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<blockquote data-quote="Snarky Oracle!" data-source="post: 350695" data-attributes="member: 57984">I asked about Jamie&#039;s story in the dream season because I didn&#039;t remember it, but I wasn&#039;t questioning that she had one.I completely agree -- the first two-fifths of Season 9 were much better than the rest of the year. And I would also agree that the remainder of the season goes a bit &#039;Dynasty&#039;: rambling, maudlin nonsense which goes nowhere except in circles...DALLAS, at its best, is all about self-reverential (&#039;referential&#039;?) parody. Everybody looks a mess? How so? In a bad way? The technical optics were a problem of course, but hopefully that&#039;s being fixed. If you mean the clothes, they pulled back a lot from the excessive Grecian pleating during the dream year.Ray and Jenna semi-together in Season 10 is easier to take than their continued rebound relationship in Season 11. Sue Ellen suddenly stops drinking because Pam just woke up -- plus, Sue Ellen has a new toy to distract herself: Mandy Winger.Season 10, far from being the awful year that Season 9 became (especially the further it droned along), is almost the defining year of DALLAS, &quot;Who Shot JR?&quot; and Jock&#039;s Will notwithstanding. Season 10, with the haunted Wes Parmalee plotline, is the most Hamlet-esque the show ever gets -- it&#039;s essentially everything that DALLAS is all about, wrapped messily into a single year.It is the beginning of the end, it&#039;s true, but that&#039;s fault of Season 11 thru Season 14.I do wish Season 10 had not used the one-scene dream revelation, naturally. But the beginning of the end was arguably Donna Reed or Pam&#039;s disappearance being essentially ignored.Season 10, though flawed with some goofy elements, is one of the four best years DALLAS ever had -- and probably has the best frequent re-watch value of any of them.I doubt we&#039;ll ever be able to agree on very much, however. I&#039;ve read your posts here before, and some on your blog, but while you write well, your observations rarely ever ring true to me. So I guess our sensibilities are just too different.<img src="https://img.rgstatic.com/content/show/4d26723f-b41c-466e-99fe-fb4fbd29439f/21d38ff2-c6d9-4d0b-acb3-c3789c02acd3/b3e0602a-8c6e-4958-94a7-3ab2aa7d8d7f/screenshot-400.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 661px" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Snarky Oracle!, post: 350695, member: 57984"] I asked about Jamie's story in the dream season because I didn't remember it, but I wasn't questioning that she had one. I completely agree -- the first two-fifths of Season 9 were much better than the rest of the year. And I would also agree that the remainder of the season goes a bit 'Dynasty': rambling, maudlin nonsense which goes nowhere except in circles... DALLAS, at its best, is all about self-reverential ('referential'?) parody. Everybody looks a mess? How so? In a bad way? The technical optics were a problem of course, but hopefully that's being fixed. If you mean the clothes, they pulled back a lot from the excessive Grecian pleating during the dream year. Ray and Jenna semi-together in Season 10 is easier to take than their continued rebound relationship in Season 11. Sue Ellen suddenly stops drinking because Pam just woke up -- plus, Sue Ellen has a new toy to distract herself: Mandy Winger. Season 10, far from being the awful year that Season 9 became (especially the further it droned along), is almost the defining year of DALLAS, "Who Shot JR?" and Jock's Will notwithstanding. Season 10, with the haunted Wes Parmalee plotline, is the most Hamlet-esque the show ever gets -- it's essentially everything that DALLAS is all about, wrapped messily into a single year. It is the beginning of the end, it's true, but that's fault of Season 11 thru Season 14. I do wish Season 10 had not used the one-scene dream revelation, naturally. But the beginning of the end was arguably Donna Reed or Pam's disappearance being essentially ignored. Season 10, though flawed with some goofy elements, is one of the four best years DALLAS ever had -- and probably has the best frequent re-watch value of [B][I]any [/I][/B]of them. I doubt we'll ever be able to agree on very much, however. I've read your posts here before, and some on your blog, but while you write well, your observations rarely ever ring true to me. So I guess our sensibilities are just too different. [IMG width="661px"]https://img.rgstatic.com/content/show/4d26723f-b41c-466e-99fe-fb4fbd29439f/21d38ff2-c6d9-4d0b-acb3-c3789c02acd3/b3e0602a-8c6e-4958-94a7-3ab2aa7d8d7f/screenshot-400.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

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