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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DallasFanForever" data-source="post: 384671" data-attributes="member: 13221">It’s so well done when you look at it now. Outside the house there’s the music, everyone having fun, and then we go right to that phone call and her face. One of the greatest Dallas scenes. Perfectly written. Ironically his death led to the greatest era of the entire show. I hate to say this, but without Jock’s death occurring that early in the show’s run how different would the show have looked circa 1982-84? What replaces the battle for Ewing Oil after his death? I look at J.R.’s funeral as an example of funerals done right. Yes, there were still some omissions but overall it’s one of the best I’ve ever seen on TV. I thought Bobby’s, despite not being real of course, was well done also. Obviously Lucy not being there was an issue but I could’ve accepted them saying she was on her honeymoon in a faraway country and couldn’t be reached more than I could the fact that she couldn’t get from Atlanta to Dallas. But in Jock’s case, ultimately I agree that a funeral wasn’t necessary. It was handled perfectly.</blockquote>