Facon Crest Season 2 Finale

[@eddiehanson2738]

Best cliff-hanger of any show. Ever.

[@jeffreyrichardson-fe4fw]

yes

[@Mr21scott]

Only if this is the only cliffhanger you've ever seen. 🤣

[@eddiehanson2738]

@@Mr21scott LOL! I've seen them all! The explosive ones, the fiery ones, the cold dark verbally menacing ones... this really was the best and most unexpected. Having her armed was a great twist. Watching a coffin go down a superb addition to that.

[@josebro352]

Actually nothing tops Emma Samms flying off to hyperspace with the aliens on The Colbys. That was just out of this world. Literally.

[@eddiehanson2738]

@@josebro352 That was also brilliant, but unlike this one, it had a lot of pre-publicity, so the shock factor wasn't so much there, as was the sense of awe. It was magnificently done.

[@liammack3635]

one of the shows best cliffhangers ...I remember at the time being in complete shock. Julia was a great character brilliantly played by Abby Dalton.

[@ericmaine]

This was actually a real shock - Julia was always a rather 'ancillary' character without much of a back story (we knew she resented her mother, and was still in love with her ex-husband), but another reason I think this worked is that we were only two seasons into the series, and again, Julia didn't really have a lot to do other than ragging on Lance about his slut wife and drinking

[@paulvoorhies8821]

The absolute best!!

[@ericmaine]

This really was a great reveal. I think because the show was only a couple of years old at this point and Abby Dalton‘s character was really ancillary to the action. We knew very little about her other than she hated being under the thumb of mother and she worked in the winery and had a bit of a drinking problem. I don’t think it would’ve been effective if this had been season six or seven and she was revealed as the killer. Again, I think that because she was sort of in the background most of the time no one suspected her.

[@SaxonC]

One of my favorite night time dramas behind Dallas and Knots Landing when they ruled Friday and Thursday nights.. I love all of the episodes that Lana Turner was in as Jacqueline Perrault. Her scenes with Jane Wyman were electric. Lana Turner should have been a regular on the series because Jacqueline Perrault was really the only formidable opponent that made Angela feel threatened. I wish the producers would have explored that storyline more, instead of killing her off. Falcon Crest was a great show BUT they developed a bad habit by always killing off or writing off their Core characters. Towards the send of the series, they really began hacking away and getting rid of the characters that helped make Falcon Crest a top ten ratings winner for over half its run on CBS. By season 8, the show really began to look unrecognizable by getting rid of Melissa Agretti and adding a band of boring and useless characters of the Ortega and extended Agretti families that fans never heard of until the Producers tried forcing us to like. Their storylines were dumb and extremely dull with really no connection with the history of Falcon Crest. By season 9, it was a totally unrecognizable series starting with that awful opening theme and adding even more useless characters and storylines. Their two biggest devastating and mistakes, were Killing off Maggie and introducing that weird “Charlie” character who Emma supposedly married. Then they enraged fans by him stealing Maggie’s diamond ring from her finger as she laid in her casket. So to add insult to injury, they had Charlie, (this one dimensional character) sneaking into Angela’s bedroom, attacking her while she was in bed by trying to smother her to death. By this time, Jane Wyman who made Falcon Crest a success, wanted out because she hated the direction the new producers began taking the show. To be even more honest, the last three episodes of the series were the best because Jane Wyman brought Angela Channing back and took Falcon Crest Back where it belonged. I remembered when Falcon Crest was the greatest Winery in the Tuscany Valley and worth over a hundred million dollars . By season 9, they devalued it to only 14 million dollars.. 🙄 I am glad that we had at least 7 good seasons. Thank you for posting this great scene..

[@ShowsMorgie]

A great cliffhanger ending for a brilliant season!

[@paulvoorhies8821]

Indeed!!

[@josephgraefe4886]

Falcon Crest has such awesome cliffhangers!! What a great nighttime soap!

[@paulvoorhies8821]

Yeah. The best!!

[@nadavno]

amazing music score. Remember it like it was yesterday

[@anthonylagano2371]

My favorite Falcon Crest cliffhanger. I was shocked that the killer was Julia …didn’t see it coming . Then we had to wait all summer to see who got shot . Good times the 80’s😎😎😎

[@chazarcola7639]

The revelation that Richard was Angela's son made a mockery of Jacqueline's tragic death when Julia shot her at the end of season 2 : "JULIA, DON'T SHOOT. RICHARD IS ..." BANG.

