Welcome back Soap Fiends Prince told us this is what it sounds like when dove's cry, but what happens when the race horse begins to whisper? This week, I take you down the rabbit hole of the opulent and tumultuous world of 1984 soap operas, where family feuds and power grabs were as common as shoulder pads and big hair. We're zeroing in on "The Outcast," the fourth episode of Falcon Crest's fourth season, which teases us with the fate of Chase's aviation title and drops a bombshell about Maggie's adoption. Then there’s Terry, whose past as a call girl threatens her inheritance, and Angela, whose lust for power knows no bounds. Strap in, because we're unpacking the drama, theories, and the cultural nuance of a time when TV wasn't just entertainment; it was an event.
Grab your shoulder pads and join the conversation as we reflect on the impact of Angela's vendetta against Maggie, an innocent ensnared in the crosshairs of retribution for a past aviation tragedy. The gripping narrative of familial discord is dissected, revealing the layers of complexity in relationships within the formidable vineyard empire. From Lance and Emma's curiosity to Cole and Melissa's unconventional co-parenting, we're sifting through the generational clashes and evolving social mores. And just when you think you've got a handle on the familial power dynamics, there's the informal address of little Joseph to Angela that stirs the pot on respect across cultures. Prepare to be whisked away to a time where prime-time soaps reigned supreme, and the only thing more intoxicating than a glass of Falcon Crest's finest is the drama that unfolds within it.
Welcome back Soap Fiends Prince told us this is what it sounds like when dove's cry, but what happens when the race horse begins to whisper? This week, I take you down the rabbit hole of the opulent and tumultuous world of 1984 soap operas, where family feuds and power grabs were as common as shoulder pads and big hair. We're zeroing in on "The Outcast," the fourth episode of Falcon Crest's fourth season, which teases us with the fate of Chase's aviation title and drops a bombshell about Maggie's adoption. Then there’s Terry, whose past as a call girl threatens her inheritance, and Angela, whose lust for power knows no bounds. Strap in, because we're unpacking the drama, theories, and the cultural nuance of a time when TV wasn't just entertainment; it was an event.
Grab your shoulder pads and join the conversation as we reflect on the impact of Angela's vendetta against Maggie, an innocent ensnared in the crosshairs of retribution for a past aviation tragedy. The gripping narrative of familial discord is dissected, revealing the layers of complexity in relationships within the formidable vineyard empire. From Lance and Emma's curiosity to Cole and Melissa's unconventional co-parenting, we're sifting through the generational clashes and evolving social mores. And just when you think you've got a handle on the familial power dynamics, there's the informal address of little Joseph to Angela that stirs the pot on respect across cultures. Prepare to be whisked away to a time where prime-time soaps reigned supreme, and the only thing more intoxicating than a glass of Falcon Crest's finest is the drama that unfolds within it.
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Rich is like yeah, I'm going to win this race. I'm going to win Rich, and Rich is like bet. So we are the official gathering place for newbies and novices and OG diehard fans of the golden age of primetime. I'm your host, jet, viewing and reviewing the Sophia Sudsy's prime time storyline of 1983. As we drift back into a time of the girl, we get to relax and rest and be analog drama that precedes us. So, whether you're new to this or true to this, sit back and enjoy. Tell the kids it's time to play outside or inside. Tell babe no questions, suggestions or concerns in the next 25, 35, 45 minutes Everyone else on earshot. You should be cool, quiet or be creeped out because we've got to discuss our stories. Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, this is SoFlorid. Hello, gorgeous Welcome, or welcome back. This is Laura, the official gathering place of all you newbies, novices and OG diehard fans of the golden age of primetime. We are done with our Knox Landing takeover. For the next at least four or five episodes. It is time to jump back into our regularly scheduled programs, which would include Dynasty, dallas and Falcon Crest. Quiet is kept.
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I didn't want to be biased this season. I know season four is a brand new episode. This is a brand new day. By the time these shows reach season four. They are solidified in their four, they are solidified in their popularity, they're solidified in their characters, and it is time to bring something new to the table.
