Stephen Nichols Archive

Sweetness and Light The Golden Days of Patch and Kayla By Naomi Rabinowitz Soap Opera Digest, September 19, 2006 The recently returned Steven Johnson and Kayla Brady (a.k.a. Patch and “Sweetness”) were one of soaps’ most beloved supercouples in the ‘80s and still remain one of the most popular pairings of all time.  Here’s a [...]

DAYS:  Steve and Kayla Reunite! Soap Opera Weekly, June 27, 2006 Kayla races into Steve’s arms this week on DAYS OF OUR LIVES, after she spots her husband at Jennifer and Frankie’s wedding. “She is having a difficult time,” sets up Mary Beth Evans, whose character is inside St. Luke’s remembering her “late” hubby.  “She’s [...]

Moment in Time:  Patch Arrives In Salem Everything You Want To Know About DOOL, September 1997 Steve “Patch” Johnson arrived in Salem under auspicious circumstances.  He came to town to work for Victor Kiriakis’s crime syndicate and got involved with some shady characters, like Savannah Wilder.  The only person that Steve had known in town [...]

REUNITED! Soap Opera Update, May 28, 1996 Long after Stephen Nichols’ DAYS OF OUR LIVES character Steve “Patch” Johnson was killed off, his legion of admirers was still dying to see him act opposite his longtime leading lady Mary Beth Evans, who played Kayla Brady.  GENERAL HOSPITAL just granted those fans their fondest wish.  In [...]

Beauty and the Beast: The Love Story of Patch and Kayla By Mini Leahey and Jody Reines Soap Opera Digest, July 12, 1988 PART 1:  PATCH WITHOUT KAYLA Chapter 1:  THE ONE-EYED BUM When Patch Johnson first appeared, no one guessed a sensitive heart was lurking beneath his hostile, leather-jacketed exterior.  He was a one-eyed, [...]