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A problem named Lucy
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<blockquote data-quote="ArchieLucasCarringtonEwing1989" data-source="post: 47796" data-attributes="member: 95"><p>Poor Lucy Ewing/Charlene Tilton</p><p></p><p>TPTB didn't know what to do with her, after the first or second season her stories revolved around her either sitting by the pool or getting into one bad romance from another (except for Mickey) and occasionally working in grubby diners, then they had her remarry her douche bag 1st husband and for the next three years she was shipped off to Atlanta and then she was forgotten about.</p><p></p><p>Even during her second go around she was wasted, sure she was no longer a pool lounger and she had outgrown her bad habit of getting into dodgy relationships but by 1988-89 Lucy seemed to belong to Dallas's distant past of the late 70s/early 80s and seemed out of place in the post Pam era Dallas, they had her dabble in some art, befriend Cally and then she shoved out of Dallas again this time to join, Ellie, Ray, Jenna, Charlie and Clayton in Europe.</p><p></p><p>It's not like Charlene Tilton was a bad actress, she wasn't the best, and certainly not in the league of Barbara Bel Geddes or Victoria Principle but she was a darn sight better than </p><p>April, Cally an Michelle, her best work on Dallas was during the Mickey Trotter era, and Tilton was very believeable as the supportive, loving girlfriend, it was like Lucy had finally grown up and we would see Lucy forge out her own niche in life, not necessarily in Ewing Oil but maybe Lucy could get involved in the land like her Southworth ancestors.</p><p></p><p>TPTB didn't know how to use Lucy after season 2, and Lucy looked too out of place on Knots, and had she been on Knots, The Ewings of California would've been too central and it would've turned into Dallas mk2 and with Lucy living in Knots would there have been any need to introduce Abby or Paige?</p><p></p><p>So how should that have solved a problem named Lucy? My suggestion, TPTB should've taken Lucy out of Dallas and no where near LA and give her a spinoff for her to do set in a private Ivy League college or in a career field suite for Lucy, make it and ensembled show rather than have Charlene Tilton as the "main star" Lucy needed to be around more people her own age and doing something meaty and worthwhile</p><p></p><p>Would Lucy in another spinoff series have worked or not?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ArchieLucasCarringtonEwing1989, post: 47796, member: 95"] Poor Lucy Ewing/Charlene Tilton TPTB didn't know what to do with her, after the first or second season her stories revolved around her either sitting by the pool or getting into one bad romance from another (except for Mickey) and occasionally working in grubby diners, then they had her remarry her douche bag 1st husband and for the next three years she was shipped off to Atlanta and then she was forgotten about. Even during her second go around she was wasted, sure she was no longer a pool lounger and she had outgrown her bad habit of getting into dodgy relationships but by 1988-89 Lucy seemed to belong to Dallas's distant past of the late 70s/early 80s and seemed out of place in the post Pam era Dallas, they had her dabble in some art, befriend Cally and then she shoved out of Dallas again this time to join, Ellie, Ray, Jenna, Charlie and Clayton in Europe. It's not like Charlene Tilton was a bad actress, she wasn't the best, and certainly not in the league of Barbara Bel Geddes or Victoria Principle but she was a darn sight better than April, Cally an Michelle, her best work on Dallas was during the Mickey Trotter era, and Tilton was very believeable as the supportive, loving girlfriend, it was like Lucy had finally grown up and we would see Lucy forge out her own niche in life, not necessarily in Ewing Oil but maybe Lucy could get involved in the land like her Southworth ancestors. TPTB didn't know how to use Lucy after season 2, and Lucy looked too out of place on Knots, and had she been on Knots, The Ewings of California would've been too central and it would've turned into Dallas mk2 and with Lucy living in Knots would there have been any need to introduce Abby or Paige? So how should that have solved a problem named Lucy? My suggestion, TPTB should've taken Lucy out of Dallas and no where near LA and give her a spinoff for her to do set in a private Ivy League college or in a career field suite for Lucy, make it and ensembled show rather than have Charlene Tilton as the "main star" Lucy needed to be around more people her own age and doing something meaty and worthwhile Would Lucy in another spinoff series have worked or not? [/QUOTE]
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