Luke_Krebbs_Ewing
Telly Talk Champion
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- Northern Ireland
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- The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
My personal favourite season of the show is season ten. I absolutely love the Wes Parmalee Jock Ewing storyline, the only thing which taints it is the lame ending because of the fan backlash. Watching poor Miss Ellie conflicted because of her emotions for Jock. This storyline impacted the entire cast of the show which is why it's so memorable. Not many storylines actually did that. Ray really wanted to believe he was Jock, so did Miss Ellie. You can even see the doubts on Bobby's face too. Even JR I felt had mixed opinions about him.
The B. D. Calhoun storyline was great too as was Sue Ellen's Valentine Lingerie storyline. Two of my favourites. I loved when JR said "My compliments Sue Ellen! That was brilliant!" after she aired the video to him of her being the force behind the company!
I was sad at the break up of Ray and Donna's marriage. Those two had something special but sadly because Susan Howard was a big supporter of Philip Capice that put Leonard Katzman's nose out of joint.
The only storyline which doesn't really do it for me was Jenna hooking up with Ray after Pam re-married Bobby. Jenna's constant whining did my head in, Charlie too. I wanted to slap Jenna on the occasions she was being nasty to Pam. Yeah maybe Pam shouldn't have asked Jenna to have the baby but give it to her. She was only trying to make the best of a bad situation. When Jenna confronted Bobby at Ewing Oil I really wanted to shake her! Jenna should've known that Bobby's true love was Pam! Just look at how beautiful the actress was, Victoria Principal was probably the most beautiful woman on the planet back in the 1980's.
It all culminated in Jeremy Wendell informing the Justice Department of Ewing Oil's terrorist activities with the dramatic loss of Ewing Oil in the season finale. However the most heart breaking scene for me was Pam's car accident with the tanker. I sat there in shock on the original airing! I had no idea that Victoria was leaving the show. Can you imagine how powerful that scene was on it's original airing.
One other small scene which I love is the scene just prior to the car accident. JR shouts at Wendell "You touch that painting & I'll kill you where you stand!" JR sadly takes down the portrait of Jock and showing it to John Ross he says "This Is Ewing Oil" and how true this is. Jock built that company from the ground up and JR will continue his Father's legacy.
All in all a great season and for the me the last great season of the show. It would never be the same without Victoria.
Looking back at the season made me appreciate how good an actor Jim Davis was. The painting of him was pivotal in keeping the character's memory on the show. Steve Forrest was another great actor. Despite Steve not being able to stay on as Jock it does make us appreciate just how influential the character of Jock was and how his influence was still felt on the show.
Rest In Peace to both Jim Davis and Steve Forrest.
The B. D. Calhoun storyline was great too as was Sue Ellen's Valentine Lingerie storyline. Two of my favourites. I loved when JR said "My compliments Sue Ellen! That was brilliant!" after she aired the video to him of her being the force behind the company!
I was sad at the break up of Ray and Donna's marriage. Those two had something special but sadly because Susan Howard was a big supporter of Philip Capice that put Leonard Katzman's nose out of joint.
The only storyline which doesn't really do it for me was Jenna hooking up with Ray after Pam re-married Bobby. Jenna's constant whining did my head in, Charlie too. I wanted to slap Jenna on the occasions she was being nasty to Pam. Yeah maybe Pam shouldn't have asked Jenna to have the baby but give it to her. She was only trying to make the best of a bad situation. When Jenna confronted Bobby at Ewing Oil I really wanted to shake her! Jenna should've known that Bobby's true love was Pam! Just look at how beautiful the actress was, Victoria Principal was probably the most beautiful woman on the planet back in the 1980's.
It all culminated in Jeremy Wendell informing the Justice Department of Ewing Oil's terrorist activities with the dramatic loss of Ewing Oil in the season finale. However the most heart breaking scene for me was Pam's car accident with the tanker. I sat there in shock on the original airing! I had no idea that Victoria was leaving the show. Can you imagine how powerful that scene was on it's original airing.
One other small scene which I love is the scene just prior to the car accident. JR shouts at Wendell "You touch that painting & I'll kill you where you stand!" JR sadly takes down the portrait of Jock and showing it to John Ross he says "This Is Ewing Oil" and how true this is. Jock built that company from the ground up and JR will continue his Father's legacy.
All in all a great season and for the me the last great season of the show. It would never be the same without Victoria.
Looking back at the season made me appreciate how good an actor Jim Davis was. The painting of him was pivotal in keeping the character's memory on the show. Steve Forrest was another great actor. Despite Steve not being able to stay on as Jock it does make us appreciate just how influential the character of Jock was and how his influence was still felt on the show.
Rest In Peace to both Jim Davis and Steve Forrest.
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