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Message: <blockquote data-quote="the-lost-son" data-source="post: 265260" data-attributes="member: 672">Agreed.It was impossible for me to understand these characters because their motivations remained a mystery to me.Why was Cliff willing to sacrifice his only daughter to blame the Ewings? He was on friendly terms with SueEllen &Bobby a few episodes earlier?All the horrible things JR did, in his mind he did it for his daddy, then John Ross and Ewing Oil.What was Harris Ryland‘s motivation? Mama? Emma? Hate for Ann? Love for Ann? I have no idea.His actions seemed out of the blue, one-dimensional. Nicolas Trevino remained a cartoonish villain for me and the twists (like killing Elena‘s brother) did not shock me as his motivations were never made clear.Classic Dallas had a character of Matt Cantrell who was irritating for the same reasons.If motivations are clear, then the rest is really no rocket science.I‘m thinking of the Underwoods in „House of cards“. There were many unexpected actions, turns, events. But they all made sense because it was clear what was driving them.</blockquote>