Dallas in the 90's

[Ms Southworth]

Amazing second "act" from the Oil Baron's Club with JR, Sue Ellen, Bobby, and Pam! I could easily see this scene being played out by LH, LG, PD, and VP! :loveit: And the lines were all very much in character!

I loved the story about JR and Sue Ellen's not-so-romantic engagement dinner! Very cute! And ... .... of course Patricia wanted to tack along to show off her daughter's catch! :wink@

Excellent ending to the update:
“Not much, just that he sang that I love JR Ewing more today than I did yesterday,” Sue Ellen a said bit too loudly and everyone at the restaurant stared at them with wide eyes and you could hear a soar of voices. Sue Ellen blushed when she realized that the last part of their conversation had been overheard. Sure she wanted to make people doubt that the movie was based on her life with JR. But she hadn’t intended to do so by making people believe that she was still in love with JR. Because that rumor was a bit too close to the truth for comfort…"

Looking forward to more updates!

 

[Presea]

@Presea, :yw:

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't you mean to say???
"Once too many new OCs (original characters) are added, it starts to feel like something else. That is what happened with the TNT Dallas."

If my instinct about the "forgotten" word is right, then I fully agree with you what you said!

Too many new characters means that there is too little time with each of the original characters we fell in love with! Thus, it's a fine balance to introduce new characters! :wink@

I should have explained it better. In fanfiction, the term OC, which stands for "original character", refers to a character that the writer has made up (like Jennifer Nelson or these Marchetta relatives) on their own and did not appear in the canon (actual storyline for a TV show, book, video game, etc.) universe of whatever TV show, book, etc. the writer is writing a story about. The term is confusing because the word original would sound more like it is referring to characters such Sue Ellen, JR, etc. Anyway, while I don't mind a couple random OCs thrown into Dallas who mostly serve more minor roles like secretaries or something, I think it gets tiresome when made-up family members start to take center stage in Dallas like the Ramos and Ryland families did in the TNT version.

 

[Karin]

Thank you for the feedback and comments everyone.

Presea, you make a good point about how the new characters really changed Dallas TNT. Maybe that's why I liked season one the most as there it still focused on the Ewing family.
Yet it's a tricky situation since sometimes new characters are necessary to move the story forward and yet you don't want the new characters to steal focus from the main characters either. So in the best of worlds you let the new characters interact with the main characters in a way that feels natural rather than forced and introduce them slowly.

I'm glad you enjoyed the dinner scene and Bobby/Pam and JR/SE actually getting along and having a nice time for a change!
I really liked Kristin too. It's a shame they killed her off on the original show.

Thanks for saying that I am a good writer. I appreciate your faith in my writing abilities and I can see the point you are trying to make about how JR/SE need to really wor on their issues as their relationship was far from healthy. I do agree with you that they had a dysfunctional marriage and well if it wasn't for the marvellous chemistry that Larry/Linda had I doubt we would ship them as a couple.

Also JR/SE did change a bit with the show as in the beginning they seemed more miserable than later on somehow where their misery were mixed with "honeymoon periods" where all was fine. But over all they did have a toxic marriage and I think most of us that ship them wouldn't want that in real life.

Ms Southworth, I am not sure which 17 characters that you consider main characters but well the ones we consider as main characters are: Bobby, Pam, JR, Sue Ellen, Lucy, Mitch, Cliff, Miss Ellie, Clayton, Ray, Donna, John Ross, Chris, Afton, Becky, Rebecca, Margaret, Lucas, Jenna, Charlie and Randy. Okay so that's only 21 main characters. I guess when I said 22 characters I counted a new character that is a new love interest of Jenna's that will be introduced in season two.

Oh yes I can imagine that as Rebecca and Margaret will be given some time to reflect upon that their family is unusual later on. There's nothing wrong with loving the Miss Ellie scenes. I think BBG had a charisma that just radiated maternal warmth. There's something very endearing about her character and yet I loved how Miss Ellie could be very strict and tough too when needed.

