With the start of the 9th and final season, it's clear the writers were throwing paint at the wall to see what would stick. The Ortega's and the Agretti's are completely written out, and gone from the Tuscany Valley as fast as they arrived in the last season: we still don't know whether Tommy and Kelly survived the fall into the water; or whether Gabriel's condition continues to improve; what became of the rumor between Maggie and Tommy, and its impact on Maggie's newspaper, the Tuscany Herald. Also Nick and Ben Agretti are gone without explanation; no word about whether Nick was going to continue to challenge Angela for control of Falcon Crest; or the mystery surrounding the death of the guy who forged the Falcon Crest deed.
The season starts on a totally different, fanciful note: Richard has been convicted of all kinds of financial frauds and is starting his prison sentence. It's unbelievable; even in the 1980s, a case like this wouldn't even have begun trial in these short months. And Michael Sharps (Gregory Harrison) is introduced out of nowhere, as one of Richard's co-conspirators. It's absolutely ridiculous.
Even the tempo of this final season is so different from all the prior seasons; one does not feel like he is watching the same show. The writers seemed to be grasping at straws.
I actually had stopped watching Falcon Crest by its 7th season; I began binge watching the series a few months ago, and finally got to this last season, more than 30 years after it aired. It's clear, I didn't miss much. Watching this last season is torture!
The season starts on a totally different, fanciful note: Richard has been convicted of all kinds of financial frauds and is starting his prison sentence. It's unbelievable; even in the 1980s, a case like this wouldn't even have begun trial in these short months. And Michael Sharps (Gregory Harrison) is introduced out of nowhere, as one of Richard's co-conspirators. It's absolutely ridiculous.
Even the tempo of this final season is so different from all the prior seasons; one does not feel like he is watching the same show. The writers seemed to be grasping at straws.
I actually had stopped watching Falcon Crest by its 7th season; I began binge watching the series a few months ago, and finally got to this last season, more than 30 years after it aired. It's clear, I didn't miss much. Watching this last season is torture!