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Dallas - The Original Series
Did Donna Reed's Miss Ellie have any redeeming features?
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<blockquote data-quote="Jock Ewing Fan" data-source="post: 389069" data-attributes="member: 40536"><p>Dallas was a different situation than Dynasty</p><p></p><p>A one season recast of Miss Ellie didn't change the fundamental narrative.</p><p></p><p>What did change the fundamental narrative was the departure of Pam and Donna</p><p></p><p>Now the Barnes-Ewing feud was reduced to a minor annoyance, JR's rivalry with Bobby had to take other,</p><p>less impactful forms, Ray was mismatched with Jenna, and Cliff had no real solid interactions</p><p>without Pam. Add in the backlash from the way Bobby's return was written</p><p>and the decision to end the Steve Forrest as Jock return (which would have given BBG and Howard Keel a</p><p>decent storyline), the result was that Dallas was basically a different show after season 10.</p><p></p><p>I always thought that Miss Ellie was not well written after Jim Davis passed, and the nadir was that</p><p>Marple mysteries story.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jock Ewing Fan, post: 389069, member: 40536"] Dallas was a different situation than Dynasty A one season recast of Miss Ellie didn't change the fundamental narrative. What did change the fundamental narrative was the departure of Pam and Donna Now the Barnes-Ewing feud was reduced to a minor annoyance, JR's rivalry with Bobby had to take other, less impactful forms, Ray was mismatched with Jenna, and Cliff had no real solid interactions without Pam. Add in the backlash from the way Bobby's return was written and the decision to end the Steve Forrest as Jock return (which would have given BBG and Howard Keel a decent storyline), the result was that Dallas was basically a different show after season 10. I always thought that Miss Ellie was not well written after Jim Davis passed, and the nadir was that Marple mysteries story. [/QUOTE]
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