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<blockquote data-quote="Willie Oleson" data-source="post: 130678" data-attributes="member: 8">It&#039;s amazing how many times the jungle or farwaway outback seems to be the only alternative location to SoapLand for characters to venture, hide or die.Matthew Blaisdel, Ben Gibson, Ben Carrington, Jock Ewing, Dr. Vincent Markham….I found this so-near-yet-so-far-away approach parcticularly unsettling, maybe even more so because it&#039;s not happening in a jungle, but in good ol&#039; Dayton, Ohio.At that point I had no idea what was going to happen, and if she would re-appear on screen at all.There&#039;s something about characters assurances in soap stories that makes me very suspicious.Eventhough that doesn&#039;t explain or excuse the rather bizarre situation of Lucy&#039;s upbringing (and how that hardly transpired in the Knots universe), the fact that it&#039;s being acknowledged and understood by a soap character like Karen MacKenzie gives this part of the Dallas/KL story a touching epilogue.I&#039;m not totally buying it, but they make it very easy for me to go with the flow of the current sentiment. Again, thanks to Karen.Ironically, the idea of Krystle being a lifelong Holly Hobby, which should be totally believable, seems very stuck on.She didn&#039;t even create Sammy Jo&#039;s &quot;Flamingo Road&quot; dress for The Party episode.[ATTACH=full]12212[/ATTACH]That is such a Blake-Season 1 thing to say, how could he ever not be a Carrington?Interesting.I found Melissa&#039;s hospital death-scene to be quite an anti-climax as I preferred the idea of her being literally consumed by the show&#039;s ultimate prize: the precious Falcon Crest.And it looked too similar to Lance and Lorraine&#039;s last scene (did he say goodbye to Dina?)But now you&#039;ve mentioned the aftermath, perhaps that worked better with the momentum of Melissa&#039;s death in the same episode.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Willie Oleson, post: 130678, member: 8"] It's amazing how many times the jungle or farwaway outback seems to be the only alternative location to SoapLand for characters to venture, hide or die. Matthew Blaisdel, Ben Gibson, Ben Carrington, Jock Ewing, Dr. Vincent Markham…. I found this so-near-yet-so-far-away approach parcticularly unsettling, maybe even [I]more[/I] so because it's not happening in a jungle, but in good ol' Dayton, Ohio. At that point I had no idea what was going to happen, and if she would re-appear on screen at all. There's something about characters assurances in soap stories that makes me very suspicious. Eventhough that doesn't explain or excuse the rather bizarre situation of Lucy's upbringing (and how that hardly transpired in the Knots universe), the fact that it's being acknowledged [I]and[/I] understood by a soap character like Karen MacKenzie gives this part of the Dallas/KL story a touching epilogue. I'm not [I]totally[/I] buying it, but they make it very easy for me to go with the flow of the current sentiment. Again, thanks to Karen. Ironically, the idea of Krystle being a lifelong Holly Hobby, which [I]should[/I] be totally believable, seems very stuck on. She didn't even create Sammy Jo's "Flamingo Road" dress for [I]The Party[/I] episode. [ATTACH=full]12212[/ATTACH] That is such a [I]Blake-Season 1[/I] thing to say, how could he ever [I]not[/I] be a Carrington? Interesting. I found Melissa's hospital death-scene to be quite an anti-climax as I preferred the idea of her being literally consumed by the show's ultimate prize: the precious Falcon Crest. And it looked too similar to Lance and Lorraine's last scene (did he say goodbye to Dina?) But now you've mentioned the aftermath, perhaps that worked better with the momentum of Melissa's death in the same episode. [/QUOTE]

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