Regardless of the circumstances, no one ever makes it home until after their spouse or lover has moved on and found someone else. (Their memories will eventually return.) The other scenario is the character escaping after being held captive somewhere. The character may be recovering from the aforementioned amnesia. Thus the character leaves the show, only to return later, oftentimes with another actor assuming the role. The character is then missing and presumed dead, but the body is never found. Or they lose control of their car and it crashes over a cliff and into the sea. Returning from the deadĪ favorite character is involved in a plane crash. Having a favorite character lose his or her memory and wander off somewhere, with everyone else thinking they were dead, made for great soap opera watching. At one time, however, it was quite common on soaps. AmnesiaĪ rare medical condition in the real world. However, soap opera characters are all immune to one disease. Tripping over a waste basket could cause a miscarriage, and how many times did a favorite character go blind or deaf? Luckily, in Soap Opera Land, everyone recovers, only to be struck down with another malady a few years later. This plot line can be easily adapted to 21st century technology by having the real killer tamper with the DNA test results. The Big Frame-Upįrom time to time a villain has to be killed off, so why not frame a favorite character for a crime they didn’t commit? Of course, they would eventually be found innocent, but not until they’d gone on trial, been convicted and ended up in prison.
However, this only happens after the would-be lovers have moved on to other relationships. Therefore, they were never half siblings. The other mother will come forward later on and say no, so and so wasn’t her child’s father after all. Sometimes the writers will create a plot twist. Fortunately, this always comes out before the romance is consummated. Years ago, Mom had an affair with the father of her child’s love interest, and they’re half brother and sister.
She does everything in her power to break them up, and before long the truth comes out. It’s love at first sight, but one of their mothers is dead set against their relationship. Soap opera writers kept audiences riveted for months, sometimes years, wondering when an unsuspecting husband, or ex husband, would finally discover that his son or daughter actually wasn’t his son or daughter. The occasional side effect of the romantic triangle. Extramarital Affairs and Illegitimate Children Instead she plots and schemes, relentlessly, to break them up, thus becoming, The Girl We Love to Hate. However, another girl is in love with the same boy, and she won’t go quietly into the night. For many years, soap operas relied on classic plot lines which consistently worked and kept viewers watching. Two characters meet and fall in love, but there are obstacles to overcome before they can live happily ever after. Those of us who write romantic fiction know basic plot structure revolves around conflict. Good plot lines for shows like The X Files, but certainly not what we wanted to see on Days of Our Lives. As a result, the writers began writing outrageous story lines. Then one day the producers decided they wanted younger, more hip audiences. Soap operas used to be about love and romance. I think it has to do with the fact that today’s soap operas are so poorly written. My grandmothers were watching their favorite soaps when they were well into their eighties. I don’t watch soaps anymore, and neither do any of my friends. I taped my favorite soap everyday for years. Once upon a time, my friends and I were soap opera junkies.
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