Snarky Oracle!
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They said that at his funeral --- what the hell were they talking about??
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J.R. was "right" about what ...??
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Jock Ewing Fan
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JR was right about a lot of things
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IE Clayton was an outsider, interloper, carpetbagger.
It was a disgrace that Clayton was given half of Southfork
He was right to protest the Southfork giveaway to Garrison
He was right that Pam interfered too much
He was right to be suspicious of Jamie, although his treatment of her was part of the problem
Jock's painting should have remained at Southfork - Jock saved the property.
Gary lacked a certain Ewing strength
Bobby has handed a lot of things that JR had to earn
Ray was a good foreman, not a businessman
Cliff Barnes was a thorn in the Ewing's side
The Asian oil deal was risky, but it did increase the Ewings' wealth and he does deserve some credit for it, despite his approach
There is more, but that suffices for now
small sample
IE Clayton was an outsider, interloper, carpetbagger.
It was a disgrace that Clayton was given half of Southfork
He was right to protest the Southfork giveaway to Garrison
He was right that Pam interfered too much
He was right to be suspicious of Jamie, although his treatment of her was part of the problem
Jock's painting should have remained at Southfork - Jock saved the property.
Gary lacked a certain Ewing strength
Bobby has handed a lot of things that JR had to earn
Ray was a good foreman, not a businessman
Cliff Barnes was a thorn in the Ewing's side
The Asian oil deal was risky, but it did increase the Ewings' wealth and he does deserve some credit for it, despite his approach
There is more, but that suffices for now
Snarky Oracle!
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Was that what they meant?
DallasFanForever
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I got the impression they meant he was right about drilling for oil on Southfork, which he was!
lbf522
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I found myself rooting for JR more often than anyone else.
DallasFanForever
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Quite often I found it very hard not to. Maybe his methods weren’t exactly the most sincere but so many times I felt he was justified in his thinking.
LMLDallas78
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It was very difficult not to root for JR, however much we disliked or hated him.
He did some awful, terrible things yet somehow I always managed to feel a bit sorry for him. He had that knack of making everyone else appear in the wrong and was able to convey "little boy lost" too easily.
That's how Larry made JR so special I guess, what a gift!
He did some awful, terrible things yet somehow I always managed to feel a bit sorry for him. He had that knack of making everyone else appear in the wrong and was able to convey "little boy lost" too easily.
That's how Larry made JR so special I guess, what a gift!
LMLDallas78
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Would love to hear more........
lbf522
Telly Talk Fan
JR was right to shut down that oil well which made Cliff Barnes a partner of the Ewings. Given how Cliff made their lives hell including trying to send Jock to prison for murder, JR was in the right here.
DallasFanForever
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And that was one of the top producing wells at the time. He’d actually rather shut it down completely and lose the profits than share in those profits with Cliff. I think that speaks volumes about the man, and also about Jock for siding with him without hesitation. I have a hard time saying he was wrong if he felt that strongly about it.
lbf522
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If it had been Digger who came into JR's office with the document that would have been OK since he signed it and had no animosity toward the entire family just Jock.
Jock Ewing Fan
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I don't know. JR probably still would have shut it down, I think
Jock Ewing Fan
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JR was also right that Clayton knew his sister was unstable and should have told the Ewing about it.
JR was right that Bobby and Ray also had responsibility for Walt Driscoll
JR did not steal from Rebecca Wentworth. Cliff did, and the consequences were Cliff's fault.
JR was right Miss Ellie was tarnishing Jock's memory by challenging the will on the basis of mental competence
DallasFanForever
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I think it probably would’ve ended up going the same way anyway, the reason being once Cliff found out about the document he would’ve badgered the entire family until he gave them no choice but to shut the well down. I do get what you’re saying though.
Sarah Danner
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J.R. told Bobby he was going to destroy Cliff no matter how Jock's trial turned out. Bobby told him he'd have to get in line behind him.
Shutting down Ewing 23 should've thus been backed up by him.
There were times when Bobby was a temper tantrum throwing baby. He actually growled at Cliff when he believed he'd kidnapped John Ross (known at the time as Little John and Baby John).
Shutting down Ewing 23 should've thus been backed up by him.
There were times when Bobby was a temper tantrum throwing baby. He actually growled at Cliff when he believed he'd kidnapped John Ross (known at the time as Little John and Baby John).
LMLDallas78
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Also previously known as the baby and the child.
Jock Ewing Fan
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I think there were times when JR's adversaries were also corrupt, and that JR had to be just as ruthless.
The Cartel members, Cliff, McKay, Wendell just to name a few.
Bobby and Ray played just as JR did in the Walt Driscoll matter
There were others, and even some of the "good" guys were not so good sometimes.
Jock raised JR to be as such, Miss Ellie enabled it, and the Ewings
benefitted from it