Search for Tomorrow: last scene

[SamTomaino]

Glory! Glory! Mary Stuart!

[spt1020]

I have a support fan page with new written episodes on Facebook, open group anyone is welcomed to join. new episodes post every Monday evening.

[dopey45p]

this was a wonderful clip. you cannot watch it without having a lump in your throat. it was most certainly a class act unlike the way TGL and ATWT ended. way to go search for tomorrow. kudos to mary stuart. RIP.

[megaspartacus1963]

What I hate here is when youtube always has this issue with saying error when we try posting something i mean we love this soap so ease up on your error sending youtube freedom of speech have you heard of it?.

[megaspartacus1963]

This show is gone but not forgotten we of the true soap loving faith miss you all you became a part of our lives and gave us ways to cope with everyday life i noticed that john foresythe was a part of the cast too i loved him as well on another world whats good about them days is a soap star always had a new adventure on another soap and made more friends. and to all the Search for Tomorrow cast and crew we love you.

[f3wbs]

Stupid History: In the very last scene of the soap operah "Search for Tomorrow", Stu asks Jo what he was "searching" for. for which Jo dramatically replied "Tomorrow"

[Tatumthirty2]

Great way to go out !! Classy ending !! Much respect !!

[gspinc1]

Search for Tomorrow's final scene was the most elegant for a show of its kind to date & a wonderful way to pay tribute to that iconic drama. The very final scene set on the porch of the McCleary clan's stately home has Stu ask Jo "What are you searching for, Jo?" and to which she replies, on the verge of tears, "Tomorrow and I can't wait." What class!!! ABC should take note and prepare as dignified farewells to AMC & OLTL.

[gspinc1]

Search for Tomorrow's final scene was the most elegant for a show of its kind to date & a wonderful way to pay tribute to that iconic drama. The very final scene set on the porch of the McCleary clan's stately home has Stu ask Jo "What are you searching for, Jo?" and to which she replies, on the verge of tears, "Tomorrow and I can't wait." What class!!! ABC should take note and prepare as dignified farewells to AMC & OLTL.

[warningfellow]

Seriusly where the full episode of it!

[krystlerita]

I was so glad they never made Stu and Jo into a couple. They had a really special friendship and it was good they kept it that way

[Andorian323]

Oh wow, that brought tears to my eyes.

[billyralphweeden]

WHY THIS IS SO SPECIAL TO ME...........

If this was from Christmas 1986, that was the last Holiday time with my wonderful Grandmother Catherine Weeden, and my beautiful Auntie, Phyllis Anderson......as we lost both of them in 1987. What a wonderful tribute to a great soap opera in its' day.....I remember Search mostly from the 1970s' - it was a very dramatic show and in all those years it remained only a 1/2 hour soap.....Slowly all those CBS soaps are ending, but they were great in the day !!

[Hollywoodsteve]

Jane Krakowski!!!!!!!!!!!!

[416mcp]

I didn't know this show lasted this long. I grew up watching CBS soaps with my mom. We didn't watch it when it went to NBC. I is sad that GL and ATWT are gone now. I have't watched them much in recent years. I didn't like the way it they were going but i certainly didn't want them off the air. I figured they would come around and I would watch them again. The best days for GL was early 80s. Loved the Bauers and Reardons. This was a wonderful ending wish they had ended more like this.

[nelgebutuoy]

I must have watched this on my old VHS tape a hundred times. So sad! Especially since, at the time, it was the best written show in the NBC daytime lineup.

[juniorz1]

@nelgebutuoy Na, Santa Barbara owns that title. No soap on NBC, or any network for that matter, was better written than SB in 86.

[MrEmfc2]

A great show that unfortunately couldn't go on longer. Does anyone know the name of the song being sung at the end and by whom?

[btchnotme]

@MrEmfc2 The song is "We'll Be Together Again" by Lou Rawls

[btchnotme]

In my opinion, Mary Stuart is one of the two best actresses to ever appear on Daytime TV (the other being Beverlee McKinsey from AW and GL). There are other greats, but those two were the best. Class acts until the end, RIP to both.

