HARMONY (PASSIONS)

'Harmony' is a fictional town on NBC's soap opera ''Passions''. A coastal town in New England with a small population, its main business being fishing and Crane Industries. Home to many affluent people as well as much poorer families, Harmony has a very diverse population. The town has many stores and restaurants, as well as many Nightclubs. It also appears to have an international airport as multiple times characters have left from this airport on gone to exotic destinations including, Bermuda, Mexico, and multiple trips to Europe. Recently it has been mentioned that Harmony also has many tourists and that Inns are popping up all over the place.
In addition, in recent years, the town has seen an increase in violent crimes. Many citizens have been killed, kidnapped or raped.
Catholicism seems to be the dominant religion.
The show has made a point in recent years of not giving a location for Harmony. Although early episodes implied that the show was in Maine (where an inland town of the same name northwest of Bangor exists), it has never been stated as fact. Various comments over the years have eliminated certain states (New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maine and Connecticut have all been excluded over the years based on on-air comments that verified the five were different states), leaving only Vermont as a possible location for Harmony. Vermont, however, is a land-locked state, and Harmony is clearly a coastal town.
In recent episodes July-August 2007, Luis Lopez-Fitzgerald was sentenced to death by the state. Unless the show changed state laws, this would narrow down Harmony to only being Connecticut or New Hampshire, the only states in New England which still have the death penalty. These two states have already been eliminated in previous episodes as being the states to hold Harmony. This further adds to the mystery of where Harmony is located.
One more thing about Harmony is that though it is a small town, it is known throughout the entire continental US as that weird town on the coast. Partly because of the Crane family who reside there, but also because of its crime, and the unusual happenings that occur there quite often.

Contents
Businesses
Families
Notable Citizens
Harmony Residences
Major Events
External links

Businesses


Crane Industries - Made up of multiple divisions, it is the main employer of the town of Harmony. Currently headed by Theresa Crane. Divisions include/have included Fisheries, Music Production and a Fashion Design House(briefly). Currently employs in some capacity or another:

Theresa Crane

Julian Crane

Fox Crane

Valerie Davis

Ethan Winthrop
Harmony Police Department:

★ Chief Sam Bennett

★ Detective Luis Lopez-Fitzgerald

★ Officer Paloma Lopez-Fitzgerald

★ Officer Fancy Crane
Former police officers include:

Hank Bennett
Harmony Hospital - Where Doctor Eve Russell works.
Crane Cannery
Daily Private Lives Tabloid Magazine
Harmony Book Cafe - Formerly owned by Beth Wallace.
Blue Note Jazz Club - Where Noah Bennett Currently works. Formerly owned by Liz Sanbourne.
Bennett Bed & Breakfast- Owned by Sam Bennett.
Harmony Catholic Church St. Margaret Mary's - Lead by Father Lonigan.

Families


The main four families in Harmony include:

★ The 'Crane family'. The richest family in town. Crane Industries is involved in the majority of business interests in Harmony. Alistair Crane the ruthless patriarch of the family has made it his life's mission to ruin the lives of the people in Harmony. An ancestor of the Crane family once burned town witch Tabitha Lenox at the stake.

★ The 'Bennett family'. Sam Bennett is the chief of police in Harmony as was his father. The Bennetts and the Cranes have a long storied history of feuding.

★ The 'Lopez-Fitzgerald family'. Martin Fitzgerald the patriach of the family who used to work for the Cranes went missing about 25 or so years ago. His wife Pilar was a house keeper for the Cranes for many years. Martin is Irish American while Pilar is Mexican American.

★ The 'Russell Family'. The primary African-American family in town. TC Russell is a coach who blames the Cranes for destroying his dreams of being a professional tennis star particularly Julian Crane. His wife Eve was a once a singer and drug addict who dated Julian and conceived a son with him that is currently believed to be deceased.
Other notable families include:

★ The 'Standish family'. The women of this family tend to have supernatural powers. Grace Standish married Sam Bennett while she had amnesia and gave birth to three of his children. Grace's twin sister Faith has a daughter named Charity who is supposed to be a powerful force for good.

