What are some possible twists and turns that could have shaped the plot lines of Dallas from as we know it?

[TheDeadBobby]

Here is a good twist using the Dream Season shower scene idea:

How about if anyone else in the series that got killed off could simply be brought back in a shower scene, and Pam could be the person to see it?

Lets use Rebecca Wentworth for example. If they decided to bring her back a few seasons later, they could just have Pam wander to the shower to see Rebecca turn around and say: Good Morning! and then she would be back in the show like nothing ever happened! Kristen, that Ranch hand Micky or anyone else that got killed off could be brought back into the show by a simple shower 'Good Morning' ... and of course Pam would have to act a little surprised but then respond like it was normal ... other than why are they using her shower?!

After Pam dies it might be hard to pull this off anymore unless they somehow bring her back. I suppose Bobby could be the one who gets up and finds Pam in the shower :eck: ... he's getting paid well and might as well do some work.

...sooo this could work, but the only thing is, too many dream seasons might jack the show up a bit, but it's a soap opera, so it's to be expected.

 

[Jimmy Todd]

Here is a good twist using the Dream Season shower scene idea:

How about if anyone else in the series that got killed off could simply be brought back in a shower scene, and Pam could be the person to see it?

Lets use Rebecca Wentworth for example. If they decided to bring her back a few seasons later, they could just have Pam wander to the shower to see Rebecca turn around and say: Good Morning! and then she would be back in the show like nothing ever happened! Kristen, that Ranch hand Micky or anyone else that got killed off could be brought back into the show by a simple shower 'Good Morning' ... and of course Pam would have to act a little surprised but then respond like it was normal ... other than why are they using her shower?!

After Pam dies it might be hard to pull this off anymore unless they somehow bring her back. I suppose Bobby could be the one who gets up and finds Pam in the shower :eck: ... he's getting paid well and might as well do some work.

...sooo this could work, but the only thing is, too many dream seasons might jack the show up a bit, but it's a soap opera, so it's to be expected.

Or Pam could open the shower door and see Julie, Kristin and Katherine who say in unison. "Come play with us Pam. Forever and ever and ever....."

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

Or Pam could open the shower door and see Julie, Kristin and Katherine who say in unison. "Come play with us Pam. Forever and ever and ever....."

Then Bobby would sit up in bed screaming!

"Oh gawd, what a nightmare!"

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

I think it was a shame Sue Ellen didn't have twins, a boy and a girl on the show instead of just John Ross.

 

[cws]

I always wondered what stories could have happened if Linda didn't decide to leave.

 

[Bobby Southworth]

I always wondered what stories could have happened if Linda didn't decide to leave.

My guess is that like in the reunion movies, she would have somehow become part of Ewing Oil. Maybe JR and her would have reconciled yet again. It was obvious in the Cally and JR wedding episode that there was still some kind of spark between them, at least I always thought so. It would have been so much better to see her reconcile with JR when him and Cally divorced, than the boring Vanessa engagement. I say this even though I also liked the fact that Sue Ellen finally found strength of her own, and JR didn't really deserve her after all the horrible ways he treated her over the years, but maybe they could have finally settled down, and had something that lasted? Perhaps he would begin to find respect for her as they worked together at Ewing Oil.

 

[cws]

My guess is that like in the reunion movies, she would have somehow become part of Ewing Oil. Maybe JR and her would have reconciled yet again. It was obvious in the Cally and JR wedding episode that there was still some kind of spark between them, at least I always thought so. It would have been so much better to see her reconcile with JR when him and Cally divorced, than the boring Vanessa engagement. I say this even though I also liked the fact that Sue Ellen finally found strength of her own, and JR didn't really deserve her after all the horrible ways he treated her over the years, but maybe they could have finally settled down, and had something that lasted? Perhaps he would begin to find respect for her as they worked together at Ewing Oil.

The Cally character was just RIDICULOUS!

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

I think I read somewhere that it was real...but then Larry had said it was apple juice and iced tea. Who knows?

I doubt very much it was real alcohol. Usually on show's it's either coloured water or stuff like cold tea to simulate whiskey.

 

[Sarah]

I always wondered what stories could have happened if Linda didn't decide to leave.

She would have stayed had it not been got some of the stories. Had she got to be in business with JR - guarantee she would have stayed.