Good that you enjoyed the second act of the dinner date too!
Yeah Patricia sure is quite the character and it's typically her to invite herself to the celebrations! :lolo:

Okay so it's time for an update:


At Afton’s house were Lucy, Mitch and Becky playing the card game Queen. Becky smiled when Mitch pulled out another jack. “Are you sure you want to replace that card darling?” Lucy asked.

“Hey no helping!” Becky insisted.

“What was it a good card?” Mitch asked.

“She can’t tell you, if you take it you have to throw it,” Becky said.

Mitch threw away the card and sighed, “Oh no, I just picked up a four and exchanged it for a zero.”

“Thank you Uncle Mitch,” Becky picked up the card and exchanged it for a queen. “Yes!” she smiled, “Bye twelve points.”

Lucy took the last card of the deck which was an eight and said, “Nope I won’t exchange anything.” She then looked at Mitch, “Honey?”

“I don’t dare to,” Mitch said.

“You don’t think you should?”

“No, no, he didn’t want to exchange anything,” Becky hurried to say. “Game over, let’s have a look at our cards.”

They all put them down and Mitch exclaimed, “Oh no, this isn’t fair, how could I have two queens?”

“Hey I’ve got three nines,” Lucy said displeased.

“I only have two points, I win!” Becky smiled.

“Well then you’ll get to pick the film,” Lucy said.

“Then Grease it is,” Becky smiled.

“Fine by me, as long as you…” Lucy gave Mitch a pat on the arm. “Keep your mouth shut!”

“What?” Mitch played innocent. “Don’t you love my singing?”

“No offense Uncle Mitch but you’ll better stick with the shower,” Becky smiled.

“Well I guess it’s only the women who got the music gene in our family,” Mitch sighed as they walked over to sit down in the sofa, while Becky put in the VHS and got the TV started.

“This is so much fun, I am so glad I didn’t have to go out with mom and the snob tonight,” Becky smiled.

“You don’t like Mario much, do you?” Lucy saw right through the little girl.

“No, he’s a snob and he doesn’t like me,” Becky said.

“What makes you say that?” Mitch asked in a concerned tone of voice.

“He doesn’t care what I think. He doesn’t listen when I talk. He never asks me to come along when they go out. It’s so clear he doesn’t want me around,” Becky said.

Mitch gave his niece a concerned look, “Have you talked to your mom about this?”

“I’ve tried to but she just says I need to give him more time to get used to me. She really likes him,” Becky sighed.

Lucy looked at Mitch. “I don’t like him either, where did she find him anyway?”

“I don’t know,” Mitch shrugged his shoulders.

“She met him at a charity golf tournament where she was performing last year,” Becky informed them.

“Wait was he the wonderful guy she was rambling about at Christmas?” Mitch asked.

“Unfortunately yes,” Becky confirmed.

Mitch sighed, “Damn, she’s deeper into this shit than I thought.”

 

[Honkytonkangel]

Loved the 'double date' with JR and Sue Ellen and Bobby and Pam. It's cool to see them all getting on for once (even if it is partly for show).
I also loved hearing the story of JR and Sue Ellen's eventful engagement party. While I definitely agree with others still that they have so much to talk out and overcome I love that they have those kinds of memories because as toxic as their relationship became I do believe that they really loved each other once (and still did deep down).
As for the scene at Afton's, what is wrong with her. I think her hairspray fumes are choking what little sense she has. I can't stand her but even Cliff would be a better option than she has now (no matter how much money he has).
I feel bad for Becky.

 

[Ms Southworth]

Ms Southworth, I am not sure which 17 characters that you consider main characters but well the ones we consider as main characters are: Bobby, Pam, JR, Sue Ellen, Lucy, Mitch, Cliff, Miss Ellie, Clayton, Ray, Donna, John Ross, Chris, Afton, Becky, Rebecca, Margaret, Lucas, Jenna, Charlie and Randy. Okay so that's only 21 main characters. I guess when I said 22 characters I counted a new character that is a new love interest of Jenna's that will be introduced in season two.

