Manny

Thank you for the article. I will always remember SuBe fondly. I am one of the European fans. The show was HUGE in my country and also in our neighboring countries. Such a shame that the US market never embraced the show.

Omg are we talking about full loving murders here? Wow, would you be so kind to share with me as well, please? :)

Yeah, I wanna say she moved in into Victor's penthouse for a while for whatever reason. I cannot remember why, I am pretty sure.. It's a shame she never popped up on another soap opera.

Haha I haven't watched Y&R in more than 10 years now, so I don't care at this point, but I have seen that he has been bringing back random villains from the past without proper story, which is sad. I LOVED Ryan and Victoria. They are one of my all time favorite couples. She did rape Victor. Omg, Tricia coming back with Victor's child! Wow! And since that was in 2001 (IIRC), this child (lets say, son) would now be in its 40s if SORAS is applied they way the normally apply it. They would turn this child into a lunatic that would kidnap Nikki to torment Victor and then finally kidnap Victor before being killed in a struggle, where Grandpa Victor overpowers a much young guy.

Oh yes! Absolutely loved that scene (and the entire story that preceded it). Tricia is one of my favorite villains of all time and Sabyn Genet played her perfectly. Shame she never came back.

The most memorable moments on US soaps for me are (random order): AMC 1994 Tornado - I absolutely adored it. It was so well done. And the stories leading into it and stories leading out of it were just amazing. SuBe Shockwave - The earthquake scene and the tidal wave hitting the boat were also just absolutely awesome. SB Eden's rape - it was just so brutal. And it was so intense. And it gave so much drama and great acting. Y&R Cassie's death - probably the most heart-breaking death scene I have seen on a soap. Y&R Matt Clark's death (or "death", since they retconned it.. ugh!) - I had no spoilers back then and I had no idea that Matt would rip out his breathing tube and put it in Nick's hand, willing to die, just to frame Nick. Amazing! I also adore Rick Hearst in the role. The City "Happy Now" messages start to appear - Jared Chase's murder kind of got me interested in The City, but seeing the "Happy Now" messages start to appear, that completely hooked me into the show. Jocelyn being bricked into the wall was just a jaw dropping moment for young me.

Oh wow! Thanks! I had no idea. And it's the 1995 episodes, those used to air in my country :D

I am sorry, but whaat? Amc is streaming??? On youtube? Can I have the link please? I has no idea!!

Maybe it goes against my earlier reaction, but I actually always found Trisha to be annoying. I did love Steve, but I remember not being thrilled about their wedding. I was however super upset when Steve died after that bank robery. My favorite characters at that time were Ava, Stacey, Curtis, Jack, Lotty, Gwyn..

Thanks for the tag @DRW50 The Loving part brings out so many memories! Wow, look at Steve and Trisha.. and Ava and "Clay"!! I watched Steve and Trisha's wedding, way back when.

Thank you once again for sharing these! So this was the first full year on TV, right? Was the show still going in parallel on the radio or did radio stop as soon the move to TV was complete? I feel like the focus was already moved from Meta (and I guess also slightly from the Bauers) to Kathy, no? Most of the storylines were about her. With Ray and Charlotte leaving the show at this point, I suppose that makes it everyone from the radio era is gone now? Were they actually in the show still by this point or were they just mentioned to be leaving? I am asking because in the records that I have from earlier, I had both Ray and Charlotte on the show by 1951, which is clearly wrong :D

I am once again shocked at the drastic SORAS case so early! I had no idea, I thought SORAS arrived later. Here, Chuckie, who was born last year, is now already boxing and what not. But very interesting storylines with Meta and Ted's discussion on how to raise Chuckie and Bert being so materialistic and spending so much above their means. I knew Bert used to be a vixen, but I had no idea how much. Mary was not a good doctor, wasn't she? She revealed Julie not being blind earlier and now she is hiding from Michael that he has TB? Wow...

So Bert only first appeared in December? Wow, I thought all the earlier mentions were her also appearing (like Bert leaving Bill and finding a new boyfriend). Julie seems to be completely put on the side here already, which I guess makes sense since even the little mentions she got was again for the Julie/Ray/Charlotte storyline, which I guess by that point was played out and Irna had nothing else for Julie.

I actually never knew that Meta was the first Bauer to be introduced. How interesting! Very cool to see this transition from everyone else to Bauers. Is Betty Ann the first case of SORAS? She was born and then few months later, she was already playing with matches, burning down the house. Interesting to see the storyline of what people thought of a woman doctor.

I always love when big stars talk fondly of their soap beginnings. This was so nice of him. I love MBJ even more now