1 hour ago, Bright Eyes said:

 

Literally, the only real story Lexie ever got.

 

+1 

 

No offense to James Reynolds, but having Lexie saddled to stodgy ol' Abe when she was more than capable of creating steamy chemistry with younger guys (Tek, Brandon, Jonah way back in the day) really handicapped her from romantic storylines. I guess DAYS was too afraid to break up their one token black couple. 

I never liked the Babe/Bianca baby switch storyline. Just couldn't get interested in it, probably cause Babe was just a horrible character and why should we care about her pain

The best I've seen was the Channing Capwell Jr./Brick Wallace switch on SB. The story came to a head in late 1985/early 1986. Clips can still be found on YT. Both the acting (especially by Richard Eden, Dame Judith Anderson, Nicolas Coster and Judith McConnell) and writing were superb.

21 hours ago, depboy said:

The OLTL/AMC baby switch crossover!

 

From Wikipedia:

Babe strikes up a friendship with Bianca Montgomery during December 2003. They grow close and become best friends. At a cabin, while a storm goes on outside, Babe helps Bianca give birth to her baby daughter, Miranda Montgomery. Bianca falls unconscious and Babe leaves to go get help. She breaks into Dr. David Hayward's cabin and calls Paul at Llanview Hospital for help. The day before (on One Life to Live), Paul helped his sister, Kelly, give birth to a baby boy, but the baby died right after birth. Kelly, believing a baby would be the only thing that could save her marriage, begged her brother to get her a child. Paul helps Babe get back to the cabin, where he delivers her son by the fireplace.

Paul seizes this opportunity to give his sister a baby in a storyline that becomes known as the baby switch. He drugs Babe, puts her in a helicopter, and stages a helicopter crash near a river in the forest. When Babe awakens, Paul tells her that the helicopter crashed and her baby is dead. She loses consciousness again. When Adam Chandler and JR arrive at the scene and threaten Paul, should anything bad have happened to their heir, Paul twists his story around and tells them that it was Bianca's baby that fell into the river and that Babe's child survived. JR's family is elated that Babe's baby is alive, but Bianca's family is devastated by the news. In Llanview, Paul gives Kelly Babe's son (later known as Adam Chandler III, then Little Adam, and currently AJ), telling her that the boy's mother was a poor homeless woman who did not want a baby.

Later on, Babe finds out that the baby she thought was her own is really Miranda Montgomery, Bianca's baby who was thought to have died in the storm. Babe is so distraught over the reveal that her son has been the one to die in the storm that, with convincing by Krystal, she decides to keep the baby. But she eventually discovers her son to be alive, and that JR is indeed the biological father of the little boy. When the truth is finally revealed, it causes a severe rift in Babe and Bianca's friendship, although Bianca is more distant than hostile toward Babe. Babe's romantic relationship with JR also ends.

That one was fantastic. I was so happy when Bianca got to slap Babe, as I hated her.

6 hours ago, Gray Bunny said:

I enjoyed DAYS' Zach/JT baby switcheroo of 2000-2002.  They took liberties with the timeline of Hope's pregnancy and times when she would've potentially been knocked up by Bo, John or Stefano, but that's okay since Bo was the father in the end. The babyswitch storyline itself provided great story for Bo, Hope (and Barb & Glen, though unimportant), Stefano, Lexie, Abe, etc. This was the story that tipped Lexie over from good girl to chip off daddy Stefano's block. 

I loved when Lexie became a bad girl. Desperately trying too prevent Zach's true parentage from being discovered. She became a worthy adversary and rival for Sami. During this time period Lexie was the most interesting she would ever be. Renee Jones really got to showcase her acting talent. Sadly this didn't last long. Poor Lexie became nice and bland. Stuck with Abe. But it was great while it lasted. 

SHEILA AND LAUREN!!!!!!!!!

 

Epic!!!

@Cruising Soaps That should've been the first one mentioned.

