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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 338511" data-attributes="member: 23">Oh great. I&#039;m glad you&#039;re already enjoying her. There is certainly something about Season Two where everything came together and suddenly worked. As you pointed out, there&#039;s a lot more to it than just Cagney&#039;s casting, but Gless&#039;s presence certainly doesn&#039;t hurt at all.It&#039;s really nice to see some appreciation for Meg&#039;s Cagney, and I agree. Far too much of the blame for what wasn&#039;t working seemed to fall at Meg&#039;s feet and you&#039;ve summed up why it really shouldn&#039;t have.Agreed. John Karlen and Tyne Daly are just wonderful together. You have many, many terrific scenes between them ahead of you. Perhaps this is telling, but at this point (five and a half years on from watching the reunion films) I honestly couldn&#039;t remember. Having looked back on my comments as I watched them I grew to love them but found the shift in tone a bit of a struggle - particularly with the first film. I also found the final film a little unsatisfying for several reasons.&nbsp; I felt the middle two films were the strongest, and with all of them when they were good they were really good. There&#039;s nothing like the kind of disappointment that&#039;s frequently associated with TV series reunions. Jumping on the back of the comments you made about the pre-Season Two episodes being similar to a series that undergoes several pilots before they perfect it, it&#039;s probably best to treat the films in a similar way. They are a different animal from the series, and I view them as a series of pilots for a potential new series (which I suppose they were intended to be). They&#039;re by no means the pinnacle of the entire run, but they are definitely worth watching after the series for the full C&amp;L experience.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 338511, member: 23"] Oh great. I'm glad you're already enjoying her. There is certainly something about Season Two where everything came together and suddenly worked. As you pointed out, there's a lot more to it than just Cagney's casting, but Gless's presence certainly doesn't hurt at all. It's really nice to see some appreciation for Meg's Cagney, and I agree. Far too much of the blame for what wasn't working seemed to fall at Meg's feet and you've summed up why it really shouldn't have. Agreed. John Karlen and Tyne Daly are just wonderful together. You have many, many terrific scenes between them ahead of you. Perhaps this is telling, but at this point (five and a half years on from watching the reunion films) I honestly couldn't remember. Having looked back on my comments as I watched them I grew to love them but found the shift in tone a bit of a struggle - particularly with the first film. I also found the final film a little unsatisfying for several reasons. I felt the middle two films were the strongest, and with all of them when they were good they were really good. There's nothing like the kind of disappointment that's frequently associated with TV series reunions. Jumping on the back of the comments you made about the pre-Season Two episodes being similar to a series that undergoes several pilots before they perfect it, it's probably best to treat the films in a similar way. They are a different animal from the series, and I view them as a series of pilots for a potential new series (which I suppose they were intended to be). They're by no means the pinnacle of the entire run, but they are definitely worth watching after the series for the full [I]C&L [/I]experience. [/QUOTE]

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