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Message: <blockquote data-quote="James from London" data-source="post: 442239" data-attributes="member: 22">And I think that's fine. Not everything has to be neatly explained away. in fact, the contradictions, plot holes and paradoxes that inevitably arise during a long-running saga become part of its overall tapestry, and open up new possibilities. That's one of the many things I loved about New Dallas: it gave fresh perspectives to old story elements and characters -- for example, Jock being spoken about as even harder and meaner than he was in the original series.And you end up with these happy accidents. The Ewings not knowing about Wentworth Industries becomes an unintentional example of how parochial and inward-looking they are -- so obsessed with being the biggest fish in their own pond, they don't even notice what was happening in the next town over (or wherever Houston is in  relation to Dallas).  And while Steven and Fallon not knowing about Adam might not make much sense logically, it does evoke a childhood spent in an atmosphere of secrets, lies and whispered conversations.</blockquote>