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<blockquote data-quote="the-lost-son" data-source="post: 336768" data-attributes="member: 672">I love these discussions about Gary on Dallas. He only appeared in 6 episodes but he left quite a mark. As I never had the possibility to watch Knots Landing the Dallas episodes are all I can judge the character upon.Like all alcoholics at that time (SueEllen for example) they were portrayed as weak. That&#039;s more or less everything the only information the Dallas episodes are giving us on Gary in contrast to the orher male family members like power-hungry Jock&amp;JR, upstanding Bobby and proud Ray.If you take a closer look how Dallas producers worked, there is a pattern to introduce characters at one point in order to bring them back later on on a full term basis (Rebecca, Clayton, Donna).So it&#039;s safe to assume that Gary &amp; Valene were intended to return permanently (hadn&#039;t Dallas and KL not been the success they were).In a show which had family, legacy and birthright in its centre the storylines are endless.In my &quot;dream&quot; scenario Gary &amp; Val&quot; would have returned after Bobby&#039;s death. I hoped back then he would stay.But these six short episodes are quite little for me to base an opinion on.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="the-lost-son, post: 336768, member: 672"] I love these discussions about Gary on Dallas. He only appeared in 6 episodes but he left quite a mark. As I never had the possibility to watch Knots Landing the Dallas episodes are all I can judge the character upon. Like all alcoholics at that time (SueEllen for example) they were portrayed as weak. That's more or less everything the only information the Dallas episodes are giving us on Gary in contrast to the orher male family members like power-hungry Jock&JR, upstanding Bobby and proud Ray. If you take a closer look how Dallas producers worked, there is a pattern to introduce characters at one point in order to bring them back later on on a full term basis (Rebecca, Clayton, Donna). So it's safe to assume that Gary & Valene were intended to return permanently (hadn't Dallas and KL not been the success they were). In a show which had family, legacy and birthright in its centre the storylines are endless. In my "dream" scenario Gary & Val" would have returned after Bobby's death. I hoped back then he would stay. But these six short episodes are quite little for me to base an opinion on. [/QUOTE]

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