[hotgritz4sho]

@btchnotme OMG, i didn't know bev died. how'd i miss that? bev & mary were priceless. hearing lou rawls sing in this clip brings tears to my eyes. what a perfect salute. i used to watch SFT w/my mom when i was a kid & i remember crazy jennifer. loved her! how sad there won't be any oaps left soon. we'll all be SEARCHING for them online.

[awtribute]

@hotgritz4sho I'm sure it's understandable that you didn't know.  Unfortunately, little news came of Beverlee's passing, other than short coverage by SOD and much more as far as internet fan chatter. Amazingly, the next Daytime Emmys said *nothing* during their next awards telecast about Beverlee or her distinguished soap career. Not even a Lifetime Achievement nod.

[calalilygirl]

@btchnotme I know, Susan Lucci doesn't come close.

[Robert4770]

I watched Search from the late 60's to the end. It had a fitting finale to its fans.

[MikeyChristianson]

Hey! Check out my Youtube Soap Opera, titled "Tomorrow Never Comes" Surprisingly the opening them is similar to this Soap...I do love the ending!

[OceanKingNY]

This finale should have been required viewing for the producers of ATWT and GL. It's a sweet and sentimental conclusion that is satisfying on many levels. It wraps up the stories between the characters, and then lets the actors break the fourth wall to say goodbye to the loyal fans. The finales of ATWT and GL didn't come close to this...

[NelsonAspen]

Wouldn't it have been nice for ATWT to go out with such a nice "thank you" to the fans, reverence to its history and curtain call for cast & crew?

[larkpraise]

"AS THE WORLD TURNS" ended yesterday and their finale was lackluster to say the least. Compared to this....this was a class act ending and it always brings tears to my eyes.

[TimothySEnglish]

@larkpraise I agree larkpraise. You can tell the profound sadness in some of the actors faces as they waved farewell at the end, especially Mary Stuart. I started following ATWT 30 years ago and I still can't believe I won't be able to tune in to see what Barbara, Lisa, or Holden and Lily are up to. In many ways they became part of my extended family, even as the show declined. The relationships built over the decades have been second to none.

[NelsonAspen]

@TimothySEnglish I have a chapter about "My Mentor, Mary Stuart" in my book HOLLYWOOD INSIDER: EXPOSED! I invite you to check it out. What a lady!

[tennyc]

wow Mary Stuart total class act, had been on SFT since the 60s .

[NelsonAspen]

@tennyc she'd actually been on from the show's debut in 1951. Her autobiography, BOTH OF ME, is fascinating. I devoted an entire chapter to her in HOLLYWOOD INSIDER: EXPOSED. She was a trailblazer & grande dame!

[TimothySEnglish]

@NelsonAspen I just finished reading Both of Me. Fascinating book, and Mary Stuart was marvelously candid about her own life. A great read for sure.

[warningfellow]

downlaod and show us that episode

[snoops71]

I had stopped watching "Search For Tomorrow" years before, but I tuned back in to see the last episode. I've never forgotten Jo and Stu :)

[east215]

I was visiting my Gran in Fl when this aired. Gran never watched soaps, but we watched this together and she got teary eyes. She admitted that she watched this back in the 50s. It was only 15 minutes then and she would each lunch when this was on. She couldn't believe that Jo (Mary Stuart) was still on.

[fff1313]

Great ending! It seems as if daytime soaps are a dying breed! Sorry to say,I love the soaps,but the writing,acting,have all changed so much.The soaps are a lot of 20 something's now,with very few older people! I hope a few survive!

[Simon5005]

I didn't realize it had been that long. I was stunned to see Jane Krakowski and Anita Gillette...........I had no idea they were on that soap! Our society is changing so quickly now, and I personally attribute that to less and less being targeted toward adults and way too much toward kids...........which will ultimately not be a good thing.

