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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Snarky Oracle!" data-source="post: 356958" data-attributes="member: 57984">Arguably, the first half of any DALLAS season is probably easier not to botch, because, despite the complications of filming on location, the new plotlines are still, more or less, parallel. But by the middle of each season, those plots need to start coalescing and intertwining. And that wasn't really happening.As imperfect as Paulsen's work was on Season 7 of KNOTS, it was still far better than what Dunne (and others) did during the dream season. And Dunne was apparently angry at Katzman and Larry for Dunne's unceremonious firing, and not at Capice (but of course Capice was fired simultaneously).One has always gotten the impression, correctly or not, that Capice was a typically aloof EP and was mostly hands-off the creative elements of DALLAS (although his control was enough to irritate Katzman into leaving) while Jacobs was more creatively engaged as an EP over at KNOTS. (Larry said in that interview that Capice was "a nice guy" but he said far worse elsewhere, asserting that Capice was "a no talent son of a bitch!").With all the studio/network/producer/actor politics, it's amazing anything ever gets made -- let alone is ever any good.I'm sure I'd just kill myself. Even as a viewer, I'm still tempted.</blockquote>