The long awaited news about Beacon Hill: The Series' Season 2; One Life To Live alumnus Hilary B. Smith will be joining the cast as Isabel Miller ; an estranged old friend of Claire's played by Days of our Lives and Guiding Light alumnus, Crystal Chappell. Grrr... shame on you DAYS' the powers that be for chasing C.C out of the soap; I really, really miss her as Dr. Carly Manning.
It turns out Isabel is the the mysterious visitor at the door, hence Claire's stunned reaction. Smith is also a long standing cast member of the Emmy Award soap opera web series; Venice:The Series- which stars Crystal Chappell, who also co-created and co-produced it. And apparently, Isabel is back in Beacon Hill with a hidden agenda. Watch out viewers.
We've been waiting for that reveal for a very long time now, AND the unveiling of Season 2. And according to Beacon Hill's Twitter handle, another Emmy Award actor will be joing the cast and is yet to be unveiled. All I know is, I hope I get lucky enough to watch Season 2 and have our nagging questions answered!
FYI, the show is NOT free online: hence check out what you have to pay if you want to watch Season 1. However, viewers can now watch S1 episodes on Vimeo,for a limited time only of course.
While we waited for Venice: The Series' Season 5; Crystal Chappelle entertained her fans with her current venture, Beacon Hill: The Series; thistime set in the world of politics which makes it rather different from her previous web shows; Venice The Series, The Inn and The Grove (which a lot of people hope to see more of soon).
Beacon Hill's first season recently ended with a cliff hanger, with Claire Preston (Crystal Chappelle) receiving an unseen visitor and was clearly shocked by whoever it was. Aside from the story line of the two main characters, Claire's daughter Sara (All My Children's Alicia Minshew) and Katherine Wesley (Sarah Joy Brown; General Hospital, As The World Turns, The Bold & The Beautiful, Days of Our Lives) a rising and clearly committed politician; there's obviously a lot of secrets that will be unveiled in Season 2. For example, the viewers will no doubt discover the following:
1. Who the mysterious visitor at the door is,
2. The reason behind Claire's drinking
2. Who she hired that private investigator to look for
4. Whether or not if Katherine will accept the vacated Senatorial seat
5. Why there's so much anxiety for Katherine to accept or not accept
6. What's going to happen now that Diane has come looking for Sara
7. What's going on behind Sara's brother Eric's calm demeanour; he appears solicitous but in soaps sometimes solicitous is suspicious
8. What happened to Sara and Eric's father, because he was not shown or mentioned
In the meantime, Beacon Hill gave a good impression. Good plot and good acting from the ensemble cast of soap opera veterans; including Louise Sorel (Vivian Alamain in Days Of Our Lives), Tina Sloan (Another World, Guiding Light, Search For Tomorrow), Ron Raines (Alan Spaulding in Guiding Light) and Scott Bryce (As The World Turns, One Life To Live). For new viewers... no, you can't watch it free; you have to buy a subscription; click on the Beacon Hill link above to know more about payment and viewing.
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