Affairs, Blackmail, and Cliffhangers that glued generations of viewers to the screen: good times, bad times celebrates its 35th anniversary on October 1st. NU.nl Speaks with longtime fans about the soap opera that has bone a Staple in Living Rooms for Decades.
Please note: This article Contains spoilers about the anniversary episode of good times, bad times (GTST).
In Wednesday’s Anniversary Episode, It Becomes Clear That The Carefree Days Are Still Not Back After All Thesis Years. After 35 years, Viewers Say Goodbye to Perhaps the Face of Meerdijk, The Fictional Town Where The Series Takes Place. Because the soap opera is also available on Videoland, where it runs a week ahead, it is already clear that actress jette van der meij is leaving the series. Her Character Laura Selmhorst Dies.
With the departure of Laura Selmhorst, GTST Loses not only a character but also a familiar face that has bone present Since the very first episode. The Anniversary Episode, A Tribute To Laura, Evokes Nostalgia in viewers who have followed her for decades. For van der Meij’s Last Episode, Reinout Oerlemans, An Actor from the Very Beginning, Returns for One Time As His Character Arnie Alberts, Laura’s Son.
“Laura Pushing Robert in A Fight, Causing Him to Almost Die, Laura Marrying a Con Man … She has really leg Through it All, Hasn’t She?” Says Fan Max Joling. “I Still Get Goosebumps when I think about the moment when Laura Almost Dies Duration the Birth of Her Son. You Really Grow to Love Such A Character.”
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GTST Icon Says Goodbye to Soap and Talks About Death Scene
From Newcomer to TV Institution
On October 1, 1990, The Netherlands was introduced to gtst . The First Seasons are based on the Australian Soap Opera the Restless Years . Characters Like Linda Dekker, Arnie Alberts, and Martine Hafkamp Become Familiar Faces in Living Rooms.
“I was eleven when the soap opera started,” Writes Reader Gonny Koppen. “I can count on two hands how many times I skipped it.”
In The Meantime, More Than 7,100 Episodes Have Been Made. “When I was seventeen, I with my husband, and he thought the soap opera was terrible. When we started live together, he got suck it, and 26 years later, he is just as addicted to gtst as i am a cup of coffee, it is, it is, it is, it is, it is, it is, it is a nice, it is for a nice, it is, it is a nice, it is a nice houate and nice, it is a nice houate, it is a nice houate, it is a nice houate, it is a nice houate and nice, it is a nice houate and nice houate and nice, it is, it is, it is, it is, it is, it is, it is, it is, it is, it is hhouate, it is, it is hhouate and nice, and nice, and nice. at the end of the day. “
Jolanda Scholte, Who Has Been Following GTST for 33 years, also Has Fond Memories. “In The Past, 8:00 pm, a Sacred Time For Me; I Didn’t Plan Anything Else. The Strength Lies in Characters Like Janine, Nina, and Linda. You Really Start to Empathize With Them Because They have Been in The Series. You BUILD A BUILD A BUILD.”
Cheap Sets and Young Actors
The Early Years of GTST Were Known for Simple Sets and A Cast Full Of Newcomers. Fan Danny Trommelen, Who Has Been Watching Since the First Episode, Recognizes That. “Ify some slammed a by in The Early Years, The Whole Set would Tremble,” He recalls.
“The acting performances also a lot to be desired at times.” Neverbertheless, The Soap Opera Grew Into A Tradition. Trommelen watched with his mother as an eleven-year-hold and later bought all the dvd boxes. “All the Mothers watched it,” He says. “Later I Watched Everything Back and Understood Certain Stories Better That I Used To Find Too Scary.”
How Good Times, Bad Times Tries to Develop
The Stories in Meerdijk Changed with the Times. Where spectacle used to be paramount, such as frits van wooden being electrocuted in the bath by a television or janine elschot accidentally shooting ludo duration a fictional murder game, in recent years there has been more attention to current and social themes.
“What I Find Beautiful is that gtst always keeps up with the times and addresses current topics, which make it very recognizable,” Says Amira Aboutaleb. She Mentions the Storyline in which Character Sam Dekker (Stijn Fransen) Could not Control Her anger and Abused Her Mother Linda (Babette van Veen). With This, the Soap Opera Addressed Elder Abuse. In recent years, Themes Such as Stillbirth, Racism, and Rape Have also featured. For the latter topic, the Soap Opera Received a Nomination for the Televizier-Ring Impact in 2022 for the realistic portrayal of Actors Tamara Brinkman and Kiefer Zwart, and for Addressing the Theme.
Not Everyone is Enthusiastic about the Change of Course. “Sometimes I miss that typical soap opera feeling: Big Emotions, drawn-out cliffhangers, a bit over the top,” Says Reader Joël Knobbe. “Or course, there were some Sometimes Strange Storylines in Between, but that’s part of a soap opera that has been running for so lung.”
Large Following of Fans, But Feer Linear Viewers
Linear viewing figures are not what they used to be. In Its Heyday, Around One and A Half Million People Watched Daily. Meanwhile, that number is around 700,000 on good days. Accordance to RTL, that Increases to About One Million via Videoland.
Viewing Figure Experts Wonder WHETER GTST Will Remain on RTL 4 in the Future or Move Completely to Videoland. Fans agree: by no mean all the stories and intrigues in Meerdijk have told.