Adam and Amanda: Were They Replacements...?

[Dr. Thong]

At the end of season two, Steven left Denver and in the first episode of season three, Adam (originally Michael Torrance) arrives, the long lost first son of Blake & Alexis.

Was the character of Adam conceived to fill the void created by Steven's departure?

And at the beginning of season five, another long lost Carrington sibling, Amanda, arrives following season four's finale, which saw Fallon disappear after a mysterious car crash.

I wonder if this was the case as well.

Hmmmm..

[Dr. Thong]

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[Steve_uk]

Originally Posted by Dr. Thong

At the end of season two, Steven left Denver and in the first episode of season three, Adam (originally Michael Torrance) arrives, the long lost first son of Blake & Alexis.

Was the character of Adam conceived to fill the void created by Steven's departure?

And at the beginning of season five, another long lost Carrington sibling, Amanda, arrives following season four's finale, which saw Fallon disappear after a mysterious car crash.

I wonder if this was the case as well.

Hmmmm..

It certainly needed more characters after the departure of Steven and the storyline of the kidnapping and the silver rattle wasn't bad as far as Dynasty goes. As far as Catherine Oxenberg was concerned the actress apparently got above herself(she's descended from royalty:enough said)more of which you can read here. Emma Samms' wooden performance? Well,enough said.http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1...ake-carrington

[Dr. Thong]

Originally Posted by Steve_uk

It certainly needed more characters after the departure of Steven and the storyline of the kidnapping and the silver rattle wasn't bad as far as Dynasty goes. As far as Catherine Oxenberg was concerned the actress apparently got above herself(she's descended from royalty:enough said)more of which you can read here. Emma Samms' wooden performance? Well,enough said.http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1...ake-carrington

That actress they brought in to replace Oxenburg was terrible -- the character was hastily written off after a few episodes, never to be heard from again.

So it was Catherine Oxenburg who killed Amanda Carrington.

[Steve_uk]

Originally Posted by Dr. Thong

That actress they brought in to replace Oxenburg was terrible -- the character was hastily written off after a few episodes, never to be heard from again.

So it was Catherine Oxenburg who killed Amanda Carrington.

Yes Catherine had a touch of class. I don't know why she was so greedy. Maybe she had a chat with Joan Collins.

[Victoria81]

Originally Posted by Dr. Thong

At the end of season two, Steven left Denver and in the first episode of season three, Adam (originally Michael Torrance) arrives, the long lost first son of Blake & Alexis.

Was the character of Adam conceived to fill the void created by Steven's departure?

And at the beginning of season five, another long lost Carrington sibling, Amanda, arrives following season four's finale, which saw Fallon disappear after a mysterious car crash.

I wonder if this was the case as well.

Hmmmm..

Yes to both. You can read it in the trivia sections on most websites. Amanda was written out of nowhere when the actress playing Fallon left the show. In season 2 Alexis makes the comment that she and Blake have "2 children"

[Dr. Thong]

Originally Posted by Victoria81

Yes to both. You can read it in the trivia sections on most websites. Amanda was written out of nowhere when the actress playing Fallon left the show. In season 2 Alexis makes the comment that she and Blake have "2 children"

And yet, in both cases, they decided to bring Steven and Fallon back with inferior actors to replace the originals.

At least Al Corley reclaimed the role of Steven in the TV-movie Dynasty: The Reunion.

[Steve_uk]

Originally Posted by Dr. Thong

And yet, in both cases, they decided to bring Steven and Fallon back with inferior actors to replace the originals.

At least Al Corley reclaimed the role of Steven in the TV-movie Dynasty: The Reunion.

Yes,but by then the show was but a shadow of its former self,sadly basking in bygone glories as Blake and Krystle stumbled on each other implausibly on some remote seaboard and the plot went downhill from there.

[Dr. Thong]

Originally Posted by Steve_uk

Yes,but by then the show was but a shadow of its former self,sadly basking in bygone glories as Blake and Krystle stumbled on each other implausibly on some remote seaboard and the plot went downhill from there.

Dynasty got its farewell, albeit two years after the fact, but we still had Emma Samms (who was never Fallon for me) and worse, they had to replace Gordon Thomson as Adam for the Reunion movie because Thomson was on Santa Barbara and the producers wouldn't release him to do it.

[TMC]

Originally Posted by Dr. Thong

That actress they brought in to replace Oxenburg was terrible -- the character was hastily written off after a few episodes, never to be heard from again.

So it was Catherine Oxenburg who killed Amanda Carrington.

Dynasty kept having to reshoot flashbacks that had contained former actors. For example, Emma Samms redid the scene where Pamela Sue Martin had the scene with the chauffeur in the bathtub. Meanwhile, Karen Cellini had to recreate the swimming pool catfight between Catherine Oxenberg and Heather Locklear.

[Dr. Thong]

Originally Posted by TMC

Dynasty kept having to reshoot flashbacks that had contained former actors. For example, Emma Samms redid the scene where Pamela Sue Martin had the scene with the chauffeur in the bathtub. Meanwhile, Karen Cellini had to recreate the swimming pool catfight between Catherine Oxenberg and Heather Locklear.

I remember the one with Emma Samms -- that was pretty bad. Just a reminder (to me) that Pamela Sue Martin was so much better in the part.

[TMC]

In hindsight, should Emma Samms have played Amanda instead of a recast Fallon? You could argue that Samms has a passing resemblance to Stephanie Beachum (Sable on The Colbys) and could have been introduced that way too. Or at the very least related to Alexis via her British family line.

[Dr. Thong]

Originally Posted by TMC

In hindsight, should Emma Samms have played Amanda instead of a recast Fallon? You could argue that Samms has a passing resemblance to Stephanie Beachum (Sable on The Colbys) and could have been introduced that way too. Or at the very least related to Alexis via her British family line.

I suppose she could have, but I also wonder if the producers held off bring the Fallon character back until the end of season five, hoping maybe that Pamela Sue Martin might end up coming back??

Just speculation on my part.

Personally, I know Martin left the role because her husband at the time financed a feature film for her (Torchlight) that ended up bombing at the box office. I think she made a bad move career-wise.