Christopher Question

stevew

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I remember thinking I wished Christopher had turned out to be JR’s baby as it would have made a more interesting story long term. Any chance that could be the case from what people saw? I can’t recall all the details, but I haven’t rewatched it as much as others have. Maybe JR fixed the test so as not to claim him - though seems unlikely he’d do that? Maybe Bob fixed the test to keep him away from JR - seems more plausible? Maybe Farraday fixed it? Maybe the test was just wrong? Any ideas?
 

Rove

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The first mistake from the producers/writers was killing off Kristin as I think there was a lot more juice in that character. The second mistake was Kristin suffering a miscarriage. I always thought having both survived would have placed JR in an uncomfortable position knowing at anytime either could have showed up in Dallas. What would Jock or Miss Ellie have to say?
 
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stevew

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They clearly stated that Kristin had a miscarriage with JR’s baby and Farraday was Christopher’s father. After Bobby found out, JR had nothing to hold over Bobby’s head and with that he was ousted as president of Ewing Oil.
Yes I remember that, BUT could it have been a lie that Farraday told to hold over Bobby's head that Bobby found out about and went with to keep JR from Christopher? My thought isn't what we saw but what could have been true that we didn't see.
 

stevew

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The first mistake from the producers/writers was killing off Kristin as I think there was a lot more juice in that character. The second mistake was Kristin suffering a miscarriage. I always thought having both survived would have placed JR in an uncomfortable position knowing at anytime either could have showed up in Dallas. What would Jock or Miss Ellie have to say?
I totally agree - it was a mistake they made to get to some sort of body count and then made Christopher someone else's kid to make things cleaner for Bobby with JR. But I totally agree - a mistake, a mistake for the short term drama with Kristen and long term between the two Ewing "brothers." That's why I'm wondering, IF it's possible Christopher could still be JR's son (obviously anything is possible on a soup as we've seen, lots of inconvenient story lines can be ignored but I mean without ignoring anything, is it possible that deception occurred).
 

Lastkidpicked

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The first mistake from the producers/writers was killing off Kristin as I think there was a lot more juice in that character. The second mistake was Kristin suffering a miscarriage. I always thought having both survived would have placed JR in an uncomfortable position knowing at anytime either could have showed up?
Yes! Imagine the storylines that could be mined from the fact that Kristin could show up at any time and shake up J.R.'s world. And Mary Crosby did such a great job of playing a vixen.
Imagine watching each episode, wondering if this will be one where she pops up to bring the crazy.
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DallasFanForever

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I loved Kristen on the show and I think they definitely could’ve gotten a lot more
mileage out of her character. As far as if J.R. really did turn out to be Christopher’s father? Wow!! That would’ve really changed the landscape of the show forever. J.R. and Bobby’s relationship would’ve never been the same. And their marriages would’ve both been even more strained. Imagine the dinner scenes and the conversation!
 

stevew

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I loved Kristen on the show and I think they definitely could’ve gotten a lot more
mileage out of her character. As far as if J.R. really did turn out to be Christopher’s father? Wow!! That would’ve really changed the landscape of the show forever. J.R. and Bobby’s relationship would’ve never been the same. And their marriages would’ve both been even more strained. Imagine the dinner scenes and the conversation!
Forever more!
 

Jabari Lamar

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Yes I remember that, BUT could it have been a lie that Farraday told to hold over Bobby's head that Bobby found out about and went with to keep JR from Christopher?
What? How does that make sense? Farraday told Bobby that Christopher was J.R.'s son when he initially contacted him about arranging a deal to hand him over. He fully expected Bobby to then give Christopher to J.R. and that would be the end of it. He had no reason to expect that Bobby would try to hide that and adopt Christopher himself.

That's why I'm wondering, IF it's possible Christopher could still be JR's son (obviously anything is possible on a soup as we've seen, lots of inconvenient story lines can be ignored but I mean without ignoring anything, is it possible that deception occurred).
Logically, at this point no it's not possible. As you say, of course it's a soap opera so theoretically anything's possible. But the time to do that story would have been during the original series, while Larry Hagman was still alive to play J.R., to see him and Bobby deal with the revelation. By the time we got to DallasTNT that time had passed, especially now that Larry's dead and so is the show.

But I'm sure you could explore this in your fan fiction, if you want.
 
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