 

8 hours ago, Cruising Soaps said:

SHEILA AND LAUREN!!!!!!!!!

 

Epic!!!

best baby switch plot ive seen pulled off is Y&R's Sheila & Lauren 1990-1992. The conclusion was epic, the farmhouse fire, Sheila's presumed death, and her resurfacing on the Bold & the Beautiful. So many years of storyline stemmed from this!

Edited March 26, 20196 yr by ironlion

The Nelle/Brad switch on GH seems like a bust. I was thinking about that today. Where is that story?

42 minutes ago, Faulkner said:

The Nelle/Brad switch on GH seems like a bust. I was thinking about that today. Where is that story?

The only thing that can save it is the reveal

On 3/25/2019 at 2:14 PM, dragonflies said:

I never liked the Babe/Bianca baby switch storyline. Just couldn't get interested in it, probably cause Babe was just a horrible character and why should we care about her pain

 

When even Stephen King -- STEPHEN! [!@#$%^&*]! KING! -- was touting the storyline in (I think) EW, I knew I had truly stepped into the Twilight Zone.

 

The Jenny/Katrina story is my personal favorite storyline of ANY kind, because it illustrates beautifully how one simple act (Karen and Marco's decision to switch the babies) can impact an entire canvas.  By the time Jenny returned Mary/Kristine to Katrina, just about everyone in Llanview seemed to have some investment in the storyline.  That, to me, is soap opera at its' finest.

Edited August 17, 20196 yr by Khan

3 hours ago, AbcNbc247 said:

The only thing that can save it is the reveal

What’s sad is that with the right setup (namely, having Lucas/Brad as actual characters the show had invested in) and pacing, that story could have been fascinating. But it was botched beyond belief. I don’t know why they bothered.

Just when you think the Wiley/Jonah one is done on GH, it keeps going (really seen once a week at best).  I thought things were coming to a head when Shiloh figured out Willow had his baby and he was going to sit there all smirky in court and the paternity test results would be read and it would say he wasn't the father, Willow would realize something was off, etc, etc.

11 hours ago, jcar03 said:

Just when you think the Wiley/Jonah one is done on GH, it keeps going (really seen once a week at best).  I thought things were coming to a head when Shiloh figured out Willow had his baby and he was going to sit there all smirky in court and the paternity test results would be read and it would say he wasn't the father, Willow would realize something was off, etc, etc.

 

13 hours ago, Faulkner said:

What’s sad is that with the right setup (namely, having Lucas/Brad as actual characters the show had invested in) and pacing, that story could have been fascinating. But it was botched beyond belief. I don’t know why they bothered.

But of course they couldn’t do it correctly. They had to tie Shiloh to Helena and Dr. Cabot and make it all about Franco. I can’t believe they messed it up that much.

 

I put this all on Frank and his pet writers. That was one of the reasons why I made the “Who was worse for GH” thread. 

Edited August 18, 20196 yr by AbcNbc247

On 3/26/2019 at 10:35 PM, ironlion said:

 

best baby switch plot ive seen pulled off is Y&R's Sheila & Lauren 1990-1992. The conclusion was epic, the farmhouse fire, Sheila's presumed death, and her resurfacing on the Bold & the Beautiful. So many years of storyline stemmed from this!

The fact this story crossed over onto another show and drove story there was amazing.

 

I loved the fact that it didn't just get wrapped up nicely after Sheila left Y&R, I always assumed once the truth was out Lauren would have everything she wanted back, her son and Scott, but she no longer loved Scott and he wasn't sure their son would accept her as his mother, so Scott basically forced Lauren into a re-marriage which led to her subsequent affair with Brad, then Sheila using that to her gain, so she could blackmail Lauren into keeping quiet. The ramifications from this story didn't really wrap until Sheila's almost suicide in 1995 on B&B.

 

That's 5 years of story across two shows, absolutely brilliant.

Edited August 26, 20196 yr by will81