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Knots Landing Sophomore Season Summary - Lessons and Lore: The "Soap Operas and Subtle Brilliance" Episode

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What if soap operas could be a window into the complexities of human relationships and societal norms? Join me on Soap Lore as I explore the world of Knott’s Landing’s second season, uncovering how this iconic show distinguishes itself amidst the drama of its peers. From a heartfelt dedication to Jamie Kennedy's influence on my storytelling perspective to the subtle brilliance of Knott's Landing's narrative style, we journey through the nostalgia and admiration these classic primetime soaps evoke. Discover the real-life drama that unfolded between Linda Evans and Bo Derek, and how it added depth to Evans' portrayal of Krystal Carrington in Dynasty. With an eye for the nuanced techniques that define and elevate classic soaps like Dallas and Dynasty, we dissect how these shows address intricate issues without slipping into melodrama. This episode promises a fascinating exploration of the characters and story arcs that kept audiences captivated, and how these timeless tales resonate with each passing generation. As we unravel the tangled web of relationships within Knott’s Landing, each character’s journey sheds light on societal expectations and personal responsibilities. Sid’s intriguing encounter with a groundbreaking female mechanic, and Ginger and Kenny’s tumultuous path, set the stage for the drama that keeps viewers hooked. With admiration for the show’s unique storytelling approach, I invite you to anticipate what the next season holds and to embrace the new year with those you cherish. Let's celebrate the stories that entertain and inspire, and remember to keep the drama on the screen.

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Kicked in front of that Greyhound bus with the quick just said I don't know nothing. I don't know nothing about no dirty books. Gary did this all on his own. Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, welcome, or welcome back to Soapboard, the official gathering place for newbies, novices and OG diehard fans of the golden age of primetime. On today's very special episode, we are gonna learn the five lessons I learned from watching Northlanding's sophomore season. 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 out of sight, tell babe, no questions, suggestions or concerns for the next 25-35 minutes. Everyone else in here shall be cool, quiet or you will be kicked out because we are discussing the sophomore sensation of wear. Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, this is Soap Lure. Hello, gorgeous, welcome back to another fun conversation.

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Of'm so floored I'm recording this immediately after I um actually started recording the episode you heard just before this but I'm like, oh my god, I gotta get my thoughts down and really start this Knox Landing has. God. I've never felt better about a decision to watch something. I'll say this I've had a stellar year in like different books that I've read, and there's definitely been programs or movies and shows over the years that I've really, really enjoyed. I am so pleased that I decided to watch this show. This is amazing, shout out to my aunt. May God rest her soul. I understand why she was booked and busy when this was on. I understand why we had to play outside and keep all that noise down because she's watching her stories. I get it. I trust me. I take no interruptions during this show. Man, let me just go ahead and say this coming off the heels of the other three soap operas, which I fully enjoy, I think there's a couple of really, really big things that stand out to me that have nothing to do with the list that I'm gonna talk to you guys about today. I don't know, I guess. I guess it's. It's one of those things where genres are a little bit complicated. They're kind of open to interpretation. You only define a genre based on what came before it, and I'm not saying that Knott's Landing reinvented the wheel by any means, but they definitely added their own take and they did it seamlessly. So go ahead and pour up something bubbly and bright. We're going to jump into the sophomore review of Knott's Landing First and foremost, before we dive too deep into this episode. I would like to make my first ever dedication. Oh, it really should be my Aunt May, but it's not. I feel a little bad. I'd like to dedicate this episode to Jamie Kennedy. Yes, jamie Kennedy, aka Randy from Scream.

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If you've been listening for a while, you know that Scream is my favorite horror film. Now why am I talking about horror while I'm talking about Knott's Landing? I'll explain. I'm not one for blood, guts and gore. I actually hate being scared. That's probably why I hate Halloween.

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It's not my favorite thing at all, but much like 90210, scream was my first horror film that I was able to actually watch all the way through and enjoy. 95% of it was based on my infatuation with Gen X. I thought they were so cool, they were teenagers, they were talking, they were just amazing to me. Actually, let's just be real. 95% of the reason I like the film is because Skeet Ulrich's character, Billy Loomis, I just had. I had a crush, I don't know what else to say. It just it happened. I had no control over it. I was like wow, the minute he came on screen. Honestly, he was kind of a goof boy. He's kind of a doofus. There's been a lot of things that I've watched as an adult that I used to love as a kid. I'm like, oh, this is bad, this is terrible. Man in the Iron Mask, for example, even though I thought I would have argued you down that Leo should have won an Academy Award for that. I watched it and it's just. I've already talked about this, we don't need to go back into that. But this film has never changed. For me it's still just as good and I think for me it was a little bit of a redemption, because I know Wes Craven had a lot to do with the film.

