Donna and Cliff

[Richard Channing]

This always felt like a strange pairing to me. Sure I could see what Cliff saw in Donna, but I just can't really see someone like Donna being interested in Cliff. She just seems too smart/mature to put up with his shenanigans and his obsessive vendetta against the Ewings for as long as she did. I don't know if it had something to do with a lack of chemistry between the actors but their whole relationship felt very inorganic. What are your thoughts on this pairing?

 

[Billy Wall]

Donna liked power and Cliff was a budding power at the time. But as usual, Cliff wanted to use her to get at the Ewing’s.

Cliff is the prototype of the dumb smart guy.

 

[Snarky Oracle!]

It was so early in the show that we didn't quite realize how extreme he was going to reveal himself to be with time.

Imagine if we found out that homicidal Cliff on nuDALLAS was again dating Donna and she was just trying to talk him out of blowing up his daughter and grandbabies via cell phone!

 

[Taylor Bennett Jr.]

They just happened to be on the rebound and around each other much of the time, and shared a passion for politics. Plus Cliff knew a place with cheap Margaritas, which, kind of like Ray and his cowboy bars, appealed to her pre- Sam Culver Marshall roots.

 

[Jimmy Todd]

Early Cliff I could see Donna at least going with on a few dates. The later, sexist Cliff who mistreated Afton and Jamie, well, Donna would have made one of those ladies hold her purse while she gave Cliff her famous round house right.

 

[Jock Ewing Fan]

At that point in the series, Cliff was a rising lawyer/politician. It made sense on that level. However, his unending vendetta against the Ewings would have ended it, eventually

 

[Taylor Bennett Jr.]

This always felt like a strange pairing to me. Sure I could see what Cliff saw in Donna, but I just can't really see someone like Donna being interested in Cliff. She just seems too smart/mature to put up with his shenanigans and his obsessive vendetta against the Ewings for as long as she did. I don't know if it had something to do with a lack of chemistry between the actors but their whole relationship felt very inorganic. What are your thoughts on this pairing?

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Cliff’s looking pretty sharp here, but Donna… that’s about 900 Bobby’s ties’ worth of polka dots! What were you thinking!?

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

This was when Cliff was basically a nice guy.

However when he turned into a self obsessed jerk out to mess with the Ewing's Donna would've dropped him quicker than it would've took to train a mouse to roller blade!

 

[Victoriafan3]

I forget they were even together until this thread, that’s how memorable they were as a couple

 

[Jimmy Todd]

So Cliff was with Sue Ellen, Afton, Donna , Marilee and Mandy.
JR was with Sue Ellen, Mandy, Garnett, Afton, April, and Marilee.
Ray was with Donna, Sue Ellen, Jenna, Garnett, Pam, and Lucy.
Bobby was with Pam, Jenna, and April.

Hmmm. If at some point Lucy dated Cliff, Donna dated Bobby, Ray was with April, JR was with Jenna and Afton dated Ray and Bobby, and somebody had a kid who 18 years later dated SE, then they could change the theme song to "I Am My Own Grandpa." Maybe.

 

[Chris2]

This was when Cliff was basically a nice guy.

However when he turned into a self obsessed jerk out to mess with the Ewing's Donna would've dropped him quicker than it would've took to train a mouse to roller blade!

She would have dropped him quicker than it would have taken Ray to lose three million dollars on a dumb business deal.

 

[Snowcat]

I think this was just a time fill. I could see why he liked her. But I don’t think they had chemistry

 

[Toni]

So Cliff was with Sue Ellen, Afton, Donna , Marilee and Mandy.
JR was with Sue Ellen, Mandy, Garnett, Afton, April, and Marilee.
Ray was with Donna, Sue Ellen, Jenna, Garnett, Pam, and Lucy.
Bobby was with Pam, Jenna, and April.

Hmmm. If at some point Lucy dated Cliff, Donna dated Bobby, Ray was with April, JR was with Jenna and Afton dated Ray and Bobby, and somebody had a kid who 18 years later dated SE, then they could change the theme song to "I Am My Own Grandpa." Maybe.

Don´t forget Julie Grey, who fell (so to say... ) for both JR and Cliff). Also probably Ray and JR shared some women in Fort Worth pre-beginning... Those 2 rascals...

 

[Taylor Bennett Jr.]

So Cliff was with Sue Ellen, Afton, Donna , Marilee and Mandy.
JR was with Sue Ellen, Mandy, Garnett, Afton, April, and Marilee.
Ray was with Donna, Sue Ellen, Jenna, Garnett, Pam, and Lucy.
Bobby was with Pam, Jenna, and April.

Hmmm. If at some point Lucy dated Cliff, Donna dated Bobby, Ray was with April, JR was with Jenna and Afton dated Ray and Bobby, and somebody had a kid who 18 years later dated SE, then they could change the theme song to "I Am My Own Grandpa." Maybe.

I think we should go ahead and assume that young Peter Richards was the adopted love child of JR and Marilee from back in the day

 

[Chase Gioberti]

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Early Cliff I could see Donna at least going with on a few dates. The later, sexist Cliff who mistreated Afton and Jamie, well, Donna would have made one of those ladies hold her purse while she gave Cliff her famous round house right.

Also Early Cliff was more serious and Later Cliff turned into a clown around season 7 or 8.

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

I didn't really like the two of them together.

Nothing against the actors but why would Donna be interested in someone like Cliff!

Of course she didn't really know him well enough, I suppose.

Donna was better suited to Ray and Cliff of course to Afton.