I still haven’t got to the final episode of the Colbys where Fallon is taken away by a UFO, but I still think I can comment on the scene and how I feel I am one of the few people who actually liked it. Yes, it was incredible. Yes, it was campy. Yes, it adds a Sci-Fi element to a s soap opera. But it was also just one scene. I mean, if there was a Season 3 of The Colbys or Dynasty Season 8 had Fallon’s crazy adventures in space (like Josie and The Pussycats), that would be too much. But, that never happened.

Actually, I think the writers handled it well. Fallon believed she had been abducted and Jeff, of course, believed she was crazy. And, let’s face it, if there was going to be one character on the show who would probably believe they were abducted (well, Fallon went willingly), it would be Fallon (I can hear the cries of “No, Claudia” now.) Fallon even showed some interest in others that were abducted by aliens and her obsession with it helped destroy her second marriage to Jeff.

They didn’t put a lot of effort into the design of the UFO

Of course, you can only take the storyline so far. Further, Blake was running for governor and the last thing he needs is stories about his daughter swearing she took a wonderful ride with aliens. The storyline did not last as long as some of the other ridiculous storylines (Rita-Krystle, cough cough). It lasted as long as it should have.

The scene does create the perfect narrative for the night time soaps of the 1980s and their waning popularity. The scene was a Hail Mary pass to save The Colbys and it did not work (even though Season 2 of The Colbys was pretty good). TV viewing habits in the United States were changing - people were less interested in outlandish storylines, outlandish sets and outlandish clothes (which is probably why Knots Landing was able to continue to 1993). It happens. Still, I am totally down with Fallon running off with some alien - she needed the break from the Miles-Jeff competition. I get it!