I Could Not Help But Watch

the series premiere of the CW's Melrose Place, sort of the way people rubberneck as they pass a bad accident on the interstate. It has it all: pretty people with problems, a gal who will do what it takes to pay the med school tuition, a couger from the old series who winds up delivering her best performance to date (i.e., floating face down in the pool), a Rosario Dawson wannabe who can't decide if she should marry her shack-up, and a ruthless blonde who will lie to the police, trash monogamy, and end up engaging in the behavior Dr. Rusty finds acceptable because she is bored.

On the up side, LMC fav Daphne Zuniga had a cameo from the "series launch party" and looked no worse for the wear. Here she is, from way back when:

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