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<blockquote data-quote="CeeCee72" data-source="post: 260717" data-attributes="member: 5055">Don&#039;t know why I have been thinking about this, but was wondering if any of you had characters on &quot;Dallas&quot; that you really liked but who had their potential wasted by the writers.For me, there are two:1. Lucy. Charlene Tilton was fabulous in that role. She had just the right mix of innocence and spoiled rotten deviousness. Her chemistry with Larry Hagman&nbsp; was off the charts. Some of my favorite scenes on the whole show were of Lucy and JR trading insults. The writers put Lucy in one tired, annoying storyline after another. If they had given her better material, I think she could have been as important to the series as all the other main characters.2. Wes Parmelee. First off, he played that part brilliantly. I hoped he was Jock. But even after they decided to write him as an imposter, imagine the drama they could have gotten out of him if they&#039;d kept him around. JR and Clayton working together to get revenge would have been delicious. And Ellie dealing with the internal conflict of having been attracted to him even though he wasn&#039;t Jock was a real missed opportunity.So those are my wasted characters. Any of you have others?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CeeCee72, post: 260717, member: 5055"] Don't know why I have been thinking about this, but was wondering if any of you had characters on "Dallas" that you really liked but who had their potential wasted by the writers. For me, there are two: 1. Lucy. Charlene Tilton was fabulous in that role. She had just the right mix of innocence and spoiled rotten deviousness. Her chemistry with Larry Hagman was off the charts. Some of my favorite scenes on the whole show were of Lucy and JR trading insults. The writers put Lucy in one tired, annoying storyline after another. If they had given her better material, I think she could have been as important to the series as all the other main characters. 2. Wes Parmelee. First off, he played that part brilliantly. I hoped he was Jock. But even after they decided to write him as an imposter, imagine the drama they could have gotten out of him if they'd kept him around. JR and Clayton working together to get revenge would have been delicious. And Ellie dealing with the internal conflict of having been attracted to him even though he wasn't Jock was a real missed opportunity. So those are my wasted characters. Any of you have others? [/QUOTE]

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