★ The 'Hotchkiss family'. Rebecca Hotchkiss is divorced from her husband Johnathan and has a history of being a tramp. She often helps her daughter Gwen hold on to her rocky marriage.

★ The 'Lenox family'. Town witch Tabitha Lenox and her daughter Endora Lenox. Tabitha was originally portrayed as the embodiment of evil, but in recent years has become a much more likable character; in fact she has now been reclassified as a "good witch" by the Witches' Council. Tabitha, Endora and Kay Bennett often get caught up in supernatural plots involving other residents of Harmony.

★ The ' Wallace Family'. Edna Wallace and her daughter Beth Wallace. Edna a former prostitute had a daughter, who turned out to be the daughter of Alistair Crane, the richest man in town. Beth was constantly run down by her mother and eventually turned to a life of crime. Today, Edna is on the run alongside Norma Bates, and after Beth was chased out of town she was presumably killed on a train in Rome.

Notable Citizens



Alistair Crane

Julian Crane

Ivy Crane

Doctor Eve Russell

Chief Sam Bennett

Theresa Crane

Pilar Lopez-Fitzgerald

Tabitha Lenox

Ethan Crane

Judge J.E. Reilly

Harmony Residences



★ 14 Raven Hill Road, Crane Estate includes Crane Mansion, as well as the Crane Cottage, and the Crane Mausoleum. It is the biggest home in Harmony and sits atop a hill. Throughout most of the show it was owned by Alistair Crane, however since his death Theresa Crane has taken over the property and people continue to move in and out of the place at will. Currently home to Theresa Crane, Little Ethan Crane, Jane Winthrop, Julian Crane, Ivy Winthrop-Crane, Fancy Crane, Fox Crane, Pretty Crane, Rebecca Hotchkiss Crane, Gwen Winthrop, Ethan Winthrop and Sheridan Crane.

★ Lopez-Fitzgerald residence. Currently home to Pilar Lopez-Fitzgerald, her youngest daughter Paloma Lopez-Fitzgerald and Eldest son Luis Lopez-Fitzgerald.

★ Bennett Residence. Currently home to Sam Bennett, Noah Bennett and Jessica Bennett Lester.

★ Crane Studio's Apartment. Currently empty after the death of Chad Harris-Crane.

★ Lenox Residence. Currently home to Tabitha Lenox, Endora Lenox, Kay Crane, Maria Lopez-Fitzgerald, Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald, Edna Wallace and Norma Bates.

★ Lester Apartment. Spike's rundown apartment where he keeps his wife Jessica Bennett.

★ Russell Residence. T.C Russell, Eve Russell, Whitney Russell Harris-Crane and Miles Harris-Crane currently live here.

★ Former Wallace Residence(assumed abandoned). At one point, Beth, her mother Edna and Luis Lopez-Fitzgerald stayed here. They have all since left. There was a pit dug in the basement of the house by Beth and Alistair Crane to hold Sheridan captive while she was pregnant.

Major Events


The Original Bennett House was sucked into hell during April of the year 2001.
In 2001 Hurricane Peggy hit the town and left Ivy Crane paralyzed from the waist down.
In 2003 Beth Wallace kidnapped Sheridan Crane from her home located on the Crane Estate, hid her in a pit in her basement, and then dumped her in the ocean once she gave birth and passed Sheridan's child off as her own.
In 2004 the Crane Jet carrying Antonio Lopez-Fitzgerald exploded after takeoff from the airport due to a bomb on board the plane.
An Earthquake hit in 2005 damaging most of the town.
A Tidal Wave caused by the earthquake wiped out a significant part of the town in 2005.
In late 2006 a criminal known only as the blackmailer began manipulating the town and its residents. This person is now known to be Vincent Clarkson, and he has been arrested as of August 9th, 2007.
In May 2007, Luis Lopez-Fitzgerald, formerly one of Harmony's top cops was sentenced to death by lethal injection for the rape of Fancy Crane, attempted murder of Fancy Crane, arsen and multiple murders. On August 9th all charges were dropped and Luis was set free.

External links



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