Jenna's Trial

[Sarah]

I was quite young when Jenna's trial over Naldo's murder first aired, but I remember loving the storyline at the time.

I revisited it last night and was once again drawn in waiting to see would she be found guilty or not. I remember being so sad that she'd ran out on Bobby and left him thinking she loved Naldo more.

It's only now I'm also starting to see that Priscilla wasn't the strongest of actresses, but that's by the by. The storyline was a good one in my opinion. Always good to have Scotty Demerest around for a bit longer too.

 

[Angela Channing]

I'm also starting to see that Priscilla wasn't the strongest of actresses

This was the main problem I had with every storyline that Jenna was involved in after Priscilla took over the role. She was incapable of delivering a convincing performance so I couldn't care what the character. I was glad when she was found guilty but knew that somehow she would get released and inflicted on us for longer.

 

[Snarky Oracle!]

"Oh, that poor, dear girl..."

 

[Lastkidpicked]

Always good to have Scotty Demerest around for a bit longer too.

I always laugh at how the writers feel the need to drive home the point as to how lucky they are to have found Scotty.

Bobby: We found Scotty Demarest. He is very good.
Ray: Scotty Demarest? He's great.
Clayton: Scotty Demarest? He's the best!
Bobby: Scotty is wonderful.
Ray: Scotty Demarest is very good.
Theresa: Esoces Demarest es muy buen.

 

[Sarah]

I always laugh at how the writers feel the need to drive home the point as to how lucky they are to have found Scotty.

Bobby: We found Scotty Demarest. He is very good.
Ray: Scotty Demarest? He's great.
Clayton: Scotty Demarest? He's the best!
Ray: Scotty Demarest is very good.
Theresa: Esoces Demarest es muy buen.

Oh my God, I just laughed really loudly out loud. :laugh1:

 

[Lastkidpicked]

Thank you, Sarah! I've missed this place.

 

[Taylor Bennett Jr.]

I always laugh at how the writers feel the need to drive home the point as to how lucky they are to have found Scotty.

Bobby: We found Scotty Demarest. He is very good.
Ray: Scotty Demarest? He's great.
Clayton: Scotty Demarest? He's the best!
Bobby: Scotty is wonderful.
Ray: Scotty Demarest is very good.
Theresa: Esoces Demarest es muy buen.

Lucy: Scotty Demarest? He's so gorgeous!

 

[Toni]

I always laugh at how the writers feel the need to drive home the point as to how lucky they are to have found Scotty.

Bobby: We found Scotty Demarest. He is very good.
Ray: Scotty Demarest? He's great.
Clayton: Scotty Demarest? He's the best!
Bobby: Scotty is wonderful.
Ray: Scotty Demarest is very good.
Theresa: Esoces Demarest es muy buen.

Bueno, if you mind!!

The fact is that Scotty was going to lose Jock´s trial if Digger hadn´t confessed, and that he did lose this one too, and if Cliff had gone to jail for killing Jamie (since Scotty did appear that season), he would have lost too. Douglas Channing did get away with a lot of things...including babynapping.

"Look Scotty: they say that Priscilla is NOT an actress.
She´s just a celebrity who was once married to Elvis...
This season is full of imposters..."​

 

[johnmmil10]

I always have a hard time maintaining interest in Jenna during her trial. I just want to tell Bobby, “This is your chance. Make a move for Pam now!” Cliff and J.R. always manage to keep Bobby and Pam from getting too focused on each other.

 

[Ray&Donna]

The most enjoyable part of the trial was when the judge pejoratively referred to her as "Mrs. Marchetta".

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

Priscilla Presley was nothing but stunt casting on Dallas.

Sure she did have acting abilities or she wouldn't have lasted so long on the show.

However to be honest, from season ten onwards I found the character to be whiny & needy.

I don't know what Bobby saw in her other than her lovely looks. He was far better suited to Pam than Presley's version of Jenna Wade.

 

[DallasFanForever]

I liked him better with Pam also but I did enjoy Bobby and Jenna together. I think they had really good chemistry, obviously not Bobby and Pam chemistry but I thought they were good for each other. And I always enjoyed the relationship between Bobby and Charlie as well.

 

[Pamela_E]

I was quite young when Jenna's trial over Naldo's murder first aired, but I remember loving the storyline at the time.

I revisited it last night and was once again drawn in waiting to see would she be found guilty or not. I remember being so sad that she'd ran out on Bobby and left him thinking she loved Naldo more.

It's only now I'm also starting to see that Priscilla wasn't the strongest of actresses, but that's by the by. The storyline was a good one in my opinion. Always good to have Scotty Demerest around for a bit longer too.

