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HELLO! +1.

The writer in me comes out when I think about Kendall, too! Couldn't agree more!

SMG's Kendall was all of that. Great writing, definitive writing, and killer acting.

And to AM's credit, it would have been hard for ANYONE to play Kendall quite to the level SMG did. Meryl Streep could have come in, and I still think I would have yearned for SMG. She just was..Kendall!

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SMG as Kendall was better if only for the simple fact that the character was written ALOT better when she was in the role. Everything SMG did as Kendall is better than any of the crap they hurled the character's way when AM took over. I dont think SMG had a single terrible story whereas the vast majority of AM's run has been plagued with them. For me thats why I can take alot more enjoyment out of SMG bc going back to old clips I know that I am guaranteed to see gold, but with Kendall post 2002? Its a crapshoot, no pun intended on the crap

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How does she fall short? She brings it 100% of the time, At least she tries, which is more than I can say about most of the actors on the show who either look bored/phone it in. or never change expression

If you didn't see any of then, then there's nothing I can say otherwise.

If they'd played into her neediness and insecurity, you'd probably be bashing her for that too, she's a character who can't win, damned if she does, damned if she doesn't.

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yeah that made NO sense. They made peace back in 1995. There was no reason for Kendall to be brought back 7 years later and the two hating and fighting. The show didnt really give a valid reason for this. Instead it was as if their final scenes never aired and whatever writer was in charge at the time ignored it and rebooted the characters back to 1994

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I think SMG played Kendall multi-layered but clearly most of the audience saw her as RB/Greenlee like with SMG, somebody the audience hated or loved to hate. They rooted for her to be taken down. SMG won an Emmy but Jordi Vilasuso also won an Emmy. I think she was good, so much better than Jordi, but she was a baby back then and IMO not on her Buffy level, not even close.

I feel like we tend to glorify things when we look back. SMG was on the show for 2 years. The second year, IMO was full of bad story. That stupid leopard statue thing. See, I blocked it out, lol. I squirmed watching Kendall most of that second year when they detached her from SL/Erica. I think it's been the same with AM, 50/50 in terms of story.

Erica and Kendall's back and forth was great and sure could have been great for years more BUT I think the time came for them to finally get together. Even Viki and Dorian have found peace. I really enjoy E/K's dynamic both ways. They took away Kendall's smart-ass bitch around 2006-2007 and put her too much into the whiny heroine department. I feel, AMC took a lot of the bitchiness out of AMC around that time. AMC had always had so many sassy, bitchy women.

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+1

I guess its a UO, I never thought SMG was all that great. The last year on the show she just seemed like she wanted to be anywhere but on AMC. I found her Kendall utterly boring

What "Kendall persona"? If you mean a character who bordered on being one note, then yeah I agree

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