By Marlena De Lacroix a.k.a. Connie Passalacqua Hayman It’s been quite an eventful November sweeps so far. Stories built over the course of a year or more usually reach their apexes if not their conclusions over sweeps months (February, May, November) and writers plot their most dramatic action to stretch over these months. This November’s … [Read more...]
Heavenly November Sweeps Performances on The Young and the Restless, The Bold and the Beautiful and General Hospital
November 8, 2014 by 2 Comments
General Hospital: Where is the Love?
November 1, 2014 by 7 Comments
By Marlena De Lacroix a.k.a. Connie Passalacqua Hayman “Where is the love?” This is a famous soap world quote from the late beloved headwriter Doug Marland (As the World Turns, etc.) spoken when he used to look at other soaps and find anything but. This question can now be most fairly asked of General Hospital, once a good soap opera but now … [Read more...]
I’m Ba-a-ack – Not Quite from the Dead, but Almost!
October 8, 2014 by 9 Comments
By Marlena De Lacroix a.k.a. Connie Passalacqua Hayman Sorry for the prolonged absence of late. I’ll spare you the gruesome details of a medical issue that finally kept the entire gastroenterology department of a major New York City hospital in high gear for one long day. I’m on the road to recovery now, thanks to a team of superb doctors, one … [Read more...]
General Hospital: The Antics of the Fiercely Driven Nina Clay
September 14, 2014 by 8 Comments
By Marlena De Lacroix a.k.a. Connie Passalacqua Hayman For the last year, General Hospital has certainly been a place for strong women. The free-wheeling and combative Carly Jacks (Laura Wright), who will take no lip from the bullying Sonny, is a longtime resident. She’s been joined of late by shoot-from-the-hip Ava Jerome (Maura West), who … [Read more...]
The Young and the Restless: And They Call the Double Mariah
September 1, 2014 by 3 Comments
By Marlena De Lacroix a.k.a. Connie Passalacqua Hayman Bringing back an actor who played a character now dead can be tricky. The options are to bring the character back from the dead or create a double, commonly in the person of a long lost twin. On The Young and the Restless, the dead character of Cassie, the daughter of Nick and … [Read more...]
Oh No, Not Again! On General Hospital, Sonny and Carly Redux
August 25, 2014 by 8 Comments
By Marlena De Lacroix a.k.a. Connie Passalacqua Hayman Soaps rarely go backward. So it was a big surprise this week on General Hospital when resident baddies Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) and Carly Jacks (Laura Wright) slept together again. Carly’s love Franco was stuck for the night in a hospital elevator with Nina when Sonny showed up … [Read more...]
Wacky Weddings on The Bold and the Beautiful and General Hospital
August 18, 2014 by 3 Comments
By Marlena De Lacroix a.k.a. Connie Passalacqua Hayman What a week of wacky weddings on The Bold and the Beautiful and General Hospital! Both Wyatt and Hope’s on B&B and Maxie and Levi’s on GH were entertaining enough, but when you come down to it, one was sillier and more inconclusive than the other. On B&B, Liam was supposed to … [Read more...]
The Young and the Restless: Can Nikki Resist Falling Off the Wagon Again?
August 11, 2014 by 3 Comments
By Marlena De Lacroix a.k.a. Connie Passalacqua Hayman The vodka martini stands alone at the bar waiting to be sipped. The well-dressed older blonde woman stands next to it, looking hard at the beguiling beverage. Her face tells us she’s fighting the fight every recovering alcoholic fights countless times. She wins this round, walking … [Read more...]
The Bold and the Beautiful: Matrimonium Interruptus
August 4, 2014 by 3 Comments
By Marlena De Lacroix a.k.a. Connie Passalacqua Hayman Getting married is easy unless you’re on a soap. In real life, there’s a ceremony in a church or back yard or judge’s chambers, followed by a reception, followed by a honeymoon, followed by living happily ever after (in the beginning, at least, that’s the plan). But in the Soap … [Read more...]
Do You Root For or Against Them?
July 21, 2014 by 3 Comments
By Marlena De Lacroix a.k.a. Connie Passalacqua Hayman Soap roles can conform strictly to type: heroes and heroines we root for and villains and villainesses we root against. Happily, however, most soap casts are big enough to include characters who do not conform to type. These off-beat characters have personalities drawn in various shades … [Read more...]