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I wish I was as unpredictable. However I'm not. I kind of sort of have a favorite, but, honest to God, all three series are bringing me a lot of anxiety as far as what I want to watch. I want to know if Sue Ellen is going to be clinked up, if they're going to put my girl in cuffs. I can't stand to see Miss Texas handcuffed and thrown in the clink for just speculation. It's disgusting, it's egregious. Over on the Falcon Crest, I am low-key intrigued by the whole Indiana Jones saga, so I need to know what happens next On Dynasty, alexis keeps me interested, and Adam's unpredictability, since he is off the meds, keeps me up at night sometimes, if I'm being perfectly honest. So it is a gamble. I have to figure out who I'm going to watch first, and I did that by putting all three names in a jar and we're now going to pick, and the winner is, oh, falcon crest. For all you, falcon fiends, this is a beautiful, beautiful day.
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We're going to jump into season four, episode four, and figure out what's really going on with all this. You know the nazi gold and the, the digging of jacqueline's buried nazi treasure. Biggest question that we go to in this episode is is julia still alive? I think she is and I have recently rekindled that theory based on a few other episodes, and I was landing woke it up for me for some reason, but I stated this two, three seasons ago if you don't see a body, you ain't dead period. People are always coming back from the dead on a soap opera, and I hope Julia is next. So let's jump in to Falcon Crest, season four, episode four, the Outcast. The synopsis is as follows Maggie is angry that her father never told her she was adopted.
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Terry's husband arrives. Husband, jeopardizing her inheritance, was adopted. Terry's husband arrives. Husband Jeopardizing her inheritance from Michael Cole, moves back to his parents' home with baby Joseph. Terry got a husband. Okay, full disclosure.
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I try to keep this show as authentic as possible. I know she had a husband. I thought, because she was a call girl on the West Coast East Coast that she maybe had a pimp. She had a full husband. See, this is what I'm talking about.
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This is the thing you could get away with back in the day, circa before 1980, clearly you could get away with a lot. There was a time before your driver's license actually had a picture on it. You could say you know, my name is Bobby Wright, and then you rob a bank and you're like, oh crap, now my name is Robert Wright. You could just steal someone else's identity and no one would be any the wiser. This is insane to me, and actually this show was shot in 1984, whatever close enough. This is what bothers me too.
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On these shows, everybody is moving back home. I understand you need to have a central location I think I named that on episode one or two but why would a full-grown man who has a really, really good job working at this vineyard which he is part owner of? He has inherited a large sum of money why would you need to move back home? Don't make no sense. And his sister is still out dancing somewhere in New York, allegedly, my goodness, okay. Well, I'm going to shut up now and I'm going to press play.
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This episode is a little bit different. I have never seen this, so I'm going to watch this in full. I totally forgot I had to pay for Falcon Crest. It is what it is. Let me watch this. I'll come back with my synopsis and we will discuss all of the things. Don't forget, you now have the option to text me. If you were listening to this on your phone, there should be a number at the bottom of the show notes Hit your girl up. I want to hear what you have to say. Did you think Terry had a husband? I just didn't think that was. I mean, as far as hookers go, I guess she could have been young and dumb and fallen into things. But they don't really give a great deal of information about Terry's past, other than that she was a call girl on the East Coast. So this should be very, very interesting.
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I had almost forgotten that on the last episode it was revealed that Maggie was adopted. It didn't happen organically. Angela was pissed off and decided she would come down from the house, make an appearance at this champagne parade and be like oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. You can't possibly be that identical to Terry because you have different parents Totally. This is the first time in Maggie's full grown life that she's realized that she is adopted, so naturally she feels a way and her dad is super pissed Like.
