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<blockquote data-quote="Angela Channing" data-source="post: 331088" data-attributes="member: 33"><p><strong>Match 1</strong></p><p>The Falcon Crest season 2 cliffhanger is in the premier league of soap opera end of season finales, in fact I think it's one of the best ever. The who killed Carlo Agretti mystery ran for a large part of season 2 and things came to a head in the final scene. One of the things that made this cliffhanger so thrilling was that there were several points at which the episode could have ended. I originally thought it would end when Mr Fong said "He would be killed by you" and pointed to the killer and the scene cuts to individual close ups of all the main cast and that would have been an exciting point at which to end. However, the action moved on and it was revealed that he was pointing at Julia which was a genuine jaw dropping moment because she was a main cast member so it was a totally unexpected outcome. This also would have been a great point to end the season but the action continued and Julia produces a gun and a struggle ensues over it causing the gun goes off. Unlike what normally happens in soap operas when someone is shot, there is an anti-climatic conclusion in which they make a full recovery, here we see a coffin lowered into the ground so we know someone was killed. The action played out brilliantly.</p><p></p><p>I really liked the Knots Landing ending especially the scenes in the lead up to the cliffhanger when Abby in full hair and make up and wearing designer clothes, drags and lifts Peter's body and buries it in the playground. It's quite a long process so you get a real feel of the effort and difficulty she had to put in to complete the task. Everything is potentially undone in the final scene when a crack is noticed in the concrete that has been laid over the site where she buried the body. It was a clever twist however it can't match the brilliance of the one in Falcon Crest so my winner is:</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 22px">Falcon Crest Season 2</span></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Match 2</strong></p><p>The Dallas cliffhanger was really a double one: who was the body in the pool and was JR the cause of her death. I always felt it was Kristen because why else would they bring her back for the final episodes of the season so it didn't have the impact it otherwise would. </p><p></p><p>The Knots Landing cliffhanger, Paige's rain soaked dilemma, didn't really leave a strong sense of excitement so I don't rate it highly. My winner is:</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 22px">Dallas Season 4</span></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Angela Channing, post: 331088, member: 33"] [B]Match 1[/B] The Falcon Crest season 2 cliffhanger is in the premier league of soap opera end of season finales, in fact I think it's one of the best ever. The who killed Carlo Agretti mystery ran for a large part of season 2 and things came to a head in the final scene. One of the things that made this cliffhanger so thrilling was that there were several points at which the episode could have ended. I originally thought it would end when Mr Fong said "He would be killed by you" and pointed to the killer and the scene cuts to individual close ups of all the main cast and that would have been an exciting point at which to end. However, the action moved on and it was revealed that he was pointing at Julia which was a genuine jaw dropping moment because she was a main cast member so it was a totally unexpected outcome. This also would have been a great point to end the season but the action continued and Julia produces a gun and a struggle ensues over it causing the gun goes off. Unlike what normally happens in soap operas when someone is shot, there is an anti-climatic conclusion in which they make a full recovery, here we see a coffin lowered into the ground so we know someone was killed. The action played out brilliantly. I really liked the Knots Landing ending especially the scenes in the lead up to the cliffhanger when Abby in full hair and make up and wearing designer clothes, drags and lifts Peter's body and buries it in the playground. It's quite a long process so you get a real feel of the effort and difficulty she had to put in to complete the task. Everything is potentially undone in the final scene when a crack is noticed in the concrete that has been laid over the site where she buried the body. It was a clever twist however it can't match the brilliance of the one in Falcon Crest so my winner is: [B][SIZE=6]Falcon Crest Season 2[/SIZE] Match 2[/B] The Dallas cliffhanger was really a double one: who was the body in the pool and was JR the cause of her death. I always felt it was Kristen because why else would they bring her back for the final episodes of the season so it didn't have the impact it otherwise would. The Knots Landing cliffhanger, Paige's rain soaked dilemma, didn't really leave a strong sense of excitement so I don't rate it highly. My winner is: [B][SIZE=6]Dallas Season 4[/SIZE][/B] [/QUOTE]
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