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I was also going to ask - if I already have my apologies, I forget these things - what you thought of Courtney Capwell. All I generally know of her or reaction to her was someone writing a letter to Diva Von Dish saying she and her story and relationship were boring and cliched.

I think that Courtney has been one of my favorite characters ever. She and her sister Madeleine. Especially Madeleine was killed too early. She was snobbish, spoiled and bad: all carried to extremes, SB-style. Courtney, however, was more pliant, more gentle, but also profoundly restless. Courtney was in the middle of one of the most turbulent puzzles by the times of the murder of Channing Junior. Madeleine's murder.

Madeline Capwell Laurent married to David arrived from Boston in the lovely city of Santa Barbara, California with her sister Courtney, invading the house of the unaware Uncle Channing that was forced to host both the women under her roof, without notice.

Soon, Madeline will prove a real pain in the ass, weaving plots behind Uncle Channing with the complicity of his eternal rival Lionel Lockridge and reducing Pearl Bradford to his personal butler.

Who bothers you, you know, eventually pays.

And so, in the episodes of 1986, Madeline Capwell is found in her bungalow, her head smashed with a hammer at the hands of some avenger. Now, Capwell, you know that too, conduct business in the family: Sophia, for example, has killed her son. Want to see Madeline was executed by a snake related? Yes, but the reality is much more complex.

At trial, defended by Julia Wainwright, David Laurent ends, the husband of Madeline came to the bungalow shortly before her death for her to sign the divorce papers and, therefore, suspected of having also served up a few blows on the head for receiving a rebuff .

In fact, the only fault was that of David having abandoned it shortly after the attack, without realizing that the victim was still breathing, and blood staining his shirt, in an attempt to revive her. The District Attorney will therefore rely on the offense of failure to rescue, but defense will win the day anyway.

The lawyer Julia fall in love madly with his client, much to his firm belief in the innocence and get him acquitted. The two begin to celebrate the acquittal of David in the mountains of California, after a stressful process that is an understatement, but as soon reached the hut, the lawyer discovers a bloodstained dumbbell between the personal effects of her boyfriend. The coroner will confirm that the circumference of the object coincides perfectly with the wounds inflicted upon the victim. And 'all hell broke loose. David Laurent also comes to the cabin and he was arrested just in time. But ... after a few months, crowning one of the most formidable yellow I've ever seen, an avid writer in the story of Madeline reveal the identity of real killer.

Courtney Capwell - Madeline's sister so hard that he had participated in the surveys - is stuck in a kind of experiment, which recreates the judicial phase of the murder. Invited to treason in the bungalow where her sister was in, will be forced to admit to killing her in self-defense. The same Madeline, in fact, willing to take even his father's inheritance, had threatened her with a gun forcing her to leave her lying on the floor and hit ...

Thanks. Was one of Cruz's relatives in the story about Hayley being run over? I thought she might have been the girl who was backhanded by her boyfriend/the killer.

The person that hit Hayley killing her, he was a friend of Carmencita Castillo, Cruz's sister. At the time of the accident, he was drunk.

Their best chance at having a long-term Castillo besides Cruz was with Ric and they dropped him for some reason. It probably had to do with the show pairing Kelly with Robert instead of Ric and them never going back to that. Ric ended up paired with Tawny Richards, the daughter of a couple of characters who were written as though they were going to be long-term and then dropped, I believe by the Dobsons.

In fact both Harland and his wife Gretchen Richards left the show between October and November 1990. The Dobsons back on the show in December of that year. So it was not their choice. I must say that 1990 was the worst year of SB (even if the worst year of SB is better than any other soap operas). The producer of that time, John Conboy, was one of the worst disasters ever beat on SB. He decided to redesign the Capwell house, destroying the strong Hispanic impression , and typified by reducing it to any set of any soap opera. He was obsessed with the pole and he wanted that Cruz become a polo player. Fortunately, he abandoned the idea. He gave birth to that awful country club, the history of the talisman. The only good thing was that he decided to return the Lockridges: in 1990 it returned Lionel, Minx, and Laken. For the rest .... best forgotten.

Personally I believe that Ric Castillo has remained too long in the soap. I liked him in the Parisian storyline, but just arrived in Santa Barbara, for me he began to lose interest. I've seen more chemistry between Kelly and Robert. Ricardo was a character heavy, always angry and then suddenly becomes good, and he dispenses good advice to all. Ricardo was really heavy for me. Carmencita Castillo was less annoying. Although she did not leave a mark.

I Like I said, Carrington had boatloads of chemistry with ALL of her leading men- Peter Love, Born, and John Callahan. Her dismissal, for me, was one of the true Jump the Shark moments on SB. Garland was perfectly cast as Kelly, she looked the part (the resemblance between she & Walker was uncanny), and made me fall in love with Kelly all over again. She was very much different from Robin Wright's version and I loved her all the more for it.

Carrington Garland was one of the most successful recast. But between Garland and Robin Wright was an abyss, in favor of Wright. Robin was able to rise one of the best heroines of daytime drama ever. She was (and is) a natural talent. Spontaneous in acting, fragile but also determined. Robin Wright was the greatest loss for me. More than Lane Davies, Marcy Walker and A Martinez.

Carrington Garland has made her character stronger and more confident, but too similar to Eden.

When Dobson decided to replace Carrington Garland, Santa Barbara was experiencing a big drop in the ratings especially after Marcy Walker had left the show.

At that time the priority was to try to increase the ratings and when they knew that Eileen Davidson was ready to return to the daytime, they decided to take her to increase the ratings, given that Davidson was very popular at the time.

But they had to give her a prominent role and principal, or she would never have accepted it and they thought to Kelly.

Neither do I agree with this policy in Santa Barbara last year included a series of characters just to be able to enter very popular actors and actresses (Thaao Penghils, Kim Zimmer, Eileen Davidson, Stephen Nichols...)thinking attract the audience, staking everything on them and forgetting about historical characters (Robin Mattson on all).

The audience trickled to the bottom.

...the death of Mary.... I think it's become famous because they have killed a much beloved in that period in a manner so cruel, and this has made ​​it shocking, a big risk in deciding to do without it ...

I have some doubts:

lane davies, why he left the show?

Why Terry Lester left the show?

it is true that relations between Marcy Walker and Robin Wright were not good after the success of The Princess Bride?

Why was not given more space to Dame Judith Anderson (Minx-1)?

Why after the flop of Palace Guard, Marcy Walker was not reported immediately to Santa Barbara?

Why Louise Sorel left SB the first time?

Why the episode in which Mary is crushed by C has become so famous?

Why Charles Bateman was fired?

Why Santa Barbara was canceled in 1993 while loving, who plays minor, lasted until 95?

Why Dobson left the show in 92?

Somebody can tell me why Dobsons left the show again in 1992? They left or fired? and why...

thanks