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Soap Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | E11 | E12 | E13 | E14 | E15 | E16 | E17 | E18 | E19 | E20 | E21 | E22 | E23 | E24 | E25 | ||
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| S1 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 8.1 | |
| S2 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 8.0 | ||||
| S3 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 8.3 | ||||
| S4 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 7.9 |
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"Sitcom chaos that dared network TV to blink"
Soap follows two sisters, one wealthy and one middle-class, and their absurdly dysfunctional families in a small town, spoofing the melodrama of daytime soap operas. Every episode ends on a cliffhanger, and the plots pile on affairs, murder plots, kidnappings, and impersonations at a dizzying pace. What makes it work is the tone: broad, fast, and unashamedly silly, but grounded by a sharp ensemble cast who play the insanity completely straight. It was genuinely groundbreaking for network comedy at the time, tackling topics sitcoms rarely touched, wrapped in gleeful, soapy absurdity.
the fearless ensemble cast selling escalating absurdity with total comic sincerity.
you need grounded realism, since every episode ends on a soap-opera cliffhanger.
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