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The series originally focused on the wealthy Lord family and the blue-collar Riley family of Llanview, Pennsylvania. Heiress Victoria Lord (played by Erika Slezak since 1971) became the centerpiece of the show, later marrying into the Buchanan family, which has served as the series' core ever since. Over the years, Viki has suffered breast cancer, heart disease, a stroke, being shot, and most famously, [[Split Personality|Dissociative Identity Disorder]].

The late 1980s brought a series of outlandish storylines. Viki's near-death experience took her to heaven, depicted as a spaceship inhabited by her departed relations. In 1988, Clint Buchanan fell off a horse and was transported to 1888, where he met his own ancestors, all lookalikes of his 1988 family. Most infamously, in 1989, several characters became trapped in Eterna, a secret city inside a mountain. In 2008, to celebrate the show's 40th anniversary, they 'revisited' two of these storylines. Viki again suffered a near-death experience, but this time Heaven was more like an office building, where she was taken by elevator to be briefly reunited with friends and loved ones. Show creator Agnes Nixon also made an appearance during this segment. In addition, Bo Buchanan (Clint's younger brother) and his nephew Rex Balsom were struck by lightning and transported back in time to 1968's Texas, where everyone believed that Bo was actually his father Asa and that Rex was actually Bo.

 

 

 

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* [[Flashback with the Other Darrin]]: Lampshaded when during ex-husband Asa's "funeral" Blair (played by a Caucasian actress) flashbacked to her own wedding to Asa... which occurred when Blair was being played by an Asian American actress. Cue the confused look into the make-up compact.

* [[Hannibal Lecture]]: Mitch is the ''master'' of this. Everything he does is passive-aggressive, which makes him all the scarier.

'''Teacher''': Great, Matthew. Why don't you tell me why-<br />

'''Justin''': -But you don't have a leg to ''stand'' on, Buchanan!}}

* [[Magic Plastic Surgery]]: Max, Todd {{spoiler|(actually Todd's twin brother, Victor Lord, Jr)}}.

* [[The Malaproper]]: Roxy.

** Even squickier was elderly Victor Lord's off-screen but often-mentioned romance with college student Irene, which became creepier (but also more 'logical') when after a [[Retcon]] it was revealed that Victor was a pedophile who had sexually abused his daughter Viki all throughout childhood.

* [[Mushroom Samba]]: Cole's withdrawal hallucinations of his family and friends berating him and telling him how he ruined their lives.

* [[The Rival]]: Dorian Cramer towards Viki.

* [[Rivals Team Up]]: Viki and Dorian usually don't get along. But even they could find common ground to team up against the evil Echo [[Di Savoy]].

* [[Serial Killer]]: The Music Box Killer.

** Also, the K.A.D Killer.

 

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