1. Clive Robertson can do a funny southern accent.
- Derek used a southern accent when he went to get Derek's ashes to disguise himself from
Diane. To me the accent sounded funny, maybe it really wasn't. [June 1998]
2. Meg and Ben first met over the Internet on June 5, 1996.
- Ben sought solace on the Internet and found Meg....they spoke and the rest is history!
3. The warehouse that Derek rented was at 131 Harbor South.
- The owner came back and went to the police station to see if they had any information and said
the address. Derek had told Meg that he had bought it.
4. Diane thought that Ben was Steele, a man out of one of her romance novels. She had kissed him and he happened to awake at the same time. Just like in the book.
- Diane needs to get some friends, real-life friends. And a life.
5. Diane tried to kill Ben first by poison and then she tried to put a stake through his heart. According to Diane, the stake through the heart bit came out of the romance novel, "Savage Destiny." Later, she tried to kill him with a dagger.
- Wait a minute, a stake through the heart in a romance novel? Sounds more like a horror story
to me! Or maybe Dark Shadows? Mentioned June 19, 1998. Dagger bit June 23, 1998.
6. The information show on the urn that Derek was given by Diane:
"Cremation Order #42028, John Doe, South Bay General Hospital, June 2."
- Meg found the urn after she realized that Derek was pretending to be Ben and she mourned
Ben's death.
7. The first name chosen by Sunset Beach writers for Ben's twin was Bill. Clive Robertson said NO!
- Soap Opera Digest 06/02/98 - There is a show on English television called Bill and Ben, The
Flowerpot Men. Clive said no way to that name and referred to his alter character as "Evil Ben"
until the name Derek was chosen.
8. Ben and Meg's first date was at the Bucaroo in Kansas.
- Talk about culture shock - an Englishman in a country-western pub. Hee Yaw!
9. Ben has an older brother, Ted.
- This was mentioned Wednesday, August 6, 1997, as he and Meg were trapped in the cave.
When I looked up the name meaning for Derek it said see: Theodoric. Upon looking up Theodoric,
it also means the name Ted. Probably without ever knowing it, Mr. and Mrs. Evan's named two of
their children with the name sake (Derek and Ted).
10. Also on August 25, 1997, Ben finally took the portrait of Maria and put it upstairs in her old studio.
- His reason? Because he wanted to move on and make a life with Meg. Yippppppeeee.
11. Ben's ritual on the day of Maria's death:
- He reminisces at the swing, then heads to the pier. There, he stares out at the ocean. For the
rest of the night The Deep is cleared out where Ben sits by himself at a candle lit table.
- Please let 1997 be the first and only time viewers see this ritual.
12. Ben's address:
1303 Ocean Avenue
Sunset Beach, 913244
- Poor man. His neighbor was Annie throughout most of the show.