Season 7 versus season 8.

[Bobby Southworth]

Yes. Season 7 is when I started watching as a kid, and I remember liking certain things at the time, but yeesh, on my current rewatch, it's just all over the place. I can hardly keep up. The first season with Jeff at the Helm was much more grounded. That said, I remember thinking season 8 was boring. We will see if I still have that perspective now. Season 9 will always be a favorite for me as well. They tried to make the show different, and it would have possibly worked had it been an entirely new show. As a kid I enjoyed it, and even as an adult I see that it is still some pretty well written, entertaining material.

 

[colbyco]

Yes. Season 7 is when I started watching as a kid, and I remember liking certain things at the time, but yeesh, on my current rewatch, it's just all over the place. I can hardly keep up. The first season with Jeff at the Helm was much more grounded. That said, I remember thinking season 8 was boring. We will see if I still have that perspective now. Season 9 will always be a favorite for me as well. They tried to make the show different, and it would have possibly worked had it been an entirely new show. As a kid I enjoyed it, and even as an adult I see that it is still some pretty well written, entertaining material.

- as a spinoff I could have liked S9 much more
but this way a drama about wine & crime became a crime show with wine

 

[Richard Denault]

- as a spinoff I could have liked S9 much more
but this way a drama about wine & crime became a crime show with wine

Very good your comment
What could be expected if they found the one who produced the untouchables of Elliot Ness and Miami Vice
They would have been suitable for filming a season set in the 1920s when dry law . Sharper always seemed more like a gangster to me than a wolf of Wall Street

 

[colbyco]

Very good your comment
What could be expected if they found the one who produced the untouchables of Elliot Ness and Miami Vice
They would have been suitable for filming a season set in the 1920s when dry law . Sharper always seemed more like a gangster to me than a wolf of Wall Street

-I liked him and his role ... he was like a tv answer to Michael Douglas in "Wall Street"
he also gave us some new facades of a character (the little punching ball in his hand, doing workout in his office and I think no other character of the big 4 used this many hair gel ...)

 

[Richard Denault]

-I liked him and his role ... he was like a tv answer to Michael Douglas in "Wall Street"
he also gave us some new facades of a character (the little punching ball in his hand, doing workout in his office and I think no other character of the big 4 used this many hair gel ...)

May 15, 2001 in the A New Vintage Chat Room LIVE Online Chat with Gregory Harrison (Michael Sharpe)
Steffi > Did you enjoy your time with the Fc cast?
Greg_Harrison > Hmmmm. Yes and no. There were a lot of problems because of Jane's health, and she was unhappy with the show, and things just weren't very positive backstage
maggie_channing > What did you personally think of the kind of relationship Michael had with his sister.?
maggie_channing > We have all been wondering about that, sorry
Greg_Harrison > Wendy and I never really understood it, to be honest, so I just tried to play it the way it was written
We had a team of writers that season that I understand were kinda new, and we never saw them, so there wasn't [much of a] chance to get explanations
maggie_channing > Here we all feel the new writers didn't understand Falcon Crest
FalconCrestANV > Most fans tend to react negatively to those last few seasons, Greg...because of the writer change
tjp > Did you watch the show before you started playing Michael Sharpe, Greg?
Greg_Harrison > Believe me, we felt it. I can remember the oodles of fan mail that was just utterly crucifying us for what was happening, but what people didn't understand was that we were just there doing our jobs.
We're actors, we're paid to perform the scripts we get.
Greg_Harrison > I had watched it on occasion, but I wouldn't say I was a regular viewer. I watched about the last 10 episodes of the season before I started so I'd be familiar with characters and things
Nancy > Was it hard to jump into a show that was so established, and where you were portraying the new 'bad guy' besides?
Greg_Harrison > It was hard because there was such a feeling of negativity going on backstage, and here I was jumping into this boat and the show's heroine dies in the same episode.
Greg_Harrison > The fan reaction to the show was the hardest
Greg_Harrison > And especially when Susan Sullivan left. I never got much chance to work with Susan, but I understood real quick that the audience loved her
tjp > When did you get the rôle of Michael Sharpe? Did they hire you during the show was on hiatus after season 8? And who came up with the idea of your character?
Greg_Harrison >. When Warner Bros approached me, they told me they wanted a ruthless playboy with a heart of stone. I think that's what I gave them.
maggie_channing > How did you personally feel about Michael Sharpe? And how much of you did you put into his character?
Greg_Harrison > If I just met Michael Sharpe, I certainly wouldn't want to have a beer with him, so I guess you could say I didn't much like him.
And I'd like to think that whatever I used from myself for the character is a part of me that is well hidden from the world

 

[colbyco]

Thank you so much. I love this kind of stuff ...
and he´s right - fans tend to blame new actors who ruined their show but it really were the decisions of networks, producers and writers (mostly)

 

[colbyco]

Nancy > Was it hard to jump into a show that was so established, and where you were portraying the new 'bad guy' besides?
Greg_Harrison > It was hard because there was such a feeling of negativity going on backstage, and here I was jumping into this boat and the show's heroine dies in the same episode.

-that describes it perfectly. I can imagine how the old stars were frightened (what are they doing to us? how will this new actors damage our show?...)
and the new actors just were happy to have a job and felt this bad atmosphere ...

 

[Bobby Southworth]

He was excellent as Michael Sharpe.

 

[Bobby Southworth]

I am 7 episodes in on season 8, and right now, I have to say, I am liking this season better than 7. I don't know that I will stay in this mind frame, however.. because a crack is already forming- I found Chris Agretti boring when I was a kid. So far, I'm not minding the new Dan Fixx, but.. Frank doing exactly what he always did to him rubs me the wrong way. Going to look for emeralds at this point in time just seems a little selfish and insensitive. I was really liking Frank, too. Then, in the episode I just watched, for Frank to tell Chris he should make an example out of forgiving him for Ben to see, in order for Ben to forgive him for lying about his mother all these years.. I'm sorry, but that's not quite the same thing. Then by the end of the episode, it's all neatly tied together; Frank goes to look for his emeralds, and is forgiven by Chris, and Chris is forgiven by Ben. For a man just reunited with a son he has always run out on, Frank just seems a little nonchalant. I do like however that the point is made by Chris that Frank hasn't changed, but HE has, in order to forgive him. In any case, I'm guessing Rod Taylor needed off the show for a bit, or the producers were needing to do some budget cuts? I know he will be back, but it just seems a little out of nowhere. It also doesn't help knowing all of this Character building with Chris and Ben will ultimately lead to nothing by the next season. I will hold off on voting for now. As I've said, so far, so good(mostly), and season 7 just seemed like it tried to fit a lifetime of events in one season, and it took me months to finally finish, where I mostly binge watched the other seasons, but you can say one thing for it. It certainly wasn't dull.