And Remember... I'll Be Back

[Ray_Krebbs]

I watched the trailer of the Season 13 premiere, and something caught my attention. Sue Ellen had a line featured here not in the actual scene. In the trailer she said something along the lines of, "And remember... I'll be back!" She then storms off with Don. Why was this cut from the original scene? I feel it added a lot of tension and anticipation for her return. We're other scenes cut like that

 

[Kenny Coyote]

I watched the trailer of the Season 13 premiere, and something caught my attention. Sue Ellen had a line featured here not in the actual scene. In the trailer she said something along the lines of, "And remember... I'll be back!" She then storms off with Don. Why was this cut from the original scene? I feel it added a lot of tension and anticipation for her return. We're other scenes cut like that

Sue Ellen didn't appear in season 13 so there was no return to build anticipation for. Maybe when they originally filed that trailer they were thinking of having her return and then when they knew she wasn't coming back they changed it so as to not lie to the fans.

 

[Frank Underwood]

I watched the trailer of the Season 13 premiere, and something caught my attention. Sue Ellen had a line featured here not in the actual scene. In the trailer she said something along the lines of, "And remember... I'll be back!" She then storms off with Don. Why was this cut from the original scene? I feel it added a lot of tension and anticipation for her return. We're other scenes cut like that

I'm not sure why it was cut from the final scene of season 12, but it was obviously included in the recap to tease fans of her possible return. Linda herself said Sue Ellen might return later to "Raise a little hell at Southfork." Of course, it never came to pass. Conundrum doesn't count for obvious reasons. Of course, they ended up bringing her back for the reunion films.

I have noticed that other scenes in the "previously on/next on Dallas" segments are sometimes different from the scenes in the actual episodes.

 

[Toni]

Barbara Curran´s book mentions that, in next season´s CBS press conference (I don´t know how it´s called actually), they said that Linda Gray was going to make some appearances after her departure. It didn´t happen but there might have been some truth there because of that line the OP remarks. That would have been much better than Cally, LeeAnn and Susan Lucci together, that´s for sure!

By the way, I wanted to repost here something I finally found on the net:

Dear ol´Rebecca always was the last to know everything...​

 

[Kenny Coyote]

I'm not sure that anything could have saved season 13 from being grossly sub par for the series. Had they had Sue Ellen appear in some episodes, I don't know what they could have had her do that at that point which would have made a substantial impact on the show.

 

[Ray_Krebbs]

I think they should have had her come back to see John Ross. She meets James and sees him as a threat to her son's inheritance and place at Ewing Oil. She could be the one who looks into his background and rocks his marriage to Michelle by bringing Debra Lynn to Dallas. She and James, however, grow close when James' feelings towards J.R. changes. She and James both are there to lock J.R. in the sanitarium.

 

[Kenny Coyote]

She meets James and sees him as a threat to her son's inheritance and place at Ewing Oil. She could be the one who looks into his background and rocks his marriage to Michelle by bringing Debra Lynn to Dallas.

That could have worked.

She and James both are there to lock J.R. in the sanitarium.

How does that help secure John Ross' inheritance? It's at cross purposes with your original idea for her being there. I consider the storyline with J.R. in the sanitarium to be, along with Haleyville, one of the two lowest points of the series.

I watched some of season 13 recently, and Sue Ellen still hadn't taken accountability for her actions which led to her being committed to a sanitarium. She was drinking alcohol while pregnant with John Ross, and drinking heavily. J.R. and the rest of the family tried everything else they could to get her to stop for he sake of her unborn baby but she refused. They didn't know as much back then as they do know about the effects of alcohol on a fetus, but they knew enough to know that it was terrible for the health of the unborn baby. Drinking alcohol, especially in those amounts, can lead to mental retardation and other defects. It's amazing to me that even after she got sober she never showed any gratitude to J.R. and the rest of the family for their support in having her put in the sanitarium, protecting the health of her unborn baby.

