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I kind of liked Sharon with her bangs and heavier as Christine better. But I guess Sharon is a bit more refined than coarse Chris, so it makes sense that Sharon would be more polished-looking than Chris. I suspect Chris actually has silver hair now unlike Sharon who still has her lemonish hair.

I rather liked Tyne and Mary Beth with the gray hair. LOVED Mary Beth's dark, dark hair of the earlier shows when she was young, but I liked that they had her gray naturally in the four re-union movies.

And I loved that they put on weight and had more wrinkles in their middle age; it just added a very natural real feel to it.

Yeah, it'd be nice if both of them were in one more re-union movie...they'd maybe be heads of their departments and maybe by then Alice would be almost 18 and would decide to be a policewoman. Chris' niece would be into acting and maybe Alice and Bridget would meet and become close friends like Chris and Mary Beth.

And also, all the precincts would have a lot more women, so Chris and Mary Beth are now much less alone than they used to be.

Also, by then, Harvey Jr. would be married and have a son and a daughter, making Mary Beth a doting grandma.

But maybe one sad part would be that Harvey Sr. has another heart attack and dies. Mary Beth would then have to cope with widowhood and Chris would be there to pull her thru that, then Mary Beth would see young adult Alice off to the police academy.

And under it all, they'd be working on a huge case maybe involving corrupt gov't officials under the Bush admin and these corrupt officials would threaten the entire NYPD and even threaten to stage a huge terrorist attack and blame Iraq for it.

It'd be Christine and Mary Beth that would bring them down, but not without a terrific fight; Mary Beth would be blown unconscious at one point and Chris would then be struggling to protect her and get those criminals. And much of the NYPD would be there for back-up, both women and men. I also had this funny thought that maybe poor Chris is also getting a cold, so she had a double whammy of making sure the unconcious Mary Beth isn't hurt further and also fighting her cold and fighting the bad officials.

Just as the criminals are being arrested, to Chris' immense relief, Mary Beth finally comes to and Chris cradles her for a while as the rest of the PD cart off the criminals. Chris tells her that the criminals have been busted and this time they have proof for their conviction. Mary Beth manages a weak semblance of a smile and starts to slip back into unconciousness again, but Chris keeps her awake until a medical crew comes.

Turns out that Mary Beth's injury is not all that serious, but she does have a mild concussion and some bruising along her spine and under doctor's orders, must rest for a few days.

By then, it's also November. Maybe it could have a second-to-last scene with them at Thanksgiving at the Cagney place; by then Mary Beth is mostly recovered and Chris is almost over that cold and the entire Lacey gang and Chris' niece are all there and toast to progress. They also toast to Alice for making it thru police academy and for her getting a position as police rookie. Mary Beth is esp. grateful that women have finally made progress, so her daughter will not have as hard a time as her mom did.

Maybe the closing scene could be Alice as a new policewoman in uniform making her first arrest, then later calling Bridget, who is in a broadway play, and them talking.

How's that for a final re-union movie?



Christine + Mary Beth forever

Roseanne + Jackie forever