Soap series must cease to exist

[Martok]

Never watched any of the others, just All My Children.

Ditto here. I grew up having to watch it, as my mom would always have the show on during lunchtime. When the school year would start again, I would always come home and ask my mom what I missed. I think I finally stopped watching the show shortly after Sarah Michelle Gellar began playing Erica Kane's daughter (or was it stepdaughter?) Kendel.


Is it wrong that I still remember that?

[Geoffrey S]

Most everybody claims to hate soaps (as with Big Brother), but someone watches...

[Beirut]

Ditto here. I grew up having to watch it, as my mom would always have the show on during lunchtime. When the school year would start again, I would always come home and ask my mom what I missed. I think I finally stopped watching the show shortly after Sarah Michelle Gellar began playing Erica Kane's daughter (or was it stepdaughter?) Kendel.

Erica was raped and became pregnant, Kendall was the result. Bianca was also Erica's daughter. Travis Montgomery was Bianca's father.

Is it wrong that I still remember that?

Yes it is. Only an addle minded shmoo would know who was who on a soap opera.

[macsen rufus]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You can't kill soap operas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Then I'd have no reason to feel smug about not having a TV

[AntiochusIII]

Actually, I think soap operas, unlike, say, reality shows, are actually pretty fun.

You know, the whole rape, pregnancy, love triangles, incest, twincest, siblings who don't know they were siblings, death, drama, amnesia, dead parents, car accidents, childhood friends...

Fun stuff.

FYI, I just watched one where this nicest girl in the whole show (who got stabbed an episode earlier "saving" the female twin) decides to spill everything to the main character that she's responsible for sending an evil letter saying that the twin characters are twincest-ing, and that's because she's in love with the female twin, and the main character was like, "the REAL you is a good person!" In that same episode the twins elope and the main character catches up to them in time to say a dramatic, background-music-full goodbye.

Hilarity.

[Quid]

While at uni, I used to watch 'Home and away' and 'Neighbours' everyday - twice! It was great fun. Lots of babes and rediculous story lines. I am not even ashamed of saying so. The whole house would watch and shout at the tv for a good hour of togetherness and smart arsed comments. Good times.

Quid

[Peasant Phill]

I've followed 'neighbours' on and off for years now (read watched out of boredom with my mother or later my girlfriend). I quite liked it as the storyline consists mostly of every day events. Although, there seems to be an above average frequency of disapearances, affairs, illness, unwanted pregnancies and accidents in one street in Erinsborough. Hmmm, must have something to do with that toxic waste that Paul dumped in a lake nearby.

[lars573]

The only thing remotely like a soap series I ever watched was Babylon 5. Real soaps are about as interesting as watching paint dry.