Recipe for soap opera

1. Fake pregnancy and/or someone rolls down the stairs and loses the child.

2. Unnecessary shirtless scenes.

3. Stetsons + ranches + horses.

4. Glamorous beach waves for protagonist ladies, short hair for villains.

5. Smoky eyes.

6. High heels even in the bedroom. No, Rebekah, I know what I’m doing, women TOTALLY wear strap stilettos at home!

7. So. Many. Longing. Glances. And. Death. Stares.

8. If someone coughs, they’re dying from terminal cancer or brain tumour.

9. The Ugly Duckling Package includes: Big teeth and braces, huge glasses, bad hair, washed off jeans and a shapeless jumper with orthopaedic trainers.

10. Fierce kissing in the rain.

11. The Classic Damsel In Distress.

12. A maid.

13. Rich heir/heiress.