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<blockquote data-quote="Willie Oleson" data-source="post: 264304" data-attributes="member: 8">True, and I have mixed feelings about it. Caress&#039; jailbird history could justify her eagerness to pluck as many dollars from the Dynasty tree as possible, but without having the patience to come up with a masterplan. At least that kind of patheticness doesn&#039;t make her an Alexis clone, and as we&#039;ve learned from Dominique, Dynasty wouldn&#039;t allow it anyway.When Alexis crushed Caress&#039; pièce de résistance - Sister Dearest - so effortlessly, it kind of sealed the fate of this new Dynasty character.Trying to extort the measly 100K from Emily is not a very memorable storyline (although I like the scene itself) and when she was gone nothing had changed.But permanent damage has never been de rigueur in SoapLand, I think. Couples reunite, characters return from the death and everybody returns to the mansion.It&#039;s usually circumstances beyond their control that forces them to choose a different path, and even then they won&#039;t hesitate to find a loophole to avoid or postpone that drastic change.It&#039;s a pity that Dynasty wasn&#039;t a bit more adventurous in its narrative. Well, assuming&nbsp; that the Men With The Money would allow the writers to tamper with the money-making concept of their show.Falcon Crest was more reckless in that regard but it didn&#039;t leave the show unscathed, so that also wasn&#039;t the perfect solution.Sounds like a complaint, but actually I respect the soaps that churned out these mega-seasons year after year, and for making the merry-gp-rounds intriguing and addictive enough to entertain their audiences indefinitely.Anyway, I don&#039;t see why Caress couldn&#039;t have caused a very serious albeit temporary dip for Alexis, or Blake, or Zach. Or all of them, like the end of season 1.Heck, it even would have been fun if she had inadvertently caused the return of crazy Matthew. Connecting the dots, rather than presenting events in a random fashion.Take note, all you Ashley haters.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Willie Oleson, post: 264304, member: 8"] True, and I have mixed feelings about it. Caress' jailbird history could justify her eagerness to pluck as many dollars from the Dynasty tree as possible, but without having the patience to come up with a masterplan. At least that kind of patheticness doesn't make her an Alexis clone, and as we've learned from Dominique, Dynasty wouldn't allow it anyway. When Alexis crushed Caress' pièce de résistance - Sister Dearest - so effortlessly, it kind of sealed the fate of this new Dynasty character. Trying to extort the measly 100K from Emily is not a very memorable storyline (although I like the scene itself) and when she was gone nothing had changed. But permanent damage has never been de rigueur in SoapLand, I think. Couples reunite, characters return from the death and everybody returns to the mansion. It's usually circumstances beyond their control that forces them to choose a different path, and even then they won't hesitate to find a loophole to avoid or postpone that drastic change. It's a pity that Dynasty wasn't a bit more adventurous in its narrative. Well, [I]assuming[/I] that the Men With The Money would allow the writers to tamper with the money-making concept of their show. Falcon Crest was more reckless in that regard but it didn't leave the show unscathed, so that also wasn't the perfect solution. Sounds like a complaint, but actually I respect the soaps that churned out these mega-seasons year after year, and for making the merry-gp-rounds intriguing and addictive enough to entertain their audiences indefinitely. Anyway, I don't see why Caress couldn't have caused a very serious albeit temporary dip for Alexis, or Blake, or Zach. Or all of them, like the end of season 1. Heck, it even would have been fun if she had inadvertently caused the return of crazy Matthew. Connecting the dots, rather than presenting events in a random fashion. Take note, all you Ashley haters. [/QUOTE]

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