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<blockquote data-quote="Willie Oleson" data-source="post: 86756" data-attributes="member: 8">I found it difficult to enjoy that storyline, although there&#039;s nothing wrong with completely &quot;destroying&quot; a character, those things (can) happen in soaps - and I think that was the best part of it.But it all started so abruptly, and before I had the chance to adjust to the situation, they moved to the next stage: he had to kill Greg Sumner.They (Jean Hackney) spent a lot of time and energy to threaten the Gibsons - they could have killed Greg themselves a hundred times already.This secret, anti-, underground movement (or whatever it was) must have been able to find a more suitable and professional assassin, after all, Knots Landing proved that it wasn&#039;t so difficult to kill Mary Frances in Greg&#039;s office. But that was later, of course.Apparently it was of the utmost importance that Greg Sumner would die, and yet Jean approached the situation so optimistic and carefree (&quot;I saw the body bag&quot;) it almost made me wonder if she had changed her game.Why they picked Ben, why they punished him like that, I have no idea.If the story had explained, or just hinted at the idea that they intentionally punished him, in a &quot;kill two birds with one stone&quot; sort of way, I think I would have enjoyed that punishment more.The ingredients were there, but there was no &quot;glue&quot; to make it complete.I was just as bewildered as Lilimae! However, knowing the story for what it is (and what it isn&#039;t), I&#039;d probably enjoy it more the second time, without constantly questioning and mentally fighting the story.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Willie Oleson, post: 86756, member: 8"] I found it difficult to enjoy that storyline, although there's nothing wrong with completely "destroying" a character, those things (can) happen in soaps - and I think that was the best part of it. But it all started so abruptly, and before I had the chance to adjust to the situation, they moved to the next stage: he had to kill Greg Sumner. They (Jean Hackney) spent a lot of time and energy to threaten the Gibsons - they could have killed Greg themselves a hundred times already. This secret, anti-, underground movement (or whatever it was) must have been able to find a more suitable and professional assassin, after all, Knots Landing proved that it wasn't [I]so[/I] difficult to kill Mary Frances in Greg's office. But that was later, of course. Apparently it was of the utmost importance that Greg Sumner would die, and yet Jean approached the situation so optimistic and carefree ("I saw the body bag") it almost made me wonder if she had changed her game. Why they picked Ben, why they [I]punished[/I] him like that, I have no idea. If the story had explained, or just hinted at the idea that they intentionally punished him, in a "kill two birds with one stone" sort of way, I think I would have enjoyed that punishment more. The ingredients were there, but there was no "glue" to make it complete. I was just as bewildered as Lilimae! However, knowing the story for what it is (and what it isn't), I'd probably enjoy it more the second time, without constantly questioning and mentally fighting the story. [/QUOTE]

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