A columnist at soap opera critic Marlena Da Lacroix 's website thinks As the World Turns has grown eerily dark:

A few weeks back, when I watched the scenes surrounding the death of Dusty Donovan on As the World Turns, I was overwhelmed — not because of Dusty’s death, or because of a performance or a line of dialogue.

I was completely overwhelmed at how utterly dark As the World Turns is — and has been for some time now...

Read the full column now and then let us know: Do you agree?