From the poor to (mainly) the rich, this is the character sheet for Santa Barbara. Since this is a soap, it fastly accumulated loads and loads of characters, so they've been divided into the main families and the characters of each year for ease of reading.
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The Capwells
- The Beautiful Elite: Definitely. Not only is the youngest daughter Robin Wright, all of them, including the two C.C.s, are insanely attractive. Seems like It Runs in the Family.
- Big, Screwed-Up Family: Though this is par for the course in soaps, the Capwells are an interesting case in that it doesn't seem at first they are very different from any affluent family; is as the series progresses how the viewers learn of their screwed-up past (and present), and how the family tree gets more and more twisted.
- It's implied CC I's pressure and influence over his children turned them into screw-ups who cannot properly relate to anyone (which can be seen in how Mason and Eden perceive romantic relationships).
- Idle Rich: Apart from Mason, and in keeping with true soap opera tradition, none of the siblings has a very demanding job at the start of the series, their time being more occupied with partying, sailing, and playing polo.
- It Runs in the Family: Apart from the aforementioned beauty, some level of hipocrisy and an It's All About Me attitude is present in all of its members.
Channing Creighton "C.C." Capwell
As portrayed by Richman.
As portrayed by Burke. We're Capwells. Every one of us. That's always been enough, and always will continue to be enough to hold us together.
As portrayed by Bateman. At my age, I could knock you out of town without lifting a finger.
As portrayed by Allan.
Played by: Peter Mark Richman (1984), Paul Burke (1984), Charles Bateman (1984-1985), Jed Allan (1986-1993).
The patriarch of the Capwell family. An aloof, icy, intelligent and condescending man, he nonetheless loves his children and wants to provide them a stable and safe environment.
- Deadpan Snarker: While not specially sarcastic, he has his moments. Never to the level of Mason, though.
- Jerkass: Again, not as much as Mason, but tends to be quite cold toward everyone... at least when portrayed by Peter Mark Richmann. Burke's version of C.C. was definitely more affectionate. Bateman's appeared to be less of jerk, but certainly refusing to let Eden take care of one of the family many businesses, along with his ongoin feud with Mason, makes him the major jerkass of the three.
- Hypocrite: His major fatal flaw, which gets called out by nearly every character on the soap. He's the very definition of hypocresy: he always has to make his way and do wathever he wants, and always stops (or tries to stop) whomever that gets in his way, even if he's doing exactly the same as them.
- The Lost Lenore: Still grieves the death of Sophia, years after the fact.
- May–December Romance: Starts one with Santana on Episode 24, after rescuing her from a horseriding accident. Not only is her a generation younger than him, they've also met since she was a child!
- It's implied he prefers younger women; Sophia was, in fact, around ten years younger than him.
- He continues this custom dating (and proposing marriage to) Gina De Mott, much to the chagrin of his daughter Eden.
- Replacement Goldfish: Mason believes he's trying to relive the life he had planed for C.C. II with him.
- Santana tries to invoke this when she's trying to seduce him around Episode 30, wearing his late's wife perfume among other things.
- Sugar-and-Ice Personality: Depending on the actor that was portraying him, he could be more "icy" or "sugary". Richman tended to show more of the ice, while Burke fell more on the sugar side. Bateman would return to pure icyness, though he mellowed with time, and was definitely softer with his children.
- Stay in the Kitchen: As is normal with men of his generation (born around the 30s), he has a very sexist attitude, specially toward his daughters. Even though she's her favourite and the most capable of the four siblings, as shown in Episode 155 he won't let Eden manage his hotel's restaurant, instead proposing she manages a boutique.
- He treats Gina like a doll during their marriage, taking decisions for and never truly trusting her.
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The Other Darrin: The first character (and the most) affected by this, Richman being replaced by Paul Burke only 34 Episodes in. He had a total of 5 actors chosen for the role over the course of nine years, with the first election for the role being Lloyd Bochner. When he became unavailable, Peter Mark Richman was brought as a replacement until they could find an actor fit for the role, which ended up being Dynasty's Paul Burke. Then, after roughly 26 episodes, either because the producers didn't like his approach, or because he found the dialoge too ridiculous, Burke left and soap and western veteran Charles Bateman stepped into the role. Bateman was however considered too weak for such a strong character, so CC was put in a coma after "almost 300 episodes" and runner-up Jed Allan, who had been considered too young for the role (see the Trivia tab), was appointed in order to give the character a new direction ─and memorably, was the new face of CC once he woke up from the coma. Seems that Allan was the perfect choice, since he would stay on the soap until its end.
Pamela Capwell, née Pepperidge
Channing's first wive. It's implied they had a bitter divorce.
Mason Capwell
-Mason, you're terrible. -Yes, I know. My only redeeming quality.
Played by: Lane Davies.
Channing and Pamela's only child, and the oldest of the Capwell siblings. At the start of the soap, he's Assistant to the District's Attorney, very sardonic and trying to get his father's attention; during his first year of the show, he grows increasingly more vicious and ends up being disinherited on 1985 by his father note . From then on, the fun really starts: he initiates an open war towards his father, constantly manipulating people and being a general jerk to everyone, and becoming the Black Sheep of the family. This, however, also takes a toll on his personal life.
- The Alcoholic: When the show starts, he's already and frequently seen with a glass on his hand. As the episodes prgress, it becomes evident he has a problem.
- By 1985, several episodes start with him having a hangover from the previous night.
- Amoral Attorney: And how! He has a penchant for bending the law for his personal again. And when he's not doing that... he's suggesting other people ways to do it themselves.
- Butt-Monkey: As he explains to Santana in Episode 39, he sees himself as this, having always something going wrong whenever he has a success.
- Black Sheep: As noted on his description, he's considered the 'bad one' of C.C.'s children, mostly by himself. Which is ironic, considering he tend to go the long way in order to protect his family.
- Cannot Spit It Out: He has some sincere feelings for Santana, but can't bring himself to say it directly, to the point that she thinks he's making fun of her.
- Foil: Could be considered one of Warren Lockridge. Both are the eldest son of their families, both try to please their fathers by taking control of the family business, and both display some jerkish behaviour. But, while Mason is a true jerk with a twisted and tortured personality, Warren is more easy-going, cheerful and genuinely caring of his family and friends.
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Ho Yay: Though most probably not intended by the writers, him and Peter, who's also his future brother-in-law, have an undeniable sexual tension. - Inferiority Superiority Complex: He hints as this being the raison d'etre for his combative and smug behavior.
- Jerkass: The biggest one of the cast. He tends to rip people apart and passive-aggresively insult them. Even his siblings are annoyed by him!
- Sibling Rivalry: A notable case in that Mason doesn't get along with any of his siblings. His extreme jealousy and desperate want to be noticed by his father makes him unable to relate to Kelly, Ted, and specially Eden, whom he sees as his dad favourite.
- Sibling Yin-Yang: He's the complete opposite of Eden: she tries to appease her father and prove herself for him, while Mason just gets in constant tantrums. Mason is kind of a jerk, while Eden (who can also be pretty smug) is more pleasant.
- He's also this (and on a more pure and traditional take on the trope) towards Ted, his little brother being sincere, soft and caring, while Mason is (mostly) a self-serving, ironic jerk who anthagonizes everyone in the family ─except from Ted, that is. This gets emphasized during most of 1985, where they live together in Sally's apartment, and becomes the principal dynamic of their relationship.
- Smug Snake: Likes to show off his intelligence, and never behaves affectionately towards anyone.
- Stalker with a Crush: On the early episodes, he's this towards Santana. She doesn't appreciate it too much.
- Tall, Dark, and Snarky: Oh boy! Easily the snarkiest and most sardonic character in the series, it's difficult to tell when he's not being ironic. He's also one of the tallest and handsomest actors.
- "Well Done, Son" Guy: His initial Character Development sees him trying to escape his brother's shadow and be his own man, opposing his father and proving himself to him.
- When He Smiles: He may draw an ironic or satisfied smile once in a while, but when he smiles sincerely he looks totally fragile and cute.
Sophia Capwell Armonti, née Wayne
As portrayed by Forsyth.
As portrayed by Mc Connell
Played by: Rosemary Forsyth (1984), Judith McConnell (1984-1993).
Channing's second wife, and his True Love. She was the mother of C.C. II, Eden, Kelly and Ted, and died sometime before the start of the series; the effects of her death can be felt in the other characters. Used to be a Hollywood actress.
It's eventually revealed that she didn't actually die and became amnesic instead. By the start of the series she 's decided to came back to Santa Barbara in order to reclaim her children. So a great part of Episodes deal with her revelation to her children and the aftermath of this. She becomes a permanent fixture from then on.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: A complex case. Once it's revealed she's alive, characters slowly learn she's been manipulating her family and different events in order to both kill Lionel Lockrdige, whom she thought had tried to kill her, and pass her and Lionel's son as CC's. However, she shows no small amount of remorse for it, and seems to have been roped into the circumstances. It's complicated, since she had a perfect choice to tell the truth, but to her own detriment.
- Never Found the Body: It's eventually revealed her body was never found; she fell to the sea in a boat accident. This gets pretty much confirmed in Episode 76, when the eartquake makes her tomb open and reveal its empty insides to Eden.
- Not Quite Dead: Well, what were you expecting? She hit her head when she fell to the sea, so it took her several years of recovery in order to regain her memories and several others in order to decide to come back to Santa Barbara.
- Posthumous Character: What she seems at first. Her apparent death still casts a long shadow over her husband and children, 15 years after the fact, until she reveals she's actually alive, 150 episodes into the soap.
- Spoiled by the Format: The fact that she's still alive. Not only did she appear on the credits with her character's name, but also she appeared on official cast listing and press photos. This fact was only a secret for the first 30 episodes or so, so not a very grave case.
- The Other Darrin: A rather funny one, since when they changed the actress Sophia hadn't even revealed her real face. Rosemary Forsyth was replaced by Judith Mc Connell, who would then stay until the end of the series.
