I still can't believe they made Sam join the Heavens Gate cult in Season 7

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Originally Posted by Novera

Genuine lol at this observation, I cannot stand that hair cut on such a beautiful face! Whenever I re-watch the series I have two specific moments that make me actually sad that the show is nearly "over":

#1) She dyes her hair nearly jet black
#2) The godawful short haircut (more brutal than #1, but #1 happens first)

As others have pointed out in the comments section of this video, Sam with short hair coincides with her character becoming decidedly less likable and appealing:

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People want a change now and then. I think she wanted to go with a shorter cut or bob.

I've never had long hair, but my wife had beautiful hair. It took a lot of time and effort to maintain the look and style. She grew tired of the hassle and asked if me if she could cut it. And you know what? I agreed to her cutting it short and I loved her no less.

I think it was good for Alyssa to make a change. She probably needed to have a different hairstyle at that point of her life.

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Originally Posted by rusty spike

People want a change now and then. I think she wanted to go with a shorter cut or bob.

I've never had long hair, but my wife had beautiful hair. It took a lot of time and effort to maintain the look and style. She grew tired of the hassle and asked if me if she could cut it. And you know what? I agreed to her cutting it short and I loved her no less.

I think it was good for Alyssa to make a change. She probably needed to have a different hairstyle at that point of her life.

This is my personal opinion, but I think that Alyssa's hairstyle in the first season of Charmed was a more cute and flattering version of a shorter cut or bob on her than when compared to the latter years of Who's the Boss?







Like I said, it seemed like Alyssa come 1990-91, was jumping on the trend of women getting that layered, butch haircut (see for example, Demi Moore in the film Ghost, Chynna Phillips of Wilson-Phillips, Dana Delany on China Beach, Bridget Fonda in the film Single White Female, Janine Turner on Northern Exposure, Josie Bissett on Melrose Place, Debbie Gibson, etc.).

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Originally Posted by TMC

I was reminded of this again, when I saw on IFC the last few episodes of Season 7, namely "Between a Rock and a Hard Place" and the "Road to Washington" two parter. Alyssa Milano had that I would call "May I speak to your manager!?" haircut. Maybe whenever I see Sam with super short hair, it's a perfect indicator that I'm watching a post-jump the shark episode of Who's the Boss?

Come to think of it, Alyssa from this time period with that dark and short hairstyle kind of looks like Martika, who was on Kids Incorporated and had a #1 single in 1989 with Toy Soldiers.

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Originally Posted by rusty spike

People want a change now and then. I think she wanted to go with a shorter cut or bob.

I've never had long hair, but my wife had beautiful hair. It took a lot of time and effort to maintain the look and style. She grew tired of the hassle and asked if me if she could cut it. And you know what? I agreed to her cutting it short and I loved her no less.

I think it was good for Alyssa to make a change. She probably needed to have a different hairstyle at that point of her life.

Alyssa Milano's future Charmed co-star, Kaley Cuoco also you could say, infamously cut her hair short and sported it for about a season on The Big Bang Theory. It ultimately had the same effect that Alyssa's really short-hair during the last few seasons of Who's the Boss? had, in that it drastically or dramatically aged her:


She sort of gave me Sandy Duncan vibes with that pixie cut.

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Originally Posted by Novera

It was a controversial decision, but they clearly wanted to make a statement with her haircut

This reminds me of this article that I just came across:
12 Gorgeous Celeb Looks That Were Ruined With A Hairstyle

No matter how beautiful the dress, sometimes our hairstyle or haircut is the element that makes or breaks an look, and celebrities certainly aren't immune.

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Originally Posted by TMC

Alyssa Milano's future Charmed co-star, Kaley Cuoco also you could say, infamously cut her hair short and sported it for about a season on The Big Bang Theory. It ultimately had the same effect that Alyssa's really short-hair during the last few seasons of Who's the Boss? had, in that it drastically or dramatically aged her:


She sort of gave me Sandy Duncan vibes with that pixie cut.

Oh wow I never watched the show but that haircut looks so bad on her! She looks so vibrant and youthful in the left picture, in the right pic she looks like a 40 something divorcee (still very pretty though, not saying she's unattractive!)

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Originally Posted by TMC

This reminds me of this article that I just came across:
12 Gorgeous Celeb Looks That Were Ruined With A Hairstyle

Wow so many bad haircuts in that list! Madonna is easily the worst, but Juliette Lewis' cornrows are a close #2!

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Originally Posted by Novera

Oh wow I never watched the show but that haircut looks so bad on her! She looks so vibrant and youthful in the left picture, in the right pic she looks like a 40 something divorcee (still very pretty though, not saying she's unattractive!)

When women in the limelight get a pixie cut, it invariably comes under scrutiny. Why does society react so strongly to women having a pixie cut?

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Originally Posted by TMC

This is obviously, a subjective question, but is there any woman that you can think of who still seemed remotely "desirable" (i.e. she didn't look too "matronly" or "butch") despite having a super-short pixie haircut? I guess that Janine Turner when she was on Northern Exposure and in the movie, Cliffhanger is the first person to come to my mind:

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