Check out my expansive write-ups of Season 1, which establishes the characters and struggles to set the tone; Season 2, which pretty much mucks up everything; Season 3, in which the show masters the challenges inherent in its premise; Season 4, a shrewd and ultimately successful reinvention; Season 5, the show's annus mirabilis; Season 6, one of the series' best story-lines, and perhaps its greatest acting showcase; Season 7, in which Dallas scribe David Paulsen, newly installed as headwriter, shows an astonishing lack of affinity for the characters; Season 8, in which the characters return, but the plotting goes haywire; Season 9, in which the show once again gets back to basics, after a couple unrecognizable years; Season 10, the year the ratings rose; Season 11, in which the show jumps the tracks -- then jumps back; Season 12, a shot of pure adrenaline that soon fades; Season 13, an epic fail, then an epic save; and Season 14, in which Ann Marcus, who'd guided the series during a critical time in its history, gives it a glorious send-off.
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ReplyDeleteTommy, super fan (of yours) from afar.
Once KNOTS started running for free in the US on PLEX this Aug (‘24), I have started re watching…from my first episode I ever saw in prime time (Season 10, Ep 4 “The Pick Up Game”) to then my favorite seasons (5, 4, 6) and a few of my favorite finales (including the only good thing in 8 - “Cement the Relationship”) has been so fun.
Though, I must say finding (stumbling onto) your blog & summaries & spot on assessments have been the best gift(s) of the year! Truly, I want this published for a broader audience of KNOTS lovers.
In time, I’ll make my own questions on your thoughts to certain seasons, but right here and now want to thank you for the time & effort to share your joy (and rightly heartache with some of the wrong turns) of our collective favorite dead in (cul-de-sac) ; ).
Thank you thank you thank you for sharing for us all to enjoy!
D, it’s a great pleasure to “meet” you, and thank you for the compliments. Yours is truly one of the nicest notes I’ve ever received. I never suspected — when I first wrote up Season 3 in 2012 — that I would end up taking on the entire series. But the Knots essays proved my most popular — plus they were quite simply the most fun to write. I watched the series when it originally aired, and have been re-watching it (or at least, the best of it) ever since — so I obviously had a whole lot to say. LOL I look very forward to reading your comments about the individual seasons. In the meantime, thanks so much for your kind words.
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