Our definition of "main character" differs ... ... that's why our numbers don't match up! :wink@

 

[Ms Southworth]

Great scene from Afton's house! It was cute because of the wonderful family feeling I got deep inside while Becky, Lucy and Mitch played a family game of cards together! At the same time, the scene was also sad, (1) because Becky dislikes her mom's boyfriend, and (2) because Afton apparently can't see that her daughter is hurting.

I loved the music from the movie "Grease", since it brings back tons of memories from my childhood and teenage years. I'm a bit surprised that a 10 year old (living in the 1990's) would know of that particular movie though ... ... unless - of course - it's one of her mom's favorites! I loved that you remember that it was the time of VHS!

I'm very pleased that Mitch and Lucy are both concerned about Becky's well-being and happiness. It'll be interesting to see how the newly weds will handle this delicate subject, i.e. Afton's love life! :wink@

Please update soon!

 

[Ms Southworth]

Karin's thread ("Dallas in the 90's") is catching up on Ome's thread ("Dallas Top Ten") as far as the number of views goes!

Quite an accomplishment, Karin! :loveit: You must be doing something right!

 

[Karin]

Thank you everyone for the feedback on my story. It's much appreciated as always.

Honkytonkangel, I'm glad that you love the double date. The evening is not over yet so there's more of that date to come!
I agree with you about JR/SE, as toxic as they were there's no doubt in my mind that they were the loves of each other's lives.

Yeah poor Becky doesn't like Mario. Heck Lucy and Mitch doesn't like him either. The only one who does is Afton...

Ms Southworth, thanks but there's no way to compare this thread with the popularity of the Dallas top ten as those are very different threads. In fact I am well aware of that the only reason why this thread is the most popular one in our writer's room is because we've lost all of our history as I am sure there were some stories with more posts and views before. What I do find is telling however is that even with the lost history our Dallas forum remains the most popular one on this board (not counting the play games one) and I think that says something, as it means that the majority of our posters in this fan community are Dallas fans.

Our definition of "main character" differs ... ... that's why our numbers don't match up! :wink@

Just out of curiosity how would you define "main character"?

I'm glad you enjoyed the family scene. Then as for the movie choice, I think it's because Jenny and I love the movie "Grease". Never mind that it came out before we were born. We still love it since we first discovered it in the 1990s. Also the kids in my mom's class (a bunch of 12 year olds) loved this movie some ten years ago too. So I think the movie is quite timeless.

Anyway it's time for an update and you will get a double treat tonight since one scene is short:


Mario and Afton were having a romantic candle lit dinner at The French Room, which was a posh restaurant in Dallas with old fashioned red chairs and a high ceiling. “And of course we’ll have a big Philadelphia Wedding,” Mario suddenly said.

“Wedding?” Afton looked questioningly at her boyfriend. “Mario is that a proposal?”

“If you want it to be,” Mario nodded.

“Oh wow, I don’t know what to say,” Afton said. “Yes I’d like to marry you but…”

“Good then it’s decided. Of course we’ll have to keep a low profile until you’ve met my parents and if they approve we can place the ad in the paper and look for rings and new clothes.”

“Is there something wrong with my clothes?” Afton asked.

“Well they are a bit provocative. As a society wife you will need a certain finesse, but don’t worry dear we’ll figure it out,” Mario said patronizing.

Afton bit her lip, “So when can I meet your parents?”

“As soon as my business in this dreadful town is done,” Mario promised. “You’re gonna love it back east.” Afton faked a smile. She knew she should be thrilled now when Mario had finally asked her to marry him and yet she couldn’t help but wondering why she didn’t feel happy.

 

[Karin]

Jenna and a red haired woman about the same age entered The Beer King, a sleazy joint in the wrong part of town. Jenna took a look around the place and said, “Well I said low key but this isn’t exactly the place I had in mind.”

