All:What is/are your favorite soap storylines past and present?

[danthig]

I want to know from the posters on the board what have been your favorite storylines from the soaps past and present:

Here are mine:

AMC: Natalie in the Well,The Satin Slayer,The Mardi Gras Ball,Kendall revealed to Erica's daughter

OLTL: Eterna,Megan being revealed as Viki's daughter,The antics of Tina Lord,A Blind Nora being terrorized by Todd Manning in a lighthouse, and Mitch Lawrence's terrorizing antics from 2002 to 2003.

GH: The Stavros Cassadine/End Game Storyline,Anything featuring the late Faith Rosco,The "24" spoof at the Metro Court Hotel,The Virus from the monkey,The Hotel Fire,Laura's Return,the Death of Alan Quartermaine,The Trainwreck,and anything featuring Tracy Quartermaine Spencer.

Port Charles: the vampire and supernatural storylines

Loving: The Loving Serial Killings

Santa Barbara: The perils and romance Cruz Castillo and Eden Capwell Castillo,Anything that features Julia Wainwright and Gina Capwell.

Y&R: The reliquary with Brad's Past

B&B: Nick and Ridge's rivalry

ATWT: Margo's Rape,Luke coming out as Gay,The Slash Storyline,The Hospital Murders with Dr. Rick Decker,The murder of Rose D'Angelo at her own wedding,Who Burned Barbara Ryan in 2001?,The loony antics of Barbara Ryan after the explosion, The Perils and Antics of Carly Tenney Snyder and The Spa Storyline.

GL: The Blackout of 1992,The Hall of Mirrors with Roger Thorpe(disguised in a clown outfit and brandishing a gun) chasing a very pregnant Rita Stapleton Bauer back in 1980,Quint and Nola's wedding with them riding the hot air balloon afterwards.

DAYS: The Salem Stalker,Carly Manning Is Buried Alive,The Riverfront Knifer,The Salem Strangler,The Salem Slasher,The Coronation Massacre,The Secret Room, and Marlena's Possession

Passions: The Chad and Vincent Down-Low Storyline,The Tsunami,Sheridan being held in a pit.

Dark Shadows: The Posssession of David Collins and Amy Jennings,Adam and Eve,The Werewolf,Victoria Winters traveling back in time,and Quentin Collins switching minds with Count Petofi.

Another World: Rachel Cory and Carl Hutchin's wedding in 1994 in when Carl is shot by Iris Wheeler.

[Mason]

This is gonna take a while, LoL...

DAYS OF OUR LIVES

- Samantha impersonating Marlena

- Salem Strangler

- Salem Slasher

- Cruise of Deception

- Carly Buried Alive

- Maison Blanche

- Marlena's Possession

- Aremid

- Jack/Jennifer/Peter

- The Woman in White

- Lady In A Cage/Paris

- Carrie/Austin/Sami/Lucas Part 1

- Marlena/John/Kristen

- The Secret Room/Kristen's Demise

- Killing Pool

- Sami's Near Execution

- Princess Gina/Terror In The Skies

- The Teens in Puerto Rico/The Island

- Hope's Kidnapping by Larry Welch

- Colin's "Murder"

- Lucas & Sami's Love/Hate Relationship

- Zack's Death (Pre-Morgan Island)

- The Gloved Hand/E.J.'s Reign of Terror

GUIDING LIGHT

- Reva/Josh/Annie

- Reva's Clone

- Cassie/Hart/Dinah

- Nursery Rhyme Stalker

- Danny & Michelle vs. Carmen

- San Cristobel

- Rick's Illness/Ed's Return

- Richard's Death

- Dinah's Return (2004)

- JB is Jonathan/Reva & Jonathan

- Phillip's "Murder"

- Nate/Alfred

- Tammy's Death

- Who Shot Alan?

