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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Michael Torrance" data-source="post: 221305" data-attributes="member: 719">Original Dynasty did this wrong match of actress to character later with Terri Garber in season 7 (and tried to correct it a season later), but it makes no sense to me why they cast Stanwyck as Jason's loyal sister. She was a powerhouse as a controlling and powerful matriarch in "The Thorn Birds," and I assume the show was trying to capture the excitement around that performance. So why not have her be something similar on THE COLBYS?Here is how this could have worked. Best scenario is that Jason Colby is played by someone much younger, and Stanwyck is his mother. She decides that Jason is not the person he used to be, taking less risks and playing it safe, so she decided to bring Jeff in as a partner in the company. Not with a 50% share, because she owns the majority of the shares, and plans to pit Jason and Jeff against each other. There could be better possibilities all around: Jason may try to wrestle control of the publicly owned stock even with an unholy alliance with Zach Powers, for instance. Plus in the season 1 that unfolded, Jeff and Jason became pals pretty quickly (especially after Jeff's paternity was revealed and Jason got together with Frankie again), but that way they would be at each other throats' all the time. But the biggest benefit would be having Constance be a puppet-master, rather than wallpaper.</blockquote>