Martha sighed, “I know this place is not what you’re used to but the foods good,” Martha said with a slight Italian accent.

“Alright,” Jenna said. “Let’s order then.” They went to sit down and a waitress came up to them and ordered a drink, “Red wine please!” The waitress gave her a look and realizing that they probably didn’t have it here, Jenna corrected herself, “Sorry, light beer please.”

“Beer for me too,” Martha ordered.

“To eat?” The waitress asked popping a bubble on her gum.

“Do you have a menu?” Jenna asked.

“Yeah sure,” The waitress pointed at the counter where the food was written on a big light board. Jenna sighed.

“Steak with fries,” Martha said.

“Make that two,” Jenna said.

“Sure thing,” the waitress said and left.

Jenna sighed, “I can’t believe I used to work in a place like this.”

“Believe it honey. Just because you’re born rich doesn’t mean you’ll always stay that way,” Martha said and Jenna frowned as Martha went on, “I worked in many places like this and worse.”

“So… are you in trouble?” Jenna asked.

Martha sighed, “Well according to my parents I am trouble!”

Jenna smiled a little, “I know you were a party girl when we were younger but…”

“You don’t know the half of it. I’m the black sheep of the family. Never as smart as my older brother was or as perfect as my little sister,” Martha said.

“I know you blamed me for Naldo’s death,” Jenna said.

“It wasn’t you. He just got mixed up with the wrong people. Like me!” Martha said.

“Are you in danger?” Jenna asked.

Martha looked around then said, “Promise me you won’t tell anyone!”

“Ok I promise,” Jenna said.

“Well it all started when…”

 

[Mrs Bobby James Ewing]

Great updates Karin. I am really enjoying Bobby&Pam, and JR&Sue Ellen's double date at the Oil Baron's Club. I feel sorry for Becky because she doesn't like Mario. I hope Afton dumps him soon after Lucy and Mitch talk to her about no one liking her choice of men.

 

[Ray&Donna]

Interestingly, Martha was the name of Charlie's friend with whom she was supposed to be spending the night when Naldo kidnapped her!

 

[Karin]

Thank you everyone for the feedback.

Sanda, I don't think Afton's just gonna dump Mario because her daughter doesn't like him. I mean lots of children with divorced parents doesn't like their parents new partners to start with. I think it's quite normal. Anyway good that you enjoy the double date since more of it is coming up tonight.

Tommie, you are right Charlie's friend's name was Martha too. But that's just a coincidence.

Okay so here's an update:

Back at Oil barons were the Ewings almost finished with their food. They were still laughing and talking in a friendly conversation among themselves. Everyone was having a good time as the evening was turning out better than either one of them had dared to hope for.

“I remember how I used to be afraid of terrorists, car crashes, fires and turning into a drunk like my dad, when I was a little girl,” Sue Ellen said. “It’s sort of weird but just because I married JR I had to confront all of those things that I feared at one point or another. Who could have guessed that the life of a Ewing wife could be so dangerous?”

“I understand what you mean,” Pam nodded. “I used to fear the Ewings when I was a little girl so you can surely say that I’ve really flooded that fear,” Pam laughed.

“You sure have, but why were you afraid of us?” Bobby asked.

“Well I wasn’t exactly afraid of you since I’d met you at that party when we were like five and I thought you were cute.”

“I remember, I thought you were cute too. I was pushing you on the swing set so I could look up your skirt,” Bobby grinned.

“Oh so that’s what you were doing,” Pam laughed and the others joined in laughing.

“Yeah but then your brother came to pull you away from me.”

“I remember Cliff told me I shouldn’t talk to you since you were one of them,” Pam said sadly. “He hated you all but I couldn’t hate you Bobby. Even if I was confused how you could be one of them, because I only knew what Digger and Cliff had told me and they said the Ewings were bad people who took everything from us,” Pam said. “I believed them too since I could see how the Ewings had made my daddy ill. He was drinking heavily already back then.”

