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Dallas - The Original Series
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<blockquote data-quote="Kenny Coyote" data-source="post: 193409" data-attributes="member: 102"><p>Yes! That's a great example of how that story could have ended.</p><p></p><p>JR was not the kind of character that people wanted to see beaten down badly, or having become incompetent. JR could lose to keep other characters relevant such as losing custody of John Ross to Sue Ellen, since they have to, to keep her relevant. If he divorces her and gets custody of John Ross, there would be nothing much for Sue Ellen to do, so she has to keep at least one type of power - custody of John Ross - to remain relevant in the show.</p><p></p><p>A JR who was still a threat was an entertaining JR - that's why we had so much fun when he was still very dangerous. A JR who has become too incompetent to be taken seriously is not an entertaining JR. </p><p></p><p>If people wanted to see JR get "payback" for all the years he was underhanded, fans would have gotten n their phones and called all their friends when JR was sent to prison in Haleyville. They would have called their friends who had quit watching and said: "I know you quit watching Dallas, but, what's going on right now is exactly what you had always been waiting to see: JR is in prison and working in a chain gang"! Except that didn't happen because people didn't want to see that. </p><p></p><p>Face it, if you were watching Dallas since the beginning and your biggest hope was to see JR get his comeuppance for the bad things he did - You were watching the wrong show! Nobody would wait 10 seasons just to finally see JR lose Ewing Oil. If your hope was to see JR lose Ewing Oil, you were going to be watching for many years, and be very disappointed for a very, very long time until you got your "reward."</p><p></p><p>How did the executives in charge of how the storylines went and decided how JR was portrayed not learn any of the above???</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kenny Coyote, post: 193409, member: 102"] Yes! That's a great example of how that story could have ended. JR was not the kind of character that people wanted to see beaten down badly, or having become incompetent. JR could lose to keep other characters relevant such as losing custody of John Ross to Sue Ellen, since they have to, to keep her relevant. If he divorces her and gets custody of John Ross, there would be nothing much for Sue Ellen to do, so she has to keep at least one type of power - custody of John Ross - to remain relevant in the show. A JR who was still a threat was an entertaining JR - that's why we had so much fun when he was still very dangerous. A JR who has become too incompetent to be taken seriously is not an entertaining JR. If people wanted to see JR get "payback" for all the years he was underhanded, fans would have gotten n their phones and called all their friends when JR was sent to prison in Haleyville. They would have called their friends who had quit watching and said: "I know you quit watching Dallas, but, what's going on right now is exactly what you had always been waiting to see: JR is in prison and working in a chain gang"! Except that didn't happen because people didn't want to see that. Face it, if you were watching Dallas since the beginning and your biggest hope was to see JR get his comeuppance for the bad things he did - You were watching the wrong show! Nobody would wait 10 seasons just to finally see JR lose Ewing Oil. If your hope was to see JR lose Ewing Oil, you were going to be watching for many years, and be very disappointed for a very, very long time until you got your "reward." How did the executives in charge of how the storylines went and decided how JR was portrayed not learn any of the above??? [/QUOTE]
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