Someone else will remember in more detail than I do, but there was a whole storyline tying in a record label to help Lujack become a rock star while simultaneously hypnotizing Billy into shooting Kyle, the newfound half-brother he despised. Lujack died in an explosion helping to defeat them. Billy did shoot Kyle, IIRC, and went on trial, but was exonerated.
If you want more of a glimpse at '60s GL, there is an episode or two from earlier in the decade and then a chunk from summer 1966. This is near the end of the show still being 15 minutes and also when they were phasing the show from being in Selby Flats to Springfield.
The Guiding Light - June 1966 (Vol. 1)
The Guiding Light - June 1966 (Vol. 2)
The Guiding Light - July 1966 (Vol. 1)
The Guiding Light - July 1966 (Vol. 2)
The Guiding Light - July 1966 (Vol. 3)
The Guiding Light - July 1966 (Vol. 4)
I think there are a few later July 1966 episodes on that channel too.
As for what is the good or bad period of GL, GL was a rollercoaster for most of those last 25 years. In some ways that kept the show feeling punchy and more like a survivor than shows that are just consistent, but I would have loved a longer flavor of what is available of the Dobsons (late '70s to 1980) or from somewhere around 1989-1992.
GL surviving so long was a miracle. The show's whole existence, being revived so many times in radio, being the only radio soap to really survive the transition to TV, was a miracle. It can be difficult to pick a best and worst sometimes in that cradle.
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