“I know how hard that is, my father was a drunk too,” Sue Ellen said compassionately.

“Then you really know what I am talking about,” Pam said.

“Yeah it’s not easy to grow up as the child of an alcoholic,” Sue Ellen said.

“It surely isn’t. It made me angry,” Pam said. “So Cliff and I used to break the windows of the Ewing building downtown to get even.”

“You were the ones who broke our office windows?” Bobby asked.

“Yeah,” Pam admitted.

“You know I had almost forgotten about this, but it sure was annoying. It went on for years and daddy was always mad as hell when it happened,” JR said.

“He sure was and once someone even broke the windows at Southfork,” Bobby said.

“I bet Jock was angry then,” Sue Ellen said.

“Yeah he sure was, but Bobby was even angrier because he chased the kids who broke them,” JR said.

“Yeah I remember that. I must have been about twelve and the guy was lots bigger than me and yet I managed to capture him,” Bobby said.

“You did?” JR asked. “But why didn’t you bring him back to us then?”

“Because I let him go,” Bobby sighed.

“I wonder how that happened,” Pam said with a knowing smile.

“Yeah why did you do that for Bob?” JR asked.

“I let him go because his sister double crossed me, she told me that she’ll kiss me if I let her brother go,” Bobby explained.

“Oh really?” JR raised his eyebrows in surprise. “But I thought you were going steady with Jenna Wade back then.”

“I was but the girl was pretty,” Bobby said defensively.

“Thanks,” Pam said.

But Bobby didn’t seem to reflect on that as he went on, “Anyway I let her brother go but I never got a kiss and what’s worse is that after they had run off I noticed that the kids had stolen my cap pistol!”

“Oh no what a rotten thing to do,” JR said.

“It was but at least I got the pistol back, but you can never guess how I got it back!”

“How?” Sue Ellen asked.

“Through Jenna Wade’s window, you should have seen the look on Lucas Wade’s face. He was so angry then that he even forbid me to see Jenna for a while and he made me pay for the broken window too. I was so angry,” Bobby said.

“Poor Bobby,” Pam said mockingly.

“Well it wasn’t funny,” Bobby said.

“I thought it was,” Pam smiled.

“You?” Bobby exclaimed. “It was you who broke our windows?”

“Well it was Cliff’s idea,” Pam said defensively.

“Figures,” JR snorted.

“Except for breaking Jenna’s window, since that was all mine. I didn’t like her stealing my childhood crush,” Pam said.

“You had a crush on me?” Bobby asked.

“Yeah ever since I first saw you when we were five,” Pam replied.

“I didn’t know that before.”

“Well you know now,” Pam replied flirtingly.

“I do but I don’t get it, if you really had a crush on me back then, why didn’t you kiss me?”

“Because I was afraid you’d catch me. See I didn’t have any money to pay for the broken windows,” Pam explained. “But I wanted to, I’m sorry I didn’t mean to trick you. I hope you’re not angry with me.”

“Well I am a little angry,” Bobby said playfully. “I mean you owe me a kiss.”

“I guess I do,” Pam smiled. “And you know I usually repay my debts.”

“Good, so you wanna kiss and make up?”

“Yes,” Pam smiled, before she leant forward and they gave each other a passionate kiss. The people at the restaurant stared at them. But Bobby and Pam didn’t care as they were too wrapped up in each other to notice.

 

[supermanfan]

:fantastic::fantastic::fantastic:

 

[Honkytonkangel]

ok have those four been hauled away and replaced by pod people. They really seem to be having fun and they are being way too nice to each other.
Cool to see some of Bobby and Pam's history being thrown in there too for this update (though I still like hearing about JR and Sue Ellen more).
LOVE that Pam broke Jenna's window for stealing her crush, that is too funny and even though I've been wanting Jenna to fall of the face of the earth a part of me can't wait for her and Pam to come face to face again (especially since Pam has Bobby again and Jenna's marriage is DOA.
Can't wait to see what happens next.

