That's what I loved about Laura: you never had to reach for psychotic stalkers or baby-switching doctors to give her story. Laura was neither a heroine nor a vixen, but her stories were rooted in the real and the everyday, which, to me, made her the most relatable female character on the show.

Edited Monday at 05:25 PM3 days by Khan

31 minutes ago, Khan said:

Laura was neither a heroine nor a vixen, but her stories were rooted in the real and the everyday, which, to me, made her the most relatable female character on the show.

Agree. Laura was the heart and candor of the group. She kept in everyone in check and would not hesistate to call anyone out and put them on blast. Knots Landing went off the rails for me in the aftermath of Laura departure. I love that Constance McCashin has always kept it real by saying she was salary dumped.

1 hour ago, kalbir said:

Knots Landing went off the rails for me in the aftermath of Laura departure.

For me, it was the one-two punch of losing Laura and Lilimae (although, @DRW50 made a very good point about the writing for Lilimae often being very ugly, for lack of a better word). Julie Harris and Constance McCashin had a very natural acting style that really helped to ground the storylines. With those two gone, KL becomes, from an acting standpoint, much "soapier."

2 hours ago, Khan said:

That's what I loved about Laura: you never had to reach for psychotic stalkers or baby-switching doctors to give her story. Laura was neither a heroine nor a vixen, but her stories were rooted in the real and the everyday, which, to me, made her the most relatable female character on the show.

Laura also learned from her mistakes, and she was never babied or deified in the writing. The show was never the same without her but a part of me is glad she escaped the fate of Karen and Valene.

1 minute ago, DRW50 said:

The show was never the same without her but a part of me is glad she escaped the fate of Karen and Valene.

I agree. Whenever I watch the latter seasons of FALCON CREST, and I see how much Maggie had devolved as a woman, especially once she gets involved with Richard, it makes me wish the producers had put her (and us) out of our collective misery LONG before she drowned in that swimming pool.

I'm up to "When the Cat's Away," and I got a mostly "adequate" answer about Sheila Fisher. She and Harry couldn't legally adopt because she had a nervous breakdown. Based on what I saw, I figured Sheila was bipolar.

Also, hel-lo there, Jonathan Goldsmith. That grey tank top looked mighty nice on you.

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