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<blockquote data-quote="Jock Ewing Fan" data-source="post: 310344" data-attributes="member: 40536">I have mixed feelings.&nbsp; It seemed that Bobby as the &quot;good&quot; son fulfilled a narrative function that was not adequately replaced in his absence.I don&#039;t know exactly what ratings were&nbsp; - I think Wiki placed the Dream season at #6, the next season at #11, but viewership per ep was down only slightly,18.8 mill to 18.6 mil.&nbsp; The next season I think fell to #21, 15.6 mill per episode, even though I thought it was a decent series.I think that ratings would have declined anyway, the series was starting to reach the end of its shelf life, the return of PD may have prevented a steeper decline, unless there was a drastic change of story direction.I think the dream season needed a strong Pam, but it just didn&#039;t work, VP is simply not a good enough actress to carry that much of the load,and the show began to look like more pure soap opera, not the special unique Dallas experience.What If.. Digger had another son or daughter (by another woman) who could rival the Ewings,&nbsp; Cliff then enters an uneasy alliance with JR,Steve Forrest is Jock Ewing returning, and Jeremy Wendell plays all sides.Fan Fiction perhaps, maybe even bad fan fiction, but I think a drastic change was needed without Bobby.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jock Ewing Fan, post: 310344, member: 40536"] I have mixed feelings. It seemed that Bobby as the "good" son fulfilled a narrative function that was not adequately replaced in his absence. I don't know exactly what ratings were - I think Wiki placed the Dream season at #6, the next season at #11, but viewership per ep was down only slightly, 18.8 mill to 18.6 mil. The next season I think fell to #21, 15.6 mill per episode, even though I thought it was a decent series. I think that ratings would have declined anyway, the series was starting to reach the end of its shelf life, the return of PD may have prevented a steeper decline, unless there was a drastic change of story direction. I think the dream season needed a strong Pam, but it just didn't work, VP is simply not a good enough actress to carry that much of the load, and the show began to look like more pure soap opera, not the special unique Dallas experience. What If.. Digger had another son or daughter (by another woman) who could rival the Ewings, Cliff then enters an uneasy alliance with JR, Steve Forrest is Jock Ewing returning, and Jeremy Wendell plays all sides. Fan Fiction perhaps, maybe even bad fan fiction, but I think a drastic change was needed without Bobby. [/QUOTE]

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