From season 8 to season 10 (DVD)

CeeCee72

CeeCee72

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Doing a complete rewatch again. This time I skipped totally over season 9 (Dream Season) since it never happened.

Jumping from the end of season 8 to the beginning of season 10 is quite jarring.

When the show first aired, a full year had passed, and we had seen these character change, but binge watching and jumping over season nine just kinda made me shake my head.

JR land Cliff look way older. Sue Ellen has long hair. I get that couldn't be helped, but it makes it impossible for me to believe no time has passed and we are picking up right after Lucy's wedding on season 8.

Kinda wishing I hadn't skipped over the dream now.
 
Snarky Oracle!

Snarky Oracle!

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I never purchased the dream season, but you might as well watch it -- just freeze frame on Bobby coming out of the shower and pretend he says, "Pam, I was hidden away for a year in a coma, and Angelica was hired by Katherine to kill the Ewings -- but I'm afraid Jenna could be pregnant because I saw her last night after I watched you from the sidewalk marry Mark Jennings, unaware he'd die overnight and you'd be free... Poor JR, now he's going to have to buy back most of Ewing Oil all over again and Harve Smithfield has warned him not to waste his time and money filing a lawsuit against his own family because it won't work... Sadly, the courts reversed their decision and revoked custody of Tony from Ray and Donna, so she's back in Southfork and I swear she's looking pregnant again... And did you hear that new cowpoke on the ranch has changed his name to 'Wes' because he thought 'Ben' sounded too feminine....?"

And then just re-press "play" and carry on like everything's fine....


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Grangehill1

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CeeCee72 said:
Doing a complete rewatch again. This time I skipped totally over season 9 (Dream Season) since it never happened.

Jumping from the end of season 8 to the beginning of season 10 is quite jarring.

When the show first aired, a full year had passed, and we had seen these character change, but binge watching and jumping over season nine just kinda made me shake my head.

JR land Cliff look way older. Sue Ellen has long hair. I get that couldn't be helped, but it makes it impossible for me to believe no time has passed and we are picking up right after Lucy's wedding on season 8.

Kinda wishing I hadn't skipped over the dream now.
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On my last rewatch I did the same thing. I stopped season 8 straight after the Ray and Donna pool scene and then went straight into season 10.
I found the transition quite good but the things that stood out to me was the horrendous picture quality, the hair and fashions (although they jar with season 9’as well because everybody looked so styled in 9)
The two biggest things that leap out is Susan Howard who just becomes a sleepwalk version of Donna. It’s awful. And out of nowhere there’s a problem in the oil industry which is the main big storyline.
 
Luke_Krebbs_Ewing

Luke_Krebbs_Ewing

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Grangehill1 said:
On my last rewatch I did the same thing. I stopped season 8 straight after the Ray and Donna pool scene and then went straight into season 10.
I found the transition quite good but the things that stood out to me was the horrendous picture quality, the hair and fashions (although they jar with season 9’as well because everybody looked so styled in 9)
The two biggest things that leap out is Susan Howard who just becomes a sleepwalk version of Donna. It’s awful. And out of nowhere there’s a problem in the oil industry which is the main big storyline.
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A problem in the Oil industry.

Oh yeah JR was forced to cut back production from his stripper wells.

I won't mention Wes Parmalee supposedly being Jock Ewing as I thought that was a big storyline too. :)
 
Mustard

Mustard

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CeeCee72 said:
I love that season.

But watching with my daughter who has never seen Dallas before and she said if it gets all wiped away, she'd rather not get invested in it.
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I think it's better not to get invested in the stuff after the dream if you have to choose one or the other. Although personally, I usually do Seasons 1-10 DVD on marathons and stop with Pam going into the oil tanker. Bobby's death and the aftermath is too epic and emotional to skip over, even the return from the dead to an extent.
 
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Luke_Krebbs_Ewing

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Mustard said:
I think it's better not to get invested in the stuff after the dream if you have to choose one or the other. Although personally, I usually do Seasons 1-10 DVD on marathons and stop with Pam going into the oil tanker. Bobby's death and the aftermath is too epic and emotional to skip over, even the return from the dead to an extent.
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I always stop at the end of season ten too.

Season nine has Mark Graison's return from the dead and season ten had Bobby's and almost Jock's. Two great seasons although I prefer ten. :)
 
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Grangehill1

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Via The Void said:
A problem in the Oil industry.

Oh yeah JR was forced to cut back production from his stripper wells.

I won't mention Wes Parmalee supposedly being Jock Ewing as I thought that was a big storyline too. :)
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What on earth are you talking about? The conversation was skipping season 9 and going straight from 8 to 10. One of the things I pointed out was that out of nowhere all the characters are talking about a problem with the oil industry which was absent in Swansong.
What has Wes Parmalee got to do with it?
 
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