Against was so highbrow that to call it a soap opera made its creater-writer "see red." Sandra Michael had long believed that daytime radio needed an antidote for the mindless formula of Our Gal Sunday and Stella Dallas. Michael disdained the cliffhanger, that well-worndevice that made listeners wonder, "will John's wife fianlly meet John's other wife, and what will happen next?" _{John Dunning}