60 minSeason 10 • Episode 10
LatestC.C. and Sophia talk about their past, and they realize that no matter whatever happens, something is always stopping them from being happy. They kiss. Julia comforts Gracie and promises that her baby will have a great future and the only thing it needs is love. Then Gracie goes into labor. Jodie and Reese talk on the beach, and he promises to always fight for her. They start walking, and finally embrace each other again. Julia takes a pregnancy test and learns she is pregnant. B.J. and Warren's wedding ceremony starts and everyone reunites. Andi appears during the ceremony with a rifle, threatening to destroy the wedding.
Santa Barbara is an American television soap opera, first broadcast in the United States on NBC on July 30, 1984, and last aired on January 15, 1993. The show revolves around the eventful lives of the wealthy Capwell family of Santa Barbara, California. Other prominent families featured on the soap were the rival Lockridge family, and the more modest Andrade and Perkins families. Santa Barbara aired in over 40 countries around the world and is best remembered for its witty dialogue and sometimes tongue-in-cheek situations that often seemed like an affectionate parody of the genre. The show won 24 Daytime Emmy Awards and 18 Soap Opera Digest Awards among various other awards.
Writing
Winkingly meta dialogue that mocked its own melodrama.
Acting
Nancy Lee Grahn's Julia—sharp, sexy, ahead of her time.
Production
Sun-drenched California opulence on a daytime budget.
Jed Allan
C.C. Capwell
Robin Mattson
Gina Capwell
Nancy Lee Grahn
Julia Wainwright
Nicolas Coster
Lionel Lockridge
Judith McConnell
Sophia Capwell
Gordon Thomson
Mason Capwell
Jack Wagner
Warren Lockridge
Eileen Davidson
Kelly Capwell
Michael Brainard
Ted Capwell
Paula Irvine
Lily Blake
Nina Arvesen
Angela Cassidy
Sydney Penny
B.J. Walker
Kim Zimmer
Jodie Walker
Eric Close
Sawyer Walker
Robert Fontaine
Rafe Castillo
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Santa Barbara was revolutionary for its time—soaps didn't usually wink at their own absurdity. The Dobsons essentially invented prestige camp.
It became a phenomenon in Russia and post-Soviet states, airing during the chaotic 1990s as aspirational escapism. Russian fans still hold conventions.
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