Soap Opera Digest - Performer of the Week
 July 28,1998
 

    One Life to Live’s Roger Howarth (Todd) bounces from horrific rage to contrite sorrow to awkward tenderness and then right back to horrific rage literally in the blink of an eye, making for an electrifying performances that constantly surprise. Because Howarth never telegraphs his next move, when Todd is staring into Téa’s eyes, the scene can go either way: Will he kiss her? Or slap her?
     Take the scene at the Buchanan lodge when Todd held everyone hostage.  At first, it seemed as if the character had gone off the deep end.  He traversed the lodge in disheveled clothing, long hair flying, threatening to kill everyone and yelling at stoic Viki to “ Shut Up” about 25 times.  Just when it looked like he would kill them all, Téa mentioned his beloved daughter, Starr.  Todd froze, realizing for the first time what a terrible thing he was doing in his misguided efforts to unmask Georgie’s murderer.
    Yes it was good writing .  And yes, Howarth had a marvelous supporting cast. But what kept us glued to our sets was Todd alone: bitter, sarcastic, violent, arrogant, pleading, repentant, even sorrowfull.  We can’t take our eyes off him .  And that’s all Howarth .