Pam's dream, the alternative theory

[DallasFanForever]

Too ambitious and even ridiculous but what if seasons 5-9 were Jock Ewing's dreams while he was unconscious?

I definitely find it interesting but I’m just thinking about the backlash over five entire seasons being a dream. There’s enough backlash now with only one season being a dream lol!

 

[Jock's Ghost]

Too ambitious and even ridiculous but what if seasons 5-9 were Jock Ewing's dreams while he was unconscious?
Dallas could reset. A recast Jock comes back to SF, the family knew knew was in a coma.
Jenna is absent, Clayton is absent (thankfully)
JR is President of Ewing Oil and all other characters could be rewritten with fresh storylines.

Totally ridiculous, but fun

No. totally unnecessary.

 

[Jock's Ghost]

I definitely find it interesting but I’m just thinking about the backlash over five entire seasons being a dream. There’s enough backlash now with only one season being a dream lol!

And Season 6 was the best season of the series! Phenomenal moments in there...

 

[DallasFanForever]

And Season 6 was the best season of the series! Phenomenal moments in there...

I definitely wouldn’t want to lose season 6. I can live with season 9 being the dream but losing 6 would be much more regretful for me.

 

[Jock's Ghost]

I definitely wouldn’t want to lose season 6. I can live with season 9 being the dream but losing 6 would be much more regretful for me.

SO many great moments....

 

[DallasFanForever]

SO many great moments....

I still feel it’s the best season overall. Definitely the one I enjoy watching the most on a rewatch.

 

[Snowcat]

Patrick leaving wasn't the problem. The problem is that they caved into his demand that Bobby die on screen. Once that was done, it was going to be a nightmare to undo - no matter what the solution.

They could have made his death scene part of his dream.

 

[Sea - Boo! - Er]

They could have made his death scene part of his dream.

They say you can't dream you own death, but they made it part of Pam's dream - which is the same thing to my mind.

 

[Snowcat]

They say you can't dream you own death, but they made it part of Pam's dream - which is the same thing to my mind.

I’ve heard that too. But this is TV

 

[Piggyrella Sanderson]

They say you can't dream you own death, but they made it part of Pam's dream - which is the same thing to my mind.

I can tell you that isn´t true...

 

[Sea - Boo! - Er]

I was watching Carousel last night - the one with Margaret Michaels as Pam (which they confirm in the credits so there's no doubt).
I think it's pretty obvious that we're supposed to take this as the final word. She's got some dread terminal illness and we won't be seeing her again. Of course the reckoned without us obsessive fans who wouldn't believe it unless we saw a body - and maybe not even then.
More importantly, as I was watching it occurred to me that they should have done this scene two years earlier but as a flashback with Bobby talking to his doctor as an explanation for his yearlong absence. He came to after the family left the room, but thought he was dying and didn't want the family to have to watch. Then he got better. Simple.

 

[Guzzler’s Frightening Hair]

I’ve always felt the last four seasons of the show were dreamt by Mark Graison as he lay dead on Pam’s shower floor. Her water bill that month was pretty bad.