[fff1313]

@Simon5005  I totally agree! Even the soaps now are getting to mainly 20 somethings.35 is old now! You need the older actors and actress to add the polish and experience.I personally think the talent of yesterday is far superior to today!

[thekenergizer]

Has it really been 24 years? Where has the time gone? I remember watching this to the end. Such a GREAT show.

[billyralphweeden]

VERRYY CLASSY.........

way to end this great soap.....

SEARCH FOR TOMORROW.

MARY STUART is gone now......

but is she really ???

she always be one of the greatest

first ladies of daytime tv.......

love to all SEARCH fans.........

billy.

[GOPMom]

Let's hope they do something this classy for ATWT when it ends in September.

[TimothySEnglish]

Hopefully, ATWT will be picked up by another network extending the life of that soap. Its hard to believe that Search has been off the air 23 years ago today and that Mary Stuart and Larry Haines are both gone. By the way, does anybody know what will become of the Daytime Emmys with the number of Soaps falling off the air?

[Brandon1921219]

@TimothySEnglish I dont mean 2 be rude or anything, but ATWT will not be picked up by anybody else and will go off in September.

[TimothySEnglish]

@Brandon1921219 I don't think you're rude at all. At the time I posted this comment (12/26/09), ATWT's fate was uncertain, and there was a glimmer of hope that it would continue. But with the recent passing of Helen Wagner, the show can end knowing it was the top rated soap for an astounding 20 years and the model for which other soaps are based.

[Brandon1921219]

@TimothySEnglish The daytime industry is slowly but surely dying out, but I dont get mad when these shows goes off the air because we were blessed 2 have had them on the air 4 all of these years.

[savammy]

this is a classic way to say goodbye to your fan base.guiding light should have ended this way.they should have gl cast members say something to thier fans at the end

[mca1218]

What a lovely finish: a true curtain call, and veteran Mary Stuart closing up shop. I got teary-eyed watching this, and I didn't even watch the show.

[BobbyDamiano]

It is always appropriate to have the star of the show end everything. It's very rare that original cast members lasted as long as Mary and Larry did. But let's get real could anyone else in the cast close up shop?

[jmsweat]

One last thing, I always wondered how long SFT would have lasted if it had stayed on CBS. Captiol's run as SFT's replacement on CBS only lasted 5 years until March 1987, while SFT ended 3 months prior in December 1986. I think eventually CBS would have dropped SFT in favor another Bill Bell soap. I don't think Bold and the Beautiful could ever compare with the drama and storylines that SFT had.

[savammy]

bold and beutiful could never begin to this classic soap or even guiding light.bold and beutiful is trash wish it would get canceled.mary stuart loved her on this show and guiding light

[jmsweat]

In addition, I don't understand why P&G was so unhappy with CBS's decision on putting SFT at 2:30pm when it aired between two other P&G hit soaps--ATWT and GL. The ratings didn't change much from its former 12:30pm. After only a few months, they could tell it was obviously a huge mistake taking it to NBC.

[jmsweat]

I always read that P&G didn't like CBS's choice of putting SFT in the 2:30pm ET slot and wanted it back at 12:30pm so it moved it to NBC. This was a mistake because many NBC affiliates were already pre-empting the 12:30pm slot which had the low rated soap The Doctors. Some markets saw SFT go away completely in 1982 because their NBC station didn't clear the 12:30pm slot and didn't do so even when SFT moved there from CBS.

[pcimin00]

the proctor and gamble woman explained the NBC ratings drop as sometimes It takes viewers time to find the show in a new time slot?

[pcimin00]

today it would probably be impossible to talk to someone at proctor and gamble with voice mail and everything,but in 1982 I called the toll free # on the side of my Tide Laundry Detergent box,I got directed to a woman who I remembered be very knowledgeable and assisted that Proctor and gamble shopped SFT around for a 1230 time slot , because some of SFT Best years were when the show was on at 1230est,CBS would have kept the show but was going to move it to 4pm est

[pcimin00]

CBS had a history of sacrificing shows feeling that the new show would do at least just as good,with OLTL doing a 10.2 they wanted a higher rating between 230-3 than a 6.3 rating,Capitol never did as well as SFT In the time slot and after the initial premiere it fell into the high 5 ratings in 1984 It peaked at a 6.4 but was in the 5's again by 1985,the 6.3 rating did not follow To NBC,SFT's premiere week on NBC , SFT did a 3.6 rating,In 1982 I spoke with someone at proctor and gamble .....