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Why would this woman do this to her? Why would she? Quiet is kept. That is a consensus around the entire vineyard. Everybody that's Lance, emma everybody wants to know why would you do this to her, why you could have done a million different things. You can't possibly be that pissed off at Chase to go for Maggie. So Maggie is an innocent bystander. She is basically an infant in this. She is innocent in every single way. She don't bother nobody, she don't start nothing. She just wants to live her life, write a couple movies, from time to time almost have an affair, raise her grandson period. That's all she does. Angela's like oh, that's that's cute. Hold on, let me go back in my, let me look back in my rololodex. Hold up, oh, that's right, that's right. Didn't she kill my husband? Everyone's like no, she didn't kill him. Didn't her husband kill my husband by not being able to fly a plane? Period, point blank. Had that not happened, I would have my full family. If my family disrupted, so was hers. When everybody's saying what the hell are you talking about, andy? You are out of line period, point blank. As far as families go, mostly everyone's family is intact.
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Cole and melissa have worked out a wonderful parenting partnership. They are perfect co-parents for baby joseph, who makes an appearance. This episode oddly, but wonderfully so, melissa sees cole at the park and they're both talking quietly about the whole adoption reveal thing. They're like man, that was so messed up. I know, dang, that's so messed up. Thank god at least our baby knows who we are. And they're like yeah, yeah, that's probably wonderful. Blah, blah, blah.
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Next day, melissa decides that she's going to put Joseph in the front seat of her two-seater, who all of us millennials, gen X, you all know what it is. I once got a ticket because my kid had just turned eight. They weren't in like the booster seat facing backwards. I got a ticket. It was quickly dismissed. But the point is we are saturated with these laws and rules and regulations that are meant to keep children safe and people safe, and I totally get it. I'm not even appalled by it. But back in the day you could put a two-year-old in the front seat of a two-seater. Actually there's no back seats period. He could be in a two-seater like it was the most normal thing on earth. Now melissa pulls up to falcon crest.
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Chow lee is setting out breakfast, but it's like 10 o'clock. She's like where's andy? Damn it's late. Damn y'all eat breakfast this late. It's almost lunchtime. Angela comes out of the house, like don't worry about when we eat, we do what we do when we do it what you want, little girl. And she's like I just came by to make sure you weren't dead. Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, if this is your first time listening to the show, welcome. I'm so glad you decided to join us. I totally forgot to mention that my last episode was the 200th episode.
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So we are knee deep into this prime time soap opera extravaganza and from time to time I will replay a scene to you, not verbatim, but I will extract the essence of a scene, the scene. I never lie about anything, I just withdraw the essence of it in something I call soup little theater. Today is a very light version of the sea of theater. I'm telling you what the essence of the conversation was, so we don't have to get into the blow by blow dialogue, because that would be boring. Angie's like don't worry about when we eat, we eat when we eat. What are you doing here, little girl? And Melissa's like I want to make sure you weren't dead and also, I heard you got a new lawyer that looks like Kendall. He don't know if he British or American. I just I need to get his over enunciating ass to make sure that he understands that I am the L-H-E-I-R. I'm gonna be so embarrassed if that's misspelled and Angela's like oh, oh god, everyone knows who you are, melissa. Why don't you just relax? You'll find out. When you find out. I'm not gonna die today, so you might as well just leave. Why are you here anyway? Melissa implies that yeah, I'm literally. I just brought. I just wanted to make sure everything was everything.
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Now Joseph jumps out of the car and he's like hi, angie, angie, you know, back in my day, back in day, y'all already know what I'm going to say. A child never calls an adult their first name. I think that is just par for the course. If you live south of the Mason-Dixie line in the United States of America, what are you doing? I don't care if that is your mama's best friend, that is aunt whoever, or miss whoever. You do not dare call her by her first name. To this day, I still stutter step when I call my mother-in-law her, for I can't do that. I can't do that anyway. Baby joseph is two years old. He's like hey, hey, angie. Melissa's like oh, my god, you don't call her about, you call her whatever, no, no. Angie's like no, no, listen, listen, we're not even blood related. She didn't say that. But that is the implication, listen, uh, I don't want to be called great-grandmother. Call me Angie, I respect it.
