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Message: <blockquote data-quote="the-lost-son" data-source="post: 363734" data-attributes="member: 672">For the ordinary Dallas fans Dalllas consists of JR&Sue Ellen, Bobby&Pam and Miss Ellie who all live on Southfork, Dallas - period. That's what the general fan expects - so Bobby must be on board.One also  has to keep in mind that Dallas was predominantly an international success. They renewed Dallas for its last two (!) seasons combined despite its poor US ratings, its increasingly subpar quality towards the end and a continuing cast exodus.I strongly assume Dallas wouldn't have lasted without Bobby for 13 years. We've been discussing that for years and decades, I think after 8/9 years the bloom was just off the rose, there was no way keeping that high quality. Dallas was firing on all cylinders for many years and suddenly you simply just run out of gas - or oil to use some Dallas vocab.In regards to Jenna/Donna...the ex-wive of Elvis obviously had more international appeal than Susan Howard and Dack Rambo/Jack simply never worked despite different showrunners or with/without Bobby on board.Hagman said after the dream season that he could get another 5 years (of income) and he was not willing to risk that for the guy who was producing it.That's what we got- for better or worse - another 5 years.</blockquote>