Remembering Ryan's Hope
Soap Center, September 1, 2000
Hosted By Brooke Alexander and David ForsythPart 3: The Core Family and the Creators
BA: In the late '80s...
BA: ...the Ryan family grew to include Delia and Frank's son, John...
BA: ...and Jack and Mary's daughter, Ryan.
(They show a clip from St. Patrick's Day 1988 of Ryan talking to Mark D'Angelo with Jack looking on.)
RYAN: I thought I made it perfectly clear to you yesterday that you are the most despicable form of human being that I have ever met!
(Claire and Paul are again shown speaking.)
CLAIRE: I really think the thing that gave it the energy over the years and that sustained it was the fact that the characters had been well thought out and had had a reality of their own at the beginning.
CLAIRE: The core of the family - Maeve and Johnny and Jillian - those people were true, and they were the last defense.
(Nancy Addison Altman is shown speaking again.)
NANCY: They are extremely special people, Claire and Paul. I mean, I don't think there are too many producers like that around who could create a soap like that. It hasn't been done since.
(They show clips from the final episode.)
MAEVE: Have a good life.
Part 1: The Cast and the Characters
Part 2: The Couples and the Social Issues
Part 3: The Core Family and the Creators
