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Apologies if this is up. I was digging around for info on Knots Landing's origins and came across this, and couldn't find it in a deep dive of this thread: https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-culture/dallas-at-40-the-inside-story-behind-the-show-that-changed-texas-forever/ It is candid to say the least.

Anyone who hasn't seen the original Bergman Scenes From a Marriage, BTW, should; it's amazing. I will be the outlier on Melrose S1 and say I think key elements of the relationships and major couples are formed there, like Billy/Alison and Jake/Jo, or Michael and his various women. The latter half of that season, when Amanda arrives, should especially be watched and is good. Anyway, yes, I will be going all the way through on Knots if I am able. I'm watching the Dallas introductory episodes now. You can see why that show took off as well.

That's essentially what I've always heard. I could never skip all those given the foundations, even if it is slowgoing and the resource will hopefully stick around in the meantime - I don't binge that fast these days, and I'm busier IRL now than I've been since the start of the pandemic. Anyway, I made it through Season 1 of Melrose Place (to say nothing of Season 6), so it can't be that rough.

I have never watched more than a few minutes of Dallas at a time - I only became really cognizant of serialized TV right as it was ending - but I'm digging into the several necessary episodes as a precursor to Knots Landing, and wow, Linda Gray is a force. You always hear that Sue Ellen was the weeping drunk opposite J.R. but it's not always so early on, at least. Models Inc. really did not have her measure.

Pleased to finally have unearthed the opportunity to watch the show. I will be viewing the Dallas episodes with Shackleford and JVA and then moving onto Season 1.

Haven't been back there in years but I will always be proud of the From the Elegantly Understated Tortoise-Shell Desk of Victoria Lord thread I created in DL's soap heyday, which is where this screen name came from. It was my sign off on all posts.

Woof. No.

I think the way that was done, and by Thayer's own choice IIRC, they left the door wide open for Jenny to turn up alive someday.

I remember folks getting real heated when I said that Aryan pack of pecs couldn't act! He's nice enough and very nice to look at, but woof.

I'm not claiming he was a saint or excusing his alleged behavior. I just think he was second to none as Edmund in the '90s, and while I like Drake a lot I can't see him doing it better.

That could've worked, but looking back at that material recently it's hard to argue John Callahan was not born for that part.

More: Jodie was apparently only told last night.

Some nice background info:

Again: Literally every white or off-white dude under 35 who joins this show gets claimed as Morgan by fans. I really don't think it's Morgan.

Yet more from RTD in the British press:

Harmony was creepy as hell and I could never have bought her as a regular character. Good riddance.

A longer BAFTA interview clip:

Per RTD, Jodie Whittaker's finale is apparently 90 minutes:

Janet Fielding (more added as possible): I think the Capaldi era was largely excellent and still underrated, but I do think by the end it was time for a change from Moffat (just not Chibnall). I also liked Bill a lot, but I don't think they needed to do another improbably happy ending for a companion where a death is inverted just like Clara's. I will agree the Chibnall companions are total ciphers. It is not a coincidence that the only actors that have managed to break out a little in the current era are established performers with their own preexisting name brands - Bradley Walsh and John Bishop.