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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JROG" data-source="post: 2981" data-attributes="member: 43">EPISODE 1: THE CELEBRATIONTHE COLBYS premiered on JROGTV and brought with it much soapy excitement ("God, it's SO much better than DYNASTY, already!"). With the advantage of having set up most of its storylines over several episodes on DYNASTY, the show is afforded the rare opportunity to jump right into the juicy stuff, not something soap operas often can do (unless they eschew setting things up properly). Granted, I presume anyone not having watched DYNASTY prior to this could be a little confused, but who cares about them? (DYNASTY sure didn’t).Almost to outdo its parent show, THE COLBYS starts off with helicopters and proceeds to that fabulous mansion, the great cliff-side club, the offices are beautiful, just opulence-opulence-opulence.But the cast and characters are working, too. By the end of the hour, I already have a certain soft spot for them, which certainly is very promising for the future of the series.Stephanie Beacham was a bit of a puzzle. I thought she did some marvelous work as Sable on the other show, but here there was something a little off about her performance. It was very intense and bordered on OTT on several occasions. However, who can resist the fun of her passive aggressively talking with Connie about the inheritance she gave Jeff?Speaking of Connie, what lovely fun that she has a secret lover. I can’t imagine a 200 year old woman ever getting a story like that on network TV these days.Even Bliss (who I thought I would HATE) turned out to be fun. Granted, Jason delivered a nice little burn when he mentioned all of Bliss’s previous boyfriends, but I’m hoping they’ll put her to good use.Jeff fits right in. There’s something re-energized about him. While he received some terrible stories on the other show for the recent years, his presence here is welcome (if not his hairdo).Ricardo Montalban – interesting but let’s see where this goes.Fallon and Miles’s trip back is perhaps the weakest, or least interesting, part of the premiere, but hey – he spends considerable time being half-naked and I think that’s all that matters. It’s a genuine little surprise when Miles and Fallon barge into the Colby living room and announce they’re married. It was all building up to that pretty nicely but the ending is ruined by some really awkward, incredibly prolonged stares from all involved and Jeff looking like he suddenly isn’t sure if that’s Fallon. Bitch, you thought it was Fallon all the way from the window, suddenly you’re unsure?Other than the UFO, I know nothing of the show’s plotlines, except that Stanwyck leaves but not when or how. So, let The Colbys commence!DDD</blockquote>

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