Snarky Oracle!
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We saw them in the mini-series, but should it have remained a thing when she was stressed?
"Dammit, my head really hurts…!"
"Dammit, my head really hurts…!"
Miss Ellie's migraines
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Angela Channing
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It was just a symptom of withdrawal from all the sedatives that Dr Danvers gave her.
Gold Canyon 340
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Maybe getting a brand new house cured her completely? 
Taylor Bennett Jr.
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I’ve always felt the dastardly Luther Frick and Peyton Allen scared the migraines out of her, along with Sue Ellen’s traumatized singing. A couple of notes of People Who Need People would have had the poor headaches running for Waco and lands beyond.
Luke_Krebbs_Ewing
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"It's okay Ellie, stop worrying about being recast." Jock says. "You shouldn't have watched that film It's a Wonderful Life!"“Jock, I’m getting another one of my sick headaches!”
Snarky Oracle!
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And it becomes a running gag that Sue Ellen keeps offering to bring Ellie a bed pan. Even over drinks in the living room.
Grant Jennings
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Maybe Susan Sullivan should have peddled Campbell's Soup and Barbara Bel Geddes been the pitchwoman for Tylenol.
DallasFanForever
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I’m glad they didn’t continue the migraines but it’s really a wonder the woman didn’t walk around with an ice pack on her head for 12 years considering the stress she endured.
Snarky Oracle!
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I keep hearing her snap: "Well, I'm not as sick as all that...!" over and over, every time Sue Ellen nervously offers to get her that bed pan.
Grant Jennings
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Miss Ellie "Young man, who are you and what are you doing in my shower?!"
"Hello, you must be Miss Ellie, I'm Miguel, your physical therapist."
Miss Ellie "I did not hire a physical therapist!"
Miguel "No ma'am, Miss Sue Ellen did."
"Hello, you must be Miss Ellie, I'm Miguel, your physical therapist."
Miss Ellie "I did not hire a physical therapist!"
Miguel "No ma'am, Miss Sue Ellen did."
Frank Underwood
Telly Talk Champion
There was that time she got uncharacteristically drunk when she found out Clayton had been seeing Laurel Ellis. I bet she had a hell of a migraine the next morning.I keep hearing her snap: "Well, I'm not as sick as all that...!" over and over, every time Sue Ellen nervously offers to get her that bed pan.
Come to think of it, it was Sue Ellen who went to Ellie's bedroom to check on her that time too. At least she was smart enough not to mention the bed pan again.
Luke_Krebbs_Ewing
Telly Talk Champion
The bed pan was replaced by a younger ceramic bed pan from the Parmalee Stivers range!There was that time she got uncharacteristically drunk when she found out Clayton had been seeing Laurel Ellis. I bet she had a hell of a migraine the next morning.
Come to think of it, it was Sue Ellen who went to Ellie's bedroom to check on her that time too. At least she was smart enough not to mention the bed pan again.
Luke_Krebbs_Ewing
Telly Talk Champion
Sue Ellen wouldn't know what do with him!
Me on the other hand, I can think of several things I could do to him!!
Laurie Marr
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Although she stopped complaining the migraine symptoms were still detectable….. gazing off into the middle distance at the slightest provocation and moments when her speech would become unnecessarily fitful when she was saying the least complicated things.
Grant Jennings
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Sure, keep talking about the few migraines Miss Ellie had while completely ignoring the more serious concern - especially for those around her: her chronic flatulence, brought on, most likely, by consuming her homemade chili.
Snarky Oracle!
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I know in my soul it had something to do with Section 40.
Laurie Marr
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Yup. That chilli provoked quite a gusher on more than one occasion. Unfortunately the exercise bike had to be abandoned at some speed…..