I love this topic!
Let me add this - I used to grow up in a very homophobic and really... not America... type of country. It was so shameful for a boy to watch soap operas, they would get labeled gay or everyone would call him a girl at school. So my obsession with soap operas began in a way as a rebellion and way to express myself.
I remember the first scenes from Bold that hooked me - Sheila was threatening Stephanie circa 1993.
I never stopped watching and with the years the interest turned into passion. Now I'm nearly 30 and I think I can't live without soap operas. When I die I want to be buried with my HARD drives full of episodes and favorite moments. Sorry for the morbid humor, but that's how I feel.
And here is a scene for all of you.