4 hours ago, Soaplovers said:

Y & R:

Victor seeing Nikki strip at the Bayou in fall 1981...a year of various random character interactions..who knew this particular one would take off.

This also led to Bill Bell creating Victor's back story of being abandoned by both parents, growing up in an orphanage, and his becoming a self-made man, thus Victor's character arc from villain to anti-hero/romantic leading man.

MTS has said that Victor/Nikki were an accident pairing that just blew up and it was Bill Bell that saw the connection between her and EB before they themselves even realized it was there.

It's funny that Bill Bell's initial plan Victor/Lorie didn't happen, but the two accident pairings Victor/Nikki and Victor/Ashley would be the eternal triangle that still impacts so much of what we see today.

Edited November 26, 20223 yr by kalbir

GH: Claudia's sniper accidentally shoots Michael - from that stemmed Michael's coma, the SOARsing of Michael into the man we have today, Claudia kidnapping Carly, Michael killing Claudia sending him to prison where he was raped, and the feud between Sonny, Anthony and Johnny. 

 

On 11/24/2022 at 4:20 PM, Soaplovers said:

Days:

Marlena being possessed by the devil spurred some plots that resonate today (encouraging Sami to go after Austin when Sami had a moment of guilt/hesitation, showing Kristen that Tony was deceptive..which eventually led to Kristen going to the dark side, and kickstarted John/Marlena's renewed feelings after the affair story in 1993).

 

 

My memory is a bit hazy here…how exactly did that come about?

I know that Y&R and Days l were already mentioned, but two from ATWT came to mind:

1) Holden Snyder jumping out of the stable loft in front of Dusty and Lily.

2) Rosanna discovering one of her lost cousins was actually her half-sister and her decision to search for her. Of course Carly would then find pretty much be a leading lady for rest of the show’s final 15 years.

GL Roger/Holly storylines from March 1979 marital rape to April 1980 Roger's fall off the cliff in Santo Domingo. Those 13 months of storylines set in motion so much of what we saw a decade later during the Calhoun era.

Edited November 27, 20223 yr by kalbir

Cassie's 2 week crush on Daniel (at least that's how I remember it, the whole thing felt rushed) has lead to nearly 20 years on story on Y&R.