The genius of the Katherine plot

[Grangehill1]

Just after Katherine shot Bobby and fled, the producers tried very hard to make us forget about her for the remainder of the season.
The intention being that Katherine was orchestrating everything from behind the scenes- Naldo breaking up Jenna and Bobby, Naldo subsequently being killed and Jenna framed for his murder. It was all Katherine.
The dream season revealed all of this (as for what really happened as dream wasn’t real we’ll never know but I’m choosing to ignore that!)

I remember very clearly watching the show at the time (I was 10) and guessing Katherine was behind everything. Does anyone else remember thinking the same?
For a character that had approx 4 episodes of screen time for the entire season it’s amazing what impact Katherine had on the year!

 

[Snarky Oracle!]

Oh, yeah. We assumed Katherine was the culprit

 

[stevew]

Just after Katherine shot Bobby and fled, the producers tried very hard to make us forget about her for the remainder of the season.
The intention being that Katherine was orchestrating everything from behind the scenes- Naldo breaking up Jenna and Bobby, Naldo subsequently being killed and Jenna framed for his murder. It was all Katherine.
The dream season revealed all of this (as for what really happened as dream wasn’t real we’ll never know but I’m choosing to ignore that!)

I remember very clearly watching the show at the time (I was 10) and guessing Katherine was behind everything. Does anyone else remember thinking the same?
For a character that had approx 4 episodes of screen time for the entire season it’s amazing what impact Katherine had on the year!

I certainly assumed such. I would have liked to see her return full time. A simple pardon from the governor and she’d been back. I’d also would have liked to see her take Pam and Cliff down and get in a tussle with JR. She’d have made a great partner with Wendell.

 

[TJames03]

It wasn’t exactly rocket science knowing that Katherine was behind it. Since the Dream Season never happened, was Katherine still guilty?

 

[Seaviewer]

Since the Dream Season never happened, was Katherine still guilty?

Guilty of what? She still shot Bobby, she just didn't kill him. She must have parked outside the house for no particular reason and then driven away to obscurity.

 

[TJames03]

No, I meant did Katherine set up Jenna, etc.? I know she shot Bobby, disappeared, then reappeared once when Pam was a mummy, disappeared again, and that was it until her death on TNT Dallas.

 

[tommie]

No, I meant did Katherine set up Jenna, etc.? I know she shot Bobby, disappeared, then reappeared once when Pam was a mummy, disappeared again, and that was it until her death on TNT Dallas.

I think she was, hence Pam's subconscious dreaming about it.

Just because it wasn't technically revealed due to the big retcon it doesn't mean she wasn't behind it.

 

[Chris2]

Katherine’s two faced act wasn’t mined nearly enough - they could have gotten a lot more mileage out of her before they turned her crazy. I know Morgan Brittany left to do Glitter, but it was a bit of a shame that we didn’t see a more gradual transition to full-on crazy. That’s the type of thing that I think Knots Landing handled better.

 

[Grangehill1]

Katherine’s two faced act wasn’t mined nearly enough - they could have gotten a lot more mileage out of her before they turned her crazy. I know Morgan Brittany left to do Glitter, but it was a bit of a shame that we didn’t see a more gradual transition to full-on crazy. That’s the type of thing that I think Knots Landing handled better.

oh but I think we did! Her story and payed out over about 4 years remember. With the benefit of dvds and on demand TV it’s easy to forget how it was back then.
She was plotted perfectly from a little crush on Bobby to full on obsessed.

 

[Chris2]

I guess you’re right - I just wish the ending of her plot didn’t seem so rushed and the move to full on crazy took a little more time.

 

[Grangehill1]

What’s weird is if you do watch the episodes involving Katherine back to back now and not originally planned - once a week, her shift of character in the last two episodes of season 7 (just before Bobby is shot) are jarring.
She suddenly turns on Cliff and all her plans subsequently come out. It’s as if the character has turned to the audience and said ‘it’s the final episodes of the series so we have to tie up the plot’

 

[TJames03]

Even though Pam is my fav character, I totally agreed with Katherine about Cliff and Pam ruining her life. Pam didn’t give a sh-t that Cliff ruined Katherine’s father’s company and didn’t care that Cliff WAS the reason for Rebecca getting killed. Pam just glossed over those details.

 

[Chris2]

It’s as if the character has turned to the audience and said ‘it’s the final episodes of the series so we have to tie up the plot’

Or, “I just got Aaron Spelling‘s Glitter pilot and ABC is sure to pick it up to series, so time to wrap this up!”

 

[Grangehill1]

Again if you watch the episodes back to back and not as originally intended it’s noticeable how much Pam always talks about HER life and HER problems to Katherine and never seems to care if her sister has any issues

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

Again if you watch the episodes back to back and not as originally intended it’s noticeable how much Pam always talks about HER life and HER problems to Katherine and never seems to care if her sister has any issues

But Katherine never had any issues, she was just a manipulative bitch who used her siblings for her own ends.

It's as simple as that.

 

[Top Jimmy]

Again if you watch the episodes back to back and not as originally intended it’s noticeable how much Pam always talks about HER life and HER problems to Katherine and never seems to care if her sister has any issues

It's true that Pam often seemed self-absorbed when talking with Katherine. However, Pam did have a moment of realization about this when she learned Katherine had come back from a vacation to Italy, Rome I think. I'm not sure if she told Pam exactly where she went (Kat went there to find out info about Jenna and Charlie), but I remember Pam apologizing and commenting that she was so wrapped up in her own life, she didn't even bother to consider that Katherine must have been grieving or had her own problems to deal with. I think Katherine explained she needed to get away and had things to work out. Little did Pam know that crazy Kat was not on a pleasure trip, but was conjuring up a devious plot involving Naldo, Bobby and Jenna.