Lindsay Lohan's appearance was a tease on purpose, she will be back for 4 to 5 episodes when the show comes back in the fall. I thought it was a fun cameo, and Naomi Campbell's bit was great.
The reason they are turning Alexis into such an incredibly despicable and annoying character is because Rebecca Romijn is not going to be part of the show next season anymore, I believe they might write her off the show in the first few episodes. One time I read she was just not a regular and at a later date I read that she simply was off the show. Not sure which one it is, but I certainly hope it's the latter. It's not her fault, it was apparent to me from last season and the beginning of this season that the writers had no clue what to do with the character. She dealt with man issues, then tried to kill her father, then Daniel forgave her, then she was a bitch, I don't know, what a misconceived role! I can't wait for her to be gone.
I strongly disliked this season, there might have been a few episodes I liked (the Victor Garber episode comes to mind) but truly I believe the show is so messy in terms of character development and storylines that it's a turn-off. Last season finale was so strong, this one was just blah. I do hope Alec Mapa comes back to the show next season. He is fantastic.
I wonder what the show will be like with the move to NYC. Word is Pat Fields is back on board and she will be re-designing the look of the show because apparently the ratings were quite disappointing this season compared to those during Season 1.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"