Why Jock Left John Ross 10% And Not Lucy?

[Billy Wall]

Is it just because she's a female? I find it strange that he wouldn't leave her a small portion considering he raised her and he left John Ross and Ray Krebbs 10%.

I know, she ended up with shares after Gary gave her his shares.

 

[LMLDallas78]

Jock would never have trusted a broad with precious Ewing Oil shares even if she was his granddaughter. He was fair regarding how he treated the males of the family.
Miss Ellie would've done the majority in raising her and Jock would never be able to see Lucy as having a good business head, only as his little granddaughter. He saw John Ross differently as a boy growing up to be just like his daddy in business.

 

[darkshadows38]

that about sums it up plus let's not forget that Lucy was a spoiled brat when the show started and had she gotten the shares during that time they would have been long gone really quickly. it was better i think when Gary left them to hear she had done a lot more growing up i think than she had during Jock's time of the show

 

[lbf522]

The Voting shares storyline was silly. As it has been said, Jock giving Ray and Gary voting shares in a company they did not know anything about and in an industry they knew nothing about. Gary giving his shares was especially stupid since Lucy knows nothing about nothing. It was just a way of getting a laugh at JR's expense.

Jock would not have given voting shares to Lucy, a female but would give them to John Ross, his grandson and heir. And regarding Lucy, if someone gave me shares in a company voting or non voting, the first thing I would do is get to know everything about that company.

Finally, JR taking this lying down seemed silly to me as well. He should have been on the phone to Jock to know why he did this. Not to mention that JR had been at Ewing Oil since he was 15. Very unlikely he would accept Ray, Gary, Bobby, or Lucy deciding his fate in his company.

 

[Billy Wall]

The Voting shares storyline was silly. As it has been said, Jock giving Ray and Gary voting shares in a company they did not know anything about and in an industry they knew nothing about. Gary giving his shares was especially stupid since Lucy knows nothing about nothing. It was just a way of getting a laugh at JR's expense.

Jock would not have given voting shares to Lucy, a female but would give them to John Ross, his grandson and heir. And regarding Lucy, if someone gave me shares in a company voting or non voting, the first thing I would do is get to know everything about that company.

Finally, JR taking this lying down seemed silly to me as well. He should have been on the phone to Jock to know why he did this. Not to mention that JR had been at Ewing Oil since he was 15. Very unlikely he would accept Ray, Gary, Bobby, or Lucy deciding his fate in his company.

I'm pretty certain there's shareholders out there that know very little about the company's they have shares of. But I see your point.

And not to mention, why would Jock even hand out shares in the first place? He was very much alive and was coming back soon.

 

[Barbara Fan]

Jock was a male chauvinsit - "a womens place is in the bedroom and not the board room", thats why Luch didnt get any.

 

[DallasFanForever]

The head scratcher for me was given their more often than not strained relationship why would Jock give Gary any shares at all? It seemed out of character to me. I get that from a storyline standpoint it was just a way to get Gary’s shares to Lucy so she could vote against J.R., but quite honestly I feel Jock would’ve given shares to Lucy long before Gary if given the choice.

 

[Billy Wall]

The head scratcher for me was given their more often than not strained relationship why would Jock give Gary any shares at all? It seemed out of character to me. I get that from a storyline standpoint it was just a way to get Gary’s shares to Lucy so she could vote against J.R., but quite honestly I feel Jock would’ve given shares to Lucy long before Gary if given the choice.

They "kinda" patched things up before he went to California. Despite their issues, Gary was still his son.

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

Let's not forget that I'm Jock's grandson too and also entitled to shares in Ewing Oil.

My grandaddy probably prefered leaving any shares in the company to his male descendents because lets face it what good are women anyway! They make the tea and iron shirts and stuff! A woman's place is in the bedroom not the boardroom as my grandaddy would've said, and you know what he was right!

 

[Taylor Bennett Jr.]

Jock must have been bitten by a radioactive mosquito down in South America, or maybe a poisonous capybara.

He’s down there a few weeks and he’s writing florid love letters, pages-long will amendments, blurting out the entire Ewing backstory in front of devious coworkers, etc. etc. Totally out of character!

Not to mention… here he is, 70 and retired, a few years removed from a massive heart attack and bypass surgery, just getting back from his second honeymoon with his wife of 45 years, whom he was days away from losing just weeks prior.. and he agrees to spend months away in the harsh jungle without even setting foot back on his beloved ranch first. The guy who’d get upset if one person was late to their nightly family dinner?! Clearly he’d gone mad!

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

Jock must have been bitten by a radioactive mosquito down in South America, or maybe a poisonous capybara.

He’s down there a few weeks and he’s writing florid love letters, pages-long will amendments, blurting out the entire Ewing backstory in front of devious coworkers, etc. etc. Totally out of character!

Not to mention… here he is, 70 and retired, a few years removed from a massive heart attack and bypass surgery, just getting back from his second honeymoon with his wife of 45 years, whom he was days away from losing just weeks prior.. and he agrees to spend months away in the harsh jungle without even setting foot back on his beloved ranch first. The guy who’d get upset if one person was late to their nightly family dinner! Clearly he’d gone mad!

Of course he wasn't mad!

Jock just preferred the women in the kitchen and the bedroom.

For myself I prefer them just in the kitchen. Let the men have the boardroom and the bedroom and that way we can get the business all done!

 

[DallasFanForever]

They "kinda" patched things up before he went to California. Despite their issues, Gary was still his son.

Yeah, I guess they did kind of make up to a degree but I still find it a little hard to believe he’d include him when dividing up the shares. Maybe it was more of Jock feeling like he had to include him to pacify Ellie and not so much that he necessarily wanted to. After all, Ellie and Jock had just reconciled so maybe it was his way of keeping the peace.

 

[Billy Wall]

Yeah, I guess they did kind of make up to a degree but I still find it a little hard to believe he’d include him when dividing up the shares. Maybe it was more of Jock feeling like he had to include him to pacify Ellie and not so much that he necessarily wanted to. After all, Ellie and Jock had just reconciled so maybe it was his way of keeping the peace.

If you remember, when Gary gave his shares to Lucy, Ray said "Jock gave those shares to you." Gary responded, "he was only being nice."

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

If you remember, when Gary gave his shares to Lucy, Ray said "Jock gave those shares to you." Gary responded, "he was only being nice."

Jock was only being fair.

He might've had his faults when he was alive but let's face it nobody is perfect. He wanted to do right by all his sons.

 

[CeeCee72]

Jock always saw Lucy as nothing more than a trophy to be married off at the earliest and most advantageous opportunity. Women are "less than" in Jock's eyes.

As far as John Ross goes, I actually think the reason Jock gave him shares was sinister. It was a way to do two things 1- Get John Ross back at Southfork where Jock believed he belonged and 2- Give JR more control without actually flat out giving JR control.