Hurray to the writers, producers, and actors who helped us feel Carolyn and Victor's sexual tension and reminded us that lust doesn't happen just to kids. Yes, teens should have storylines, but not the only story lines.ĭAYS OF OUR LIVES, often criticized for their indulgence in young love, brought us a fascinating story: a wealthy, very handsome and sophisticated crime boss (Victor Kiriakis) became passionately obsessed, not with some blonde tootsie, but with a housewife and mother of four adult children.
What about Ruth and Joe? Toward the end of the year, Erica Kane was once again embroiled in a love affair - this time with a fascinating Frenchman - but it took a long time for AMC to get their minds off eighteen-year-olds.
While ratings remained high on ALL MY CHILDREN, this office received quite a few letters complaining about all those front-burner, teen story lines. The best part of this wave was the backlash beginning to be felt toward all those young-love story lines. Soap opera went back to its roots and told stories about couples finding each other and struggling to stay together. Social issues took a back seat to it, a few treasure hunts (thankfully!) took a back seat to it, even espionage stories took a back seat to it. Beginning a series of postings in this thread reliving what Soap Opera Digest deemed the Best & the Worst of soaps in 1985, transcribed from the Voldemort issue cover dated January 14, 1986
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