I agree. I know I'm in the minority, but it's my favorite season of the show. The acting and writing were better, and there was more substance to it. It had a really great ensemble cast. Too bad it became the Joan Collins show after this.
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too bad they had to kill off Lindsay after the first season I liked her.
@@Magdalenkaization Keeping Lindsay on the show post-S1 would definitely have created a very different dynamic. Especially since the S2 arrival of Hurricane Alexis will already do alot to change the show's direction. Even Katy Kurtzman (the actress who portrayed Lindsay) wonders where the writers would've taken Lindsay. In an interview I read, Kurtzman expresses considerable regret leaving the show. Apparently it was Kurtzman's decision: like PSM, she asked to be let go.
I agree. But I also don't think the change in the show's tone is due to Alexis arrival. Rather both (arrival & tone) were results in changes in viewing habits. Look at families from 1970s television: they were almost always impossibly earnest, loving and tight-knit. They almost always got along and if there *was* friction, it was resolved within the episode. (Think "The Waltons", "Eight is Enough", "Good Times", "Family"...the bloody "Brady Bunch"!) One could speculate that, after the tumult of the 1960s, viewers wanted to escape via easy breezy (ie, perfect) families on TV. But with the various recessions of the 1970s over, people were flush with money and were feeling frisky for more challenging television. Which is probably why soap operas became both very popular and focused on the upper class. It can't be coincidental that the soaps of that time either focused entirely on the ultra wealthy or excised families who couldn't be written as wealthy (or convincingly mid to high) upper class. Dynasty just happened to be undergoing a creative overhaul right when these issues came to a head. Both Aaron Spelling & The Shapiros (the EPs & show creators) have said the show wasn't doing well ratings-wise. Plus, Alexis wasn't even meant to be a main character - nor was Joan Collins their first choice for the role. But the producers realized they had a gold mine with both the character and actress. So it's not so much that Alexis changed the show as it was introducing Alexis was a response to keep pull in more viewers. Because look what happened: it worked. IMO, if course. Also? That was alot of words! Apologies! ☺️
Originally the show was supposed to be about the people and their workings of the oil industry to compete with the success of Dallas but since that wasn’t working, the show became more about wealth and opulence especially after Joan Collins came in. The 80s in general was about money, materialism, and “greed is good” to quote Michael Douglas in Wall Street.
I wish they had kept the Blaisdel’s as a family unit, still add Joan Collins in, I could see the Blaisdels being a strong unit, plus it would have been great seeing the Carrington’s vs Cecil vs the Blaisdels in later seasons, instead we get PSM leaving and fake!Fallon, Moldavia, Evil twins, UFO’s etc
Claudia had really bad luck with men. I wonder what would have happened if she got a spin off where she realized she could have a lighter life as a single woman lol maybe she’d turn into Samantha Jones
It did become top-heavy with concentration on wealth over substance. I'm sure they could have devised a storyline involving Lyndsey and her schoolfriends instead of taking us to the mansion at every opportunity. After a while there was really nowhere for the story to go.
I simply *LOVE* the first season! It was more realistic and everything wasn't Alexis, Alexis and Alexis!
Motherhood... loved this scene
I really liked Claudia in the first season because she was a traditional mother in a modest family unlike the Carrigtons.
I agree. In later years, they made her dramatic and over-the-top like the rest of them.
He treats her like a child, does not give her enough support.
She was a downer. Never even smiled.
@@TheHoopyscoopy that's a reason to mistreat someone 🤔🤔🤔
Bo Hopkins was so cute.
Good Scene
I liked the first season it would have been interesting to see how the show would have been if they keept it going this way
I agree. I know I'm in the minority, but it's my favorite season of the show. The acting and writing were better, and there was more substance to it. It had a really great ensemble cast. Too bad it became the Joan Collins show after this.
too bad they had to kill off Lindsay after the first season I liked her.