[pcimin00]

Some other posters have also mentioned this,but CBS Was going to keep SFT but they were going to move it to 4pm,Proctor and Gamble knew the problems Edge had at 4pm with affiliate clearance and thought they could do better if they shop the show around for a 1230 time slot they went to ABC , But ABC would not give them 1230,NBC would and NBC saw it was doing a 6.3 rating on CBS which was better than anything they had between 1230-4,so NBC grabbed it thinking the 6.3 rating would follow to NBC...

[TIPTON340]

SFT went from CBS in 1981 to NBC and ran an additional five year run in the bottom of the ratings, you can't expect more. But with GL it is money and the audience is running out. SFT problem was quite different, competition.

[Johnston6999]

This was my favoriate final scene from Search for Tomorrow. I always think Mary was searching perhaps love, peace and continment. You can really tell watching this scene that Search for Tomorrow was her life. I heard that Mary has since passed. I miss this soap very much.

[GOPMom]

Mary Stuart was beautiful -- how old was she here? Does anyone remember the courtroom scene from around 1970 where Andrea broke down and admitted to having caused a fire, I think, that killed her children, and broke her pearl necklace and crawled on the floor picking up the pearls? It ran as the last 20 (of 30 minutes) one day and was so dramatic the next day they ran it again as the first 20 minutes. I was about 10 and this was the first soap opera that I watched with my mother.

[TimothySEnglish]

Such a classy ending....

[NelsonAspen]

Behind the scenes of the last SFT yrs in my book HOLLYWOOD INSIDER: EXPOSED! I was such an impressionable kid...those yrs meant everything to me!

[jmsweat]

This finale should have aired on CBS since that is where it spent most of its years on the air. It is too bad P&G didn't let CBS keep it at 2:30pm ET/1:30 CT/PT because I think CBS would have aired it until 1987 when Bold and the Beautiful came along avoiding the NBC years where the ratings really were bad. NBC just didn't have the daytime lineup CBS did.

[chrisjman]

MAN! That makes me so sad. Soaps were so much better back then; in touch with reality, and the regulars were your 'friends'. I remember Mary Stuart and Larry fondly, evn though I was just a kid back then. BRAVO to the cast and writers and crew

[sven109]

A wonderful,touching ending with the late Mary Stuart and Larry Haines. The wonderful Maeve Mcguire looks lovely,as always,here.

[jdepley]

One of the greatest good endings I've ever seen.

[clemfoley]

Responsee to Freeek 04,

Since WDIV is the NBC affiliate of Detroit what I found somewhat evident of WDIV,WXYZ(ABC) and WJBK(FOX but previously a CBS afilliate)is that they prempt certain 'expected' programs.Makes me wonder ( no offence to Detroiters) if that's the 'Detroit mentality'? Finally if it's any consolation at least Detroit offers nice tourist sites, how I'm aware of these networks is because my local cable company,over a decade ago,previously offered WDIV,WJBK, WXYZ even WTVS(PBS).

[pernelldh]

A very emotional finale on December 26, 1986 then "Search For Tomorrow" faded into television history.

[jmsweat]

It's a shame SFT didn't get to end its run on CBS. The show had a much larger fan base on CBS since CBS daytime was more popular. Some NBC stations didn't carry SFT at all or cancelled it before it ended. My grandma always watched the CBS schedule, so when SFT left, she watched Capitol.

[TimothySEnglish]

I still maintain that CBS runied that show. The fact that the face of daytime was changing by the early 80's and the growing popularity of the Young and the Restless, SFT was simply a casualty of the changing line-up. Plus the fact the show constantly changed time slots and never expanded to a full hour, CBS just simply dumped it. Had CBS and P&G invested the same amount of time and money as they did with As the World Turns it may still be on today for all we know.

