Bobby Selling Ewing Oil

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Luke_Krebbs_Ewing

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Billy Wall said:
Just because you don’t know exactly how a company is run doesn’t mean you’re not entitled to voting shares, particularly in a family business. What exactly did Miss Ellie know? I think Jock did the right thing by assuring all his offsprings had a hand in the family business. Especially when you have someone like JR at the head.
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Yeah, especially as Jock told Bobby that it was partly his fault for giving JR the drive for big business.

Jock told Bobby that he trained JR himself but never taught him when to stop.

Jock probably divided the voting shares like that to avoid a repeat of Southfork being mortgaged against any business deals. If you remember Jock was absolutely furious with JR for doing that. That's why I believe he divided the voting shares throughout the family. :)
 
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crypt cadaver72 said:
Seems like Bobby took a lesson from his mama about not caring about or honoring Jock's legacy. She sold Ewing Oil, and she gave half the ranch to a damn Farlow.
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Yes, she tried to sell Ewing Oil twice. Once after Jock's will and once during the dream season.
She also tried to give SF away to Garrison.
JR was right about her giving half of SF to Clayton
If Ellie predeceased Clayton, JR, Bobby, Gary and Ray would have no claim to the property.
Bobby should have been as outraged as JR

Miss Ellie sure had no use for Jock's memory once he was gone.
 
the-lost-son

the-lost-son

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Laurie Marr said:
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The office set of 82-87 was iconic. THIS was Ewing Oil.
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Exactly. These offices had such a rich history. Jock's office still there, JR and Bobby shot both in them.
It was a major blunder not to keep the same offices (maybe with a facelift).
It was like losing another character along with Pam and Donna.

In a series that's so big in regards to legacy and saga feeling, it's headscratching that they did not keep the same office set.
Maybe it was not that modern anymore, but with that logic they could have substituted Southfork as well.
 
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Billy Wall

Billy Wall

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the-lost-son said:
Exactly. These offices had such a rich history. Jock's office still there, JR and Bobby shot both in them.
It was a major blunder not to keep the same offices (maybe with a facelift).
It was like losing another character along with Pam and Donna.

In a series that's so big in regards to legacy and saga feeling, it's headscratching that they did not keep the same office set.
Maybe it was not that modern anymore, but with that logic they could have substituted Southfork as well.
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Remember, they (JR) had just lost Ewing Oil. They had to find new offices.
 
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Chris2

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I think the problem was that the producers viewed the loss of Ewing Oil as something they’d overcome in a season or so. And that’s pretty much how they treated it - they miraculously got the name and assets back within a year. Even though it never felt the same.

This was another opportunity to really reset the show - to make it about JR and Bobby truly being the underdogs and fighting to rebuild the family business (perhaps risking Southfork to do it). Instead, it all felt kind of low stakes without a whole lot of drama.
 
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Snowcat

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Billy Wall said:
We all know that they did it for dramatic purposes. No way we’re anybody outside of JR, Jock and possibly Bobby were qualified to run an oil company. Take Digger for example. He’s been around the oil industry as long as Jock. Even if he wasn’t a drunk, was he qualified to run an oil company?
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Working in a business is different than running a company. If he could get his drinking under control, Digger had the skills to work for an oil company not to run one. Jock was the wild catter with business savvy
 
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