Jamie Ewing

Billy Wall

Billy Wall

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How can she stick up for Cliff who only married her for her shares of Ewing Oil and treated her like dirt (according to her friend), after she told Sue Ellen off about letting JR treat her like dirt?

Jamie started out like a strong character (the exception for a female on Dallas) and they quickly turned her into a pathetic character who allowed a man to run over her.
 
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Jimmy Todd

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Billy Wall said:
How can she stick up for Cliff who only married her for her shares of Ewing Oil and treated her like dirt (according to her friend), after she told Sue Ellen off about letting JR treat her like dirt?

Jamie started out like a strong character (the exception for a female on Dallas) and they quickly turned her into a pathetic character who allowed a man to run over her.
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They could have developed Jamie and Sue Ellen's relationship a bit. Sue Ellen could point out to her how Cliff is treating her, the way Jaime called out Sue Ellen for putting up with JR.
Dallas had a habit of diluting strong women. I have a feeling the behind the scenes sentiment was say their women are strong, but don't actually let them be strong.
 
Toni

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Jimmy Todd said:
They could have developed Jamie and Sue Ellen's relationship a bit. Sue Ellen could point out to her how Cliff is treating her, the way Jaime called out Sue Ellen for putting up with JR.
Dallas had a habit of diluting strong women. I have a feeling the behind the scenes sentiment was say their women are strong, but don't actually let them be strong.
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Oh yeah. They should have gone out clubbing to places like this (it was real and has recently re-opened!!!):

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https://www.dmagazine.com/food-drin...l-is-a-homecoming-for-dallas-queer-community/

Longevity is important to Jack, who says the secret to running Sue Ellen’s now that she’s in her sixties is listening to the younger generation about what what events to do and how to ensure the bar continues to support the community. “I probably won’t be here much longer,” she said, “but Sue Ellen’s will be and I want it to live as long as it can.”
 
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Toni said:
Oh yeah. They should have gone out clubbing to places like this (it was real and has recently re-opened!!!):

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Longevity is important to Jack, who says the secret to running Sue Ellen’s now that she’s in her sixties is listening to the younger generation about what what events to do and how to ensure the bar continues to support the community. “I probably won’t be here much longer,” she said, “but Sue Ellen’s will be and I want it to live as long as it can.”
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Then she could turn to Angelica Nero and say, "Don't you agree,darling?"
 
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I actually didn’t like Jamie at first but I did like her more as time went on. When the character first appeared I didn’t know what to make of her or figure out her purpose. She seemed so out of place. But once it was revealed she had that document and the storyline unfolded I liked her better. I think it’s one of the better storylines from that season.
 
the-lost-son

the-lost-son

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The character was flawed and the writing quite cheesy in regards to Jamie.

I don't like relatives showing up we've never heard of. It never works (at least for me). Additionally Jack and Jamie were pretty pointless after the court battle was over.

It could have been saved when their background and some past secrets had been part of a storyline. I loved this Clayton/Amy/Jessica secret exposed after so many years. By that time I was increasingly insecure about Clayton despite "knowing" him for so many episodes.

Something like that could have worked for both Jack & Jamie.
 
Billy Wall

Billy Wall

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DallasFanForever said:
I actually didn’t like Jamie at first but I did like her more as time went on. When the character first appeared I didn’t know what to make of her or figure out her purpose. She seemed so out of place. But once it was revealed she had that document and the storyline unfolded I liked her better. I think it’s one of the better storylines from that season.
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I agree, but I think she went downhill once she allowed Cliff to run all over her. There was one scene where she literally BEGGED Cliff to take her advice about a oil rig I believe. This after Cliff treated her like dirt.
 
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Billy Wall said:
I agree, but I think she went downhill once she allowed Cliff to run all over her. There was one scene where she literally BEGGED Cliff to take her advice about a oil rig I believe. This after Cliff treated her like dirt.
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Cliff sure had a history of treating women like dirt when you think about it, didn’t he? Jamie, Afton, Sue Ellen, Mandy, Jackie, Sly, even his own mother and sister at times. It’s a wonder Jamie trusted him at all, if she was aware of most of this of course.
 
