@vetsoapfan We're in the home stretch. This is Laurie Ann's first appearance (mostly in bed).
THE EDGE OF NIGHT - DECEMBER 13 1984
Very jarring to go from the beautiful old school soap music to the techno version of the theme.
The whole episode has many different music styles, which probably shows how unsure the show was of its direction by the end.
Karrie Emerson is lovely (as is Michael Conforti - I didn't even realize he was the one who played her last boyfriend as I just associated him with the GL writers in their closing credits), but she doesn't bring most of what Lori Laughlin did to the part of Jody. She seems more like someone who would have lost parts to Phoebe Cates in '80s teen comedies. Or someone who would have been on romance novel covers.
The female roles seem more conservative than where they were 5 years earlier. Part is down to this being Reagan era, I suppose, but maybe it was also Lee Sheldon. I know Chris Egan was more upfront about her sexuality, similar to Deborah years earlier, or Raven, but by this point she's barely on. You have the chaste Beth, you have Jody guilt-ridden over feeling desire for another man, you wife and mom Raven, you have Liz as the former mental patient who horrifies Beth by sleeping with a taken man...
I didn't know Judith Barcroft had this much to do on the show. Other than briefly temping as Viki on OLTL this must be her last major acting role.
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