- Your Cheating Heart: A notable one, since her infidelity stands at the heart of the show. She used to date Lionel, whom he met on a film's set, before meeting CC, but ended the relationship once she learned he was married to Augusta. She then started a relationship with the noticeably older CC Capwell, but fell into Lionel's seduction once more ─a really important fact, since that realtionship produced her first child, whom she passed as her and CC's son.
C.C. Capwell II
Played by: Robert Brian Wilson (flashbacks).
Channing and Sophia's late first son. Was murdered during a party five years before the start of the series (1979), at only 18 years old. The identity of his murderer is the driving question of the show during the first two hundred or so episodes.
- Asshole Victim: It's slowly revealed during the show that he was this, since he taunted and blackmailed nearly all his neighbours (and Mason).
- It could be somewhat of a deconstruction, since several lines and the recount of his lover Lindsay Smith imply he really was this way because of the corruption and pressure his father made onto him... and maybe because he was bisexual or gay.
- Other recounts paint him as a young man who manipulated and used almost everyone around him, which just serves to show how much of a screw-up the Capwells are.
- Gaynst: Maybe. It is a minor plot point he had a male lover, but they never make a further exploration on wether he had a problem with that or not, or how it affected him ─understandable since he's a Posthumous Character.
- Plot-Triggering Death: His is one of these.
- Posthumous Character: His death gets revealed on the very first scene of the soap.
- Uncanny Family Resemblance: He's only seen in flashbacks, but he has an uncanny resemblance to both Lane Davis and Todd Mc Kee, even though he's just half-brother to the former.
- Which becomes ironic since he was actually switched at birth. Once you know who the real CC II is ─that is, Brick Wallace─, you can see the resemblance between them.
Eden Capwell Cranston
I take orders from someone a whole lot smarter. (...) It's a woman! Me! Myself!
Played by: Marcy Walker.
Channing and Sophia's second child. Travelling abroad at the start of the series, she first appears in Episode 45, seen from the back. She's a charismatic and energic young woman, and the "rough diamond" of the Capwell family, so to speak.
- Daddy's Girl: She has a very warm and close relationship with C.C..
- Establishing Character Moment: Her very first scene - on a private jet, having just had sex with the pilot and parachuting down the Capwell Estate in order to attend his father's birthday. That undoubtedly (and effectively), established her as the strong-willed, modern and assertive young woman she would turn out to be.
- Go-Getter Girl: An adult version of this, always tries to succeed at everything she does. She's the only one of the Capwell siblings who went aborad in order to study, and always tries to excel in all her endeavours.
- Uncanny Family Resemblance: Marcy Walker looks insanely similar to Robin Wright!
- As noted by Lionel Lockridge in Episode 48, she also resembles her mother a lot.
- Rich Bitch: Has her moments, specially when she feels hurt (like when she broke ups with Cruz) or threatened (like when everything that concerns her mother). She's specially vicious towards any threat to her position as the Capwell heiress; just ask Gina.
- Sibling Rivalry: Surprisingly, she soon starts playing up the jealousy Mason feels for her and competes him for the title of "Daddy's Favourite Child".
- Sibling Yin-Yang: While not polar opposites, where Kelly is demure, proper and ladylike, Eden is broad, assertive and masculine. An interesting case in that they have more siblings, but are the only girls of their family.
- She's the complete opposite of Mason, too: she tries to appease her father and prove herself for him, while Mason just gets in constant tantrums. Mason is kind of a jerk, while Eden (who can also be pretty smug) is more pleasant.
- Spirited Young Lady: She has some traits of this, to the point she may be considered a modern version of the trope.
- Knocked Up By A Scumbag: She got knocked up by a scumbag. His name was Kirk Cranston.
- Well Done Daughter Girl: One point in common she has with Mason, and the one in which they differ greatly: while he's more forceful and temperamental when his father doesn't compliment him, she's more sneaky and tries to get in her father's good graces.
Kelly Capwell Perkins
Daddy, children disobey their parents, not adults! Adults act on their own beliefs!
Played by: Robin Wright.
The youngest daughter of the Capwells, Kelly is the heroine of the soap, a soft-spoken, beautiful Nice Girl who used to date Joe five years ago, until he was arrested for the murder of her brother. Engaged to Peter Flint at the start of the series, her main driving conflict is to believe or not Joe's innocence and to choose between him and her fiancée. At the start of the series, she's a 23 year-old and works providing help at an art gallery.- Character Development: During the first 40 episodes, she goes from a sweet and proper lady who does what she's told to a self-made woman with the determination to prove Joe's innocence.
- Character Tic: When portrayed by Wright, she tends to tear her hair whenever she's stressed or confused.
- Cool Big Sis: Has this kind of relationship with Ted.
- Demoted to Extra: Not exactly to extra, since she still had a lot of prominence, but she loses all her independence and plot relevance once Joe Perkins leaves the show (at the start of the show she was to be the main heroine).
- First Love: Joe and her were each other's first love.
- Hidden Depths: It turns out, she's a pretty decent artist. She's capable of making detailed and realistic drawings with charcoals.
- High-School Sweethearts: Used to be this with Joe, until he was arrested.
- It's All About Me: Interestingly, the more assertive she becomes, the more shelfisly she behaves. And she doesn't, nor do the writers, have enough self-awareness to lampshade it.
- Manic Pixie Dream Girl: Played With. When and amnesiac Kelly and Nick Hartley get stranded on an Old West mining town, her childlike innocence and enthusiasm makes him be set free from the burden he feels for all he saw on the Vietnam war. When she regains her memories, it's him who becomes a Manic Pixie Dream Guy for her, in order to leave behind her guilt of Joe's untimely death.
- Nice Girl: Kelly pretty much embodies this trope, being demure and friendly with most of the cast (which is quite a strange sight in Santa Barbara).
- One-Hour Work Week: The most notable case in the Capwell family, she's never shown working.
- She actually becomes a waitress at La Mesa once she marries Joe Perkins. But alas, that doesn't last long and she becomes a perpetual unemployed.
- Later on, he works as an editor in a book publisher. Good luck trying to see her at the office, though.
- Pinball Protagonist: Again, once Joe is out of the picture, she becomes the very definition of "passive".
- She Really Can Act: It was this series where Robin Wright got her start, and her evolution as an actress shows beautifully.
- Sibling Yin-Yang: While not polar opposites, where Kelly is demure, proper and ladylike, Eden is broad, assertive and masculine. An interesting case in that they have more siblings, but are the only girls of their family.
- Unwitting Instigator of Doom: It's partly her fault Joe dies, since she barges in the Perkins' house hostage situation unprepared and provokes Peter's fatal shooting. It gets Played for Drama since she spends some time feeling terribly guilty of this.
- Coupled with her Pinball Protagonist tendencies, this could be considered a Running Gag of hers.
Ted Capwell
I'm going to do what my dad'd want me to do, (...) I'll vote according to my own consciense.
Played by: Todd McKee.
The youngest Capwell son, and fifth on the sibling line, Ted is seventeen years old at the start of the soap and dating rival family daughter's Laken Lockridge. At the very start of the series, he moves into a Hollywood apartment with Danny, in order to try their luck at becoming stuntmen for the movie studios.- Badass Adorable: Similarly to Laken, he opposes both families in order to have a relationship with her, all while retaining his cuteness. Him making both Laken and him's parents sign a truce on Episode 34 certainly solidifies his badass status.
- Big Guy, Little Guy: The "big" to Danny's "little".
- Book Dumb: Not actually that dumb, since his family's connections assure him a place on Harvard, but great part of his plot on 1985 deals with him failing at school. It's implied he's not really a bad student, it's just that he has differing interests and doesn't seem studying as that important of a thing. Jackie gets introduced in the role of his aiding teacher ─but then, they develop more of a friendship than of a teacher-student relationship.
- Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: He's the "foolish" to Mason, Eden and Kelly "responsible", as he has no interest whatsoever in the politics of the family. Interestingly enough, he's not portrayed negatively for this, more like positively even, since he refuses to continue the feud with the Lockridges.
- I Just Want to Be Normal: He has no interest whatsoever on the Capwells' enterprises, and just wants to live a peaceful, middle-class life with his girlfriend. On several scenes between Laken and him, they discuss how they would love to have a normal adult life, far from their respective families' business.
- Incorruptible Pure Pureness: He becomes this once [[Moe Laken]] leaves the picture, and his family life gets even more complicated. He remains, as his brother says ironically, the moral center of the family and the most sincere and emotional of the Capwell siblings. They actually look up to him because of how pure and kind-hearted he is.
- Morality Pet: Is this to Mason, without even thinking about it. By his own admission, Mason sees him as a moral paragon and wants to protect him ─and preserve his purity.
- Those Two Guys: Has this kind of dynamic with Danny.
- True Companions: Specially with Danny, but them, Laken and Jade make a close-knit group.
- He slowly develops this kind of relationship with Christy Duvall, which makes sense since she's totally head-over-heels for him.
- Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: Towards Danny, at first, him being the sensitive one. He's kind of a dumb teenager, but also very nurturing and caring; once Danny exits the picture, this is the dinamic he has with his brother Mason, adding to their Ying-Yang contrast.
- Sibling Yin-Yang: With Mason, him being the more sincere, soft and caring of both of them, while Mason is (mostly) a self-serving, ironic jerk. This gets emphasized during most of 1985, where they live together in Sally's apartment, and becomes the principal dynamic of their relationship.
The Lockridges
- Aerith and Bob: You've got "Warren" and "Lionel", which are not usual, but also not unheard of... and then Augusta, Minx, Tiger... and Laken.
- Aw, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other: For as much of a Dysfunctional Family as they are, they really do care a lot about each other... just not on the surface.
- The same applies to Lionel and Augusta, who can't stop arguing but nonetheless stick for each other.
- Dysfunctional Family: Pretty apparent form the beggining. The parents are too self-absorbed to care for the children, they're feuding with the neighbours, and bad financial decisions are making the family go bankrupt. This gets somewhat subverted as the soap progresses when it's shown how close they are.
