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<blockquote data-quote="JamesF" data-source="post: 129205" data-attributes="member: 299">Coincidentally, I&#039;ve just completed a rewatch of B&amp;S. I enjoyed elements of it at the time but pretty sure I dipped out for periods at a time. I definitely remember being pissed off that every season seemed to bring new showrunners and subsequently a complete change in the direction of the story. This was most obvious between seasons 4 and 5 where they&#039;d set up a whole new business opportunity for the Walkers with lots of potential for conflict and ended on a car crash that killed Rob Lowe...Cue season 5 which skipped to 12 months later and completely reset all of the character dynamics again. The Harpers were packed off sloppily and the new business was scarcely mentioned.In spite of all that and the bizarre story choices, it is a warm and rewarding binge watch so I&#039;d probably peg it as my top soap of the 2000s.Desperate Housewives started out promisingly but just turned into an utter mess. A nail gun approach to storytelling that very, very occasionally managed to hit something great.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JamesF, post: 129205, member: 299"] Coincidentally, I've just completed a rewatch of B&S. I enjoyed elements of it at the time but pretty sure I dipped out for periods at a time. I definitely remember being pissed off that every season seemed to bring new showrunners and subsequently a complete change in the direction of the story. This was most obvious between seasons 4 and 5 where they'd set up a whole new business opportunity for the Walkers with lots of potential for conflict and ended on a car crash that killed Rob Lowe... Cue season 5 which skipped to 12 months later and completely reset all of the character dynamics again. The Harpers were packed off sloppily and the new business was scarcely mentioned. In spite of all that and the bizarre story choices, it is a warm and rewarding binge watch so I'd probably peg it as my top soap of the 2000s. [I]Desperate Housewives[/I] started out promisingly but just turned into an utter mess. A nail gun approach to storytelling that very, very occasionally managed to hit something great. [/QUOTE]

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