From: greenlaw@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Leila Thomas)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.soaps
Subject: SB: SOD 11/24 Issue and SPOILERS
Date: 10 Nov 92 19:17:31 GMT
Reply-To: greenlaw@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Leila Thomas)
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Organization: David Taylor Research Center, Annapolis, MD

Diva Rates Soaps 1992 Secrets

Who's my daddy?  SB -  What's the Secret?  Cruz is BJ Walker's father.

So, what's the big deal?  Plenty.  Lovely BJ won't forget 1992.  When her
"Uncle" Frank came to visit the family, she tried to keep the knowledge
of her past relationship a secret, but Frank couldn't mask his lingering
attraction for her.  So everybody found out that he sexually abused her
as a child.  Then BJ went on trial for murdering Frank, although she
blocked her memory of the crime.  If convicted, can BJ handle the bigger
trauma - that her real father is Cruz Castillo, who left town thinking he
would take the murder rap for his daughter?

Do we care?  This secret gets an A-.  We care about BJ because of the
awful things have happened to her.  Will her psycho-babbling therapist
help her?  It's going to take more than BJ putting on a kimono and
releasing all that anger.  The problem here is that even though BJ is
"strong enough to face the truth," as they say on soaps, she won't ever
have a chance to sit down with her real dad and have a chat.  She'll have
to be content to watch him on LA Law.

Louise Sorel - (ex-Augusta) (I'm going to type just the parts relating to
SB)

"I have my own personal hurt and anger, which I've been told to get over,
but you know what?  I'm not going to!" she declares.  I'm not a grudge
holder, but in this case I made an exception."  She has had a relationship
with Paul Rauch which came back to haunt her.  Sorel objected to the
storyline which steered Augusta toward a romance with a character (meaning
Dash) who raped her sister.  The arrival of Rauch as SB's new executive
producer seemed to further seal her doom.

Late Breaking News

The Earth Moved:  With Katrina gone and Warren romantically out of the
picture, Ted and Angela are ready to shake things up on SB.  On Friday,
November 20, they find themselves involved in some unusually energetic
passion play.  Let's just say they REALLY make the earth move.  And who
mysteriously interrupts Warren and BJ's dinner - only to show up later
looking for Connor?  (Typist Note:  Maybe the guilty party)

News - Comings and Goings

Coming:

Matthew Laurance (Ben Arnold) - When Mitchell Laurance announced that he
could no longer play SB's DA, the show found the perfect replacement.
Twin brother Matthew, who plays David's dad, Mel, on BEVERLY HILLS 90210,
makes his SB debut on November 18th.

Going:

Mitchell Laurance - Laurance will leave SB on November 18 to resume his
recurring role on REASONABLE DOUBTS.  Twin brother Matthew will replace
him.

NBC Notebook:

Louise Sorel says "I'm very sorry for the people who are going to be out
of work," but, "a year from now it could be me, because that's the way
this business is.  We're always on the edge."  Sorel was in France when
she learned of the SB cancellation.

Real Life Attorneys Judge the Soaps:

I recently fulfilled my dream of becoming a lawyer after four years of
college and three tortured years of law school.  I couldn't stand to see
Y&R's Cricket pass the bar examination after a total of two days of
studying [especially] when my friends and I literally abandoned our lives
for three months to prepare.  On the other hand, SB's Julia is my personal
muse.  What I love is her honesty, her vulnerability and her strength.
Above all, she is competent.  SB has captured the essence of the attorney
I want to be.  - Kristi Weeks

It's a Small Soap World after all

France - B&B, SB and Y&R
Greece - AW, Edge of Night, GL, LOV and SB
Italy - AMC, B&B, LOV, SB
Japan and Hong Kong - B&B and SB
Poland - SB

The following countries do not show SB:  Canada, Germany, South Africa,
Sweden and Turkey.

Roundup - Would you date a fan?

Paula Irvine - "Yeah, I would.  I try not to put people in categories.
I think that's unfair.  Everyone's an individual and deserves to be
treated as such.  So, I wouldn't not date someone because they are a fan."

Synopses Section - What will happen?

o  A surprising development prompts Gina to interfere in Lilly's love life.
o  Ted and Angela are forced to abandon any hope for a normal relationship.
o  When Arnold presses BJ to prove that Frank abused her, a surprising
   ally comes to her rescue.
o  Micah receives a real shock after performing an operation on a
   mysterious patient (maybe his son).

For the Record - SB's revolving cast of characters

Kelly Capwell                      Gina Demott
Robin Wright                       Linda Gibboney
Kimberly McArthur                  Robin Mattson
Carrington Garland
Eileen Davidson

Mason Capwell                      Brandon Demott
Lane Davies                        Scott Curtis
Terry Lester                       Brandon Call
Gordon Thomson                     Justin Gocke

CC
Lloyd Bochner (began work, but had a heart attack before the show's premiere)
Peter Mark Richman
Paul Burke
Charles Bateman
Jed Allan

Warren Lockridge                    Laken Lockridge
John Allen Nelson                   Julie Ronnie
Scott Jenkins                       Susan Marie Snyder
Jack Wagner                         Shell Danielson

Santana Andrade                     Keith Timmons
Ava Lazar                           Justin Deas
Margaret Michaels                   John Novak
Gina Gallego
Wanda DeJesus

Kirk Cranston
Robert Newman
Joseph Bottoms
















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