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<blockquote data-quote="Kenny Coyote" data-source="post: 153557" data-attributes="member: 102">Jock and Miss Ellie had the marriage that set the standard for the type of successful, rewarding, fulfilling marriage that all the younger couples wanted but could never find or maintain. It&#039;s not that they were perfect. No human being is. The point is they had the tenacity and the devotion to each other to work through their problems. The marriages of the younger people in the show varied greatly from highly dysfunctional and extremely unpleasant - JR and Sue Ellen, to the marriage between Bobby and April which might have become a marriage reaching the standard Jock and Miss Ellie&#039;s marriage set, but because of a tragedy, was never given the opportunity to do so.Regarding Bobby and Pam, the knew what they were getting into. They thought they were strong enough to overcome those obstacles and for a while they were. Eventually they found they weren&#039;t as devoted to each other as they thought, or at least Pam wasn&#039;t because she moved out. Then she came back and finally when the going once again got too tough for her she got going again. One of the things Pam blamed the failure of their marriage upon was the degree of Bobby&#039;s involvement in Ewing Oil and even how he did his job. That seems awfully unfair considering Pam was the one who practically demanded Bobby play a bigger part in Ewing Oil than he had been. Never mind that he seemed very content in the capacity in which he was working for Ewing Oil at the time he married Pam. What&#039;s that old saying?&nbsp; Be careful what you wish for, Pam.This time when Pam left she went to France (still married to Bobby) with her future lover Mark Graison while Bobby stayed true to Pam. Finally they divorced and they both became involved in love affairs which each almost resulted in marriage. Then they remarried. Stable, they were not. They seemed to be in a nearly constant state of flux.Then Pam ran away after deciding she wasn&#039;t aesthetically pleasing enough anymore to allow Bobby or Christopher to even look at her. There&#039;a a word for that isn&#039;t there? Vain? It&#039;s the type of thing which might cause a woman to lie about her age.In many ways Jock and Miss Ellie set the standard for the younger generations that nobody could ever quite live up to. Jock&#039;s sons, in particular, wanted to be like Jock. It was one of the most powerful themes of the show - Jock&#039;s sons trying to equal the standard Jock had set.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kenny Coyote, post: 153557, member: 102"] Jock and Miss Ellie had the marriage that set the standard for the type of successful, rewarding, fulfilling marriage that all the younger couples wanted but could never find or maintain. It's not that they were perfect. No human being is. The point is they had the tenacity and the devotion to each other to work through their problems. The marriages of the younger people in the show varied greatly from highly dysfunctional and extremely unpleasant - JR and Sue Ellen, to the marriage between Bobby and April which might have become a marriage reaching the standard Jock and Miss Ellie's marriage set, but because of a tragedy, was never given the opportunity to do so. Regarding Bobby and Pam, the knew what they were getting into. They thought they were strong enough to overcome those obstacles and for a while they were. Eventually they found they weren't as devoted to each other as they thought, or at least Pam wasn't because she moved out. Then she came back and finally when the going once again got too tough for her she got going again. One of the things Pam blamed the failure of their marriage upon was the degree of Bobby's involvement in Ewing Oil and even how he did his job. That seems awfully unfair considering Pam was the one who practically demanded Bobby play a bigger part in Ewing Oil than he had been. Never mind that he seemed very content in the capacity in which he was working for Ewing Oil at the time he married Pam. What's that old saying? Be careful what you wish for, Pam. This time when Pam left she went to France (still married to Bobby) with her future lover Mark Graison while Bobby stayed true to Pam. Finally they divorced and they both became involved in love affairs which each almost resulted in marriage. Then they remarried. Stable, they were not. They seemed to be in a nearly constant state of flux. Then Pam ran away after deciding she wasn't aesthetically pleasing enough anymore to allow Bobby or Christopher to even look at her. There'a a word for that isn't there? Vain? It's the type of thing which might cause a woman to lie about her age. In many ways Jock and Miss Ellie set the standard for the younger generations that nobody could ever quite live up to. Jock's sons, in particular, wanted to be like Jock. It was one of the most powerful themes of the show - Jock's sons trying to equal the standard Jock had set. [/QUOTE]

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Who played Sue Ellen in Dallas?