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I mean I know what they have done, and DZ was awesome as Brookes mom on OTH btw. I am sure Marcia Cross and CTS don't need the money. I am just saying do any of them have long term commitments anywhere except Grant Show (I didn't know he was a regular)? They could totally do a movie ala Knots Landing like the 80's. There may be no market, but I don't see why Fox or the CW couldn't try or Lifetime with their unauthorized biographies lol. Then Grant could even do it. And yeah, not so sure about Heather and she's kinda of the deal breaker. Just a thought.

I get they tried to make it more grounded but Sam was lame and Alison was a complete jerk to Billy. Yeah, he did some bad things but I mean, c'mon, he put up with A Lot of crap from her. Her just kinda leading him on but not seriously considered him at all was just mean after all they been through. If CTS and Grant Show thought Jake and Alison was a good idea then I know their next career is not in writing. Watching the Unauthorized Melrose movie made it seem like there was no love lost between CTS and Andrew Shue after they broke up, so maybe that had something to do with it? Who knows it's one of the most annoying parts of MP IMO that they built Jake and Alison up only to just break them up and neither left with the correct partners. I am sure they could have worked something out with CTS for the finale with her on the same network. So I guess Alison is just drunk in the ATL? MP needs one of the eighties movies of the week that Knots Landing and I think Dallas did where we catch up with the og characters. I bet most would be game. Besides Laura Leighton are any of them working? Beside JW doing stints on GH as Frisco? I feel like I could talk about the ridiculous of the exits of Sydney and Kimberly for days. Kimberly should have been written off and brought back later. And I saw the replies about Doug Savant so I guess that is understandable. Killing him off is still irritating......... Michael was the real savior of the show. I like him so much more than I did when it aired. Of course Amanda is amazing too, but she got all victim and there were points you could tell she was over it. Michael sold everything. The more ridiculous the better.

I totally understand that, but they managed to keep a lot of 90210's around for years. I think they should have worked harder to keep Jake and Alison or at least let Alison and Billy go together. Jo, Jake, Alison, Jane, Kimberly, I missing anyone? Matt? That's a lot of people to loose and it seemed like they had no real game plan going into six and I realize Heather Locklear's pregnancy messed things up, but they should have tried harder to get some of the originals besides Jane back in the end. I mean it's like two different shows after season 4 and especially after season 5.

Bumping up this thread after a number of years. I have been watching seasons 1-half of 5 so far through Amazon Prime. I can't believe the decline of the show from 5-7. It's been mentioned a million times, but I don't understand why so many core characters departed in season five and the casting choices after. I am a huge CTS/Alison fan. One of the few as I can see reading this thread. She was the heart of the show. Alison and Billy should have ended up together. It's criminal they didn't send them off together or at least show him at her door at the serious finale. Jake and Alison have a spark, but then they became dull as dirt. I remember they had some chemistry in Season 1 when she was helping get his GED and the building was all aflutter with rumors about the two of them. None of Alison's other pairings really did anything for me except Hayley. I loved drunk Alison, bitchy D&D Alison and Alison/Amanda's rivalry. They should have done whatever to keep her or get her back for the finale. Although I understand now as an adult why people weren't crazy about her. I don't see where Brooke had to go after she became completely dependent on Billy. Her exit was perfect timing to me. Kimberly was a great character that outlived her usefulness. They kept her story going far too long after the explosion. I did always enjoy Marcia Cross. Sydney is fabulous and the only good thing about Jane. There was nothing interesting about Jane at all. Even evil Jane was stupid. Jo was good for a hot minute and her and Jake were good. The rest of the time her character was utterly useless. I like Matt in recent viewing. Never cared for him much before, but I liked some of his stories even with his silly love interests and drug addiction. Idk, I think he's a pretty good actor. Billy is Billy. Alison, Amanda, and Brooke made him interesting. Him being power hunger and evil is a joke. He worked best as the guy next door. I am not even going to get into his love interests post-season 4. Jake was a real loss as was shooters. To isolate him and Alison was bizarre and to build them up only to break them up in the end was a strange choice although I do enjoy the Billy/Alison scene at the airport. Michael is awesome as always. He had a lot of clunker storylines especially in the end but he always sold him. Peter was blah in repeats, but I remember liking him at the time and him and Amanda. Everyone else is not worth mentioning except Rena Sofer as Eve, but only because of my Lois love from GH. Taylor slamming herself into the door is the only memorable thing about the dying days of Melrose. I like Jamie Luner, but prefer her as Peyton in the too short lived Savanah.

She dated him for a long time in the 90's when he was actually relevant. I think they had a house together and everything. It didn't end amicably if I recall.

I find Brenda and Miguel much more objectionable than Alan/Bobbie. It was a horrible idea, but at the very least SD/JZ had chemistry and could act. Funny how long Sonny has been using whore to describe the ones he loves.

Vanessa Marcil is so beautiful there. Rena Sofer and Ricky Martin definitely got better looking with age. Love the Q pics, but I never found Scottie hot at all. Attractive, but not hot. Lucy was his only 'hot' pairing, although I think he had chemistry with Dominique, Bobbie, and Laura.