5. Alexis Can't offer Krystle a ride.
I never thought I'd use the Reunion in one of these lists, but despite how insultingly bad it was, there was a faint glimmer of...something. Krystle, fresh from her years long comatose state, has arrived back at the mansion only to find none of her family there and everything up for auction. She leaves in a befuddled state only to bump into her old nemesis, Alexis. After Mrs. Colby fills her in on all the Carringtons troubles and woes, she gets in her limo to leave. However, the Grand English Lady can't help but smile through the window and purr, "I'd offer you a ride, but there isn't any room." Only Alexis could make a petty act of spitefulness seem to be completely out of her control, leaving Krystle to gaze at her like a doe in the forest. The scene hearkened back to season 2 when Dynasty was fun. Dynasty: The Reunion
4.Mack can't drive a car with a phone. If I recall correctly the producers of her show, Open Mic, wanted her to have a car with a phone. This is, of course, the 80's, and Mack says, "I'm the kind of guy who makes fun of guys who have phones in their cars!" Much as I love Knots Landing and Mack, sometimes he seemed to be trying a tad too hard to be a "regular guy." That's okay, he's awesome no matter what, and it's the "we're regular folks" sensibility of the show that made it unique among the super soaps. Knots Landing
3. Sue Ellen gets clipped by a car. The previews from the week before made it seem as if Sue Elken gets hit by the car. However, she's fine, except, unbeknownst to her, she was pregnant and the accident caused a miscarriage. Of course, plotwise, this all served to further the JR- Sue Ellen- Peter Richards story, since the paternity was never determined. However, there's a line that stands out. She tells Peter she would have aborted the baby because she never wants to have another one. (In another episode she tells JR he'd never get another child from her.) Sue Ellen's resignation to never have another child seems to come from a sad place. She's in a love less marriage, caught up in another dysfunctional extramarital relationship, and it was at the beginning of this very season she confessed to Pam that she's staying with JR despite the Holly Harwood nightmare because if she's not Mrs.Ewing she doesn't add up to much in life. Sue Ellen could be bitchy, charming, exciting, and self-involved, but this incident conveys an inner core of unhappiness of which she doesn't want another child to be a part. Dallas
4. Bobby and Pam driving to Southfork for the very first time. This drive ushered in not just Dallas, but all the other prime time soaps hot on its trail. The scene was like a little bridge between the more down to earth, innocent(relatively) 70's to the splashy, the bigger the better, more materialistic 80's. It also gave us the best, imho, super couple. Patrick Duffy and Victoria Principal had chemistry to burn, and their love was as important to the show as JR. There are two other supercouples who came very close: Gary and Valene; JR and Sue Ellen(as twisted as it was), but Bobby and Pam were the first and they had something special. Dallas
1. Blake gives Krystle a set of car KEYS. Krystle is pregnant in the beginning of season 2(we all know how that went) sp Blake gives her a car. I think it was a Delorean, but I could be wrong. Anyway, it's the back story of the scene that's important. Apparently, when Blake is handing the keys to Krystle, a producer, writer, showrunner, somebody realized they weren't the kind of keys for that kind of car. I remember reading this story several times back in the day that this person made a big deal about how the keys had to be exactly the kind for a fancy car only the super rich would have. Even as a lad, I was thinking, who's going to notice or care about the keys? Yet, this person was crowing about his attention to detail. This gets my number one spot because it's symbolic of what Dynasty devolved into. Surface over substance. If only someone got that hyped up over the myriad plot holes and bad dialogue that was to come. I don't care if Blake handed Krystle a cork with a nail in it. I'm more disturbed by Fallon #2, Steven #2, Amanda #2, and Krystle #negative 2.
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