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<blockquote data-quote="the-lost-son" data-source="post: 274535" data-attributes="member: 672">Every prime time soap had lots of lost babies (through miscarriages mostly) , approx. once a year.In Dallas I can think of:- Pam (twice)- SueEllen-&nbsp; Donna- LucyApart from Pam, these events tended to be forgotten at the end of the month mostly.I didn&#039;t like these constant miscarriages for several reasons:1. It was repetitive and somehow lazy writing.2. It was unrealistic. Of course, the other soaps did that too. But season 9 (DVD10) when Donna and Jenna had their children, it felt like a breath of fresh air.3.. Storywise, children could have been used as links between characters. For example, Lucy having a child with Mitch and therefor stronger links to Afton (who was Cliff&#039;s sidekick in the end) Cliff and Jamie could have had a child to tie Cliff more to the Ewing family.And most of all, with more Bobby/JR offspring Southfork would have been filled with Ewings.Don&#039;t get me wrong - I wasn&#039;t a fan of turning John Ross and Christopher into full characters in the last seasons. Just have more children there as links between certain characters. This would have given more the feeling of a saga (instead of the only child-single parent structure we got in the end).Was there a reason for all these miscarriages? Was production maybe more demanding with toddlers around?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="the-lost-son, post: 274535, member: 672"] Every prime time soap had lots of lost babies (through miscarriages mostly) , approx. once a year. In Dallas I can think of: - Pam (twice) - SueEllen - Donna - Lucy Apart from Pam, these events tended to be forgotten at the end of the month mostly. I didn't like these constant miscarriages for several reasons: 1. It was repetitive and somehow lazy writing. 2. It was unrealistic. Of course, the other soaps did that too. But season 9 (DVD10) when Donna and Jenna had their children, it felt like a breath of fresh air. 3.. Storywise, children could have been used as links between characters. For example, Lucy having a child with Mitch and therefor stronger links to Afton (who was Cliff's sidekick in the end) Cliff and Jamie could have had a child to tie Cliff more to the Ewing family. And most of all, with more Bobby/JR offspring Southfork would have been filled with Ewings. Don't get me wrong - I wasn't a fan of turning John Ross and Christopher into full characters in the last seasons. Just have more children there as links between certain characters. This would have given more the feeling of a saga (instead of the only child-single parent structure we got in the end). Was there a reason for all these miscarriages? Was production maybe more demanding with toddlers around? [/QUOTE]

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