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<blockquote data-quote="Willie Oleson" data-source="post: 440600" data-attributes="member: 8">I think a few fundamental DALLAS things are being overlooked here.It was very much an oil business soap with elaborate business storylines, and JR just happened to be in charge of Ewing Oil.Those office scenes and business appointments wouldn&#039;t necessarily take up an awful lot of screen time, but here&#039;s the thing: other characters were poking their nosy noses into his shady business conduct and that means he had to come with a lot of plan B&#039;s to make sure they had more important things to worry about.So then you&#039;d get the sub-plot of lying to Jock or besmirching Cliff&#039;s reputation or making Pam feel miserable which she would take out on Bobby.Meanwhile, his own wife was becoming more and more opinionated and that was another problem that needed to go away (spoiler: it didn&#039;t).It wasn&#039;t JR manipulating everything just for the heck of it, the other characters made it necessary (from his point of view anyway).I think Blake was also very much involved with everyone in Dynasty&#039;s first season, telling everybody what to do and how to feel.But Dynasty office scenes was for characters to barge in or to storm out (usually followed by a dramatic turn in the doorway for that final threat or insult).There was no&nbsp;&nbsp; Kristin taking notes.As for Southfork, that wasn&#039;t only a matter of logistics. It had a far more dramatic undertone because of Miss Ellie&#039;s emotional blackmail.She didn&#039;t say &quot;if you leave Southfork I&#039;m going to die. Drop dead right here and now&quot; but the message was always very clear. Don&#039;t. leave. ever.Same in Falcon Crest except that Angela&#039;s blackmail was more literal. &quot;If you leave Falcon Crest I will cut you out of my will&quot; which, incidentally, she did on a regular basis.There&#039;s more to these mansions than the square feet of it.Furthermore, no matter how big Blake&#039;s mansion was, it&#039;s not clear if they were actually living/sleeping in different parts of the house.They were always bumping into each other and if something happened in the middle of the night they were all standing in the same corridor.Didn&#039;t JR and Sue Ellen have their room downstairs as opposed to Bobby and Pam&#039;s room upstairs? And in the pilot series they didn&#039;t even sleep in the main house at all.Either way, they all had to be present for dinner. Because Jock said so. It comes with the territory.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Willie Oleson, post: 440600, member: 8"] I think a few fundamental DALLAS things are being overlooked here. It was very much an oil business soap with elaborate business storylines, and JR just happened to be in charge of Ewing Oil. Those office scenes and business appointments wouldn't necessarily take up an awful lot of screen time, but here's the thing: [I]other [/I] characters were poking their nosy noses into his shady business conduct and that means he had to come with a lot of plan B's to make sure they had more important things to worry about. So then you'd get the sub-plot of lying to Jock or besmirching Cliff's reputation or making Pam feel miserable which she would take out on Bobby. Meanwhile, his own wife was becoming more and more opinionated and that was another problem that needed to go away (spoiler: it didn't). It wasn't JR manipulating everything just for the heck of it, the other characters made it [I]necessary [/I](from his point of view anyway). I think Blake was also very much involved with everyone in Dynasty's first season, telling everybody what to do and how to [I]feel[/I]. But Dynasty office scenes was for characters to barge in or to storm out (usually followed by a dramatic turn in the doorway for that final threat or insult). There was [I]no[/I] Kristin taking notes. As for Southfork, that wasn't only a matter of logistics. It had a far more dramatic undertone because of Miss Ellie's emotional blackmail. She didn't say "if you leave Southfork I'm going to die. Drop dead right here and now" but the message was always very clear. Don't. leave. ever. Same in Falcon Crest except that Angela's blackmail was more literal. "If you leave Falcon Crest I will cut you out of my will" which, incidentally, she did on a regular basis. There's more to these mansions than the square feet of it. Furthermore, no matter how big Blake's mansion was, it's not clear if they were actually living/sleeping in different parts of the house. They were always bumping into each other and if something happened in the middle of the night they were all standing in the same corridor. Didn't JR and Sue Ellen have their room downstairs as opposed to Bobby and Pam's room upstairs? And in the pilot series they didn't even sleep in the main house at all. Either way, they all had to be present for dinner. Because Jock said so. It comes with the territory. [/QUOTE]

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