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<blockquote data-quote="alovelylady7991" data-source="post: 321383" data-attributes="member: 47168">I believe the series began as a simple &quot;Romeo &amp; Juliet&quot; saga - retold in Texas&nbsp; - and those early seasons&#039; stories used the shows&#039; entire canvas of characters to bring the Barnes/Ewing feud to life - but once &quot;JR&quot; became a breakout character - the &quot;family&quot; feud quickly devolved into various &quot;JR vs. Cliff&quot; battles - especially once &quot;Jock&quot; and &quot;Digger&quot; were killed off and it was revealed that &quot;Pam&quot; didn&#039;t belong to &quot;Digger&quot; (with Hutch McKinney being Pam&#039;s bio-father).It&#039;s for certain that the feud had lost much of it&#039;s creative fuel - about the time Victoria Principal exited the series.&nbsp; The best way to have rekindled that &quot;Barnes vs. Ewing&quot; fire?It could have been &quot;Cliff&quot; - instead of &quot;Ray&quot; - who eventually married the beyond bitter Jenna Wade - a move that would have meant that a &quot;Barnes&quot; was the gatekeeper to a &quot;Ewing&quot; - little baby &quot;Lucas&quot; - and in weaponizing that baby - actually legally adopting the child as a &quot;Barnes&quot; - &quot;Cliff&quot; would have real power over Bobby and Miss Ellie and maybe even JR - especially - if it was revealed that all &quot;Ewing&quot; grandchildren were to be given equal ownership of &quot;Southfork&quot; in Miss Ellie&#039;s will - she being steadfast that &quot;Lucas&quot; would certainly have his birth-right - just like her other grandchildren - &quot;Barnes&quot; now or not.&nbsp; Imagine the TNT series - that had included a handsome, smart and somewhat smarmy &quot;Lucas Barnes&quot; character - causing major upset to &quot;John Ross&quot; and also making &quot;Christopher&quot; to feel even more like an outsider?&nbsp; Including &quot;Lucas&quot; would have been another way to maintain the balance of story in favor of the &quot;Ewings&quot; instead of the &quot;Rylands&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="alovelylady7991, post: 321383, member: 47168"] I believe the series began as a simple "Romeo & Juliet" saga - retold in Texas - and those early seasons' stories used the shows' entire canvas of characters to bring the Barnes/Ewing feud to life - but once "JR" became a breakout character - the "family" feud quickly devolved into various "JR vs. Cliff" battles - especially once "Jock" and "Digger" were killed off and it was revealed that "Pam" didn't belong to "Digger" (with Hutch McKinney being Pam's bio-father). It's for certain that the feud had lost much of it's creative fuel - about the time Victoria Principal exited the series. The best way to have rekindled that "Barnes vs. Ewing" fire? It could have been "Cliff" - instead of "Ray" - who eventually married the beyond bitter Jenna Wade - a move that would have meant that a "Barnes" was the gatekeeper to a "Ewing" - little baby "Lucas" - and in weaponizing that baby - actually legally adopting the child as a "Barnes" - "Cliff" would have real power over Bobby and Miss Ellie and maybe even JR - especially - if it was revealed that all "Ewing" grandchildren were to be given equal ownership of "Southfork" in Miss Ellie's will - she being steadfast that "Lucas" would certainly have his birth-right - just like her other grandchildren - "Barnes" now or not. Imagine the TNT series - that had included a handsome, smart and somewhat smarmy "Lucas Barnes" character - causing major upset to "John Ross" and also making "Christopher" to feel even more like an outsider? Including "Lucas" would have been another way to maintain the balance of story in favor of the "Ewings" instead of the "Rylands". [/QUOTE]

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