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<blockquote data-quote="Julia&amp;#039;s Gun" data-source="post: 323479" data-attributes="member: 987">I&#039;ve just watched the first 4-5 seasons all the way through for the first time and was so impressed by how many stories and events they had already packed in before the iconic Who Shot Jr story.I had seen odd episodes from these early seasons, but not the whole thing. I only started buying season sets from the post Jock years, starrting with the Southfork fire season as I could remember watching that the first time round. Now to see those early years all the way through I realize how much I missed - the hugely dysfunctional relationship between JR and Sue-Ellen, Pam&#039;s feistiness that she seems to lose as the show goes on, and the frequent battles MIss Ellie had with Jock as well as with JR. I can also see just how influential the stories in the early years were on the the other soaps to come. Not just Dynasty becoming a&nbsp; main rival, but character arcs like Afton becoming a singer well before Ciji on Knots, or Lucy falling in love with that gay guy and all the stigma, which was ahead of its time.Cliff as a lawyer and then running for senate has some parallels with the Greg character in Knots, and all that double dealing JR does post- Jock&#039;s will, he had already been doing just as deviously years before.I used to think the mid-period of this show was its best period overall, but now I&#039;ve changed my mind. I now think it is those classic early years with the raw, grittier production and playful seventies vibe that were its most fertile and memorable period - Dallas may have bcome more polished, glamorous and had bigger budgets by the mid 80s, but those first few years when the show was still new and different have become my favorite era now.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Julia's Gun, post: 323479, member: 987"] I've just watched the first 4-5 seasons all the way through for the first time and was so impressed by how many stories and events they had already packed in before the iconic Who Shot Jr story. I had seen odd episodes from these early seasons, but not the whole thing. I only started buying season sets from the post Jock years, starrting with the Southfork fire season as I could remember watching that the first time round. Now to see those early years all the way through I realize how much I missed - the hugely dysfunctional relationship between JR and Sue-Ellen, Pam's feistiness that she seems to lose as the show goes on, and the frequent battles MIss Ellie had with Jock as well as with JR. I can also see just how influential the stories in the early years were on the the other soaps to come. Not just Dynasty becoming a main rival, but character arcs like Afton becoming a singer well before Ciji on Knots, or Lucy falling in love with that gay guy and all the stigma, which was ahead of its time. Cliff as a lawyer and then running for senate has some parallels with the Greg character in Knots, and all that double dealing JR does post- Jock's will, he had already been doing just as deviously years before. I used to think the mid-period of this show was its best period overall, but now I've changed my mind. I now think it is those classic early years with the raw, grittier production and playful seventies vibe that were its most fertile and memorable period - Dallas may have bcome more polished, glamorous and had bigger budgets by the mid 80s, but those first few years when the show was still new and different have become my favorite era now. [/QUOTE]

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