenzo Alcázar (in Llanview November to December 2012)
Nora Buchanan - Nora came to Port Charles to represent Valentin Cassadine on a custody case for his daughter Charlotte Cassadine. She has also represented Kevin Collins after he was charged with aiding and embedding his brother Ryan Chamberlain. During Nora's General Hospital appearance, she mentions that Danielle Manning now works at her law firm in Llanview. (in PC March 2017 and 2019)
Alexis Davis - Alexis went to Llanview to try and persuade Nora Buchanan to help her get Julian Jerome out of prison (in Llanview November 2017)
Valentin Cassadine - Valentin went to Llanview after Alexis blackmailed him to get Nora Buchanan to get Julian Jerome out of prison (in Llanview November 2017)
Blair Cramer - Blair returned to Port Charles in September 2023 and revealed she is Martin Grey's third ex-wife. Martin filed for divorce after Blair cheated with her former uncle in law, David Vickers. Blair also revealed during a conversation with Tracy Quartermaine that her youngest son Sam is starting college, while her older son Jack Manning had become a "problematic" child, and that she has been using money to deal with his issues.
Other connections[]
Former Port Charles resident Ian Thornhart's twin brother Patrick Thornhart (Cole Thornhart's father) used to live in Llanview.
Port Charles resident Sam McCall used to be a host on the show Everyday Heroes, which aired in Llanview.
In May 2012, Johnny Zacchara mentioned that he is reading a book about a mother and daughter in Pennsylvania who both have DID. The book is about Victoria Lord and Jessica Buchanan in Llanview. Kate Howard was seen reading the book in her office onscreen. In June 2012, Kate was surprised to find out that Viki and Jessica are related to Starr, and she told her that she had read the book about them.
In March 2021, Nina Reeves mentioned a plan to visit Serenity Springs which is in Llanview. Also Nina and Sonny (as "Mike") talk about being at the Llantano River as they walk around Nixon Falls which means the river must go through the town.
In July 2021, Lenny Caulfield arranges for Dr. Hartman to perform surgery on him in Llanview.
Despite having not been seen on-screen, on July 31, 2023 Lucy Coe and Felicia Scorpio mentioned to Martin that they went to a spa in Llanview sometime during their trip to Pine Valley.