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<blockquote data-quote="Jock&#039;s Ghost" data-source="post: 440768" data-attributes="member: 1183"><p>One way I would've fixed the Wes Parmalee story on DALLAS:</p><p></p><p>Forget the dream. Forget the shower scene.</p><p></p><p>Bobby's death remains part of the story, but it's revealed later that dangerous criminals targeted the Ewing family after Bobby witnessed a murder. To protect Miss Ellie, Christopher, J.R., and everyone else, the FBI helps Bobby disappear. A car explosion, funeral, and grief are all real to the family.</p><p></p><p>Then Wes Parmalee arrives claiming to be Jock Ewing.</p><p></p><p>But here's the twist:</p><p></p><p>He doesn't come back for Southfork.</p><p></p><p>He doesn't come back for money.</p><p></p><p>He comes back because he hears Bobby Ewing is dead.</p><p></p><p>Think about that.</p><p></p><p>If Wes really is Jock, Bobby was the son who searched South America after the helicopter crash. The son who never stopped looking for his father. The son who inherited Jock's stubbornness and sense of family.</p><p></p><p>Hearing that Bobby died is what finally brings him home.</p><p></p><p>Miss Ellie slowly begins to believe him—not because of legal documents or blood tests, but because he remembers things nobody should know. Family stories. Private moments. Tiny details from decades earlier.</p><p></p><p>J.R. fights him every step of the way. Not because the evidence is weak—but because it's strong enough to make him uncomfortable.</p><p></p><p>Then Bobby returns alive.</p><p></p><p>The family is reunited.</p><p></p><p>And later, alone, Bobby finally asks Wes the question everyone has been asking:</p><p></p><p>"Are you my father?"</p><p></p><p>Wes looks at him for a long moment and simply says:</p><p></p><p>"I think I am."</p><p></p><p>That's it.</p><p></p><p>No courtroom verdict.</p><p></p><p>No DNA test.</p><p></p><p>No final answer.</p><p></p><p>Just a man who might be Jock Ewing finding his way home, and a family deciding that maybe the answer doesn't matter as much as they thought it did.</p><p></p><p>Some mysteries are stronger when they're never completely solved.</p><p></p><h3>THE ENDING</h3><p></p><p>Wes dies several months later.</p><p></p><p>Peacefully.</p><p></p><p>At Southfork.</p><p></p><p>Before his death he leaves a letter.</p><p></p><p>Not to Miss Ellie.</p><p></p><p>Not to J.R.</p><p></p><p>To Bobby.</p><p></p><p>The son who searched for him.</p><p></p><p>The letter ends:</p><p></p><p></p><p>Nobody ever learns the truth.</p><p></p><p>Not completely.</p><p></p><p>Miss Ellie believes.</p><p></p><p>Ray believes.</p><p></p><p>Bobby believes.</p><p></p><p>J.R. never admits what he thinks.</p><p></p><p>And that's exactly how it should be.</p><p></p><p>Because some mysteries are stronger unanswered.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jock's Ghost, post: 440768, member: 1183"] One way I would've fixed the Wes Parmalee story on DALLAS: Forget the dream. Forget the shower scene. Bobby's death remains part of the story, but it's revealed later that dangerous criminals targeted the Ewing family after Bobby witnessed a murder. To protect Miss Ellie, Christopher, J.R., and everyone else, the FBI helps Bobby disappear. A car explosion, funeral, and grief are all real to the family. Then Wes Parmalee arrives claiming to be Jock Ewing. But here's the twist: He doesn't come back for Southfork. He doesn't come back for money. He comes back because he hears Bobby Ewing is dead. Think about that. If Wes really is Jock, Bobby was the son who searched South America after the helicopter crash. The son who never stopped looking for his father. The son who inherited Jock's stubbornness and sense of family. Hearing that Bobby died is what finally brings him home. Miss Ellie slowly begins to believe him—not because of legal documents or blood tests, but because he remembers things nobody should know. Family stories. Private moments. Tiny details from decades earlier. J.R. fights him every step of the way. Not because the evidence is weak—but because it's strong enough to make him uncomfortable. Then Bobby returns alive. The family is reunited. And later, alone, Bobby finally asks Wes the question everyone has been asking: "Are you my father?" Wes looks at him for a long moment and simply says: "I think I am." That's it. No courtroom verdict. No DNA test. No final answer. Just a man who might be Jock Ewing finding his way home, and a family deciding that maybe the answer doesn't matter as much as they thought it did. Some mysteries are stronger when they're never completely solved. [HEADING=2]THE ENDING[/HEADING] Wes dies several months later. Peacefully. At Southfork. Before his death he leaves a letter. Not to Miss Ellie. Not to J.R. To Bobby. The son who searched for him. The letter ends: Nobody ever learns the truth. Not completely. Miss Ellie believes. Ray believes. Bobby believes. J.R. never admits what he thinks. And that's exactly how it should be. Because some mysteries are stronger unanswered. [/QUOTE]
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