A little forum update...We're planning an upgrade.

Find out more about what's planned and how you can help support the forum
Click here for the details

Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Werewillie Oleson" data-source="post: 141932" data-attributes="member: 8">And the only reason JR was forgiven over and over and over again is because he was family, and I guess he did have his generous moments, but I think that's how they kept these soap villains likeable enough and - more importantly - close to the other characters.I wouldn't consider "loving one's child" a redeeming quality. It's a natural feeling that even the most horrible monsters have.Risking his life to save his child doesn't make him a hero.The best thing that could ever happen to a Dallas character is being ignored by JR. That's when you say "it was my lucky day".What's so fascinating about JR's death is that they weren't simply grieving the loss of a brother/father/ex-husband (like they did when Bobby "died") but they also struggled with their feelings because he was such a bastard. How are you going to remember a man like JR? How do you make sense of those feelings? I think Sue Ellen's drunken speech illustrated that.</blockquote>