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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Snarky Oracle!" data-source="post: 371103" data-attributes="member: 57984">Yes, of course, a loving couple apart provides the conflict necessary for drama, while domestic bliss -- nicer to live in but dull to watch (especially since it rarely rings true) -- is less than compelling.It's the distances between people that are so note-worthy; otherwise, you just have one big smash porn (again, better to live in than to watch).DALLAS got better as Bobby's and Pam's marriage disintegrated (the tension between JR and Sue Ellen, though necessary, was expected, but it came from a "smaller" couple whose love for each other was always debatable). Yes, the early "soapy" conflicts between Bobby & Pam over the others' work hours didn't have the same effect as did their later problems, in part because the idea that Pam's excessive time at The Store was due to her trying to avoid her own fertility/genetic issues didn't always reverberate as her true motive; and then Pam fussing over Bobby's work hours (after JR was shot and laid-up) also seemed like the writers' desperate attempts to have the couple bicker over inorganic topics.Even when JR & Sue Ellen would reconcile, the entertainment came from the audience's understanding that JR would soon cheat-and-insult once again, while Sue Ellen would be mean to the friends who had once helped her, until the shoe inevitably drops. So in a sense, JR & Sue Ellen were never further apart than when they were together -- which is probably the hallmark of a really sick relationship.Not so with Bobby & Pam, just two messed-up kids doing the best that they can.[ATTACH=full]47439[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

Verification: Who played Sue Ellen in Dallas?