I'm nearing the end of season 6, and I feel like I'm at the point where my head is filled with so many observations and comments but they're all things that have been discussed probably multiple times over the years. But just a few:
- I had to basically watch everything from Paul Galveston's first appearance up to when Val returned from Tennessee two times in order to really understand everything happening in the Empire Valley story. This is definitely a season where you have to give it your full attention or get left behind.
- To jump on the current "moment," Empire Valley feels very liminal. The futuristic music, the unending force of cold and soulless men (which really goes back to Mark St. Claire), the actual plans for the EV community, etc.
- The random closing credits over a shot of the babies at the Fishers' house...with the regular, punchy, upbeat closing theme playing...felt so sitcommy, I almost expected a full set of episode stills to roll under the credits.
- Mack is aggravating as hell, and something about him becoming the patriarch of the cul-de-sac doesn't sit right with me. But, at this point, he's the only father figure left in Sea View Circle.
- One of the things I've felt since the full-steam-ahead change in focus is how Knots Landing is no longer really a place. The show might as well just be set in a random part of LA because the concept of Knots Landing as a distinct community feels lost. It'll still get mentioned as where Karen, Val, Lillimae, etc. live, and of course Knots Landing Motors is on its last legs, but is Westfork in KL?
- Speaking of KLM, I know it's been said that Donna Mills fought to broaden the show's scope because the car dealership just wasn't a glamorous setting, but please, Donna, what in the world is glamorous about FCC leases?
- Ruth Galveston is Knots Landing's own little glass of Falcon Crest, isn't she?
- I don't know when the "Poor Val" era officially begins, but JVA worked her ssa off this entire season, and Val is easily the most compelling character for me. The Shula arc could have EASILY been a cringey waste of time, but it felt so right for the character and what she'd been through. I envy the people who saw this first-hand with no knowledge of how/when she'd get the babies back.
- Joshua Rush lmao
- You can really feel TPTB trying to come up with things for Eric and Michael to do. It was a great move to have them be the ones to bring Val to the hospital, and it's important that KL Motors was formally addressed. The boys, more than anyone else, serve as reminders of the show's beginnings, so any time they're on, that little feeling of neighborhood/community usually comes with them.
- Speaking of kids. Abby has been a dreadful mother the last two seasons, and at any point, Jeff could have snapped those kids up without a fight. I can see the seeds being planted for Olivia's spiral.
Okay, so I lied. Those are more than "a few" observations lol
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