God, I remember watching that special when it aired too.

Talking about Antonio Sabato Jr. on the classic GH thread led me to discover two things: A, he has a son with Virginia Madsen, and B, Virginia's only two weeks older than Heather Locklear. I initially questioned the age gap between Antonio and Heather (11 years), and that Jack would have apparently been roughly 18 when he and Amanda were married, but if the May-August relationship was plausible for real life ...

4 minutes ago, Franko said:

Talking about Antonio Sabato Jr. on the classic GH thread led me to discover two things: A, he has a son with Virginia Madsen, and B, Virginia's only two weeks older than Heather Locklear. I initially questioned the age gap between Antonio and Heather (11 years), and that Jack would have apparently been roughly 18 when he and Amanda were married, but if the May-August relationship was plausible for real life ...

But weren't they supposed to be the same age? Highschool sweethearts or something? It's been a while since I have watched to be fair.

Just now, carolineg said:

But weren't they supposed to be the same age? Highschool sweethearts or something? It's been a while since I have watched to be fair.

Oof, in that case, they really should have cast a different actor.

5 minutes ago, Franko said:

Oof, in that case, they really should have cast a different actor.

Probably. I believe the show said Amanda faked her death and they were separated for several years so I assumed they were similar in age on paper.

1 hour ago, carolineg said:

Probably. I believe the show said Amanda faked her death and they were separated for several years so I assumed they were similar in age on paper.

Didn't they also claim Rena Sofer and Heather Locklear were the same age?

What I remember about that story was the idea of giving Amanda a past that explained some of her behavior was a good idea on paper, but not what the audience wanted or the kind of show Melrose had become. Every time they tried to sympathy soften Amanda it was truncated because the audience wanted her strong and mean.

7 minutes ago, titan1978 said:

What I remember about that story was the idea of giving Amanda a past that explained some of her behavior was a good idea on paper, but not what the audience wanted or the kind of show Melrose had become. Every time they tried to sympathy soften Amanda it was truncated because the audience wanted her strong and mean.

Like the cancer story (did she make out with Michael in a hot tub or with someone in a hot tub or am I just completely mixing up shows and storylines).

1 hour ago, DRW50 said:

Didn't they also claim Rena Sofer and Heather Locklear were the same age?

Yeah, they went to high school together lol and killed someone?

53 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

Like the cancer story (did she make out with Michael in a hot tub

She did, and Kimberly tried to electrocute them.

I didn't mind the Amanda/Eve story (from the famed KL Peter Dunne team, no less). I minded that it went on too long without kicking into high gear. Eve was clearly off from the start, but they still played her as a heroine and she didn't lose her mind til the very end of the season and we had to watch too much of Peter/Eve together when it was clear Amanda and Peter reuniting was blessedly the endgame. (I do think Kyle's slow disintegration and the collapse of his and Amanda's needless marriage was well done though)