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Spoilers for past Melrose Place (2009) episodes follow
Heather Locklear blew into Melrose Place this week in a revival of her supremely bitchy character Amanda Woodward. She stole every scene she was in, and proved a formidable opponent to the main career woman on the block, Ella Sims, played by Katie Cassidy. Locklear plays Cassidy’s ruthless boss, and she makes the superficial Cassidy look angelic in comparison. I’m really enjoying the new Melrose and Locklear just improved it. Add in the fact that Ashlee Simpson is about to leave and it can only get better. EW has a really thorough recap of last night’s episode, including all the supreme shirtless shots of the hot male actors. A segment of EW’s recap is below, and there’s more on EW’s site. You can also watch the full episode on CW’s website if you’re in the US.
Wow…Amanda Woodward is back and it already feels like Melrose Place has been elevated to another level. This was certainly the reboot’s sharpest, sexiest and bitchiest episode, which I obviously mean as a compliment. Bravo, Heather Locklear, you still know how to rock a mini-skirt and infuse any scene with crackling energy.
Amanda revealed herself as the “W” in PR firm WPK, which is of course Ella’s employer. Amanda, who had been living in New York, swept through the L.A. office with swift firings (casualties included Ella’s boss Caleb) and some sassy talk. “This L.A. branch is drowning in red like a steer in a slaughter house. Now when I hired you to give this place a makeover, I didn’t mean smear it with lipstick and turn it into a five-dollar hooker. This office is pathetic,” Amanda announced with her jaw-dropping entrance.
Amanda had plenty of zingers — after Ella came into her office gushing about how Amanda’s profile in Vanity Fair had inspired her career in PR – the boss cut her off quickly: “Shockingly, I didn’t call you in for your life’s story, but your absentee father and pill-popping mother make for a very juicy tale.” She then told Ella to force Riley to sell the press on a fake bio to make the Anton V Real People jeans ads more interesting. Ella protested at first but Amanda put her in her place: “If you have a problem there’s a long list of eager assistants willing to take your place.”
I loved the Ella-Amanda sparks already and think they’ll only get better in time as Ella feels strong enough to stand up to Amanda more. Back in the Melrose 1.0 years, Amanda taking down Allison was like watching a cheetah pounce on a helpless wounded bird. At least in Ella, she has — or will have — a worthy sparring partner.
[From EW.com]
I’ll keep watching this trashy show full of lots of eye candy and intrigue. There were more twists in the murder mystery this week and we’re still not much closer to finding out the culprit. I don’t really care about that part of the plot so much though and primarily watch for the sex and cattiness. Heather Locklear still brings it to the small screen.
(Note: The CW has advertised with us, but I genuinely enjoy this show and this is not a paid story.)
Heather Locklear comes in at around 1:00 below. In the aired episode they played a different song for her entrance about the bitch being back.
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10 Responses to “Heather Locklear brings the bitch back to Melrose Place (spoilers for past eps)”
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Yes! With Heather back and Ashlee leaving, this show is better than ever! I think Katie Cassidy is great with Heather and look forward to Thomas Calabro and Heather having scenes next week.
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I thought that was Fergie! Lol!
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I love Amanda and Heather, but I couldn’t help thinking about what happened to Heather’s face. She still looks good, but somethings going on there that’s a little disturbing. Duck lips? Check. Puffy unmovable cheeks? Check. Something else too. Strange, but I still love her.
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I watched this last night. I loved the end. I think we’re in for flashbacks of fighting between Sydney and Amanda!
I would love to see more of the original cast come breezing through. Daphne Zuniga was awesome to see as Jo, the photographer a few episodes back. As was Jane (Josie Bisset) — where’d she go? I wonder what happened to Billy and I *know* Kimberly is out there somewhere (if they were able to bring Sidney back..)
Anyway, I’m starting to like the new kids. I couldn’t stand David until.. they hooked him up with Lauren. I’m rooting for those two crazy kids. Don’t really care about Auggie, Riley, and Jonah (what’s with the baby names??). Now Ella — I like. I liked Caleb (her boss) too.
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I guess if you’re going to be type-cast, then playing a b*tchy character to the hilt is the way to go. She rocks this role and that is no insult. In real life she is supposedly a real sweetheart.
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It was so great to see Amanda back and she definately still has the ‘IT’ factor goin’ on!!! This show can only get better but I disagree with another poster. They stated that Ella would be a good sparring match for Amanda. NO WAY!!! Ella’s still ‘wet behind the ears’ and she’s still in ‘beginner’ mode. She couldn’t hold a candle to the bitchy, evil Amanda!!! Watch your back, Ella!!!
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@wow, I remember Tina Fey saying that for bitchy characters, the nicer actors always play them better. Which I guess would make Heather a freaking saint.
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I never really watched Melrose Place back in 90’s. Except for that time when I was 14 and in a police station and the cops left me sitting there for an hour while they watched it!
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love her! the old MP with amanda, and kimberly (my friends & i used to call her dr. wig), alison and billy and sidney and michael….ahhh. good times indeed.
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LET THE GAMES BEGIN! I may even start watching now that Amanda’s back! Yahoooo!
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