 

[Jimmy Todd]

Would an interracial relationship have been an interesting direction for a plot? For example, if It was revealed that JR had a Black mistress, or if Lucy began seeing a non-white person? It would elicit various reactions from all the characters, even challenge the "good guys" on the show.
I have a feeling that the powers that be would never go down that route, but it has possibilities.

 

[cws]

She would have stayed had it not been got some of the stories. Had she got to be in business with JR - guarantee she would have stayed.

Too bad we didn't see that!!

 

[Swellin]

Sue Ellen is transgender, Linda can use her experience from All That Glitters

 

[Sarah]

Sue Ellen is transgender, Linda can use her experience from All That Glitters

Oh come on.

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

Oh come on.

Someone has been at the vodka, and it's not Sue Ellen.

 

[Sarah]

Someone has been at the vodka, and it's not Sue Ellen.

Not me either. I draw the line at some of these suggestions- it’s all getting a bit wacky round here.

 

[cws]

Not me either. I draw the line at some of these suggestions- it’s all getting a bit wacky round here.

GOOD GRIEF!!!

 

[Toni]

Would an interracial relationship have been an interesting direction for a plot? For example, if It was revealed that JR had a Black mistress, or if Lucy began seeing a non-white person? It would elicit various reactions from all the characters, even challenge the "good guys" on the show.
I have a feeling that the powers that be would never go down that route, but it has possibilities.

I sort of did that in my fanfic "Ewing Empire": Lucy has a little kid whose turns out to be a black young man she had an affair with. There is no "Guess Who´s Coming to Dinner" scene because Gary and Val are too "sophisticated" to do that...

 

[Jimmy Todd]

I sort of did that in my fanfic "Ewing Empire": Lucy has a little kid whose turns out to be a black young man she had an affair with. There is no "Guess Who´s Coming to Dinner" scene because Gary and Val are too "sophisticated" to do that...

Do really think so? They're both good hearted characters they wouldn't ostensibly have a problem with it, but it might make them uncomfortable in a way that they themselves may be surprised by, given their background.

 

[TheDeadBobby]

Maybe this is a better thread for this:

So instead of Bobby returning in the shower scene and the whole last season being relegated to a dream, Bobby's EVIL identical twin brother is released from a prison in Turkey and makes his way back to the States and to Southfork to put a claim on his part of Bobby's inheritance if any, and if not any, he'll stir up more trouble than you can imagine.
In the meantime, Pamela falls madly in love with him and has the new Bobby get the mob to take care of Mark Grayson which leads to Evil Bob coming to live at Southfork where he can spike all the burboune, whiskey and vodka with little bits of horse tranquilizer so that everyone's thinking becomes pretty foggy and they become perfect pushovers so he can gain control of Ewing Oil and turn it to the largest evil empire on the planet to eventually control the WORLD !! :eck: ... which makes JR's plots look like a church picnic.

Lorimar could then have started charging pay for view back in the 80s just to watch each sinister plot unravel keeping you completely addicted worse than we already are.

 

[Taylor Bennett Jr.]

Maybe this is a better thread for this:

So instead of Bobby returning in the shower scene and the whole last season being relegated to a dream, Bobby's EVIL identical twin brother is released from a prison in Turkey and makes his way back to the States and to Southfork to put a claim on his part of Bobby's inheritance if any, and if not any, he'll stir up more trouble than you can imagine.
In the meantime, Pamela falls madly in love with him and has the new Bobby get the mob to take care of Mark Grayson which leads to Evil Bob coming to live at Southfork where he can spike all the burboune, whiskey and vodka with little bits of horse tranquilizer so that everyone's thinking becomes pretty foggy and they become perfect pushovers so he can gain control of Ewing Oil and turn it to the largest evil empire on the planet to eventually control the WORLD !! :eck: ... which makes JR's plots look like a church picnic.

Lorimar could then have started charging pay for view back in the 80s just to watch each sinister plot unravel keeping you completely addicted worse than we already are.

You'd have to change your screen name to TheLivingEvilBobbyTwin though!

Another possibility would be to have Pam's first husband Edison Faraday Haynes spend years in the background learning Bobby's mannerisms like a De Niro-style method actor, gradually getting plastic surgery and hair implants and maybe some steroids and experimental growth hormone so he could get a few inches taller and pack on some muscle. After several years of preparation he could have looked and acted exactly like Bobby, then stealthily killed Mark Graison in the middle of the night and slipped into the shower that morning before taking over the world via horse tranquilizer as described above.