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Joseph goes inside, he gets his candy. Melissa and Angela discuss the fact that she is the heir, allegedly, and she'll meet the lawyer when she meets the lawyer. Angela's not going to rearrange her day, but I thought it was so weird that Melissa would go out of her way before dropping Joseph off at school to stop by to make sure that was happening. Phones were invented long before 1984. It would have been very easy to make a phone call, but I guess she wanted to stunt, make sure Angela wasn't dead and show off her brand new dress. That's got to be what it is. It was a JC Penney's catalog. God, it was amazing. I know what you're doing, melissa. I see you just wanted to show off your outfit before anybody else saw it. I know what you did. Anyway.
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Maggie is quietly spiraling. I don't know who I am anymore. There's a whole conversation between Maggie, her dad, chase Cole and Aunt Terry. And Aunt Terry's like well, am I adopted too? And the father's like no, no, no, basically mama, and I didn't know we could have babies. So we went ahead and adopted this beautiful woman right here. Who's not as harsh as you, terry? Again, this is soap opera theater. I'm extracting the essence. He did not say any of these things. He did not say that she was a whore, that's all he didn't say. Then he goes on to say no, no, no, honey, we, we adopted maggie and the next thing, you know, we're pregnant with you. You are bio, maggie is not, but we still love her.
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Meanwhile, richard is still trying to get to the bottom of Miss Lynch's disappearance. She's hanging upside down with like some what's that guy, tony, whatever he's been, those infomercials? He got hit by a bus and then he invented like some sort of swingy, walkie, leggy thing. Sometimes you hang upside down, she's basically doing that and his whole thing is like babe, if you are being pressured by the cartel, you need to tell me and she does. She tells him as much that Spears has been tracking her down. He told her to basically sit and wait for him. And Richard's like I'm so glad you told me. That proves you're loyal, don't even trip about it.
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Meanwhile they go down to the racetrack and Richard decides to call a horse Question mark, question mark. Question mark Calls a horse. The horse is like yeah, I'm going to win this race, I'm going to win Richard and Richard's like bet. Things seem to be back on the up and up for Richard. But he's super curious now why is Angela coming from my throat? He's still fully convinced that there's someone coming to buy out all his shares. I guess that's what it is. He notices that a lot of the shares are going really quickly. Lynch is back. She's back on her administrative assistant duties. So he's like go downstairs and bet on this horse for me. But also I know Angela's about to make a move. So just like, the quicker you find out information the better.
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Pretty quickly into the episode, probably about 15 minutes in, aunt Terry has decided to sunbathe. This is Falcon Crest, showing off that they are super sexy. They've got got almost called him. Lazlo lonzo was his name, lorenzo llamas, all greased up, kicking windmills and tomahawks in the air for absolutely no reason on dairy is peacefully sunbathing with a full face and makeup and then she dozes off to sleep, only to find a hand caressing her stomach. It is her ex-boyfriend, who kind of looked like Lance right at first. I had to do a double take. But her ex-husband is back in town. Now. This is the deal.
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Terry is visibly grossed out by him. She's having a visceral reaction to his presence. Can't believe he's here. He's all sleazy and slimy, like hey, babe, let's enjoy the pool. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. She's like oh my God, gross, gross, gross, gross, gross. I had our marriage annulled the second time. You went back into prison so she basically bided her time, bit her tongue and waited till he went to jail so that she could have it annulled. She says she paid 500 American dollars to have this done and he's like well, I mean, I don't know if your lawyer did or didn't know, did or did not. I don't know if your lawyer did or didn't present those papers, but here I am. You're going to have to prove that back in Florida we're still married. Girl, she's like sick to her stomach.
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In one of the best baby mama scenes I've ever seen, bad girl Melly Mel is up to it again. She is spending quality time with baby Joseph, as per the agreement between she and Cole. Where does she and Joseph like to spend their days At the racetrack? Of course, duh. Joseph allegedly loves to watch the horses run around. So Melissa puts a little something, something down on number seven. And sure enough, number seven comes true, winning them a couple coins on number seven. And sure enough, number seven comes true, winning them a couple coins.
