1 hour ago, DeeVee said:

There was SO much to pull from the past and they didn't do it.

The last year before Amanda was written out the first time, Alan ruthlessly stole the Spaulding presidency from her. She founded LTA, which ultimately failed and was absorbed by Spaulding. Then when she wanted to raise Jennifer's kid, Alan actually plotted to take him from her and put him up for adoption.

When she briefly returned in 1987, she handed over her proxy to Phillip and didn't even ask him what he needed it for. She was all Christmas smiles, but it was obvious she was still p!ssed about the past.

It was unnecessary to make her a madam or Brandon's daughter. That's just using shock value instead of composing an actual story. She had PLENTY of reason to go medieval on Alan and even Alex, who as far as I can tell, never reached out to her over those missing years.

(By the way, did they ever acknowledge that she and Josh were once partners and friends back in the day? I don't recall it, but I wasn't watching that regularly then).

Totally agree that Amanda had more then enough reason to screw over Alan and Alex and even Phillip (to give her some depth I would have her actually like AM as her "baby brother" and her old friend Hope's kid, and for AM to like her back as I would have him feel "not part of the Spaulding fold" either) . Alex could have brought out the Lucille older woman animosity in Amanda...especially since they had Alex throwing up the infamous attic in one scene. I wanted her to go to Ross with plans to get back what she deserved from Alan and Alex, and for him to be in on it and support her, kind of brining back his old power lust side. This he woudl have to keep a secret from Blake , who of course would be jealous. Alan really only threw her a bone when he signed his shares over (which never made sense why he left SF in the first place except for plot to find Reva.) so I can see her making the most of it.

She did mention LTA to both Ross and Josh, but by that time the show was so cartoony and the good guys so self righteous with the "bad" guys that he didn want anything to do with her.

34 minutes ago, Mitch64 said:

(to give her some depth I would have her actually like AM as her "baby brother" and her old friend Hope's kid, and for AM to like her back as I would have him feel "not part of the Spaulding fold" either) .

I was going to say this, too! Of course it was kind of screwed up because of AM's accelerated aging and Amanda's de-aging, but AM should have meant a great deal to her. They alluded to Amanda still being close to Hope during the 1987 return.

Both had good reason to resent Phillip, who, no matter who was writing the show, was the only kid Alan truly cared about. They should have HATED his non-Spaulding @ss.

No-brainer. So much good potential drama left behind.