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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 294776" data-attributes="member: 23">Some very interesting thoughts.As I read through and was working out some of the scenarios in my head, I agree with you that the Dallas character whose storylines would be most affected by Gary is Ray. Much of Ray&#039;s story in those early Eighties seasons possibly would have gone to Gary instead.First of all, Gary&#039;s love of the land might give him a more hands-on approach at Southfork which could lead to the reverse situation of what we saw. This time it would be Ray rather than Gary who feels he&#039;s needed less. This could easily be mitigated by Gary refusing to stay on Southfork itself at first (though I suspect he&#039;d end up there at some point if he stayed on the series long enough).But in all likelihood, Gary remaining on Dallas would have meant there would be no need for The Fourth Son scenario. It would just be too much to watch JR dealing with two additional brothers within a short space of time. Therefore, the whole dynamic with the &quot;new&quot; brother&#039;s low self esteem and JR&#039;s bullying resentment towards him would have gone to Gary (that dynamic was already well-established between Gary and JR anyway).Taking this a step further, there&#039;s every chance that, instead of the house in California, Miss Ellie would persuade Jock to give newlyweds Gary and Valene the plot of Southfork land in order to keep him nearby. It&#039;s here that Gary would build a home for himself and Val (just as Ray did in the universe where Gary went to Knots).Ray would no doubt still continue to play a role in the series, but it wouldn&#039;t be as a blood relative.Naturally, the newly-returned Gary and Val would both be prime suspects in JR&#039;s shooting. They&#039;d also be very feasible suspects because they wouldn&#039;t be established as series regulars at this point. With their histories with JR and the fact that JR is playing every dirty trick in the book to try to get them to leave Dallas, both certainly would have good motive.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 294776, member: 23"] Some very interesting thoughts. As I read through and was working out some of the scenarios in my head, I agree with you that the [I]Dallas[/I] character whose storylines would be most affected by Gary is Ray. Much of Ray's story in those early Eighties seasons possibly would have gone to Gary instead. First of all, Gary's love of the land might give him a more hands-on approach at Southfork which could lead to the reverse situation of what we saw. This time it would be Ray rather than Gary who feels he's needed less. This could easily be mitigated by Gary refusing to stay on Southfork itself at first (though I suspect he'd end up there at some point if he stayed on the series long enough). But in all likelihood, Gary remaining on [I]Dallas[/I] would have meant there would be no need for The Fourth Son scenario. It would just be too much to watch JR dealing with two additional brothers within a short space of time. Therefore, the whole dynamic with the "new" brother's low self esteem and JR's bullying resentment towards him would have gone to Gary (that dynamic was already well-established between Gary and JR anyway). Taking this a step further, there's every chance that, instead of the house in California, Miss Ellie would persuade Jock to give newlyweds Gary and Valene the plot of Southfork land in order to keep him nearby. It's here that Gary would build a home for himself and Val (just as Ray did in the universe where Gary went to [I]Knots[/I]). Ray would no doubt still continue to play a role in the series, but it wouldn't be as a blood relative. Naturally, the newly-returned Gary and Val would both be prime suspects in JR's shooting. They'd also be very feasible suspects because they wouldn't be established as series regulars at this point. With their histories with JR and the fact that JR is playing every dirty trick in the book to try to get them to leave Dallas, both certainly would have good motive. [/QUOTE]

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