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I absolutely hated Nightmare on Elm Street. I had an older boy cousin who would do the Freddy voice. He was so good at it. It would just scare the crap out of me. I'd be minding my business, playing with my Barbies or trying to read a book, trying to read my Sweet Valley High Chronicles or Babysitter's Club, and he'd come bursting in the room with that stupid voice, scare the shit out of me. And then I'd go to my other family's house, my other cousin's house, and the boy cousin there would do the kill, kill, kill, kill for Jason. So I hated horror films still do, but this one stood so well for me and I am dedicating this to Jamie Kennedy, aka Randy, because of his immaculate list on how to survive a horror film, how to survive a sequel did miss. I can really appreciate that now, especially in this soap opera genre. I had to do a bit of digging to find out what I thought originally about soap operas and what I thought about at the end of season two, and a lot of things remain the same. However, I do think that Knox Landing kind of broke the mold. It's a joyous occasion. It's a little bit sad for me because I realize Knox Landing is what Yellow Rose wanted to be.

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Sam Elliott is famous for a lot of things, but his quote about this particular soap opera, yellow Rose, was that it was a drama and they tried to make it a soap opera and it just didn't mesh well, if you're curious, you can go back in the archives and watch any of the single season sensations. Or in the archives and watch any of the single season sensations or, excuse me, listen to any of the single season sensations. There's this whole show called the Yellow Rose which is kind of like Yellowstone is now, but it's back in early 80s. It is kind of honing in on a time where the American frontier, the American West, is all but completely domesticated and you have new challenges for people who have been the ranching and farming and herding business for over 100 years. They're dealing with human trafficking, they're dealing with drugs, they're dealing with all sorts of just things the oil coming in and disrupting the land. It gives you a lot of insight and if you're a fan of Dallas, watching this will give you just kind of another layer of like. Okay, you kind of understand where Ellie's coming from, because her family was ranchers, and I don't think Dallas does a great job of explaining that, but Yellow Rose does.

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It was a single season sensation. They had some heavy heavy hitters. The drama was amazing, but the way they folded in the soapy parts it didn't just. It didn't land well. I think the networks didn't know what to do with it, but Knott's Landing has hit every note just spectacularly. They understood the assignment, they captivated the audience the entire time and I can see why I'm watching this in 2024. Actually, probably 2025 by the time this airs. And it's still relevant, it's still good. It doesn't come off as corny, it's just like dang.

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Y'all are really doing it, so let's go ahead and jump in. I'd like to know what you think. Go ahead and text me in the show notes if you're listening to this on your molded vice. Text me any thoughts you may have. I'm not going to read any that I have today, but I do want to come back and talk to y'all about my girl, crystal, and Bo Derek real quick.

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I want to shout out to you guys who have already watched these series in completion for not spoiling anything. I get comments, I get little tidbits and I really appreciate you guys never spoiling anything. But after the comment I made about Linda Evans and Bo Derek looking so much alike, youtube is a smaller audience but they're like yo, you know there was a whole thing right like Linda Evans's husband or Crystal's husband IRL left her for Bo Derek and I'm like what? So I go looking and I vaguely, vaguely remember as I start doing my digging, I vaguely remember coming across an article that said the only reason that Linda Evans, aka Crystal Carrington, auditioned for that role was because she was kind of recovering from heartbreak from her husband leaving her. I vaguely remember that and this is kind of the trouble when you're trying to watch things 40 years in the in the.

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You know, in the past, without spoiling anything, I never can really do too much of that. So I might see a headline and I'm like, I feel like there might be details. That to me implies that there's going to be some details. Feel that I didn't want, but in this case I don't think it would have made any difference. Today I was just like, oh, let me look this, let me look at this for real. So I go looking and, sure enough, it's like yeah, linda Evans was minding her business.

