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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rove" data-source="post: 271361" data-attributes="member: 100">It's been one of my pet peeves - though I cannot think of recent examples, except for daytime soaps - where the audience is dumb-downed. As in the case you mentioned where Katherine's letter was revealed later in the season this sets up beautifully what is to come when Pam and Bobby have a quiet conversation at Pam's home where the circumstances of the letter is revealed. Of course the payoff for the audience was when Pam confronts Katherine and slaps her into the next century. I bet many viewers took great delight in watching that scene...much like when Krystle discovers the true cause of her miscarriage over on Dynasty and confronts Alexis in the studio.When writers are prepared to lay the groundwork I believe viewers are prepared to go along for the ride. This is good story-telling because the payoff can reach orgasmic levels.</blockquote>