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<blockquote data-quote="Rove" data-source="post: 31996" data-attributes="member: 100">To me Dallas should have become darker immediately after Bobby&#039;s death. Have we ever seen a character killed off (obviously with Patrick&#039;s blessing) when that character is so pivotal to the success of a program?Despite some fleeting moments of brilliance during the &quot;Dream Season&quot; the over-all feel of Dallas was off. It appeared Krystal Carrington&#039;s glimmering bejeweled gown had hypnotized Dallas writers into some parallel Dynasty spin-off. Philip Capice was still there during that season so I&#039;m left wondering if outside influences were also occurring. Did CBS executives interfere?I imagine when those ratings were released and Dynasty had achieved the impossible by beating Dallas there were some heated and panicked discussions going on behind closed doors. There was also the issue of a small window of opportunity to create a story to counter Dynasty&#039;s success. What clearly backfired on Dallas was when Dynasty returned after the airing of the &quot;Moldavian Massacre&quot; cliffhanger. Not one of the major characters had succumbed to a scratch. Perhaps Nolan Miller had released a memo for his designer gowns not to be ruined. Either way any credibility that Dynasty had just got flushed down the toilet.Dallas should have stuck to its guns and taken full advantage of Bobby&#039;s death and kept itself rooted in good adult drama rather than &quot;glitz&quot; the place. The scene was set after the writers cleverly placed Pam into the Ewing Building. Now was the time for the writers to unshackle the beast that was JR. Let him take the fight to the Barnes family and anyone else for that matter. Take the character down that dustier and darker place you mention. Let the character drink more, one night stands with cash left on the bedside table. Allow him to abuse those closest to him, Miss Ellie, Sue Ellen even John Ross. Push JR to the brink of no return, all in his pursuit of Ewing Oil - his one true love. And just when he believes he has it, it&#039;s pulled right out from underneath his feet.I would have accepted JR ending up in an institution after his years of &quot;excesses&quot; but I wanted to take that ride with him, I wanted it to be organic.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rove, post: 31996, member: 100"] To me Dallas should have become darker immediately after Bobby's death. Have we ever seen a character killed off (obviously with Patrick's blessing) when that character is so pivotal to the success of a program? Despite some fleeting moments of brilliance during the "Dream Season" the over-all feel of Dallas was off. It appeared Krystal Carrington's glimmering bejeweled gown had hypnotized Dallas writers into some parallel Dynasty spin-off. Philip Capice was still there during that season so I'm left wondering if outside influences were also occurring. Did CBS executives interfere? I imagine when those ratings were released and Dynasty had achieved the impossible by beating Dallas there were some heated and panicked discussions going on behind closed doors. There was also the issue of a small window of opportunity to create a story to counter Dynasty's success. What clearly backfired on Dallas was when Dynasty returned after the airing of the "Moldavian Massacre" cliffhanger. Not one of the major characters had succumbed to a scratch. Perhaps Nolan Miller had released a memo for his designer gowns not to be ruined. Either way any credibility that Dynasty had just got flushed down the toilet. Dallas should have stuck to its guns and taken full advantage of Bobby's death and kept itself rooted in good adult drama rather than "glitz" the place. The scene was set after the writers cleverly placed Pam into the Ewing Building. Now was the time for the writers to unshackle the beast that was JR. Let him take the fight to the Barnes family and anyone else for that matter. Take the character down that dustier and darker place you mention. Let the character drink more, one night stands with cash left on the bedside table. Allow him to abuse those closest to him, Miss Ellie, Sue Ellen even John Ross. Push JR to the brink of no return, all in his pursuit of Ewing Oil - his one true love. And just when he believes he has it, it's pulled right out from underneath his feet. I would have accepted JR ending up in an institution after his years of "excesses" but I wanted to take that ride with him, I wanted it to be organic. [/QUOTE]

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