Great episode, loved all the backstabbing and outfoxing stuff.
I can understand why they went for the Fallon look-alike, it's a classic soap trope and they wanted the reveal to be spectacular and OTT. Sometimes it's the good stuff and sometimes the bad, but this is what NuDynasty does.
Amy Sutherland would have been a very acceptable NS replacement (although I haven't seen her act in anything) but it wouldn't be spectacular, just
nice.
In a perfect world it would have been Pamela Sue Martin, but (and I hate to say it) she wouldn't fit in with the younger female cast. Alexis shouldn't look like she could be Cristal's mother.
I have no idea where this is going and that's a good thing. Also, there won't be "two Fallons" since LG is going to play her as "Alexis". And like another forum member said, there's something pleasantly creepy about her transformation.
Liz Gillies' guest star credit is a super funny detail, it reminds me of
Let The Blood Run Free.
Roll on next Saturday!
Btw, shades of Falcon Crest: Anders & Sammy Jo playing Chao-Li & Lance.
"Not a waft of wind will get by that gate without me knowing about it"