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<blockquote data-quote="Crimson" data-source="post: 299678" data-attributes="member: 5079">I&#039;ve never seen a single episode of KNOTS, so Gary and Val have always been shadowy strangers to me.&nbsp;&nbsp; First time around, I didn&#039;t start watching until after the Jock years, so I was more familiar with Gary and Val from the Laura van Wormer book than the series.It&#039;s an interesting &quot;What if ...?&quot; to ponder, Gary and Val remaining with DALLAS.I think the most immediate change is that poor, underused Lucy would have had more to do with her parents to interact with in various capacities; her stories needn&#039;t have been tied to mostly sadsack doomed romances.Would Gary&#039;s presence have avoided Ray being made Jock&#039;s son?&nbsp; Sure there&#039;s some overlap between roles Gary and Ray could have filled; but the casting of tall, silver-haired Steve Kannaly as a ranch hand Jock took in as a youth is such an obvious &quot;Of course! It&#039;s his son!&quot; moment that the writers would likely have landed on it anyway.The tantalizing possibilities aside, it&#039;s probably for the best.&nbsp; DALLAS worked best as a conflict for Ewing Oil; Gary would have either cluttered that up, or been resigned to side storylines that we&#039;d now be complaining were boring.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Crimson, post: 299678, member: 5079"] I've never seen a single episode of KNOTS, so Gary and Val have always been shadowy strangers to me. First time around, I didn't start watching until after the Jock years, so I was more familiar with Gary and Val from the Laura van Wormer book than the series. It's an interesting "What if ...?" to ponder, Gary and Val remaining with DALLAS. I think the most immediate change is that poor, underused Lucy would have had more to do with her parents to interact with in various capacities; her stories needn't have been tied to mostly sadsack doomed romances. Would Gary's presence have avoided Ray being made Jock's son? Sure there's some overlap between roles Gary and Ray could have filled; but the casting of tall, silver-haired Steve Kannaly as a ranch hand Jock took in as a youth is such an obvious "Of course! It's his son!" moment that the writers would likely have landed on it anyway. The tantalizing possibilities aside, it's probably for the best. DALLAS worked best as a conflict for Ewing Oil; Gary would have either cluttered that up, or been resigned to side storylines that we'd now be complaining were boring. [/QUOTE]

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