Characters you disliked or hated

[Billy Wall]

This will probably be unpopular but for me Bobby was the top of the list of the characters that I did not like. I know we were suppose to seem as a polar opposite of JR and be the nice guy. The problem for me was that Bobby was a bully and a thug who had a hot temper. I could never stand someone like that in my life. I grew up with a bully and have not seen them in a very long time and have no wish to.

Yes he had his moments like when he helped Jock rescue the family from those two crazies and rescued from that stalker.

To me all he was was a bully and a thug who overreacted like when he moved off Southfork because JR had shut down am oil well so that Cliff would not profit from it.

And there was his getting into JR and Ray's faces after Jock's death. My thing is I decide how I mourn and for how long. Or when he attacks JR at the table when Jock was spending time with Julie Gray.

I was not unhappy in that dream season. I was OK with a show without Bobby and I liked that they did not make Jack Ewing carbon copy of him. That is a mindless hothead.

You’re right that Bobby came off as a bully at times, but I think his good traits far outweigh his bad. The one thing you said that I don’t necessarily agree with is his handling of JR and Ray after Jock died. It wasn’t about “I decide on how long I mourn.” Ewing Oil and Southfork aren’t a mom and pops business where they take turns manning the cash register. They’re multi-million dollar businesses. Were they supposed to go under while JR didn’t give a damn and while Ray became the town drunk?

 

[lbf522]

I understand not wanting Ewing Oil and Southfork to go under but he could have handled it in a much better way than being physical with JR in his bedroom or confronting Ray at the bar.