Dixie's death was definitely last minute. A little birdie informed me that the writers found out Dixie was to be written off only a few days before Cady was informed. I believe she said she was told about 3 weeks before her final tape date. That's very last minute as the breakdowns and scripts would already have been done for the next month, without Dixie's death!

Did the little birdie tell you why? It seems obvious this is true especially since much of what Father Clarence (who knows all) told Dixie ("Your journey isn't over yet", etc.) and Tad (Giving him hope that things would be better and everything would be okay) makes absolutely no sense ... not that much of what he said made sense anyway even if Dixie was still alive. Why would a priest/angel encourage someone to lie about the paternity of an unborn baby in order to protect the Hobilly, her Baby Doll and Adam from being upset by spewing things about the greater good, blah blah? And I will never forgive the heartless coot for giving Kate to Julia before Dixie was even cold.

Edited February 5, 200718 yr by Darcy

Did the little birdie tell you why? It seems obvious this is true especially since much of what Father Clarence (who knows all) told Dixie ("Your journey isn't over yet", etc.) and Tad (Giving him hope that things would be better and everything would be okay) makes absolutely no sense ... not that much of what he said made sense anyway even if Dixie was still alive. Why would a priest/angel encourage someone to lie about the paternity of an unborn baby in order to protect the Hobilly, her Baby Doll and Adam from being upset by spewing things about the greater good, blah blah?

No...there was no "why". Probably only Frons and couple of this exec buddies know why...the real why. My guy is much much lower in the hierarchy

Hopefully Megan's repsonse will be her walking in April, because she won't be fired.

Why not? Does she have incriminating pictures of Fronsie or one of the other IIC? IMO, JHC should be the first to go followed by several script writers.

Although at this point I honestly feel like her leaving wouldn't be cause to celebrate. If this is what we get from a writer who has a long history with the show and genuinely likes using the veterans and is probably Tad & Dixie's #1 fan then I really don't see much hope.

I agree and that is another reason why I have given up.

I think the fact that the press could only get Justin to talk about Dixie's death and not Michael or Jacob is very tellling.

Nothing from MMT either. But remember Alexa was pimping it as a good thing and of course JHC who opened mouth and inserted feet. UGH!

Maybe it's just me but MEK looked genuinely pissed during the park scenes with Kate/Ghost Dixie. To me at least it looked like more than just "acting" pissed that Dixie died.

It looked like he was crying. His eyes were red in those last scenes when he asked her out for a date too. It's almost like he looks more teary-eyed when he was starting to reunite with Dixie because he knew Cady had been fired than he does now after Dixie died.

Edited February 5, 200718 yr by Darcy

Julie Hanan Carruthers is a babbling fool. That's all I have to say.

Julie Hanan Carruthers is a babbling fool. That's all I have to say.

I don't blame JHC for any of this. I still love her and thinks she's one of the better executive producers around. I think she is being put out there to take the blame when it really came from the higher ups (i.e. Brian Frons).

LOVED Kendall telling off Ryan!

I like Raymond, he's a keeper.

Was was the point of Ryan today anyways? Even Aidan knew that he wouldn't be needed, so Ryan just hangs around?

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Cady had to have pissed someone higher up off, cause Dixie's death was so sadistic compared to Simone and Erin's and very personal, killing Dixie off with Cady's favorite food

Edited February 5, 200718 yr by AMC Zendall Fan

I really don't want ot watch AMC but I will watch to see Kendall go off on that caveman. Ryan should be stoned!

WTF @ mourning Babe?! That's cause for a celebration! Rot and burn in pieces!

I really don't want ot watch AMC but I will watch to see Kendall go off on that caveman. Ryan should be stoned!

WTF @ mourning Babe?! That's cause for a celebration! Rot and burn in pieces!

Steph you'll love it! She keeps giving him disgusted looks and told him he should be protecting Spike.

Notice how fast he forgot about Spike

EXACTLY! It's really disgusting. Supposedly there will be a Dixie funeral, so maybe we'll see more mourning there. But right now it's like JR and Tad are already over it.

Yeah, how is it that they suddenly throw a huge function in honor of Amelia Cambias before Dixie's funeral? Makes noooooo sense.

~HotMom

Getting sort of "off"-topic...

Di, today. Her anxiety during the killer talk at Wildwind was abnormal. In my opinion, it wasn't just mourning anxiety either, it was shifty-eye anxiety as well (like their was a weight on her). The way the camera sort of focused on her reacting to certain elemets of the conversation was telling. Maybe it's just a red-herring.

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And don't say Tz didn't warn you come Wednesday. I was surprised nobody showed up with a memorial statue of Babe when I read the previews for that week. Heh.

After today's show I have to say that if Di is not involved somehow with the murders (and I don't think she is because of the homeless *man* spoiler), Kelli Giddish needs better direction. Throughout this whole story her acting choices in scenes have made her look very guilty and suspicious and I don't think it's part of a conscious effort by TPTB to make Di a red herring...because they aren't that smart.

Edited February 5, 200718 yr by Tzelkos

Getting sort of "off"-topic...

Di, today. Her anxiety during the killer talk at Wildwind was abnormal. In my opinion, it wasn't just mourning anxiety either, it was shifty-eye anxiety as well (like their was a weight on her). The way the camera sort of focused on her reacting to certain elemets of the conversation was telling. Maybe it's just a red-herring.

SPOILERISH

And don't say Tz didn't warn you come Wednesday. I was surprised nobody showed up with a memorial statue of Babe when I read the previews for that week. Heh.

I won't be watching today's show but I don't see how they could even put Di in as a red-herring as last week we saw her whisper a private vow to Dixie's coffin that they were going to catch the person who did this. All these red-herrings (Kenny, Zarf, Jenkins and now Di) are really dumb.

As far as that "spoiler", it's what everyone already knew anyway - everything is All About Babe.

From the get go Di has always been in the back of my mind as a suspect and I noticed her being uneasy too. I doubt she's the killer but it would explain why she is the one most upset about Dixie's death... she meant to get Babe.

She could just be using the whole Zach thing to throw people off.

I mean Di being the killer (as much as I would hate to lose Kelli) would be a very interesting way to end this story.....

But, alas AMC writers will not be that creative. It will be someone totally random, someone the viewers will be like that's it?

I have no confidence in this story now. None.

If I had to lose Dixie, I'd want at least a somewhat interesting reveal.... not have her die at the hands of a nobody. Di accidently killing her sister WOW. What a story, but like I said won't happen.

I disagree, I think the killer will be a bigger character which will only create a bigger WTF?

Maybe Di has a split personality or blocked out what she did. Wouldn't be the first time someone has vowed to find a killer only for that person to be the killer