The great thing about soaps in this era was: sometimes they would toss two great actors into a relatively low-stakes scene and just let them duel it out, for kicks. Hard to imagine ANY soap now setting aside the plot-plot-plot of it all and just letting a moment BREATHE like this. 👇🏼 #SantaBarbaraNBC
"Sophia, you look chic as usual, it's a lesbian influence, I suppose. No, Manx, it's not going to work this time. You have always had an ability to abuse other people, and you know what, now it seems quite harmless. I give back in kind what I receive. You have practically wrecked my family for the second time, and I don't want it to happen again. No, and you're not going to frighten me anymore. Oh, you used to be able to frighten me. Out of all the loquages, I was most worried about what you could do to me. You still terrify me. You seem bent on destroying my family. Lytle and Augusta can do very well themselves. They can do with their own greed. You didn't have that in mind when there was fifteen years ago in the country. I asked you a question that night. Do you remember? You ran away, you wouldn't answer, you refused to answer. I was frightened. I didn't know what to do. You asked me what it would take for me to not see Lytle anymore, that I was ruining his life, and I had to go. So what's the difference now? The difference is, Manx, that I can't stand the sight of him. Well, that's not what I understand. All the stories you have heard are lies. I didn't trust you then, and I don't trust you now. You seduced my son when you were Cece's wife. What will it take to make you leave my son alone and get out of Santa Barbara? You know, Manx, you are really on thin ice now. I don't have to give you an answer. Not to the woman who had her own secret meetings in that tunnel long before Lytle and I ever even knew about it. Are you suggesting that I had an affair under my husband's nose? Don't play innocent with me. I'll make you a deal. If you tell me what went on with you in that tunnel, maybe I'll answer your question. Manx, for 15 years you have been cozy and comfort in a lockered estate. And I have been in and out of institutions and sanitariums, fighting for my sanity and crying out for my family. And now all of you are hounding me to get out of town. I earned my... I'm not going to give it up."
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The great thing about soaps in this era was: sometimes they would toss two great actors into a relatively low-stakes scene and just let them duel it out, for kicks. Hard to imagine ANY soap now setting aside the plot-plot-plot of it all and just letting a moment BREATHE like this. 👇🏼 #SantaBarbaraNBC
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