 

[Pammy P]

This gets better and better, avid reading better than than TNT trash! Wish they would film it and put in on tv with all the original characters, but hey this is only fiction!! Well done @Karin Schill

 

[Karin]

Thank you everyone for the feedback on my story. I am happy to hear that you're all still enjoying it.

Shan, I'm glad that you thought that latest update was fantastic.

Honkytonkangel, I know what you mean it's a little out of character for JR and Pam to be getting along this well. But I suppose every now and then they do put their differences aside and since Bobby and JR genuinely love each other they do enjoy each other's company and Sue Ellen and Pam are friends too so they also enjoy each other's company. So since JR is on his best behavior they are having a good time together. Also JR is of course trying to get back with Sue Ellen and he knows he won't accomplish that by making snide remarks at Pam. On top of that I suspect Bobby, JR and Pam have already had a couple of drinks and are slightly intoxicated by now.
Anyway I'm glad that you love the detail about Pam crashing Jenna's window when they were kids.

Pammy, I do take it as a compliment that you enjoy this more than the TNT version. But sadly it's much too late to have this filmed.
But yeah let's forget about what we saw on the screen and enjoy this alternative universe of what could have happened instead after the show went off the air.

Anyway here's another update:

At Southfork were Miss Ellie and Clayton playing scrabble with Rebecca when the phone rang. Miss Ellie got up and answered it, “Ewing Residence, this is Ellie Farlow.”

“Hi ma’am, may I speak to JR Ewing please?”

“He’s not in right now, may I take a message?”

“Well my name’s Roy Ralston. I am calling about a TV interview.”

“I’m sorry Mr. Ralston but my son doesn’t want to do any TV interviews,” Miss Ellie said.

“Well he’d like to speak to me. He was just on my show a couple of weeks ago and…”

“I know that Mr. Ralston, we just talked about it this week and I am positive that he doesn’t wanna do it.”

“But…”

“Goodnight Mr. Ralston,” Miss Ellie firmly cut him off before she hung up the phone with a sigh. “God I’m so sick of these damn reporters.”

“Don’t tell me it was another one,” Clayton said.

“Sure was, it must have been the fifth one to call this evening,” Miss Ellie sighed, as she sat back down at the table and the game of scrabble went on.

 

[pd fan]

I like it contrats again Karin :fantastic:

 

[Karin]

Thank you Silvie.

Also since you've all been so good with the feedback lately here's an extra treat tonight:


At a night club in town were JR, Sue Ellen, Pam and Bobby sitting around a table having some more drinks and laughing over conversation. “So how about another round of drinks on me?” JR suggested.

“Nah I think I’m gonna take Pammy on the dance floor, Bobby said teasingly and Pam playfully boxed him on the shoulder. “Aw!”

“You’d better watch out Bobby or she’s gonna wanna lead too, that woman is such a vixen,” JR said jokingly.

“Funny since that’s the same thing Guzzler called me,” Pam said.

“Guzzler?” JR raised an eyebrow.

Bobby sighed, “Oh that’s right I almost forgot to tell you, we met Guzzler when we were in Houston.”

“That’s nice so what’s he up to these days?” JR asked.

“Well he was in the oil business,” Bobby said.

“Was?” JR asked and seeing his brother's questioning look Bobby sighed again since he knew he had no choice but to come clean. It was hardly the time but JR wouldn't drop it unless he told him.

“Yeah he sold us his company for 35 million dollars,” Bobby told JR.

JR whistled appreciating, “That’s a good prize.”

“It is but the company’s not,” Pam said stifling the laughter in her throat. “Honey aren’t you gonna tell JR what the company had for assets?”

“Preferably not as I don’t wanna ruin a nice evening,” Bobby said.

“That bad, huh?” Sue Ellen asked.

“Yeah,” Bobby sighed.

“Well come on Bob, tell me,” JR said.

“Alright then, but you’re not gonna like it. The company only has one oil field that produces 1000 barrels of oil a year,” Bobby said.