- Quirky Household: More so than the Capwells. Although they have a pretty stable familiar unit, the father tends to run out on several archeological adventures while the mother is a melodramatic nervous wreck. Added to the mix are matriarch Minx and aunt Julia, plus several other familiars with very eccentric personalities. Very deeply, however, they truly love each other.
Minx Lockridge
Played by: Dame Judith Anderson.
The matriarch of the family, she despises the Capwells. Has a very strong bond with Laken, and thus supports her romance with Ted; conversely, Augusta and her feud a lot. Widow of T. McDonald, they fathered Lionel.
- Large Ham: Though not to the level of Augusta, but Minx definitely has some broad mannerisms and a strong (read: hammy) personality.
- Leitmotif: Notably, she's the only character to have one associated. Whenever a scene is centered on her, or her POV, a pop version of Paganini's "Caprice 24" is heard.
- Out of Focus: She was actually the first Lockridge to be seen onscreen. During the first episodes, she was built up to be a pretty important character, specially in the Capwell-Lockridge feud; but aside from a recurring role, she never was very important and just played a supporting character to the rest of the family.
- Secret-Keeper: She's the oldest of the cast, so obviously she knows some secrets. She sneakily conceals a lot of information on the Lockrdige family from the rest of her family.
T. (Thomas "Tiger") McDonald Lockridge
Minx's late husband. Not much is known about him.
Lionel Lockridge
In this case, discrection is the better part of an indiscrection.
Played by: Nicolas Coster.
Son of Minx and husband of Augusta. An eccentric millionarie, he first appears on Episode 23, after having been overseas for a long time. Though he likes spending lots of money on extravagant trips and artifacts (he's an anthropologist/world-traveller), he's more or less a Family Man. Because of this, he and Augusta have a tempestous relationship.- Manchild: Likes playing games and jokes on nearly everyone, to the chagrin of those who suffer him.
- Cloudcuckoolander: His defining characteristic. For starters, when we first hear of him, he's sending a sarcophagus to her family as a present.
- Characterization Marches On: Initially he's portrayed as a easy-going, yet cunning conspirator, who doesn't hesitate to use his profession in order to forge art and make his family come on top. By the second year of the soap, however, he's tremendously softened and made more of a family man. Contrast his first appearence, were both of his children tell him he's abandoned them and their family, to Summer 1985, were he's doing just about everything in order to regain Augusta's love.
- Family Man: Likes to see himself as this, taking great interest on his children and his household. In reality, though, he leaves to be desired as a father and family head.
- As the soap progresses, he becomes more and more of a role model for his children and a true family man, so this trope is kind of zig-zagged.
- The Lost Lenore: It's revealed he, like C.C. Capwell I, feels this, and towards the same woman even!
- Stay in the Kitchen: Has some shades of this. Him being Lionel, it's not clear if he means it or is just joking; he certainly doesn't like Augusta getting into the family's business.
Augusta Lockridge
Now, what in the world would life be like if everyone stopped fooling around?
Played by: Louise Sorel.
Lionel's wife and head of the Lockridge house. First appearing on Episode 2, she's a cunning and hedonistic woman who only makes things for her own amusement. This causes a pretty big rift between her and her daughter, who just wants to have normal parents.
- Aborted Arc: Just as quick as she starts and affair with Joe, they spoiler: stop seeing each other. The effect of this, though, is carried over several episodes.
- Mama Bear: And how! She would do anything in oder to protect and save her son and daughter; the extent of this is seen from Episde 39 onwards, when she discovers Warren was the mysterious burglar who entered the Capwell home on the eve of C.C. II's murder.
- Cheating with the Milkman: Early on, she seduces and initiates an affair with Joe, whom she had hired as a handyman.
- Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: Oh, so much. It must get difficult to know who's side she's in at a a determinate moment even for her.
- Clingy Jealous Girl: She gets totally mad when she learns Joe has been talking to Kelly.
- In Episode 33, she wouldn't allow some young pretty masseusses to take care of Lionel.
- This becomes her main flaw: her jelaousness tends to make her so mad she isn't able to talk or listen to anyone trying to explain the situation.
- Expy: Of Dynasty's Alexis Colby. Her initial presentation, behaviour, and even fashion sense resembles a lot of the other woman. Nonetheless, Louise Sorel's strong performance helped differentiate them pretty quickly.
- Hidden Depths: It's revealed in Episode 49 that everything she does at the start of the soap is in order to protect her son, Warren, whom she thinks was the murderer of C.C. Capwell II.
- It's All About Me: By her own admission, this mentality pretty much defines her. She only lives for her own amusement, and likes playing mind games to everyone.
- Large Ham: Augusta is a loud, exaggerated, larger-than-life character... and you can tell Louise Sorel is having a hell of a time hamming it up!
- Mrs. Robinson: She definitely fits the trope, with her having a romance with Joe and having had another with Peter.
- Retroactive Recognition: After Santa Barbara, Louise Sorel would go on to play a diversity of roles in other soap operas (notably, the character of Vivian Alamain in Days of Our Lives), becoming quite a famous face.
- Womanchild: Her egotistical, just-for-fun behaviour certainly qualifies her as one.
Warren Lockridge
Played by: John Allen Nelson.
Lionel and Augusta's eldest son. An easygoing slacker, he's a twentysomething working as a lifeguard when the soap starts. After his short-lived and tragic romance to Summer Blake, he grows up and decides to make a living for himself, acquiring the Santa Barbara Sentinel and becoming the resident journalist. First appears on Episode 3.
- Big Damn Heroes: The earthquake gives him some opportunities to be this. Ted Capwell gets trapped in a cave; after much deliberating, Warren opens the cave with his bare hands and gets him out of there.
- Character Development: Starts off as kind of a pricklish beach bum and fastly evolves into a sweet and caring young man. By his second year on the show, most if not all of his jerkish tendencies are gone, and he more or less becomes a moral center in the show, all awhile retaining his initial characterization of a young andventurer.
- Foil: Could be considered one of Mason Capwell. Both are the eldest son of their families, both try to please their fathers by taking control of the family business, and both display some jerkish behaviour. But, while Mason is a true jerk with a twisted and tortured personality, Warren is more easy-going, cheerful and genuinely caring of his family and friends.
- Hidden Depths: Thanks to a strong performance, he quickly evolves form the shallow stereotype he seems at first to a nuanced and conflicted young man.
- Jerk Jock: Older (and softer), than most examples, but he certainly displays jerkish behaviour, specially when dealing with disputes with other men over girls. He's also a very sporty guy, so there's the "Jock" part.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He displays some jerkish and arrogant behaviour, but he's nonetheless very caring and well-meaning under that façade.
- Momma's Boy: Not to the extremes normally present in this trope, but Augusta and him have a very close relationship.
- Mr. Fanservice: The biggest offender of the cast. Him being a lifeguard, nearly every scene where he appears has him in just swimming trunks, or in very revealing outfits.
- Nice Guy: Interestingly enough, by 1985 he's the nicest guy in the cast, being friendly with almost everyone.
- Troubled, but Cute: He's this to, at least, Summer Blake. He has a seemingly Dark and Troubled Past, but acts all cute and loving to her, and she tends to forgive his emotional outbursts.
Laken Lockridge
Played by: Julie Ronnie.
The Lockridge's youngest daughter. A sweet and gentle teenager at the start of the series, she's dating Ted Capwell without her family knowing. Has a strong bond with her grandma Minx and, conversely, a pretty bad relationship with her mother.
- Badass Adorable: Her telling off her mother for frying her pet pigeon (It Makes Sense in Context), and opposing both the Lockridges and Capwells for love in Episode 28 really qualifies her for being this.
- Daddy's Girl: From the time Lionel shows up on, nearly every scene has them telling how much they love each other. Lionel really appreciates the girl.
- Foil: Though it doesn't seem intentional, she has an opposite role to Veronica Gayley. Both are blonde, innocent-looking young women with a friendly and great disposition and very closely acquainted with Lionel Lockridge. But, while Laken is a truly innocent high-schooler who just wants to have a normal life, Veronica is a triple agent who's scheming with Lionel and is very entrenched on the business intrigues of both families.
- Innocent Blue Eyes: Thus adding to her adorableness.
- I Just Want to Be Normal: Nearly said verbatim by her on several occasions. She would love to have normal and caring parents and a family who's not feuding with her boyfriends'. On several scenes between Ted and her, they discuss how they would love to have a normal adult life, far from their respective families' business.
- Meaningful Name: According to Lionel, her strange name refers to the Scottish lakes. It's implied she reminds him of them.
- Moe: Very gentle and also very beautiful. Her petite figure helps her look the part.
- Nice Girl: Along with Kelly, she's one of the nicest people in the soap.
- Put on a Bus: When she no longer was a couple with Ted and didn't have any storyline, from Episode 289 onwards. The in-universe reason is that she goes to Lake Tahoe (in order to study or work? it's not very clear) because of the pressure she feels with her family. Which is pretty reasonable.
- The Woobie: Not only does her family oppose her dating Ted, but she also has felt neglected both by her dad and her mother for a long time. And she's only seventeen!
- True Companions: She is Best Friends with Jade, but both of them, Danny and Ted make a close-knit group.
Julia Wainwright
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Played by: Nancy Lee Grahn.
Augusta's cocky and assertive sister, at the start of the series they're stranded and Julia's working as an attorney in L.A.. In the Spring of 1985, Augusta, alone and recently blinded from a explosion in the Capwell-Lockridge tunnel, desperately calls her sister in order to take care of her. She fastly moves to Santa Barbara and starts mingling with the townies from there. Julia first appeared on Episode 198, and she would became from then on a permanent fixture of the show, up until its ending. She ended up being one of the most well-remembered and recognizable characters of the show, too.
- Formerly Fat: So much that her brother-in-law and nephew don't recognize her at first! She's actually shown in several scenes to be very muscular and fit.