AS THE WORLD TURNS

- Carly/Jack/Julia Lindsay

- David's Reign of Terror

- Sinking of the Valetta

- Lily/Rose & The Island

- Katie's Stalker/Downfall

- The Boathouse Explosion

- Lily, Holden, Luke, Damian, etc. in Malta

- The Spa

- Avanya

- Rose's Murder

- Julia Larrabee's Murder

- Lucinda's Breast Cancer

- The Baby Switch (2005)

- Emily's crime spree in 2006

- Luke is Gay

- The Slasher

PASSIONS

- Tabitha vs. Charity

- Charity/Miguel/Kay

- The Prom Boat

- The Mineshaft

- Sheridan Buried Alive

- Ethan's Paternity Reveal

- Hell In A Closet

- Luis & Sheridan vs. Alistair

- Bermuda

- Zombie Charity

- Who "Killed" Julian?

- Mexico

- The Earthquake/Tsunami

- Murder at Midnight

PORT CHARLES

- General Homicide

- Joe/Karen/Frank/Courtney

- Rachel vs. Kevin

- Jamal & Alison/Cedric's Murder

- Ian & Eve's Kidnapping

- Tainted Love

- Tempted

- Miracles Happen

[Soapsuds]

AS THE WORLD TURNS:

Connor takes over Walsh Enterprise from Lucinda.

Casey's death by Margo's hands.

The "murder" of James Stenbeck at Ruskten Hills(sp?).

Paul shooting James after he tries killing Emily.

The affair between Paul(Andrew Kavovit) and Emily(Melanie Smith)

Lily's true parentage

Carolyn Crawford murder mystery.

Lily/Holden/Lucinda saga.

Who is the father of Julie Wendall's baby?

Steve/Besty/Craig triangle

Luke comes out storyline

Bob sleeps with Susan

Susan/Lucinda rivarly

Barbara sleeps with Tom. Barbara and Margo go at it!

Andy's drinking problem

Lilith/Duncan/Shannon storyline. I just loved Sara Bodsford as Lilith.

Tonio/Sierra/Craig storyline

Holden/Lily/Damian triangle

The boathouse explosion with Barbara in it.

The Craig/Rosanna pairing

The Lucinda/Barbara rivalry

[DrewH]

The Bold and the Beautiful

-Brooke/Deacon/Bridget

-Sheila's reign of terror that included Erica/Rick/Amber and Taylor's death

-Thomas and Amber's forbidden romance

-Stephanie faking a heart attack

Days of our Lives

-Carrie/Austin/Sami/Lucas Part 1

-Marlena in the golden cage

-Sami's amnesia and paralysis, which she later faked

-Susan Banks

-Kristen and Marlena being held in the secret room

-Swamp Girl/Greta

-Princess Gina taking over Hope's life

-Sami on death row

-The baby switch, which resulted in evil Lexie emerging

-The Salem Bombings

-Tropical Temptation Island (teen storyline that took over summer '01)

-Gemini Meteor Shower/Introduction of Rex and Cassie

-Salem Serial Killer up until Marlena revealed as the killer

-EJ Wells' current reign of terror on Salem

General Hospital

-Towering Inferno

-Deadly virus quarentines Port Charles

-MetroCourt hostage situation

The Young and the Restless

-Everything up until the The Hack's reign of terror

[psychofan]

Fun!!! Here are mine:

AMC

- Janet's Reign of Terror

- Mardi Gras

- Who Killed Greg Madden? (until the reveal)

- The Dragon

- Di is/isn't Dixie

- The Satan Slayer

- Amanda's evil days

- The current Adam story

ATWT

- Anything to do with Jade and most other teens

- Oakdale Slasher

- Most Carly stuff (except for the jewel thing)

- Covering up Adam's murder/"murder"

B&B

- ALL Sheila stuff

- Stephanie's Horrific Past

- Stephanie vs. Brooke

- Morgan's Terror

DAYS

- ANYTHING and EVERYTHING to do with JAN SPEARS!!!!

- Teen stories 1999-2002

- Tropical Temptation

- Jan's pregnancy/lies

- Jan's Return/obsession with Shawn/Cage

- Jan vs. Mimi

- Hope/Gina

- DiMeras (pre-Hogan)

- The Salem Stalker (ALL time favorite story!)