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One day. Her hubby of a few years comes to her and he's like yo, his name is Mr Derek. I'm in love with this teenager and I'm going to leave her, leave you for her. This is me adding my own little spice, if it's any consolation. She looks just like you. Yeah, bo Derek, who had a totally different name, not nearly as glamorous, I suppose, met him on vacation. I think she was 16. They implied that they didn't start dating until they're 17. But let me tell you what we already know. What's up. You're not going to tell me that you wooed, and so do, come on now. I really hate that. I think a lot of times in Hollywood people like to put a long timeline like, yeah, I really pursued. No, you didn't. You didn't, and I quite frankly don't want to hear the details. They stayed in the south of France or Greece or wherever, somewhere in Europe where the statutory rape laws are a little bit different, and he stayed with her.

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Crystal went on about her business and I guess she was a little bit distracted, obviously distraught, and she ends up like yo just telling her agent, give me whatever is available, anything that I can audition for, just give it to me. And she ends up being Crystal Carrington. That's wild. It's so wild to me because, guess what? It's weird enough to for your husband who to come to you and be like, hey, I met a girl, girl quite literally 30 years younger than me. I really want to be with her. That's weird. And then when you look at her and she looks just like you, it's like I don't even know how to process that. I didn't go any further into digging into what, how old she was when she met him and that's none of my business.

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Crystal was obviously a full-grown woman. She looks to me like an 80s, 40s. 40 today does not look like 40s did in the 80s. Thank you, gen X, but I just wow, wow, it's just, it's so mind boggling to me. It's like you literally found the same woman and it looks like he and Bo Derek were married until he died. So I mean, I'm not trying to trash their. Their marriage Definitely didn't meet on good terms. I'm not going to pretend like that's cool, but wow, you have a type, you got a type. That's a whole nother conversation, I don't know.

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But let's jump into the five things I learned from the sophomore season of Knott's Landing. Ladies and gentlemen, by and large the rules don't change. Season two, much like a sequel to a movie. You have the ante on everything you need. If something hit in the first film, you need to wink and nod at it during the second film. When you're doing this on a television show, particularly a soap opera, you don't necessarily need to build upon old storylines, but there needs to be some sort of spinoff or some sort of. Nostradamus is where the rules change just a little.

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It is leaning more into the drama category for me than it is soap, but I've learned one thing for sure. Number one soap can be subtle. Soap doesn't mean everything needs to be over the top, and when I think of this. I'm thinking of Dynasty. It's a little more comical, it's a little more out there, it's a little more on the nose, but the magical thing about Knott's Landing is that there's so much under the surface, there's so much bubbling right there under the surface that nobody really touches, and that's what makes the. It creates the tension, it creates kind of that sorrow, it creates hope, creates a lot of things, because these are quote unquote regular degular people living in a regular degular city and a regular degular neighborhood trying to deal with everyday life. And it just hits a little bit differently when you don't need to be overly dramatic in order to prove a point. Now it is mad soap, but it's also dealing with very serious topics.

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I want to compare things. I try not to compare Dynasty and Dallas and Falkrest too much to this because I feel like, since I didn't start them all at the same time, I want to compare as far as the timeline goes, but I don't want to compare storylines all the time. However, on Dynasty, we dealt with Moira. We've dealt with Moira on all three of the bigger. So we've done, we've dealt with. I don't think there's been any kidnapping on anything else. Correct me if I'm wrong, but on Nostland the first two episodes after Gary's cleaned up dealt with alcoholism on the first season.

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The second season opens with a teenage girl getting into a grown man's car and screaming rape. You're dealing with the consequences of him offering a ride to a girl and what that does to his reputation, to his family's reputation. To me that hits a little bit harder. You deal with a drunk couple who you fall. You know you don't respect the boundaries and then there's an affair that ensues. There's an open affair, there's two open affairs. Ginger just deals with hers a little bit differently. We've got, uh, kids with adhd which is called something else back in the day Lonely housewives. You got a husband that hates his wife's success. You've got a woman entering the workforce. Now all these things seem very drab on their own, but Knots Landing managed to make them all very, very interesting. I will say that picking up a hitchhiker and her being, like you, raped me, is wild. So I'm not going to pretend like that's boring, but they've drawn us in by understanding that the soap can be subtle.

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The soapy aspects of this show are the kind of secret affairs, the fact that it's visible to everybody but they're not really saying anything. The fact that Abby has shown up and wrecked shop on this quiet little cul-de-sac, but we'll get to her in a second. But by and large, knox Landing understands that you don't overdo it. You don't throw God I can't even remember her name on Yellow Rose anymore Sybil Shepard and Sam Elliott. You don't throw that random love triangle in there unless it's going to work. You don't throw that random love triangle in there unless it's going to work. The love triangle between Richard, laura and Abby works because everybody is playing their roles. There's never going to be a shootout. There's never going to be this big, huge argument. They're just going to try to deal with it or pretend like they don't see it happening, which makes it all the more interesting.

