Knots Landing

[Soapsuds]

The additional three episodes added to the final ratings number.

Finishing Touches garnered 22.1 rating and 35 share.

The cliffhanger with Abby being kidnapped and Karen being shot garnered 23.8 rating and 38 share. I believe it ended up in the top 5 shows for the week.

Edited August 18, 2024 by Soapsuds

[Vee]

Exciting to see Knots trending on Twitter.

[Wendy]

I was just coming to post that Knots Landing is trending on TwitX! Seems people are thrilled to finally have it stream and are watching/commenting as they do!

I wish my mom was still here to watch it again. She was a faithful viewer every Thursday night.

[Vee]

 

Edited August 18, 2024 by Vee

[YRBB]

There's something so comforting about being able to just tune in and catch a few moments of Knots at any point. Excited for on-demand, of course.

[kalbir]

Knots Landing final three episodes of 1983/84 compared to the rest of the big four primetime soaps.

March 8, 1984: Finishing Touches, rating 22.1, 7th for the week. Finished ahead of Falcon Crest (March 9: Little Boy Blue, rating 21.7, 10th). Dallas (March 9: Fools Rush In, rating 26.8) was #1 and Dynasty (March 7: Steps, rating 25.9) was 2nd.

March 22, 1984: Yesterday, It Rained; rating 22.4, 6th for the week. Dallas (March 23: Strange Alliance, rating 26.0) was #1, Dynasty (March 21: The Voice (Part 2), rating 25.1) was 2nd, and Falcon Crest (March 23: The Final Countdown, rating 23.0) was 5th.

March 29, 1984: Negotiations (season 5 finale), rating 23.3 (season high), 5th for the week. Dynasty (March 28: The Voice (Part 3), rating 25.2) was #1. No Dallas and Falcon Crest on March 30.

Edited August 18, 2024 by kalbir

[Maxim]

I've put the channel on record and am recording from the media source. I think of just leaving it on the laptop to record without watching and when I have the whole show recorded, I will start from episode 1. Right now it's season 6, episode 25... 

Does anyone know if they will start from season 1, episode 1 as soon as the final season is aired in couple of days? 

 

[All My Shadows]

Well, for starters, I don't think I've watched anything else since I first turned it on yesterday lol It took no time at all for me to get deep into the story and characters. I mean, I've already known the main gist of everything for years and years (and have the first two seasons on DVD), but to watch full episodes has been a whole new experience. To me, the mark of a good TV show is whether or not it creates a world I want to wrap myself up in, and that's exactly what Knots has been for me so far.

I'm learning that the big four primetime soaps really were unique in their own ways. I expected Knots to be more akin to Dallas (and maybe it is - we're in S6 of Knots, and I haven't gotten to the same point with Dallas yet), but it is much more dramatic, the emotions are heightened, and the characters just feel things a lot more than their Texas counterparts do. The music is also incredible at establishing the mood (something I already noticed from watching clips). I can't imagine the sense of tension people felt when they watched each week back in the day.

The storyline for season 6 is plotted so tightly, just when you think one thing has nothing to do with another, they collide, and then there's no way you can stop watching until you see how it plays out. It helps the characters because you get the feeling that every single one of them has a real purpose, even Karen's sons, who I always figured were glorified extras who popped in for a "Hi, mom/bye, mom" every now and then.

Those guys who did scenes from the show in drag really hit the mark with voices and mannerisms

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I really do need for it to be available on demand though because I've been enjoying this season so much, and I hate the idea of going to work each day this week and jumping ahead.

[Soapsuds]

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[Vee]

Karen's sons (we don't talk about her daughter) are deeply underrated to me, and do have character and stories of their own, particularly in the early seasons and I believe also further down the road. As a newbie I understand that they apparently never quite came into their own as major players despite considerable attempts to beef them up, which is too bad, but I still think they're great. The kids in the various families, with a few exceptions, are actually essential to the show and fleshing out the lead characters - Abby's daughter Olivia has unique and evolving relationships with her, Val and Gary that date back even to story together without her mother in Season 2 when she was very small - and I think that's so important for this kind of show.

And yes, KL and Dallas are night and day to me, as evidenced by my many repetitive critiques of Dallas in this and its own thread since I began watching both.

Edited August 18, 2024 by Vee

[All My Shadows]

I figured they would have more to do later on when they're older. I know the actor who played Eric tragically died during the show's run, but Michael became a main character for a few seasons. I'll definitely look out for more of them. I did already know that Olivia would have more to do, too, and yes - I already see how important she is to Abby (and that bond plays a part in Abby's role in the Val's babies story).

The season six finale just started and oh my GOD lol I feel silly because I know everyone here has been watching this and discussing it for decades, but as someone seeing it for the first time, I am hookedddddd.

So here's a question. I notice that there are not a lot of exterior scenes at the cul-de-sac. Was it a Dallas-type situation where they only went to Granada Hills at the beginning of each season, or was it a thing where as the focus shifted to the characters' lives outside of home, they just showed the actual cul-de-sac less and less?

[titan1978]

Watching this episode again, after years of only seeing edits on YouTube, is as thrilling as it was the first time. 

Joan Van Ark really acted the hell out of this whole season. 

[Soaplovers]

The Val baby story was an example of character over plot.. because Val had her first baby taken from her by JR.. that having it happened for a 2nd time, and no one believing her was the straw that broke the camels back.

The little touches of Abby telling Val about the babies harkens back to when Val showed a letter from Olivia that told Abby where her children were in season 3.  And then the country music playing during the car ride... chef's kiss

[All My Shadows]

The added layer of Gary and Ben not knowing that the babies are Gary's makes it that much better. The stakes are HIGH. Kudos to these folks for making something that has people on the edge of their seat nearly 40 years later - fully aware of the entire story and how it plays out, but still held by the balls in front of the TV. I have no idea how I'll ever force myself to go to sleep tonight.

[Vee]

Michael, Eric and Olivia are pretty involved in the early years too. I would recommend watching from the beginning. The boys drift away for a time or are recurring players, then come back then drift away again I think. Olivia is also very important to both Abby and Val. I do think it's too bad about Steve Shaw (Eric) - he's very underrated IMO.

And yes, I'm hooked. I look forward to your ongoing journey as you may notice I have been spamming this thread with my episodic insights from the beginning over the last several years! There's always room for more!

I think S6 is the peak of the Gary/Abby relationship as far as I've seen. I am only up to ep 5 of Season 7 myself via other means, and will be resuming the watch tonight live on FreeVee. Season 7 is the fascinating year where Lorimar bizarrely swapped the creative teams of Dallas and KL - KL's apex creative team of Peter Dunne and co. from Seasons 4-6 moved to Dallas, and David Paulsen from Dallas came to Knots. The sensibility of the two shows and focus on men and plot (Dallas) vs. women and character (Knots) is very different, and so far I have only seen a few of the signs of it at Knots. I'm eager to dig into it. Paulsen was out at the end of S7 too.

Peter Dunne's season of Dallas so far has had some interesting changes for me that I've found very worthwhile and fresh in a Knots fashion, but I know it supposedly tanks quickly - its flop (and Patrick Duffy's absence, as he'd been killed at the end of the previous year) is what led to it being erased from continuity as 'the dream season' when the OG Dallas showrunners return along with Bobby Ewing in the shower the following year.

I thought Ben knew they were Gary's, but I could be wrong.