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<blockquote data-quote="Willie Oleson" data-source="post: 157135" data-attributes="member: 8">Surprise, surprise - but I actually enjoyed this episode.The torture aftermath was completely bonkers and I hate to say it but I couldn&#039;t help but laughing out loud when Alexis wrote &quot;I&#039;VE BEEN BETTER&quot;.Maybe a bit of a setback was to be expected after 3 exhilararting episodes, and maybe the humour is used to counterbalance the extreme horror of the previous episode.After all, it&#039;s Dynasty, not Nip/Tuck.Another rather typical soap-y side-effect of this comical approach is to soften Adam&#039;s evilness just enough to let him get away with it.&quot;I&#039;m going to teach you to be a better mom&quot;.Adam is the first NuDynasty character that strikes the right balance between tongue in cheek fun and pure wickedness. They&#039;ve tried the same thing with other characters (including Alexis herself) but this time I feel it really works.I wouldn&#039;t be surprised if Alexis is going to be grateful for having a younger face - and so the episode ends with yet another twist that gets the fans speculating. Very well done!The mini-time jump (Alexis in the hospital after the fire &quot;accident&quot;) is strangely similar to the season 2 time jump (Alexis in the hospital after the stable house fire).And Celia&#039;s demise was treated in a similar, comical fashion. Maybe we should keep this mind next time something big happens.Besides, it&#039;s not like O.Dynasty always wanted to deal with the consequences of their exciting cliffhangers.Come to think of it, only season 2 (Alexis&#039; entrance) and season 9 (the beginning of Krystle&#039;s exit) were the real game changers.But that&#039;s what I liked about it. Fallon continues to be a PITA but the show acknowledges it.Compare that to O.Alexis, the Queen of EuroSleaze who was always hailed as being an intelligent, beautiful business icon. That fakeness came from the writers themselves because that&#039;s how they wanted her to be in order to promote their merchandise.I&#039;m not sure if I agree with the comments about misplaced feminism because I don&#039;t see why the same rules shouldn&#039;t apply to priviliged white women, and her reputation as an eager business woman was established in the very first episode - hence the catfight when Blake gave the position at CA to Celia.I didn&#039;t see how any of this was out of character.It was not as exciting as the previous episode but I wouldn&#039;t call this a boring filler episode. The hot gay gangster was a nice surprise and they continued the storyline with the reporter and the Atlantix S-s-s-soccer team.Tip for Kirby: keep up the dark eye shadow, it gives her a &quot;cool chick&quot; look. But I&#039;d love to see her become a bit raunchier, like Emma Ryland in DALLAS.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Willie Oleson, post: 157135, member: 8"] Surprise, surprise - but I actually enjoyed this episode. The torture aftermath was completely bonkers and I hate to say it but I couldn't help but laughing out loud when Alexis wrote "I'VE BEEN BETTER". Maybe a bit of a setback was to be expected after 3 exhilararting episodes, and maybe the humour is used to counterbalance the extreme horror of the previous episode. After all, it's Dynasty, not Nip/Tuck. Another rather typical soap-y side-effect of this comical approach is to soften Adam's evilness [I]just enough[/I] to let him get away with it. "I'm going to teach you to be a better mom". Adam is the first NuDynasty character that strikes the right balance between tongue in cheek fun and pure wickedness. They've tried the same thing with other characters (including Alexis herself) but this time I feel it really works. I wouldn't be surprised if Alexis is going to be grateful for having a younger face - and so the episode ends with yet another twist that gets the fans speculating. Very well done! The mini-time jump (Alexis in the hospital after the fire "accident") is strangely similar to the season 2 time jump (Alexis in the hospital after the stable house fire). And Celia's demise was treated in a similar, comical fashion. Maybe we should keep this mind next time something big happens. Besides, it's not like O.Dynasty always wanted to deal with the consequences of their exciting cliffhangers. Come to think of it, only season 2 (Alexis' entrance) and season 9 (the beginning of Krystle's exit) were the [I]real[/I] game changers. But that's what I liked about it. Fallon continues to be a PITA but the show acknowledges it. Compare that to O.Alexis, the Queen of EuroSleaze who was always hailed as being an intelligent, beautiful business icon. That fakeness came from the writers themselves because that's how they wanted her to [I]be[/I] in order to promote their merchandise. I'm not sure if I agree with the comments about misplaced feminism because I don't see why the same rules shouldn't apply to priviliged white women, and her reputation as an eager business woman was established in the very first episode - hence the catfight when Blake gave the position at CA to Celia. I didn't see how any of this was out of character. It was not as exciting as the previous episode but I wouldn't call this a boring filler episode. The hot gay gangster was a nice surprise and they continued the storyline with the reporter and the Atlantix S-s-s-soccer team. Tip for Kirby: keep up the dark eye shadow, it gives her a "cool chick" look. But I'd love to see her become a bit raunchier, like Emma Ryland in DALLAS. [/QUOTE]

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