I always wondered what would have happened if Matthew had gone to South America but ALONE, and Lindsay had stayed with Claudia?
I did too. To be honest, I had a childhood crush on her! How did they kill her off? I forgot.
@@kenpalmer1965 The show writers killed Lindsay via a car accident.
@@Magdalenkaization Keeping Lindsay on the show post-S1 would definitely have created a very different dynamic. Especially since the S2 arrival of Hurricane Alexis will already do alot to change the show's direction.
Even Katy Kurtzman (the actress who portrayed Lindsay) wonders where the writers would've taken Lindsay. In an interview I read, Kurtzman expresses considerable regret leaving the show.
Apparently it was Kurtzman's decision: like PSM, she asked to be let go.
Our marriage is sinking because I never even smile.
Lindsay Blaisdel looks like she could be Maureen McCormick’s sister!
Claudia was so cute. I love Pamela bellwood she's only literally a week and a half younger than my mom.
He just lied all the way through those placid blue eyes. The daughter had more sense than her mom
With WHOM Matthew?! Lol.
Trust me Lindsay the argue worse! LINDSAY!!!!!
I’ve seen this girl lyndsey on another show
Very different show, prior to Joan Collins
I agree. But I also don't think the change in the show's tone is due to Alexis arrival. Rather both (arrival & tone) were results in changes in viewing habits.
Look at families from 1970s television: they were almost always impossibly earnest, loving and tight-knit. They almost always got along and if there *was* friction, it was resolved within the episode.
(Think "The Waltons", "Eight is Enough", "Good Times", "Family"...the bloody "Brady Bunch"!)
One could speculate that, after the tumult of the 1960s, viewers wanted to escape via easy breezy (ie, perfect) families on TV.
But with the various recessions of the 1970s over, people were flush with money and were feeling frisky for more challenging television. Which is probably why soap operas became both very popular and focused on the upper class. It can't be coincidental that the soaps of that time either focused entirely on the ultra wealthy or excised families who couldn't be written as wealthy (or convincingly mid to high) upper class.
Dynasty just happened to be undergoing a creative overhaul right when these issues came to a head. Both Aaron Spelling & The Shapiros (the EPs & show creators) have said the show wasn't doing well ratings-wise. Plus, Alexis wasn't even meant to be a main character - nor was Joan Collins their first choice for the role. But the producers realized they had a gold mine with both the character and actress.
So it's not so much that Alexis changed the show as it was introducing Alexis was a response to keep pull in more viewers. Because look what happened: it worked.
IMO, if course. Also? That was alot of words! Apologies! ☺️
Originally the show was supposed to be about the people and their workings of the oil industry to compete with the success of Dallas but since that wasn’t working, the show became more about wealth and opulence especially after Joan Collins came in. The 80s in general was about money, materialism, and “greed is good” to quote Michael Douglas in Wall Street.
I wish they had kept the Blaisdel’s as a family unit, still add Joan Collins in, I could see the Blaisdels being a strong unit, plus it would have been great seeing the Carrington’s vs Cecil vs the Blaisdels in later seasons, instead we get PSM leaving and fake!Fallon, Moldavia, Evil twins, UFO’s etc
it was evident that Matthew was tired if crazy Claudia and Lindsay.
He is a husband of the first and a father of the second; he has obligations towards them.
Claudia had really bad luck with men. I wonder what would have happened if she got a spin off where she realized she could have a lighter life as a single woman lol maybe she’d turn into Samantha Jones
This program was much better in the first season before Alexis came in
I agree.
It did become top-heavy with concentration on wealth over substance. I'm sure they could have devised a storyline involving Lyndsey and her schoolfriends instead of taking us to the mansion at every opportunity. After a while there was really nowhere for the story to go.
"Dynasty" was on the verge of getting cancelled. Alexis walking into the courtroom blessed the show for eight more seasons.
Steven be her Dad
I wish they hadn't killed off Lindsay
Same , such a missed opportunity