Agree that J.R. would have liked to trade Sue Ellen in, but he needed the class she projected for his business reputation too much. Have to respectfully disagree about Bobby, he was looking pretty sexy in his early 40's.
I respectfully think this is rubbish. JR loved her and you’re completely misunderstanding the character and makes me wonder what show you were watching. Aside from the Kim Cryder debacle which he admits in TNT he was wrong about, at no point does JR ever want to trade Sue Ellen in - that is never the case and he had plenty of chances.
We seem to have a different definition of "love", and that's okay. I'll take the love that Bobby had for Pam over J.R's "love" for Sue Ellen any day.
Agreed. Personally, I saw more love with JR and Sue Ellen than I did with Bobby and Pam. Probably because the chemistry with Larry and Linda was off the charts. I never really saw good chemistry between Patrick and Victoria.
I think it's still very common now in a lot of Asian cultures. Often, there's several generations in the same home. It's not a custom to put your elders in a long term care home like recent generations of European descent do in Canada and the U.S. It's like we don't want to invest our own time in looking after them sadly.
Yes, even in Texas, JR would find a way out of that mess. Just look at the number of times in the good seasons, JR slept with married women, etc and got away with it.
Agree 100 per cent.
Very true but the Cally storyline just went along with the JR the loser theme of the later seasons and he let two hillbillies get him. He didn't even have one of his thugs get revenge on them later and that was way out of character. It's why the age gap and naivety of Cally was part of the DALLAS parody period that destroyed the show.
I think you posted that in the wrong thread. However, all Sue Ellen ever did was throw in the towel. It's just that her version of checking out, was finding the bottom of a bottle of booze so she wasn't present in her life.
You've hit the nail on the head, Sarah. Whilst a lot of fans root for the good brother Bobby and Pam because of them being the centre point of the Barnes Ewing feud the characters of Sue Ellen and JR were far more pivotal. The very fact that Sue Ellen and JR had a dysfunctional relationship doesn't mark them down one bit. It makes them a far more interesting couple. You more or less knew where you were with Bobby & Pam this is not the case with JR & Sue Ellen. They had a much more interesting relationship together. Despite all the horrid things JR did, deep down I firmly believe that he truly loved Sue Ellen. In addition following the sad death of Jock, JR was the focal point of the Barnes Ewing feud. You can then appreciate why JR became the breakout character on Dallas because of the Barnes Ewing feud.
What that Sue Ellen was self-absorbed and constantly threw the towel in. I know.
