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<blockquote data-quote="Toni" data-source="post: 310736" data-attributes="member: 82">&quot;Dallas&quot; was always the jewel in the crown for Lorimar and CBS. There were a lot of financial interests at stake and the show, as we all know, became more and more expensive every year, partly because of the cast´s salaries. I agree with you all about Mr. Katzman being burnt out and wanting to stay for too long, but he was a very talented director and writer too, aside from a now legendary producer (think of the &quot;Swan Song&quot; episode which was HIS masterpiece, though his other season finales were half-cooked, see &quot;Ewing-Gate&quot;, &quot;The Fat Lady Singeth&quot; or &quot;333&quot;).Also, on his behalf I must say that there always were (failed) attempts at renewing things since he came back (that allegedly &quot;New Dallas&quot; thing for season 11, the introduction of another family, the McKays, or the youth-oriented two final seasons). To be even more honest, the other Lorimar shows did try the same things but using different show-runners or producers, changing their styles with different results (&quot;Knots&quot; managed to reach its 14th year and &quot;Falcon&quot; its 9th, and chaotic, last season).Back to &quot;Conundrum&quot;, I knew all about it one year before its airing in Spain, and didn´t expect anything good from it. It was nice to see the former actors again, esp. Mary Crosby, but the penultimate episode was indeed much more fitting for a series end. If they had hinted at Pam´s return, it would have been the &quot;perfect&quot; open finale and kept the show´s dignity. But letting us believe J.R. had committed suicide for 5 long years was a cop-out and a big letdown, and also an incentive for so many fans to write their own &quot;Dallas&quot; fanfics, retcons and all.[ATTACH=full]33969[/ATTACH]
Here is the press ad of the &quot;Conundrum&quot; airing on the Catalan TV.
&quot;You´ll miss me when I´m gone&quot;, he says.
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[QUOTE="Toni, post: 310736, member: 82"] "Dallas" was always the jewel in the crown for Lorimar and CBS. There were a lot of financial interests at stake and the show, as we all know, became more and more expensive every year, partly because of the cast´s salaries. I agree with you all about Mr. Katzman being burnt out and wanting to stay for too long, but he was a very talented director and writer too, aside from a now legendary producer (think of the "Swan Song" episode which was HIS masterpiece, though his other season finales were half-cooked, see "Ewing-Gate", "The Fat Lady Singeth" or "333"). Also, on his behalf I must say that there always were (failed) attempts at renewing things since he came back (that allegedly "New Dallas" thing for season 11, the introduction of another family, the McKays, or the youth-oriented two final seasons). To be even more honest, the other Lorimar shows did try the same things but using different show-runners or producers, changing their styles with different results ("Knots" managed to reach its 14th year and "Falcon" its 9th, and chaotic, last season). Back to "Conundrum", I knew all about it one year before its airing in Spain, and didn´t expect anything good from it. It was nice to see the former actors again, esp. Mary Crosby, but the penultimate episode was indeed much more fitting for a series end. If they had hinted at Pam´s return, it would have been the "perfect" open finale and kept the show´s dignity. But letting us believe J.R. had committed suicide for 5 long years was a cop-out and a big letdown, and also an incentive for so many fans to write their own "Dallas" fanfics, retcons and all. [CENTER][ATTACH type="full" alt="1641988809848.png"]33969[/ATTACH] Here is the press ad of the "Conundrum" airing on the Catalan TV. "You´ll miss me when I´m gone", he says. [/CENTER] [/QUOTE]

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