 

[J. R.'s Piece]

I'I have noticed that other scenes in the "previously on/next on Dallas" segments are sometimes different from the scenes in the actual episodes.

In his first and fifth appearances in Knots Landing, JR Ewing says something slightly different and extra in the pre-credit teaser bits than in the sequences shown in the actual episodes. In his first episode, Knots Landing episode 2, the teaser also uses a different shot when JR emerges from his limo. Both instances happen to be his introductory line when surprising Valene, which are shorter in the actual episodes than in the teasers.

 

[Toni]

That could have worked.



How does that help secure John Ross' inheritance? It's at cross purposes with your original idea for her being there. I consider the storyline with J.R. in the sanitarium to be, along with Haleyville, one of the two lowest points of the series.

I watched some of season 13 recently, and Sue Ellen still hadn't taken accountability for her actions which led to her being committed to a sanitarium. She was drinking alcohol while pregnant with John Ross, and drinking heavily. J.R. and the rest of the family tried everything else they could to get her to stop for he sake of her unborn baby but she refused. They didn't know as much back then as they do know about the effects of alcohol on a fetus, but they knew enough to know that it was terrible for the health of the unborn baby. Drinking alcohol, especially in those amounts, can lead to mental retardation and other defects. It's amazing to me that even after she got sober she never showed any gratitude to J.R. and the rest of the family for their support in having her put in the sanitarium, protecting the health of her unborn baby.

Gratitude for what, for choosing a sanitarium with corrupt nurses who tried to sell her booze for her pearls...? And that even happened in Pam´s dream! I doubt that the Ewings found out about that incident...Miss Ellie should´ve been ashamed of her part in Swellin´s alcoholism and for keeping the liquor cabinet open when she was around...

"This is not what it looks like..."​

 

[stevew]

That could have worked.



How does that help secure John Ross' inheritance? It's at cross purposes with your original idea for her being there. I consider the storyline with J.R. in the sanitarium to be, along with Haleyville, one of the two lowest points of the series.

I watched some of season 13 recently, and Sue Ellen still hadn't taken accountability for her actions which led to her being committed to a sanitarium. She was drinking alcohol while pregnant with John Ross, and drinking heavily. J.R. and the rest of the family tried everything else they could to get her to stop for he sake of her unborn baby but she refused. They didn't know as much back then as they do know about the effects of alcohol on a fetus, but they knew enough to know that it was terrible for the health of the unborn baby. Drinking alcohol, especially in those amounts, can lead to mental retardation and other defects. It's amazing to me that even after she got sober she never showed any gratitude to J.R. and the rest of the family for their support in having her put in the sanitarium, protecting the health of her unborn baby.

JR would disown James after that stunt - this John Ross is again his sole heir.

I’ll agree - it’s what had to happen with Sue Ellen being pregnant.

 

[stevew]

Gratitude for what, for choosing a sanitarium with corrupt nurses who tried to sell her booze for her pearls...? And that even happened in Pam´s dream! I doubt that the Ewings found out about that incident...Miss Ellie should´ve been ashamed of her part in Swellin´s alcoholism and for keeping the liquor cabinet open when she was around...

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"This is not what it looks like..."​

Very true.

 

[J. R.'s Piece]

In his first and fifth appearances in Knots Landing, JR Ewing says something slightly different and extra in the pre-credit teaser bits than in the sequences shown in the actual episodes.

In the teaser to New Beginnings, at Valene's book signing and when asking would he like his book signed (before she sees who it is), JR answers "How about to my favourite brother-in-law in the whole wide world?" In the episode itself, he says "To my favourite brother-in-law in the whole wide world". In Community Spirit's teaser, JR pops out of his limo and there is a close-up shot of him as he says, "Hi! How's my favourite sister-in-law?" to Valene. In the episode, the close-up shot doesn't appear and JR says, "Well! How's my favourite sister-in-law?" to Valene.