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Did Miss Ellie ever mention Gary's marriage to Abby?

RandallAdams

Telly Talk Active Member
Were there any Abby references on Dallas at all? I imagine Miss Ellie would have felt a great deal of concern that her favourite son had been worked over by the scheming blonde temptress.

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Luke_Krebbs_Ewing

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I don't remember any references at all to Abby on Dallas. :)
 

Mustard

Telly Talk TV Fanatic
Abby was there in Dallas when Gary went for the reading of Jock's will, but she didn't go into Southfork. Val was also in Dallas, signing copies of her book "Capricorn Crude". Miss Ellie didn't mention Abby on screen.

It was on 29 October 1982 when both the Dallas episode "Jock's Will" and the Knots Landing episode "New Beginnings" were broadcast on CBS in the USA in succession. J.R. was in both episodes, as was Bobby and Christopher briefly.
 
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LMLDallas78

Telly Talk Enthusiast
Who was Gary with at the time of Bobby's funeral? They really should've been there together. At the time it was real and seemed odd that poor Gary had no one with him.

I always felt sorry for him at the funeral and where he was "placed", actually I found it all rather strange where everyone was placed there, maybe that's just me.
 

Mustard

Telly Talk TV Fanatic
Who was Gary with at the time of Bobby's funeral?
Abby. Abby was there on Knots Landing when Gary got the news about Bobby's death. Abby had lost her brother Sid Fairgate a few years earlier. The thing is, Abby and Greg Sumner took advantage of Gary going to Dallas for Bobby's funeral to gain politically at Empire Valley. Empire Valley was a big surveillance system in reality, which was pushed through harder when Gary was distracted and away in Dallas. Gary would have massively objected to what Empire Valley was in reality, and he later blew it up when he found out, to Abby's shock and Greg's fury. At one point, Greg had downgraded Gary's credit rating using the cloak and dagger system at Empire Valley, causing inconvenience for Gary, even though nobody could explain why his credit rating had been downgraded.
 
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RandallAdams

Telly Talk Active Member
Abby. Abby was there on Knots Landing when Gary got the news about Bobby's death. Abby had lost her brother Sid Fairgate a few years earlier. The thing is, Abby and Greg Sumner took advantage of Gary going to Dallas for Bobby's funeral to gain politically at Empire Valley. Empire Valley was a big surveillance system in reality, which was pushed through harder when Gary was distracted and away in Dallas.

Abby and Karen talked about Bobby's death. Karen remembered Bobby's visits fondly. It was a poignant scene.
 

Karin

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Staff Member
I watched Dallas first and Knots Landing later on and when I first began watching Knots I was surprised that Gary and Val split up since on Dallas you never found out that they did. So no they never mentioned Abby at all.
But I agree that Abby should have gone with Gary to support him at Bobby's funeral.
 
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