Remembering Ryan's Hope
Soap Center, September 1, 2000
Hosted By Brooke Alexander and David ForsythPart 2: The Couples and the Social Issues
BA: A constant in the show's fourteen year run were its deeply romantic love stories.
BA: The on-again, off-again sagas of Jack and Mary...
BA: ...Siobhan and Joe...
BA: ...and Jillian and Frank are seen as classics in the soap opera genre.
(They show a clip of Frank and Jill in the kitchen of Ryan's from St. Patrick's Day 1980.)
JILLIAN: Don't you want to kiss me?
FRANK: Yeah.
(They kiss.)
BA: In addition to romance, Ryan's Hope dared to take on issues like abortion...
BA: ...euthanasia...
BA: ...and drug addiction.
(They show a clip of Jillian and Seneca from 1979.)
JILLIAN: Please! I want to stop and I need the pills. I don't want this anymore!
(Nancy Addison Altman is shown speaking.)
NANCY: Who could ask for anything more than that as an actress? The drama and the challenge to make it real and interesting. A lot of emotional stuff going on there. That was an amazing story.
(They show a black and white(?) clip of Jillian lashing out at Seneca.)
Part 1: The Cast and the Characters
Part 2: The Couples and the Issues
Part 3: The Core Family and the Creators
