Dallas - What/if...?

[pete lashmar]

During my current re-watch something occurred to me about the show.

The battle for Ewing Oil after Jock's will had so many off-shooting storylines (Pam & Bobby's marriage break up, Sue Ellen's return to the booze, Mickey's ending up in hospital etc etc etc) - but what/if Jim Davis hadn't sadly passed away, I do wonder where the show would have gone for 2 seasons as this was probably one of the biggest plotlines the show did in it's 14 year run.

Any other what/ifs people have...?

 

[Justine]

What if someone had the common sense not to write off a whole season as a dream - simply to have Patrick Duffy return?

What if Larry hadn't defended Linda when she was fired because she requested to direct an episode?

What if the writers weren't under pressure to create additional episodes, which resulted in the "Who shot J.R.?" season finale?

 

[Michelle Stevens]

What if there was a season 15 (1991-'92)?

 

[Richard Channing]

What if God was one of us?

 

[TJames03]

Dream Season never happened, the show retained its dignity, Pam finally was fed up with Bobby and became ruthless, a female JR (and VP stayed with the show)....

 

[Taylor Bennett Jr.]

What if God was one of us?

he was! Or was here in human form, anyway, as recently as 1978 as Kit's butler

(sorry for the bad ‘Jesus’ joke!)

 

[Sarah]

I have lots...

"What if Sue Ellen and JR had teamed up for WestStar instead of the awful way they were handled?"

"What if James wasn't JR's son?" (I don't believe he was but there you go)

"What if Larry hadn't died?"

I'm sure I will think of more... :swing:

 

[stevew]

During my current re-watch something occurred to me about the show.

The battle for Ewing Oil after Jock's will had so many off-shooting storylines (Pam & Bobby's marriage break up, Sue Ellen's return to the booze, Mickey's ending up in hospital etc etc etc) - but what/if Jim Davis hadn't sadly passed away, I do wonder where the show would have gone for 2 seasons as this was probably one of the biggest plotlines the show did in it's 14 year run.

Any other what/ifs people have...?

Just from your post:

What if Bobby and Pam finally left and started their own series with Bobby as a U.S. Congressman in D.C. - another spin off?

What if Sue Ellen sobered up sooner and stood up to JR in business?

What if Mickey didn’t die and he became Lucy’s Sue Ellen to her JR?

 

[Toni]

What if, instead of Peter, there had been a young woman played by, let´s say, Brooke Shields, who fell in love with Swellin and tried to seduce her? That would have pushed the envelope back then!

What if Pam had found her mother, let´s say, in Timbuktu, and Bobby had complained about the phone bills, and she had taken her things and left him just because? And then enters a new character played by Jaclyn Smith who will end up marrying the Bobster!

What if, at the end of the Donna Dread Season, they had discovered that NuEllie was an alien from Mars who had hypnotized all of them to make them believe she was Ellie? And then she calls her spaceship and abducts Mandy, Jamie and Jenna? What a great season to watch!!

"Come with me, dears..."​

 

[Lastkidpicked]

What if Mickey didn’t die and he became Lucy’s Sue Ellen to her JR?

The entire Mickey story line is ripe with possibilities. The fact that Timothy Patrick Murphy died at a young age gives those episodes even deeper meaning.

Here's a what if:

What if Ray was found guilty of murder. Would that have started a national dialogue about euthanasia?

 

[Rove]

I think this thread has been infiltrated by Cynthia Cidre to draw attention away from her disastrous turn as Showrunner on TNT Dallas. "What If's" belong on the TNT Dallas thread.

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

What if, instead of Peter, there had been a young woman played by, let´s say, Brooke Shields, who fell in love with Swellin and tried to seduce her? That would have pushed the envelope back then!

What if Pam had found her mother, let´s say, in Timbuktu, and Bobby had complained about the phone bills, and she had taken her things and left him just because? And then enters a new character played by Jaclyn Smith who will end up marrying the Bobster!

What if, at the end of the Donna Dread Season, they had discovered that NuEllie was an alien from Mars who had hypnotized all of them to make them believe she was Ellie? And then she calls her spaceship and abducts Mandy, Jamie and Jenna? What a great season to watch!!

"Come with me, dears..."​

The Colbys, eat your heart out!

 

[TJames03]

I think this thread has been infiltrated by Cynthia Cidre to draw attention away from her disastrous turn as Showrunner on TNT Dallas. "What If's" belong on the TNT Dallas thread.

Nothing could be worse than her Dallas. Barring her finally exposing the fate of Pam, everything else was horrific.....

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

Nothing could be worse than her Dallas. Barring her finally exposing the fate of Pam, everything else was horrific.....

Yeah I know, when it was good it was good but when it was bad it was horrifically bad!

I liked the first two seasons, but season three I couldn't stomach or bring myself to watch it.