- Marlena/John/Kristen

- The Possession

- Melaswen

- The Gloved Hand (pre-Hogan)

GH

- All Cassadine stories (especially the ones with Helena)

- AJ/Faith vs. Carly/Sonny--- Michael's kidnapping

- Carly's Breakdown

- Luke/Tracy marraige

- Laura's Return

- Helena Brainwashing Lucky

- Helena vs. NEM

- Colleen, the evil Nanny

- The Serial Killer/Mary Bishop

GL

- Carmen and the Mob

- Fake Reva

- Tammy's death

OLTL

- Lindsay vs. Nora

- The Music Box Murders

- Killing Club

- Daniel Colson

- "Tess"

- Vikki/Nikki

- ALL Margaret stores...

- Margaret kidnapping Ace

- Margaret kidnapping Todd

- Margaret's Pregnancy

- Margaret's 1st "death"

- Margaret and Spencer

- Margaret's Amnesia

- Todd's Execution

- John's death (too bad he didn't stay dead)

PSSNS

- Beth/Precious/Mrs. Wallace

- Sheridan in the pit

- Tabitha/Timmy vs. Harmony

- Kay/Miguel/Charity

- The Tsunami

- Evil Sheridan

- Vendetta

- Red

- Current "Stalker" story

- Vincent/Chad

Young and the Restless

- Nick/Phyllis affair

- ALL Sheila stuff

- Jana's Behind it all

- Good Kevin

- Fishers vs. Abbotts

[daysfan]

YES! I knew I could count on you for that!

Hopefully my list will come later....it will be long....lol....

[Adam]

ALL MY CHILDREN

-Janet returns to town masquerading as Jane Cox

-Kendall Hart revealed as Erica Kane's daughter

-Erica's drug addiction to pain killers

-Maria and Edmund's adoption battle with Kelsey

-Brooke shots Jim Thomasen and goes on trial for murder

-Erica kidnaps Maria's baby and passes it off as her own

-Hayley/Alec/Arlene triangle

-Adam and Liza's on going storyline

-Vanessa Cortlandt is Proteus

-Leo and Greenlee's romance

-Gillian and Ryan's romance

-The babyswitch

-Di Henry as Dixie Martin

-Janet's reign of terror (2005-2006)

-Satin Slayer

Current Fav: The paternity of Charlotte is revealed causing havoc to rain down on Pine Valley

[henrietta]

Santa Barbara - anything Cruz and Eden

Guiding Light - Danny and Michelle - from beginning to end. (don't watch GL anymore though)

General Hospital - The recent hostage crisis (have only watched for a year)

OLTL - Todd's execution (have only watched for a year)

Edited to add: OMgoodness, I almost forgot - Casey and Ally on Loving. One of my very favorites. Do you see a trend? I'm a Paul Anthony Stewart fan.

[Kylie]

AMC:

David and Erica's car accident, and then Phantom Erica (LMAO, shut up, it gave me D&E. )

David and Erica's romance

Janet and Trevor

The Adam/Liza/Jake/Colby storlyine

Ryan and Gillian/Gillian's Death (Cam was amazing)

Leo's introduction

Leo and Greenlee

Vanessa's multiple personalities/her being Proteus

The revolation that Vanessa saw Richard Fields rape Erica

Michael's murder and the relationships/alliances that it created

GH:

Jason and Sam caring for her after Sonny knocked her up/the JaSam love story, pre-Sicfest

Ric and Alexis

Michael/Morgan/Kristina getting kidnapped by Faith

The virus storyline

The Trainwreck (Molly Lansing's birth was amazing)

[SpiritualJunkie]

ATWT:

Simon & Katie's greencard wedding turns into a real marriage

Barbara's boathouse explosion

Who killed Rose?

Will returns from the hospital

Will's obsessive crush on Alison

Days:

Princess Gina/Terror in the Skies

GL:

Jonathan takes Tammy's virginity to get back at Reva and the Tammy/Jonathan romance which eventually followed

Tammy's death; Cassie becomes near-psychotic; Who shot Alan?

