I will say that Theresa's obsession has given me my favorite idiotically hilarious soap moment EVER:

https://www.youtube....h?v=NvSaw5AVyd0

I think I had stopped watching at this point (I watched the last year or so) but LMAO, this is pure PASSIONS camp right here.

I won't lie, I loved Theresa. And it's because I knew she was nuts.

River and Adriana on OLTL is up there for me.

On Day 1, IIRC, both characters had their first airdate, and immediately Met Cute in Angel Square. Adriana #1 was Carlotta's heavily-accented, virginal niece or goddaughter or whatever. River was this mope with terrible Flock of Seagulls hair. Immediately she was calling him "Rio" and there was Michael Malone operetta jargon like "the rebel and the schoolgirl" or something. This was at the same time he was doing a hard sell with Joey and Jen, "the priest and the party girl" or whatever. But with River and Adriana it was like they were on meth. Day 1, they went there with the names. And it was wretched.

Of that era I guess I'd include Jessica angrily kicking a soda machine and then arguing with Antonio. I cringed and never stopped cringing. I'm not sure why they had that fake Jessica show such anger at a soda machine and then be so horribly passive toward everything else.

River and Adriana on OLTL is up there for me.

On Day 1, IIRC, both characters had their first airdate, and immediately Met Cute in Angel Square. Adriana #1 was Carlotta's heavily-accented, virginal niece or goddaughter or whatever. River was this mope with terrible Flock of Seagulls hair. Immediately she was calling him "Rio" and there was Michael Malone operetta jargon like "the rebel and the schoolgirl" or something. This was at the same time he was doing a hard sell with Joey and Jen, "the priest and the party girl" or whatever. But with River and Adriana it was like they were on meth. Day 1, they went there with the names. And it was wretched.

Oh lord, yes. And then it turned out they were (adopted) cousins when Dorian wound up being her mother. GH had Maxie and Georgie going after their adopted cousin Lucas (before he turned out to be gay and disappeared, of course) the year before that. Seriously, guys: BOUNDARIES. USE THEM.

Edited December 5, 201213 yr by MissLlanviewPA

I think the idea was to show Bree's Jessica as 'edgy' and 'adult' out of the gate, so as to position her for his idea of a supercouple with Malone's ultimate leading man, Antonio, prince of the streets. And that's exactly what Malone did. The fact that they never really addressed the Cristian issue - or that he'd known her as a young girl - was just weird. I was convinced that had Malone been able to lure Susan Haskell back long-term at that time, he might've done Antonio and Marty as well.

The shame of the Lucas debacle was they cast Evan Bonifant, one of the former Al Holdens of OLTL for that story. Not a bad teen actor. But they never found a thing for any Lucas to do. CJ Thomason, one of the pre-gay teen Lucases, went on to be very good on the CBS slasher miniseries Harper's Island, never to be seen again. I wish they'd bring that character back.

Edited December 5, 201213 yr by Vee

I just wonder how Malone went from that to having Jessica kidnapped and traumatized over and over.

I think that's how he thought she was to become the leading lady and prime ingenue of the show. Which she was, for the duration of his run.

Oh lord, yes. And then it turned out they were (adopted) cousins when Dorian wound up being her mother. GH had Maxie and Georgie going after their adopted cousin Lucas (before he turned out to be gay and disappeared, of course) the year before that. Seriously, guys: BOUNDARIES. USE THEM.

didn't Arianna end up being his Aunt?

I will say that Theresa's obsession has given me my favorite idiotically hilarious soap moment EVER:

https://www.youtube....h?v=NvSaw5AVyd0

That [!@#$%^&*] is HILARIOUS. As are the YouTube comments.

Theresa is one of my nominees for worst soap character along with the pointless characters LH played on DAYS and AMC which felt like Theresa carbon copies.

I didnt feel Cara was anything like Teresa. Arianna I can see, but Cara is more than a stretch. They were nothing alike than the fact that they had the same face

And that reminds me. David and Krystal on AMC. Having her cheat on Tad, while David gets her hooked on drug and takes advantage of her grief. She was crying through their wedding. The pairnig was a mess from the beginning and had no legs

Edited December 5, 201213 yr by Cheap21

I will say that Theresa's obsession has given me my favorite idiotically hilarious soap moment EVER:

https://www.youtube....h?v=NvSaw5AVyd0

All the more reason why I was rooting for Gwen to beat her ass with that baseball bat.

I didnt feel Cara was anything like Teresa. Arianna I can see, but Cara is more than a stretch. They were nothing alike than the fact that they had the same face

I never saw her as Arianna, but I have to agree with you about Cara. It was quite refreshing to see Lindsay Korman (Hartley) play a character that wasn't a trifling heifer that was undeserving of the title and honor of being a soap heroine.

I never saw her as Arianna, but I have to agree with you about Cara. It was quite refreshing to see Lindsay Korman (Hartley) play a character that wasn't a trifling heifer that was undeserving of the title and honor of being a soap heroine.

Yeah! To shill that stupid little stalking trash can as a heroine was a joke! JER was one warped mofo!

I didn't watch AMC fully in it's last year because it sucked so bad, but everytime I saw her on AMC it was the same crying she did on DAYS and Passions and it had me wondering what the point of the character was and why she was getting so much airtime.

Jess/Tess and Ford, ewww. The worst.