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Message: <blockquote data-quote="stevew" data-source="post: 222740" data-attributes="member: 130"><p>I wish they had explored it more.  There was a perfect chance to explore what happens for an alcoholic to return to the fight to get sober.  Instead they made Bobby look like a good guy, living her alone in a room of memories and a house of alcohol.  Then they dropped it.  It was a perfect chance to dive into the feelings of a child of an alcoholic.  We could have seen Sue Ellen combat her feelings for JR and work on her relationship with her son and been stronger than ever.  In the years we didn’t see, Sue Ellen could have learned so much about business and finance that she could have been the mentor JR wasn’t able to be to her son.  Her friends could have been more than easily blackmailed old beaus but powerful people to give her an advantage.  Sue Ellen had the most potential of any of them to have come out on top, stronger and more fun to watch - think Alexis Colby (fierce mother who won’t be pushed aside, divorce or not), Angela Channing (fierce grandmother who will rule the roost) and Abbey Ewing (fierce competitor who equally protected her family).   They missed the opportunity by turning her into Bobby’s side kick.</p></blockquote><p></p>