[jmsweat]

I never have really known if it was CBS's choice to dump the show or P&G's to move it to NBC at 12:30. Why P&G would eve do that is beyond me when NBC never had a successful daytime lineup during the midday hour. I thought P&G took it away because CBS put it at 2:30pm ET.

[TimothySEnglish]

I'm sure the suits at P&G shopped that show around for quite some time. I wouldn't be surprised if ABC turned them down since Edge of Night was already struggling (another P&G show defected from CBS). So I'm sure NBC in a desperate bid was happy to take SFT since their other shows weren't doing as well and other soaps had been cancelled such as The Doctors and Somerset. SFT just didn't have the audience at NBC like they did at CBS.

[jmsweat]

Yeah the switch wasn't good from the beginning because some NBC stations weren't running the Doctors at 12:30pm ET so when SFT switched to NBC at 12:30 ET it disappeared altogether for some viewers with NBC stations continuing to pre-empt the noon hour. I think most loyal CBS viewers just settled for Capitol and no longer bothered with SFT.

[kulvir15]

I often felt that Capitol was a time-filler until Bill Bell could get a 2nd daytime drama ready to air on CBS. B&B came on when Y&R was on the verge of reaching #1 and CBS changed the schedule so Y&R could be the lead-in for B&B.

[MrsBobbyJamesEwing]

Great video clip. Search For Tomarrow was a great soap opera.

[jmsweat]

There's no reason why Search For Tomorrow couldn't still be on the air today or at least lasted longer than it did if it had stayed on CBS. The other 3 soaps it aired with are still on today.

[seanboger]

I agree. NBC pruned the show of too many vets and tried to introduce too many new, unexperienced, younger cast members that just didn't click.

[kulvir15]

NBC tried to turn Search into a Days clone. Even if CBS kept Search, it probably would've ended in 1987 to make way for B&B.

[jmsweat]

B&B isn't as good nor does it have the depth that Search For Tomorrow did.

[GenXorcist1976]

I couldn't agree MORE. I've watched nearly every soap that's been on the air from the 80's onward (even PASSIONS) at least once - B&B I've watched a few times and I just don't really like it that much. I don't know why. I saw the final weeks of GL and it was KILLING ME that they decided to cancel IT instead of, say, how AMC is now... not that I'm saying I want AMC to go, but I think these classics are the best model to look to. B&B is no classic.

[silenthillmaster755]

oh god All My Children is so terrible.

[gabullstud]

Actually, Search for Tomorrow was replaced by "Capitol" which was also canceled, and just three months after SFT was canceled on NBC. CBS should have moved SFT to 4 p.m. so it could have challenged ABC's "The Edge of Night."

[jmsweat]

I believe it was Proctor & Gamble's choice to move the show off CBS to NBC. It wanted it back at 12:30pm and didn't like it that CBS moved it to a late afternoon timeslot in 1981 even though the ratings remained fine. It was not a smart choice to move it to NBC where its ratings never achieved what it had on CBS.

[chambert]

Some markets did show SFT later in the afternoon. Our Grand Island station showed it at 3:30 pm before "Captain 11" at 4.

[CaliforniaGuy888]

If SFT were still on the air today, what would it look like? Since Mary Stuart and Larry Haines are gone, who would be the anchor of this show today? Just curious...I thought Mary Stuart was SFT.

[ajwrangler1977]

Wow... that is a good question! I would hope that Patti & Hogan would be the older and wiser pareental (and grandparent) figures, I am sure Liza would still be around and I am sure that the story would be heavily focused on the child that Patti & Hogan ended up having and around Liza's son Tourneur since those characters would be in their early 20's now (if they aged naturally and weren't SORAS'ed).

[Soapking1965]

This scene is now bittersweet with the recent passing of Larry Haines (Stu Bergman). He died last week at the age of 89.

