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<blockquote data-quote="James from London" data-source="post: 243551" data-attributes="member: 22"><p><u><em>Amanda</em> (DYNASTY, 14 Nov 84) v<em> And Baby Makes Four</em> (THE COLBYS, 27 Nov 86) </u></p><p></p><p>There are loads of juicy “Scenes from a DYNASTY-verse Marriage” in these two episodes where couples argue in the privacy of their bedrooms, usually about a secret one spouse has been keeping from the other. On DYNASTY, Claudia/Krystle/Dominique is upset that Steven/Blake/Brady didn’t tell her that he saw Alexis kill Mark Jennings/is continuing to deal with sleazy Hal Lombard/is having serious financial problems. On THE COLBYS, Miles and Channing fight about Fallon, while down the hall Fallon and Jeff fight about Miles, and Cash and Adrienne Cassidy check into a hotel and immediately start fighting about their amazingly convoluted back story which includes the fact that Cash’s ex-mistress is the mother of their son but doesn’t realise it.</p><p></p><p>"I'm afraid we're in for a very stormy time ahead," warns Blake ominously when Krystle refuses to blindly support him no matter who he chooses to do business with — a principled stance that foreshadows New Cristal’s during the second half of New DYNASTY’s first season, and we all know how <em>that</em> turned out (well, those of us that made it that far, anyway).</p><p></p><p>“What happened to that cute little group with the purple and green hair that you were managing?” Dominique asks Brady. It’s tempting to view the Devereaux-Lloyds as the stepping stone between Tilly and Sam, the caterers of the original Ewing barbecue and the only previous example of two black people actually talking to each other in an ‘80s soap, and Cookie and Lucious, the feuding music and money-making couple at the heart of EMPIRE.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]23494[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]23495[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]23496[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><em>Amanda</em> kicks off with Alexis panicking in prison, having just been convicted of murder, and ends with her dressed like a Russian ice-skater while a young Lady Di-lookalike calls her Mother. Two years later in <em>And Baby Makes Four</em>, Miles and Jeff both insist that they are the father of Fallon’s unborn kid. (Miles seeks legal advice from Sable’s attorney Arthur Cates who is played by Peter White, the only surviving actor from both the original stage and film versions of <em>The Boys in the Band</em>, which was written by the great Mart Crowley … who is credited with the teleplay of this episode of THE COLBYS.)</p><p></p><p>Claudia glides through <em>Amanda</em> earnestly advising a horny Steven and a drunken Jeff that they need to deal with their feelings, but all they wanna do is get shit-faced and have it off with her. Claudia rejecting her gay husband’s sexual advances is interestingly complicated, while Miles rejecting Channing’s (even after she promises to “do all the work”) seems downright hurtful. Conversely, Bliss is well pleased when Kolya shimmies up her drainpipe, so to speak, but less happy when they are caught by her father’s security team. “Breaking in, sneaking into my daughter’s bed? Not in <em>my</em> house!” Moses decrees.</p><p></p><p>And the winner is ...<em> Amanda</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>BONUS BEATS:</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>[MEDIA=youtube]R_WjVFhAgCo[/MEDIA]</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="James from London, post: 243551, member: 22"] [U][I]Amanda[/I] (DYNASTY, 14 Nov 84) v[I] And Baby Makes Four[/I] (THE COLBYS, 27 Nov 86) [/U] There are loads of juicy “Scenes from a DYNASTY-verse Marriage” in these two episodes where couples argue in the privacy of their bedrooms, usually about a secret one spouse has been keeping from the other. On DYNASTY, Claudia/Krystle/Dominique is upset that Steven/Blake/Brady didn’t tell her that he saw Alexis kill Mark Jennings/is continuing to deal with sleazy Hal Lombard/is having serious financial problems. On THE COLBYS, Miles and Channing fight about Fallon, while down the hall Fallon and Jeff fight about Miles, and Cash and Adrienne Cassidy check into a hotel and immediately start fighting about their amazingly convoluted back story which includes the fact that Cash’s ex-mistress is the mother of their son but doesn’t realise it. "I'm afraid we're in for a very stormy time ahead," warns Blake ominously when Krystle refuses to blindly support him no matter who he chooses to do business with — a principled stance that foreshadows New Cristal’s during the second half of New DYNASTY’s first season, and we all know how [I]that[/I] turned out (well, those of us that made it that far, anyway). “What happened to that cute little group with the purple and green hair that you were managing?” Dominique asks Brady. It’s tempting to view the Devereaux-Lloyds as the stepping stone between Tilly and Sam, the caterers of the original Ewing barbecue and the only previous example of two black people actually talking to each other in an ‘80s soap, and Cookie and Lucious, the feuding music and money-making couple at the heart of EMPIRE. [ATTACH type="full" alt="dallas-scene-of-the-day-barbecue.jpg"]23494[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Dynasty89B.jpg"]23495[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Lucious_%26_Cookie_-_EMPIRE_1x10.jpg"]23496[/ATTACH] [I]Amanda[/I] kicks off with Alexis panicking in prison, having just been convicted of murder, and ends with her dressed like a Russian ice-skater while a young Lady Di-lookalike calls her Mother. Two years later in [I]And Baby Makes Four[/I], Miles and Jeff both insist that they are the father of Fallon’s unborn kid. (Miles seeks legal advice from Sable’s attorney Arthur Cates who is played by Peter White, the only surviving actor from both the original stage and film versions of [I]The Boys in the Band[/I], which was written by the great Mart Crowley … who is credited with the teleplay of this episode of THE COLBYS.) Claudia glides through [I]Amanda[/I] earnestly advising a horny Steven and a drunken Jeff that they need to deal with their feelings, but all they wanna do is get shit-faced and have it off with her. Claudia rejecting her gay husband’s sexual advances is interestingly complicated, while Miles rejecting Channing’s (even after she promises to “do all the work”) seems downright hurtful. Conversely, Bliss is well pleased when Kolya shimmies up her drainpipe, so to speak, but less happy when they are caught by her father’s security team. “Breaking in, sneaking into my daughter’s bed? Not in [I]my[/I] house!” Moses decrees. And the winner is ...[I] Amanda BONUS BEATS: [MEDIA=youtube]R_WjVFhAgCo[/MEDIA][/I] [/QUOTE]
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