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Re-watching the Ewingverse ... alphabetically!
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<blockquote data-quote="James from London" data-source="post: 242872" data-attributes="member: 22"><p><u><em>Daddy Dearest</em> (DALLAS, 17 Nov 89) v <em>Daddy's Little Darlin'</em> (DALLAS, 18 Dec 87)</u></p><p></p><p>Both of these late ‘80s episodes draw heavily on DALLAS’s past. In <em>Daddy Dearest</em>, having just moved onto Southfork, James receives a crash course in Ewing family history. Interestingly, these history lessons are quite subjective. Whereas Lucy’s summation of JR and Sue Ellen’s marriage is a tad simplistic (“He cheated on her so much, he made her an alcoholic”), JR’s description of Pam, whom he doesn’t even bother to mention by name, is brusque to the point of brutal (“Talk about a trouble maker.” “What happened to her?” “She’s long gone. Good riddance to bad rubbish as far as I’m concerned.”). Most outrageous, however, is JR’s assertion that he was “the first one in the whole family to treat Ray like a real brother.” This particular claim is delivered to John Ross during a father/son chat on the cardboard patio where JR tries to convince the boy of the benefits of suddenly finding out you have a bastard sibling. Two years earlier in <em>Daddy’s Little Darlin’</em>, on the very same cardboard patio, Ray himself tries to convince Christopher (who is currently reeling from the triple whammy of his mother’s disappearance, finding out he’s adopted and learning that Bobby has a newborn biological son), that he too knows what it’s like to grow up on Southfork feeling like an outsider. But Christopher is unimpressed — at least Ray's a half-breed; he’s no breed at all.</p><p></p><p>Back in <em>Daddy Dearest</em>, while the rest of the family take an active interest in James, Miss Ellie is oddly detached about acquiring a brand new grandson. She doesn’t appear on screen with him and seems more concerned about the effect his presence will have on John Ross than with getting to know him herself. Instead, she sticks to her primary function for the episode which is to play postman, delivering a letter to JR written by Jock in WWII, back when he believed he was dying and that JR was the only son he’d ever have. This mistaken belief parallels John Ross's that he was JR’s only son.</p><p></p><p>While it’s lust at first sight for James and Michelle in '89, a weirder kind of connection occurs in '87 when Clayton claps eyes for the first time on a beautiful girl in a painting who’s gonna get him in all kinds of trouble. (This mad little storyline is definitely one that’s grown on me over the years.)</p><p></p><p>The Ewings are the subject of lawsuits in both eps. A magnificently red-faced Carter Mackay storms into Ewing Oil during <em>Daddy Dearest</em> and bellows that he’s suing them “for negligence, for operating an unsafe tanker, maliciously ramming a West Star tanker, damages for all the oil I lost, for the total cost of the cleanup and FOR ANY OTHER DAMN THING I CAN THINK OF TO BREAK EWING OIL ONCE AND FOR ALL!” In <em>Daddy’s Little Darlin’</em>, it's puny little Lisa Alden who is suing Bobby for custody of her biological nephew aka Christopher. This leads to more DALLAS history, as Bobby flashes back to the scene in 1981 where he bought Jeff Farraday’s kid off of him, mistakenly thinking it was JR’s. His recounting of the tale to his lawyer carefully swerves much of Pam’s involvement so they don’t have to worry about flashing back to her on screen. I guess they don't want a red-faced Victoria Principal marching into the office brandishing a lawsuit.</p><p></p><p>And the winner is ... <em>Daddy Dearest</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>BONUS BEATS: </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>[MEDIA=youtube]SH_XPGr2Wpg[/MEDIA]</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="James from London, post: 242872, member: 22"] [U][I]Daddy Dearest[/I] (DALLAS, 17 Nov 89) v [I]Daddy's Little Darlin'[/I] (DALLAS, 18 Dec 87)[/U] Both of these late ‘80s episodes draw heavily on DALLAS’s past. In [I]Daddy Dearest[/I], having just moved onto Southfork, James receives a crash course in Ewing family history. Interestingly, these history lessons are quite subjective. Whereas Lucy’s summation of JR and Sue Ellen’s marriage is a tad simplistic (“He cheated on her so much, he made her an alcoholic”), JR’s description of Pam, whom he doesn’t even bother to mention by name, is brusque to the point of brutal (“Talk about a trouble maker.” “What happened to her?” “She’s long gone. Good riddance to bad rubbish as far as I’m concerned.”). Most outrageous, however, is JR’s assertion that he was “the first one in the whole family to treat Ray like a real brother.” This particular claim is delivered to John Ross during a father/son chat on the cardboard patio where JR tries to convince the boy of the benefits of suddenly finding out you have a bastard sibling. Two years earlier in [I]Daddy’s Little Darlin’[/I], on the very same cardboard patio, Ray himself tries to convince Christopher (who is currently reeling from the triple whammy of his mother’s disappearance, finding out he’s adopted and learning that Bobby has a newborn biological son), that he too knows what it’s like to grow up on Southfork feeling like an outsider. But Christopher is unimpressed — at least Ray's a half-breed; he’s no breed at all. Back in [I]Daddy Dearest[/I], while the rest of the family take an active interest in James, Miss Ellie is oddly detached about acquiring a brand new grandson. She doesn’t appear on screen with him and seems more concerned about the effect his presence will have on John Ross than with getting to know him herself. Instead, she sticks to her primary function for the episode which is to play postman, delivering a letter to JR written by Jock in WWII, back when he believed he was dying and that JR was the only son he’d ever have. This mistaken belief parallels John Ross's that he was JR’s only son. While it’s lust at first sight for James and Michelle in '89, a weirder kind of connection occurs in '87 when Clayton claps eyes for the first time on a beautiful girl in a painting who’s gonna get him in all kinds of trouble. (This mad little storyline is definitely one that’s grown on me over the years.) The Ewings are the subject of lawsuits in both eps. A magnificently red-faced Carter Mackay storms into Ewing Oil during [I]Daddy Dearest[/I] and bellows that he’s suing them “for negligence, for operating an unsafe tanker, maliciously ramming a West Star tanker, damages for all the oil I lost, for the total cost of the cleanup and FOR ANY OTHER DAMN THING I CAN THINK OF TO BREAK EWING OIL ONCE AND FOR ALL!” In [I]Daddy’s Little Darlin’[/I], it's puny little Lisa Alden who is suing Bobby for custody of her biological nephew aka Christopher. This leads to more DALLAS history, as Bobby flashes back to the scene in 1981 where he bought Jeff Farraday’s kid off of him, mistakenly thinking it was JR’s. His recounting of the tale to his lawyer carefully swerves much of Pam’s involvement so they don’t have to worry about flashing back to her on screen. I guess they don't want a red-faced Victoria Principal marching into the office brandishing a lawsuit. And the winner is ... [I]Daddy Dearest BONUS BEATS: [MEDIA=youtube]SH_XPGr2Wpg[/MEDIA][/I] [/QUOTE]
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