Luke_Krebbs_Ewing

Luke_Krebbs_Ewing

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I just wish they hadn't killed the character off.

Jack and Jamie should've teamed up to put the screws on JR in season ten. At least Jack put the screws on April by selling his 10% of Ewing Oil to Jamie for a dollar. :)
 
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ClassyCo

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Every time I see Jenilee Harrison I cannot help but think about her bumbling performance as Cindy Snow. Even Jenilee herself says that she will always be remembered for "replacing Suzanne Somers on THREE'S COMPANY".

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pete lashmar

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Jamie was OK, but OK doesn't cut it on Dallas.

For me it was after her introduction that the rot started to come in....the rot in some terribly bad wooden performances.
 
ClassyCo

ClassyCo

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I've never seen Three's Company.

I'm not sure if it was ever shown in the UK. :)
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THREE'S COMPANY is basically the story of young man named Jack Tripper (John Ritter) who lives with two young girls named Janet Wood (Joyce DeWitt) and Chrissy Snow (Suzanne Somers) in a two-bedroom apartment. Because the landlords, Mr. and Mrs. Roper (Norman Fell and Audra Lindley) don't approve of the arrangement, Jack pretends to be gay so they can deal with it better.

THREE'S COMPANY was one of several silly situation comedies that cluttered the airways back in the late-'70s. It dominated the Nielsen ratings with other shows like LAVERNE & SHIRLEY and HAPPY DAYS. When Suzanne Somers walked out on her contract with the show in 1980, they brought in Jenilee Harrison to play her clumsy cousin Cindy. Unfortunately, the producers only saw Cindy as a temporary replacement, so Priscilla Barnes was brought on as sassy Terri Alden for the sixth season. Jenilee was soon phased out of the show altogether.​
 
Luke_Krebbs_Ewing

Luke_Krebbs_Ewing

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Caproni said:
THREE'S COMPANY is basically the story of young man named Jack Tripper (John Ritter) who lives with two young girls named Janet Wood (Joyce DeWitt) and Chrissy Snow (Suzanne Somers) in a two-bedroom apartment. Because the landlords, Mr. and Mrs. Roper (Norman Fell and Audra Lindley) don't approve of the arrangement, Jack pretends to be gay so they can deal with it better.

THREE'S COMPANY was one of several silly situation comedies that cluttered the airways back in the late-'70s. It dominated the Nielsen ratings with other shows like LAVERNE & SHIRLEY and HAPPY DAYS. When Suzanne Somers walked out on her contract with the show in 1980, they brought in Jenilee Harrison to play her clumsy cousin Cindy. Unfortunately, the producers only saw Cindy as a temporary replacement, so Priscilla Barnes was brought on as sassy Terri Alden for the sixth season. Jenilee was soon phased out of the show altogether.​
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Oh right, apparently it's based on the UK sitcom Man About The House. That's probably why it wasn't shown in the UK. :)
 
tommie

tommie

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Toni said:
Oh yeah. They should have gone out clubbing to places like this (it was real and has recently re-opened!!!):

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Longevity is important to Jack, who says the secret to running Sue Ellen’s now that she’s in her sixties is listening to the younger generation about what what events to do and how to ensure the bar continues to support the community. “I probably won’t be here much longer,” she said, “but Sue Ellen’s will be and I want it to live as long as it can.”
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Otherwise Sue Ellen and Jamie could spin-off into a show where Jamie gets to help Sue Ellen run her hair saloon:

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Angela Channing

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Via The Void said:
Oh right, apparently it's based on the UK sitcom Man About The House. That's probably why it wasn't shown in the UK. :)
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Three's Company was shown in the Thames region in the UK (an maybe in other regions) at around 1 am when ITV regions first started broadcasting for 24 hour a day in the late 1980s. It wasn't the Jenilee Harrison years though.
 
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lbf522 said:
Her entrance was not very good. Jamie comes to Southfork uninvited and expects them to just accept her and gets angry for JR understandably suspicious at this "new" relation. I liked Cliff and Jamie's relationship in the dream season though.
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Considering their wealth I totally understood J.R.’s reaction at the time. I was surprised at how so much of the family immediately took her in without much doubt in her story.
 
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