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<blockquote data-quote="Willie Oleson" data-source="post: 432632" data-attributes="member: 8">&quot;Rita&quot; borders on science fiction (I&#039;ve explained it away as a pre-Twin Peaks in a seperate thread) and I will admit that this is a cardinal sin in soap narrative.It doesn&#039;t have to be believable but it needs to be possible even if the chance is almost zero.It kinda makes sense that a storyline like this would end abruptly because you don&#039;t want to rub the audience&#039;s nose in it, which is exactly what they did with the Moldavia aftermath transported to Denver.Therefore, rather than trying to impact the lives of the Carringtons with the memory of Rita but in a Rita-free universe I would have twisted it in a new plot for Sammy Jo.The most obvious solution is that Sammy Jo would have orchestrated the rescue without getting involved, and once the evil scammers were gone, her awful family-in-law would be none the wiser. Except for Adam, who blackmails her into a marriage that works out surprisingly well and they could even tease us with a new custody battle (Adam&#039;s idea, for no other reason than to torture Steven).Enter Montana high school sweetheart Dana and suddenly Adam is no longer interested in Sammy Jo, let alone Danny.Furiously she vows revenge and teams up with Neal McVane for the Undoing Adam storyline, no matter how inconsequential that turns out to be.It&#039;s just an example of continuing the story without the embarrassing reminder.Having said that, the Hitchcockian attempt that resulted in &quot;Rita&quot; was&nbsp; very soapy, and they got some cracking scenes out of it. And with one actress replacing herself&nbsp; it almost looks like a subconscious, anarchistic statement against Dynasty&#039;s troubled re-cast issues.And this was Sammy Jo&#039;s moment of super-villainy, there was no need for Alexis to steal Sammy Jo&#039;s thunder (and the good stuff that did&nbsp;&nbsp; happen in these episodes would no longer make sense).Of course Alexis should find out that Sammy Jo was involved with Neal McVane&#039;s scheme - Neal informs her, gloatingly - except that she can&#039;t prove it. The Carringtons will simply refuse to believe Alexis&#039; characteristic attack and Dex will be appalled by it. He protectively puts his arm around Sammy Jo&#039;s shoulders and says to Alexis &quot;you wretched, vicious old woman. How dare you to accuse this poor, innocent young lady&quot;. And then the accident as it happened at the end of season 7.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Willie Oleson, post: 432632, member: 8"] "Rita" borders on science fiction (I've explained it away as a pre-Twin Peaks in a seperate thread) and I will admit that this is a cardinal sin in soap narrative. It doesn't have to be believable but it needs to be possible even if the chance is almost zero. It kinda makes sense that a storyline like this would end abruptly because you don't want to rub the audience's nose in it, which is exactly what they did with the Moldavia aftermath transported to Denver. Therefore, rather than trying to impact the lives of the Carringtons [I]with[/I] the memory of Rita but [I]in[/I] a Rita-free universe I would have twisted it in a new plot for Sammy Jo. The most obvious solution is that Sammy Jo would have orchestrated the rescue without getting involved, and once the evil scammers were gone, her awful family-in-law would be none the wiser. Except for Adam, who blackmails her into a marriage that works out surprisingly well and they could even tease us with a new custody battle (Adam's idea, for no other reason than to torture Steven). Enter Montana high school sweetheart Dana and suddenly Adam is no longer interested in Sammy Jo, let alone Danny. Furiously she vows revenge and teams up with Neal McVane for the Undoing Adam storyline, no matter how inconsequential that turns out to be. It's just an example of continuing the story without the embarrassing reminder. Having said that, the Hitchcockian attempt that resulted in "Rita" [I]was[/I] very soapy, and they got some cracking scenes out of it. And with one actress replacing [I]herself [/I]it almost looks like a subconscious, anarchistic statement against Dynasty's troubled re-cast issues. And this was Sammy Jo's moment of super-villainy, there was no need for Alexis to steal Sammy Jo's thunder (and the good stuff that [I]did[/I] happen in these episodes would no longer make sense). Of course Alexis [I]should [/I] find out that Sammy Jo was involved with Neal McVane's scheme - Neal informs her, gloatingly - except that she can't prove it. The Carringtons will simply refuse to believe Alexis' characteristic attack and Dex will be appalled by it. He protectively puts his arm around Sammy Jo's shoulders and says to Alexis "you wretched, vicious old woman. How dare you to accuse this poor, innocent young lady". And then the accident as it happened at the end of season 7. [/QUOTE]

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