[SteveFrame]

I will do these in spurts as I have several from each show:

All My Children:

The Phil/Tara/Chuck/Erica quadrangle from the beginning years of the show

Chuck & Donna's inital romance and her trying to get away from Tyrone

Brooke's early bad girl stories and affairs with Benny & Dan Kennicott

The Erica & Nick love story

Phoebe/Charles/Mona triangle

Langley's romance of Phoebe

Cliff/Nina/Sybil story

Palmer's hiding of Daisy from Nina for years

Jenny/Greg/Liza

Cindy Parker's AIDS story

Jesse/Angie

Barbara & Skye conceiving the baby to save Molly - such family angst

Tom & Brooke's loss of Laura

Natalie in the Well

Brooke's Mom was a drug dealer (Patricia Barry was great)

Tad/Dixie/Adam/Brooke story that set-up Tad & Dixie

Langley/Opal affair

the Nick/Anne/Paul triangle from beginning to end

Linc & Kitty's love story followed by Linc/Kelly/Eddie Dorrance (one of AMC's best ever)

Cliff & Angie's love story

Bianca's coming out

Will Cortlandt's evil reign

Janet's emergence as a heroine and romance with Trevor

Tad/Marian/Liza triangle (great stuff)

Ray Gardner's reign of terror on the Martins - him bombing the house, raping Ruth, etc.

Mark's drug addiction

Mark & Ellen's romance

the Nina/Steve/Daisy triangle

Daisy helping Opal to attract Palmer

(as you will see sadly I never have enjoyed much of Erica's stories unless somehow they come into contact with the other residents of Pine Valley - that is the only time she is interesting to me)

Another World

Steve/Alice/Rachel triangle

Russ/Sharlene's love story & marriage

Robert & Lenore's love story

Dennis & Elena May-December romance

Dennis & Cecile's romance & how it affected Cecile turning from young heroine to bad girl thanks to Iris

Sven's reign of terror over the Cory's

Mac & Rachel's love story and how it changed Rachel from bad girl to good girl

Ada's romance with Charlie Hobson

Robert/Iris/Clarice triangle

Joey & Eileen young love story with bad girl Sally & Eileen's brother Morgan (Gary Tomlin was Morgan and constantly shirtless)

Marianne's pregnancy/abortion that led to the divorce of Pat & John

Marianne/Pat/Greg triangle which led to use of history with Pat

Pat's alcoholism

John/Olive/Evan triangle

Jamie's drug addiction

Jamie & Blaine's initial love story and how it led to Mac & Rachel breaking up

Mac/Rachel/Janice/Evan story about Janice trying to kill Mac

Cass/Frankie/Kathleen triangle

Cass masquerading as a woman to escape loan sharks

Cass/Felicia friendship

Catlin/Sally/Peter/Brittany quadrangle

Michael & Donna's love story and search for their daughters

Who Killed Kirk Laverty story?

Iris learning she wasn't Mac's daughter story (Beverlee McKinsey was magnificent)

Mary McKinnons' introduction and the history of the Love/McKinnons feud

Sharlene/Grant/John story with Sharly

Felicia's search for her daughter

Janice's son Evan comes to town to get revenge on the Cory's

Paulina's introduction

Who shot Jake?

Jake/Marly/Victoria story

Jake & Donna sleeping together

Matt & Josie and her stalker

Jason Frame's reign of terror

The Red Swan story after Mac died

Pat & Philip's romance

I will add more from other shows later.......................

[Actor87]

ATWT:

The Skatie Love Story

The Matie Love Story

Luke's Coming Out

The Beginning of Lucinda's Breast Cancer Storyline

Rose Meets Lily...and Chaos Ensues

Holden/Luke: Everyone thought they were dead, but they were really trapped in Malta.

Diego/Emily

Alison/Aaron/Lucy: The Oakdale Three

That's all for now.

[Adam]

Steve, all those storylines you mentioned remind us all of what a powerhouse of a soap All My Children used to be. I only wish I was alive when most of those aired. Agnes Nixon, I and every other AMC fan salute you. Most of if not all of those stories were penned by Ms. Nixon herself.

[darraholic]

Days of our Lives

-Marlena's return.

-John/Marlena/Roman/Isabella

-Isabella's death.

-John & Marlena's affair.

