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Why not Lucas?

JRandSueEllenForever

Telly Talk Member
Does anyone else find it a huge missed opportunity that the character of Lucas, the son of Bobby and Jenna, was never introduced on the show? The kind of man we all knew Bobby to be, I find it impossible to believe he had no contact with Lucas over the years, his own natural son. And I’m assuming he had no contact with him since he was never mentioned. If Ray married Jenna and adopted Lucas, neither Jenna nor Lucas were even mentioned whenever Ray returned to the ranch. Was Lucas raised to believe Ray was his real father? We’ll never know.

What I would have loved to see happen was Lucas returning to the ranch—let’s say he discovered Bobby was his natural father, and wanting his piece of the pie. Christopher was always insecure about being adopted, and the presence of Lucas as a new rival (natural son vs adopted son) would have been more than interesting, since the John Ross vs Christopher feud was predictable and tired and ran its course.

What would Lucas have been like? Angry and resentful that he wasn’t raised a Ewing, never being acknowledged by his real father? Or what if, in the wake of Christopher’s death, Bobby finally sought out Lucas and he became a new rival for John Ross.

Food for thought.
 

Matthew Blaisdel

Telly Talk Star
Weren't Lucas (and Jenna?) supposed to appear in season 4?
I don't remember exactly, because all content of the old forum is lost, but i'm quite sure i've read something like that at the time before it got cancelled. That there were plans for them to return.
 

Werewillie Oleson

Telly Talk Schemer
Would love to see Pamela Rebecca and her new surprise! boyfriend (Lucas).
Maybe he should become a casualty of their marital battle?

And would Judith secretly financially support Lucas so he can screw over John Ross, but he's seduced by John Ross' sister - so he ends up being screwed by all of them?
And then the season 4 cliffhanger would end with a shooting a la Falcon Crest or something.
I know CC could have done it!
 

tommie

Telly Talk Hero
I assume they wanted to establish Christopher / John Ross first at least, but I guess if it hadn't been cancelled after three seasons it's possible that he'd turn up especially with Christopher going kaboom.
 

Rove

Telly Talk Warrior
Weren't Lucas (and Jenna?) supposed to appear in season 4?
I don't remember exactly, because all content of the old forum is lost, but i'm quite sure i've read something like that at the time before it got cancelled. That there were plans for them to return.
In hindsight I'm thankful TNT Dallas never made it to Season 4. I shudder to think what horrid plot CC would have Lucas involved with - perhaps sleep with Madam Judith Ryland-Brown while she snorts a line of cocaine off his chest. And, I'm sorry to say this because I always thought she was stunning in her Lorimar Dallas days but Priscilla Presley returning to Dallas would have had me reach for the remote. It's a terrible thing that actors believe trying to halt the aging process will somehow trick the audience into thinking they've obtained that secret potion to remain forever young but just draws more attention to the work they've had done. As Pam once said to JR Ewing, "Just tell me why?"

Besides if CC had no hesitation in giving us fleeting glimpses of Ray, Lucy, Gary, Valene and others who is to say that same treatment would not have been handed out to Priscilla. Lucas on the other-hand is an interesting story just waiting to be told....and a colossal missed opportunity by those in charge. As rightly said in an earlier post;

since the John Ross vs Christopher feud was predictable and tired and ran its course.

Perhaps a more interesting tale would have John Ross and Christopher actually getting along until a stranger enters their midst. Of course I'm talking about Lucas. An intelligent young man, well travelled, is fluent in English, French and German. Placing a character like this into the Ewing world certainly would have created just the right amount of tension between, adopted son, biological son, cousin and father.
 

Werewillie Oleson

Telly Talk Schemer
and a colossal missed opportunity by those in charge
No, it would only have been a missed opportunity if there had a been a fourth season - without Lucas.
There was no place for another main character in those 3 seasons. Besides, Christopher's misfortune (dead or not) would have been a great timing for Lucas to return to Dallas.
The funeral, maybe?
 

Piggyrella Sanderson

Maximum Member
No, it would only have been a missed opportunity if there had a been a fourth season - without Lucas.
There was no place for another main character in those 3 seasons. Besides, Christopher's misfortune (dead or not) would have been a great timing for Lucas to return to Dallas.
The funeral, maybe?

The Cider House created ANOTHER long-lost child for JR (because he didn´t have any, barely:re:) with that waitress John Ross was supposed to meet in the original cliffhanger (the one that kept Creepstopher alive), and rumors said that Lucas, Ray and PP´s Jenna also were going to appear in the future, but I´m afraid we´ll never know if those were more than rumors.

CC did write the Season 4 premiere script, which featured a time jump and flashbacks to Chris´s funeral, with John Ross and Emma being like siblings now, Elena finding out who was his baby´s father, and Bobby obsessed with revenge. Nicolás Treviño didn´t show up until Episode 3...Who knows what else she would have concocted with her infamous duck pond writers...

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Rove

Telly Talk Warrior
The Cider House created ANOTHER long-lost child for JR

I've just had a bit of a giggle, out loud. We last left the Ewing family on the 22 September 2014. I wonder how things are going with JR's lost daughter? Did she settle in okay? Is she still part of the Ewing story. Did Sue Ellen visit JR's grave and exclaim her trademark, "JR you bastard!"
 

Rove

Telly Talk Warrior
Cally's kid.
Was this resolved in the absolute? It's been such a long time since viewing anything post "Swan Song" that I'm beginning to forget the finer details. I do recall JR - from afar - watching Cally and the child and then just driving off. Was this ever touched on again in the Dallas Reunion Movies. I don't believe it was. Did we ever learn that James WAS the daddy?

But I thought the funniest moment was Cally showing up at JR's Memorial and neither Sue Ellen, Mandy or Cally herself had anything to say about the child. Good Lord those writers of TNT Dallas were brainless idiots. Clearly this lack of detail proves no one watched the original in its entirety. Shame on them all.
 

Luke_Krebbs_Ewing

Telly Talk Champion
Was this resolved in the absolute? It's been such a long time since viewing anything post "Swan Song" that I'm beginning to forget the finer details. I do recall JR - from afar - watching Cally and the child and then just driving off. Was this ever touched on again in the Dallas Reunion Movies. I don't believe it was. Did we ever learn that James WAS the daddy?

But I thought the funniest moment was Cally showing up at JR's Memorial and neither Sue Ellen, Mandy or Cally herself had anything to say about the child. Good Lord those writers of TNT Dallas were brainless idiots. Clearly this lack of detail proves no one watched the original in its entirety. Shame on them all.

The writers & the Producers were a bunch of lame brains who had no comprehension of what made Dallas a hit.

Any Producer (Cynthia Cidre) who consults Daffy Duck for storyline ideas needs their head tested!

Is it any wonder Daffy had the good taste to shout "Kiss my little black Butt Cidre!" before joining his good friend Bugs Bunny in Albuqueque! :(
 

Piggyrella Sanderson

Maximum Member
The writers & the Producers were a bunch of lame brains who had no comprehension of what made Dallas a hit.

Any Producer (Cynthia Cidre) who consults Daffy Duck for storyline ideas needs their head tested!

Is it any wonder Daffy had the good taste to shout "Kiss my little black Butt Cidre!" before joining his good friend Bugs Bunny in Albuqueque! :(


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