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I guess it kind of folds into number two, where I say there are levels to this. There's levels to soap. You have your over the top, which is Dynasty, which I still don't think is just crazy, and then you have your very muted version on Knots Landing and I think the only difference is that Dynasty makes a bigger spectacle and they're dressed better. Let's just listen. I mean, we're not going to sit here and pretend like they're not dressed to the gods every time they step out, but their blow ups and their arguments tend to happen on a larger scale and more people know about it. But most of you think about it on not signing season two and season one. Most of the arguments, most of the things that are sort of embarrassing, are kind of happening behind closed doors, and when it is out in the open, because this is such a tight knit group, they don't really speak about it unless someone else brings it up. That brings a lot to the table, which I have as number five on my list, but I think let's go ahead and just burst out with that. Number three becomes number five.

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Minding your business is part of living peacefully in Northland. You know, good and well, this woman is sleeping with this man, this woman's husband. You know that. You know that the money is not mapping. When you think about how few cars are sold at this dealership, what do you mean? Mind your business? You know the teenage boy is a little bit high. You know you know the teenage boy is a little bit high, you know. You know Gary's been acting a little bit weird. You know Kenny's been all up and through the streets living with Sylvie. But you know what you do on Northland. Do you confront Sylvie? No, when you see her you say, oh my God, girl, I love that new song of yours. I turn it up when it comes on my car, which is I just can't even. I can't even believe it, I can't believe it. But that's part of the piece on this show. Yeah, I see this debauchery, but guess what? I'm going to keep it cute. I'm going to keep it cute, I'm going to mind my own business and see how this all folds out. This is by far the hardest realization on the list. It is number four. If you don't grow together, you're going to grow apart.

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I love the fact that this show was birthed from another series in Europe called, I think, scenes of a Marriage. You can really see where they focus in on individual or not individual, each couple's relationship. So we don't leave this season and we definitely didn't't leave season one wondering how the couples felt about each other. I quite frankly had questions about Kenny and Ginger being swingers. It was never fully clarified, but I guess it didn't really matter once he left her to hang out with Sylvie. But I love how intimate we get to be with each and every couple and, with that being said, what you see is that every single couple has a magnificent challenge ahead of them. It's never, it's not shallow, it's not petty. All of these things are deal breakers if you allow them to be.

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But what we see if you go through each couple is that Sid and Karen are kind of dealing with. She's upset in the first couple of episodes that he picked up this girl, but she's always going to defend her man because she knows his character. She's also a little upset because he's so naive. See that throughout the rest of this series the rest of the season, excuse me where Sid makes choices that aren't always super bright, sometimes they're to feed his ego, sometimes he's just not really thinking about them. And Karen has to be the voice of reason, she kind of has to be the bad guy. But they seem to have this love and respect for each other that they always kind of grow together. They're always choosing to grow back together.

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Although that whole thing with the first ever woman mechanic is still not very clear to me, assume I'm. I, in my mind, would like to believe that Sid definitely took her down on the side of that mountain and whatever happened happened. He was being way too cavalier about it. I don't appreciate it. I don't buy it. You're not. That's what I think. That's just me going forward. That's when you look over at uh, ginger and Kenny.

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Ginger spoke to him time and time again on season one. I'm not comfortable with this. I'm not comfortable with this, and it was team too much. When she found out he was banging Sylvie, when she saw with her own eyes, she couldn't deny it. She left him. He pursued her mercilessly. She was like screw you, I'm gonna date this doctor, and not, unfortunately. But you know, I'm saying turns out, she's prego. She's like I can't very well carry Kenny's baby in day two, so I'm gonna let that go. But she made him earn his way back and, so far, so good, grew together instead of growing apart. They could have absolutely thrown in the towel and she would have been totally justified with that, but they chose to work it out now.

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Do I think this is going to change in the future? Absolutely, I'd like to predict right here, right now this is a phase, baby or not. Baby can't even be banging. He's gonna let him get a taste of success. It's a wrap, ginger, does she? Okay? I'm gonna go ahead and say this too.

