I feel like he was probably trying to act like 40-something Jock, who undoubtedly used the "tough love" approach, probably minus the "love" part much of the time.. as opposed to "oblivious 70 year old Jock"
I was going to say “but that’s different!” ..but… is it? Haha!
Gary actually turned out to be quite good at business once he was freed from his father's pressure and JR's manipulations.
That's exactly what I've wanted to say and you've put it across so well.
Ray was a handsome man, but surely he wasn't the only handsome worker on that ranch? More likely the most available I guess with him being more visible actually in Southfork itself.
Oh yes! What on earth possessed Ray to behave that way? He was very unlikeable then. He'd turned into a right old sad sack.
Absolutely agree. Ray was quite exciting in the early days when he was the Southfork stud.
I did enjoy them together and I think once they divorced Ray just wasn’t the same. To me they had become inseparable and without each other neither character was nearly as interesting.
I agree. At least they came up with enough to get Steve to stay, the Mickey storyline, his helping Bobby set up Driscoll during the fight for Ewing Oil, he and Donna figuring out the Edgar Randolph story, etc. I even liked him throwing in with Bobby and J.R. in season 7 (8 DVD) to fight the Barnes family for Ewing Oil, but ultimately there could’ve been so much more done with the character.
That was so good, how Ray had to get Mickey into shape from wayward cocky lad to sensitive mature man.
Showed us Ray could be just the same as his Ewing brothers.
They made a great team in getting to the bottom of it.
A nice contrast with Gary there too. Gary might beat himself up occasionally over his faults, but he quickly gets over it with the usual Ewing confidence. Ray often dwells on his faults to the point of it eating him up. On the other hand, Ray does have a strong work ethic.
the irony is that ultimately his main fault may well have been “dwelling on his faults”.. If he’d dwelled on *that*, maybe he’d have gotten somewhere?!
Yes, and what I thought of instantly when you said this was him being jealous of his own wife. He sarcastically ridiculed her for her book being a best seller. He ridiculed her starting an oil company and every other success she ever had, even though her success was also really his. Your wife is successful. Be happy for her and not jealous. I liked Ray but it was such a flawed character.
seriously, all he had to do was lean into the “I’m a man’s man cowboy - all that business stuff is for other people” thing in a confident way and he might have handled it - easier said than done, though!
Clayton and Jessica! I’d say “hence the Lucy thing”, but as a double Farlow he’d be in the clear..
