I love the first year of DS just as much as the years with Jonathan Frid -- maybe even a bit more.
All the storylines were good, IMO -- the only problem I had with the stories was the fact that I felt they focused on the Burke Devlin/Roger Collins storyline a bit too much in the first few months of the show. The Laura/Phoenix storyline is one of the best of the entire show.
The characterizations and acting are great. Elizabeth, Roger, Carolyn, David, Maggie, and Vicki (and just about everyone else) are at their best here. One thing I dislike about the later years is the fact that these characters were watered down by future writing regimes. I wouldn't have minded it so much if it were a gradual change as the characters evolved, but it seemed to happen very suddenly.
The pre-Barnabas episodes are much more character driven than the later ones. I also love how it explored the relationships between the characters -- for instance, Elizabeth/Carolyn, Carolyn/Roger, Roger/David, Elizabeth/Roger, Burke/Roger, Maggie/Sam, etc.
I like the fact that there was only a hint of the supernatural. One of the major problems I have with some of the later storylines (in particular, the period with Adam and the Leviathan storyline) was the fact that there seemed to be way too many supernatural creatures running around Collinsport.
it might of been search for tomorrow.....it was one that was on cbs opposite......wish grandma was still around, she could tell me.......anyone know what soap was on cbs opposite DS?......
When DS premiered in 1966, it aired against CBS'
The Secret Storm at 4:00PM. When the show switched to the 3:30PM time slot in April 1967, it began airing against
The Edge of Night on CBS. In July 1968, the show returned to 4:00PM. At the time, CBS was airing
The Art Linkletter Show against it. Later, reruns of
Gomer Pyle, USMC began airing in the slot in 1969.