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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ClassyCo" data-source="post: 326560" data-attributes="member: 7">Well, I'm back to watching KNOTS after a long time away. I'm over halfway through Season 12, and I figured I'd revive this old thread and toss in some thoughts I've been having. First things first: I'm not liking where they're taking Val and her going crazy. No wonder Joan Van Ark felt the writers were turning Val into the "village idiot" in these later seasons. Sure, the scene where she stir fries Bobby and Betsy's hermit crabs is interesting, but it was definitely camp at its finest. It almost seems as if the writers are wanting to rehash the "Val goes crazy" story that carried Season 6, but it's not nearly as well-done this time around. While Claudia might seem a little forced into the show, I'm actually really enjoying Kathleen Noone's performance. I knew that Steve wasn't having genuine intentions with Kate, but I honestly didn't see the twist coming that he was Claudia's first-born child she gave up at birth. That brings a nice little side note to Claudia and Kate's story, and it just might give Kate something to do besides play tennis and give Greg flashbacks of Mary-Frances. That brings us to Anne. I really liked Anne during her Season 8 stint, but she's very hit-or-miss for me now. Her whole storyline being tangled up with Dimitri/Nick, whatever his name is, has its ups and downs and can get a little "too much" and long-winded. I'm not sure where it's all headed, nor do a really care too much, but I'll say that I don't care if they decide to write Nick off at some point. KNOTS has really shifted its focus. It's the Paige/Greg show now, and everything seems to circle around Paige somehow. I mean, heck, she even gets involved in Macks story with Jason and Gary's troubles with Val. They force her in there everywhere they can. And then there's Linda, who is dragging poor Michael through the mud. I wish Michael would just wise up and let Linda go, but something tells that some major crisis will have to take place for that to happen. And besides his relationship with Linda, Michael (who is finally in the opening credits) doesn't have anything to do. We'll move along to Karen and Mack. Isn't it just like Mack to get caught up in some good neighbor policy? His will to see Jason, a young man who is abused by his father, safe from harm is admiral, but I'm waiting for the episode where everything's going to be tied up in a nice little bow and Jason will be shipped out of town, never to be heard from again. And then Karen occupied the majority of her time trying to keep Mack afloat with his many endeavors and trying to do her best with helping Gary with Val. I might be in the minority here, but I thought the angle of the writers edging Anne and Gary together was a good twist and something somewhat new. The way Gary was behaving, however, I knew it wasn't going to be something that would actually go through. There's too much going on with Gary and Val right now for Gary to be distracted with Anne. Lastly, we've got Frank and Julie. I actually really like Frank and his developing relationship with Charlotte, Julie's teacher. I'm sure the potential their relationship has will have a quick, abrupt end coming around the corner. I'm enjoying my dive back into KNOTS, but it's quite obvious that the show is running out of steam. Things are getting a little far-fetched, but it still hasn't hit to lows of DALLAS and DYNASTY. </blockquote>

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