I don't think I would've had an issue with Jaime Lyn Bauer playing the mother of several grown children, but given what I've seen of her work throughout the years, I think she would've been more cut out to play Beth Logan over Stephanie Forrester.
KL's first season was creator/EP/show runner David Jacobs' attempt at emulating both the popular series "Family," where he had cut his teeth as a staff writer, and Ingmar Bergman's "Scenes from a Marriage." Unfortunately, I think Jacobs realized (if not right away, then definitely after the 2-3 seasons) that KL was neither of those and that he didn't have what it took to MAKE it that way.
I'll go to my grave saying this: the Shapiros had set up DYNASTY beautifully in the first season, with the wealthy Carringtons contrasting the blue-collar Blaisdels, and Krystle caught in between the two, vastly different worlds. It's just Aaron Spelling's impatience with the ratings and the casting of the Blaisdel family members that doomed everything (and necessitated the introduction of Alexis and the shift toward the rich exclusively).
And I agree with David Jacobs: shifting the focus of DALLAS from Bobby & Pam, or the Ewings vs. the Barneses, to J.R. might have made the show more successful, but I don't think that made it more interesting. (And I DEFINITELY agree with you about Lucy, lol).
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