Announcing its fall schedule yesterday, The CW made it official: “Melrose Place” is no more. Ella, Jonah, Riley and the rest of the apartment-complex dwellers were laid to rest as “One Tree Hill” was called back for its eighth season.
But the Melrosers had so much potential! Alkie Auggie and deranged Violet (I stand by my claim that Ashlee Simpson-Wentz didn’t totally suck) rode off into sunset, leaving a great core cast of characters to work, play and engage in illegal activities in the city of Angels. “Life in Reverse” was finally being made with Jonah at the director’s helm, Ella bitch-slapped Amanda into the Feds waiting arms and Drew was about to die any minute. Yes, Riley and her “morals” were a little tedious, but it at least created some balance against Lauren’s prostitution gig.
For closure, I’ll have to assume that Dr. Mancini dies in a freak accident (and in true "Melrose" form, later comes back to life), David gets custody of his son, Noah, and finally leaves a life of crime to focus on Cole. Lauren will perform emergency heart-replacement surgery on Drew in the courtyard using nothing but chlorine and bar accoutrements, saving his life and kick-starting a doctor-doctor love affair. Riley and Jonah will get back together and finally get married and Ella will go back to being Ella, a hot, bi-sexual, married-to-her-Blackberry publicist. (I mean, really, you have to admit that make-out session with talent agent was one of the better girl-on-girl moments on TV.)
So with storylines wrapped for my own sake, I bid a sad farewell to “Melrose Place 2.0” — you were fun while you lasted, which is more than I can say for the season finale of “90210.”
Are you sad to see "Melrose Place" gone or have you already moved on to bigger and better things? Which actor(s) from the series to you think deserves a successful career?
