Chris B

Oh okay! I remember Eve mostly after her secret was revealed. I remember Liz threatening her with it for about 12 years, then Aunt Irma arrived saying what a whore she was and then I know she was with Julian for a while. I can't wait to relive all of that. I *loved* the Russell's. I just hate that second Simone so I don't look forward to her time on the show.

Okay I received my DVDs for 1999 and I've watched only the first episode so far. I still remember it from Sci Fi, but I don't know how far I got in my Sci Fi viewings. I wanna say one or two months. I know they pulled the show pretty fast. Overall I remembered everything and I enjoyed what I saw. Even the Princess Diana storyline doesn't offend me since it's tame compared to the later plots. The acting overall was pretty good for a new soap. No heavy hitters, but most actors are servicable. I was especially impressed with the younger actors. I really don't think Passions is as bad as every made it out to be. Looks liek I made the right choice with purchasing this show and I look forward to seeing more! Can somebody give me some highlights of stories that aired in 1999?

I believe I started watching after 2002 and I enjoyed the show so it's good to hear it's even better the first couple years! I did watch the first month or two on Sci Fi. I was disappointed when that didn't last. I LOVED the original Simone, I hated the second one even before I knew she was a recast. The original Kay was great as well.

That cast looks so unattractive and underwhelming. It's a shame they rushed Football Wives. That probably would've worked better as the first spin-off had it been launched now. Then try to do a Basketball Wives in another city.

I just completed the 6th season and it's so strange how my opinion of my favorite show keeps changing! The first episode I ever saw was the season six finale, so I've always been more familiar with the later years since I've seen them more. Re-watching I just fell in love with season four, which I've always enjoyed, but never knew to be as brilliant as it actually is. It's also the first season with Peter Dunne at the helm and I think he did a brilliant job of weaving all the different soap opera elements. Most importantly, it still felt like the same show. As the Dynasty/Reagan era kicked in, Knots became more and more glamourous, but I still feel he had a good balance with the 5th season. The cul-de-sac was important, new characters (like the brilliant Greg Sumner) were grounded and well weaved into the canvas. And that Wolfbridge umbrella story was perfectly executed. Now with the 6th season I saw lots of filler and the new characters like Paul Galvestan and even Ruth Sumner bored me for the most part. I felt the Empire Valley stuff was very plot driven and seemed to drag on forever. As a result this wasn't a strong season for Abby, Gary, Greg and especially Laura. It seems like Ms. Avery spents most of her time as Greg's sidekick and as strong as their chemistry is, he's ultimately the reason she was written off IMO. Her relationship with Valene is completely eliminated and she's mostly an afterthought to Karen since she's never in the cul-de-sac. Even the nice layers she was given when she became an ally of Abby seems lost this season. To make matter worse, her hair was so bad that I couldn't even look at her. What a waste! With Joshua, there's no denying Alec Baldwin's star power. He's a brilliant cast addition, but putting him with Cathy was a mistake. Lisa Hartman was more interesting as Ciji and Cathy only worked her first season. It's almost like they swapped Diana for Cathy and that was a huge mistake. Diana was played by a better actress and would've been more interesting with Joshua. She also could've prolonged his time on Knots Landing. Diana was at such a nice turning point when she left. I wish we could've seen her as an adult on the canvas for an extended period of time. Michael and Eric could never touch her. I'm now looking forward to the season 7 experiment when Dallas and Knots switched HWs. David Paulsen always said his goal was to beef up the males storylines and overall I recall enjoying that season.

I've found somebody who has pretty much the entire series and after months of debate, I decided to give this show a chance. With the soaps getting cancelled left and right, I wanted to watch one from the beginning if possible. I tried Port Charles, which was decent, but very dull during it's first year. I plan to continue that later, but knowing I enjoyed Passions, I thought i may as well give it a whirl. I watched the show on and off throughout the years. I think I started when Aunt Irma was on the show and Liz was a character that reeled me in. I watched for several months at a time, even during the DirecTV run. I look forward to seeing how it all starts (well I did catch the Sci Fi reruns) and how the show plays with the knowledge of how long days run along with the other shortcomings. I think I'm going to enjoy it. I've watched a few episodes on YouTube to catch up and the show seems to hold up well. Once I recieve my DVDs next week I'll try and update this thread with commentary.

New York is in fire this season! So different from what I expected.LuAnn has been showing her ass for a while, but that was extreme. Cat got a lot of flack for her comments to LuAnn on WWHL, but she was right. Even that night LuAnn was saying rude things like how Alex is a lower class and shouldn't be associating with them. That along gives Cat enough reason to give her attitude. I hope Alex and Andy eviscerate her during the reunion. I LOVED the scenes with Sonya and Ramona. They were so cute and felt like real friends finding joy amongst all this craziness. Jill also came off very well in this episode for me. Cindy has calmed down as well. Kelly proved she's just as crazy as she always was. I knew that newly sane ACT wouldn't last. Even crazier is that she didn't realize how crazy and stupid she looked.

