As hard as it is to believe now, there was a time when Wednesday at 9pm was the center of my week. And then, Melrose kicked into high gear. Michael Mancini turned nasty and became the JR Ewing of the 1990s. Sydney's shenanigans got wilder and wilder. And then Melrose Place moved to Mondays and somehow the whole show changed.
TV shows age and are forced to reinvent themselves.
Sydney and Kimberly eventually passed on, leaving a villain void that was never filled. The original cast was almost completely replaced and yet very few of the replacements had the sizzle or even the likeability of the original cast. Kyle was no Jake. Samantha, much as I liked her, was no Jo. And even so, I miss Melrose Place now that it's gone.