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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Toni" data-source="post: 391230" data-attributes="member: 82">Maybe I´m seeing things (Miss Piggy always tells me that...) but I think Paulsen did have a good idea of what OG Season 6 was going to be, in his ironic and funny way. In the season premiere, we get a glimpse at Mark´s plane and he and Cliff get out of it. In his last episode of that season, Mark (offscreen) gets into his plane and (supposedly) commits suicide. Coincidence? I even dare to say that he and the Katzman had the whole mega-arc of Mark sick and travelling in search of a cure thought out, up til "Swan Song". Oh and funny, Mark´s fake name in that dark, somber Hong Kong clinic is...surprise! Swanson!![ATTACH=full]51494[/ATTACH] Mark´s pimp-mobile was like the Professor´s Convertible in "Wacky Races": it could be a car, or a plane, or whatever. Then again, Bobby is the only Ewing, aside from Lucy and Miss Ellie, who couldn´t have died in the fire. He´s the hero who luckily drives home and sees a little miniature of the ranch in fire. In the Season Finale, the only one who seems to die is him, shot by you-know-who, Ironic again. When Peter appears and visits Southfork, it´s JR the first one to point out that Peter is in love with her. And it probably was true by then, because 3 or 4 weeks later, the boy confesses that to Swellin.[ATTACH=full]51496[/ATTACH] "Swellin, do you know I love you?" "And do YOU know I ate garlic?" * *Based on Linda and Chris´s recollections...Another coincidence: Just like with Cliff, a one-night stand gets Mrs. JR Ewing pregnant with her lover. There was no blood test to prove it this time, but it´s been confirmed that the initial plan was Peter being clearly the father of Swellin´s new baby. CBS made them change plans and turn their relationship into a more platonic thing, despite that night of "love". The whole season the writers go with "JR knows, JR does not know" to create suspense, and when the climax comes in "End Game", the payoff is truly great, and leads to the Season cliffhanger.[ATTACH=full]51497[/ATTACH] "And then Mrs. Ewing kissed Mr. Richards under the mistletoe, and then JR was watching them in the balcony, and then Miss Lucy tried to sleep with Mr. Richards, and got drunk and played herself a fool (as always) and then..."Also, I find the Ellie-Clayton a storyline that grows and grows that season, and also makes good use of the characters´ history. Her mastectomy in Ellie´s case, and his previous marriage (and Southern Cross´s destruction) in his case. The buildup to Lady Jessie is probably one of the best-crafted, longest in the show´s history. When Alexis (Jessie) enters, we liked her instantly because: a) we´ve heard a lot of rumors about her. b) she´s played by the very glamorous, classy Alexis Smith, and c) we know via her monologue what she is truly thinking about the wedding.[ATTACH=full]51498[/ATTACH] "Miss Ellie, have you ever read a book called "Misery"...?"Is there a better introduction to a secret relative on "Dallas"? And yet, we don´t know the real truth, about her mental condition. To be honest, it surprised me that there wasn´t a "Where is Miss Ellie?" cliffhanger in the Season Finale. Everything was wrapped up very quickly and even the wedding was omitted, in what (I assume) was a late idea of rehashing the "Who Shot JR", now with Bobby. Full circle again. I wish today´s TV writers would put so much thought and attention to details, even last-minute changes seemed to be compelling back in the days. [ATTACH=full]51499[/ATTACH] Patrick: "(If she knew I´m going to be the next Richard Gere...") Victoria: "("If he knew I´ll become multi-millionaire with melon-scented creams...")Again, I think that the Bobby-Pam separation is a 2-season mega-arch from Paulsen and co. A twisted, heartbreaking and effective plot device, Katherine´s letter, makes it possible, and once the divorce is settled, here comes the Phantom Menace, aka Jenna Nº 3. She will be used for 2 years to keep the couple apart, and even so, there will frequent moments when one or the other will hint they miss each other, or say why all went so bad. In a way, at the end of season 6, despite his engagement to Jenna, there´s that look in their faces that say "he/she is not like you...at all". They will continue apart for another year, but even when they are in different places physically, they will have moments when they will prove each other how much they still care, and at the end, it will be much more than that, so much that he will almost feel obliged to find a way to get Jenna exonerated...though he´ll return to Pam´s arms.[ATTACH=full]51500[/ATTACH] "At least I hope she´ll send a big special package of the Principal Secret" ...with bottom guaranteed!" [ATTACH=full]51502[/ATTACH] "Of course I will! I always give it to my b*tches!"About the Wicked Witch of Texas, Katherine, she will have a fascinating arc to follow. Actually it´s her only full "Dallas" season, and they nailed it. Too bad making her shoot Bobby had to imply that she was cuckoo. Kristin wasn´t so for shooting JR, and Katherine almost had it all, except for Bobby, and her confession (and maybe also the injection at the hospital) are out-of-character things for her. After all, she was always all for appearances (she even lied to Pam about forgiving Cliff´s responsibility in Rebecca´s accident, and didn´t react to her step-siblings getting part of Mama´s money and companies). She was a socialite who went places and worked in N.Y.C., and all that jazz. But confessing in front of the security guards and JR out and loud in the hospital was rather unbelievable to me.  At that point I thought that the writers didn´t want to invest on the character anymore, and took a different route with the new guest females Mandy and Jamie. But that was in the Dread Season...</blockquote>

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