Jump to content

All: Soap Opera's Silliest and Stupidest Plots?


Recommended Posts

  • Replies 27
  • Created
  • Last Reply
  • Members

Ugh...ATWT....ANY of Hogan's attempts at farce...The Keys to the Kingdom Contest; Bonnie, Duchess in Wacky Ol' Scotland; The Island Adventures, I (Lily and Simon), II (Katie, Henry and Cooley) and III (The Avanya Silliness with Two Simons, Explosives, and Rose's Sick Father).

GL...because it can't be ridiculed enough, THE MARYANNE CARRUTHERS Murder Mystery. Oh, and the Santos Clan. How many times did Danny try and "go straight"? *RME* Not that I minded Danny...but every time Michelle was recast, Carmen decided to try and kill her. Tres boring.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

Well, you made my Days list for me so I will just agree with your list. I would also add the tooth implant story for Vivian and the brain chip stuff for Hope and John. Other then that, I will just do Passions since I can't recall all the other shows:

-The first half of Vendetta.

-Supernatural rapist.

-Al is Charlie

-Hell in a Closet

-Warlock Island

-Siren

-Cracked Connie

-Bringing JT Cornell back and hyping Tabloid Truth, a story where nothing happened byt Ivy being exposed.

-Theresa/Ethan/Gwen: late 2005-present

-Sheridan's character destruction as well as Fox's, Chad's, Kay's, and the list goes on.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

B&B has had a few stinkers. The standout has to be Amber's long lost twin April Knight making a fly in visit for no particular reason other than to provide us with two screeching Adrienne Frantz's per episode. I really don't know what Brad Bell was thinking with that one.

Another would be Sheila's 2003 return where she'd turned into some kind of terrorist with a lesbian prison guard lackey and Ridge burnt to 'death' prompting Brooke to boink Nick for comfort. Absolute trash.

Taylor in Morocco circa 1994 is another one. Sure it served a purpose because Hunter Tylo briefly left the show but the story draaaagged. It was bad enough seeing HT play amnesiac Princess Layla behind a one way mirror watching Ridge and Brooke on their honeymoon (conveniently in Morocco) -- then she came back to LA looking like Velma from Scooby Doo thanks to Phyllis Diller, with a Dutch accent that she passed off as British. Too camp for words.

The only highlight was Brooke's "Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!" when Taylor whipped the wig off and showed that she was still alive.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

Passions:

Hell in the Closet - that was embarrassing for all parties involved and definitely a SIGN of where this show was headed. Too bad we ignored it.

Sheridan dying every 5 seconds.

Trying to pass off Teresa's illness where Epig is involved as a love story. Reilly wrote this child wrong from the word go!

Anything starting at late 2002 and beyond...

The other soaps are ridiculous in their own right, but I have never seen any of them put out the garbage that Passions has....

Andrea

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

Lest we forget...

Sunset Beach's turkey baster debacle which went beyond the boundaries of tastelessness.

GH, the spirit of Lila speaking through Heather Webber, which was an insult not only to Anna Lee but to everyone within a 3000 mile radius of the show.

Passions' Gwen, who knew Alistair was raping Theresa and did nothing to help her. That scene was both cruel and inhuman.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

OMG! Who can forget the Turkey Baster? The actors probaly hung their heads in shame after that.

As for Gwen and her disturbing igorance where Teresa was being raped, that was not a plot. Just a point. The more disturbing part, and the actual plot, was that Teresa was willing to "do" Alistair in the name of Epig. What kind of person thinks so little of themselves?

Andrea

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

I've been watching Days (on and off) since Stockholm... but what is "the goop"???

Days:

Carly buried alive / Vivian's herbs

Virtual Garden of Eden

Alien Twins

Lauren the surrogate

Boy Band of Brothers (aka Stupidity in a Fake Dimera War Zone)

All My Children:

The unabortion

The Vegas showgirl

Babe's fake death (I hate this story already)

Palmer's Chicken Shack

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.



