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<blockquote data-quote="Taylor Bennett Jr." data-source="post: 350741" data-attributes="member: 2740">I&#039;m always intrigued by the Dream Season vs. Season 10 opinion divide on here.&nbsp; I think both perspectives are valid and interesting.&nbsp; I made a &quot;Dream Season vs. Season 10&quot; voting thread a little while back and was surprised to see the Dream Season get more votes.I tend to agree with the general consensus that the Dream Season started strong and lost its way at some point, but have found that, taken with the right level of expectation, even the Angelica and Cantrell storylines are entertaining.&nbsp; Angelica and Nicholas and Grace&#039;s interactions are so weirdly awkward, and Cantrell and Graison slugging it out down in Colombia is some nice mid-80s action.&nbsp; Cliff is hilarious down there by the mine, going from whining and complaining to being all gung-ho about marching into that silly little cave to get those stones.The thing I can&#039;t get with is everyone by the end of the season just sitting in the Southfork living room sharing the events of the day and their feelings in this supportive atmosphere... Clayton showing empathy for Donna&#039;s quest to adopt poor Tony..&nbsp; JR earnestly sharing his fears with Sue Ellen.. The vibe&#039;s closer to Sue Ellen&#039;s sessions at the Institute For Advanced Awareness than the glory days of JR and Pam going at it over cocktails, with Bobby losing his temper, Jock breaking it up in his physical Old West Wildcatter style and Ellie shouting at them to stop.. or Sue Ellen making her grand presentation of JR&#039;s philandering only to discover that JR had swapped in his phony PI reports at the last minute.It&#039;s nice seeing Cliff show some humanity, though.&nbsp; Going from season 9 straight into season 10, it&#039;s just so jarring to see him revert to being an insufferable selfish mega-prick.&nbsp; Add in the &quot;what the hell show is he trying to score?&quot; John Parker music, and it&#039;s such a different show.&nbsp; I really like Snarky&#039;s take on the Wes Parmalee storyline - it&#039;s absolutely one of the most memorable and resonant of the whole series, and even if you hate it, not in an &quot;Angelica Nero mimicking&nbsp; Dynasty&quot; way.&nbsp; I think Steve Forrest just nails the role.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Taylor Bennett Jr., post: 350741, member: 2740"] I'm always intrigued by the Dream Season vs. Season 10 opinion divide on here. I think both perspectives are valid and interesting. I made a "Dream Season vs. Season 10" voting thread a little while back and was surprised to see the Dream Season get more votes. I tend to agree with the general consensus that the Dream Season started strong and lost its way at some point, but have found that, taken with the right level of expectation, even the Angelica and Cantrell storylines are entertaining. Angelica and Nicholas and Grace's interactions are so weirdly awkward, and Cantrell and Graison slugging it out down in Colombia is some nice mid-80s action. Cliff is hilarious down there by the mine, going from whining and complaining to being all gung-ho about marching into that silly little cave to get those stones. The thing I can't get with is everyone by the end of the season just sitting in the Southfork living room sharing the events of the day and their feelings in this supportive atmosphere... Clayton showing empathy for Donna's quest to adopt poor Tony.. JR earnestly sharing his fears with Sue Ellen.. The vibe's closer to Sue Ellen's sessions at the Institute For Advanced Awareness than the glory days of JR and Pam going at it over cocktails, with Bobby losing his temper, Jock breaking it up in his physical Old West Wildcatter style and Ellie shouting at them to stop.. or Sue Ellen making her grand presentation of JR's philandering only to discover that JR had swapped in his phony PI reports at the last minute. It's nice seeing Cliff show some humanity, though. Going from season 9 straight into season 10, it's just so jarring to see him revert to being an insufferable selfish mega-prick. Add in the "what the hell show is he trying to score?" John Parker music, and it's such a different show. I really like Snarky's take on the Wes Parmalee storyline - it's absolutely one of the most memorable and resonant of the whole series, and even if you hate it, not in an "Angelica Nero mimicking Dynasty" way. I think Steve Forrest just nails the role. [/QUOTE]

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