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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Monzo" data-source="post: 445346" data-attributes="member: 19949">I rewatched the episode "The Fourth Son" and was struck by how good it actually was. I liked that we didn’t see the moment Jock told Miss Ellie that Ray was his son—though we did see the revelation unfold for the rest of the family. William Windom was also compelling as Amos Krebbs. Interestingly, he would soon play the role of an estranged father again—this time as Lane’s wayward father in Flamingo Road—which really highlights the quality of the writing on Dallas. He was convincing here, whereas in Flamingo Road, working with essentially the same material, he just got on my nerves.Was it actually spoiled before the episode aired that Ray would turn out to be Jock’s son? The episode had fewer viewers than the one before it, which is quite surprising given the subject matter. Were the viewers, in fact, genuinely taken by surprise?Is it known when the decision was made that Ray should be Jock’s son? Was this something that originated from fan speculation—perhaps in viewer letters or soap opera magazines—that the producers then decided to incorporate? I’ve always wondered why Steve Kanaly was added to the opening credits as early as Season 2. Did they perhaps intend for him to become Lucy’s husband, only to later abandon that idea? After all, a mere employee at Southfork wouldn’t typically warrant a spot in the opening credits, would he?I think Jock considered Margaret to be very honest, and therefore assumed that if Ray were his son, she would have mentioned it in the message Ray delivered upon his arrival. And I guess Miss Ellie assumed that if Jock had suspected Ray was his son, he would have told her; furthermore, she surely believed that Margaret—being a nurse—would have known how to prevent pregnancy.</blockquote>

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