YouTube pushed a 1988 episode-the fashion alone must be checked out. Harley is pure 80s. Frank is wearing high waisted white pants with a tight striped mime type shirt. Alex is wearing a wild red getup.

The main plot is Alan seeking an annulment from Reva. Alex is claiming Alan is struggling because this is the first time he’s been in love. Reva is broke and Sarah suddenly starts suggesting Alan really loves Reva and she shouldn’t sign. Sarah tries to make it seem like it’s not about the money until she finally starts hinting at it.

Edited 19 hours ago19 hr by GL95

@alwaysAMC I just realized the reason Abby is rarely seen. (Vague spolier ahead.....) I'm betting this was the period where the actress took a leave to have a particular medical procedure done which will be written into the show eventually.

The show had the idea of the three pillars- Reva, Harley and Cassie. But eventually Harley and Cassie were gone and it was all on Reva. Didn't help that Marina was wasted with a subpar actor in the role and Michelle was gone as well. In the later years, I'd say Lizzie was the no. 2 female star on the show.

44 minutes ago, GL95 said:

The main plot is Alan seeking an annulment from Reva. Alex is claiming Alan is struggling because this is the first time he’s been in love. Reva is broke and Sarah suddenly starts suggesting Alan really loves Reva and she shouldn’t sign. Sarah tries to make it seem like it’s not about the money until she finally starts hinting at it.

I have to FREQUENTLY remind myself that this all came out during a very long writers strike. The whole "Reva in a coma and its aftermath" story was SO nonsensical.

Not only was this Hope erasure, Alan's problem wasn't an inability to fall in love. It was that he fell in love all the time. (There's a really good scene when he and Jackie are divorcing where she says this to him).

The scabs turned SARAH (and holier-than-thou Rusty) into money-grubbers, advising Reva to marry Alan for his money.

Writer strikes show why even so-so writers are really important.

2 hours ago, Spoon said:

The show had the idea of the three pillars- Reva, Harley and Cassie. But eventually Harley and Cassie were gone and it was all on Reva. Didn't help that Marina was wasted with a subpar actor in the role and Michelle was gone as well. In the later years, I'd say Lizzie was the no. 2 female star on the show.

I'd throw in Olivia as well.

3 hours ago, GL95 said:

YouTube pushed a 1988 episode-the fashion alone must be checked out. Harley is pure 80s. Frank is wearing high waisted white pants with a tight striped mime type shirt. Alex is wearing a wild red getup.

The main plot is Alan seeking an annulment from Reva. Alex is claiming Alan is struggling because this is the first time he’s been in love. Reva is broke and Sarah suddenly starts suggesting Alan really loves Reva and she shouldn’t sign. Sarah tries to make it seem like it’s not about the money until she finally starts hinting at it.

Carl Evans and Rick Hearst rarely remind me of each other as I think of Carl's A-M as more boyish, but he does remind me a lot of Rick in the scene where he flirts with Harley until they kiss. That was a hot moment (it helps that Carl and Beth really went for it).

I think the show threw that relationship away too easily.

Was Frank meant to be in a yellow Speedo by the end? I think those scenes may have been in the 1992 anniversary special.

2 hours ago, DeeVee said:

I have to FREQUENTLY remind myself that this all came out during a very long writers strike. The whole "Reva in a coma and its aftermath" story was SO nonsensical.

Not only was this Hope erasure, Alan's problem wasn't an inability to fall in love. It was that he fell in love all the time. (There's a really good scene when he and Jackie are divorcing where she says this to him).

The scabs turned SARAH (and holier-than-thou Rusty) into money-grubbers, advising Reva to marry Alan for his money.

Writer strikes show why even so-so writers are really important.

I've enjoyed your takes on the strike material over the last year as the show was so in flux at this time I was never sure what changes were made during the strike period.

Going through the episode now, Sarah does have a harder edge than I remember her having under Long. This is more believable, but it's somewhat difficult to watch. Audrey Peters does a good job of shifting her characters.

Reva's dramas are tiresome even by 1988, but Kim sells her dilemma with a surprising amount of sincerity and restraint.

10 hours ago, Spoon said:

@alwaysAMC I just realized the reason Abby is rarely seen. (Vague spolier ahead.....) I'm betting this was the period where the actress took a leave to have a particular medical procedure done which will be written into the show eventually.

Ohhh, well that's great! I'm glad to hear it was her own decision to help herself out. Because otherwise, it just seemed odd to give her such a big storyline, where she was nominated for an Emmy, put her into a good relationship... and then just stop using her for a year haha.

12 hours ago, GL95 said:

YouTube pushed a 1988 episode-the fashion alone must be checked out. Harley is pure 80s. Frank is wearing high waisted white pants with a tight striped mime type shirt. Alex is wearing a wild red getup.

The main plot is Alan seeking an annulment from Reva. Alex is claiming Alan is struggling because this is the first time he’s been in love. Reva is broke and Sarah suddenly starts suggesting Alan really loves Reva and she shouldn’t sign. Sarah tries to make it seem like it’s not about the money until she finally starts hinting at it.

Thanks for posting! A few thoughts:

Wow, Harley was full on 80s. That last scene between Harley and A-M was really hot. I actually like that A-M, do we know why Carl T. Evans left? Super random, but Beth E reminded me a bit of a young Bridgett Fonda in that last scene. Beth E ages really well.

Good to see Sarah. Other than seeing her on her death bed during the Cassie intro storyline, I haven't seen much of her, so was good seeing her here.

It's uncanny how similar Beverlee and Marj sound. Their pitch and inflection are so similar. I did not like what Alex was wearing haha.

I didn't listen to the entire dialogue, so maybe I missed it, but who was the blonde that Frank was with? Is that the first Mindy? Sounds like she was into Rusty, but then Frank was doing a good job of flirting. It was interesting hearing him talk about Buzz and how much he admired him as a kid before he 'died'. Interesting to compare this to what we know happens later when Buzz is back in town alive.

Frank looked really good in that little yellow swimsuit too!

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18 hours ago, Speed Racer said:

Nah....Reva should have been the center of a murder mystery. Who Murdered Reva? The thought of such a tale makes me want to spot the carpet!

The suspects could have been many: (1) Josh. (2). Marah. (3). Shayne. (4a - 4z). Anyone and everyone else. Maybe everybody did it!

Ha...glad to see someone else who loves Post Resurrection Reva as much as I do! It's "Murder on the Orient Express" as EVERYONE did. "Murder in Company's Parking Lot" where you see a car running Reva down, and then everyone gets behind the wheel to do a run over of Reva!

I would have just had Zombie Cleva do it..that was the inevitable end of GL/Reva's dumb storylines..and very apropos that Reva its herself just like she did the show.

@alwaysAMC also, the way Pilar was introduced was similar to how David Grant was introduced. Kat spotted Gilly hugging another man, hoping she busted Gilly for cheating on Hamp but David was revealed as her troubled brother. Also, When Maureen's brother Dr. Jim Reardon came to town, he used an alias and only Maureen knew his real identity-- Ed thought she was having an affair.

18 minutes ago, Spoon said:

@alwaysAMC also, the way Pilar was introduced was similar to how David Grant was introduced. Kat spotted Gilly hugging another man, hoping she busted Gilly for cheating on Hamp but David was revealed as her troubled brother. Also, When Maureen's brother Dr. Jim Reardon came to town, he used an alias and only Maureen knew his real identity-- Ed thought she was having an affair.

Oh how funny... a fun little trope, I guess. You have a great memory, btw! :)