JR started to laugh, “That’s a good one.”

“He’s not kidding,” Pam said seriously and JR dropped his chin as he turned to his brother for confirmation.

“Bobby?”

“I’m sorry JR. But it’s the truth. The company sucks.”

“Oh well I suppose everyone can make a bad deal every once in a while, let’s forget about it, shall we?” JR shrugged it off.

“I’d like that but there’s more,” Bobby said.

“More bad news?” JR asked.

“Unfortunately yes,” Bobby sighed. “You’ll see the company also got 20 million dollars in debt and the contract stated that the debt goes with the company so the new owners must pay it off.”

“What the hell,” JR cursed.

“I’m sorry JR. But I did make some good deals too and well as for Guzzler, he just fooled me, he played the friendship card on me and I just fell for it,” Bobby said. “I hope you’re not angry?”

“It’s okay Bobby, I am having a too good time tonight to be angry,” JR said. “Besides Ewing Oil’s a big company so we’ll get by even though 55 million dollars is a lot of money to throw into the lake.”

“Well that’s what happens when you don’t listen to me,” Pam said.

“What do you mean Pam?” Sue Ellen asked.

“She told me to read the contract before I closed the deal,” Bobby sighed.

“Oh well let’s not worry about it tonight, besides I am sure we’ll find some poor sucker like Cliff Barnes out there who is dumb enough to buy it from us,” JR grinned and Bobby and Pam started to laugh. “What’s so funny?”

“Oh nothing,” Pam laughed.

“It’s just that we knew you were gonna say that,” Bobby laughed and Sue Ellen joined in the laughter too.

“Oh so I’m that predictable huh?” JR asked.

“Well it’s just because we know you so well,” Sue Ellen said.

“Oh yeah so if you know me so well what do I wanna do now?” JR challenged Sue Ellen.

“Right now you wanna dance”, Sue Ellen smiled.

“Oh really, so why do you think that?”

“Well I wanna dance so if you won’t take me…”

JR smiled, “Dancing sounds like fun, come on darling, let’s show them how it’s done,” JR and Sue Ellen got up and walked towards the dance floor.

Bobby looked at Pam and said, “So honey how about it?”

“Sure Bobby, I’d love to dance,” Pam smiled before they got up and walked over to the dance floor too where they joined JR & Sue Ellen, who were dancing cheek to cheek to a romantic slow song called I always fall in love with you.

JR smiled as he breathed in Sue Ellen’s perfume. It felt so good to have her back in his arms again, feeling her soft feminine body move so close to his he was aching to get even closer to her. Yet he knew he needed to be patient or he’ll scare her away.

Sue Ellen closed her eyes as she too rejoiced in the feeling of having JR’s strong warm arms wrapped around her waist. Feeling his body move so close to hers felt so familiar and yet so good. It must have been at least 8 years since they last danced together like this, yet dancing together now it felt like time had stood still. For a moment she let herself be swept away by her emotions as she listened to the song lyrics.

People say our love won’t last forever.
You’ll only cause me pain and make me cry.
But if they’re right we don’t belong together.
Then why, tell me why.

When you’re holding your arms around me.
It’s breaking my heart in two
And you know that when you smile and kiss me
And say how much you’ve missed me.
I always fall in love with you again.

Sue Ellen sighed, since the song could have been about her and JR. Then she pulled back and opened her eyes. Looking into his blue eyes and seeing the intense feelings for her in them, she felt like if she’d burnt herself, so she had to look away. Because she knew that it was all too easy to fall back in love with him again and she couldn’t allow herself to do that. Because Sue Ellen just knew that if she let her guard down it would just be the same damn story all over again. So she must be strong, as JR was impossible to be in a relationship with. So no matter how good it felt to be back in his arms again she vowed to herself not to take it any further than dancing. Because being in love with JR meant facing heartache and she never wanted to put her heart through that ever again…

 

[Presea]

Can you please arrange an "accident" for Mario? Seriously, this guy needs to die, ASAP!

