remember even in all the good of this alan and hope getting together, hope did turn to the bottle. i was young but i remember her drinking and alan pacifying her drinking.
She turned to the bottle because alcoholism runs in the Bauer family. Bill and Ed were both alcoholics and Hope became one as a result of her relationship with Alan and the emotional stress involved with being married to Alan.
She couldn't take much more and I believe the womanizing and flirting Alan did with Trish Lewis and Rita, just to name a few, coupled with all of the other schemes and controversies Alan was involved in, was too much to handle for someone written to be young and innocent
I don't know why they didn't keep Alan and Hope together. It would have kept Alan from degenerating into a straight-up villain, yet I doubt Hope would have completely changed him. Alan could have still been an anti-hero. Look at the asshattery Roger Thorpe was capable of in the mid-nineties while he and Holly were briefly reconciled!
well, these episodes were made when the show was vying for "Best Daytime Drama" year after year...they won in 1980 and 1982 but even in the years they didn't win "Best" show it was still well-written, by early 1980's standards...and I think it won several Emmy's for "Best Writing" during this era.
remember even in all the good of this alan and hope getting together, hope did turn to the bottle. i was young but i remember her drinking and alan pacifying her drinking.
satiny1984 2 years ago
She turned to the bottle because alcoholism runs in the Bauer family. Bill and Ed were both alcoholics and Hope became one as a result of her relationship with Alan and the emotional stress involved with being married to Alan.
She couldn't take much more and I believe the womanizing and flirting Alan did with Trish Lewis and Rita, just to name a few, coupled with all of the other schemes and controversies Alan was involved in, was too much to handle for someone written to be young and innocent
ACcountryFan 2 years ago
I guess Hope was another one of those "happinesses" Alan ran away from.
katie9918 2 years ago
I don't know why they didn't keep Alan and Hope together. It would have kept Alan from degenerating into a straight-up villain, yet I doubt Hope would have completely changed him. Alan could have still been an anti-hero. Look at the asshattery Roger Thorpe was capable of in the mid-nineties while he and Holly were briefly reconciled!
katie9918 2 years ago
I remember this from the summer of 79
NORRIN68 2 years ago
Alan was a great character back then. He is now reduce to a murdering cartoon.
MissDashwoodfan 3 years ago
I believe this is when Guiding Light was Number One in the ratings!
Harlowfan2008 3 years ago
General Hospital was number 1 in 1979, Guiding Light was number 5.
coolwafferman 3 years ago
well, these episodes were made when the show was vying for "Best Daytime Drama" year after year...they won in 1980 and 1982 but even in the years they didn't win "Best" show it was still well-written, by early 1980's standards...and I think it won several Emmy's for "Best Writing" during this era.
ACcountryFan 2 years ago
Awesome! Thanks for posting!
Harlowfan2008 3 years ago
That's how Alan-Michael came into the picture
kelvinmblack18 4 years ago