Wait - so was the story at this time that Lucas WAS Robert's son? Did they not say it was Victor Jerome until later?

Why did Monica and Dawn need to hide that they were mother and daughter? And are they saying Dawn knew before Monica or that Dawn didn't know until Monica found out?

The Julie/Will & Julie/Jack stuff happened during the whole EP/HW shuffle in the spring of 89. Schenkel/Broderick started a Will/Julie/Nico triangle but that was quickly dropped when Behr/DePriest took over. I think Lauren Holly took a short break to make a movie during this time too. Behr/DePriest wisely hooked up Nico and Cecily and chem tested Julie/Jack, but it never went anywhere, and Holly was pretty much gone by the fall. I'm not sure they quite knew what to do with Walt Willey during that period either. They also chem tested Jack in a few scenes with Donna, but again that went nowhere.

Interesting to note when the changes happened. At the time, I remembered hating DePriest as headwriter, but I think that had more to do with Jeremy's son David & Lanie getting so much airtime, along with the Bodines.

I am glad Julie/Jack didn't go anywhere! I wonder why they didn't go ahead with her & Will.

Another thing Behr/DePriest did was drop Tad/Barbara in favor of Tad/Dixie. Cliff was taken off the show that summer. Remington left the show too but I don't know if that was the actors doing or the producers doing. I can't remember if Creed was killed off before or after Behr took over. They also broke up Jeremy/Natalie and started Trevor/Natalie.

I might be in the minority, but I really liked Jeremy & Natalie and Tad & Barbara, although I ended up loving Tad & Dixie even more.

The Jeremy/Natalie breakup seems ridiculous - one day of happiness before the Marissa story. It must have felt like a slap for their fans.

Yeah, it did. I never understood the appeal of Nat & Trevor; her whole character seemed to change too much to be with him, imo.

This sounds like a very heavy year for DAYS, although I don't know if it came across that way onscreen. Both Eve and Nick were disfigured?? I knew Nick was but didn't know she was. And of course both got plastic surgery. Marcus' parents were murdered?!? That seems very bleak for the crime stories on this show.

You can see what a rushed exit Diana had, due to Genie Francis quitting.

Who played this Yvette, and how long was she around? Did she have any fans?

Eve was disfigured when she was slashed on the face by the rapist/knifer (Harper Devereaux) the year before. She covered it with makeup, but it was still noticeable and she was mocked for it.

Jason's site has Lori Hallier playing Yvette. I think I remember reading an interview with Drake Hogestyn where he said there was a spark between Roman and Yvette but the writers decided against it. I can't recall more than that.

Wait - so was the story at this time that Lucas WAS Robert's son? Did they not say it was Victor Jerome until later?

I'm not quite sure, but yes, I think the story at that time was that Lucas was Robert's son; at the very least, Cheryl thought he was and I think told Tiffany and SEan that the baby was Robert's. I remember Robert having to take a DNA test, so the Lucas being a Jerome didn't happen till awhile later.

I think it would be interesting if they brought Bobbie/Lucas back now that robert is coming back and retcon Lucas into being Robert's biological son.

What ever happen to Angela on B&B after that story ended?

It seemed like Bell couldn't quite let go of the Angela character for awhile. I believe Angela at least in the beginning was supposed to be authentic but he rewrote it as he went along. After the accident and reconstructive surgery Angela came back with another name, Devenny or something and a really ugly face and a terrible haircut.

That college article is an interesting read although I'm not sure I buy some of the numbers--DAYS always had a HUGE amount of mail towards SOD even at its lowest (didn't people dub the SOD awards the Days Awards?) And AMC still seemed to have a young fanbase into the early 90s from my experience tlaking to people who watched, etc.

I'd never heard of this ex-boyfriend of Aubrey's. Who played him? I might just not remember the name.

I didn't know Mari Lyn stayed around when Wade left. When did she left? I didn't think she made it past 1989.

Richard Steinmetz has one of those looks which can seem very odd or very handsome depending on the photo. This is more the former.

that college poll does surprise me with NBC show's being so high then and OLTL being so campy and outrageous, set so low! seems to me that even at they're highest ratings, the CBS show's never were a 'hit' with the college crowd sadly!!

It's so cool to read about all this stuff that happened on soaps the same year I was born .

Especially OLTL, of course. The year of Gabrielle Medina, British-Argentinean anti heroine extraordinaire (and of course, Eterna and the Daisy Awards, too) .