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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 338847" data-attributes="member: 27">It wasn&#039;t staged that way, exactly (to be funny).&nbsp; I just wanted to make light of the scene because of how soapy his introduction was, and how easily he managed to get the job.&nbsp; Graham is one of those characters who pops up on soaps and has to be &#039;retconned&#039; by claiming that someone (in this case Kirby) has been interacting with him for a while, just off-camera until now.&nbsp; They also claim in dialogue that Kirby had recommended Graham to Cristal in the recent past (again, off-camera), so it wasn&#039;t like she did not know of him, she&#039;d just not met him.&nbsp; As for the snap decision to hire him, he did make an impression by bringing drinks to Cristal and Sam, but I think a major reason she decided to hire him was because she was (at that moment) on the outs with Blake.&nbsp; He&#039;d basically told her to butt out of the situation with the plane.&nbsp; So she likely decided to hire Graham more as a way of getting back at her husband, knowing he&#039;d be sore at her for not discussing it with him.&nbsp; His bringing drinks to Cristal and Sam (who was also checking him out) was the first inkling (and the only one, really) that he had any sort of &quot;domestic&quot; bend to his talents.&nbsp; And for that one and only example of being &#039;subservient&#039; he got a plum position at Carrington Manor.&nbsp; It wasn&#039;t exactly &quot;my kingdom for a horse,&quot; but then this is not Shakespeare.And the added bonus is that he will be a majordomo that SHE hired, who would likely have greater allegiance to her than to Blake.&nbsp; 99% of the staff are all holdovers from before she arrived.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Daniel Avery, post: 338847, member: 27"] It wasn't staged that way, exactly (to be funny). I just wanted to make light of the scene because of how soapy his introduction was, and how easily he managed to get the job. Graham is one of those characters who pops up on soaps and has to be 'retconned' by claiming that someone (in this case Kirby) has been interacting with him for a while, just off-camera until now. They also claim in dialogue that Kirby had recommended Graham to Cristal in the recent past (again, off-camera), so it wasn't like she did not know [I]of him, [/I]she'd just not met him. As for the snap decision to hire him, he did make an impression by bringing drinks to Cristal and Sam, but I think a major reason she decided to hire him was because she was (at that moment) on the outs with Blake. He'd basically told her to butt out of the situation with the plane. So she likely decided to hire Graham more as a way of getting back at her husband, knowing he'd be sore at her for not discussing it with him. His bringing drinks to Cristal and Sam (who was also [I]checking him out[/I]) was the first inkling (and the only one, really) that he had any sort of "domestic" bend to his talents. And for that one and only example of being 'subservient' he got a plum position at Carrington Manor. It wasn't exactly "my kingdom for a horse," but then this is not Shakespeare. And the added bonus is that he will be a majordomo that SHE hired, who would likely have greater allegiance to her than to Blake. 99% of the staff are all holdovers from before she arrived. [/QUOTE]

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