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<blockquote data-quote="alovelylady7991" data-source="post: 322940" data-attributes="member: 47168">Okay, here is a reluctant confession:&nbsp; Back when the series originally aired, I thought &quot;Bobby James Ewing&quot; was nearly 100% perfect - perhaps it was my teenage lust for Patrick Duffy or I thought that &quot;JR&quot; was just so beyond awful - aka - hitting Sue Ellen across the face - etc - anything &quot;Bobby&quot; did or said - seemed like perfection - but - now - re-watching again - at sixty-years-old - I see that &quot;Bobby&quot; was a character of many-many-many flaws - mostly that the women in his life lived in fear of upsetting him and/or they kept their feelings hidden - until something became a crisis - because they feared his bad reactions.Basically, &quot;JR&quot; was right - &quot;Bobby&quot; has a terrible temper - and often - especially early in the series - you see him roughly grab &quot;Pamela&quot; - whenever she&#039;s saying or doing something he doesn&#039;t like.&nbsp;&nbsp; And I think it&#039;s this temper issue - that causes &quot;Bobby&quot; to react so poorly when something (or someone) doesn&#039;t go his way or according to his expectations. Never was this more true - than &quot;Bobby&quot; expecting &quot;Jenna&quot; to be okay with their not marrying - him marrying &quot;Pam&quot; - he seemed dumbstruck by her broken heart and subsequently he became even more upset with &quot;Jenna&quot; for not just understanding and remaining on good terms?&nbsp; WOW - talk about arrogant and entitled - THEN - he gets even more angry - when an alone &amp; pregnant &quot;Jenna&quot; turns to &quot;Ray&quot; - it&#039;s not like she left &quot;Bobby&quot; for &quot;Ray&quot; - HE DUMPED HER - FOR &quot;PAM&quot; - he broke off the relationship - one he kept promising was solid - that &quot;Pam&quot; was in his past - etc.&nbsp; It&#039;s actually &quot;Pam&quot; who has more honest compassion for &quot;Jenna&quot; - here.I suppose I still think of &quot;Bobby&quot; as being something of a hero - compared to dastardly &quot;JR&quot; - but I can now see the rust and grime - all over his shining suit of armor.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="alovelylady7991, post: 322940, member: 47168"] Okay, here is a reluctant confession: Back when the series originally aired, I thought "Bobby James Ewing" was nearly 100% perfect - perhaps it was my teenage lust for Patrick Duffy or I thought that "JR" was just so beyond awful - aka - hitting Sue Ellen across the face - etc - anything "Bobby" did or said - seemed like perfection - but - now - re-watching again - at sixty-years-old - I see that "Bobby" was a character of many-many-many flaws - mostly that the women in his life lived in fear of upsetting him and/or they kept their feelings hidden - until something became a crisis - because they feared his bad reactions. Basically, "JR" was right - "Bobby" has a terrible temper - and often - especially early in the series - you see him roughly grab "Pamela" - whenever she's saying or doing something he doesn't like. And I think it's this temper issue - that causes "Bobby" to react so poorly when something (or someone) doesn't go his way or according to his expectations. Never was this more true - than "Bobby" expecting "Jenna" to be okay with their not marrying - him marrying "Pam" - he seemed dumbstruck by her broken heart and subsequently he became even more upset with "Jenna" for not just understanding and remaining on good terms? WOW - talk about arrogant and entitled - THEN - he gets even more angry - when an alone & pregnant "Jenna" turns to "Ray" - it's not like she left "Bobby" for "Ray" - HE DUMPED HER - FOR "PAM" - he broke off the relationship - one he kept promising was solid - that "Pam" was in his past - etc. It's actually "Pam" who has more honest compassion for "Jenna" - here. I suppose I still think of "Bobby" as being something of a hero - compared to dastardly "JR" - but I can now see the rust and grime - all over his shining suit of armor. [/QUOTE]

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Who played JR Ewing?