[@williamharrell3622]

RIP Abby dalton

[@sheawhitehead7447]

Love Abby Dalton and Julia. She was so beautiful.

[@robertpiarulli6230]

A great cliffhanger. Enjoyed Lana Turner's appearances on falcon Crest. Wish she could have made more appearances.

[@robinnnnnnnnnnnn]

Falcon has an "l" in it. That said, this was probably the best cliffhanger ever on any soap save maybe the Knots Landing cliffhanger where Val finds her kidnapped twins.

[@johndyslin798]

Who Shot Jr is the grandfather of all cliffhangers

[@josebro352]

@@johndyslin798 That and Fallon being abducted by a UFO on The Colbys

[@johndyslin798]

@@josebro352 really? I hope you're being funny!

[@paulvoorhies8821]

@@josebro352. That was the WORST. Widely considered critically the worst.

[@paulvoorhies8821]

The Knots baby cliffhanger could never match up to this one!

[@johnothy]

In the early years, the living room fireplace was inside to the left on the same wall as the front porch. You see the chimney outside in the view of the house. In later seasons, it changed for some reason to the right side of the living room.

[@maestroclassico5801]

Abby rarely got a chance to really "act" as Julia here she got to make up for it! This was one of the better cliffhangers

[@zaniac100]

James Hong! Fab cliffhanger.

[@laminage]

Yes! He also played The Doctor of Steven Carrington (#2) on Dynasty, and he was also on Dallas as The Businessman who chaired a meeting with the Pool Drowning Episode. He was a well known Character Actor.

[@zaniac100]

@@laminage Yes I finally twigged that James Hong was in like everything, while watching the Dynasty episode on DVD where Steven gets his new face.

[@paulvoorhies8821]

@@laminage. He has more IMDB credits than any other actor, and he’s still going strong, just coming off his most famous performance in EEAAO. Amazing! I love me some Wilson Fong!

[@paulvoorhies8821]

My favorite soap cliffhanger of all time!

[@psychodelicrock12]

What happened to him after this episode?

[@robertpiarulli6230]

Great cliffhanger.

[@robertpiarulli6230]

One of the best cliffhangers. Sorry to see Lana Turner's character die. She would have been great to come back as a recurring character on the show to battle. Angela, etc

[@SaxonC]

Loved the Jacqueline Perrault character.

[@tmarshalltravers2308]

When they say go out with a bang... See above it.

[@chrisnapolion9568]

I remember that

[@davidmullen2555]

Love it

[@johndyslin798]

It truly was one of the best cliffhangers, perhaps third behind Who Shot JR and Who Shot Bobby

[@paulvoorhies8821]

It’s an absolute gem!

[@gphell33]

Why do I remember seeing or reading something somewhere about the coffin scene and a headline: A Tisket, a tasket, who’s in the casket?

[@josephgraefe4886]

That episode was on Guiding Light involving Holly!

[@paulvoorhies8821]

@@josephgraefe4886. Was it? I loved GL.

[@BoraBoraSharkBoy]

In my country they stopped airing FC after this episode(!) I never found out whose the coffin was until years later with the help of internet. Back then I assumed it was Julia's own after she turned the gun against herself.

[@laminage]

I remember wincing and wondering who it would be. I thought it was Vicky's Husband since he was nearest to her. In the Book Version it was different. They had a Founders Day BBQ to celebrate the original inhabitants of The Tuscany Valley most notably Jasper Gioberti. The Sherriff told Family Members to be in The Study. Also Diana Hunter wasn't there. Richard crashed the BBQ with Jacqueline where she admitted to Chase he and Richard were Brothers. Only at The BBQ did Maggie know that Joseph was her Grandson. When Julia pulled out her Gun Chase & Richard dragged her to The Ground, and since Chase fought in Vietnam, I thought he'd be able to get it from her.

[@scandinavianfreedom2589]

Where do you live? In what country? In many European countries FC was a bigger hit after this season. Season 3, 4 and 5 were the best!

