[1][2] Lozano returned to the role once again on December 5, 2008,[1][3] and remained through the original television finale aired January 13, 2012.

In April 2012, Lozano become the latest One Life to Live actress to join General Hospital with her alter ego.

[7] Lozano reprised the role when daily episodes of One Life to Live debuted on Hulu, iTunes, and FX Canada via The Online Network April 29, 2013.

[10][11][12] Soaps In Depth stated that Téa "set the small screen ablaze" during her time on One Life to Live.

"[14] Detailing what she thinks about in order to produce onscreen tears, a query she often received from fans, Lozano stated, "Well...things that would make me cry.

"[14] Having a good grasp on who Téa is provided Lozano with enough room to "make things up" even while keeping her character true to form.

"[15] Lozano saw each take as an opportunity to improve, rather than as something to be annoyed by, commenting, "I love it when we screw up, because we get another chance to do it, and every time it's a different scene."

Soap Opera Digest stated that Téa not only did not have any history with Todd, "she was breaking up One Life to Live's most popular (if unorthodox) duo".

[13] The magazine added that it was Lozano's "consistently strong and convincing portrayal" of Téa as the tough but soft attorney that won viewers over.

[12][17] He is out for revenge against ex-wife Blair, feeling she ruined his chances at happiness when he returned to town after being presumed dead and discovered her having sex with Patrick Thornhart (Thorsten Kaye) on the floor of the penthouse he once shared with her.

As Soaps In Depth described it, Téa is the one who made Todd's heart "grow at least two sizes bigger".

[10] While Todd's tough bravado and insensitivity are lessened in Téa's presence, his reluctance to be sexually intimate becomes a prominent obstacle for the couple.

After having felt betrayed by Blair with Patrick, Todd not only has trouble letting another woman into his psyche but also into his bed.

Although they have agreed to keep their relationship platonic, she finds him sexually attractive and starts to desire him romantically.

Physical abuse takes place in one instance when Todd is on the run from the police and proceeds to kidnap Téa; he punches her out when she implies he will rape her as he had done to Marty Saybrooke (Susan Haskell) years earlier; Téa later knocks Todd out with a shovel to escape.

[21] However, during these scenes, the characters' love for each other continues to show; Todd releases a mournful, monstrous scream after having knocked Téa unconscious and relaxing her body on a chair in front of him, and Téa is seen to seemingly sexually desire Todd even while having tied him up after her attack on him.

This created an intense rivalry between the two fanbases,[24] which became known as the "T&B vs. TnT" wars, and were some of the genre's most notorious Internet battles.

[24] In addition, viewers enjoyed the battles between Blair and Téa, which became one of soap opera's most entertaining rivalries.

[10][19][25] Although Todd and Téa were promoted as a dysfunctional pairing, they were prominently featured in commercials advertising their love story,[26][27][28][29] voted "Best Couple" and "Best Romance" in soap opera magazines,[16][30][31] and cited as "television at its best".

When he later returned as the character in 2000 for a one-week stint to persuade Téa to leave with him, it was one of the show's most anticipated events.

"[12] Viewers wondered how the show would explain Téa no longer being with Todd,[12] and heavily campaigned for the series to reunite the pairing.

with "a gleam in her eye" while interrupting Antonio and Carlotta Vega's bilingual bickering before visiting Todd.

Regarding Todd and Téa being stranded together on a deserted island, former head writer Gary Tomlin, who was new to the series at the time, explained, "They both realize the mistakes they've made.

"[35] Tomlin further relayed, "It was also a way to finally satisfy Todd and Téa fans, who have been campaigning for a reunion since Florencia Lozano left the show in 2000.

[24] Tomlin said that he had his reasons for telling the summer story the way he did and that the Todd and Téa fans have "convenient memories".

[24] He added, "When I went back to screen the Todd/Téa relationship — which everybody had said was so wonderful, that it was so this and so that, and they were so much in love — the thing that stuck out for me was when Todd punched Téa in the face and knocked her out.

In 2005, TV Guide reported the rumor, stating, "We recently came across an OLTL audition script for a scene between Todd and 'Lucia,' a woman who sounds a lot like his long-lost Latina legal eagle.