Love Is a Many Splendored Thing (TV series) Porter paid Jim Abbott to perform an illegal abortion on girlfriend Terry Andrews, who later died, a disenchanted Mia decides to return to Hong Kong. Iris becomes emotionally involved with Jim, but the scandal surrounding Terry Andrews forces him to leave San Francisco for New York. Laura decides not to take her final vows and leaves the church for Mark, who ends his relationship with Iris and begins a career as an architect. Lt. Tom Donnelly (Robert Burr) helps Helen (Grace Albertson, Gloria Hoye) overcome her grief when husband Phillip (Len Wayland) dies suddenly, and after a short courtship, the
Love Is a Many Splendored Thing (TV series) movement of attracting young viewers along with soap opera's traditional audience. The show pre-dated the premieres of "One Life to Live" (1968) and "All My Children" (1970), two other soap operas which also attracted young audiences. However, "Love Is a Many Splendored Thing" lacked the guidance of creator/executive producer Agnes Nixon (creator of those two shows). The network kept hiring new head writers and executive producers for its soap operas, creating a lack of continuity in the storytelling. Also a legacy of the show was the music style of Eddie Layton, being more jazz and pop flavored, as opposed to