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Start with a brilliant book by Candace Bushnell, recreate it virtually verbatim in 6 half-hour episodes, and you have an inventive, hilarious comedy. But, once you've exhausted all the clever anecdotes, the curiously comedic character traits of the principals, where do you go?

DOWN, I guess is the only answer, or at least it is here. I give Darren Star (of Melrose Place) credit for bringing S&TC to the tube. But the second six episodes of this comedy's first season were at best rivals to such mundane and idiotic fare as "Who's the Boss" and "Full House", with added profanity and sexual situations.

Early looks at season two only support the idea that this series is in a death spiral. My guess is the line between very clever and ludicrous is a fine one indeed.

Forget Showgirls and Sliver, and Flashdance, and Basic Instinct, Jagged Edge gave Big Joe his bones, his legitimacy.

A good suspenseful thriller, a bit dated, a trifle cliché (the suspect's wife had been sleeping with the country-club tennis pro, of all things), but well-paced, and well-acted.

Glenn Close takes her place in rarefied air here, the strong, but attractive adult female lead. An air uninhabited in film throughout the 90s..Susan Sarandon may try best to fill this spot, but she is nowhere near the attractive, desirable lead that Close was during this period.

Beautiful Bay-area landscapes only add to the overall package.

I wouldn't rate this high in the genre, but I see absolutely no reason to diss it either.

A solid overall effort.

Not a single classless cliché has been omitted from this all-time comedy classic. From the lime-green and lavender wedding gowns and the magic fingers bed assist, to the all timer, the "Regular Guy Look", Easy Money just keeps coming at you with one hilarious situation, another memorable line after another.

Joe Pesci brings just as much to the table as Rodney here alternately feeding, then stealing the yucks. And Jeffrey Jones plays the perfect foil-the genesis of his famous Dean Rooney in Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

Add Taylor Negron and Tom Noonan, not to mention Jennifer Jason Leigh and you have some serious talent working hard for the money.

And they're so good, they make it look easy.