  • Recent Posts

    • Please register in order to view this content

       
    • Please register in order to view this content

       
    • Please register in order to view this content

         
    • @TaoboiI ran into Dani’s favorite party planner again tonight

      Please register in order to view this content

    • I think they’re desperately trying to cover his awful tattoos. But anyway them being unable to style short kings properly has been a major pet peeve of mine for a while now.  I honestly don’t understand what some people expect from actors to even begin considering them for recognition. Let’s be real—awards mostly mean that an actor is respected by their peers and has some level of cultural relevance. Actual judgment on the acting itself? That’s often secondary—highly subjective and shaped by the times. I completely agree on both points. If you’re an actor or a dancer you shouldn’t get any tattoos (sorry not sorry). Tomas’ tattoos are ugly too. And regarding the couples- you’re completely right. These writers are unable to write romance.   Further comments: - Kat cannot be this dumb to keep tampering with evidence over and over again. And I’m officially not a fan of the actress—every time she’s in a scene with Leslie, she doesn’t seem intimidated at all. She plays it like comic relief, which is just too much, especially when paired with Leslie’s histrionics and over-the-top antics. Leslie is older, dangerous, and has literally been portrayed as homicidal—Kat should be at least a little scared. • I also didn’t like Kat playing damsel in distress with the hotel manager. It gave off the same weird energy as Dani with the cop. I would’ve much preferred the version Paul Raven suggested, with her sneaking in through housekeeping. • And yes, Dani again accused Hayley of faking the pregnancy—this time even specifying she might be using a pillow under her shirt. (No fake miscarriage being mentioned) I stand by my take: this is ridiculous writing. No one in the real world—except us, the chronically online soap watchers—would even think of such a conspiracy theory. Haley is no Beyoncé. • What in the world was Chelsea wearing in her hair the other day? And this whole thing with Madison is beyond cringe. Chelsea’s coming off as needy and toxic—basically like every other Dupree. • I’m glad the casino storyline is moving forward, but it’s still boring as hell. Honestly, I’d be so here for a plot twist where Vanessa and Doug take Joey out. • The direction and editing lately have been rough. Abrupt cuts, weird pacing… something just feels off overall. There’s a strange uneasiness to how it’s all coming together. • And finally: Tomas is too much of a saint. Where are the messy sluts when you need them? (Vanessa doesn’t count.)
    • I was watching some August 1987 episodes and they brought back so many memories. I had some thoughts: Lisa and Jamie were so dull. Lisa was such a nothing character. It boggles my mind that so much story was centered around her in such a short amount of time. Joanna Going is a talented actress, but the material was just not there.  It was so good to see Wallingford and Mitch again. I know there was talk about Felicia a while back, but these episodes reminded me how integral Felicia was for the show.  Sally Spencer was done so dirty. She is turning in superb performances in an icky storyline. I wish she had stuck around longer. She has chemistry with everyone. The McKinnons should have lasted longer. Spencer had some strong stuff with Stephen Schnetzer and Mary Alexander. AW waster such a talented actress by getting rid of her. Justice for Cheryl too. I also missed Ed Fry when he left. Sandra Ferguson was a star from the moment she came on. She was charismatic and just popped. She had immediate chemistry with RKK and blended in well with Wyndham and Watson. I'd forgotten about the teenage Matthew.  I have no memory of Peggy Lazarus. She must not have lasted long. Was the original plan for John that he was going to turn out to be the twins' real father?      
    • If the new and improved copies that @rsclassicfanforever has uploaded can be manually moved into the "by month, by year" folders, that would be awesome. I personally don't think it's necessary to keep the older versions (which either have Dutch subtitles hard coded on them, or are lesser in picture quality). That's a lot of valuable drive space that could be cleared. Just my view but can appreciate others may feel differently. The structure had been by month by year previously, so I think it would be easier to conform to that, where so much prior work to get it to that format has already been done. Hopefully you can "drag and drop" so the new copies are in the right month/year? Re Clips, I never look at them now we pretty much have the episodes in full. Appreciate others may use, however. Thanks for all your hard work here @BoldRestless!
    • Oh yes defintely, Josh Griffith repeats and repeats the same storylines.
    • Isnt’t this storyline similar to the Cameron Kirsten situation though? Sharon thought she killed him. He ended up being alive and Sharon was being tormented with thinking she was seeing his face everywhere and that’s how we got that iconic scene with her and Nikki in the sewers.   I understand in Mariah’s case this is different circumstances but it does seem like a play on that whole thing. Maybe I’m wrong. I just wish if they were going to make any character follow in Sharon’s foot steps it would be Faith. Mariah wasn’t even raised by her, and her personality is different. I would expect her to take a different path. I understand I could be completely jumping ahead because the storyline hasn’t even played out yet but we’ll see. 
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

By using this site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy