Just a few of the many colorful characters...
Leroy Donahue has every medal a story book figure skating champion could desire, but his life's a mess. Leroy's stuck in a bad marriage. Every day, he lives a lie. Leroy has a secret the fans must never know.
For ages 16 and up.
Larissa Lubovsky is lucky to be alive after years of sexual abuse by her figure skating coach and self-abuse after she defected from the old Soviet Union. She's finally at peace. Will Larissa find true love with Mia, the young Israeli beauty?
Igor is a bad man with a bad reputation. After years of womanizing and destroying his marriage and figure skating partnership, Igor is ready for a change—but is everybody else ready for Igor to change?
Seven year old Brittania Donahue has talent. She adores Leroy, her step-father. But her mother Cassandra, a former figure skating champion, hates everything about figure skating--and she's determined about one thing; Brittania will not be a figure skater!
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Summer 1997
Rec.sport.skating.ice.figure deployed flame throwers regarding what could and couldn't be discussed. All the most interesting things were toast: figure skaters' sexual orientation, abusive parents and figrue skating coaches, drinking, drugging and eating disorders. The Strong and the Sequined: A Figure Skating Soap Opera was born...
Winter 2006
What began nine years ago as an exploration of the unmentionable has blossomed into a 280+ chapter epic. The Strong and the Sequined: A Figure Skating Soap Opera has a following among figure skaters, figure skating fans, and figure skating officials.
The Strong and the Sequined: A Figure Skating Soap Opera
Past Seasons
| Season 1 | 1997 - 1998 | Part 1 to Part 62 | Season 6 | 2002 - 2003 | Part 239 - 251 |
| Season 2 | 1998 - 1999 | Part 63 to Part 126 | Season 7 | 2003 - 2004 | Part 252 - 260 |
| Season 3 | 1999 - 2000 | Part 127 to Part 177 | Season 8 | 2004 - 2005 | Part 261 - 273 |
| Season 4 | 2000 - 2001 | Part 178 to Part 212 | Season 9 | 2005 - 2006 | Part 274... |
| Season 5 | 2001 - 2002 | Part 213 to Part 238 |
Season 4
| Part 178: | Rooms For Two | Part 196: | Kicked Out |
| Part 179: | The Most Beautiful People | Part 197: | Skate America Again |
| Part 180: | A Trip to Disney World | Part 198: | Team USA |
| Part 181: | Two Kids From the South | Part 199: | Perestroika's Boy |
| Part 182: | Chemistry | Part 200: | A Perfect Size Ten |
| Part 183: | Married Men, Married Women | Part 201: | Improv Ice, Revisited |
| Part 184: | Between Friends | Part 202: | Splat |
| Part 185: | Bottom of the Ninth | Part 203: | Coach's Corner |
| Part 186: | Birthday Party Times Two | Part 204: | Guardians |
| Part 187: | Comings and Goings | Part 205: | Journey's End |
| Part 188: | Halfway Between Moscow and the North Pole | Part 206: | Personal Bests |
| Part 189: | The Box | Part 207: | Survival of the Fittest |
| Part 190: | Mommy's Girl | Part 208: | Singles and Pairs |
| Part 191: | Foreign Accents | Part 209: | Reverse Psychology |
| Part 192: | A Man of Great Patience | Part 210: | Small Worlds |
| Part 193: | Supposed to Hurt | Part 211: | Anka's Story |
| Part 194: | Full House | Part 212: | The Rescue Squad |
| Part 195: | The Distraction |
