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| - Passions is Lin's fifth Heart-to-Heart in Xenoblade Chronicles X. It occurs between Lin and Cross in the morning, atop a shipping container west of Deliverance Park in the Residential District of New Los Angeles.
- Passions was a TV soap opera regularly watched by Joyce Summers, Spike, and Rupert Giles. According to Spike, the show involved a male named Timmy, who fell down a well.
- Peel was a supporter of The Passions throughout their brief career, often featuring tracks from their albums, especially their debut "Michael & Miranda". After their breakup they were still played occasionally. The band recorded three sessions for his programme, premiering their only hit "I'm In Love With a German Film Star" during the third, the recording of which was attended by Peel himself. As he explained on the night of its first broadcast on 17 November 1980, the session had taken place in the "Langham 1" studio across the road from Broadcasting House, rather than the usual Maida Vale.
- Passions is quite possibly the weirdest Daytime Soap Opera since Dark Shadows. The show follows the lives of several families in the town of Harmony: The rich Crane family (headed by the evil Alistair Crane), the Lopez-Fitzgeralds (many of whom fell in love with Crane family members), the Bennetts (who were connected to the Cranes through Alistair's grandson Ethan being patriarch Sam's kid), the Russells (who got what has to be one of the oddest Brother-Sister Incest stories on record), the Winthrops (who get involved in an impressive romantic three-way plot), the Hotchkiss family (involved with the Winthrops), and at least one member of the Standish family (who is related to the Bennets).
- During the Fourth World, Passions were deity-like beings embodying various aspects of life. The region known as Barsaive knew twelve Passions, although some claimed there were actually thirteen. Other regions knew those passions under different names, or worshipped other deities (or deity). It seems likely that the passions of Barsaive were to some extent local, particularly given all the issues with naming and death and change (madness) of certain passions in one area that seemed to have no effect in others. The Passions:
- The show debuted ahead of another soap opera on NBC "Sunset Beach" with a rating of 2.1 (1.9 million viewers) and remained there after Sunset Beach was canceled in December of 1999. From January 2000 until early May 2000, the show remained dead last among all 10 soaps. During the May sweeps in 2000, "Passions" was gaining in popularity and pulled ahead of ABC's "Port Charles." The show remained ahead of "Port Charles" until its cancellation in October 2003.
- Passions is an award-winning American television soap opera created by veteran writer James E. Reilly. The series directed by Jim Sayegh, debuted on NBC July 5, 1999 (replacing Another World). In January 2007, NBC announced that it canceled Passions after eight years but later handed it over to DirecTV. The show taped its final scenes for NBC on August 15, 2007, and its final episode on the network aired on September 7, 2007. DirecTV then picked up the series with new episodes airing on DirecTV-exclusive channel The 101 starting September 17, 2007. However, DirecTV has decided to not renew its contract for the series with NBC, and NBC was unable to find a new home for the show. The final DirecTV episode aired on August 7, 2008.
- Passions follows the lives and loves, and various romantic and paranormal adventures of the residents of Harmony. Story-lines center on the interactions among members of its multi-racial core families - the African American Russells, the white Cranes and Bennetts, and the half-Mexican, half-Irish Lopez-Fitzgeralds - as well as the supernatural, including town witch Tabitha Lenox.
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| - Peel was a supporter of The Passions throughout their brief career, often featuring tracks from their albums, especially their debut "Michael & Miranda". After their breakup they were still played occasionally. The band recorded three sessions for his programme, premiering their only hit "I'm In Love With a German Film Star" during the third, the recording of which was attended by Peel himself. As he explained on the night of its first broadcast on 17 November 1980, the session had taken place in the "Langham 1" studio across the road from Broadcasting House, rather than the usual Maida Vale. According to singer Barbara Gogan, the reason those sessions have not been officially released yet is because "whoever owns the rights asked a ludicrous percentage" to the record company to license them. Peel went to see the band play live at the Braintree College of Further Education on Friday 3rd October 1980. Sadly, the gig was cut short due to crowd violence, an unhappy event he recalled on 08 October 1980 and 07 August 1990.
