Loosely Santa Barbara suceeded while yielding to the rules of the genre It had high quality writing and non caricature characters Its plots weren t always the best but they were always emotional and taken to the extreme A real success in France but not in the U S It was saved several times by its fans Who could forget the couple Eden and Cruz the verbal disputes between Sophie and Gina and the loves of Kelly Julia Ted and others 02 03 24 Jun 2004 UTC