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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jock Ewing Fan" data-source="post: 384690" data-attributes="member: 40536">I think that they handled it about as well as could be expected.  I may not be in the majority, but I did not care for the Battle for Ewing Oil concept,even though it made for great entertainmentSplitting such a company 50-50 would have been impossible, and no matter what Bobby or JR did with their halfthe company as a whole would have been responsible, as Jordan Lee pointed out.Jock could have left the company to JR, and given the others some kind of oversight function, but that would not be as interesting.I always thought having Bobby as a Senator, or in a political position of powerthat would have put him in conflict with JR and Ewing Oil, would have been more realistic, and Donna could have had an evenlarger role with Pam, ray and Miss Ellie caught up in eventsThe big mistake, IMHO, was not recasting Jock.Maybe before the winner of the battle was revealed, a recast Jock could have resurfacedand the winner would have remained a mystery</blockquote>