I think this story was one of the worst in the history of Dallas. They talk about the dream season being the jump the shark moment but this season was slow and boring.

I liked Jenna, she was the neighbour you wave to but can't wait to get away from when in a conversation. She was just dull. So dull Jenna is a long winded dull court case was not a great mix.

I think there was a bit of conflict of storytelling going on. Many fans wanted Pam and Bobby back together so we're probably quite happy that Jenna was behind bars. This was not a love story, she was purely the barrier stopping Pam and Bobby reuniting.

I liked the episode when the Police burst in but the rest was tedious.

 

[Sarah]

I think this story was one of the worst in the history of Dallas. They talk about the dream season being the jump the shark moment but this season was slow and boring.

I liked Jenna, she was the neighbour you wave to but can't wait to get away from when in a conversation. She was just dull. So dull Jenna is a long winded dull court case was not a great mix.

I think there was a bit of conflict of storytelling going on. Many fans wanted Pam and Bobby back together so we're probably quite happy that Jenna was behind bars. This was not a love story, she was purely the barrier stopping Pam and Bobby reuniting.

I liked the episode when the Police burst in but the rest was tedious.

Mmm I dunno I liked it. I liked Bobby and Jenna together and remember feeling really tense and sad that she was locked up. I also thought all they fed you was bread and water

 

[Pamela_E]

Mmm I dunno I liked it. I liked Bobby and Jenna together and remember feeling really tense and sad that she was locked up. I also thought all they fed you was bread and water

Viewers began switching off and it was ripped to pieces by the critics. It just shifted the vibe somewhat to more of a daytime soap.

Of course there were some highlights such as Jamie and Jack and I loved the scenes with Donna this season.

But it started off on a bad note with Bobby's blindness, Donna Reed and just a different tone in general.

 

[Sarah]

Well that’s ok. I enjoyed it. Their loss for switching off.

 

[DallasFanForever]

It wasn’t the best season but I do enjoy it, mainly cause Bobby and Pam got back together before he “died.” I agree that Jenna’s trial is very boring and goes on way too long. I also like the storyline of the Ewings fighting Cliff, Jamie and Pam for the company.

 

[Snarky Oracle!]

I think this story was one of the worst in the history of Dallas. They talk about the dream season being the jump the shark moment but this season was slow and boring.

I liked Jenna, she was the neighbour you wave to but can't wait to get away from when in a conversation. She was just dull. So dull Jenna is a long winded dull court case was not a great mix.

I think there was a bit of conflict of storytelling going on. Many fans wanted Pam and Bobby back together so we're probably quite happy that Jenna was behind bars. This was not a love story, she was purely the barrier stopping Pam and Bobby reuniting.

I liked the episode when the Police burst in but the rest was tedious.

This season was, I still say, profoundly damaged by the Mis-Ellie switch. DALLAS had reached its creative zenith just a year before, so the recasting of the Emmy-winning matriarch of the top program on planet Earth was particularly self-destructive. And while the plots were competently executed, Donna Reed (due to little or no fault of her own) was the caucasian elephant in the Southfork living room, infecting every corner of the show that year, directly or indirectly. There was a collective sense that something special ad now been ruined unnecessarily.... and it dragged every story down that year.

On one level, DALLAS never quite recovered.

"I hope that dear girl can make bail..."

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

I quite enjoyed this season. Presley at least got to act, she plays the outraged, vulnerable victim very well. The only problem is that in her later seasons she still played the outraged victim!

I didn't mind the Miss Ellie recast. I thought Donna Reed played her really well. She was compassionate and loving. I liked her dress sense too she was a lot more glamorous than Bel Geddes Miss Ellie.

 

[pete lashmar]

There are pros and cons with the trial storyline, on the cons we had to watch PBP trying to act - on the pros we had Charlie kidnapped and therefore didn't have her on screen.

I have real problems watching PBP as Jenna, it was all so melancholy and weepy and tedious (not just the court case, but in general) and it showed how bad she was when oncreen with some of the big hitters.

However, I also put this down to the producers/writers, giving PBP plots and story lines that they knew she couldn't carry off convincingly.

Because of her performance and her story lines I really didn't like the character at all, I winced every time she was on screen and the later set up with Ray was just creepy and more like a long episode of The Twilight Zone.

Jenna, as a character had been your all Texas cowgirl before PBP turned up - she was a loose and fun character, then we get all the heartache and heartbreak that was thrown at her and an actress who couldn't handle it.

Also....why was Katherine sat at home wearing the blonde wig when she tore up the newspaper when Jenna got freed....I mean the writers were off their game by this point.