Why was JR in a nursing home?

[mrpitkin]

Was it really depression, that he conveniently snapped out of once the show started?
The whole thing about him being in a nursing home just didn't fit right, particularly given his behaviour in the subsequent episodes.

 

[Jock Ewing Fan]

Was it really depression, that he conveniently snapped out of once the show started?
The whole thing about him being in a nursing home just didn't fit right, particularly given his behaviour in the subsequent episodes.

CC didn't seem to care much about continuity.
The new series could have been much better if she did

 

[Rove]

The way all legacy characters in Dallas were treated in TNT Dallas showed a real lack of respect for Lorimar Dallas. However, the same argument could be applied to the original series run when JR ended up in a mental facility. Starting TNT Dallas off with JR in a nursing/retirement home weakened the character out of the box but I suspect because the showrunner was informed to ignore the reunion movies and her starting point was Conundrum this could explain why JR started off in that facility after his suicide attempt.

Case in point? Christopher - despite growing up with his cousin Pamela Rebecca - had no freakin' idea who she was. Dumb!

 

[DallasFanForever]

J.R. being in a nursing home when the reboot began kind of got everything off on the wrong foot for me. I kept watching for the entire first season but in hindsight it set the tone for the series.

 

[Sea-Boo!-er]

I haven't watched it again since it aired, but I seem to remember that it was an act or a ploy of some kind.

 

[Michelle Stevens]

 

[Snowcat]

The way all legacy characters in Dallas were treated in TNT Dallas showed a real lack of respect for Lorimar Dallas. However, the same argument could be applied to the original series run when JR ended up in a mental facility. Starting TNT Dallas off with JR in a nursing/retirement home weakened the character out of the box but I suspect because the showrunner was informed to ignore the reunion movies and her starting point was Conundrum this could explain why JR started off in that facility after his suicide attempt.

Case in point? Christopher - despite growing up with his cousin Pamela Rebecca - had no freakin' idea who she was. Dumb!

The difference was that JR admitted himself to the mental institute as a scheme. JR would have never agreed ti go to a nursing home. Yes, I’ve also always wondered how Christopher was engaged to his cousin. How did Rebecca go along with dating her cousin

 

[Sea-Boo!-er]

The difference was that JR admitted himself to the mental institute as a scheme. JR would have never agreed ti go to a nursing home. Yes, I’ve also always wondered how Christopher was engaged to his cousin. How did Rebecca go along with dating her cousin

I think that storyline was changed as they were going because of viewer backlash that the Barnes family had not been included.

 

[Rove]

I think that storyline was changed as they were going because of viewer backlash that the Barnes family had not been included.

As in Season 1 of TNT Dallas? This is the first of I've heard of this. It was my impression the writers thought it would have been a brilliant concept to have Cliff step off the Learjet at the end of season 1. As if Cliff could ever beat that magnificent bastard, JR. What would have been awesome if Jeremy Wendell stepped of the Learjet. Now there was a worthy contender to bring the Ewing family down...he had a score to settle.

 

[xab]

As in Season 1 of TNT Dallas? This is the first of I've heard of this. It was my impression the writers thought it would have been a brilliant concept to have Cliff step off the Learjet at the end of season 1. As if Cliff could ever beat that magnificent bastard, JR. What would have been awesome if Jeremy Wendell stepped of the Learjet. Now there was a worthy contender to bring the Ewing family down...he had a score to settle.

But did Cidre know who Jeremy W. was... ?

 

[CryptCreeper72]

None of the explanation about the characters and what they did between original Dallas and NuDallas made sense.

Sue Ellen kept John Ross from JR all those years? Like, why? In the late seasons of the original we see JR and SE speaking in the phone about John Ross - actually co-parenting. There was never a good explanation as to why SE suddenly felt the need to hide John Ross from his father - especially if JR was harmless locked up in a nursing home.

 

[kenneth]

Dallas was always a plot driven show and the sequel series ramped it up a hundred percent.

 

[Snowcat]

None of the explanation about the characters and what they did between original Dallas and NuDallas made sense.

Sue Ellen kept John Ross from JR all those years? Like, why? In the late seasons of the original we see JR and SE speaking in the phone about John Ross - actually co-parenting. There was never a good explanation as to why SE suddenly felt the need to hide John Ross from his father - especially if JR was harmless locked up in a nursing home.

Also John Ross’s attitude toward JR made no sense. John Ross idolized JR the way JR did Jock

 

[CryptCreeper72]

Also John Ross’s attitude toward JR made no sense. John Ross idolized JR the way JR did Jock

Well, we did see him resent JR over all the attention he showered on James. John Ross even willingly left South Fork to go live with his mom in another country.

I can see John Ross resenting both of his parents as an adult, but I don't buy the part about Sue Ellen hiding John Ross from JR.

 

[DallasFanForever]

I don't buy the part about Sue Ellen hiding John Ross from JR.

Despite all their issues over the years she never gave any indication she would do this. It certainly doesn’t appear to be the case in the Dallas movies but of course those really weren’t covered in TNT land.

 

[CryptCreeper72]

Despite all their issues over the years she never gave any indication she would do this. It certainly doesn’t appear to be the case in the Dallas movies but of course those really weren’t covered in TNT land.

Part of me understands disregarding the TV movies. SE was back at South Fork and involved in Ewing Oil. There wouldn't have been a lot of room for plot maneuvering.

Having said that, what we got was abysmal. CC didn't know those characters at all. It was like watching the same actors play totally different characters who happened to have the same name as the original characters.

 

[Sea-Boo!-er]

Part of me understands disregarding the TV movies. SE was back at South Fork and involved in Ewing Oil. There wouldn't have been a lot of room for plot maneuvering.

Even counting the movies, there was still a lot of time to account for; plenty of time for Sue Ellen to have left the company and gotten involved in politics.