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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tommie" data-source="post: 265233" data-attributes="member: 370">I think there's another aspect of it - it would've naturally brought up the fact that Christopher was adopted without it seeming like a forced recap situation. And that's sort of the issue with having a long history of a show to begin with - I get that people want DALLAS history referenced, but there's very few instances that a lot of that stuff wouldn't feel forced to bring up, but at the same time the issue with reboots/revivals is that you can't entirely ignore it. So by setting up a situation where the conflict exists because of the history is a good way to "solve" the problem.If Christopher is a Bobby clone and have a great relationship with him, then there's no reason for him to bring up the past. On the other hand, Christopher having mixed feelings about his heritage and being adopted would make it come up in a natural way.If John Ross's intent in life is to be like his father, then there's no reason for him to ever bring up that JR was kind of horrible. The reason why the "kitchen scene" with John Ross / Sue Ellen was one of the most effective scenes in TNTDALLAS is because it was built in history, but at the same time it's wasn't a scene that was hard to understand if you had never seen LORIMAR DALLAS.</blockquote>