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Thursday, 11 October 2012

Why I Will Never Live In Melrose Place

If the five season of Melrose Place I have absorbed over the past months are indicative of the Los Angeles neighbourhood, then I won't be moving there in a hurry (although there's always a chance you'll hook up with a hunky local).

Some time ago, Living channel (before it became SkyLiving) showed three seasons of Melrose Place. Just as I was hooked it appeared they hadn't bought any additional seasons and just started showing it from season one again. Despite me having a tenuous link via a friend to the head of the channel and feebly imploring she ask them to buy more seasons, they didn't.

Then delicious temptation reared it's ugly head when I stumbled upon seasons one through to five on iTunes. I don't get out much, they were cheap and now I am an addict. I watch from between my fingers, my stomach churning at the absurd story-lines, generic acting, bad 90's hair and clothes, despite having a fashion designer among the characters.

So be warned. If you move to Melrose Place, it seems the following could happen to you:

Move In One Apartment, Move Out, Then Back in a Different Apartment
Billy was roomates with Alison, then Jake. Jake then lived with Jo, then she lived with him. Alison bunked in with Jane. Sydney has slept on everyone's floor and in their spare rooms.

Be Murdered By A Doctor at the Wilshire Memorial Hospital
In a mad moment, you can drug a patient, nearly cut them open, be imprisoned for said crime, be acquitted and back on the job by season three. No wonder Obama wants to introduce healthcare reforms!

Work At D&D or Shooters Bar
There seems to be only one advertising agency in town and one bar worth working for, although by season four we find out that D&D is 'small' hmmm and Shooters doesn't turn a profit. Also, waiters and bar tenders can pay their fancy Melrose rent from their tips and put themselves through medical school, so it seems.


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