There is a trading website with a seller who has pretty much the entire series for this, Sunset Beach and DAYS from 1984 and I've been debating whether or not to start buying Passions from the beginning. I watched the show on and off for years, starting mainly in 2003 or 2004. I also watched the show on DirecTV and also the early episodes on Sci Fi. It's been a few years, but I think it'll be work a visit. I tried watching some DAYS episodes and that show doesn't engage me and I'm afraid to start ordering Sunset Beach because it doesn't look too good either. I'm going to try watching some Passions episodes on that YouTube channel and see how it goes.

That episode isn't a good representation of what Tina was about,but I think Kelli Maroney probably was a good Tina. I base that on the type of character she played on Ryan's Hope and her acting continued to improve, as that episode shows. I'd certainly be curious to see more of her. And I also found her more in line with Tina compared to Karen Witter or the last recast.

I looked on YouTube, but all I could find was this clip when Chris Brown appeared on Generations. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWBLN_NO-P0

Carl! You're lucky enough to have The Africa Channel? That seems almost impossible to find! You must at least check out the two soaps and let us know how they are! I've been dying to see an episode of either one.

Oh wow. That is truly brilliant Carl! She was flawless and the range. I just wish we could have a scene liek that today. I wonder if she'd be possible of giving that type of performance or would she ham it up.

I'm not sure with Fernanda. Maybe she wasn't going to be a housewife, but provided them with interesting footage so they included her in promo campaigns, but maybe they felt there wasn't enough footage to justify putting her in the credits? Not sure. It seems if she was an original housewife that they cut they wouldn't have still included her in promo photos. And yes Jeana is back for a visit. Don't you remember the explosive catfight with Tamra in all the promos? That's coming! I believe there are two or three episodes left now for OC.

It is weird how this has completely disappeared. You know I see them releasing such random things at times, including the short lived soap Yellow Rose, or even Playboy's Eden, but not this. Considering it does have a lot of well known people it could be a good cheap DVD release. Until then we have to rely on threads like this and the great info provided by us fans. I'm most curious about the production values for this show. I wonder if it had more of a daytime or primetime feel and how cheap it looked.

Oh I loved that sexy slab of italian beef, Nick. In the final season Anne was married to Greg and thought she was pregnant, only to find out it was menapause. I thought it was a nice story and she was taken more seriously that season. The final season was fairly good, I just wish they had used Diana more, particularly in the Vanessa role instead of that dreadful British actress they cast. It would've been a throw back to the shows roots having Diana return and fall into her same old habits with the wrong men. Would've been something interesting for Mack and Karen as well. I know they gave them Meg to keep them young, but please. There was no story with them having Meg. Even if Laura was around it wouldn't have created story for her.

Carl! No way should they have written off Val or Lilimae! I think losing Lilimae was a harder blow than Laura. Julie Harris elevated the cast and had such flawless chemistry with Ted and Joan. I hate that they didn't just reduce her episode order or bring her back at some point. Aunt Ginny was a terrible replacement. Even had she stayed, like Laura, you have to wonder what the Lechowick's would've done with her. Probably endless one dimensional comedy scenes. Karen suffered from Michele Lee's control of the character which unfortunately meshed perfectly with the Lechowick's uber politically correct attitude. Mack was introduced as a womanizer so why is it so hard for Michele Lee to accept that he might have an affair on Karen? The original triangle with Anne was flawlessly written and could've given them years of story had she not vetoed it. It was mature and gave her a great new rival. Instead you have the perfect couple fighting over things we could've give a damn about. And I don't think Anne recovered until the final season. I didn't like the silly comedy character she turned into. Especially the homeless plot. By that point the character lost all her appeal for me.

Yes the entire 7th season which is odd since it was such a critical season for Knots. The only time the show was #1 for the week was when Val was reunited with those babies, so it was risky to put that story in someone elses hands. I wonder what Dunne would've done with another season. He's another writer that needs to be interviewed. My thoughts keep changing as I rewatch so there's no telling what I'll think, but the first few times I enjoyed the Jean Hackney story. I liked the actress who played her and how Ben became unraveled. I thought it was done in a way that didn't completely ruin Ben, who eventually had to be written off to pave way for Gary & Val's inevitable reunion. Maybe I would've held off more in light of how bad Val's stories got, but I didn't mind it too much. As I'm watching the 5th season, I do enjoy it and find it powerful, but there is also a disconnected feeling. The Chip story went on for too long and seemed to dominate the canvas for a while. It had nice moments, but I don't like how Diana now seems thrown to the side. With a story like that I want to see a payoff and huge resolution to Diana and Karen's relationship. It was such a major relationship throughout the series and goes out with a whimper. Laura is also a character that seems to have changed so much. She has no love interest for most of the season nor a private life outside of being Abby's henchwoman. I wish they had gone in a more devious direction, especially after she locked horns with Sumner. The evolution of her relationship with Abby is more interesting than Karen/Abby. Michele Lee has always been a unique actress which is clearly highlighted here. I didn't think anything could top the season 4 finale when she discovers Diana moved out, but her performances during her drug addiction put Faye Dunaway to shame. The facial expressions and body language is so over the top lol. I just *love* Michele Lee. She is fabulous. Greg Sumner was always a favorite of mine and I'm grateful he came as such a perfect time. It's hard to imagine Knots Landing without him once he arrives. I'm also wondering how I missed how deep his relationship with Abby was in the beginning. I didn't realize she and Gary had such a loose marriage.

