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<blockquote data-quote="ClassyCo" data-source="post: 416694" data-attributes="member: 7">Right. There is some foreshadowing to Maggie&#039;s eventual problem with the bottle, but it is so brief and subtle. That makes the eventual full-blown alcoholic acceptance seem so random and unwarranted. It&#039;s almost like they just wanted to give Susan Sullivan something &quot;meatier&quot; to do. Linda Gray apparently loved her drunk scenes as Sue Ellen, so who knows. It might&#039;ve fun to play, but it reads as something inevitable to happen to a character like Maggie. Season 7 had so many guest stars. Some of them, I honestly couldn&#039;t tell you how they worked them into the story. The inclusion of Lauren Hutton and even Eddie Albert seemed to come out of nowhere, and Eve Arden is there for just an episode. &nbsp;Evidently, the producers implemented a &quot;rotating guest star policy&quot; at one point. It just reads like what is, though -- stunt casting. As much as I like seeing Old Hollywood stars show up on shows, it&#039;s practically distracting the way FALCON CREST did it for its seventh season. It&#039;s like they had so many guest stars to scratch off their list that they hadn&#039;t any choice but to have them on for three or four episodes before shipping them off and moving on to another one. Season 8, for better or for worse, seems to at least be trying to center in on a specific point. The only problem is I don&#039;t think I&#039;m going to like what they&#039;re going to chose to center on (I&#039;m still only three episodes into Season 8 so far). The most unforgivable thing so far (as I&#039;ve early said) is the removal of Ana-Alicia from the show. That alone already sours the quality of Season 8.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ClassyCo, post: 416694, member: 7"] Right. There is some foreshadowing to Maggie's eventual problem with the bottle, but it is so brief and subtle. That makes the eventual full-blown alcoholic acceptance seem so random and unwarranted. It's almost like they just wanted to give Susan Sullivan something "meatier" to do. Linda Gray apparently loved her drunk scenes as Sue Ellen, so who knows. It might've fun to play, but it reads as something inevitable to happen to a character like Maggie. Season 7 had so many guest stars. Some of them, I honestly couldn't tell you how they worked them into the story. The inclusion of Lauren Hutton and even Eddie Albert seemed to come out of nowhere, and Eve Arden is there for just an episode. Evidently, the producers implemented a "rotating guest star policy" at one point. It just reads like what is, though -- stunt casting. As much as I like seeing Old Hollywood stars show up on shows, it's practically distracting the way FALCON CREST did it for its seventh season. It's like they had so many guest stars to scratch off their list that they hadn't any choice but to have them on for three or four episodes before shipping them off and moving on to another one. Season 8, for better or for worse, seems to at least be trying to center in on a specific point. The only problem is I don't think I'm going to like what they're going to chose to center on (I'm still only three episodes into Season 8 so far). The most unforgivable thing so far (as I've early said) is the removal of Ana-Alicia from the show. That alone already sours the quality of Season 8. [/QUOTE]

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