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What season, do you think had the steepest decline, in quality? Seasons 1 to 3, the first third of season 4 and the first half of season 6 are excluded, from the poll?
When did FC slip, in quality?
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When it comes to questions like this, I always base my decision on when I emotionally disengaged from a show; for Falcon Crest, that was season 6. During that season, I stopped watching out of enthusiasm and started watching purely out of habit. Since I wasn't as emotionally invested as I used to be, the decline in subsequent seasons didn't shock me nearly as much as the drop-off in season 6 did.
For anyone interested, there is a similar poll on this topic with a pretty clear frontrunner: https://www.tellytalk.net/threads/biggest-drop-in-quality.14987/
When you look at old polls, you really notice just how many more users there used to be here. There are those people—then as now—who never vote in polls, but fortunately, there are still a few who do participate.
For anyone interested, there is a similar poll on this topic with a pretty clear frontrunner: https://www.tellytalk.net/threads/biggest-drop-in-quality.14987/
When you look at old polls, you really notice just how many more users there used to be here. There are those people—then as now—who never vote in polls, but fortunately, there are still a few who do participate.
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After Robert McCullough was fired at the end of Season 3 (either because of his onset manipulations or because Lorimar didn't want to pay both McCullough and Earl Hamner) the show was never the same. I found the first two-thirds of Season 4 to be watchable enough until CBS demanded the year's main storyline (the nazi treasure plot) be ceased immediately, 10 episodes before the end of the season.
To me, that was when FC derailed.
Season 5 was drab and cluttered. Freilich's Season 6 re-energized the show despite some goofy "comedy" thrown in, while his Season 7 became too obnoxiously frenetic. FC tried to go straight again for Season 8, but its mojo had already been stolen. And Season 9 was like a different program.
To me, that was when FC derailed.
Season 5 was drab and cluttered. Freilich's Season 6 re-energized the show despite some goofy "comedy" thrown in, while his Season 7 became too obnoxiously frenetic. FC tried to go straight again for Season 8, but its mojo had already been stolen. And Season 9 was like a different program.
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I thought the first 6 seasons of Falcon Crest were consistently of a high quality and the decline began to set in at season 7 which seemed to think celebrity guest stars was more important that interesting storylines. Season 8 was better and season 9, as Snarky correctly says, was a completely different show.
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Probably season 7. Although it was fun and the acting was good there was too much winking into the camera, as if the show wasn't taking things seriously anymore. Anything could have happened in this season and of course a lot was packed into 28 episodes. Some stuff should have been given more time but the pacing was supersonic.
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Based on the question in the OP, I'd say the "steepest decline" was at the start of Season 7. There were dips before that, sure, but I'd make the argument that the change from Season 6 (which I actually really enjoyed) into Season 7 was where FALCON CREST had its fastest dip in quality. The show just became too busy, too fast, and there were too many characters flowing in and out of the story.