The Teen Scene: Past and Present

[WendyCR72]

1 hour ago, methodwriter85 said:

It doesn't look like teenaged Hope really had one either- I was told she was similar to Laura on GH where they had her pretty much only interact with young adults instead of being seen in high school.

Didn't watch then as in the '70s/early '80s I was only a kid, but young Hope seemed to have story line involving her father, his wife Lee [whom Hope had grown close to?], and Julie and Hope's resentment of the latter. And Hope's unrequited crush on her cousin Jessica's [Nick Fallon's mom!] boyfriend.

Though Hope and Julie did make peace and share a warm goodbye before being shipped off to boarding school in '81.

 

[methodwriter85]

I saw a clip of Hope and Bo first meeting and she told him that she went to Lincoln.

That makes me think they didn't set up a Salem High until Frankie and Jennifer. (Although I guess that might just be where she went to boarding school.) So yeah, it looks like Frankie/Jennifer was the first proper teen scene they had. That prom scene was just delish!  Then it was Sami/Lucas, the Last Chance Blast Crew (and the best one they're ever going to have) the Abigail/Chelsea scene, the Will/Gabi one (both cohorts were pretty good and kind of mingled a lot), and then the back-to-back flops of JJ's scene and  Ciara being played by Jo from the Facts of Life. (Minus the acting talent.) 

Edited June 14, 2020 by methodwriter85

[methodwriter85]

Currently watching clips of Brady and Chloe during the post-graduation storyline where Chloe has cancer and Brady sees his mother as an angel. I love how quirky Kyle Lowder's Brady was- he kind of reminded me of Jack. I remembered finding him so off-putting when he first came in the show, and then once he and Chloe started singing together I just loved them. I am so glad they were mostly uninvolved in the teen alien storyline. Still pretty funny to remember the hideous wig they put on Chloe, although she later got a wig that somehow looked exactly like her own hair. 😉

 

Edited August 26, 2020 by methodwriter85