I used to watch The Bold & The Beautiful and As The World Turns with my grandmother when I was a kid. Back then, I just wanted to spend time with my grandmother. I did kinda enjoy B&B, though I didn't understand what the show was about.
In August of 2001, I was watching NBC at 3:00 in the morning (Passions airs at 3:05 a.m. here in Houston) when I see all this strange stuff going on. An old woman putting a spell on a hospital because her grandson had died and her nemesis was getting his heart. A young girl was hoping that the dying girl would die so that she could have the boyfriend. Two brothers (even though one looked and sounded more like a Southerner than a half Irish/Spanish man) fighting over the same woman, who just remembered who she really was. So, of course, this show HAD to be Passions.
Although my pleasures are more in the likes of horror, I started watching. And then, I got addicted. The stories were so ridiculous, yet entertaining. There was Ethan's confusion between marrying Theresa and Gwen, Tabitha seducing Kay into joining the forces of darkness, the addition of Charlie, and Whitney, Chad, Fox, Theresa, Ethan, and Gwen moving to L.A. And now, there are SO many love triangles on the show, it isn't even funny! For example, Theresa - Ethan - Gwen; Chad - Whitney - Fox; Sheridan - Luis - Beth; Eve - T.C. - Liz. The list just goes on and on and on and on.
The cast is believable, at least. Galen Gering and McKenzie Westmore are perfect as Luis and Sheridan, the ultimate couple who will always be together, no matter what happens to them.
The usual role of soap villains are filled by Ben Masters (Sheridan's cold brother Julian), Andrea Evans (Julian's trampy mistress Rebecca), Kim Johnston Ulrich (Ivy, the blonde, manipulative, wheelchair-bound bitch determined to break Sam and Grace apart), Amelia Marshall (Liz, Eve's sister who's determined to get payback against her sister), Kelly McCarty (Beth, the insane girl determined to take Luis away from Sheridan) and, of course, Juliet Mills as Tabitha, the meddlesome witch who wants to cause despair for everyone in Harmony.
Then, you've got the characters who try to be good, but end up being bad (ex: Fox (Justin Hartley), the young Crane heir who gets what he wants when he wants, Gwen (Liza Huber), who thinks that she's destined to be with Ethan and constantly rubs it in Theresa's face, Kay (Deana Wright), the young woman determined to steal Miguel away from Charity, David (Justin Carroll), the man on Ivy's payroll who's being forced to break Sam and Grace apart, and Syd (Alicia Reyes), the hot, young singer who harbors a crush on Chad and would love to take him for herself.
And as the characters who never get it easy, James Hyde and Dana Sparks as Sam and Grace, the couple who face as many obstacles as Luis and Sheridan, Tracey Ross as Eve, the doctor who can't escape her past no matter what, Charity (Molly Stanton), the girl with magical powers of good, Theresa (Lindsay Korman), Ethan (Eric Martsolf), Whitney (Brook Kerr), Simone (Chrystee Pharris), Chad (Charles Divins), and all of the other characters that you can imagine on every soap.
One tiny thing that does annoy me is how quickly the actors on the show leave and how a new actor plays their character immediately after. They are up to Kay #4 now! And Deana Wright was a pretty darn good Kay, too.
Although Passions isn't the best TV show in the world, it is a good way to kill some time and watch something that is so goofy, it's entertaining.
In August of 2001, I was watching NBC at 3:00 in the morning (Passions airs at 3:05 a.m. here in Houston) when I see all this strange stuff going on. An old woman putting a spell on a hospital because her grandson had died and her nemesis was getting his heart. A young girl was hoping that the dying girl would die so that she could have the boyfriend. Two brothers (even though one looked and sounded more like a Southerner than a half Irish/Spanish man) fighting over the same woman, who just remembered who she really was. So, of course, this show HAD to be Passions.
Although my pleasures are more in the likes of horror, I started watching. And then, I got addicted. The stories were so ridiculous, yet entertaining. There was Ethan's confusion between marrying Theresa and Gwen, Tabitha seducing Kay into joining the forces of darkness, the addition of Charlie, and Whitney, Chad, Fox, Theresa, Ethan, and Gwen moving to L.A. And now, there are SO many love triangles on the show, it isn't even funny! For example, Theresa - Ethan - Gwen; Chad - Whitney - Fox; Sheridan - Luis - Beth; Eve - T.C. - Liz. The list just goes on and on and on and on.
The cast is believable, at least. Galen Gering and McKenzie Westmore are perfect as Luis and Sheridan, the ultimate couple who will always be together, no matter what happens to them.
The usual role of soap villains are filled by Ben Masters (Sheridan's cold brother Julian), Andrea Evans (Julian's trampy mistress Rebecca), Kim Johnston Ulrich (Ivy, the blonde, manipulative, wheelchair-bound bitch determined to break Sam and Grace apart), Amelia Marshall (Liz, Eve's sister who's determined to get payback against her sister), Kelly McCarty (Beth, the insane girl determined to take Luis away from Sheridan) and, of course, Juliet Mills as Tabitha, the meddlesome witch who wants to cause despair for everyone in Harmony.
Then, you've got the characters who try to be good, but end up being bad (ex: Fox (Justin Hartley), the young Crane heir who gets what he wants when he wants, Gwen (Liza Huber), who thinks that she's destined to be with Ethan and constantly rubs it in Theresa's face, Kay (Deana Wright), the young woman determined to steal Miguel away from Charity, David (Justin Carroll), the man on Ivy's payroll who's being forced to break Sam and Grace apart, and Syd (Alicia Reyes), the hot, young singer who harbors a crush on Chad and would love to take him for herself.
And as the characters who never get it easy, James Hyde and Dana Sparks as Sam and Grace, the couple who face as many obstacles as Luis and Sheridan, Tracey Ross as Eve, the doctor who can't escape her past no matter what, Charity (Molly Stanton), the girl with magical powers of good, Theresa (Lindsay Korman), Ethan (Eric Martsolf), Whitney (Brook Kerr), Simone (Chrystee Pharris), Chad (Charles Divins), and all of the other characters that you can imagine on every soap.
One tiny thing that does annoy me is how quickly the actors on the show leave and how a new actor plays their character immediately after. They are up to Kay #4 now! And Deana Wright was a pretty darn good Kay, too.
Although Passions isn't the best TV show in the world, it is a good way to kill some time and watch something that is so goofy, it's entertaining.