[Brandiig]

I was reading the newspaper this morning that Larry Haines who played Stu Bergman has passed away. He was 89 years old.

[HomeoftheGoodGuys]

I've never seen it since I was a kid back in my years in Puerto Rico when I was about 8 years old since 3rd grade.

The song at the end of the final show was "We'll Be Together Again" by Lou Rawls. Does anyone have the MP3 of that song?

[tinaschuman1]

I watched this show w/ my Grandmother and Mother. How I wish for this type of show today. There are still persons like myself that would enjoy good storylines and characters. I do not watch a single soap today and have not for about 20 years.

[vashottest]

You should try Y&R. That's about as close as you'll get to a great soap today. It's the best on air right now...still telling good character-driven stories...

[waynegabi]

I always considered Mary Stuart the Judy Garland of soaps, she looked so much like Judy and had her frailty and tenderness. I can actually remember a soap called "Hotel Cosmopolitan" 'with our permanent guest, Donald Woods', in the early '50s. Wayne

[NelsonAspen]

This final episode aired Dec 26 1986.

[garymonc]

It was axed to make way for the new soap Santa Barbara

[travis082185]

that meks no sense because santa barbara came on in 1984 and search wasn't cancelled until 2 years later

[sammyreed]

Actually, it was the "Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour" that was "axed" for "Santa Barbara". I remember being disappointed by that.

[ajwrangler1977]

Actually, it was axed for a game show called "WordPlay" that lasted for only about six months.

[dknights411]

That's even sadder.

[sammyreed]

Actually, it was the "Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour" that was "axed" for "Santa Barbara". I remember being disappointed by that.

Sorry about the double-post, guys. I just now realized who my reply should've gone to.(gary)

[AlbieGray]

It was appropriate for Jo and Stu to have a final scene together,a nd how Jo tied the ending so wonderfully, by saying that she was searching for Tomorrow and that she couldn't wait. An ending that is classic in it's simplicity.

[gymnastix]

Though I stopped watching regularly (due in part to missing some of the familiar faces that inevitably left the show over time, but also on account of leading a busier life myself), I would periodically check in on "Jo" & her family & friends (usually at Xmas, when Stuart would often sing), and I came back to "Henderson" for this one last timne in 1986--how nice that you have shared this with us!

[gymnastix]

Though I stopped watching regularly (due in part to missing some of the familiar faces that inevitably left the show over time, but also on account of leading a busier life myself), I would periodically check in on "Jo" & her family & friends (usually at Xmas, when Stuart would often sing), and I came back to "Henderson" for this one last time in 1986--how nice that you have shared this with us!

[gymnastix]

And everybody was sad in 1971 when "Stu" & "Jo" lost "Marge," loyal spouse & friend, because we all knew the actress who played her (Melba Rae) also passed away.

[gymnastix]

Between '67-'72 was an especially great period of storylines, Joan Copeland as "Andrea Whiting" giving the best performances of a villainess on any soap, perhaps on TV period! And Robert Mandan, who played the first (& best) "Sam Reynolds," was also the best romantic partner for "Jo"; Ann Williams joined the cast in a more sympathetic casting of sister "Eunice," also physically resembling Stuart.

[gymnastix]

I respected the talent & stability of Mary Stuart, on the program from the very beginning to the very last episode, and Larry Haines as her good buddy (& frequently comic relief) "Stu," present almost as long.

[gymnastix]

I stopped watching "Search" about 1975 or '76, after having watched it with (& for, when she was in the hospital) my mother since 1963, until she died in 1970. By then I had become attached to the characters, especially "Jo" & "Stu," and found them to be of comfort to me, to keep watching my mom's "story" as though she were still watching with me.

[joshmorrowfan]

Yep...I'm crying again even after all these years...They don't make soaps like this one anymore. I miss all the wonderful characters and actors.

Thanks

[RolandTaylorJr]

WSAZ aired the last Search episode at 9:30am on January 2, 1987

[travis082185]

there was a search for tomarrow episode here from 1962 and it seems to have disappeared. i am assuming that videos can be removed from youtube. could the person who posted the video be able to remove that video?