- Hello, Attorney!!: A young and really attractive attorney who tends to dress in form fitting dresses and willfully uses her charms, if necessary, in order to win the case. It gets played with, though, since she's sown to be very insecure (and specially in the romantic department), deep inside. Having been raised along Augusta, though, this is completely understandable.
- Iconic Sequel Character: She didn't really appear that far along from the start of the series, but she wasn't part of the original cast lineup, and she definitely came to be one of the more iconic characters from Santa Barbara.
- Separated-at-Birth Casting: Similarly to the Capwell siblings, Grahn seems to have been casted specially for her resemblance to Louise Sorel.
- The Social Expert: Her main skill (besides lawyering, of course), and a definitely non-villanous version. She's at the center of every family/social group,a nd has a good relationship with nearly everyone ─at first, at least: she's friends with both Cruz and Eden (since she works with the Police Department), and with the couples of Amy & Brick and Kelly & Nick, since the four of them were involved in a baby-kidnapping/ amnesia plot around Jack Lee. And of course, she's families with the Lockridges.
The Perkins
- Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: After Joe's departure from the show, they had less and less screentime until they disappeared completely.
- Theme Naming: Their daughters are named after gems: Jade and Amethiste (Amy).
- Probably unintended, but "Joe" and "Marissa" are diminutives of names from the members of the Christian Holy Family ("Joseph" and "Maria Isabel", in Spanish), while "John" shares a name with an important Biblical figure who was also acquainted with the family (the son of Elizabeth, cousin of Virgin Mary).
John Perkins
Played by: Robert Alan Browne.
Marissa's husband and Amy, Joe and Jade's father, a though and cynical man. Joe spends the very first episodes of the soap trying to prove his innocence and reconcile with him; meanwhile, because of their differing trust on their son, he and Marissa split at the start of the series, and thus, he's not seen a lot. Works as a laborer at the Capwells oil rig.
- Big Eater: Implied. Marissa won't let him take advantage of their second honeymoon cruise buffet!
- He Really Can Act: Appears intermittently, but his actor always gives one of the most realistic and nuanced portrayals of the show.
- Killed Off for Real: He rather dramatically dies in Episode 77 as a consequence of being hit during the earthquake.
Marissa Perkins
Played by: Valorie Armstrong.
Joe's strong-willed mother, Marissa doesn't doubt for a second of her son's innocence, and is the only support he has when he comes back to Santa Barbara. Also a worker (she works at Jade's high school cafeteria), her split with John at the start of the soap puts a strain to the already difficult financial situation her household is in.
- Flat Character: The writers eventually lost interest on her, so she remained undeveloped.
- Neat Freak: Maybe. She gets very nervous while planning her and John's second honeymoon, and reviews their suitcases several times.
- She Really Can Act: Similarly to her husband, although she has a bit more of screentime... and always kills it!
Amethiste "Amy" Perkins
Whenever something big happens, people don't stand the same. I didn't.
Played by: Kerry Sherman, Ann Wilkinson (2 episodes).
Joe and Jade's older sister, she is mentioned as soon as Episode 4, but takes a while to appear onscreen: she first shows up in Episode 57, in order to attend her brother's funeral. Just after that, her fiancée, Jeff Barber, reveals that he's cheating on her with another woman and breaks the engagement, so she decides to renounce to her job at a real state agency in San Francisco (where her boss was Jeff), and return to her parents' home.
- Audience Surrogate: Is the character that's more close to a normal person out of all the cast, and by her age, personality and story, the one whit whom the audience could sympatize more.
- Does Not Like Men: She says so by her own admission around Episode 70 to Brick, arguing that she doesn't trust men because of how many times they have taken advantage of her. The veracity of this, however, is debateable, since she kisses him right after.
- The Other Darrin: Kerry Sherman got replaced for a couple of episodes with Ann Wilkinson, since the former was on a maternity leave.
- Trauma Conga Line: As noted above, her introduction in Episodes 57 through 60 is a large one of these: she returns home to her brother's funeral, then learns her fiancée is cheating on her and wants to break up (and on the airport the very same day she was to introduce him to her parents!), and, that same night, gets drunk at a bar and nearly gets taken advantage of with her little sister by her side, and has to be taken home by Brick Wallace. Phew!
- This gets prolonged even furter when it turns out she's pregnant by his smarmy ex-fiancée, and the baby eventually gets stolen.
- Straight Man: "Santa Barbara" was not exactly a comedy "per se", althought it had a comedic tone. Amy tends to play the Straight Woman towards the more quirky characters, given she's the character more similar to a normal real life person in the cast. This is specially noticeable when she's juxtaposed with the Lockridges.
- I Can't Believe a Guy Like You Would Notice Me: A variant. She has an obvious chemistry with Brick Wallace, but keeps thinking he just pities her. Every step forward in their relationship gets back right after because of some kind of misunderstanding steeming from her insecurities.
- Verbal Tic: Tends to call Brick 'pal'.
Joe Perkins
As portrayed by Whitherspoon.
As portrayed by Arnold.
Played by: Dane Witherspoon (1984), Mark Arnold (1984-1985).
The Perkin's middle child and the initial protagonist of the show. A pretty impulsive and rugged man, Joe spends a great chunck of the first one hundred episodes of the soap trying to prove his innocence, though not always with the most intelligent approach. He's, nonetheless, a friendly and well-meaning man.
- Big Damn Heroes: The earthquake gives him several opportunities to be this. In Episode 76, the police car in which he has been arrested loses control and both policemen are unconscious. He gets out and quickly rescues them. He then leaves them and goes straight up to help Kelly!
- Determinator: And how! His stubborness is his main trait, with him single-handedly jumpstarting the main plot of the show.
- First Love: Kelly and him were each other's first love.
- The Hero: While not a classical hero per se, since he has several flaws that sometimes get in the way of his goals, him saving Peter's life and convincing him not to kill Ginger in Episode 48 definitely establishes him a selfless and heroic individual.
- Hunk: He's not as big and well-built as other examples, but he nonetheless has this kind of beauty.
- Killed Off for Real: Sadly, he passes away after being fatally shot by Peter in Episode 152. A pretty shocking one, since he initally was the main character of the soap.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Has some shades of this. His heart is always in the correct place, but sometimes has some brutish and unpleasant ways to express it.
- Like Father, Like Son: Has a no-nonsense and strong-willed demeanor, similarly to his father. Thay both also have a short temper.
- The Other Darrin: Although he liked the role a lot, by Episode 67, Dane Witherspoon was exhausted from the filming schedule (which normaly consisted of up to sixteen hours), and coupled with a change of producers who didn't like him in the role and wanted to boost ratings, he was let go, and Joe was recast with Mark Arnold. He would stay until the departure of his character.
Jade Perkins
Played by: Melissa Brennan Reeves.
The Perkins younger daughter, a seventeen year-old trying to make it big in the film bussiness. Her determination to be an actress makes her move to Hollywood with Danny and Ted at the very start of the series.
- Naïve Everygirl: Kinda. She tries not to look or act naïve, but her reactions to several events and way of behaving show how innocent she really is, appropiatedly for her age.
- Team Mom: After the teens go back to Santa Barbara once the summer's finished, she slowly takes this role.
- True Companions: She is Best Friends with Laken, and both of them, Danny and Ted make a close-knit group.
Barnaby "Brick" Wallace
Played by: Richard Eden.
A snarky young man hired by Minx Lockridge as her chauffeur. First appears on Episode 54, were he's studying night school in order to graduate from college. Minx seems very interested on him, but the extent of this interest will not be revealed until... some time later. He marries Amy on December 1985, so he joins the Perkins family.
- The Ace: He tends to excel at everything he does. Fortunately, great doses of charisma keep him from being too perfect.
- Awesome Mc Cool Name: How probable would a combination like "Brick Wallace" be in real life?
- Don't You Dare Pity Me!: He gets into a traffic accident because of Augusta in Episode 295; this renders him bedridden and unable to walk. Amy tries repeatedly to gelp him, to no avail: he even gets furious every time, and accuses her of symphatizing with hem because it makes her feel better. Of Course, he does this because he wants her to live a life of her own, and is afraid he will never walk again. This is a reverse situation of the one where they started: she thought he helped her because she was inadvertently pregnant.
- Genius Bruiser: The most well built actor of the cast and the most prone to showing it, he's also implied to be really intelligent, making the Lockridge's finances go more smoothly and studying Law.
- Luke, You Are My Father: He says so to Lionel and Sophia in Episode 369. This was a long-time coming ─the seeds for this reveal had been planted as early as his first appearence, but was unexpected (in a more-or-less clever way) given both of them thought their child was Phostumous Character CC II Capwell. They were actually Switched at Birth by his grandma, who didn't want her grandchild to be a Capwell. As proof of how noble he is, he still considered his adoptive parents as the real ones.
- Honor Before Reason: He's tremendously noble, maybe as a consequence of him being very independent. This proves to be counterproductive more than once ─specially in his relationship with Amy Perkins.
- Househusband: Since he can't land a job (because of the Lockridges thinking he stole from them) he tries his hand at this at a few episodes during 1985. He's disastrous and ends up hiring help.
- Tall, Dark, and Snarky: His defining characteristic, he snarks to everyone he encounters, and is very attractive.
The Andrades
- Foil: At least at the start of the soap, they're this to the wealthy Capwells, more than any other family. The Capwells are a filthy rich Big, Screwed-Up Family who use their money and influence to make wathever they please (and to embroil themselves in melodramatic and dangerous plots), were nearly all of the children hate their dad (and each other) and the mother is disappeared. In contrast, the Andrades are a humble family who just want to live a normal, happy life and are very close to each other. This gets highligted by the fact that the Andrades work housekeeping the Capwells.
Rubén Andrade
Played by: Ismael "East" Carlo.
The down-to-earth and loving husband of Rosa, the show doesn't focus too much on him. He works as a handyman and gardener to the Capwells.
- Closer to Earth: As noted in the description, he's the most level-headed of the characters. As such, he doesn't get a lot of screentime.
