Thanks for the tag!
Whoever the scab writers were, they certainly knew how to write dialogue that was realistic and not exposition heavy.
Caleb was easily developed by comments made by Emma, Seth, and Holden.. while Lily certainly was liking what she saw. They have more chemistry than I would have guessed.
Pam was too normal to be in a soap opera. She had a good head on her shoulders, she was a good friend to Meg and a good girlfriend to Beau, and she seemed to listen and respect both John and Lucinda. In the real world, that works... but on a soap opera, it doesn't.. unless you opted to write her as self aware enough to comment on the craziness around you. I think Marland learned his lesson and made sure to make the next character in this mold (Courtney) have more of a personality and flaws.
One of the first mentions of Angel, even if she isn't mentioned.
The only thing I recall about the strike episodes was that Marland left outlines for most of 1988, but that the scabs burned through most, if not all of it, before the strike was over... so Marland almost had to come up with new outlines based on where the scabs left off.. not necessarily what he wanted to have happen (unlike Pam Long, he didn't strike me as someone that worked well with others so I can imagine his control freak tendencies were at high levels when the strike was over).
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