From: Joanna L. Castillo <pefv702@utpe.pe.utexas.edu>
Subject: Re: KL:  New show, 1/7/93
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Date: Fri, 8 Jan 93 15:21:59 GMT

In article <1993Jan8.133333.17137@cbfsb.cb.att.com> timothy.j.mizerak,
mins@cbnewsf.cb.att.com writes:
>
>I cannot say enough good things about last night's show, but let me
>give it a try.

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.......BOY!  What a show!  :)

Before I get into Tim's comments I just have to say Peggy's finally 
back!  Yes!  And, Mack's back in his office a bit.  I'm really glad 
about that.  I was starting to get really irritated that he was never 
at work.  'Course, he doesn't seem to be working but at least he's 
remembered he has an office.

>1.  Anne!  Anne!  Anne!   Yes!  I was so happy to see she and Greg 
>back and playing such a large part in the episode.  Anne was 
>definitely the focus of this show, so I was bound to be pleased.  I
>thought her confrontation with Vanessa was FANTASTIC!  Wow, what
>a clash!  And I'll even say some nice stuff about Vanessa.  She was
>pretty darn good!  And she even looked pretty to me, for the first 
>time.   Of course, Anne handled her masterfully and I can't wait to
>see how this all works out.  Anne and Claudia's scene was another
>great one.   I loved when she said "I've seen the picture, of YOU
>Claudia, and it is UGLY!"    Way to go!  And I also was impressed
>with the horse riding scene.  It all looked very well-done.  Ever
>notice that KL seems to do outdoor scenes very well?

Gosh...I think Michelle was even really riding a horse for some of that
stuff.  I think there was a double for part of it but she did seem to
really be riding when they showed close-ups.  Kudos!  :)  And on a sad
note, I took careful note of the redecorating and Paige's painting was 
gone from Greg's living room...at least as far as I could tell.  Sniff.
That painting has always symbolized the Greg/Paige relationship.  Oh,
well.  I thought the flowers from Watanabe concerning Nolan's contract
was a great way to spill the beans about Greg being responsible for 
his departure -- and none of us even guessed it!  :)

>2.  Mac, Karen and Mary.   Well, this actually is turning out pretty
>good.   Though I think Mac is TOTALLY in the wrong, I do find the
>conflict between he and Karen to be believable and convincing.  The
>subject matter is really quite powerful, the notion of *having* to
>subject your child to her worst fears.  <shiver>   I must say that
>Mary has done a fine job playing a parent's worst nightmare.  And 
>I predict the mystery surrounding her murder will be quite a good
>one.   There are numerous suspects:   Mac, Karen [not really, but
>who knows?], Greg [or someone he has hired], Joe Robeson, Claudia!,
>Meg [heh heh], Richard in a surprise return???, Nick????   Anyone
>else?

This *is* good.  And...gee whiz...is is possible for Mack to be any 
more of a dope about this than he has been?  What a dope!  I loved
Claudia's little scene with Mort-ski, too.  He is the ultimate in
brown-nosing slime, eh?  I love it.  By the way, I think it will be 
Joe -- he came back saying he deserved more money and they got into
it.  What do you want to bet the money's all gone?  :)  I still can't
get over what a dope Mack was about the whole money thing concerning
Claudia.

Oh!  And......Nick!  Sigh...  That's all.  :)

>3.  I like the characters of Toni [Mary's former attorney] and Cliff
>[the baseball player/ urban renewal guy].   They are good together
>and very likable characters.   What I like esp. is that the show is
>involving minorities without seeming to be just providing "tokens".
>Though I know most of you liked Frank, I thought he was totally
>dispensible and was only on the show because he was black.  As a 
>test I usually think about this:   Would this character have any
>purpose on the show if they were white?   If the answer is no, then
>they are a token [IMO].  Cliff and Toni hold their own and their 
>color isn't an issue.   Not that an issue couldn't or shouldn't
>be made out of their race, it just isn't the reason they're on
>the show.   Hope I'm making some sense here.

Well, I guess I'll hold off on deciding about them.  I like them but
felt that they were taking up a bit of air time I would have been 
happy seeing go to some of the regulars -- toward working on existing
stories.  I guess I just want them interacting with the others a bit.
I hope they stay around but not if they're just gonna kind of be off
on their own and not interacting.  Although, Toni did talk to Karen a
bit and Cliff was with Greg.  I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

>4.  No Paige :(, but they did talk about her a lot!  :)

And...no Gary.  :)  Heh.  So, since Greg and Anne weren't on during 
the last two episodes, and Paige, Kate, and Gary weren't in this one,
does anybody else get the feeling KL's budget has really been cut?  I
mean, that's the feeling I get...like they can't afford to have all 
the stars in every episode.  I don't feel at all good about that.  :(

>Oh yeah, the coming attractions.....

Oh yeah...them!  :)  :)  :)

>BLECHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!     

Heh heh.  I really had to fight the impulse to pick up the phone and
dial New Jersey immediately after the coming attractions...let me 
tell you!  :)  I was calmly sitting at home watching KL and heard this
scream of agony and just knew it was coming all the way from New
Jersey...I just knew it!  :)

>The scream that erupted from central Jersey at 10:58pm last night,
>January 7th, was heard for miles away.   Reports are coming in from
>as far away as Pittsburgh.

Hey...it was heard in Texas.  I swear it!  Heh.

>                             Windows were shattered in nearby
>Somerset, NJ, where one Jackie Brady commented "I never heard 
>anything like it.  I thought an animal was dying in my chimney!"
>Gov. Jim Florio has declared a state of emergency and clean up
>has already begun.   We will appeal to president-elect Bill Clinton
>for financial aid in getting the state through this disaster.

Poor Timmy.  But...you have Greg to thank, don't you know?  If he'd 
just let Paige have her thing with Nolan, she wouldn't even look at Tom 
twice, don't you know?  :)  Heh.

>Updates on the half hour.

We'll all be waiting.

>Tim

Joanna.

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