[gymnastix]

Yes, you are correct, there was a video of "Search" from '62, uploaded by a poster named "Unimatic" (and some number following. He runs a website devoted to vintage household appliances, told me he was found in violation for some other video, so all his videos were removed, not specifically for the '62 "Search" episode. But also removed was a '55 episode of "The Secret Storm."

[gymnastix]

If you'd like that '62 ep. of "Search," travis082185, I also have it--hit me up privately & I can send it to you.

[EONSFTFAN]

11 years later this still makes me cry. At least I was able to tape the last two weeks of the show while living at home in Columbus, GA from WLTZ-38. I was so glad they didn't remove Search from the air or move it to a different time slot like so many ABC affiliates did with Edge of Night and later Ryan's Hope.

Thank you for posting.

[travis082185]

from what i heard the show can only be rerun from 1982 because althoug p&g which owns the show didn't start saving the episodes until the fall of 1979, there are also episode gaps between 1879-1982

[NelsonAspen]

I worked on the show during these years and they actually economized on tape stock by "de-gauzing" (erasing!) old episodes which is why there is so little in the archives. Isn't that sad and unimaginable today!?

[travis082185]

how was your experience working on a soap?do you still work on or behind the cameras? did you work on any other soap?i would give anything to be able wo work on a soap. i would prefer to work as an actor though instead of behind the scenes. anyway i wish they would reair more daytime soaps but these days soapnet has taken a completely different turn they keep rerunnig the same stuff over and over. that station needs a complete facelift. poor ms stuart almost cracked up at the end

[fireplace911]

They did export the show overseas.i saw it in Australia.They were quite a bit behind the USA in episodes.But alas they cancelled it in the early 1980's and probably never made it past the early USA 1980 episodes.We never made it to the later title introductions with different music.

[krystlerita]

So beautiful, so touching

Even EDGE OF NIGHT's open-ended mystery finale cannot rival this

[travis082185]

i hate when they finish a soap with soemthing that's openended. it's a big kick in the buttocks hole

[ajwrangler1977]

I was a big fan of Search for Tomorrow but never saw the last few months of episodes. I had always wanted to see this well-documented scene and Mary Stuart and Larry Haines' wonderful acting and Mary Stuart's heartfelt and tearful goodbye just make me so sad :(

[dovasi]

Thanks so much for posting the final scene. Detroit didn't air Search because it took it off the air on NBC.

[freeek04]

WDIV seems to like not airing the NBC soaps I notice. They never aired Sunset Beach either...not that I really complained about that one though.

[gymnastix]

Perhaps that is why, over their long history, NBC seems to have cancelled more of its soaps (including "Passions" most recently, but also the long-running "Another World" in the '90's) than ABC or CBS.

[gymnastix]

NBC had some great soaps too, such as the aforementioned "AW" & "Somerset," "The Doctors" and the aptly-named "From These Roots," which featured in its cast many actors (Millette Alexander, Ann Flood, and Robert Mandan among them) who would become legends on other soaps in later years.

[gymnastix]

I recall a fine NBC soap, "Bright Promise," which at first featured film actor Dana Andrews and film & sitcom star Ann Jeffreys (who played the "ghostess with the mostest" on TV's "Topper"), and concerned the lives of characters in a college town. This soap also featured a young Anthony Geary as a mildly-retarded young man named "David," a few years before he would go on to soap opera fame as "Luke Spencer" (of "Luke & Laura" notoriety) on "General Hospital."

[gymnastix]

Now all NBC has left of its soaps is "Days Of Our Lives." Running since 1965, nearly 43 years, one wonders how many "days" are left in the "lives" of its characters & for the fans of that soap?

[DaysFan65]

A) Very true

B) What a clever way of posting that

[gymnastix]

By my count, I recall in the '70's there were at one time as many as 18 soaps running between the three broadcast networks. Now there are eight soaps, less than half that amount, & I fear that unless there is some better casting, acting & writing, soaps will be gone from the broadcast airwaves within the next decade, leaving us with nothing but insipid Jerry Springer-type talkfests, judge shows & the few syndicated game shows.