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Now, as they leave the penthouse suite, they come back into the room whatever the holding area is called and Lance and stiff new lawyer are on the prowl. They're walking through the lobby. They see she and Joseph and Lance makes a beeline over to baby Joseph. Oh my gosh, I miss you. I miss you blah, blah, blah. Well, this, I guess, is the second time that melissa and new lawyer boy have met each other. I guess I don't really remember. It doesn't matter. Fireworks are sparking. Well hello, so nice to meet you. And him. Well hello with his over pronouncing ass. Hello, so nice to meet you.
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Lance is looking onto this like, oh my god, here we go. She's gonna eat him alive because you know, bad girl Melly, mel is 0 for 3 at this point. She does not lose in the game of seduction. So there's this whole awkward exchange where he tells her you know, if you really like horses that much, you can always come on down to my place. And she's like I think I will. And the Lance is being a hater baby daddy, as he should be, even if baby Joseph isn't his daddy. This is the toxic relationship on the show, so they have to do toxic things. He's like wow, melissa, are you gonna buy a whole stallion race or whatever? Basically, he pokes at her and she's like you know what I might? Maybe I'll ask your girlfriend Terry how to do so, reminding him that he also has a hoe. That is his taste. Okay, don't, don't blame her for the horrors activities she chooses to do. The exchange ends with nothing, but there's definitely some sort of spark going on there.
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Also super noteworthy enough people. Miss Lynch, aka Pamela Lynch, aka Richard's main squeeze, is minding her business. She's already told him about Spirits. She's going to the bank to handle some business, but she's wearing a, a swishy sort of wind suit. Oh my god, this is the first time I've seen a wind suit in all of 1980, in all of the 1980 films that I can think of. Recently she's the first person on all four of the soap operas to wear one and, uh, yeah, that's one of those fashion choices that I definitely wore.
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Do you guys remember when the starter jackets were really popular and you can grab, like, I think, the North Carolina one, I think what was it? The North Carolina Hornets was super popular, also the Orlando Magic. It was just a really big thing here in the States to wear a wind jacket at some point. Very practical. Every mother, father and child had a wetsuit. I definitely had one in black and gray for the LA Raiders, but this is the first time I've seen one on one of these shows. So I am slowly becoming more and more acclimated into the 80s.
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Falcon Crest seems to be ahead of the curve, although even though it was the last show recorded, they didn't waste any time with taking fashion risks. I love it. She looks so good and it's in that, you know, typical teal color that was, you know, so iconic in the 80s and early 90s. She looks amazing, but while she's in her little windbreaker suit, she's swish, swish, swish, swish, swish. Through the bank. Spirits is outside being a creepy, creepy. He comes inside, he hymns her up and she's super uncomfortable Guard comes over. But as all this is happening, the do dirt PI guy is staring through the window from outside, so the optics aren't great. It kind of looks like she's participating, but if you're looking at her face you can tell that she does not want to be there. Luckily, a security guard swoops in and handles business.
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Now I don't want to give away too much more of this episode because it is actually jam packed with information. Not a lot pops off until the very end, but it's jam packed with information, not limited to very creative spyware long trip back home, in-laws starting to fill the baby mama and a mystery shooting at the end of the episode. I don't want to spoil too much for you guys. I always like to leave just a little bit for you to enjoy for yourself. I am, of course, still watching and enjoying this show on Amazon Prime. I suggest you do the same thing. For whatever reason, season four wants you to pay for it. For Falcon Cries it's like 20 bucks no big deal, but they are building up to something.
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Angela's back on her bully. She is buying shares left and right because her vision is to take over the globe. Is Richard privy to this? Maybe, maybe not. Maybe, just maybe. On this episode the investigation into the plane crash is complete. Maybe Chase is still the aviator Adonis. Maybe he's not All right, guys. That's it. That's all for this episode. Join me next time as we jump into one of the two other iconic soap operas and just lather up in all of this debauchery. Iconic soap operas. And just lather up in all of this debauchery. In the meantime, in between time, keep your friends close, your enemies closer and your no closest. Stay hydrated, moisturized, mind your own business and keep all of your drama on TV. Thank you, bye.