Mysteriously dropped Storylines

[Liberty City]

 

And it would've put Thorne into his own storyline, which he should have had all these years.

[kalbir]

Sounds about right. I remember B&B having a cast purge in spring 1997.

[Manny]

I always hated that they dropped Stefano's will & mysterious gifts in 2002 on DAYS. 

[bboy875]

On As The World Turns, I believe Camille was searching for her father. She became close to John Dixon, and I thought either he was her father or a red herring, but Camille left town without an answer.

And I don't think they ever attempted a story out of it, but I don't think they ever mentioned who was Cassie's father on Guiding Light. 

[ghfan89]

Since the Sean D. tribute is on GH this week, that reminds me. Was it ever the plan for Felicia to be Sean's daughter? It seemed they might of been going in that direction early on when he was after the Aztec treasure that was a part of Felicia's family legacy, but then ended up not going there after all.

[DemetriKane]

My favorite B&B storyline.

[Liberty City]

 

It was entrancing and so well done.

[DemetriKane]

IKR I wish they dipped their toes into more drama like that.

[Liberty City]

 

It would've been fantastic; the storyline kind of just dipped out all of a sudden, which is so unfortunate.

[soapfave06]

I thought the story was overall looked down on? Was it that popular? I remember reading about it and was intrigued. 

[Liberty City]

 

In watching scenes from the storyline, I am so intrigued by it, because it was dark and just seemed incredibly different for The Bold and the Beautiful.

 

  

[DemetriKane]

Bell soaps does its best work with dark & eerie storylines imo. Deveney and Sheila Carter!!!!

Edited May 21, 2021 by DemetriKane

[asafi]

the Deveney story was great!! and loved her conformation with Stephanie! 

 

but for some reason the character disappeared never to be seen or mentioned again 

[Roman]

many, including myself, believe WP was Jock. I think it was dropped because fans hit the roof.

[j swift]

I think we need to differentiate between dropped and unresolved storylines.

 

Deveney on B&B was really neither.  It was an unusual story because it was so time limited and it had a distinct beginning, middle and end.  Stephanie began making mysterious phone calls, it is established that she was conned into believing that Angela Forrester was alive, there's an accident, and the doctor and Deveney were apparently dead.  Then, Deveney returned, vowed revenge on the Forrester brothers using the knowledge of the real unresolved story; Thorne's shooting of Ridge.  However, before she can reveal her plan at the Queen Mary fashion show, Thorne befriends Deveney, offers to pay for her plastic surgery, and she leaves to go get reconstructed.  Thus, it wasn't really dropped, and there was no need to revisit it, it just ended.

 

As far as unresolved stories, I would say that Passions was the guiltiest of the genre.  Why did Chad's adoptive parents disappear?  Why did Antonio abandon his siblings?  Whatever happened to the guy who Ivy paid to say was Grace's first husband (and his son)? These were all plots with no resolution but they were not dropped in the same way that Mitch's brother on OLTL suddenly disappeared without a mention.

Edited May 23, 2021 by j swift