Best Soap Finales

Oh I saw my fill of Passions the first few years it was on. The finale may have been good for fans, apparently the Theresa/Ethan fans if you're any indication. But the show, on the whole, was horrible. So you can't make gold from worthless scrap metal, no matter how hard you try.

I think it says a lot that AW was on 35 years. Passions didn't last a decade. There's no way to argue out of that.

Passions debuted at a time when soaps were declining. AW aired during the heyday of soaps. That's why it lasted.

Passions was not horrible. It certainly wasn't for everyone, but it wasn't horrible. Passions was much beloved by its fans, as I'm sure AW was for you. I think AW was garbage, but see, it just comes down to personal taste.

Say what you want about Passions, but it's the only soap in recent memory to be picked up by another network after being cancelled, even if only for a year.