Not after this very Forum told me that Christopher was gonna die in the end of season cliff hanger finale.

I might've bought the DVD boxset (in a drunken state though!) but I will never ever watch it.

Dallas for me was the Lorimar Television produced original. 1978 to 1991.

The continuation series can f**k itself. It was never a worthy successor to the original hit series, which is a shame as I had high hopes for it but sadly it just wasn't to be.

 

[Sarah]

Yeah I know, when it was good it was good but when it was bad it was horrifically bad!

I liked the first two seasons, but season three I couldn't stomach or bring myself to watch it.

Not after this very Forum told me that Christopher was gonna die in the end of season cliff hanger finale.

I might've bought the DVD boxset (in a drunken state though!) but I will never ever watch it.

Dallas for me was the Lorimar Television produced original. 1978 to 1991.

The continuation series can f**k itself. It was never a worthy successor to the original hit series, which is a shame as I had high hopes for it but sadly it just wasn't to be.

Sorry to be controversial but I will take TNT any day and Cynthia over the horrific writing and insulting storylines that came with the introduction of the Beaumonts and the steady decline that came with them. I want to post a note on their door saying WTF even now.

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

Sorry to be controversial but I will take TNT any day and Cynthia over the horrific writing and insulting storylines that came with the introduction of the Beaumonts and the steady decline that came with them. I want to post a note on their door saying WTF even now.

Really?

I suppose I'm out of sorts as I've never seen the third & final season of the TNT Cyntax Dallas.

Maybe I should dust down my copy of season three & actually watch it. It's just knowing that Christopher dies tainted it big time for me.

I don't know what to do. But one thing I do know, I love Dallas. The original hit LorimarTV series. :love2:

 

[Sarah]

Really?

I suppose I'm out of sorts as I've never seen the third & final season of the TNT Cyntax Dallas.

Maybe I should dust down my copy of season three & actually watch it. It's just knowing that Christopher dies tainted it big time for me.

I don't know what to do. But one thing I do know, I love Dallas. The original hit LorimarTV series. :love2:

Really. But it had more to do with that absolute guff about Vanessa. It was insulting to me as a huge if not the biggest fan of JR and Sue Ellen. Kinda like how you feel about Pam’s ending and I’m guessing maybe the introduction of Ann.

CC put JR and Sue Ellen back where they belonged. So I guess it is a personal thing but what I do know and what I will go to my grave believing is that you part JR and Sue Ellen, JR goes off the rails, Dallas can’t survive. Sue Ellen was as vital to JR and his character as oxygen.

You can arrange my headstone @Via The Void

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

Really. But it had more to do with that absolute guff about Vanessa. It was insulting to me as a huge if not the biggest fan of JR and Sue Ellen. Kinda like how you feel about Pam’s ending and I’m guessing maybe the introduction of Ann.

CC put JR and Sue Ellen back where they belonged. So I guess it is a personal thing but what I do know and what I will go to my grave believing is that you part JR and Sue Ellen, JR goes off the rails, Dallas can’t survive. Sue Ellen was as vital to JR and his character as oxygen.

You can arrange my headstone @Via The Void

Don't be morbid Sarah!

Don't get me wrong Sarah, I love Dallas. But when I say Dallas I mean the original hit series NOT the TNT Cyntax Dallas!

I've never seen the third season of the TNT show and to be honest I don't want to see it.

My heart belongs with the Lorimar Dallas. Even though it lost it's way in it's final seasons I will always love the original series.

 

[Sarah]

Don't be morbid Sarah!

Don't get me wrong Sarah, I love Dallas. But when I say Dallas I mean the original hit series NOT the TNT Cyntax Dallas!

I've never seen the third season of the TNT show and to be honest I don't want to see it.

My heart belongs with the Lorimar Dallas. Even though it lost it's way in it's final seasons I will always love the original series.

Mine does too and I’m completely loyal. But anyone who thinks that Seasons 13 and 14 are Dallas needs to seek professional help as soon as possible.

I’m not in any way saying TNT was true to our Dallas - but at least she tried, but I’m prepared to admit that my fierce loyalty to JR and Sue Ellen plays a part in that.

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

Mine does too and I’m completely loyal. But anyone who thinks that Seasons 13 and 14 are Dallas needs to seek professional help as soon as possible.

I’m not in any way saying TNT was true to our Dallas - but at least she tried, but I’m prepared to admit that my fierce loyalty to JR and Sue Ellen plays a part in that.

I like season thirteen to be honest but I'm not a fan of the final season, that season was too far removed from the original concept of the show.

Dallas ended at the right time. I don't think it could've gone to a fifteenth season, not unless they'd actually kept Steve Forrest as a re-cast Jock Ewing which might've sustained the show's longevity. Who knows? We'll never really know, will we!?!