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<blockquote data-quote="stevew" data-source="post: 310347" data-attributes="member: 130">I’ll agree a dramatic shift was needed and extend it to with or without Bobby.&nbsp; I think JR as a lead character had reached his “self life” and so not only should Bobby had been left to leave, the show needed a new breakout character.&nbsp; They simply didn’t have it and made no effort to find such.&nbsp; I like your thinking about a new character forcing Cliff and JR together. I think they had such in Jeremy Wendell already and just did not make full use of the character or actor. I do think they should have done a lot more there. The end of the Barnes Ewing feud replaced with a Wendell Ewing feud sounded fitting. Sort of H.L. Hunt vs J. Paul Getty is how I would have looked at it. I would have married Katherine to Wendell with a pardon Wendell arranged, Katherine thus getting away with murdering Bobby and Wendell going after the Wentworth money Pam and Cliff “stole” from Katherine. And I’d have brought in family of Wendell’s.I also think that Lucy could have done more. I think the actress could have pulled off a stronger role under JR’s wing but I think CT was underestimated. And Donna’s character has a lot more to mine that they just wrote off.To me I think the thing they weren’t capable of doing was to make JR a supporting character and walk away from Bobby and that damaged the show right through the movies and the TNT continuation.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="stevew, post: 310347, member: 130"] I’ll agree a dramatic shift was needed and extend it to with or without Bobby. I think JR as a lead character had reached his “self life” and so not only should Bobby had been left to leave, the show needed a new breakout character. They simply didn’t have it and made no effort to find such. I like your thinking about a new character forcing Cliff and JR together. I think they had such in Jeremy Wendell already and just did not make full use of the character or actor. I do think they should have done a lot more there. The end of the Barnes Ewing feud replaced with a Wendell Ewing feud sounded fitting. Sort of H.L. Hunt vs J. Paul Getty is how I would have looked at it. I would have married Katherine to Wendell with a pardon Wendell arranged, Katherine thus getting away with murdering Bobby and Wendell going after the Wentworth money Pam and Cliff “stole” from Katherine. And I’d have brought in family of Wendell’s. I also think that Lucy could have done more. I think the actress could have pulled off a stronger role under JR’s wing but I think CT was underestimated. And Donna’s character has a lot more to mine that they just wrote off. To me I think the thing they weren’t capable of doing was to make JR a supporting character and walk away from Bobby and that damaged the show right through the movies and the TNT continuation. [/QUOTE]

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