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<blockquote data-quote="Justine" data-source="post: 173647" data-attributes="member: 404">So, I recently re-watched Reunion Part 1 &amp; 2 and it occurred to me how much they set Gary and J.R. up to have their own mini-feud, so much so that it really resembled Jock and Digger. There were even script repetitions from the mini-series - in Barbecue, Jock says Digger&#039;s &quot;been a loser every day of his life&quot;&nbsp; and J.R. says literally the exact same thing about Gary to Sue Ellen in Reunion Part 1. It almost feels like J.R. hates Gary as much as he hates Cliff Barnes and I don&#039;t think their relationship ever improved as the series went on. It went far beyond a brotherly rivalry but what I don&#039;t understand is why - Gary was clearly no match for J.R. and, when he returned to Southfork, Jock accepted his son back into the family fold. Why do you think J.R. couldn&#039;t do the same? Was he really threatened by Gary (if so, why), or was he bitter because Gary was Miss Ellie&#039;s favourite?*I haven&#039;t watched Knots Landing so if there were any nice family scenes between J.R. and Gary then I haven&#039;t seen them before.*</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Justine, post: 173647, member: 404"] So, I recently re-watched [I]Reunion Part 1 & 2 [/I]and it occurred to me how much they set Gary and J.R. up to have their own mini-feud, so much so that it really resembled Jock and Digger. There were even script repetitions from the mini-series - in [I]Barbecue[/I], Jock says Digger's "been a loser every day of his life" and J.R. says literally the exact same thing about Gary to Sue Ellen in [I]Reunion Part 1. [/I] It almost feels like J.R. hates Gary as much as he hates Cliff Barnes and I don't think their relationship ever improved as the series went on. It went far beyond a brotherly rivalry but what I don't understand is [U]why[/U] - Gary was clearly no match for J.R. and, when he returned to Southfork, Jock accepted his son back into the family fold. Why do you think J.R. couldn't do the same? Was he really threatened by Gary (if so, why), or was he bitter because Gary was Miss Ellie's favourite? [SIZE=3]*I haven't watched [I]Knots Landing[/I] so if there were any nice family scenes between J.R. and Gary then I haven't seen them before.*[/SIZE] [I] [/I] [/QUOTE]

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