Lucy should have run a secret phone sex business from Southfork

[Chris2]

That would have been a fun subplot. For example

Phone rings
Ellie: “Hello.” Pause. “WHAT??”
Lucy, rushing over: “Grandma , it’s for me.“ Then she takes the phone and waves Ellie off, “Hearing you talk like that makes me so hot. Tell me what you what to do to me.”
Ellie: “How straaange!”

And later, JR could have used it to make fun of her. “How‘s that phone sex business you’re running?”

 

[Taylor Bennett Jr.]

beats the hell out of Haleyville…

bookish vixen Muriel Gillis would, of course, be the mastermind:

 

[Toni]

That would have been a fun subplot. For example

Phone rings
Ellie: “Hello.” Pause. “WHAT??”
Lucy, rushing over: “Grandma , it’s for me.“ Then she takes the phone and waves Ellie off, “Hearing you talk like that makes me so hot. Tell me what you what to do to me.”
Ellie: “How straaange!”

And later, JR could have used it to make fun of her. “How‘s that phone sex business you’re running?”

I can hear Lucy saying to the caller: "Call me Pamela! (and also Sue Ellen and Afton)" And using those terrible outfits from her model phase to turn clients on and selling tapes with her act!

"My name is...Lolita...and I´m not supposed to...play...with boys!!"​

 

[Bobby Southworth]

That would have been a fun subplot. For example

Phone rings
Ellie: “Hello.” Pause. “WHAT??”
Lucy, rushing over: “Grandma , it’s for me.“ Then she takes the phone and waves Ellie off, “Hearing you talk like that makes me so hot. Tell me what you what to do to me.”
Ellie: “How straaange!”

And later, JR could have used it to make fun of her. “How‘s that phone sex business you’re running?”

Hey, at least you are trying to write for her, which is more than can be said about 'Uncle Lenny' . They should have kept her as the somewhat cunning bad girl, rather than the bubble headed girl with awful luck in choosing men. Charlene could have done more with the character, I do believe.

 

[Snarky Oracle!]

Hey, at least you are trying to write for her, which is more than can be said about 'Uncle Lenny' . They should have kept her as the somewhat cunning bad girl, rather than the bubble headed girl with awful luck in choosing men. Charlene could have done more with the character, I do believe.

As some may know, I want she and Afton to take over The Oil Barons' Club circa 1989.

 

[Bobby Southworth]

As some may know, I want she and Afton to take over The Oil Barons' Club circa 1989.

Dang..you mean we might have actually seen Lucy doing something in the latter half of season 12?? For the life of me, I'm having trouble remembering what exactly her character did that season after the Casey Denault story-line. I feel like we saw more of her in season 13, but it was mostly wasted on Cally and the art gallery stuff.

I'm not sure if you're 100% for real, but Afton was back around that time, and really, I kinda wish she had stayed, at least a little longer.

 

[Toni]

This topic reminds me of that time when Paige put Linda´s number in a date ad to get revenge on her. Probably the cruelest thing she did on the show! Poor poor Linda! Imagine Lucy putting Sue Ellen´s name and Southfork number in one of those ads? Teresa would spend the day passing the phone to her and rolling her eyes...

 

[Seaviewer]

I'm having trouble remembering what exactly her character did that season after the Casey Denault story-line. I feel like we saw more of her in season 13, but it was mostly wasted on Cally and the art gallery stuff.

I'm watching those episodes now. Lucy is basically reduced to being Cally's sidekick.

 

[Monzo]

Regarding Lucy in season 13, I assume the budget was so tight that there was no money for a new love interest for her. Alex Barton was perhaps the only real possibility, but did anyone really want to see Lucy unlucky in love yet again? Personally, I would have liked it if Lucy had run into Muriel (perhaps as a recast). Seeing Muriel married with children might have sparked envy in Lucy—she might even have developed a crush on Muriel’s husband—only to discover that he was beating his wife, prompting her to help Muriel and the children escape the abusive relationship.

What interests me is how Charlene Tilton was paid for season 13. She appeared in 19 of the 27 episodes; was she paid only for those 19 episodes, or for every episode of the season? Furthermore, she often had only one or two scenes per episode. The other actors had to work hard for their money in season 13 and appeared frequently in each episode, so I wonder if Charlene Tilton was paid based on scenes or shooting days rather than for full episodes.

 

[Taylor Bennett Jr.]

(oops, screwed up quote post)

 

[Taylor Bennett Jr.]

Personally, I would have liked it if Lucy had run into Muriel

yesss!!!!

(perhaps as a recast)

nooooo!!!!!