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She strikes me as the type who would be a little annoyed being at home with a baby. From what I can tell, she's like a rich girl who kind of stumbled into her career not stumbled, but what. You know what I'm saying. I think Ginger might have a problem being Kenny's housewife because she's always had something of her own and I don't think this is a bad thing. There's nothing wrong with not wanting to be a stay-at-home mom. There's nothing wrong with wanting to be a stay-at-home mom, the, the. The power comes from you knowing what is best for you, and sometimes that's hard to understand. But I don't see this panning out Richard and Laura.

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Richard fumbles the bag at the law firm, not really his fault. I felt kind of bad for him because I understand him being ambitious and being talented and just not being appreciated for that. I totally get where he's coming from. I don't like to make excuses for people, but I think no, no, I don't like to make excuses for people, but I think, no, no, I don't. I think two things can be true at the same time. He was going through it being okey-doke at his law firm. He's going through it because his wife is suddenly having success and he's always had that over her. He's always kind of had a thumb over her with that, but she turns out to be just an exquisite real estate agent. I don't think even if that was the opposite case let's say, laura still worked at the lingerie shop and Richard was the creme de la creme of LA lawyers I think he still would have had an affair with Abby, because it is an ego thing.

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That is my opinion. There's nothing in his character that tells me that that sort of thing would have been off limit for him at any point. It also was a little bit more clear this season that maybe they don't have an open marriage. But she misunderstood him the first season, thinking he wanted her to sleep with someone. He was like oh, did it remind you of your past? It's a whole thing. They don't really talk about it, but I mean I don't think it speaks to either one of their characters very much. I think Richard would have absolutely slept with Abby. Hell or high water, it wouldn't have mattered.

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I'm going to throw Abby and Jeff in there. It was fun to see Abby come through, which I mean you already know. If a relative shows up on a soap opera, 99.1% of the time it's going to be a problem. Cousin Michael seems to be the only exception to that rule thus far. I was going to say Maggie's dad on Falcon Crest, but he, that's how we found out she was adopted. So no, um, yeah, it's usually going to be drama, but it was fun to see that Abby's ex-husband felt a way about her and we also learned that Sid and Karen felt like Jeff would have been the more responsible parent. We'll get to that here in a second. But even her relationships are interesting. At least we know where she's coming from. I don't know what her chances are with Gary at this point. Since she threw him under the bus, she wanted him real, real, bad last episode. Then, when push came to shove baby, he was kicked in front of that greyhound bus with the quick.

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I don't know nothing. I don't know nothing about no dirty books. Gary did this all on his own dirty books. Gary did this all on his own. Mm, mm, mm. Which leaves us with Gary and good old Valene, the Vidalia Onion Queen. I just I think the writing's on the wall.

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Lucy is a grown woman. Lucy is a grown married woman. There's never going to be a situation where she lives with them. That part of their fantasy is gone. Valene has got had to go through her whole surgical thing. They're trying to conceive allegedly. I don't really see that happening. What I think this is is a situation where Gary and Valene were two broken people who have been very broken for a long time. They reconnected and found hope in each other, and I think Valene has been. She's like Atlas. It's on her shoulders all of this time to kind of uphold him, at least from her perspective. She, she, wants to uphold him, she wants to make life easy for him so that he can succeed, and she believes in him, and I think he's afraid to disappoint her.

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Season two Gary stumbles into his greatness, turns out business is in his blood. He is very, very good at it. I'm not. He didn't go out and seek a bad contract. He happened upon one, and then he happened to have a brother who's crooked Like a bad contract. He happened upon one, and then he happened to have a brother who's crooked like yo, let me go and get this bread and it worked out. But then it didn't work out. So I think, although I still can't stand him let the record reflect, I can't stand him I am not so unfair that I can't admit that. I see he is processing through this new life.

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This is a man who's been a joke. His entire life he's been running off. He's now in a position to where things are actually working out. When he's 10 toes down and he's focused on something, it actually turns out well. But you see the little affairs, these little things. It just shows that Gary needs, there's a need in him. Valene is never going to feel. He's always going to look at her as a woman who he let down and I think that does something to him. That's just my opinion.

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But where my girl is concerned, I want to see her continue college. I want to see her continue to grow and find her own interest, because I will stop watching this show. Interest because the lie I will stop watching this show. Hand to God, I'll stop watching it as soon as she continues to chase his little you know, his skirt tails, for lack of a better term. I don't want to see this.

