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<blockquote data-quote="Monzo" data-source="post: 444612" data-attributes="member: 19949">Jock committed suicide when Ewing Oil went bust. And this information should have served as a warning to JR that something was amiss with what the supposed angel was telling him.While I do think Jock was capable of suicide, it would have been in the context of an illness that stripped him of his personality—Alzheimer&#039;s, for instance. It is hard to imagine Jock taking his own life simply because of financial ruin, rather than starting over and proving to everyone that he still had what it took. Theoretically, Southfork would still have been available to Jock; after all, as Adam told us, it was Jason who cashed it out, not Jock. And Miss Ellie dying of a broken heart? I don&#039;t really buy that either, and JR should have been skeptical about it, too.I don&#039;t think things happened the way JR. was told (or shown) they did. After all, what does the devil do? He deceives and lies to achieve his goal—and his goal was to get JR to take his own life. By claiming Jock had done it, the idea of following in his father&#039;s footsteps seemed less terrible to JR. In hindsight many of Adam&#039;s stories just seemed like tales concocted solely to serve his own agenda.The SOD article mentioned that the finale featured snappy one-liners, but strangely enough, I can&#039;t recall that at all.Personally, I don&#039;t dislike the finale the way others do. I found the penultimate and antepenultimate episodes surprisingly good and was therefore hoping for a great ending; but even though I wasn&#039;t exactly satisfied, I didn&#039;t feel cheated either.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Monzo, post: 444612, member: 19949"] Jock committed suicide when Ewing Oil went bust. And this information should have served as a warning to JR that something was amiss with what the supposed angel was telling him. While I do think Jock was capable of suicide, it would have been in the context of an illness that stripped him of his personality—Alzheimer's, for instance. It is hard to imagine Jock taking his own life simply because of financial ruin, rather than starting over and proving to everyone that he still had what it took. Theoretically, Southfork would still have been available to Jock; after all, as Adam told us, it was Jason who cashed it out, not Jock. And Miss Ellie dying of a broken heart? I don't really buy that either, and JR should have been skeptical about it, too. I don't think things happened the way JR. was told (or shown) they did. After all, what does the devil do? He deceives and lies to achieve his goal—and his goal was to get JR to take his own life. By claiming Jock had done it, the idea of following in his father's footsteps seemed less terrible to JR. In hindsight many of Adam's stories just seemed like tales concocted solely to serve his own agenda. The SOD article mentioned that the finale featured snappy one-liners, but strangely enough, I can't recall that at all. Personally, I don't dislike the finale the way others do. I found the penultimate and antepenultimate episodes surprisingly good and was therefore hoping for a great ending; but even though I wasn't exactly satisfied, I didn't feel cheated either. [/QUOTE]

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