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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 436512" data-attributes="member: 23">Yes. I love the fact that the households were &quot;islanded&quot; which was so refreshing. Even as I watch 1990 episodes, I still find myself measuring the series by that standard. In almost every episode, there&#039;s part of me that&#039;s aware that the more people&#039;s lives all overlap in a traditionally soapy, non-boundaried way, the more artificial it feels and the less I enjoy it. It also feels strongly to me that this has contributed to the drop in the series&#039; quality, even though it&#039;s far from the only reason.There&#039;s a character who arrives in March, six months ahead of the Crosses, who brings a bit of a shift in tone.It&#039;s interesting to think about how things in the longer term might have looked had they stuck with their original personas. I&#039;ll take what we got, of course, because it&#039;s been brilliant, but I was very pleasantly surprised by how much attitude Sheila in particular had towards her family at the beginning.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 436512, member: 23"] Yes. I love the fact that the households were "islanded" which was so refreshing. Even as I watch 1990 episodes, I still find myself measuring the series by that standard. In almost every episode, there's part of me that's aware that the more people's lives all overlap in a traditionally soapy, non-boundaried way, the more artificial it feels and the less I enjoy it. It also feels strongly to me that this has contributed to the drop in the series' quality, even though it's far from the only reason. There's a character who arrives in March, six months ahead of the Crosses, who brings a bit of a shift in tone. It's interesting to think about how things in the longer term might have looked had they stuck with their original personas. I'll take what we got, of course, because it's been brilliant, but I was very pleasantly surprised by how much attitude Sheila in particular had towards her family at the beginning. [/QUOTE]

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