Daphne Zuniga's Jo Reynolds was put via lots all through her 4 seasons on Melrose Place. However for Zuniga, one storyline took it a contact too far.

"You understand, the factor about Jo's child," Zuniga mentioned on a latest episode of the Melrose Place rewatch podcast Still The Place, in response to a fan query about "the storyline your character was concerned in that your first thought was, 'Wow, that is excessive, even for Melrose.'"

The actress defined, "Jo has a child, then it's kidnapped. I imply, I used to be on David Letterman as soon as. I couldn't sustain with the place the newborn went. It was kidnapped. Then I obtained him again. Then he was stolen once more. Then lastly I gave him up ultimately. It's like, that was excessive, ?"

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The kidnapping storyline is likely one of the prime dramas of the beloved cleaning soap's third season and certainly includes sufficient revelations and reversals of expectation to make your head spin. Jo's child with the late Reed Carter (James Wilder) is first sought by his dad and mom, so Kimberly (Marcia Cross) helps faux its loss of life, however as an alternative kidnaps the kid, which doesn't final lengthy as a result of the Carters rent a nanny to kidnap the newborn again. Jo ultimately reaches her restrict after getting shot and offers the kid up for adoption.

Zuniga clarified her feedback: "We benefit from the drama, however that is when the world liked the present, when it was so excessive. They liked it."

Her cohost and former costar Laura Leighton agreed, admitting the wilder storylines had been "tremendous enjoyable. However a number of the instances, I might ask myself, 'Oh my gosh, actually? Is that this… I imply, isn't this excessive?' Then someway it managed to be precisely what the viewers needed."

Leighton performed the impulsive Sydney Andrews throughout 5 seasons of Melrose Place. If anybody had purpose to be scared to open subsequent week's scripts and discover out what they entailed for his or her character, it was Leighton.

"I believed that Sydney usually had the, 'Oh, you wish to do one thing wacky? Let's give it to Sydney.'" So I might learn the script and go, 'Actually?' she mentioned. "I used to be a stripper first, then to a cult, then turned a madam" to "a name woman out of desperation."

If that wasn't sufficient, Leighton added, "I believe I'd be remiss if I didn't point out the truth that Jane (Josie Bissett) and Sydney buried Richard (Patrick Muldoon) alive. In order that was a giant spoiler, individuals — for these of you who haven't watched Melrose but, that's coming."

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Zuniga reminded listeners who could have discovered these over-the-top storylines a bit too indulgent that "we didn't have say, . We simply needed to learn it and make it work. That was our job. So it was like, season 2 and three, you began to go, 'That is going to be excessive increasingly more and increasingly more."

Melrose Place definitely had the next melodrama to drama ratio by season 3 than it had within the comparatively quiet first season. However the present's rankings had been as excessive as they could possibly be throughout peak loopy, from seasons 2-4.

Zuniga and Leighton weren’t joined by their common cohost Courtney Thorne Smith. The actresses defined that every of the ladies have been evacuated from their houses because of the continued Palisades Fireplace in Los Angeles, with Smith nonetheless "ready to listen to about her residence."

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