carolineg

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.