I guess that this whole Martha plot is sort of interesting so far, and it is nice to see Jenna back in the world of the living. But I wish she would meet with Ray instead.

Wow, you are REALLY reaching to play up the Bobby/Pam worship as far as you can, huh? I haven't really seen Dallas The Early Years, but I do know about the scene with Cliff taking Pam away from Bobby at the end when they were little kids. The scene is historically inaccurate when you look at the fact that Bobby mentioned that he met Pam at a Ewing Barbecue back when she was still dating Ray. The writers for the movie added it in to look cute, but it is mostly just sort of a screw up on their parts. And let me get this straight, Pam hates Jenna because she "stole" a kid (Bobby) that she somehow had a crush on when she was a five year-old kid who had only seen (not talked to) Bobby like, twice? Give me break. This doesn't even make sense, and the Pam in the show was never THIS petty about Jenna.

I'm glad that Sue Ellen is realizing that she is falling into the trap a little too easily here with JR. They need to stop getting lost in dancing and old memories and start really talking about everything (and everyone) that helped them to fall apart. Because once the magic of the make-up period in a relationship is over, things can go to hell pretty darn quickly.

 

[Ms Southworth]

Just out of curiosity how would you define "main character"?

First of all, let's define what "Dallas" is all about!!! "Dallas" revolves around the Ewing family, Ewing Oil, and Southfork. Due to the history of Jock Ewing and Digger Barnes, JR Ewing and Cliff Barnes as the sworn business enemies, and especially the marriage between Jock's son and Digger's daughter, the Barnes family is also very central to the storyline of "Dallas".

Main characters are the ones who are of the most importance in the storyline. They are the ones who do the most to support the plot. And most of the action should follow the main characters.

I support Wikipedia's definition of supporting character, so I might as well just use a quote:
"A supporting character is a character in a narrative that is not focused on by the primar storyline, but appears or is mentioned in the story enough to be more than just a minor character or a cameo appearance. Sometimes, supporting characters may develop a complex back-story of their own, but this is usually in relation to the main character, rather than entirely independently."

As far as "Dallas" goes, these are the 17 main characters, IMO:

• Clayton and Ellie
• JR, Sue Ellen, and John Ross
• Lucy and Mitch
• Bobby, Pam, Christopher, and Rebecca
• Ray, Donna and Margaret
• Cliff, Afton and Becky

In my opinion, the supporting characters are ... well, the rest ... ... at different levels though!

As far as Jenna Wade goes, she was a main character when she was dating or engaged to Bobby, IMO. Then she changed to back to the supporting character she was in season 1-5. She was also a main character when she married Ray. However, both Ray and Jenna became supporting characters when they moved to Europe.

Things changed, when Ray chose to go to Southfork for a visit. At this point, Ray as well as Donna and Margaret became main characters again, and Jenna became a supporting character. Thus, as far as I'm concerned, there was no need to follow Jenna's whereabouts so closely, not unless she is in direct "contact" with Ray.

As far as Charlie, Randy, and Lucas goes, they fall out of category! They don't have any connection to the central storyline of "Dallas", so they're irrelevant to follow, IMO.

Lucas may become a main character, if he begins to see Bobby on a regular basis, but his mom and half-sister don't become main characters at such a time, because they aren't relevant to the main storyline in "Dallas".

Should Donna decide to go back to Washington, she would become a supporting character again.

As far as Afton and Becky goes, they have become main characters for different reasons. Afton has become a main character, because (1) she was together with Cliff for many years; (2) she is the mother of Cliff's daughter; and most importantly (3) Cliff is seeking to hook up with her again, because he's realized what he missed out on! Becky has become a main character, because she is in the process of establishing a father/daughter relationship with her dad, whom happens to be a main character. Thus, it is relevant to follow Cliff and Becky, as their relationship grows.

Let me know what your thoughts are after reading my take in things, @Karin Schill!