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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lastkidpicked" data-source="post: 224656" data-attributes="member: 237">J.R. is the obvious one.  Guzzler said it best:This is when Larry Hagman gave J.R. a little more personality, and made him the man we love to hate!Jock is a little different, because they changed his backstory as the series went on.  During the miniseries, he was ruthless, and when he wanted land from somebody he either bankrupted them (Tom Owens) or had them wrongly committed to a sanitarium (Sam Culver's uncle).As time went on, they softened his backstory.  I'm glad for that, because I'm a real Jock fan.  But when you go back and watch the earliest episodes, he was overbearing and ruthless, and that is a big part of how J.R. grew into the Magnificent Bastard that we all looked forward to watching on Friday nights.</blockquote>