@DRW50 The Italian channel is up to March 1984. Hopefully they post more! It's surprisingly easy to get used to the captions.
I've been watching those along with the other channel we've been blessed with and boy do I have thoughts. The 83-84 episodes seem smoother than well...anything after. They flow naturally and while there aren't many omg moments, they are still entertaining. It's so weird to see Chris Marcantel because I've only seen him in the 90s eps. Him and Lorna conspiring together is fun. Later, like 85 and beyond, Lorna's venom seems directionless. So it's nice seeing her being entertaining. I prefer this Ann to Callan White. And the big story is around Lily of course. I assumed the viewers knew from the beginning about the abuse, but it's actually a slower burn. Her Dad is super controlling, and jealous of Jack. Her mom is an alcoholic who herself is physically abused by Garth. She doesn't do much to help Lily even though she knows. What surprised me is once she gets sober, she's way more proactive in helping Lily. Lily and her alternate personality Trista date both Jack and Curtis, which is fun, but disturbing too. Jack and Lily are obviously the couple to root for from the beginning. Stacy is their best friend and #1 team Jack and Lily...sometimes I think there are undertones that she has feelings for Jack.
And then of course ABC pulls the plug on the incest story. And Lily leaves. What soap opera writes off their original heroine after seven months?! I guess that's the start of Loving's questionable decisions. Even if they stopped the incest story, they could have kept Lily and integrated her personalities so she's a good girl with an edge.
Is that why Marland got pissed off and left? I always thought he left because he couldn't handle Agnes. Or maybe the low ratings.
His name is still in the credits as HW until mid 85. But the show is soo different. I wonder if he was gone already but they had to keep paying him contractually or because maybe they were still pulling from his bible or story projections.
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