It made no since to bring Sydney back from the dead even though I love her character and Laura. It wasn't fare for fans of the original, she abandons her new, just married husband, he killed himself of of grief and then they kill her off in the first five minutes. Why didn't they bring back Lexi Sterling as the landlord, after all she did own the building in the finally and she and Michael were almost married in the finally, we don't know what had happened between those two in those missing years.
Not sure i followed all of that but will try and tackle a few points.
Lexie was, IMHO, a weak character after Laura and Marcia. It felt like the show just needed another red-haired character. So Jamie had a tough couple of acts to follow. (She also went to All My Children as a re-cast of an older character, but I don't know if that was why she wasn't a part of 2.0)
I still haven't seen the last season, i wasn't enjoying it so i switched to this one. Craig (Sydney's new husband) was not a great guy, and people don't kill themselves because of one thing. He offed himself mainly because he was an entitled little jerk and when he wasn't rolling in dough, he just gave up. (And shooting himself in Jennifer's car? That is something people do to essentially give the finger from the grave)
It is fair to fans, since you can just ignore 2.0 and stick to canon. But I agree it was odd to bring her back since she had no reason to want to pretend to be dead -- I still haven't found a reason for that. (And the drug addiction, I guess she was on meds after being hit by the car and got addicted? This Sydney is definitely not as fun as she was before, that character was enjoyable, IMHO, because she had a delicious sense of humor, wasn't just a one-note beeotch like Amanda.
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