- Foil: To C.C. Capwell: were CC is a Hypocrite who's always trying that his children do what's best for them (in his eyes anyways) Rubén puts his daughter and son's wellbeing and dreams above everything else. This finally implodes with the Santana affair, and Rubén stops appreciating C.C..
Rosa Andrade
The family has splintered apart, they're often angry and suspicious of each other (...) All I know is that Brandon isn't happy there anymore.
Played by: Margarita Cordova.
Wife of Rubén and mother of Olivia, Gabriella, Santana and Danny, Rosa is a hard-working and clever woman who works as housekeeper and babysitter at the Capwell house. She's been mothering the Capwell siblings since Sophia's death.
- Big Good: Even when the family is sqabbling and separated, she tries to keep them together for their own good. Most notably, Episode 335 is dedicated to her trying to help the Capwells solve their problems and caring for their younger members.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: The 'blue' to her daughter's 'red'; she's calm, traditional (both in an intelectuall and cultural level) and authority-serving unlike Santana. Their attitudes towards the Capwells are, alas, completely different: Rosa cares and loves them, Santana defies them constantly.
- Team Mom: Of the rest of the characters. She became a surrogate mother to the Capwell siblings once Sophia disappeared, and had a motherly relation towards Cruz too (he's been a friend of the Capwells for ages). That's adding to her own children, obviously.
Olivia & Gabriella Andrade
The eldest daughters of the Andrades. They are only mentioned, and implied to be older than Santana and Danny; as such, they don't get any characterization, other than Olivia being mentioned to be studying medicine.
- The Ghost: Rosa and Rubén mention them a couple of times, but they never appear onscreen and thus, are spared of the Santa Barbara melodrama.
Santana Andrade
As portrayed by Lazar. You can give me anything I want except what I want the most.
As portrayed by Michaels. You're a liar and a tramp!
As portrayed by Gallego. I'm insigtful. I could look at something and just take for what it is. Like tonight. I know that there's so many different types of love.
Played by: Ava Lazar (1984), Margaret Michaels (1985), Gina Gallego.
Third daughter of the Andrades and one of the central characters during the first years of the show. Owns a small interior designing firm, and used to work as a maid for the Capwell family on her teenage years.
- Becoming the Mask: It's implied that, although she first romanced C.C. I in order to find her child, she ends up sincerely falling for him.
- Byronic Hero: More or less. She's determined to go great lenghts in order to get back her son, both following Brandon and Gina to Nice, using her beauty to get information from men, and even planning to kidnap the kid; but she's one of the heroines of the show, and it's difficult to not feel sorry for her. When other characters learn about her wrongdoings, they don't hesitate to call her out, though.
- When portrayed by Margaret Michaels, her stubbornes and unpleasantness gets emphasized, to the point you may wonder if she's supposed to be an Anti-Hero.
- When portrayed by Gallego, she gets softened ─which gets helped by her consoling and starting a relationship with a heartbroken Cruz.
- The Determinator: The second most strong-willed character in the soap, even more impressive by the fact that she searches for her son totally alone.
- Depending on the Writer: How determined she is in getting her son and how ethical she is in doing so. How mellow or unpleasant she is in doing so depends on the writer (and the actress playing her), too.
- Fake Nationality: Although, to be fair, which each recast they chose an actress more and more closer to the Latin American nationality she was supposed to be. Lazar is German, although she tended to be cast on exotic roles because of her looks. Michaels is from Virginia, and even replaced Victoria Principal as Pamela Ewing on Dallas. Gallego and De Jesus are of latin descent, although both are from the US.
- Femme Fatale: It could be argued she behaves like one, while not looking like one: she uses seduction and the promise of a romantic relationship in order to find her son, flirting with all of her suitors in order to have information.
- Mama Bear: She will do anything to get her and C.C. II's child.
- Put on a Bus: When she gets threatened by a very furious Mason, C.C. convinces her to leave Santa Barbara, in order to protect her and Brandon's safety, since Mason had threatened to tell Gina the truth. She says goodbye to her parents and brother and leaves Santa Barbara in Episode 93.
- Politically Incorrect Hero: She has a quite homophobic attitude towards Lindsay Smith. Justified somewhat since she comes from a very religious background and she's more jealous than intolerant. She gets better.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: The 'red' to her mother's 'blue'; she's fierce and passionate, an artist (owns an interior designin firm) very defiant of authority, and a self-made woman too. It's implied their generational gap plays a part in this, adding a tint of realism to her second-generation (and American-born) Latina background. Their attitudes towards the Capwells are, alas, completely different: Rosa cares and loves them, Santana defies them constantly.
- Spicy Latina: Not as spicy as other examples, but she has her moments, specially when trying to work her agenda.
- Took a Level in Kindness: Once Gallego starts playing her. That is coupled however with Gina taking a level on jerkass, so it can be just the comparishon what's making her look good.
- Love Dodecahedron: Around Episode 40, she gets herself caught up in one, with her at the center: she's trying to seduce C.C. Capwell, while at the same time, his son, Mason and his employee, Cruz, are also in love with her. After she and C.C. break up, she manipulates both of the other suitors. It should be noted that she also used to date CC II, right before he died.
- Gets complicated since it turns out Channing Jr. had another lover a man, to be precise, and they both still have feelings for him. So Channing Jr. gets involved in a love triangle from the tomb and also in an overlapping one with his brother Mason!
- The Bus Came Back: Several times.
- The Other Darrin: One of the most tragic replacements, Ava Lazar enjoyed doing the show, but a change in producers (similarly to Joe's change of actor) and, probably, the writers not knowing what to do with Santana, convinced the crew to wrap the storyline and drop the character, along with Lazar, in Episode 93. When she came back on Episode 192, Margaret Michaels played Santana. Yet another change in actress was brought upon in Episode 304, where Michaels was replaced by Gallego in media res! (the episode showed the continuation of a scene from the previous with another Santana!).
Danny Andrade
Played by: Rupert Ravens.
The youngest of the Andrade siblings, and the only male, Danny is an sporty and adventurer seventeen year old, who nonetheless has, deep inside, a heart of gold.
- All Love Is Unrequited: With Jade Perkins, at least at first. She really appreciates him, but doesn't have any romantic feelings -alas, not initially.
- Annoying Younger Sibling: Not with Santana, but with his surrogate brother Cruz, bizarrely enough. He's shown being trained by the older man on a single episode, showing this kind of dinamic. It doesn't last too long, though, since Danny would leave the cast lineup a bit later.
- Big Guy, Little Guy: The "little" to Ted's "big".
- Out of Focus: With her sister departed, Ted and Laken embroiled in their families' drama, and Jade sharing scenes with her sister (another important character on the first year of the show), Danny doesn't get very much to do from episode 93 onwards.
- Those Two Guys: Has this kind of dynamic with Ted.
- True Companions: Best friend of Ted, both of them, Laken and Jade make a close-knit group.
The Blake-DeMotts
- Foregone Conclusion: Brandon is five years old. Guess who else has a five year-old son...
Gina DeMott Capwell
As portrayed by Gibboney. I've been too slow. I've been too easy. And too weak. C.C. has taken advantage of that. I'm not gonna let him do it anymore.
As portrayed by Mattson. I wanna lead a normal life among normal people again.
Played by: Linda Gibboney (1984-1985), Robin Mattson (1985-1993).
Gina starts the soap as a recently widowed middle aged mother who tries to provide for her little son and is an old friend of the Capwells. Once she moves to the title city, however, her milquetoast personality is slowly subverted and reveals one of the most nuanced, fun an memorable characters in the soap.
- Butt-Monkey: Once Peter Flint is out of the picture, she becomes the favourite punching bag of the writers.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Oh, Gina. Over the course of 1985 she starts behaving more and more outrageously in order to preserve her status as Mrs. Capwell, and she cares less and less about the other characters' opinion of her. Subtle manipulation is her favourite M.O. (that is, until she becames a truly Magnificent Bitch).
- Character Tic: When played by Gibboney, she tends to touch her face and her mouth whenever she gets nervous (which is a lot, to be fair).
- Characterization Marches On: From the mousy, sneaky and childish Gina from the start of the series, to the unhinged vixen she becomes once she's ostracized by the Capwells and deprived of his child. The change in actresses was the main cause of this, though; it's generally agreed she was more entertaining once she turned into a schemer extraordinaire, but lots of viewers also liked the more vulnerable, nervous and subdued Gibboney version of Gina.
- Glamorous Single Mother: Gina Demott is a widowed mother who, nonetheless, has a large amount of money, dresses very nicely and treats her son loving and flawlessly.
- This gets quickly deconstructed, though, as she has to sell her house in San Francisco and starts putting her moves on C.C. Capwell in order to mantain her lifestyle.
- Gold Digger: She's accused of being this, and with reason. It's more complex, however: she's more of a survivalist than a true gold digger.
- Plucky Girl: According to her sister, she's always been full of energy and optimism in order to take care of her family, since they were orphaned pretty young. This is confirmed in the series proper, were she always has a smile for everyone and everything... or, at least, that's what she wants them to think.
- Plucky Office Girl: She was her husband's Stockman secretary before becoming her wife, so it's implied she was this. In Episode 100, when she becomes C.C.'s secretary too, she shows this attitude.
- The Pollyanna: Starts being this archetype, always putting a good face to bad weather. A particularly bad year, however, completely destroys her optimism, thus defying this trope.
- Progressively Prettier: Linda Gibboney is not ugly or homely by any means, but when Gina first appears she dresses pretty conservatively, on soft colors, and wears her hair demurely and tidily. Once she marries CC and starts an affair with Mason, she dresses in a progressively more provocative manner, with a more modern hairdo and gaudy colors, and she wears more make-up.
- Robin Mattson, who looked considerably younger than Linda Gibboney, replaced her as Gina. This gets downplayed, at least at first, since the former dressed far more conservatively than Gibboney did and with less makeup and ornate hairdos.
