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.

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@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.