Archives for June 2012

The Young and the Restless: When a Good Cliffhanger is Far From Enough

By Marlena De Lacroix a.k.a. Connie Passalacqua Hayman I just finished watching Friday's episode of The Young and the Restless.  Paul discovered  Ricky holding  Eden in his bathroom, his son's bloody knife held firmly to her throat.  She had  passed out due to hitting her head on the bathtub. When Ricky wouldn't drop the knife, a shocked  P.I. … [Read more...]

Daytime Emmys 2012: Respect Was Surprisingly Shown

By Marlena De Lacroix a.k.a Connie Passalacqua Hayman Today I'm going to use a word I've never used in a decade of viewing the Daytime Emmys (but nearly always used when I attended the 22 years previously).  I actually "enjoyed" Saturday night's Daytime Emmys on HLN.Don't freak out -- there are "excepts" which I'll get into later.  You see, … [Read more...]

A Shout Out to Hollywood Heights

By Marlena De Lacroix a.k.a.  Connie Passalacqua Hayman  Although I am decades older than the target audience, I enjoyed the first four episodes of the new Hollywood Heights.  It's the new teen soap on Nick at Nite, created, written, produced and acted by several daytime veterans.  What I really admire about this show is that it has good soap … [Read more...]

More General Hospital: Outrageously the “M” Word

By Marlena De Lacroix a.k.a. Connie Passalacqua Hayman When Moose came home from work yesterday, he thought he'd have to dump a bucket of cold water over my head.  I couldn't stop yelling, over and over again,"No, they really didn't do this!"  General Hospital had a scene where Carly and Todd flirted/talked, and Todd was bare-chested.  But … [Read more...]

General Hospital: Cuddly but Problematic

By Marlena De Lacroix  a.k.a. Connie Passalacqua Hayman With all the cancellations these past few years, this old soap enthusiast  is thankful to have at least one soap to look forward to, and yes, cuddle up to in my afternoons. That soap is General Hospital, a doomed show I really want to see live on.  I watch The biggest soap opera of all is … [Read more...]