[gymnastix]

That's another issue--why not any more network-produced game shows, which, along with soaps & the Mike Douglas and Merv Griffin shows, were once also a staple of daytime TV? "Concentration," "Family Feud," "Match Game," "Password," & "To Tell The Truth" were all once daytime network shows, even "Jeopardy!" & "Wheel Of Fortune" got their starts on network daytime.

[davistsd]

THANK YOU for posting this! Brings back wonderful memories of watching the soaps with Mom. "Jo" was a wondeful character on a memorable soap.

[rfschober]

Mary Stuart's farewell chokes me up every time.

[rored1956]

Oh yes, it is one that chokes you up. I enjoyed

watching this wonderful woman for years.

[CadillacL]

I remember as a little kid, i actually was allowed to watch soaps. One of my aunt's got me an autograph of "Jo" causee I was a big fan of hers even at that young age. I'll treasure that autograph. The NBC station here took the show off the air b-4 the last season & so this is the first time I'm seeing the last episode. Anyone have scenes w/Travis & Liza?

[OceanKingNY]

I missed this back when it aired, so thanks so much for posting. What a classy way to end this show, and for Mary Stuart to say goodbye to the fans after 35 years on the air. SFT was regarded as having slipped in quality in its later years, but if you compare it to the drek being written on today's soaps, it seems Shakespearean.

[MGHSHour2]

KYW Replaced It With $1,000,000 Chance Of A Lifetime

[cgsguy]

So if KYW replaced it with $1,000,000 Chance Of A Lifetime, then it preempted Wordplay.

[CaliforniaGuy888]

I agree. Mary Stuart's Meta wasn't on a lot of the time. At the time, I thought it was a slap in the face. Then, someone told me that Mary Stuart had been ill for a while - so that may explain why she wasn't on as much.

[CaliforniaGuy888]

It was such a treat when Mary Stuart joined the cast of GL. Although she wasn't used as often as she should have been, it was great seeing her when she was on.

[gymnastix]

Oh how I wish I could have caught Miss Stuart on "GL," a soap I had watched from 1963-75 or so (when there were more "Bauers")! I recall Ellen Demming, who played "Meta" for two decades, and do you know that she died the exact same month & year that Mary Stuart did?

[CaliforniaGuy888]

Yes, I did catch that bit of information. Ellen Demming died around the same time Mary Stuart did. Although I wasn't watching GL when Ellen Demming was Meta, I was aware of the fact she played Meta Bauer.

[gymnastix]

It seems every time I tuned in, it was a day when Stuart was not on "GL" I have finally seen some of her excellent scenes as "Meta" here on You Tube. But of course, for me Mary Stuart will always be "Jo" of "Search For Tomorrow" and Ellen Demming "Meta Bauer Banning"

[NelsonAspen]

I had the honor to work on SFT the last few years it was in production. Mary Stuart was a mentor, friend and innovator whose talent & generosity live on in the medium she helped create and her legacy with the Book Pals program. I was Production Coordinator and Mary nailed this scene on the first take, but a technical snafu required she & Larry do it a second time. We were all gathered on set, behind the Christmas tree and synthetic snow. There wasn't a dry eye in the building.

[AdmiralW238]

It was a sad day when Search For Tomorrow ended...is remains my all time favourite...Mary Stuart was an accomplished performer and is missed by her fan, family and friends to this day.

You are truly lucky to have worked with her and to class her as one of your mentors and friend. I wish I had been so lucky to have met and known her but my memories of her and Search For Tomorrow will never deminish.

[actorschmactor2000]

Never seen a single solitary ep of this show, and this scene still gives me a lump in my throat.

[dovasi]

Fantastic! Thank you!

[adelgado75]

thanks for posting this.

[damien1977]

Thanks so much for this!!! What a great show and ending!!