Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="CeeCee72" data-source="post: 307853" data-attributes="member: 5055">I have a question regarding JR and Sue Ellen&#039;s custody battle over John Ross during their first divorce. Specifically, I have a question about why Miss Ellie was so determined not to allow JR to drag Sue Ellen through the mud.It seemed to me that the fact that SE was an alcoholic was generally well known by the time she left JR. There was a scene where Sue Ellen was sitting around a table surrounded by her society friends going on and on about how she kept herself nice and she was CLEARLY drunk. It also seemed very well known that JR was habitually unfaithful to his wife (the scene where he was supposed to be out of town but SE and her friends see him out with another woman).Given that the Ewings were such a prominent family in Dallas business and society circles, I assume they would be very well covered in the local press. One would think that when SE was institutionalized during her pregnancy and when she had the drunk driving accident that caused John Ross to be born early it all would have been at least mentioned in the papers. Plus, Cliff&#039;s paternity suit made the papers for sure.So my question is,why would Ellie want to protect SE (or JR for that matter) from being dragged by the press? Surely Marilee Stone and other gossips already knew all the dirt. I get Ellie was kind. But, the welfare of her grandson was at stake. Seems strange to me she would demand JR play nice knowing he probably would lose custody, especially since I doubt SE&#039;s problems were much of a secret around town&nbsp; anyway.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CeeCee72, post: 307853, member: 5055"] I have a question regarding JR and Sue Ellen's custody battle over John Ross during their first divorce. Specifically, I have a question about why Miss Ellie was so determined not to allow JR to drag Sue Ellen through the mud. It seemed to me that the fact that SE was an alcoholic was generally well known by the time she left JR. There was a scene where Sue Ellen was sitting around a table surrounded by her society friends going on and on about how she kept herself nice and she was CLEARLY drunk. It also seemed very well known that JR was habitually unfaithful to his wife (the scene where he was supposed to be out of town but SE and her friends see him out with another woman). Given that the Ewings were such a prominent family in Dallas business and society circles, I assume they would be very well covered in the local press. One would think that when SE was institutionalized during her pregnancy and when she had the drunk driving accident that caused John Ross to be born early it all would have been at least mentioned in the papers. Plus, Cliff's paternity suit made the papers for sure. So my question is,why would Ellie want to protect SE (or JR for that matter) from being dragged by the press? Surely Marilee Stone and other gossips already knew all the dirt. I get Ellie was kind. But, the welfare of her grandson was at stake. Seems strange to me she would demand JR play nice knowing he probably would lose custody, especially since I doubt SE's problems were much of a secret around town anyway. [/QUOTE]

Verification

6 + 4 =