Actually the stupid dream idea came from Duffy's late wife.
The conspiracist in me believes placing the dream on Pam was a vengeful act against Victoria for her hinting she was leaving Dallas. The boys club ensured that. Don't worry though because...
Duffy's wife certainly suggested it but it was really Leonard Katzman who thought of making it a dream because he wanted to erase the previous season as he was mostly off the show that year.
Right. This was an easy and most importantly a quick way to continue.
Yes, I mean I would have kept JR and Sue Ellen together. Pam woke up and I had to endure even more Mandy Winger which I could have done without.
The writing for season 9 (DVD10) was still strong. If they had gotten much more time I'm sure we would have gotten golden TV moments.
And ruined the show in the process. There was no saving needed....that infuriates me to read that still. Phillip Capice was a great showrunner and his work proves it. If Katzman thought his final 5 years of Dallas were good, hes full of poop. The show was so awful after Bobbyreturned... one would think he could have returned to the challenge of keeping Bobby dead or reviving him in a non-stupid, insulting way. All he had to do was come back from the finale of S9 and be creative.....but no..... idiot.Duffy's wife certainly suggested it but it was really Leonard Katzman who thought of making it a dream because he wanted to erase the previous season as he was mostly off the show that year.
But how? How else to bring Bobby back -
See I don’t think it did certainly not for die hard fans. Just accept it. Sure there were aspects I didn’t like - Sue Ellen still drinking, as I’d loved her and JR’s reconciling soooo much - but considering other shows like EastEnders have brought people back YEARS after they died I really don’t get why some think it ruined the show. At least he didn’t take off in a spaceship.He took the easiest way out unfortunately.
Larry Hagman wanted both Duffy & Katzman back but he also wanted Phil Capice gone. He got his wish but ultimately those decisions cost Dallas it's popularity long term.
The med team could've rushed in and worked CPR on him to revive him. There was still time to do that.
The other idea which is popular now is making it Bobby's dream whilst he was in a coma. That would certainly have worked.
The dream scenario was just the quickest way of explaining Bobby's resurrection. It certainly wasn't the best way of making it Pam's dream. Sad with hindsight that that one little scene of Duffy in the shower effectively ruined the show's long term future.
The dream should have started after Katherine drove him over and before he was in the hospital. Still a dream. But the dream wouldn't skip over the traumatic event itself (which explain why someone is dreaming of explosions etc.). Just the outcome of it could have been different. Restarting in the hospital with Bobby awakening from coma - with the same cast as in the death scene, except BBG instead of DR). Maybe days, weeks or months later. Accepting that some stories in the "dream season" actually happened to his surprise (Jenna and Jack getting closer, Mark's return, Angelica Nero - Jamie's death, but not Sue Ellen bombed). As a viewer I felt mostly betrayed that the car accident and his death in the hospital were erased. But I would have accepted a dream that acknowledged at least the car accident. It wouldn't have mattered if most of the stories from the dream turned out to be real. Of course they needed a writer and director to find a style for an outstanding episode, where a therapist would lead Bobby slowly to what actually happened. Everything to make it more real instead of destroying a whole year of Dallas. I don't think my idea is original because films who use the dreams routine often use the most traumatic scene that starts the cycle. Pamela though just went to bed, dreamt and woke up. That was terribly anticlimactic. My idea wouldn't save the ties to Knots Landing but could've saved Dallas's credibility a bit.
Oooo. Interesting. That look! Did he tell her he knows when she was born??But with Pam butting heads at Ewing Oil with JR for years instead... The boys' club got awfully stale after a while.