- Passions is quite possibly the weirdest Daytime Soap Opera since Dark Shadows. The show follows the lives of several families in the town of Harmony: The rich Crane family (headed by the evil Alistair Crane), the Lopez-Fitzgeralds (many of whom fell in love with Crane family members), the Bennetts (who were connected to the Cranes through Alistair's grandson Ethan being patriarch Sam's kid), the Russells (who got what has to be one of the oddest Brother-Sister Incest stories on record), the Winthrops (who get involved in an impressive romantic three-way plot), the Hotchkiss family (involved with the Winthrops), and at least one member of the Standish family (who is related to the Bennets). But what threw the show completely off the wall wasn't that the soap factor was amped up to eleven, but rather that the show included a witch Tabitha and her doll Timmy as part of the main cast. Often, typical soap stories would be mixed with plots involving zombies, magic dolls (most famously Timmy), The Wizard of Oz and, in one seriously memorable arc, a faked death involving some serious stealth work.
- During the Fourth World, Passions were deity-like beings embodying various aspects of life. The region known as Barsaive knew twelve Passions, although some claimed there were actually thirteen. Other regions knew those passions under different names, or worshipped other deities (or deity). It seems likely that the passions of Barsaive were to some extent local, particularly given all the issues with naming and death and change (madness) of certain passions in one area that seemed to have no effect in others. Each Passion had a domain that its powers spring from. The Passions were somewhere between heroes and gods, and had been known to manifest for extended periods of time in mortal form. Some passions had favoured avatars (gender, race); other didn't. The Passions could also take a more spirit-based form, and inspire the minds of Namegivers. Passions were served by Questors, who worked to inspire fellow mortals and become closer to the spirit of their Passion. A Questor of Galen, the hearth-Passion, for example, might have been a travelling healer, whereas a Questor of the trade-Passion Chorollis would more probably work as a merchant. Questors of most Passions tended to be welcome in most communities, as they are dedicated to the improvement of others, not just themselves. The Passions:
* Astendar: Passion of art, music, and love. Usually depicted as a Namegiver with a musical instrument.
* Chorrolis: Passion of trade, wealth, and desire. Usually depicted as a wealthy namegiver with bags of gold.
* Erendis: Passion of order and work. After the Scourge, he became known as Dis, Mad Passion of slavery and bureaucracy. Depictions vary before and after the Scourge; common themes include contracts and chains.
* Floranuus: Passion of energy, victory, and motion. Usually depicted as a figure made of flames.
* Garlen: Passion of hearth and healing. Usually depicted as a motherly figure of any namegiver race.
* Jaspree: Passion of growth, care of the land, and the wilderness. Normally depicted as half-namegiver, half animal, usually surrounded by plants and wild creatures.
* Lochost: Passion of rebellion, freedom, change, and chaos. Usually depicted wearing broken chains.
* Mynbruje: Passion of justice, empathy, compassion, and truth. Usually depicted with instruments of law, such as the scales of justice.
* Rashomon: Passion of diplomacy and leadership. After the Scourge, he became known as Raggok, Mad Passion of vengeance and jealousy. Depictions vary.
* Thystonius: Passion of valor and physical conflict. Although frequently mistaken for a Passion of war, this was not actually the case. Usually depicted riding into battle with banners flying.
* Upandal: Passion of smithwork, crafts, and engineering. Usually depicted as a namegiver with hammer and anvil.
* Vestrial: Passion of humor and cunning. After the Scourge, known as Vestrial, Mad Passion of deceit, treason, and trickery. Depictions vary; common themes are masks, cloaks, and (after the Scourge) daggers. Some also said that Death was related to the Passions, but she does not manifest as the others do, and does not have Questors. There was a legend about that, and her imprisonment under Death's Sea. Because she was not as everpresent as the other Passions, Death was not a constant in this world, and resurrection spells and the undead are not uncommon. Various evidence, including the Death Sea of molten lava that in the Sixth World is the normal, water-filled Black Sea, suggest that Death was indeed a Passion imprisoned in that region.