- The Other Darrin: A very notable and memorable one: after more than a year and 300 episodes playing Gina, Gibonney was replaced with Robin Mattson on December 1985. Not only were both actresses noticeably different, but they had different approaches ─Gibboney emphasized more the vulnerable, Wounded Gazelle Gambit and Bitch in Sheep's Clothing qualities of Gina, while Mattson instantly played the cahracter as a fierce and passionate Magnificent Bitch. Most fans agree the change was for the better, since Gina became the most loved and recognizable Anti-Villain/ChaoticEvil villain on the show, and in fact was the only non-Capwell character introduced at the start of the soap who remained until its end ─as was Mattson. The reasoning given for this change was that Linda Gibboney was tired from Santa Barbara and from acting and quit; but the Dobson had been known, specially on Santa Barbara, for searching their favourite (and most talented in the soap opera world), actors and actreses and offering them main status on their show. It's been speculated, in fact, that they wanted Mattson from the start, but she was unavailable (she was working on both General Hospital as recurring and episodic on Ryan's Hope).
- The Woobie: When Peter Flint left the character rooster, she became the favourite punching bag of the writers. In just a few months, her sister dies, the supposedly dead ex-wife of her new husband reappears, along with her ex-lover, who first blackmails her and later gets her hooked on painkillers. All while being atagonized by nearly every other character on the soap.
Brandon DeMott
As portrayed by Curtis.
As portrayed by Call.
Played by: Scott Curtis (1984-1985), Brandon Call.
An adorable five year-old who was adopted as a baby by Gina and Stockman, and is revealed to play a pivotal role in the soap's plot.
- The Danza: When played by Brandon Call.
- Soap Opera Rapid Aging Syndrome: Refreshingly averted! Brandon Demott started the soap as a 5-year-old and finished the run being a fourteen year old.
- The Other Darrin: Justified, since he started the soap being a five year-old, and obviously the role had to expand by time and abide to the child work laws. Scott Curtis originated the role, and was replaced towards the end of 1985 by the older-looking Brandon Call. Call and Justin Gocke would be the actors that stayed most time on the soap (3 and 5 years, respectively).
Summer Blake
Played by: JonnaLeigh Stack.
Gina's free-spirited younger sister, she appears in Episode 44, not long after Gina and Brandon move to the Capwell Hotel. She is a historian, and works as a museum curator.
- Rape as Backstory: Which becomes a great obstacle in her relationship with Warren in Episode 99. Gina's ex-boyfriend, Hank Juddson, menaced Summer and ended up raping her, which she reveals to her sister in Episode 100; unfortunately, she doesn't have a lot more of characterization.
- Killed Off for Real: Gets murdered by the Carnation Killer in Episode 120, leaving a big impact on the rest of characters
- Satellite Love Interest: She exists almost exclusively to develop Warren's character.
The Castillos
Cruz Castillo's family. Since he's Mexican, his family members were revealed slowly over the course of the soap, being implied to live in Mexico or elsewhere. Carmen Castillo
Played by: Carmen Zapata.
Cruz's overbearing mother, she comes to Santa Barbara on the eve of Eden and Cruz's wedding. A pretty rigid and stern woman, she puts her son proudly over everyone and everything, and is very aware and proud of their Latino roots. Carmen first appeared on Episode 168, and would appear sporadically from then on.- My Beloved Smother: And how. She treats Cruz as if he was her little child, and wants to interfere on Eden and Cruz's wedding.
Cruz Castillo
Facing an armed psycopath is nothing compared to the value of facing taking care of someone else.
Played by: A Martinez.
An employee of the Capwells'oil rig, he's a strong and adventurous man who quickly became one of the most important characters on the show. Appears for the first time in Episode 11, and has ties with several characters: he's an employee at the Capwell's oil rig (and thus, knows all the Capwell children), he's childhood friends with Santana and the Andrades, and he's a good friend of Joe, and one of the few people trying to prove his innocence. It's evntually revealed Cruz passed the tests to be a cop long ago, but opted to work as a spy; he's reinstated on the force and becomes Santa Barbara's resident policeman.
- Big Brother Mentor: One episode shows he's training Danny Andrade; since Rosa acted as a Surrogate Mother for the Capwells and Cruz ehen they were children (and is literally his mother in the case of Danny) Cruz may as well be considered a literal older brother to him. However this relationship only lasts for this single episode, buzarrely enough. Danny wouldn't last for much longer on the cast.
- Ensemble Dark Horse: One of the most beloved and important characters of the soap, made even more impressive by the quick and great reception he got from the viewers.
- The Casanova: Really likes flirting and accumulating lovers.
- Chivalrous Pervert: Will make a pass at you, but always with a polite sentence. It could be an important part of what draws Eden to him.
- Dashing Hispanic: Has some traits of this, to the point that it could be seen as a modern version of the trope, He's presented as a very capable, very adventorous young man who's a dependable person in Capwell enterprises, although his exact function is not made clear. This trope gets enforced even more when he becomes the soap's resident cop.
- The Hero: Once Joe Perkins is out of the table, he becomes one of the principal heroes of the soap. He and Eden tend to get into big adventures, and he always has great morals and honor.
- True Companions: Tends to go the extra mile in order to save his friend Joe. He would later be revealed to have a similar relationship towards Nick Hartley.
- Urban Legend Love Life: Although he's implied to be a Casanova (as stated above) in the actual series he's mostly, nearly only seen smitten with Eden Capwell, to the point you could arge he's got a Single-Target Sexuality towards her.
Other characters
The town of Santa Barbara got really crowded over the nine-year run of the show, so they have been organized and subdivided by related plot (if relevant enough) family or history relevance, on that order. 1984 characters
Hollywood
Characters introduced in the early Hollywood plot of the teenagers."Peaches Delight"
Played by: Virginia Mayo.
Ted and Danny's neighbor in Hollywood, she befriends them when they retrieve her purse from a thief. She used to be an actress and fan dancer, and "Peaches Delight" was her artistic name; her real name is Helen Sancokwski. Stops appearing from Episode 33 onwards, since the teens leave Hollywood.
- December–December Romance: Though they are not that old, the protagonists set her up with Jake Dodge, a policeman who tried to arrest her on their youth.
- Team Mom: Quickly becomes the surrogate mother of the youngsters.
- I Was Quite a Looker: And how! Both the character and the actress used to be (and still were) pretty beautiful.
- Put on a Bus: Kinda. As explained on her description above, the younger characters say farewell to her when they leave for Santa Barbara; she's never heard of again afterwards.
Willard Holmby
Played by: Michael Halsey.
A smarmy and lecherous faux film producer, he deceives Jade in order to make her film a porn movie.
- Aborted Arc: Is last seen calling Jade on Episode 33,and reminding her of their contract, thus implying he will be a constant on her life. Guess what happens next.
- Ephebophile: He has his sights set on Jade, who is a seventeen year-old.
- Put on a Bus: Along with the rest of the Hollywood characters in Episode 33.
Supporting characters
Several Santa Barbara townies who have an important impact on the central families.Peter Flint real name: Antonio Fiorno
There's nothing you can do to me that hasn't already been done.
Played by: Stephen Meadows.
Kelly's fiancée at the start of the series, he's a high school Physics teacher. He used to teach Kelly, C.C. II, Warren and Joe, and it's implied he also taught Ted.
- Dark and Troubled Past: He used to be a gigolo for Ginger Jones, abandoned her, and it's revealed he falsified his diploma in order to become a high-school teacher.
- Drawn To Madness: More or less. He becomes paranoid because of an aneurysm on his brain, which makes him mistake every blond girl he sees for Kelly... and rape and kill them.
- Even Evil Has Standards: He's not really "evil", but he refuses to go through with Kelly's kidnapping in Episode 62.
- Gold Digger: Referred as such by several characters, specially Mason.
- Killed Off for Real: Dies in Episode 151, after being reduced by the police in the hostage he does on the Perkins' house.
- The Chew Toy: Gets entangled in the Capwell-Lockridge feud, were he's used and blackmailed by both parties.
- Ho Yay: Though most probably not intended by the writers, him and Mason, who's also his future brother-in-law, have an undeniable sexual tension.
- The Scrappy: Not by the audience per se, but for the characters. Half of the cast doesn't thing very highly of him.
- Smug Snake: In Episode 48, he has no reluctance to send the police on Joe even though he just saved his life from Ginger's menace.
- It's eventually revealed he was in the Capwells house the night of C.C. II's death, and saw Joe trying to assist C.C. II. In order to get him sent to prison, he didn't tell anyone. He doubles that by declaring he saw Mason on the scene of the crime, not for justice, but to spite him.
- Ungrateful Bastard: As seen below, he only thinks of his own wellbeing.
- I Owe You My Life: Says it nearly verbatim to Joe after he saves him from Ginger in Episode 48. In an interesting inversion of the trope, it's a lie in order to get Joe arrested.
- The Woobie: The writers seemed to enjoy tearing his life apart. You can't help but to feel sorry for him and how desperate he becomes.
Dominique
Played by: ???.
A mysterious man who contacts Joe just as he returns to Santa Barbara. He seems to be trying to help Joe prove his innocence; his true intentions, however, are not clear.
- Beardness Protection Program: "His" beard is his most prominent trait and keeps the other characters from recognizing his face.
- Sweet Polly Oliver: It's revealed in Episode 42 that "he" is a woman in disguise.
- The Other Darrin: Even though he hasn't even shown his real face, his performer gets replaced for another one in Episode 66.
- Walking Spoiler: See all the spoilers in his associated tropes? Yeah.
Veronica Gayley
Business is business.
Played by: Andrea Howard.
Peter's flirty personal secretary, first appears briefly on Episode 5 and then from Episode 29 onwards, becoming an important character. She turns to be a pretty intelligent, cunning and ruthless woman, who nonetheless gives an air of professionalism.
- Double Reverse Quadruple Agent: In the span of nearly three episodes, is revealed not only that she's working as an informer for Lionel Lockridge, but also that both Peter and Mason are setting her up to spy on each other.
- Femme Fatale: She has some traits of this, like using her looks to obtain things and having a passive role.
