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<blockquote data-quote="stevew" data-source="post: 283332" data-attributes="member: 130">I wouldn&#039;t trade his focus for a loving marriage - I&#039;m talking about a Jackie Onassis style marriage, a partnership.&nbsp; I would have kept him on the show and given him a family to replace that of the Barnes&#039;s - a few can only hold out for so long with one family.&nbsp; But like J. Paul Getty (who I would have based Jeremey Wendell on) family or business would have to be the focus and Getty choose business.Exactly - and I thought having JR get there, having him settle down at the patriarch of the family, running business from the ranch, would have been the better way to go for the longevity of the show.&nbsp; Personally I loved the idea of Sue Ellen being the matriarch but there was too much of a bad story between them for such to develop in my opinion.&nbsp; Yet he could have had a trophy wife or a partner wife, or one then the other, as the story line went - certainly realistic.&nbsp; And I just thought Bobby needed his own show - he and Pam had developed to that point, one where Cliff could have gone with him.&nbsp; Leaving Dallas to reposition itself with a next generation to &quot;take over&quot; under J. R.&#039;s control and with John Ross as the declared &quot;Heir Apparent.&quot;I like your ideas.&nbsp; I don&#039;t even think that Mandy would be the final misses J.R. Ewing.&nbsp; Look at Henry Ford II and J. Paul Getty - business men with a series of wives.&nbsp; And I agree at that point if they hadn&#039;t though of the long term future of the show, they should have thought about it then and added children.&nbsp; At least a couple more - and how does John Ross fit into that?&nbsp; Some drama there, if not when he was 12 certainly later to come.&nbsp; Sue Ellen with older step children as well and Randy&#039;s character was worth exploring.&nbsp; I always hated how they tried to back out of a good idea - Christopher being J.R.&#039;s son and Charlie, being Bobby&#039;s daughter.&nbsp; That would have made her a Ewing and an older cousin at that.&nbsp; And bring back Lucy in some significant way.&nbsp; They had the opportunity to shift the story young and more female as the market at the time seemed to call - but they choose older and more male dominated and the rating went down.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="stevew, post: 283332, member: 130"] I wouldn't trade his focus for a loving marriage - I'm talking about a Jackie Onassis style marriage, a partnership. I would have kept him on the show and given him a family to replace that of the Barnes's - a few can only hold out for so long with one family. But like J. Paul Getty (who I would have based Jeremey Wendell on) family or business would have to be the focus and Getty choose business. Exactly - and I thought having JR get there, having him settle down at the patriarch of the family, running business from the ranch, would have been the better way to go for the longevity of the show. Personally I loved the idea of Sue Ellen being the matriarch but there was too much of a bad story between them for such to develop in my opinion. Yet he could have had a trophy wife or a partner wife, or one then the other, as the story line went - certainly realistic. And I just thought Bobby needed his own show - he and Pam had developed to that point, one where Cliff could have gone with him. Leaving Dallas to reposition itself with a next generation to "take over" under J. R.'s control and with John Ross as the declared "Heir Apparent." I like your ideas. I don't even think that Mandy would be the final misses J.R. Ewing. Look at Henry Ford II and J. Paul Getty - business men with a series of wives. And I agree at that point if they hadn't though of the long term future of the show, they should have thought about it then and added children. At least a couple more - and how does John Ross fit into that? Some drama there, if not when he was 12 certainly later to come. Sue Ellen with older step children as well and Randy's character was worth exploring. I always hated how they tried to back out of a good idea - Christopher being J.R.'s son and Charlie, being Bobby's daughter. That would have made her a Ewing and an older cousin at that. And bring back Lucy in some significant way. They had the opportunity to shift the story young and more female as the market at the time seemed to call - but they choose older and more male dominated and the rating went down. [/QUOTE]

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