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Revealed: The Melrose Finale You Didn't See!
Raise your hand if you were disappointed by the final scenes of the Melrose Place series finale! Yes, the formerly saucy sudser got a bland and banal send-off, but did you know that a top-secret final scene was filmed and then junked at the last minute?
Hey � if you can't get Allison (Courtney Thorne-Smith) back, at least give the audience a final scene that ties up the loose ends established in the first scene, right? Wrong. The producers and writers thought no one would get the joke, and that the twist was too "inside" for most fans. Other endings that were considered (but not filmed): the return of Thorne-Smith in a funny cameo; a brief appearance by Marcia Cross at the conclusion of Eve's (Rena Sofer) storyline; and a fabulously campy visit to hell, where we'd see all of Melrose's dead villains living the high life.� Jonathan Reiner |
Longtime fans will remember that Natalie, Allison's first roommate, vacated the premises in the dark of night early in the first episode. That's why Allison needed a new roommate (namely Billy). Well, TV Guide Online has learned that the writers and producers wrote and filmed a final scene in which Natalie finally returns to the apartment complex only to find that Allison, Jane, Michael, Rhonda, Sandy and Jake are long gone, and poor Matt is dead.
