It was kinda nerve wracking, because the bus dropped me off after the show started, and I'd have to charge up a steep hill so I could see the last half. I would go nuts waiting for the TV (black and white set)to warm the hell up so I could see it! I know the special effects are hokey now, but they were fairly amazing then. I hated that they'd just rerun some old set of episodes in the summer. I wanted to know what was happening, but oh, no! stuff I'd already seen was on. It WAS really good for me doing the school year that there is that short 'catch up' bit of the last episode on at the very begenning, since I missed half of every episode. It was sort of a natural thing for me to be interested in, since I loved horror movies and spent my Saturdays watching them. I've never been interested in any other soap opera, and I have never watched that stupid game show they replaced it with, either!