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Stories that aren't as bad as they're made out to be

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I loved the Stefan-Laura-Bobbie-Luke-Nikolas story on GH -- it was the last time I was excited about anything on GH. I even liked the introduction of Katherine into the story, which seemed to send many viewers around the bend.

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AMC- the unabortion

Double EW!

Any story that undoes one of daytime's landmark, trailblazing storylines is just trash IMO.

The first six months or so of the Kendall/Ryan/Greenlee triangle. This, combined with the murder mystery and the introduction of Babe and Krystal, kept me glued to AMC throughout the fall and winter of 2003-2004. I'm in an extreme minority with that, and I'm sure people can give a thousand reasons why I should not have enjoyed that period, but oh well.

ATWT-wise, I loved everything Jade-related, especially her various schemes to get Will from Gwen. Jade could have been legendary had they let her evolve and wrote her into her own stories after her first year, but alas...ATWT was wasted potential. I wanted so desperately for them to do Aaron/Jade.

I agree with both of these! I too enjoyed the first 6 months of Kendall/Ryan/Greenlee and Babe & Krystal. And on ATWT, while it took me some time to warm to Elena Goode and Jade, I eventually did and enjoyed her very much. What a missed opportunity!

Here's some of mine:

AMC- Bianca's rape/Michael Cambias murder mystery- I LOVED it and thought the whole thing was extremely well done.

Edmund's character assasination and death

ATWT- The Gwen/Jenn Baby Switch- I thought that whole storyline was so well crafted and executed. People said they were copying AMC but the switch on ATWT was FAR BETTER.

Iris's Introduction/History with Carly

"NutMeg"- LOVED IT!

Liberty's cancer/Dusty/Janet/Jack/Carly quad- Even though it was frustrating at times, I thoroughly enjoyed this story.

B&B- Necklace-Gate

DAYS- SSK and the Big Reveal- IMO, there wasn't a re-write- it was said from the beginning of that storyline that there was going to be a HUGE TWIST in May and boy did we get it! Melaswen, on the other hand....

Brady, Vivian and The Sarcophogas

Bonnie/Mickey's Love Affair- LOVED Julie's relationship with Bonnie! SSH & Judi Evans just shined together

Melissa/Jack/Jennifer/Emilio quad

Roman & Diana

PAS- Transgender Vincent- I thought the whole thing was clever and though it was downright revolting at times, at least it was something original and interesting

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Tarty - I loved that storyline.

Brooke & Deacon on B&B - Come on, this is Brooke. She can't help it.

Moldavia on Dynasty - It was a mess, but it was fun watching at the time.

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What was necklace-gate?

Oliver sleeping with Brooke thinking she was Hope because she had Hope's necklace on and was masked.

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Tarty - I loved that storyline.

I did too and it was the one time I enjoyed SH who had great chemistry TSJ who actually didnt look bored in their scenes :lol:
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I did too and it was the one time I enjoyed SH who had great chemistry TSJ who actually didnt look bored in their scenes :lol:

Same here ;)

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Same here ;)

If Todd would have actually died when Marty convinced him to jump off The Palace roof, the story would have been perfect.

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Totally agreed on this (I LOVED Josh, thought he was perfectly cast, & loved the "Kane man" dynamic he brought to the family), but I don't like the way AMC went about it. The S/L was completely ridiculous. I would've welcomed a secret son of Erica's that we never knew about, but not the one who was ABORTED! That totally tarnished one of the most noteworthy moments in AMC's history.

That said, i did get used to Josh & grew to love him as a character! I miss Colin Egglesfield on AMC!

Totally agree. They should have just brought Josh on as a Kane cousin or maybe someone from Mona's side of the family. I loved his various schemes against Erica to try to get the spotlight on him at New Beginnings, and I wish they'd have continued with that sort of love/hate relationship.

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GH - The 2001 panic room storyline with Ric/Carly. I know it was widely panned, but i loved it. It brought two of my favorite actors on the show (at that time) together. Rick Hearst and Tamara Braun. I kept waiting and waiting to see if Carly would escape. And the relationship between Carly/Ric was so interesting at that time. When she hit him over the head and ran, but he caught her before she escaped? Butterflies in my stomach. When he chained her to the wall? Oh LAWD. And everytime Liz got closer to finding Carly, I was on the floor praying. So when she finally found that button, pushed, it and Carly ran out? But then Liz fainted before she could help Carly? I nearly shat myself.

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AMC: The Baby Switch Storyline.

I don't know why so many people hated the storyline but I thought it was well written, had DRAMA, suspense and twist and turns.

Satin Slayer - Besides of the killing of Dixie I thought it was good.

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-Silver/Goldie/Dr. Lazarre

-Erica aka Phantom of the Soap Opera

*A quick 'Opening' addendum:

-One Life's Satin Sheets

-Y&R's red porn

-Eastenders' jazzy

-SuBe's slow sexy "too primetime" ( :rolleyes: ) original

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AMC: The Baby Switch Storyline.

I don't know why so many people hated the storyline but I thought it was well written, had DRAMA, suspense and twist and turns.

I didn't HATE it per se (I thought the beginning was great) but they made a couple of missteps and dragged it out too long. The critical error they made was having Babe find out the truth so soon. It would have made for much more drama and better storytelling to keep her in the dark like Bianca was. Krystal should have been the only one to know the truth.

It didn't help matters when ATWT did a baby switch in 2005 and that story kicked the crap out of the AMC version. Frankly, so did DAYS with the Sydney/Grace switch (I wasn't a fan of the other one with JT/Zach)

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ATWT- The Gwen/Jenn Baby Switch- I thought that whole storyline was so well crafted and executed. People said they were copying AMC but the switch on ATWT was FAR BETTER.

I wasn't aware people thought it was a bad. I thought it was one of the rare instances of TIIC having a solid beginning, middle and end.

Iris's Introduction/History with Carly

I secretly wish (or maybe not so secretly) that they had truly built up a Carly/Iris rivalry. Even though it was a complete rewrite, it would have added a lot of dimension and insight into Carly's psyche. And at the time, Carly could have used a new adversary in town...she'd made friends of Rose and Em, Babs was simply insane, and Rosanna was her sister and in a coma. It would have bonded Carly and Gwen. Instead, TIIC took the simple way out and made Iris just a step above Elmer Fudd.

Liberty's cancer/Dusty/Janet/Jack/Carly quad- Even though it was frustrating at times, I thoroughly enjoyed this story.

Y'lost me on this one dude. Those whiny Ciccone bitches ruined everything they touched. IMO. :lol:

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