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<blockquote data-quote="Rove" data-source="post: 182512" data-attributes="member: 100">A Dallas spin-off with Bobby living in Canada? Was this idea touted prior to or after Bobby&#039;s death? If the idea was created to offer Patrick an inducement to stay (in part with Lorimar Productions) then this would potentially mean the character of Pam and Christopher going with him. But gee whiz this would have left a hole of Grand Canyon size back in Dallas. I&#039;m not in favour of it because it would have diluted an already fragile Dallas with the Miss Ellie recast debacle still playing out.If the idea was tossed about after Pam crashed into the tanker then this still would have been a daft concept because the dream season resolution did not play well with long time fans of Dallas. I&#039;d go so far to say a spin-off involving Bobby would have hurt both shows.If there was one character worthy of a spin-off it could have been Donna...in Washington. But was America (or the world in general) ready for a political series? Placing Donna in Washington, building her political profile may have worked. Cross-over visits by Miss Ellie, Clayton and Bobby would give the new series some familiarity. I also believe Dallas itself was becoming a little tiresome with the constant fight for Ewing Oil. It didn&#039;t help with the Miss Ellie recast debacle but JR needed to grow. Having him - on occasion - wandering the corridors of power that is Washington would have been a treat. Let&#039;s see how a Texan navigates true power.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rove, post: 182512, member: 100"] A Dallas spin-off with Bobby living in Canada? Was this idea touted prior to or after Bobby's death? If the idea was created to offer Patrick an inducement to stay (in part with Lorimar Productions) then this would potentially mean the character of Pam and Christopher going with him. But gee whiz this would have left a hole of Grand Canyon size back in Dallas. I'm not in favour of it because it would have diluted an already fragile Dallas with the Miss Ellie recast debacle still playing out. If the idea was tossed about after Pam crashed into the tanker then this still would have been a daft concept because the dream season resolution did not play well with long time fans of Dallas. I'd go so far to say a spin-off involving Bobby would have hurt both shows. If there was one character worthy of a spin-off it could have been Donna...in Washington. But was America (or the world in general) ready for a political series? Placing Donna in Washington, building her political profile may have worked. Cross-over visits by Miss Ellie, Clayton and Bobby would give the new series some familiarity. I also believe Dallas itself was becoming a little tiresome with the constant fight for Ewing Oil. It didn't help with the Miss Ellie recast debacle but JR needed to grow. Having him - on occasion - wandering the corridors of power that is Washington would have been a treat. Let's see how a Texan navigates true power. [/QUOTE]

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