- Passions is an award-winning American television soap opera created by veteran writer James E. Reilly. The series directed by Jim Sayegh, debuted on NBC July 5, 1999 (replacing Another World). In January 2007, NBC announced that it canceled Passions after eight years but later handed it over to DirecTV. The show taped its final scenes for NBC on August 15, 2007, and its final episode on the network aired on September 7, 2007. DirecTV then picked up the series with new episodes airing on DirecTV-exclusive channel The 101 starting September 17, 2007. However, DirecTV has decided to not renew its contract for the series with NBC, and NBC was unable to find a new home for the show. The final DirecTV episode aired on August 7, 2008. Passions follows the various romantic and paranormal adventures of the residents of Harmony, a fictional New England hamlet. Storylines center around the interactions among members of its multi-racial core families — the African American Russells, Caucasian Cranes and Bennetts, and half-Mexican half-Irish Lopez-Fitzgeralds — as well as the supernatural including town witch Tabitha Lenox. Many noteworthy stories was shown over the show's run, but the most constant ones were the triangle between Ethan Winthrop (Travis Schuldt; Eric Martsolf), his true love, Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald (Lindsay Korman) and Gwen Hotchkiss (Liza Huber; Natalie Zea); which was resolved in the finale, when Gwen and her conniving mother, Rebecca (Maureen McCormick; Andrea Evans) were exposed for their villainy (not to mention the fact that Ethan's marriage to Gwen was not even valid, as she was already married to another man after her first engagement to Ethan was broken); the constant machinations of evil Alistair Crane; the star-crossed love between Sheridan Crane (McKenzie Westmore) and Luis Lopez-Fitzgerald (Galen Gering); the supernatural misadventures of Tabitha (Juliet Mills), who began as an evil witch, until the end when she relinquished her powers and became a Christian to save the town; Tabitha's daughter, Endora, who went against her mother's evil bent and was a good witch; Ivy Crane's (Kim Johnston Ulrich) discovery that Ethan was her former lover Sam Bennett's (James Hyde) son; Julian Crane's (Ben Masters) continual woes in love, until he reconnects with his first love, Eve Russell (Tracey Ross); the fighting between Pilar (Eva Tamargo) and Rebecca over their daughters; and Kay Bennett's magical misadventures. During its NBC run, Passions ran for 60 minutes (including commercials, about 40 minutes without) every weekday (excluding some holidays). After the move to DirecTV, the schedule was shortened to four days a week (Monday through Thursday), then later whittled down further to three days a week (Monday through Wednesday) starting January 2008. Weekend marathon encores of the show are played on DirecTV, and it is also available via online paid subscription from NBC within the United States and on the paid cable SuperChannel in Canada.
- Passions is Lin's fifth Heart-to-Heart in Xenoblade Chronicles X. It occurs between Lin and Cross in the morning, atop a shipping container west of Deliverance Park in the Residential District of New Los Angeles.
- The show debuted ahead of another soap opera on NBC "Sunset Beach" with a rating of 2.1 (1.9 million viewers) and remained there after Sunset Beach was canceled in December of 1999. From January 2000 until early May 2000, the show remained dead last among all 10 soaps. During the May sweeps in 2000, "Passions" was gaining in popularity and pulled ahead of ABC's "Port Charles." The show remained ahead of "Port Charles" until its cancellation in October 2003. Once again, "Passions" was dead last, and would stay there for virtually the rest of its run. It did top Guiding Light on occasion, but never for more than one week at a time. From 2001-2003 when Passions was at the peak of its popularity, it averaged a weekly 2.1-2.3 rating (which at that time equaled roughly 2.4 million viewers). However, the ratings for "Passions" slowly declined with each passing year to the point that the show averaged a 1.5 weekly rating (about 1.9 million viewers) throughout much of the 2006—2007 season. In January of 2007, NBC announced the show's cancellation and on September 7, 2007, the final episode aired and had a household rating of 1.3/4 (1.68 million viewers). The show was later handed over to the 101 Network and subsequently picked up by DirecTV which began airing new episodes on September 17, 2007. In December of 2007, DirecTV decided not to renew its contract for "Passions" and the studio was unable to sell it elsewhere. On August 7, 2008, the final episode of the series aired on DirecTV. The show has been honored with numerous awards and nominations during its run, including Daytime Emmy Awards, Imagen Foundation Awards and a GLAAD Media Award.
- Passions was a TV soap opera regularly watched by Joyce Summers, Spike, and Rupert Giles. According to Spike, the show involved a male named Timmy, who fell down a well.
- Passions follows the lives and loves, and various romantic and paranormal adventures of the residents of Harmony. Story-lines center on the interactions among members of its multi-racial core families - the African American Russells, the white Cranes and Bennetts, and the half-Mexican, half-Irish Lopez-Fitzgeralds - as well as the supernatural, including town witch Tabitha Lenox. In January 2007, NBC canceled Passions but later handed it over to The 101 Network. The show aired its final NBC episode on September 7, 2007. Created by writer James E. Reilly and produced by NBC Studios, the series was subsequently picked up by direct broadcast satellite service DirecTV, which broadcast new episodes airing on its exclusive channel The 101. Passions aired its first DirectTV episode on September 17, 2007. In December 2007, DirecTV decided not to renew its contract for the series, and the studio was unable to sell the show elsewhere. The final episode aired on DirecTV on August 7, 2008.
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