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<blockquote data-quote="JROG" data-source="post: 420479" data-attributes="member: 43">And just like that... Season 7 is done with. Phew.Overall, I think it was a destructive season for the show, in a far greater extent than Season 6 was.&nbsp; While I appreciated Chase&#039;s codicils, Richard and Maggie, and Carly (mostly thanks to Hargitay), the rest was a collection of random plot points that managed to be outrageous and boring at the same time. When the final episode of the season started with Eric being brainwashed by Rosemont, I very seriously considered hitting Home on my remote and never watching again.While earlier FALCON CREST could be outrageous, it somehow managed to ground it and make it worth it (like Julia&#039;s long kidnapping by the Nazi while he watched her through a mirror). I never took FC too seriously because it never took itself seriously either -- anything could be undone and rewritten as needed. But to a point. And the last couple of seasons have decimated that to the point where nothing matters anymore.Melissa is the MVP of the season -- Ana Alicia has given the performance of a lifetime, making every single utterly insane thing Melissa says or does work. Somehow. Magically.&nbsp; A bit too much giggling perhaps, but I&#039;ll forgive her. How else would you survive all this craziness, as an actor, if not laugh? And I&#039;ve always adored Sullivan and Selby.I just don&#039;t have much to say. Except perhaps the really quick storylines and incredible turnover of characters was a blessing in disguise: It was so frenetic, at least it helped me tolerate the terrible plots slightly. Once we settled into a much slower pace, it&#039;s just a slog.... People have always trash talked Season 5 but it was Shakespeare compared to what followed. Honestly, Apollonia was the worst thing... and I&#039;d take it over what we got in Season 7.&nbsp; At least the cliffhanger was fun!Please tell me I can expect something better in Season 8? It&#039;s the only season from which I&#039;ve never seen anything.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JROG, post: 420479, member: 43"] And just like that... Season 7 is done with. Phew. Overall, I think it was a destructive season for the show, in a far greater extent than Season 6 was. While I appreciated Chase's codicils, Richard and Maggie, and Carly (mostly thanks to Hargitay), the rest was a collection of random plot points that managed to be outrageous [I]and[/I] boring at the same time. When the final episode of the season started with Eric being brainwashed by Rosemont, I very seriously considered hitting [I]Home[/I] on my remote and never watching again. While earlier FALCON CREST could be outrageous, it somehow managed to ground it and make it worth it (like Julia's long kidnapping by the Nazi while he watched her through a mirror). I never took FC [I]too[/I] seriously because it never took itself seriously either -- anything could be undone and rewritten as needed. But to a point. And the last couple of seasons have decimated that to the point where nothing matters anymore. Melissa is the MVP of the season -- Ana Alicia has given the performance of a lifetime, making every single utterly insane thing Melissa says or does work. Somehow. Magically. A bit too much giggling perhaps, but I'll forgive her. How else would you survive all this craziness, as an actor, if not laugh? And I've always adored Sullivan and Selby. I just don't have much to say. Except perhaps the really quick storylines and incredible turnover of characters was a blessing in disguise: It was so frenetic, at least it helped me tolerate the terrible plots [I]slightly[/I]. Once we settled into a much slower pace, it's just a slog.... People have always trash talked Season 5 but it was Shakespeare compared to what followed. Honestly, Apollonia was the worst thing... and I'd take it over what we got in Season 7. At least the cliffhanger was fun! Please tell me I can expect something better in Season 8? It's the only season from which I've never seen anything. [/QUOTE]

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