tommie
Telly Talk Hero
As great as Abby is, her character makes little sense outside Knots. She came on that show because she was Syd's sister and Karen's sister-in-law. Without Gary and Val at Knots, she never would've come across the Ewings.
ArchieLucasCarringtonEwing1989
Telly Talk TV Fanatic
True, but there could be another way to bring her in had Knots not been created or lasted
Perhaps she could be an old friend of Pam and Cliff’s or JR’s ex lover from the 1960s.
We were certainly deprived of Abby interacting with Miss Ellie or the other Ewing wives.
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Toni
Maximum Member
Abby as James's mother? That would have changed so many things... Besides, who dares to call the Abster...
Granny?
However, I could see Mills as Swellin's college friend (membah DeeDee?) or one of Mark's bitchy ex-lovers...
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Willie Oleson
Telly Talk Schemer
I think Bobby and Gary are the yin and yang Ewings, JR is the Southworth. To me, that's the only way to make sense of it all.
Luke_Krebbs_Ewing
Telly Talk Champion
JR isn't a Southworth. He's no lover of the land, he lives and breathes oil. He's a Ewing and clearly cut from the same cloth as his father.
Mustard
Telly Talk TV Fanatic
While Gary is most comfortable on the land, although much more leisurely and less workmanlike with it compared to Ray. Gary and Ray don't care about the oil business much either. Bobby likes a bit of it all, oil and city offices, and the land and ranching.JR isn't a Southworth. He's no lover of the land, he lives and breathes oil. He's a Ewing and clearly cut from the same cloth as his father.
Toni
Maximum Member
I loved Gary! He was the best developed character in "Knots Landing", along with Laura. Most of the others changed for the writers´ convenience (yes, this happened here too): Val, a best-seller writer (come on!), Paige, a role model for young women (when she was a pathological liar and a user at first), Mack, a volatile professional who didn´t know what to do (at his age), Ginger, obsessed with having a baby and when she has one, she decides she wants to sing! (ha!), Anne, someone who can´t make a living without the Matheson money (not even marrying someone from L.A.? Isn´t that what socialites do all the time?), and Greg gets all bitter and Howard Hugues-esque instead of the politician hungry for power that he was.
In the beginning, Gary was a tad boring. It was hard to see him cheating on Val, especially with that woman who looked like a man. But he made a lot of mistakes so he learned a lot. What I adore about his relationship with Abby is that the writers really made him marry her as a sort of "punishment" for treating Val so bad. He thought he deserved it, the poor thing. He kept on growing until the awful "Sally´s friend" storyline. The next season, when Val gets the brain virus (...), he simply becomes Bobby, at long last. The rest of the seasons he still is Gary, trying things and making mistakes, but not drinking again. The Reunion ruined this a bit with the stupidity of Kate´s baby with him... Lame lame lame...
In the beginning, Gary was a tad boring. It was hard to see him cheating on Val, especially with that woman who looked like a man. But he made a lot of mistakes so he learned a lot. What I adore about his relationship with Abby is that the writers really made him marry her as a sort of "punishment" for treating Val so bad. He thought he deserved it, the poor thing. He kept on growing until the awful "Sally´s friend" storyline. The next season, when Val gets the brain virus (...), he simply becomes Bobby, at long last. The rest of the seasons he still is Gary, trying things and making mistakes, but not drinking again. The Reunion ruined this a bit with the stupidity of Kate´s baby with him... Lame lame lame...
Seaviewer
Telly Talk Warrior
If Knots had ended while Gary and Abby were still married it would have been plausible for her to go with him to Dallas in search of bigger conquests. I would have loved to see her interact with Miss Ellie and Lucy, too.
If anything JR and Booby are yin and yang; Gary is the Southworth.
Willie Oleson
Telly Talk Schemer
Absolutely not.
JR is the Southworth moulded into a Ewing, and that's what makes it so lethal.
DallasFanForever
Telly Talk Supreme
But JR’s first love was oil, not the land. Doesn’t that make him a Ewing first?
Willie Oleson
Telly Talk Schemer
It's not about the "it", but the how. Jock and Bobby are practical, Gary is practically impractible.
But JR has inherited his mother's passion, and when that gets channelled in the wrong direction, even if it's unintentional...
Luke_Krebbs_Ewing
Telly Talk Champion
Don't worry!
Willie needs to increase his medication again. It's obviously not strong enough.
DallasFanForever
Telly Talk Supreme
Oh, thank you! I thought it was my meds that needed to be increased there for a minute.Don't worry!
Willie needs to increase his medication again. It's obviously not strong enough.
Luke_Krebbs_Ewing
Telly Talk Champion
Definitely not!
Both you and I have completely sound opinions.
Willie is just clutching at straws, I'm afraid.