When it comes to soap operas, there are many classic themes that fans have gotten used to seeing.
Kidnappings, infidelity, people returning from the dead, and of course, amnesia.
When she recovered, she was paralyzed and claimed to have amnesia.
Austin dumped Sami and married Carriethat same day.
But of course, Sami isn’t the only Salemite to have an amnesia storyline over the years.
Of course, like any good Salem super-couple, the duo has faced their fair share of challenges.
Shortly after getting married,Ben and Ciarafaced immediate danger when Ciara was kidnapped and presumed dead.
Eventually, Ben found her and during his attempt to rescue his wife, tragedy struck.
Ciara remembered nothing about her love story with Ben.
Ciara’s amnesia finally came to an end, and she and Ben reunited happily.
However, Will wasn’t gone for good.
Will returned to Salem but had no memory of his family, friends, or Sonny.
Fans loved Hope and her pairing with Salem bad boy Bo Brady (Peter Reckell.)
However, in 1990, Alfonso left the show and the character of Hope was presumed dead.
But the story took a strange twist when Alfonso returned to the soap opera in 1994.
Eventually, it was revealed that Hope hadn’t actually died.
Instead, she was taken hostage by Stefano DiMera and brainwashed to believe that she was Princess Gina.
Bo and Hope eventually got back together, but Gina didn’t stay away for long.
Stefano turned Hope back into Gina so that use her for his illegal dealings.
During that time, Hope got intimate with both Stefano and John Black and found herself pregnant.
Fortunately, the child turned out to be Bo’s.
Sarah began to believe that she was Renee and had no memory of her former life.
Sarah received medical treatment and slowly began to show signs of becoming her true self.
The two rekindled their romance.
Jack died saving his daughter Abigail from falling down an elevator shaft.
Instead, he claimed to be in love with Eve.
He quickly ditched Eve and reunited with Jennifer.
