It was one of those weird late 80s/early 90s shows where it tried to combine serious drama with some really outlandish shit. It wasn't a terrible show, but it was really a product of its time. This was pretty much the jump the shark moment, though.
I seem to recall a 1990s primetime soap that killed off the villain by having her thrown off a building at the end of the season. The following season focused on figuring out who killed her. In the end, they found security footage of the wind catching her billowy dress like a parachute and lifting her off the roof.
The Otis Elevator Company would like you to know that, with proper maintenance, this hardly ever happens. It only happens to like 30 people a year, max, and half of those are elevator repair-persons who really should have been more careful.