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1 hour ago, DeeVee said:

OR, handing the family over to the next generation.

This, IMO, is one of the many reasons it was a huge mistake to kill off Alex's son. With Amanda, Phillip, Alan Michael, and Lujack, there were plenty of players and natural conflicts between the siblings/cousins to keep the Spaulding family a powerful force in SF.

I can believe RR was good in other roles (I think he could have been a decent recast for Mike Bauer--he's even a singer like Don Stewart, LOL). He just did not have the qualities that Alan needed. He was also not helped by the writing for the character.

I commented above and somehow missed your post that said almost exactly the same thing as I did. Twins! Which of us has to be the Nick?

I’m not really opposed to Marj as Alex even full-time if there’s no RR Alan. The Alex/Alan dynamic was unpleasant to watch-it wasn’t even ever fun. Alex was creepy as hell about Alan’ love life, but also she would back Alan no matter what he did even whem it came to siding against Nick. But having one elder Spaulding on the canvas like Henry/HB were would be fine.

The show for an extended period having RR, Marj, Jay Hammer, Kim Zimmer AND Justin Deas was a much more OTT acting style and constantly in each other’s plots was a complete tonal shift from how things are where I am in 1992. (Though I am very ready for no more Mallett who I have not warmed up to and Julie should’ve turned psycho much, much earlier rather than be in long boring relationships.)

Edited 1 hour ago1 hr by GL95