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<blockquote data-quote="TaranofPrydain" data-source="post: 352521" data-attributes="member: 51150"><p>One could argue that two of those things you mention (the murder of Ted Dinard and Krystle getting raped) could only be fully remembered (at least before reruns and DVDs) by the shows&#039;s die-hard fans because they both happened in the first half&nbsp; season, where the series was struggling to hold its own opposite CBS&#039;s powerful comedy hour which included MASH. The rape was almost immediately glossed over so if you did not see that episode where it happened or pay close attention to Blake&#039;s apology in the following episode, you would never have known that it was there. The Dinard trial did go into season 2 and was the cause of Alexis coming into the show, so likely more would have heard of that although the death scene itself was only shown in Season 1. As for the death of Sarah&#039;s child offscreen in Season 7, since the character never appeared on screen that was able to give the audience a greater distance from the unfortunate tragedy. (Plus the Carringtons were incredibly sugary-sweet at that moment)</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="TaranofPrydain, post: 352521, member: 51150"] One could argue that two of those things you mention (the murder of Ted Dinard and Krystle getting raped) could only be fully remembered (at least before reruns and DVDs) by the shows's die-hard fans because they both happened in the first half season, where the series was struggling to hold its own opposite CBS's powerful comedy hour which included MASH. The rape was almost immediately glossed over so if you did not see that episode where it happened or pay close attention to Blake's apology in the following episode, you would never have known that it was there. The Dinard trial did go into season 2 and was the cause of Alexis coming into the show, so likely more would have heard of that although the death scene itself was only shown in Season 1. As for the death of Sarah's child offscreen in Season 7, since the character never appeared on screen that was able to give the audience a greater distance from the unfortunate tragedy. (Plus the Carringtons were incredibly sugary-sweet at that moment) [/QUOTE]

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