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<blockquote data-quote="ClassyCo" data-source="post: 444106" data-attributes="member: 7">I don&#039;t believe I&#039;ve ever thought about them mentioning J.R. and his alleged suicide attempt on KNOTS LANDING (which, to date, I&#039;ve yet to finish to post-dream seasons of DALLAS). Once DALLAS decided to wipe away its 1985-86 season as a dream, we all know the KNOTS producers decided to disfellowship their parent show. That trend was already in place anyway. A crossover between the two hadn&#039;t happened in a long time --- well, until Gary went back to Southfork when Bobby died. For me, I don&#039;t really associate the two shows together after Pam&#039;s dream. I don&#039;t even really think of Gary as a &quot;Texas Ewing&quot; anymore. KNOTS and DALLAS each have their own identities, and they proceeded in a direction that was, more or less, inside that identity. If that makes sense. That being said, having Gary or Valene mention J.R. and his suicide attempt would&#039;ve been a nice touch. But it doesn&#039;t bother me that they didn&#039;t do it. I&#039;ve always thought this was a mistake. Perhaps more traction could&#039;ve been given towards Lucy in the cul-de-sac than at Southfork. But I fear the KNOTS writers would&#039;ve made her another Diana instead of another Paige. Why were Ted and Joan so adamant that Charlene not be brought over? I&#039;ve read Joan was very insecure about being routinely seen on TV as the mother of a grown daughter. And that rings true.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ClassyCo, post: 444106, member: 7"] I don't believe I've ever thought about them mentioning J.R. and his alleged suicide attempt on KNOTS LANDING (which, to date, I've yet to finish to post-dream seasons of DALLAS). Once DALLAS decided to wipe away its 1985-86 season as a dream, we all know the KNOTS producers decided to disfellowship their parent show. That trend was already in place anyway. A crossover between the two hadn't happened in a long time --- well, until Gary went back to Southfork when Bobby died. For me, I don't really associate the two shows together after Pam's dream. I don't even really think of Gary as a "Texas Ewing" anymore. KNOTS and DALLAS each have their own identities, and they proceeded in a direction that was, more or less, inside that identity. If that makes sense. That being said, having Gary or Valene mention J.R. and his suicide attempt would've been a nice touch. But it doesn't bother me that they didn't do it. I've always thought this was a mistake. Perhaps more traction could've been given towards Lucy in the cul-de-sac than at Southfork. But I fear the KNOTS writers would've made her another Diana instead of another Paige. Why were Ted and Joan so adamant that Charlene not be brought over? I've read Joan was very insecure about being routinely seen on TV as the mother of a grown daughter. And that rings true. [/QUOTE]

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