[@ericmaine]

@@laminage Book version ?

[@paulvoorhies8821]

@@ericmaine. There’s a Falcon Crest book out there. It’s mainly the telling of the first 2 seasons, with just a bit of 3 thrown in.

[@nicoleackerman205]

They stopped after that and no internet to see who it was. I would go nuts.

[@kobrakitsch877]

When Angela and Richard were later revealed to be actual mother and son during season 7, the tragic death of Jacqueline Perrault in the season 2 cliffhanger was totally RETCONNED. She wasn't trying to save Richard at all. She was just trying to escape and get the hell out of there. Poor Lana Turner. Her character turned out to be beautiful and ruthless but ultimately THE STUPIDEST BITCH ever in prime time soap opera history.

[@paulvoorhies8821]

I guess she was trying to make things easier for Chase too? Maybe?

[@nicoleackerman205]

I hated making Richard Angela kid her son.

[@rightsaidrick]

Probably my favorite cliffhanger of ANY of the nighttime soaps. Sorry, who shot J.R. but you were great. Moldavian Massacre on Dynasty was shocking and over-the-top and great suspense at who would survive. But with Lana Turner, the solving of a murder, Julia pulling a gun and shots fired, followed by the coffin being lowered into the ground... excellent! Also great was Dallas when Cliff jumped into the pool to try to rescue the brunette woman who had drowned, and when he looked up at JR and said "She's dead!!" we would have to wait 3 months to find out who drowned: Sue Ellen, Pam, or Kristin. Maybe it should have been Pam. Victoria Principal chose to never return, for the series finale, the tv movies, the Dallas reboot, shame on her. Maybe Mary Crosby would have been better to the fans.

[@dominickdirienzo8266]

3:48, here it comes!

[@user-fs3ib3dx8n]

Earthquake cliffhanger? Angela: What's happening? Angela it's an Earthquake. Are you sure you've lived in California Angela? SAVE THE WINE, FORGET THE WORKERS. 2023.

[@williamharrell9305]

Mr foxworth

[@user-fs3ib3dx8n]

They didn't subdue her. They allowed her to tell her story and hold onto her purse.

[@laminage]

Also as many of you know they did several different folks who could have killed Carlo Agretti. Lance who was sick of being controlled by everyone, including him, Melissa whom she felt that she was being pimped out. Chao Li to protect Angela who took an Immigrant and turned him into a Gentleman. Richard because Carlo wouldn't sell his Vineyards. Diana because she worked under Richard who worked under Henri Denault who worked under Jacqueline.

[@laminage]

Here's another fun fact. When Emmerdale celebrated 40 Years on The Air, folks wanted to know who killed Tom King who was the most powerful man in the Town. They had multiple folks who had a motive. They all hit him on The Head with a Statue and threw him out of the Window and he fell to the ground and died.

[@laminage]

Can you imagine how heartbreaking it was to know that your Mother made her Fortune by associating with The Nazi Party who took expensive Art during WW II. If Jacqueline had lived, her and Angela's Battle would have been horrifying. Also Both Channing Sisters murdered Chase's Parents. Emma accidentally caused the Death of Jason Gioberti and then Julia with Jacqueline. Poor Mr. Fong, he was so desperate to bring his Mother to America so she could live her last months of life with her Family.

[@williamharrell9305]

Abby was good actress

[@user-fs3ib3dx8n]

Falcon Crest 2023 Julia with a AR 15 could have taken out everyone in the room in 10 seconds.

[@Youngstown529]

Everything about this scene is great except Maggie's stupid hat.

[@josebro352]

LOL! Agreed. I said the same thing six months ago. First comment.

[@BrianKitching-wv5nh]

What happened here?

[@BrianKitching-wv5nh]

So Julia did it.

[@errolbourgeois8230]

After the cliffhanger, the show destroyed Julia character and made her go psycho. And that's was a shame.

[@paulvoorhies8821]

Well, she was fun to watch in Season 3 anyway. I love me some nun with the gun who kidnaps Joseph and burns up in the spring house. Not!

[@josebro352]

Maggie needs to ditch that ridiculous hat

[@heddalee]

It is ridiculous, and adorable on Maggie.

[@errolbourgeois8230]

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