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This complex, really strong woman who they sort of infantile all the time. They always give her these stupid hairdos. She's always so childlike and fragile but I'm like she's one of the strongest people on this show. I just I do not want to see that wasted. I'm assuming she grows with the show. I really am kind of impressed with my ability to not stumble upon facts. But I guess if you don't go looking you don't find it. But I don't know if she lasts through the whole series. I'm assuming she's going to last quite a while because she is kind of a tour de force. When you give her those one-on-one scenes she's so, so good. I just don't want to see her wasted as Gary's just long-suffering wife. That is beyond the most boring thing. I hate that.

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On the soap opera, do y'all remember when Sammy Jo was obsessed with what was it? Austin, and like her sister, carrie, was dating him on Days of Our Lives? Ain't nobody got time for that? We really, really don't. It worked out for Donna and David, but that's a whole different story. We're not going to talk about that.

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Okay, so we got number one on the list. Though has to be subtle. It doesn't have to be over the top to be impactful. Number two there are levels to this, which is just building on that. Sometimes you have diamonds on Dynasty, sometimes you have tears on Nos Landing. Number three mind your business. If you want to keep the peace, act like you don't see it. I don't care if the house is burning in front of you, you act like you've never seen anything. Number four you either grow apart or you grow together. These couples are leaving us in a good spot. Everybody seems to have grown somewhat together, but I do think this is fleeting. I will go ahead and make my prediction now. I think by season four we'll have some reshuffling of the couples for sure.

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Number five, which seems to be the most prolific theme on this show, albeit not explicit responsibility is a social construct. Who needs to be responsible? Hear me out. Is Gary fully responsible for himself? No, anytime he's upset, he gets to blame it on Valene. How dare you ask questions? How dare you? No, no, no, he doesn't need to be responsible. He just needs to show up and don't ask him about anything. Richard's the same way. Don't ask me Responsible? No, no.

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So what if I blew the money? So what if I blew the money? So what if I'm sleeping with Sid's sister? So what if I made an ass of myself with a family kickback? So what if I okie dokes my way out of a good deal and somebody else's problem? You know whose problem that is? That's Laura's problem, sid too.

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Oh gee, I don't know. I don't know how to count books. I don't know how to read. I don't know how to make contracts. How you do all this? This is part of pissing y'all. So much about state. How are you running an entire business, sir? You ain't never looked at a book. You have never set up a contract. All you do is work on this damn engine, which you're not even willing to sell. He's not taking any of this seriously, because you know why.

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Responsibility is a social construct. You don't have to be responsible, you just need to align yourself with someone who is responsible. Ie Karen, ie Valene, ie Laura, ie Ginger. Kenny was slinging his thing all over town with terrible lounge singers and God knows who else. Doesn't matter, ginger's going to go to kindergarten to make that bread, it doesn't matter, I don't know. It's responsible. You high? No, I'm the party guy. That's the thing on this show. And the biggest reflection of that is Abby Cunningham.

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Abby showed up on a whim. Laura found her house and you know how she thanks Laura. She promptly starts boning her husband. Oh oh, I have these two kids and they need food and clothes and stuff. Don't worry about it. Valene and Karen are going to take care of it.

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Oh God, I have this part-time job and three cars and a house I don't have to pay for. Can someone please take these kids to school? Sure, someone else will do it. Can someone drive me to work? Of course, lord, have mercy. I have never seen a more blatant example of it's just not my problem, dumb, as an adult in my life. Abby don't care.

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Responsibility is a social construct. It's only a thing. Because people believe it's a thing, you really can be a full-grown adult, live in a free home and blame your problems on everyone else, and it's fine because you live in the coldest sack and everyone will just pick up the slack. Which is why I can't wait to jump into season three. I'm going to go ahead and sneak a peek tonight. I simply cannot wait. I need to see what's happening with Sid.

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I don't really have any predictions for this show going forward because I don't feel like it follows a traditional format. But whatever it's doing, just keep doing it. Snot Lane. Keep doing it. Knots Landing. You're doing an amazing job. You're doing great, sweetie. Love it so much. All right, guys, that's it, that's all. Thank you for joining me on this bonus episode. Join me next time as we jump back into the big three and the season opener for Knott's Landing. In the meantime, in between time, enjoy the new year. I hope you are spending it with family, friends or at least things you love. Stay hydrated, stay moisturized, stay fabulous. Buy yourself something shiny and bright and keep all of your drama on Bye.