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<blockquote data-quote="Kenny Coyote" data-source="post: 179215" data-attributes="member: 102">I didn&#039;t like Rebecca, but I agree that Priscilla Pointer gave a great performance. The character Rebecca added some exciting conflict and gave Miss Ellie an adversary - something she had not had before in the show. Without Rebecca we&#039;d never have seen Cliff running a company big enough t compete head-on with Ewing Oil.Yes. It&#039;s subtle, but it&#039;s powerful. Ray got involved in something he didn&#039;t want to be involved in. Which brings me to this:Think of how many of the times that Bobby went to work running Ewing Oil with JR or on his own it was because his parents asked him to. He got involved in something he would have been far better off not to. Was there even one time when Bobby started working in the office because it was his own idea, a true desire to do that job?Pam pressured him to try it, basically saying being the B Man just wasn&#039;t good enough for Bobby.&nbsp;Jock asked him to fill in for JR after he got shot, and Jock also asked Bobby to work with JR to &quot;keep an eye on himMiss Ellie asked Bobby a favor - to go to work with JR because she was upset about how JR bought up Clayton&#039;s oil and stockpiled it.Jock challenged him to in his will. Bobby couldn&#039;t turn down a challenge.Bobby always did it out of a sense of obligation or to please someone.It&#039;s interesting the first time we see Bobby and Pam, when they&#039;re beginning their married life together, Pam pressures him into quitting being The B Man and going to work in the office helping to run Ewing Oil.&nbsp; Just as their marriage is beginning, Pam suggests Bobby take on the job that she&#039;d later blame for the end of their marriage.&nbsp; It&#039;s poetic in a tragic way.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kenny Coyote, post: 179215, member: 102"] I didn't like Rebecca, but I agree that Priscilla Pointer gave a great performance. The character Rebecca added some exciting conflict and gave Miss Ellie an adversary - something she had not had before in the show. Without Rebecca we'd never have seen Cliff running a company big enough t compete head-on with Ewing Oil. Yes. It's subtle, but it's powerful. Ray got involved in something he didn't want to be involved in. Which brings me to this: Think of how many of the times that Bobby went to work running Ewing Oil with JR or on his own it was because his parents asked him to. He got involved in something he would have been far better off not to. Was there even one time when Bobby started working in the office because it was his own idea, a true desire to do that job? Pam pressured him to try it, basically saying being the B Man just wasn't good enough for Bobby. Jock asked him to fill in for JR after he got shot, and Jock also asked Bobby to work with JR to "keep an eye on him Miss Ellie asked Bobby a favor - to go to work with JR because she was upset about how JR bought up Clayton's oil and stockpiled it. Jock challenged him to in his will. Bobby couldn't turn down a challenge. Bobby always did it out of a sense of obligation or to please someone. It's interesting the first time we see Bobby and Pam, when they're beginning their married life together, Pam pressures him into quitting being The B Man and going to work in the office helping to run Ewing Oil. Just as their marriage is beginning, Pam suggests Bobby take on the job that she'd later blame for the end of their marriage. It's poetic in a tragic way. [/QUOTE]

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Who played JR Ewing?