[15] The story the All My Children writers came up with involved a new love interest for Bianca, Reese Williams, who would be portrayed by daytime alumni Tamara Braun.

In the context of that, there's some pretty exciting story line plot points that I'm aware of that are dramatic and fun to play and enticing as an actress.

"[16] After portraying Ava Vitali on the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives, Tamara Braun did not expect to appear on another daytime drama so soon.

I wanted to be part of something that could have a strong and positive impact and help give same-sex couples their rightful place in the world of daytime drama.

"[17] Riegel added, however, that she knows the lack of onscreen intimacy between Bianca and the character's past romantic love interests left fans and herself unsatisfied.

"[22] For Reese and Bianca's wedding, the dresses of the brides were chosen to complement each other by featuring "a long, lean, Grecian flowy feeling".

Haley Evans, who portrays the flower girl and Bianca's daughter Miranda Montgomery, wore a red velvet Lucy Sykes dress.

He agrees to be their sperm donor,[1] and none of them tell Bianca's sister and Zach's wife, Kendall Hart Slater, for fear that she will say no.

After reading the note, Bianca hurries home to convince Reese to stay; she says that she loves her and knows that she is not romantically interested in Zach.

Erica, the siblings' mother, makes the painful decision to take Josh off life support and donate his heart to Kendall.

Kendall says that she will only come to the wedding as long as Bianca promises to leave for Paris soon afterward and take Reese and baby Gabrielle with her.

He tells Greenlee that he knows Zach and Reese have been sleeping together and that he does not want to be married next to them, but he promises her that he will give her the wedding of her dreams.

"[30] Another soap opera website sensationalized the story by stating, "When Bianca returns to town this time, she will have a brand new 'someone special' in her life and a big surprise—Bianca is pregnant!

[1][31] AfterEllen.com writer/co-founder Sarah Warn stated of the explanation behind how Bianca conceived Gabrielle, "This storyline is all kinds of wrong—and not just because it makes me feel like I need a shower.

Warn, in the forememtioned AfterEllen article, relayed, "...Bianca wanting a baby closely related to Miranda, whose father was a rapist and whose grandfather was a mass murderer.

[1][30] Reese being introduced as Bianca's love interest was the first time an American soap opera would showcase same-sex partners having decided to create a child together.

Riegel set up the Reese and Bianca storyline and what the couple's introduction entailed to the New York Daily News, "Zach is looking for Kendall [in the immediate aftermath of the tornado].

[6][33] This perception was intensified once Reese was revealed by the series to have been engaged to a man just a couple of months before becoming romantically involved with Bianca.

[6][33] The writers played this angle with ambiguity; they added in hug and kiss "teasers" such as Zach giving Reese a lingering peck on the cheek/neck.

[33] When asked by The Advocate in a February 12, 2009 interview about viewer concern among the LGBT community that Reese would leave Bianca for Zach and likely has romantic feelings for him, All My Children executive producer Julie Hanan Carruthers responded, "First of all, it's not true.

[35] The program stated that while "it is good" for All My Children to feature a same-sex wedding, they have not been impressed by the love story and that a show's producer should have more control over the way a character behaves.

[35] On February 27, 2009, Warn, who had previously praised the series in her AfterEllen October 31, 2008 column for the portrayal of the couple's onscreen physical affection, criticized the structure and overall writing of the romance.

[5] "From an entertainment perspective, some of the conflict between Reese and Bianca at the end was interesting, but overall, their storyline became boring and predictable pretty quickly.

[6] "I thought that we were going to show what it’s like to be a same-sex couple in a loving, committed relationship dealing with what life throws at them and the outside world and how they are treated.

"[6] In response to the LGBT community being left "very disgruntled" with the Reese and Bianca storyline, Braun said, "I am sorry they were not happy, because one of my main reasons for taking this role was to be able to give a positive voice to same-sex couples.

"[6] On April 13, 2009, Charles Pratt, Jr., head writer of the series, was interviewed by TV Guide about the Reese and Bianca relationship.

She ultimately declined extending, but agreed to return to "tie up" the Reese and Bianca storyline for a spring 2009 "happy" ending.

[8][9][36][37] Two fans created an animated online series called Pratt Falls to "skewer" the show's executives about the love story.

[9][37][39] In Season 1, Episode 1 of the parody, viewed on YouTube, a fictional Carruthers has to tell Pratt that there are "fans" who become emotionally invested in the show.

"[9] The series, described as tongue-in-cheek, concludes its first episode with the animated Pratt announcing that he has devised a plan to blame the failed storyline on Riegel as he urges Carruthers to call TV Guide to arrange an interview.