Members JackPeyton Posted October 5, 2012 Members Share Posted October 5, 2012 There was zero way of hiding pregnancy #2. She was gigantic an they were not willing to write her out at all, given how they pre/post taped. The 6 months building to it was the reveal of the pregnancies, mia, nicol losing hers and taking mia in, etc.. it wasnt like one day nicole just swapped babies and took one home, lol. tho id expect it from days./ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members frequentsoapfan Posted October 5, 2012 Members Share Posted October 5, 2012 There was no hiding AZ's pregnancy either where it looked rather silly to hear people yelling at this obviously pregnant woman telling her she can't have kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members allmc2008 Posted October 5, 2012 Author Members Share Posted October 5, 2012 Not relationships but actual stories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rlj Posted October 5, 2012 Members Share Posted October 5, 2012 That George Rawlins story on Y&R seemed to go on foreever LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Susan Hunter Posted October 5, 2012 Members Share Posted October 5, 2012 Alice/Steve/Rachel lasted from around 1968 -1974/5 give or take. Maybe I'm old, but I think soaps were best when the stories took years to tell. Bill Bell and Jim Reilly were great at this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members edgeofnik Posted October 5, 2012 Members Share Posted October 5, 2012 On ATWT, for several years they had the "Sierra" being dead story - it was written so that it was the IMPACT of Sierra being gone on all the people lives and she was mentioned continually - even though the character was not on the canvas. It was actually quite good. And, then, boom - Finn Carter showed up one day and took Craig away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted October 6, 2012 Members Share Posted October 6, 2012 And the stories weren't as convoluted as they are now, were they? Instead of attempting to fool the audience, which never turns out well, the writers instead concentrated on the characters' thoughts and feelings about their predicaments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soaplovers Posted October 7, 2012 Members Share Posted October 7, 2012 From watching the GL dvds... I think Philip being Justin/Jackie's child instead of Alan/Elizabeth spanned from 1977 through 1983 and was maintained through three major headwriters. I think never bringing Elizabeth back (at least during the reveal in 1983) then spiriting Justin off the canvas shortly thereafter, robbed the reveal of some major fall-out. While having Jackie died when the reveal was done could have affected fall-out, I think having the secret come out after her death made it all the more riveting because Philip always would feel regret/anger at never getting to know Jackie as his mother instead of a step-mother/family friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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