Blade Bladeson
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Alexander 'Blade' Bladeson was a fictional character in the American soap opera The Young And The Restless, portrayed from 1993 to 1995 by actor Michael Tylo.
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[edit] Character
A mystery man arrived in Genoa City known only as "Blade", who went to work for Jabot Cosmetics as their photographer. Blade caught the eye of Jabot heiress and chemist Ashley Abbott (Brenda Epperson). They dated for a while, but Blade would not open up to Ashley about his past beyond telling her that Blade was a stage name and that he was running away from his past. He also mentioned a brother. Ashley and Blade soon married. The Bladesons took up residence at the Abbott mansion awaiting the building of their new home.
Some time later, Mari Jo Mason (Pamela Bach/Diana Barton), an old lover from Blade's mysterious past came to town. As head of the Jabot art department, she was working with Ashley. Mari Jo was still in love with Blade, but Blade would never forgive her for sleeping with his twin brother Rick (also played by Michael Tylo). She assured him that their past would remain a secret, but began blackmailing him as she was the only witness to Rick's drowning as Blade ignored his cries for help.
Rick shocked everyone when he turned up alive in Genoa City, bent on revenge for leaving him to die. Rick had fallen off a pier but did not drown. Mari Jo again became involved with Rick, but Ashley, seeing them together and knowing nothing of a twin, assumed she and Blade were having an affair. Ashley confronted Blade with the facts, which he could not dispute without uncovering his "evil twin".
Mari Jo soon fell in love with Ashley's brother Jack (Peter Bergman), asked him to marry her, and they became engaged. But Jack broke up with her after he found out about her involvement with his sister's husband Blade, and Jack was reunited with his Vietnamese ex-lover, Luan Volien (Elizabeth Sung). Mari Jo did her best to break them up, following them on their trip to St. Thomas. Coincidentally, Blade and Ashley were also there in an attempt to rekindle their marriage, and were followed by Brad Carlton (Don Diamont) who had been rebuffed by Ashley in favor of Blade. Rick captured Blade and imprisoned him, while Rick took Blade's life as Ashley's husband. Ashley was very impressed with the change in Blade, both as a husband who now wanted children and as a lover. Mari Jo soon realized that Blade was really Rick. Not long afterward, Blade escaped, confronted Rick, forced him to leave town, and resumed his marriage to Ashley, who was very disappointed that Blade had reverted to his old self. Several more role reversals occurred, ending with the real Blade being killed when his car was hit by a train. Rick revealed his true identity to Ashley, but Ashley threw him out, and went to Paris to escape the grief and deception. Mari Jo, with Jill Abbott's (Jess Walton) help, drove Rick out of town.
[edit] Family, marriages and romantic entanglements
[edit] Parents
Unknown
[edit] Marriages
- Married to Ashley Abbott at time of death
[edit] Relatives
- Richard "Rick" Bladeson (twin brother)
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[edit] Crimes committed
- Left his brother, Rick, for dead after he fell off a pier. Later discovered that Rick had survived.
