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The Isis building was part of the subliminal perception storyline I referenced earlier. A number of Edge's characters rented offices in the building, including Cliff, Didi, and Miles. Some of the tenants, like Didi, started going insane. I think Van Dine owned the building. When Cliff caught on to what was happening, he was locked up and tortured in the building. I don't watch today's soaps regularly but I found Sheldon's Edge very similar to today's soaps. I remember not being aware that Henry Slesar had been fired. When Sheldon's work started airing in May 1983, within minutes I noticed a very drastic shift in Edge. The writing was different and scenes were short, not unlike Carlivati's General Hospital. Sheldon sped up Edge's pace. Three weeks after he arrived, Nicole was dead. Three months later, Miles was sexing it up with new cop Chris Egan. Suddenly we had lots of short story arcs involving characters we hardly knew. I still enjoyed Edge until the end, but it was a very different show under Sheldon.

I think you mean Jeremy Grimes. According to the Dark Shadows Almanac, he appeared on four episodes. Tom Happer played the role. A few years later, he would play Bill Saxton on For Richer, For Poorer. Here's his pin-up while he was on Dark Shadows. Quite furry for a teenage character! https://www.pinterest.com/pin/528328600009063368/

My PBS affiliate stopped airing DS just as the parallel time plot was heating up. (Canceling the show caused quite an uproar since the station had just raised a boat load of money to finance airing the last year of DS.) As a result, I never got to see the final year. I've read synopses and shocked to read that Edith Collins died in the 1840 storyline. A bit odd since she was alive at the story of the 1897 plot. Did they ever reveal the identity of her son who sired Judith, Carl, Quentin, and Edward?

I think it was Lee Sheldon's best story during his time on Edge. It involved so many characters and was riveting at times. There were certain things I didn't like about the arc -- like Miles having sex with Chris Egan a few months after Nicole's murder. If I recall correctly, Sheldon was planning to bring back Lisa Sloan as a Nicole doppelgänger in 1985.

According to the Edge website, Louis Van Dine had ordered Stan Hathaway to kill Nicole so that her co-anchor Peter Nevins could be provided with fake stories that could damage WMON's reputation, forcing Geraldine Saxon to sell the station to a media corporation. Van Dine wanted to use WMON so that he could broadcast subliminal messages to control the people of Monticello.

According to information online, Edge aired on USA from August 5, 1985 to January 19, 1989. The USA run started with episodes that aired in June 1981. I forgot how quickly Edge removed Lisa Sloan from the opening credits.

I personally love the character and I think the actress is wonderful as Nancy Bennet. I find the character and her ability to speak her mind -- even with Matt Powers -- to be very refreshing.

Is this it? https://youtu.be/RzqO8Ap3ODA

I've wondered that myself. I'm not sure if it was a matter of Marland distancing himself from Loving or the show distancing itself from him after he left as head writer in 1985. Interestingly, I don't think Dan Wakefield ever got a creator credit even though he was involved in creating the series before Marland came on board.

Terry, Joey Baio has appeared as Eric in a few episodes. He was on both of today's episodes.

My husband and I have stayed right around the corner from there -- in a condo above Fanizzi's (what amazing views). We love the Cape in the fall. We were there last year for Halloween and are likely heading up on October 7. We usually do a two-week trip in June, but this year are headed to Colorado instead. My husband Eric loves the Marine Specialities store and that's where I found these old soap magazines. I was reading a Daytime TV from 1980 and it reported that Michael Zaslow might be joining the cast of Texas. I had never heard that before.

As I was looking for old tax records the other day, I came across some soap magazines that I had purchased at a shop in Provincetown a few years ago. They date back to 1973 and the early 80s. I'll go through them and scan stuff related to the good folks at Hope Memorial. I was leafing through the 1973 mag last night and saw photos of David O'Brien and Carolee Campbell, Palmer Deane, and Gerald Gordon, among others. We head back to P-Town in October, so hopefully they'll have some more of these rare finds!

Steve and Carolee must become a front burner couple and immensely popular in the coming months. We're now seeing episodes from March 1969 and less than a year later, NBC was considering the Steve/Carolee spinoff.

I thought the same thing…that there was a baby involved. I thought that John and the niece (was it Bonnie?) were going to find something when they went to Polly's apartment. Perhaps the story was aborted when Terry Kiser departed (his departure seemed a bit abrupt).

Corbett was on LOL? I had no idea. I'll ask my hubby to check with him to see if he remembers his character. They're in contact from time to time on Facebook.

You're correct. Martha was on before Polly died. I always got the impression there was more to Polly's story. In one scene with John Rice, Polly had a very odd reaction to the mention of Phillip Townsend's name. It really stood out to me but there was never any follow-up to that scene.

Didn't Lydia also sub for Bev in the fall of 1984? For some reason, I have a vague recollection of her appearing during the Barbados storyline. I seem to remember her in a scene with Alex's half-sister Victoria Tamberlaine.

Loretta Shea was the one who died in the bomb explosion. Jacker built up the Shea family -- Harry, Loretta, and Pete. Jacker also planned to introduce two teenage Shea daughters but then abandoned those plans. Within months, the entire family was decimated -- Loretta and Harry died and Pete left ay City. What a waste.

Jacker replaced Browne. And it was Jacker's stint that was loathed.

Karen Lynn Gorney was quoted in a 1981 issue of People that she was interested in the role of Nicole after Jayne Bentzen departed. It was right around the time of Edge's 25th anniversary party and I believe Gorney was in attendance at the party. This is the article. It was accompanied by photos of the cast and there was photo of Gorney with a caption saying she wanted the role of Nicole. http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20079086,00.html

Maeve was close to Joel in age, much more so than he and Jayne. Maeve was only a few years older than Joel while Joel was 14 years older than Jayne.

I wasn't surprised that Jody and Preacher weren't together at the end. Charles Flohe and and Karrie Emerson simply didn't click together. Had Lori Loughlin still been playing Jodi, I think Jody and Preacher might have gotten a happy ending.

I, too, love Zaida Coles as Anna. I find her mesmerizing to watch. We're now into early January 1969 and rest assured that Liz becomes prominent again. I also wonder how much longer Toll will be on, especially since she was in the premiere cast of Somerset in March 1970.

Wasn't her name Julie Phillips? She was around for about 18 months and her Sally was infatuated with Joey Perrini.

Slick, I vaguely remember reading that Wendy's last name was Prescott. CHARACTERS WITHOUT LAST NAMES, CHARACTERS WITHOUT NAMES: ANNOUNCER: Bill Wolff For character stories/ information I suggest : Somerset Online Somerset Register Also for in depth dates: The Another World Homepage...Spinoffs The cast to follow.