29 - Sometimes A Great Commotion

Finale - Character Tournament

Republished from The Melrose Place 'Cast, available at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Melrose Place Cast on Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/melrose-place-cast/id1699849622] or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Melrose Place Cast on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/630rmmIJmuFZmtxmvAIPJP?si=ebc71f27be33445f] Over on the mothership podcast, we have a character tournament each season. This is our way of marking time, and noting which characters we think are the most interesting / saddest / tragic / etc. Of course, when the full podcast ends, we'll have one final tournament bringing them all together. Here, as the last podcast on this feed, we give you the character tournament of Models, Inc.

29 - Sometimes A Great Commotion

Republished from The Melrose Place 'Cast, available at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Melrose Place Cast on Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/melrose-place-cast/id1699849622] or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Melrose Place Cast on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/630rmmIJmuFZmtxmvAIPJP?si=ebc71f27be33445f] Well, everything wraps up and ends. It is a sad, sad say for Teege and Mary, as the Models, Inc. 'Cast comes to its inevitable end. Of course, we knew there was no second season when we started, but it doesn't make it any easier. Grayson's promised hitman arrives, accidentally killing Grayson at the wedding WITH NO VIABLE ESCAPE ROUTE, and chloroforms Carrie to Hell, Baby, Hooker Hell, somewhere in Central America. Sarah's dad comes to town and punches Ben in order to defend Sarah from her addictions. Turns out, he is an alcoholic as well, swearing off the drink the day Sarah was born. Anna is persona non grata in Models, Inc., and falls down the stairs with Cynthia and Julie walking away, leaving her to crawl to a phone on her own. Hillary closes Models, Inc., just in time for Craig to propose to Julie. Like that, the show, and this spin-off podcast, is over.

28 - Exposure

Republished from The Melrose Place 'Cast, available at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Melrose Place Cast on Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/melrose-place-cast/id1699849622] or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Melrose Place Cast on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/630rmmIJmuFZmtxmvAIPJP?si=ebc71f27be33445f] It's almost over - unless someone comes through with the Models, Inc. reboot we've all been hoping for! This is the second to last episode ... and the final one before Mary watches the show again before recording a podcast about it. Does that mean she has been coming to this spin-off unprepared? You decide. Eric leaves his lady for good. Sarah has to turn on Grayson after failing a drug test, stripping with no memory of it, accidentally giving away $40,000 for one dance, and getting fired from her big Ann York campaign. Anna sleeps with the Director of Skin Deep in order to get the role based on Julie. When confronted by her step-sister, she says of course she slept with the Director to get the job - she was playing Julie, after all! Finally, Grayson wins custody of her baby thanks to blackmailing the judge for his "judicial restraint." Then, she loses custody when the judge is re-blackmailed for his "judicial restraint." It all ends next month!

27 - By Crook or By Hook

Republished from The Melrose Place 'Cast, available at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Melrose Place Cast on Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/melrose-place-cast/id1699849622] or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Melrose Place Cast on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/630rmmIJmuFZmtxmvAIPJP?si=ebc71f27be33445f] We're heading headlong into the series finale, and there's just enough time to wrap things up messily. Sarah from Iowa is getting hooked on drugs by Ben, formerly Adam's goon, now Grayson's goon. This will drive Sarah into Hookers, Inc. Carrie is already in Hookers, Inc., having been driven to failure as a waitress by Grayson. She comes in handy when Grayson needs to blackmail a judge. Julie and Anna are heating up, as only step-sisters can. SISTERS! Anna all out kisses Craig in the hot tub, so what exactly is her deal? Finally, as always, the real stories are with Grayson. A power struggle with Hillary is on a slow boil. Custody struggles with Adam over Daniel, including false police reports and ignored restraining orders. Adam says the nanny is a regular "Mary Poppins" before she promptly calls the police. Things are nearing an end, after two and a half years of monthly podcast episodes - there's just two more left!

26 - Adam's Family Values

Republished from The Melrose Place 'Cast, available at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Melrose Place Cast on Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/melrose-place-cast/id1699849622] or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Melrose Place Cast on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/630rmmIJmuFZmtxmvAIPJP?si=ebc71f27be33445f] We're heading for the series finale, and thanks to IMDB's summary of this episode, I am spoiled by one of the main storylines - specifically what Anna is doing here.  No worries though, I won't ruin it for the podcast description, which I assume is read by only a small percentage of people who listen to this. But, Julie's actual sister-friend, Anna (obnoxiously referred to as a step-sister over and over) shows up to get in good with Julie but she is rebuffed by phone, by the hot tub, and in the office.  She is just about to give up when Craig talks Julie into a little bit of forgiveness. Adam and Grayson are doing a baby exchange, when baby falls off of a wagon and cuts his head.  At that moment, Grayson solemnly swears that they must never use Daniel (this baby's name) as a weapon against each other.  Whatever, by the end of the episode, when Adam won't mack up on Grayson, she says that if he leaves, he'll never see Daniel again - either they're one big happy family, or it's his son without a father. Meanwhile, Grayson announces to the camera that Hookers, Inc. has a nice ring to it, and the first girl she's calling in to service is Carrie, who is hard on her luck because she is SO OLD (25?) and didn't save money from when she was young and hot.  Lessons learned.  Next up will most certainly be Sarah, as Grayson has Ben keeping an eye on her, and by "eye" we mean "drugs" and "on" we mean "in" but don't worry, by "her" we meant "her." All this and more as Models, Inc. revs up to shut down ... unless season two is picked up by Netflix sometime soon!