Chris B

I just finished a re-watch of Dallas and and in the second half of 90210 now. Dallas, whew it was rough. I liked some of the new characters, but it's crazy how dull the show became. Larry Hagman and Patrick Duffy destroyed the show by only caring about showcasing themselves. Dallas needed the ensemble to work. 90210 I'm in season 6 and struggling, so I already know this is about to be a rough watch. Now Knots Landing? Amazing! Loved the final season and the reunion was fine. Dynasty also ended on such a great note, but like you said, they kept the feel of the show the same, just with a better writer.

I have very vague memories of those later years. I haven't watched them since I was 15-16 and I'm 34 now. I know Melissa was literally insane and I remember Falcon Crest burning down. Season 8 I remember being incredibly boring and I don't think I ever watched more that a couple episodes of season 9. I'm most curious to see how I'll feel about it. I know the writers were good and I don't mind a reboot, but I know the fans pretty much hate it. I feel like at that point they didn't have anything to lose.

This first season is such a blast! They definitely learned from the other soaps of the era and hit the ground running from day one. The writers immediately know these characters and have created a very dark and gothic Tuscany Valley which instantly stands out from the other soaps. I also love how dark some of the characters are. You have Angela, who is an absolute terror and both of her daughters seem to have psychological issues from the way she raised them. Julia's son Lance is a rich jerk and has no respect for his mother. The Giobertti's are the "good" characters, although I don't think Chase is very likable. The best part of the season is that they were able to weave a central mystery throughout which prevented it from going down the rabbit hole of bland self-contained episodes like Knots and Dallas had. I'm almost done with season one, but what I'm really excited for are those later seasons (7-9) which I don't really remember much of. I'm enjoying it while it's great and ready for the wild ride as things get insane.

Heroine my ass. I've been so shocked watching these early episodes and seeing how devious Brooke is. She's far more complex and interesting than I expected. She reminds me of a young Jill Foster. The chemistry with Susan Flannery is also insanely good from the moment they meet. Susan is such a powerful actress, but Katherine somehow holds her own. I would've been so intimidated working with her.

This was a very strange, underwhelming and pointless launch for them.

The show is insanely dull right now which is probably why they’re hyping this. I didn’t even realize they were celebrating their 35th anniversary this year. Normally that’s something fans would be looking forward to and talking about. All this hype and whatever this twist is, is just another Brad Bell attempt to generate temporary buzz when the show is in the crapper.

I have like 3 or 4 episodes to catch up on. I LOVE this show, but the way CBS airs it makes it so hard to figure out when it's on, since it always seems to be on break. I'm surprised the ratings remain consistent with the horrible scheduling. They either need to air it in 1 or 2 blocks, or order more episodes.

Although I didn't like the Marone's, it'll be nice to see Nick acknowledged. I agree with @FrenchBug82that it's odd that family was so central and he just disappeared. This episode doesn't sound like anything special, but I'm glad they're doing a showcase of KKL for the anniversary.

This was disappointing to me. Jamie was a great character and I loved how she was introduced. She was like an improved version of the Lucy character. I loved that she was smart and scrappy and knew the oil business and wasn't afraid to go against JR. She also had the best chemistry with Cliff IMO. I hated when she returned post-dream season and they retconed it to make Cliff and Jamie hate each other. She would've been a useful Ewing to have in those later seasons when they struggled to bring new characters on.

The producer Casey said the Brooke announcement isn't the big event that he's been teasing.

I seem to remember that season being in two parts with the story pivoting at some point. I remember loving one half of it, but I can’t remember the particulars of it.

I’m 3 episodes into season one and it’s very good. I wouldn’t recommend skipping it. I think Falcon Crest was smart with how they handled it by including a mystery story arc to tie everything together. That’s actually very modern of them. The location and winery also lended itself well to those self contained episodes. It allowed them to develop the characters as opposed to Dallas and Knots which sometimes felt more “story of the week” in those days.

I enjoy the character of Leo and had hoped he’d bring some life to this awful Craig/Nancy story, but nope. They have no chemistry and the show didn’t do a good job of convincing me (or Chloe or Brady) that it makes sense. Ite sad because Chloe suddenly became interesting when her parents returned, but this is such a cursed story. They should’ve just brought back Joy or literally anything other than this.

