Each Soap's Top Storyline

[howierules86]

Days of Our Lives - Bo and Hope finding out the real father of J.T. was someone named Glen Reiber (who successfully got custody of J.T.) (early 2002)

[stevea]

Originally Posted by scrapple

If you wanted to show a non-soap watcher the very best of every show you've watched, what one storyline would you show from that soap?

For me, going way back:

Another World: The Alice/Steve/Rachel triangle. Triangles are soap staples , but this one was riveting, with Robin Strasser perfect as the troublemaking Rachel.

Dark Shadows: Victoria Winters journey into the past, where the origin of Barnabas Collins vampirism was revealed. Schlocky yes, but who didn't run home from school to savor every minute of it?

AW: I think the later Mac/Rachel on again/off again relationship might trump the earlier Alice/Rachel/Steve (and I might throw Russ in there) story.

DS: Although the Winters 1795 journey was the first one for the show, and I think introduced the outstanding nemesis for Barnabas, Angelique, IMO it is bested by the travel to 1897 to save David from the Count Petofi-possessed Quentin. The foray into 1897 lasted a little too long for my taste, however, and unfortunately the writers couldn't match or top it.

[howierules86]

One Life To Live - Little Richard makes a guest appearance at Bo & Nora's wedding (June 1995)