- Foil: Though it doesn't seem intentional, she has an opposite role to Laken Lockridge. Both are blonde, innocent-looking young women with a friendly and great disposition and very closely acquainted with Lionel Lockridge. But, while Laken is a truly innocent high-schooler who just wants to have a normal life, Veronica is a triple agent who's scheming with Lionel and is very entrenched on the business intrigues of both families.
- Innocent Blue Eyes: Subverted. She's got one of the bluest eyes of the cast (and the lighting tends to emphasize this), but she's certainly not innocent.
- Killed Off for Real: Gets murdered by Peter in Episode 129, because he gets her confused with Kelly.
- Really Gets Around: Catches the sympathies of Peter, Lionel and Mason.
- Walking Spoiler: You can't really talk about her without mentioning her important role in the story.
Sally Taylor
As portrayed by McCaslin.
Played by: ???, Maylo McCaslin.
An acquaintance from Joe's old high-school, she has lingering feelings for him and tries to help him for a couple of episodes. After this, she finds Kelly right after she's fled home and offers to share her apartment with the Capwell girl. She also works as a waitress in La Mesa, allowing her to meet the rest of the characters (since they all seem to hang out there).
- All-Loving Hero: Definitely grows into this status when she allows to share her apartment with Kelly and when, later, she protects both her and Joe. And never asking for anything in return!
- Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Around Episode 55, once Kelly "evicts" her from her house, she stops appearing, only to be seen once again, in Joe and Kelly's wedding. At least they remembered her!
- Girl Next Door: To contrast the glamorous and rich Kelly.
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute: Appears just in time to fullfill the role of Dr. Toni Carlin.
- Nice Girl: She slowly grows into the most selfless and nice character in the entire soap.
- The Bus Came Back: Reappears (with another face), in Episode 48, after several weeks missing.
- The Other Darrin: When she is seen again, another actress (that's completely different) portrays her. Bizarrely enough, she doesn't have any more relevance than before.
- Unlucky Childhood Friend: High-school instead of childhood, but she nonetheless fails to start a relationship with Joe and is quickly forgotten.
Ginger Jones
I have a very firm policy: no exchanges, no refunds.
Played by: Paula Kelly.
The former employer of Peter, first appears on Episode 42. A sophisticated, cunning and malicious woman, she works as a pimp, and makes her entrance to the show blackmailing Peter in exchange for her silence.
- Big Bad: The first (and only, for a while) openly evil character of the soap, she has no trouble ruining a man's life for money.
- Even Evil Has Standards: It's she who pays for Peter's Flint tombstone, quite a gesture since he blew her off and was an insane murderer and, as revealed later, a blackmailer.
- Walking Spoiler: Similarly to Dominique above, mentioning her role in the soap means giving away a big spoiler. Just look at her description!
- The Bus Came Back: ...albeit briefly, she returns to pay her respects to the recently deceased Peter Flint. She also, of course, comes to make more trouble.
Dr. Marcello Armonti real name: Hans Ruyker
Played by: Wolf Muser.
An Italian psychiatrist, son of Count Armonti and step-son of Sophia Capwell, he comes to Santa Barbara along with Countess Armonti. He would then go on treat Kelly Capwell in the aftermath of Peter and Joe's deaths... although he also haves some unfinished business with the Capwells. First appears on Episode 114.
- Expy: A tall and handsome psychiatrist, rather stuffy and high class? Is he Marcello Armonti or doctor Frasier Crane? They also have a strong physical and vocal resemblance. Santa Barabara premiered the same year Frasier debuted, so it's not a long stretch to think the soap's writers took some inspiration. It gets Played With, since his stuffiness makes him creepy rather than funny.
- Fake Nationality: He's an italian played by a German. Subverted somewhat since it turns out he's actually from the Netherlands, and was adopted by the Count Armonti. Doubly subverted somewhat since he was considered "aryan enough" by the Nazis and thus was able to survive World War II.
Elizabeth Peele
Played by: Lauren Chase.
Elizabeth is the daughter of a famous British art critic and restorer, who cames to Santa Barbara in the eve of the Amanda Lockridge's diving. She initally comes to replace her father as a lecturer in the city's museum, and stays to get embroiled in the numerous intrigues from both the Capwells and the Lockridges. A true daredevil, she's intelligent, glamorous and a tad bit crazy.
- Bunny-Ears Lawyer: Yes, she's totally crazy, and yes, she's also a magnificent art seller and forger.
- Character Development: She realizes that she's been living under her father's shadow and acting like an amoral loon in order to distance herself from him; her next steps are centered on being a nicer, decent person.
- Odd Friendship: Develops one with Warren Lockridge, of all people.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: She stops appearing in Episode 154, after a conversation with Amy Perkins. No reason as to why she disappears or leaves is given, initiating a long-running tradition of Santa Barbara characters who disappear misteriously in the middle of a storyline, since it was implied she was to have more relevance.
Episodic characters
Other Santabarbarians who appear for a small amount of time, but have important roles in the story.Dr. Toni Carlin
Played by: Renée Jones.
A friendly doctor, she tends Peter while he recovers from a polo accident from Episode 7 to a couple more. She's an old friend of both Kelly and Joe, and one of the few people on Santa Barbara who still trusts him.
- Black and Nerdy: She really hasn't got any defining traits, but she seems to be very knowlodgeable of her job, thus the "nerdy" part.
- Cassandra Truth: Tries to repeatedly warn Kelly from Peter's misdeeds, to no avail.
- Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Although she's presented as a close friend of Kelly, she's last seen in the gym with her, never to be seen or referenced again.
- Token Black Friend: She's black, has little personality, and her sole purpose is being friends with both Joe and Kelly and helping them get together.
Jeff Barber
Played by: Bob McLean.
At the start of the soap, he's Amy Perkins' fiancée and boss at his Real Estate office. He promptly leaves her for her secretary, and starts kind of a battle in order to prove he's not her child's father; all of this gets cut short when Amy's pregnancy is revealed to be a darker affair.
- Smug Snake: He's kind of a jerk.
Hank Judson
Played by: Victor Bevine.
Gina's scumbag of ex-boyfriend. He's introduced amisdt the investigation on the White Carnation Killer case, since he was the one who raped Gina's sister, now a victim of the killer. Once he learns his ex-girlfriend is to marry the wealthy C.C. Capwell, he comes to Santa Barbara in order to blackmail her for her shady past with him. His tenure spans thirty Episodes, from his first appearence in Episode 160, but his influence on Gina will mark her destiny on the show.
- Big Bad: The definite villain during his short stint on the show. He will go to great lenghts in order to get money.
- Killed Off for Real: When Gina's hooked on painkillers, Hank sells them to her. Their affair will take them to the underground tunnel of the Capwell family, which coincidentally explodes, crushing and killing him.
- Would Hit a Girl: Not only that, he rapes them without breaking a sweat.
Mr. Bottoms
Played by: Ray Walston.
Ted, Laken and Danny's teacher at Lyman Prep, first appears on Episode 38. He's a very strict and old-fashioned teacher who, surprisingly, uses some very out there techniques to teach his students: they have to pretend being a married couple and make all the decisions that realistically they would have to. As a consequence of his recklessness, he opposes Ted and gives him and F. Appart from that, he's mostly a caricature.
1985 characters
The Basset─Duvalls
Christy Duvall's screw-up of a family, a dirt-poor family who can't seem to find peace with one another and provokes her to run away at some point before the start of the soap.As a whole
- Foil: To the Perkinses. Both are lower-class families and in both the husband and the older son and daughter died, and have the same number of siblings, the younger one beaing an eighteen year-old blonde and naïve girl. However, while the Perkins are very humble and stick for each other, the Basset-Duvalls keep secrets from each other and argue a lot.
Theda Basset
YOU LITTLE TRAMP!
Played by: Grace Zabriskie.
Steve, Mary and Christy's mother, a temperamental alcoholic who works as a cashier and has a really strained relationship with her younger daughter. First appears in Episode 235.
- The Alcoholic: And how. She tends to get drunk and insult or even hit Christy, which eventually was one of the reasons why her daughter left.
- Parents as People: Certainly. It seems parenthood was too much for her, even though Steve and Mary really appreciate her (or prefer to pretend she's not ill).
- Retroactive Recognition: Hey, that's Sarah Palmer!
- Took a Level in Kindness: When she learns her daughter Christy was raped, she swears off drinking and stars behaving on a more caring and loving way towards her. It's implied this is in part because of the publicity of the trial, though.
Steve Basset
Played by: Ashby Adams.
Theda's older son from her first marriage, he's the most succesful member of the family: a ruthless lawyer. First appears on Episode 236, he's quickly revealed to have been chosen as Santa Barbara's district attorney, the position Mason used to hold until he was given the boot by his father.
His somewhat manical personality is revealed as time goes by: turns he's obsessed with Christy, and raped her, which makes her run away from home. His obsession finally blows the whistle on him being the rapist and he dies accidentally shot by his victim on self-deffense.
- Magnificent Bastard: Not only rapes his half-sister, he leaves her to die on the beach bar for an entire night and uses his position as district attorney to implicate Ted on the crime bu extorting his victim.
Mary Duvall
I've seen more than my share of evil in the world. I never understood, until today.
Played by: Harley Jane Kozak.
Older sister to Christy and step-sister to Steve, a pious, beautiful and loving woman who became a nun at some point before the series. First appears in Episode 234, her role would go on to be expanded greatly once she enters a romantic relationship with Mason.
- All Girls Want Bad Boys: Subverted, surprinsingly. She's attracted to Mason at first because he's so different to what she's looking for; but when his jerkish and corrupted side reveals, she actually gets mad at his tricks and rejects him repeatedly.
- Friend to All Living Things: Defied. As a nun, she certainly believes and thinks everyone is capable of forgiveness and mercy; when she herself is incapable of forgiving Ted for allegedly raping her sister, she enters a crisis of faith and, ultimately, leaves the convent... showing then the burden of trying to be this trope.