What a nice surprise! I haven’t rewatched Falcon Crest in many years. It’ll be nice to revisit it!

I did see that about Kiki and was disappointed! I know it’s easy to say she didn’t bring much, but I think she brought a special joy that Miami needed. She brought that element of kindness and kookiness that Mama Elsa brought to the show. I don’t necessarily need her full time, but to me she was the perfect friend.

It was hard enough to watch the last two episodes of the season. There’s no way I can sit through that Salt Lake City reunion. I’m ready for a loooooong break. We have some good stuff coming up (Married to Medicine, Dubai, Beverly Hills and Atlanta) and I’m hopeful these shows are a good palate cleanser so I’ll be willing to give season three a shot. They just have me exhausted and it’s no longer fun to watch. I’m ready for new stuff! Also, in other pretty minor news (for us at least), Real Housewives of Cheshire has delayed filming of their new season because 3 of their 9 housewives have quit. OG Tanya, Debbie and Nicole. Pretty amazing that they wouldn’t continue with the cast of six they have, but that should tell them just how weak the overall cast is. Now would be the perfect time to bring back Ampika and Magali, but watch them fumble the ball once again.

I’ve seen a podcast used for story that is interesting, but of course this ain’t it. It amazes me that they keep getting these dead end stories approved. They don’t even seem to do those Emmy bait episodes anymore. It’s just nonstop snooze.

Our girl is about to debut this Wednesday! Its a shame based on ratings it looks like it won’t be renewed because the show is actually not bad and her character seems amazing! I hope it leads to more opportunities for her.

I love that nobody has faith in B&B to pull this twist off lol. It’ll either be underwhelming or ridiculous (possibly both!) and the effects will subside in three months.

There's interviews posted a couple pages back with some of the writers and Ray was meant to stay long term and be redeemed. Aaron Spelling thought that it made Tori look dumb to stay with an abuser and forced them to write him off. I hate they ever went with the abuse angle. Especially with Dylan leaving, he would've been a good character to have around to fit that brooding thing that Luke brought to the show. Another story he ended was when they were going to pair Cress Williams character with Donna. He didn't want his daughter to have a Black boyfriend, so the character was written off.

I loved The Monroes when it aired on SOAPnet. I'd never heard of it and thought it was pretty good. I loved Susan Sullivan and William Devane as the heads of the family and wish they at least got one full 22 episode season.

I was having so much fun watching those first four seasons, but now that I'm in season 6 it's more of a challenge. It's like a completely different show now, very Melrose Place, which I don't mind, but the quality isn't there. The casting of all the new characters is good, but the writing is weak. Right now they've brought Emma Caufield on as an Andrea 2.0 basically repeating the storyline that Andrea and Brandon had in the early years. This is yet another example they could've just kept Andrea. I'll also say, they are fools for making Ray a woman beater, because the actor is good and actually has good chemistry with Tori Spelling. I find that as time goes on, the most interesting things (other than Valerie) are the side stories. I love the comedy we get from Steve and Clare and it's always nice when we get a scene of the girls or the boys together. Basically, whatever character moments slip through because the storylines (especially this season) aren't really hitting.

I will never understand how John Romano got hired. He's a good writer, but this seemed like an odd choice for him. I wonder why they didn't go back to Peter Dunne or one of the former writers, or even someone from Dallas. What Ann Marcus did with the rest of the season and season 14 was truly remarkable. To be gone for so long and have to get up to speed during a crisis, she did amazing work. To this day I wish Joan Van Ark didn't leave because the story they were developing with William Devane was clearly going to be something special.

I tuned back in for the first time in a year for the Keemo mentions. This week I found the scenes on Tuesday to be very well written and they set up years worth of story with Keemo and Jack’s strained relationship. To then kill him a couple episodes later is typical modern Y&R. I have no interest in what comes next. How do you bring up a core characters child after 25 years and just kill them off in a week?! This is a soap opera. A procedural would’ve given us more than this.

Yep and that’s why Dianne didn’t go anywhere, because their focus was on the plot driven stalker storyline. Prior to that on Knots, whatever the business was, took a back seat and the focus was on how that particular job affected the characters personally. They didn’t even need the Jeff character to tell a compelling story. That was a frustrating story for me.