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<blockquote data-quote="James from London" data-source="post: 257648" data-attributes="member: 22"><p><u><em>Burden of Proof</em> (THE COLBYS, 27 Feb 86) v <em>The Cabin </em>(DYNASTY, 20 Apr 83)</u></p><p></p><p><em>Burden of Proof</em> pulls out all the stops. Following the revelation at the end of the previous episode that Jeff cannot possibly be a Colby because Phillip was firing blanks (kind of ironic for a gun runner when you think about it), Jason stands up in court and declares that Jeff actually <em>is</em> a Colby because he (Jason) secretly had it off with his sister-in-law all those years ago. From there, all hell breaks lose. Sable, who only seconds ago was smirking triumphantly, is immediately incensed and rushes back home to load the elephant gun. Confrontation follows confrontation, but the stand out character is Miles whose straight-to-video James Dean performance is as exciting as it is unpredictable: car crashes, middle of the night stalking, fraternal violence -- he does it all, while remaining sympathetic throughout. But when everyone and everything else is being so exciting, Frankie’s dithering and Fallon’s timidity are that much more conspicuous. As they are the prizes everyone else is fighting over, it creates a slight vacuum at the centre of the episode -- but that’s really a minor criticism. Part of Frankie’s appeal is that she never really knows what she’s thinking or feeling from one moment to the next.</p><p></p><p>Alexis and Krystle are much more lively in <em>The Cabin</em>. Krystle’s moved into La Mirage where she's started calling herself Krystle Grant and banging on about being her own person. Alexis, meanwhile, does some very funny hair-tossing and canapé nibbling as she recklessly racks up one enemy after another by being completely horrible to everyone she meets. The two women then convene at Steven’s cabin for the Annual General Meeting of the Sisterhood of Beautiful Women where they exchange some very amusing insults before going artfully up in flames.</p><p></p><p>Both episodes end in with an enemies-in-peril cliffhanger: we’re left with a close-up of Miles’s demonic face and the sound of Krystle’s agonised screams as Jeff goes over a cliff and Alexis is knocked unconscious during the fire.</p><p></p><p>And the winner is ... <em>The Cabin</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>BONUS BEATS</em>:</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]RlV-ZFyVH3c[/MEDIA]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="James from London, post: 257648, member: 22"] [U][I]Burden of Proof[/I] (THE COLBYS, 27 Feb 86) v [I]The Cabin [/I](DYNASTY, 20 Apr 83)[/U] [I]Burden of Proof[/I] pulls out all the stops. Following the revelation at the end of the previous episode that Jeff cannot possibly be a Colby because Phillip was firing blanks (kind of ironic for a gun runner when you think about it), Jason stands up in court and declares that Jeff actually [I]is[/I] a Colby because he (Jason) secretly had it off with his sister-in-law all those years ago. From there, all hell breaks lose. Sable, who only seconds ago was smirking triumphantly, is immediately incensed and rushes back home to load the elephant gun. Confrontation follows confrontation, but the stand out character is Miles whose straight-to-video James Dean performance is as exciting as it is unpredictable: car crashes, middle of the night stalking, fraternal violence -- he does it all, while remaining sympathetic throughout. But when everyone and everything else is being so exciting, Frankie’s dithering and Fallon’s timidity are that much more conspicuous. As they are the prizes everyone else is fighting over, it creates a slight vacuum at the centre of the episode -- but that’s really a minor criticism. Part of Frankie’s appeal is that she never really knows what she’s thinking or feeling from one moment to the next. Alexis and Krystle are much more lively in [I]The Cabin[/I]. Krystle’s moved into La Mirage where she's started calling herself Krystle Grant and banging on about being her own person. Alexis, meanwhile, does some very funny hair-tossing and canapé nibbling as she recklessly racks up one enemy after another by being completely horrible to everyone she meets. The two women then convene at Steven’s cabin for the Annual General Meeting of the Sisterhood of Beautiful Women where they exchange some very amusing insults before going artfully up in flames. Both episodes end in with an enemies-in-peril cliffhanger: we’re left with a close-up of Miles’s demonic face and the sound of Krystle’s agonised screams as Jeff goes over a cliff and Alexis is knocked unconscious during the fire. And the winner is ... [I]The Cabin BONUS BEATS[/I]: [MEDIA=youtube]RlV-ZFyVH3c[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]
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