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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bobby Southworth" data-source="post: 445320" data-attributes="member: 4960">I don't know that season 9 really could have been saved. I mean, it could have, but I think that would have to involve keeping actors that had either quit or been let go. Ana-Alicia, and of course Susan Sullivan come to mind. However..season 9 was very much about Richard starting his life over. I don't know that this plot really could have taken place with Maggie still on the show. I have said before, and standby, if Lauren had to be on the show, I think her and Richard should have been platonic. It just seemed too soon after Maggie, and somehow unbelievable. Michael could have still been jealous enough of just their friendship..assumed they were more: he strikes me as the type. LOL. The way that I remember my personal Falcon Crest experience was that I enjoyed season 7 in real time, but I was pretty young. My mom had finally just exposed me enough to Dallas and Falcon Crest, that I guess, after years of resistance, I began to see the appeal.. It's funny because if any season of Falcon Crest could probably be appealing to a 9-10 year old, season 7 is probably the one, LOL. I recall being bored to tears with the show during season 8, and not liking the feel of the first episode of season 9, but with episode 2..and Charlie beginning to shake the family up, and with what happened to Angela by the end of the episode..I was hooked for the rest of the season. However, I know many here absolutely detest Charlie. I guess for me, because of the age I was especially, it was crazy to see this guy and his brother be able to have such a grip on the family, and then throw Michael Sharpe into the mix. I will stand by the fact that there was some good writing going on that final year. However, as I later was able to finally view seasons 1-6, I can totally understand why longtime viewers were put off. I think they hoped they could bring in a new audience, and somehow retain some of the earlier fans, but they somehow really managed to accomplish neither.The biggest problems I see is that they weren't concerned enough with the history of the show. No Cole at Maggie's funeral...No Vickie. No Julia. Was there even a mention of them? To someone that didn't know as much about the earlier show, it works, but if you were really invested in the show for a long time, I can understand.. and now I'm somewhere in between.</blockquote>

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