So I have decided to limit myself to daily soap operas (no Andra Avenyn, no Les Bleus, no Skins, no Torchwood, etc.), so I'm mostly just choosing from VL, HO, and AWZ. Fair warning though, I can be incredibly indecisive and may still have more than one answer in several categories. ;D ;D ;D
Best Storyline: Ollian falling in love and the beginning of their relationship. - VL
Worst Storyline: any of the many, many plots on AWZ that made my head explode
Best Actor: Thore of 1000 faces (VL) and Barry Sloane (HO) for making me want to hug Niall even
while he was killing Kieron.
Best Actress: Carley Stenson (Steph on HO) fan-flippin-tastic
Actor or Actress Most In Need Of Acting Lessons: has decided to be nice and not answer this *shines halo*
Best Supporting Character (including f*g hags): soooo many to choose from. Should I pick Olivia? Judith? Mercedes? Erwin? After much deliberation I'm gonna have to go with Gregor.
But I love that Sheepie mentioned Miriam. Love her.Worst Supporting Character (including f*g hags): David (VL)
Best Friendship: Ringo (AWZ). I also like the Christian/Judith dynamic. (VL)
Worst Friendship: Deniz and pretty much anyone
The boy needs boundaries. (AWZ)
Biggest Missed Opportunity: Kieron (HO) . It's a missed opportunity for the show by losing a great actor like Jake Hendriks, killing off a character with a lot of future potential, and then not even getting all the available mileage out of it. Just jamming it against the SE so neither made sense. Barely even tapping Niall's 'just murdered my best friend in cold blood' angst reservoir.
There was so much potential for 2 really compelling stories, instead they just shoved them together and got one crap one. Why bring back Guy Burnet and then give the character of Craig crap-all to do (at least in the regular HO).
Not to mention what they did to Spike (poor Tom Vaughn.) It's just all such a waste.
Sorry, had a little rant there. ;D ETA: also, on a side note, I hate the fact that since there was a gay character of faith, of course he had to die. As if the two are incompatible. Grrr.
Best Chemistry: DeRo- AWZ
Biggest WTF? Moment: The Craig/Sarah/Hannah scene with the paper boat. No.way.in.hell. Made no sense. Even during those few weeks of everyone being inconsistent and out of character, that was just too far. Sarah was completely unrecognizable. Her reaction in the LNHO was much more true to the character.
Best Song Moment: Sia "Breathe Me" 4/4/08 on VL
Worst Song Use: Sia "Breathe Me" anytime else
Best Storyline Twist: Coco accepting Christian's confusion with such equanimity. Actually, all the main characters on VL being so cool with it Christian and Olli being a couple.
Also, when Olivia's heart grew 3 sizes that day
(too many Christmas shows on tv.) I've always known that Olivia was awesome and badass (and that underneath she had a heart), but it was nice to see them finally proving that she loves Olli. And I love that Kristina Dorfer can play Olivia as selfish and caring at the same time and that I buy every second of it.
Worst Storyline Twist: Zoe/Sarah (HO)
Best New Character: was going to say Kieron (HO), but since he's dead, Judith (VL)
Worst New Character: David (VL)
Best Line/Dialogue: "Not my John Paul"
But I also loved "gay tart of Hollyoaks" (loved that whole scene really) and "I'm not taking advice from a banana." - all HO
Worst Line/Dialogue: Ravi being "just greedy" (HO)
Most Shocking Moment: Kieron dying. Not the fact that it happened, because that was ridiculously over spoilered.
But the graphicness of it. Man, when those pictures were first released, people were
stunned. And during the scene, even though you knew it was coming, and what the pictures looked like, the intensity of the scene and the acting still made it pretty horrific. Another scene that shocked me was in LNHO. When Steph was trying to sneak the phone into the outhouse, you knew she wouldn't get away with it, but when Niall suddenly appeared over her shoulder
(seemingly without opening the door or letting in any light) it scared the shit out of me!!
Least Shocking Moment:*dramatic voice* Will John Paul choose to go with Craig? Will he make it to the station in time? Will there be a Sunset Ending?
??
Favorite Kiss: VL - 1.) 4/4 of course and 2.) the 'heart kiss' where Christian and Olli are in bed right before Gregor catches them and Christian kisses Olli right over his heart - long before he said out loud that he loves him. It's the one in momnoc's avatar. ;D
AWZ - the 'face lick' kiss - they can do hot like nobody else
HO - 1.) the subtle twirly kiss Kieron gives JP outside the pub after the confessional when they decide to pursue the relationship and 2.) the kiss after Kieron is revealed at the wedding and Kieron is on the bed with John Paul leaning over him - so tender
Most Enjoyable Show: VL
Most Disappointing Show: AWZ, because I think it's actually trying to drive me bonkers.
What do you hope for in 2009 for your favorite pairs (no spoilers):VL - that the new writers care enough about Christian and Olli to not just write for them, but to write well for them and keep their characters consistent (they don't have to be together, but give them good stories
AWZ - that it stops making me want to pull my hair out
Andra Avenyn - ok, I said I wasn't going to include this show, but I hope they bring back Adam and this time have it make actual sense.
HO - I don't know how it happened, but Ravi has grown on me.
And I like the character of Kris, so I'm just hoping this whole triangle isn't too awful.