-Vivian stealing Kate's embryo

-Carly buried alive.

-Vivian drugs Kate's pilot and Kate's presumed dead.

-Aremid

-Marlena's Possession

-Marlena/John/Kristen triangle

-Greta's Coronation

-Begining of Chloe & Philip's relationship

-Salem Bombings

-The Babyswitch

-Evil Lexie

-Larry Welch kidnaps Hope and frames Lexie.

-The Gloved Hand

-Nick/Chelsea

Sunset Beach

-Del's murder.

-Terror Island

-Caitlen's Faked Pregnancy

-Annie steals Olivia's baby and gives it to Caitlen.

-Shockwave

-Derek/Ben

-Annie/Gregory/Olivia

-Virginia rapes Vanessa with a turkey baster.

-Ricardo/Gabi/Antonio

The Bold & The Beautiful

-Who killed Grant.

-Amber/Rick

-Morgan kidnaps Taylor.

-Sheila/James/Maggie

-Thorne/Brooke

-Brooke & Deacon's affair.

-Stephanie's fake heart attack.

The Young & The Restless

-Cassie's death.

-Grace brings Cassie to Sharon.

-Crazy Tricia kills Ryan.

-Nina goes crazy.

-Phyllis vs Cricket

-Isabella tries to kill Cricket

-Olivia's cancer.

[PhoenixRising05]

OMG this will take forever. I am probably going to miss some still. I am only going to do Days and Passions and then have a Miscellaneous column because I don't want to be here all night .

Days

-DJ dies.

-Marlena's rape.

-The Salem Strangler/Samantha's death.

-Salem Slasher

-The Pawn/John is Roman

-Anything in the 80's to do with the Dimera's and any of the supercouple capers.

-Cruise of Deception

-J&J's early years (any of their stories during this period. Loved them.)

-John/Marlena/Roman

-Isabella's death.

-Carly Buried Alive.

-Posession

-Aremid

-Maison Blanche

-Kristen/Susan

-Hope/Bo/Billie the first time around.

-Austin/Carrie/Lucas/Sami the first time around.

-Sami's rape.

-Sami's execution/Franco murder

-Paris 1996

-Baby Switch/Evil Lexie

-Greta's Coronation

-Rise of bad Nicole.

-Nicole/Victor/Kate

-Terror in the Skies

-Jack and Greta's friendship.

-Return of Larry Welch/Hope's kidnapping

-Colin Murphy murder/Hope's breakdown (reveal sucked though)

-SSK (up until the island stuff)

-Zack dies.

-Gloved Hand/Rise of EJ Wells.

-Steve vs EJ

-Chelsea/Nick/Billie

-Shelle vs Philip

-MABY

-LUMI reunited

Passions

-ET's early romance.

-SHUIS's early romance

-Sheridan "dies" and is Buried Alive (total ripoff but loved it anyway)

-Ethan is a Bennett.

-Grace/Sam/Ivy.

-Evian Romance/Eve's secrets.

-Julian and Rebecca's sexcapades.

-Theresa's rise to head of Crane.

-Luis/Fancy's early stages of romance.

-Theresa/Jared's early stages of romance.

-Mine shaft/Hecuba/Day of Reckoning.

-Passions Storm

-Bermuda.

-Julian and Timmy's grand adventure.

-Anything Beth and Edna related.

-Edna/Norma

-Second Half of Vendetta.

-Hot LA Passions.

-Chad/Whitney/Fox.

-I will make this easier: Anything from 1999-2001 (minus Hell in a Closet) and anything from 2004-mid 2005.

Misc.

-Maxie gets BJ's heart, GH

-Ryan dies at Grant's hands, Grant vs Carl, AW

-Paulina's diet pill addiction, AW

-Sharlene's MPD, AW

-Stone dies, GH

-Miracles Happen, PC

-Tainted Love, PC

-Surrender, PC

-Naked Eyes, PC

-Kevin/Lucy/Ian, PC

-Lucy loses Christina, PC

-Alison's romances with Jamal and Rafe, PC

I am sure there is more but this is off the top of my head so this is how I will leave it.