I was a huge AMC fan from the Summer of 1984 (right when Jenny blew up on the jet ski) until about the Fall of 1996. I still watched but the show started to drag and I don't think trading Felicia Behr for Francesca James did the show any favors. I gave up on the show in the Spring of 1997 when I could not stand one single storyline: Erica kidnapping Maria's baby, Tanner breaking up Hayley and Mateo and the god awful Pierce, Brooke, Christina storyline. Thank goodness I came back in 1999 and got a few more good years out of it!