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<blockquote data-quote="Mustard" data-source="post: 346453" data-attributes="member: 46">Gary thinks way outside the box, is unpredictable, has demons, yet also has huge potential. That makes J.R. very uneasy. In contrast, Bobby is predictable as a strong standup guy who plays the Ewing power games, a rivalry that J.R. embraces. Miss Ellie said something good once &quot;Bobby was given everything that J.R. had to fight for and Gary didn&#039;t care about&quot;.I don&#039;t think J.R. hated Gary personally, although might have resented Gary&#039;s closeness to their mother. His antagonism towards Gary was business. Gary is a potential threat, which is all it takes for J.R. to treat him as a real threat &quot;Do unto others before they do unto you&quot;, so keep Gary down, call him a loser, get him away from Southfork and Dallas, so Ewing Oil is all mine (J.R.&#039;s) and Gary won&#039;t try to muscle in on the action. He was happy for Gary to be a success in California, away from J.R.&#039;s territory so to speak.Imagine how insecure that made J.R. back in the early 1960s. His younger brother with a wife and daughter at Southfork. J.R. was around his mid 20s at the time, not married and no children. Gary and Val were teenagers. And how long before Gary and Val have a son?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mustard, post: 346453, member: 46"] Gary thinks way outside the box, is unpredictable, has demons, yet also has huge potential. That makes J.R. very uneasy. In contrast, Bobby is predictable as a strong standup guy who plays the Ewing power games, a rivalry that J.R. embraces. Miss Ellie said something good once "Bobby was given everything that J.R. had to fight for and Gary didn't care about". I don't think J.R. hated Gary personally, although might have resented Gary's closeness to their mother. His antagonism towards Gary was business. Gary is a potential threat, which is all it takes for J.R. to treat him as a real threat "Do unto others before they do unto you", so keep Gary down, call him a loser, get him away from Southfork and Dallas, so Ewing Oil is all mine (J.R.'s) and Gary won't try to muscle in on the action. He was happy for Gary to be a success in California, away from J.R.'s territory so to speak. Imagine how insecure that made J.R. back in the early 1960s. His younger brother with a wife and daughter at Southfork. J.R. was around his mid 20s at the time, not married and no children. Gary and Val were teenagers. And how long before Gary and Val have a son? [/QUOTE]

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