As Maurice Benard and Peter Reckell delved into a soap opera discussion on "State of Mind," Benard stated that when he was sick at age 14, he started watching some sudsers including "All My Children" and "General Hospital." Although he didn't watch "Days," he was a fan of super couple Bo and Hope Brady. "I watched you guys," he said. "You guys looked so great together. The acting was so subtle and real," adding that he didn't know anything about acting at the time he saw them on TV. Reckell chimed in stating, "We had the writing back then," to which Benard agreed that it was good.

Benard listed his other favorite couples which included Luke and Laura Spencer (Anthony Geary and Genie Francis, "GH"), Jesse and Angie Hubbard (Darnell Williams and Debbie Morgan) from "AMC," as well as that show's Tad Martin (Michael E. Knight) and Erica Kane (Susan Lucci). "So you watched all these couples?" asked Reckell, who admitted that he'd only heard of Luke and Laura because of former "Days" and "GH" producer, Shelly Curtis. He further explained, "That's where she [Curtis] learned what she learned and brought it to me, then brought it to you."

When Benard insisted that Reckell knew the couples he was citing, Reckell stated that he knew the actors' names but not the characters. Benard said his list was all that he liked about soaps, but remarked, "I always dug you."