User Reviews

I just finished watching all 9 seasons of Falcon Crest. I saw it when it originally aired and remembered it as one of my favorite shows of the time. The earlier seasons were elegant and entertaining with characters and actors you really loved or loved to hate. It was really fun to revisit the show. By season eight, many of the familiar actors were gone. This final season was a particular chore to get though with Jane Wyman's absence, unlikable characters taking the focus, and ridiculous plotlines. Angela leaves Falcon Crest to Emma. Emma?!? The whole storyline of her marriage to the slimy Brit, so frustrating. Frank Agretti's son and grandson are just gone, no explanation. A new Agretti nephew is added ( where did he come from?) just to be quickly killed off. Frank is carted away for murdering his wife years ago, his character completely changed from earlier seasons, and not mentioned again until the final episode when Angela says he's getting out. Pilar's infidelity with the sleazy chess master with a photographic memory. Don't ask. Wouldn't Lance call Peter Stavros, one of the world's wealthiest and most powerful men, for help getting Falcon Crest back while Angela is in a coma? There's too many ridiculous things to mention. While I understand why they added characters in Angela's absence, I didn't find Michael Sharpe to be very compelling. His sister Lauren became tiresome and by the end was hoping Richard would break up with her. Jane Wyman reappears in the last few episodes and it is wonderful to have her back. The series ends with Richard and Lauren's wedding. Angela gets Falcon Crest back. "A toast to you, Falcon Crest, and long may you live."