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<blockquote data-quote="TJP" data-source="post: 417205" data-attributes="member: 5151">From where did you get the impression that Charley forged Angela&#039;s will?I think it was rather implied that he probably secretly looked into it, but not that he actually forged it, particularly since Angela confirmed to Lance in the final episode that &quot;it was a mistake&quot; to leave Falcon Crest to Emma (which implies she actually wrote it that way).That was never really the question because very early in season 9 everyone felt that it was going downhill and CBS would not renew the show.&nbsp; I never heard any rumors that Lorenzo said he&#039;d leave; neither did Lorenzo ever mention anything like that to me.David, however, stated very early in season 9 that, even if the show continued, it would be time for him to move on.&nbsp; He was extremely annoyed with the direction the show took that season and the unwillingness (and probably also inability) of the writers to be consistent with the characters&#039;&nbsp; backstories.&nbsp; Although David is a really good soul, he was so furious that he even refused to play certain trashy scenes, forcing the writers to change them.The change of direction after Danny&#039;s &quot;accident&quot; was necessitated by the untimely leaving of Carla Gugino.&nbsp; We&#039;ve never heard from Ms. Gugino herself why she wanted out, but her abrupt exit was something the writers had not foreseen since they actually planned for her in the seasonal bible to remain in the cast until the season&#039;s finale&nbsp; —&nbsp; and beyond.&nbsp; The season 9 writers imagined she would become the next Angela in season 10 if CBS renewed the show.Almost all of the core cast members I spoke to said they knew it was going to be the last season from pretty early on.Although we have lots of inter-office communication between Lorimar and CBS in our archives, we don&#039;t have any paperwork that gives away the exact date when CBS pulled the plug.&nbsp; The script for the final episode was finalized Feb 13, 1990, and shooting # 227 &lt;9.22&gt; took place between Feb 15 and 26, 1990, so the writers must have definitely known by then.&nbsp; My guess is they already knew before the Christmas hiatus, but I cannot verify this theory at this time.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TJP, post: 417205, member: 5151"] From where did you get the impression that Charley [I]forged [/I]Angela's will? I think it was rather implied that he probably secretly looked into it, but not that he actually forged it, particularly since Angela confirmed to Lance in the final episode that "it was a mistake" to leave Falcon Crest to Emma (which implies she actually wrote it that way). That was never really the question because very early in season 9 everyone [I]felt [/I]that it was going downhill and CBS would not renew the show. I never heard any rumors that Lorenzo said he'd leave; neither did Lorenzo ever mention anything like that to me. David, however, stated very early in season 9 that, even if the show continued, it would be time for him to move on. He was extremely annoyed with the direction the show took that season and the unwillingness (and probably also inability) of the writers to be consistent with the characters' backstories. Although David is a really good soul, he was so furious that he even refused to play certain trashy scenes, forcing the writers to change them. The change of direction after Danny's "accident" was necessitated by the untimely leaving of Carla Gugino. We've never heard from Ms. Gugino herself why she wanted out, but her abrupt exit was something the writers had not foreseen since they actually planned for her in the seasonal bible to remain in the cast until the season's finale — and beyond. The season 9 writers imagined she would become the next Angela in season 10 if CBS renewed the show. Almost all of the core cast members I spoke to said they knew it was going to be the last season from pretty early on. Although we have lots of inter-office communication between Lorimar and CBS in our archives, we don't have any paperwork that gives away the exact date when CBS pulled the plug. The script for the final episode was finalized Feb 13, 1990, and shooting # 227 <9.22> took place between Feb 15 and 26, 1990, so the writers must have definitely known by then. My guess is they already knew before the Christmas hiatus, but I cannot verify this theory at this time. [/QUOTE]

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