Very cool. Jordana Brewster who played Nikki Munson, just had an interview in Brazil where she's promoting the new Fast and Furious movie. They asked her about her love of soap operas and she mentioned that she's doing Dallas. She said she already did a soap called "As the World Turns" and loves that kind of storytelling. I always find it interested when actors acknowledge their soap past. You never know what kind of response you'll get. I also liked that she acknowledged that Dallas is a soap and didn't pull some "drama" mess like some actors.

The crazy spy story was when somebody got the bright idea to swap HWs for Dallas and Knots at the peak of each show. It didn't work for either show, but was worse for Knots because Peter Dunne never returned. I thought Paulsen did a decent job at Knots. At the very least it still felt like the same show, just with beefed up storylines for the men. Peter Dunne, as brilliant as he was at Knots was pretty bad on Dallas. He feminized the show far too much and didn't know how to write the male characters. I liked some of it and I did like Angelica Nero, but it didn't feel like Dallas. Felt more like Dynasty bizarrely enough.

Not a bad idea to watch Roswell, but I recall it drifting from it's original promise as time went on. I don't remember watching much of it when it moved to UPN. Now as for Dawson's Creek, I watched the first two seasons and need to buy more. I never watched much of it originally, but I fell in love with it now. I LOVE LOVE LOVE Jen and now follow Michelle Williams films. Such a brilliant actress and character. I also remember Andie and Jack and have always enjoyed Andie. I think it's a shame she didn't become a major player, probably due to Joey/Pacey hitting it off. I know many hate Dawson, but so far he doesn't bother me too much. I *love* Pacey, I love how adult and real the writing feels. I love the setting. Really fantastic show.

I thought Cat owned LuAnn and it was about time she got called out. She truly is one of the tackiest, pretentious women on earth. It's sick. She is so phony and I could tell her condesending attitude was driving Cat nuts on WWHL. When Cat said she was around 7 or 8 years older and LuAnn cringed and laughed that was just so rude. It didn't help that the game Andy created was so one-sided and allowed LuAnn to create this air that she *was* superior. Cat posted on Twitter that she had meetings all day with Bravo, yesterday. I wonder what is going to come of these meetings. There was also discussion about a month ago. I wonder if they are just pitching new shows for Cat or if there is a chance she'll be on RHONYC. They need a new Betheny and I think Cat could fill that void. Cindy just isn't cutting it. Plus, the two times Cat appeared on WWHL was with NYC housewives (Ramona, LuAnn). Throw in the fact that she's friends with Alex and works out of NYC and it could work. Honestly, I would dump Cindy AND Kelly. Kelly is just a mess and isn't presenting anything interesting anymore. Only reason to keep her is to hope for another breakdown.

The first two, three seasons were real, but I was entertained because the women were interesting. Now I fine myself straining to find anything to keep my interest. Peggy is forgettable, Gretchen has always bored me and Tamra tries too hard. At this point I'd keep Vicki, Tamra (for crazy) and Alexis. Try to convince Jeana and/or Lauri to return and add a sixth housewife who will add diversity to this bunch. Like the old days.

Looks incredibly dull like always. I'm sure there will be some overly dramatic arguments, but that preview didn't show anything exciting really. Last season seemed to go on forever and I guess this will have a similar feeling. Not too crazy about the two newbies, although I do like that Melissa with push Theresa's buttons.

I do wonder how things would've turned out with a full 10-12 episode season and promoted the right way. It's a shame because they got backlash from NYC fans and then it was rushed and cut in half according to Cristy which didn't help. I think they had potential and the reunion showed that it's definitely worth another shot. Things set up nicely towards another season.

I always knew that live idea was a bad idea. I haven't watched yet, but from what I hear when it got juicy he had to go to commercial. I also think the regular reunion format is better because it gives you time to delve into issues and get juicy moments and the best possible hour. I bet they could've merited a two hour reunion that people would watch if done correctly. Plus if it was filmed in Miami Elsa could've appeared. Bad move on Bravo's part.