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Who in your opinion shouldn't have been killed off, among the main players?
Who shouldn't have been killed off?
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Only one vote makes the choice really difficult, but I still chose Maggie, purely on an emotional level. My mind says Melissa was the worst death because she offered so much as a character.
By the way, there's also a poll in reverse so to say, asking who should have died instead of leaving: https://www.tellytalk.net/threads/who-should-have-died-instead-of-just-disappearing.15053/
By the way, there's also a poll in reverse so to say, asking who should have died instead of leaving: https://www.tellytalk.net/threads/who-should-have-died-instead-of-just-disappearing.15053/
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I voted for Dwayne. I decided that Maggie was better off dead than whatever horrors they would have subjected her to in the dark, mean-spirited S9. The writers seem to have nothing but contempt for "good" characters.
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I needed more Terry in season 6. Richard needed her too.
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Me too, but apparently Maggie not so much, she mentioned her once and then it was business as usual.
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Oddly enough, and somewhat to my own surprise, I voted for Phillip. All the other characters' deaths seemed, more or less, acceptably-timed (although the way they killed-off Melissa didn't quite work --- I want to find out Samantha was really her).
But Phillip's death felt the most unnecessary, despite the fact he was a semi-secondary character. Plus, his survival would have prevented that slew of Lawyer-of-the-Year barristers who wandered in and out of the Tuscany Valley (but that was apparently what Jane wanted).
I argue that the 1984 eliminations of Ferrer and McCullough threw-off FALCON CREST's karma in some way.
But Phillip's death felt the most unnecessary, despite the fact he was a semi-secondary character. Plus, his survival would have prevented that slew of Lawyer-of-the-Year barristers who wandered in and out of the Tuscany Valley (but that was apparently what Jane wanted).
I argue that the 1984 eliminations of Ferrer and McCullough threw-off FALCON CREST's karma in some way.
Maggie first and foremost but she acted so terrible in season 8, I didn't mind so much. If I was going to say someone else probably Melissa, I think they could have made her leave for a while then come back. Melissa wasn't a deal breaker for me though, she would have been if she was nice all the time.
I think Dwayne needed a better chance. Emma is such a tragic character.
I think Dwayne needed a better chance. Emma is such a tragic character.
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I opted for Melissa. The bonkers version of her was still better than no Melissa, at all. Season 8 (post episode 4) was a more predictable place without her. Sure just use the doppelgänger card, in an attempt to turn the tide. Melissa's last scene as Lance held her hand was an extremely sad end, for such an entertaining character.
Melissa's bows out.
Lance goes to see Melissa, in the Falcon Crest mansion. She phoned him to come and see her. However he is dating Pilar now; (a scene from season 8, 1988 - '89):
.........Melissa gives Lance a photo of them together, when they were going out all those years ago. At first he tells her to keep the photo but then decides to take it.
Melissa: "Well you don't want to keep your date waiting. It's with Pilar isn't it?"
Lance: "Yeah!"
Melissa: "Just between us I think you can do a lot better."
Lance: "Thanks but I'm a big boy now, I can make my own dates."
Melissa: "Yeah you are."
They go to the front door.
Lance is still concerned for her: "Are you sure you're alright?"
Melissa: "I'm fine!"
They kiss.
Lance: "Goodnight!"
Melissa: "Goodbye Lance!"
What Lance doesn't realize is that his first wife is anything but fine. After an emotional phone call to her son Joseph in Australia Melissa sets about burning the mansion to the ground, while still inside. Gasoline is poured into the study, the foyer and on the stairs. She then plants Angela's brooch in the foyer. A match is lit and so the beginning of the end for Melissa commences, while up on the landing.
Melissa's bows out.
Lance goes to see Melissa, in the Falcon Crest mansion. She phoned him to come and see her. However he is dating Pilar now; (a scene from season 8, 1988 - '89):
.........Melissa gives Lance a photo of them together, when they were going out all those years ago. At first he tells her to keep the photo but then decides to take it.
Melissa: "Well you don't want to keep your date waiting. It's with Pilar isn't it?"
Lance: "Yeah!"
Melissa: "Just between us I think you can do a lot better."
Lance: "Thanks but I'm a big boy now, I can make my own dates."
Melissa: "Yeah you are."
They go to the front door.
Lance is still concerned for her: "Are you sure you're alright?"
Melissa: "I'm fine!"
They kiss.
Lance: "Goodnight!"
Melissa: "Goodbye Lance!"
What Lance doesn't realize is that his first wife is anything but fine. After an emotional phone call to her son Joseph in Australia Melissa sets about burning the mansion to the ground, while still inside. Gasoline is poured into the study, the foyer and on the stairs. She then plants Angela's brooch in the foyer. A match is lit and so the beginning of the end for Melissa commences, while up on the landing.
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Maggie. Her demise was so cruel and horrific, for such a popular character. They should have sent her on a vacation to see Cole, in Australia. They just would not do that.