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<blockquote data-quote="Snarky Oracle!" data-source="post: 443828" data-attributes="member: 57984">And, of course, you&#039;re quite right. But it was only in the last couple of years that I re-watched Season 8 for the first time in ages, and it was hard to not notice that the season at least had &quot;cohesive&quot; season-story arcs (which almost made sense, sort of) and Season 8 mercifully had dropped S.A.D., the excessive and rambling music scores, and the usual bullshit &quot;You&#039;re-my-father&quot;/&quot;You&#039;re-my-daughter&quot;/&quot;You&#039;re-my-lover&quot;/&quot;You&#039;re-my-enemy&quot;/&quot;You&#039;re-my-gynecologist&quot; dialogue that usually previously wrapped up a scene because the writers were disinterested in their own storylines. So that alone made Season 8 stand head-and-shoulders over several other years of DYNASTY. Was Season 8 scintillating television?? Well, no. The actors seemed bored, for one thing. But the show indeed relaxed, and it seemed like it was trying to actually tell a story --- really, the first attempt to do so since, maybe, Season 3.So the &quot;praise&quot; lavished here on Season 8 is conditional, and has a lot to do with the facts that the dregs of DYNASTY -- the mentally ill Season 7 -- is dead and gone.Yes, exactly. Season 8 had a potential, even if it never quite gelled.Season 7 was a psychiatrically ill year, and Sarah Curtis was a metaphor for that. Even if she wasn&#039;t as ill as her host (the series itself). That said, I want Sarah Curtis to attempt suicide in the Carrington garages (as opposed to a sublet off-campus) which dredges up old rumors about Blakes, etc...Yes, Season 9 is great, the best year since Season 2 !</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Snarky Oracle!, post: 443828, member: 57984"] And, of course, you're quite right. But it was only in the last couple of years that I re-watched Season 8 for the first time in ages, and it was hard to not notice that the season at least had "cohesive" season-story arcs (which almost made sense, sort of) and Season 8 mercifully had dropped S.A.D., the excessive and rambling music scores, and the usual bullshit "You're-my-father"/"You're-my-daughter"/"You're-my-lover"/"You're-my-enemy"/"You're-my-gynecologist" dialogue that usually previously wrapped up a scene because the writers were disinterested in their own storylines. So that alone made Season 8 stand head-and-shoulders over several other years of DYNASTY. Was Season 8 scintillating television?? Well, no. The actors seemed bored, for one thing. But the show indeed relaxed, and it seemed like it was trying to actually tell a story --- really, the first attempt to do so since, maybe, Season 3. So the "praise" lavished here on Season 8 is conditional, and has a lot to do with the facts that the dregs of DYNASTY -- the mentally ill Season 7 -- is dead and gone. Yes, exactly. Season 8 had a potential, even if it never quite gelled. Season 7 was a psychiatrically ill year, and Sarah Curtis was a metaphor for that. Even if she wasn't as ill as her host (the series itself). That said, I want Sarah Curtis to attempt suicide in the Carrington garages (as opposed to a sublet off-campus) which dredges up old rumors about Blakes, etc... Yes, Season 9 is great, the best year since Season 2 ! [/QUOTE]

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