- Hollywood Nuns: Of the 'young, sexually repressed variety'. Her name is Mary (though by birth), and she's normally referred as sister by the characters, ever after leaving the convent. Sex is however a point of contention for her, although not unknown, and she's mocked by Gina, of all people, for that.
Christy Duvall
You're not ready for me, huh?
Played by: Tricia Cast.
The younger Basset─Duvall sibling, an outspoken, fun-loving (and rich-loving) teenager who is a drifter on her first appearence, and quickly befriends the teen cast of the show. First appears on Episode 203.
It's quickly revealed the reasons for her leaving her house have made her a tortured, frightened teen.
- Dark and Troubled Past: And how! She left home some time before the start of the show (where she had to take care of her drunk, abusive mother) and lived as a drifter, and her family life is revealed to have been infernal. She's also implied to have been working as an escort, or asking favors or for money to unknown men, and is seen stealing things from the Lockridges in order to pay her mother (although she gives it back); it's implied this is nothing new for her.
- Foil: A explicit one of Laken. Where the Lockridge girl is patient, dutiful and sweet, Christy is loud and always in for an adventure. Laken doesn't really care about the money while Christy is really materialistic (which is really Truth in Television, since the Duvalls are dirt-poor), and Laken is more passive and lets everything happen around her, while Christy always wants to go one step ahead.
- Rape as Drama: It's eventually revealed that the reason she left her house, apart form her mother's rampant alcoholism, is because she was being raped by her step-brother, nearly a decade older than her.
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute: Of Jade Perkins. Although Jade is the first character Christy meets, the Perkins' daughter would be gradually phased out in favor of Christy. And as with characters that premiered around the same time Christy did (Maggie Gillis, Nick Hartley), she's more of a subversion or a perfected version of its substitution: she's more outspoken and street smart than Jade, and has a more profound and complex personality.
- True Blue Femininity: Tends to dress in blue almost always, which could relate to her showing off her feminity. Blue also represnets sadness and loneliness, which really suits her come to think of it.
- During her rape's trial, Steve insists she wears a blue, drab and cheap dress, probably to invoke this.
The Hartley Brothers
A pair of siblings with equal parts of rivalry and care. They both become involved with Kelly on 1985, after her husband passes away.Nick Hartley
I'm in love with you now. I wanna marry you (...) I'm fighting for you. I may be going about it the wrong way, but it's the only way I know out!
Played by: David Haskell.
An ex-war photographer who left the force and is now working in his hometown, Santa Barbara. First appears on Episode 194, and it's revealed he's an old friend of Cruz. He doesn't take too long to start a relationship (and ask to marry) Kelly, after they spend several days stranded on an Old West town near Santa Barbara. It's... complicated.- Expy: Of Joe Perkins. A tall, adventurous and handsome man who is an old friend of Cruz, has a relationship with Kelly and tries to make good deeds. He's actually more of an "improved" version of Joe, since his inmaturity and sort fuse are not present anymore, and he's a more profound individual.
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute: As stated above, his personality shows more than a passing resemblance to Joe Perkins at first. He debuted a couple of months after Joe left the show.
- Manic Pixie Dream Girl: Played With. When he and an amnesiac Kelly get stranded on an Old West mining town, her childlike innocence and enthusiasm makes him free of the burden he feels for all he saw on the Vietnam war. When she regains her memories, it's him who becomes a Manic Pixie Dream Guy for her, in order to leave behind her guilt of Joe's untimely death.
Janice Harrison real name: Wendy Mc Cormick
''The (bruises) on the outside are never as bad as the ones on the inside."
Played by: Kathy Shower.
Dylan Hartley's fiancée, who first appears sneaking in her brother-in-law's apartment. A quirky ─and really attractive─ young woman who replaces Brick as the Lockridges' chauffer, since he's unwell (and later declared a thief by the Lockridges). Her strong will and independence motivates her to become a model and actress on Hollywood. First appears on Episode 287.- All Girls Want Bad Boys: That seems to be in part what she finds attractive on men ─it's implied she loves the adventurous, unexpected side of Dylan's personality. It's implied too that that's what attracts her to Mason.
- The Ditz: At first, however. She's presented as a very beautiful and kind-hearted woman who's got a really adventurous and interesting life; however, she's far from stupid, as will be shown when she's the first who realises Dylan is in love with Kelly.
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute: She's what Elizabeth Peele (another ditzy young blonde who starred in the preceding year) would have been had she stayed on the show. She's however deciditely more sexual, and her little quirks are pretty different from Elizabeth's.
Dylan Hartley
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Nick's younger brother and the polar opposite. Where Nick's a gentle and mature man, Dylan's a reckless jerk. He however ends up showing a tender side. Dylan joins Santa Barbara on Episode 306, descending from his airplane over the Pacific and being pursued by an italian gangster who intends to take his map to a buried treasure in Africa. It's... complicated too.Supporting characters
Several characters that come in 1985 to Santa Barbara to further complicate the lives of the Capwells.Jacqueline "Jackie" Parks
Played by: Martina Deignan.
An old friend of Amy Perkins, she's a high school teacher married to a marine. After a long absence, she comes back to Santa Bárbara in order to start teaching on Lyman Prep, the high school where all the teen characters attend.
- Intergenerational Friendship: Sparks one with both Laken and Ted, who are her pupils at Lyman Prep. She's a great emotional support for both of them in the midst of their screwed-up families.
- That's what would get her to her downfall, too, when her friendship with Ted is misinterpreted as them having an affair. This never actually happened, but suspicion was thrown under Jackie's way.
- Teacher-Student Romance: Averted, surprisingly. Ted and her have actually a very deep friendship, caring for and helping each other ─it's implied she brings out his more passionate, loving and nurturing side. One one of her last scenes, actually, she jokes that she had some feelings for him, but never acted on them ─which grants them a really warm smile.
Maggie Gillis
Played by: Suzanne Marshall.
A policewoman who fails to stop Peter's Roaring Rampage of Revenge. She gets injured on the ordeal and has to stay at the Hospital, where she catches the attention of Warren Lockridge. A woman very crytical of herself, she feels responsible for the outcome of the case and takes some time in order to make peace with herself.
- Soapbox Sadie: Has some traits of this, at first, claiming to not be trusted in the police forces solely because she's a woman. Cruz quickly points out it is actually for screwing up a hostage situation.
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute: Of Summer Blake, at first. Just as with the other woman, her main purpouse is developing Warren Lockridge and give him something to do. The similarities end there, however: her personality and storyline is completely diferent to Summer's.
- Troubled, but Cute: Interestingly enough, she becomes this for the previously Troubled, but Cute Warren Lockridge, with whom she develops a friendship of sorts.
Jack Stanfield Lee
Played by: Joel Crothers, Mark Schneider (2 Episodes).
A prestigious attorney living in Santa Barbara. Is first seen having a date with a recently separated Augusta, on Episode 180. He would then go over an take up the defense of Sophia Capwell. It is gradually revealed that not everything is what it seems: Lee is embroiled in some shady business that will end up impacting the life of every character in Santa Barbara, starting by him stealing Amy Perkins' misterious baby. It turns out, though, that that is not the real Jack Lee, but his cousin, impersonating him.- The Ace: Tall, attractive, insanely intelligent and even acquainted with the President of the US! It's all of this what makes Jerry antagonize his cousin and, finally, decide to impersonate him.
- The Casanova: Both Jerry, impersonating is cousin, and Jack himself. Though it's implied Jerry is more of a Casanova Wannabe, while Jack is a real one, able to bed any woman he wants.
- Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Justified, since Joel Crothers became very ill and ended up dying the same year his character debuted. Seemingly out of respect, Jack Lee was not recast, even though he was implied to have more relevance on the plot.
- Evil Twin: Of course, this is a soap! The Jack Lee the characters meet on his first appearence is, in fact, Jerry Cooper, his twin who trapped and replaced Jack because of his terrible envy of him and his life. It's a somewhat more realistic case, though, as Jerry had to go under plastic surgery in order to look exactly like his cousin. And, of course, while Jack is never portrayed as a moral paragon, Jerry is planning on taking over an European island by raising the Prince's child and murdering the king, so... yeah.
Kirk Cranston
Not only am I a bastard by birth, but I'm a cold one by breeding! In short, I am Mister Wonderful!
Played by: Joseph Bottoms.
Jack Lee's illegitimate son and inheritor of his job at Capwell Industries since Lee had decided to run for Senator. An intelligent and cunning young man that immediately takes a liking to Eden ─and her status in the company. Apparently a self-made man, he was mostly ignored by his father (who got his mother pregnant at 16) and grew up on the poor side of NY Bronx's neighbourhood. He studied and Harvard and forced his way as a consultant in Capwell Enterprises.- Generation Xerox: Of course, since he was meant to replace his father. Subverted since he's more of a jerk and sneaky bastard, though, a true villain ─far less affable and less of a Byronic Hero than Jack Lee was meant to be.
- Stalker with a Crush: Towards Eden Capwell, as a mixture of him wanting her status on Capwell Enterprises and a weird obsession with her and being loved by her. He never forces her (at first), but is very insistent in that Eden and him are meant to be. Eventually, he manipulates her into marrying him, although she really doesn't feel the same.
- Straw Nihilist: On Episode 309, he gets trapped into a winery with Eden, and makes passionate spiel explainig his point of view in life: feelings don't have any place in bussiness, and one should be a cold-hearted individual when treating serious matters. This extends to his whole life: emotion should never get in the way.
Pearl Bradford
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Played by: Robert Thaler.
A waiter ─presumedly─ at Buzz's Place, the main hangout of Santa Barbara. He's actually a friend ─and informant, and thugh─, for the police, namely, for resident Chief Cruz Castillo. He also becomes friends with Dylan Hartley, and they both, along Sam, fund an overseas casino.
Dr. Mark Mc Cormick
Played by: Jon Lindstrom.
Dr. Mark Mc Cormick is a sucessful surgeon who also happens to be a childhood friend of Mary Duvall. He returns to Santa Barbara in order to meet her old friend and starts working at her clinic ─though he has several reasons to stay there.
