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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rove" data-source="post: 400921" data-attributes="member: 100">I suspect Bobby was dealing with middle child syndrome, yet he was the youngest of the four boys. JR was THE heir, Ray was the love child, Gary was the spare but turned out to be a disappointment (sounds eerily familiar) and Bobby the youngest. I'd imagine drinks were on the house when JR was born and it was Jock's life commitment to teach the first born how to run Ewing Oil. Gary just couldn't cut it with his father and elder brother but was the apple of his mother's eye. Bobby I fear was left to his own devices so had more to prove. I don't see Bobby as being petulant in those early seasons...just someone determined to stand up and prove themselves.I view Bobby as the perfect blend being a Ewing and a Southworth neither of which JR, Ray or Gary could claim as Bobby could easily switch between the Boardroom and Ranch.</blockquote>