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<blockquote data-quote="the-lost-son" data-source="post: 305576" data-attributes="member: 672">Dallas early years were outstanding. But one storyline leaves me back scratching my head, that is Digger&#039;s death/Hutch McKinney as Pam&#039;s father.Obviously the producers tried for something big as this was at first intended as the season&#039;s finale. But it was pointless. Two episodes later JR was shot with a guessing audience if he might survive. Hutch McKinney as Pam&#039;s dad did not work either. It was obviously designed to start Pam&#039;s search for her mother. But it could and should have been accomplished without such a cheap stunt for shock value. (Btw I dislike the suggestion of some of us to make Digger JR&#039;s father for the same reason in the series&#039; finale.) It&#039;s cheap, the often quoted plot-driven writing for shock value and nothing character-driven in it which Dallas managed to portray so well.Digger (and later Rebecca) left too early. Dallas was at its best with many Ewings and Barneses around. It worked best for me with the Barneses as a counterpart to the Ewings with a matriarch/patriarch.I would have loved many Digger/Ellie scenes during the Takapa storyline. And maybe Digger getting into business with Rebecca or running Wentworth Tool&amp;die together with Cliff. I would have loved to have him at least one more season, maybe two.And I would have loved Rebecca to stay around. I know they needed her off the show to let Katherine run wild but I wish there had been another way.I just love it when these two big dynasties/families sitting at the oil barons&#039; ball staring at each other.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="the-lost-son, post: 305576, member: 672"] Dallas early years were outstanding. But one storyline leaves me back scratching my head, that is Digger's death/Hutch McKinney as Pam's father. Obviously the producers tried for something big as this was at first intended as the season's finale. But it was pointless. Two episodes later JR was shot with a guessing audience if he might survive. Hutch McKinney as Pam's dad did not work either. It was obviously designed to start Pam's search for her mother. But it could and should have been accomplished without such a cheap stunt for shock value. (Btw I dislike the suggestion of some of us to make Digger JR's father for the same reason in the series' finale.) It's cheap, the often quoted plot-driven writing for shock value and nothing character-driven in it which Dallas managed to portray so well. Digger (and later Rebecca) left too early. Dallas was at its best with many Ewings and Barneses around. It worked best for me with the Barneses as a counterpart to the Ewings with a matriarch/patriarch. I would have loved many Digger/Ellie scenes during the Takapa storyline. And maybe Digger getting into business with Rebecca or running Wentworth Tool&die together with Cliff. I would have loved to have him at least one more season, maybe two. And I would have loved Rebecca to stay around. I know they needed her off the show to let Katherine run wild but I wish there had been another way. I just love it when these two big dynasties/families sitting at the oil barons' ball staring at each other. [/QUOTE]

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