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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 219390" data-attributes="member: 23">I don&#039;t remember/didn&#039;t see the interview with Ken, but I do remember a magazine interview with a Dallas producer (or possibly actor) in which it was said to expect the upcoming season to have such a format. It was between the Tenth and Eleventh seasons, which puts it at the summer of &#039;88. I have a vague recollection that it was partially to be prepared when the inevitable axe fell. Perhaps I was influenced by having read the interview before watching, but I&#039;ve always felt that Season Eleven (the one that began with JR hospitalised after Sue Ellen shot him) was distinctly more episodic in tone than the previous years. The story continued, but episode endings were more low-key than the compelling cliffhangers we&#039;d come to expect at the end of each episode, sometimes even with a gag or punchline with a cheesy John Parker sting (think Sue Ellen popping the balloon on JR&#039;s wedding night). Even the season finale that year - Sue Ellen leaving both Dallas and Dallas - felt more like closure rather than a good reason to return the following autumn. So to me it felt like a step back towards the partial serialisation of the First Season.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 219390, member: 23"] I don't remember/didn't see the interview with Ken, but I do remember a magazine interview with a [I]Dallas[/I] producer (or possibly actor) in which it was said to expect the upcoming season to have such a format. It was between the Tenth and Eleventh seasons, which puts it at the summer of '88. I have a vague recollection that it was partially to be prepared when the inevitable axe fell. Perhaps I was influenced by having read the interview before watching, but I've always felt that Season Eleven (the one that began with JR hospitalised after Sue Ellen shot him) [U][I]was[/I][/U] distinctly more episodic in tone than the previous years. The story continued, but episode endings were more low-key than the compelling cliffhangers we'd come to expect at the end of each episode, sometimes even with a gag or punchline with a cheesy John Parker sting (think Sue Ellen popping the balloon on JR's wedding night). Even the season finale that year - Sue Ellen leaving both Dallas and [I]Dallas[/I] - felt more like closure rather than a good reason to return the following autumn. So to me it felt like a step back towards the partial serialisation of the First Season. [/QUOTE]

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