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<blockquote data-quote="the-lost-son" data-source="post: 331403" data-attributes="member: 672">Creating a&nbsp; cliffhanger and a satisfying conclusion has always been and will ever require the most demanding task.I loved the built-up to Bobby&#039;s shooting. All the red herrings indicating JR might be the one to get the bullet only for the Bobster to tumble out of the armchair.It managed to bring multiple plots together in a single scene, having consequences for each and leaving an audience behind clueless how the story was going to unfold. The first 3-4 episodes were fine, because JR could have been the target.&nbsp; (Katherine as the killer was not that thrilling.) But in total it was great.Other cliffhangers were lackluster because it was just a single plot culminating in one scene (JR sanatorium, SE leaving) or the outcome was eather clear (JR shot by SE, Cliff in a coma).I would have loved a cliffhanger with Miss Ellie. Maybe an explosion at Southfork, everyone blaming EwingOil or a guilt striken JR only for Lady Jessica returning.Ending a TV series on a cliffhanger is a crime though. Alf is a notorious example, (where the main&nbsp; character is arrested in the last scene.) This is totally unnecessary and rather easy to avoid.Dallas TNT (and CBS Dallas btw) should both have ended with a simple BBQ at Southfork.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="the-lost-son, post: 331403, member: 672"] Creating a cliffhanger and a satisfying conclusion has always been and will ever require the most demanding task. I loved the built-up to Bobby's shooting. All the red herrings indicating JR might be the one to get the bullet only for the Bobster to tumble out of the armchair. It managed to bring multiple plots together in a single scene, having consequences for each and leaving an audience behind clueless how the story was going to unfold. The first 3-4 episodes were fine, because JR could have been the target. (Katherine as the killer was not that thrilling.) But in total it was great. Other cliffhangers were lackluster because it was just a single plot culminating in one scene (JR sanatorium, SE leaving) or the outcome was eather clear (JR shot by SE, Cliff in a coma). I would have loved a cliffhanger with Miss Ellie. Maybe an explosion at Southfork, everyone blaming EwingOil or a guilt striken JR only for Lady Jessica returning. Ending a TV series on a cliffhanger is a crime though. Alf is a notorious example, (where the main character is arrested in the last scene.) This is totally unnecessary and rather easy to avoid. Dallas TNT (and CBS Dallas btw) should both have ended with a simple BBQ at Southfork. [/QUOTE]

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