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<blockquote data-quote="Michael Torrance" data-source="post: 160512" data-attributes="member: 719">Yes, that is a weakness of continuous shows.Except--the dream resolution meant nobody had missed a single minute of the show. They could go back to where they left it. So, I&#039;m still not buying it that viewers left because of Bobby and did not return, given how the show negated the previous season. Well, that is the problem when shows offer simplistic answers to their problems. Dallas did not suffer because of Bobby&#039;s death any more than Dynasty suffered because of a low body count after Moldavia. Both shows had new characters come in, like Angelica Nero and Jack Ewing, who was supposed to be a new Mr. Nice Guy but had nothing but his bulge to recommend him, or the Colbys on Dynasty who left and departed and then we were stuck with Rita, Joel, and Galen. The thing with Nero and Dallas&#039; copying of Dynasty&#039;s style is that I don&#039;t believe any Dallas fan ever said &quot;well, I like the Ewings, but I&#039;ll switch to the Carringtons because they have better gowns and foreigners.&quot; The show did need to stay fresh, but that happens with substance, not style. Bobby&#039;s death could have been the kind of needed shot in the arm the show got with Jock&#039;s death. In both cases, the show would never dare get rid of the character, but since circumstances beyond the control demanded it (the actor&#039;s death for Jock, the actor&#039;s insistence for Bobby) they could have made the most out of it. They did it in the first case, but blew it in the second.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Michael Torrance, post: 160512, member: 719"] Yes, that is a weakness of continuous shows. Except--the dream resolution meant nobody had missed a single minute of the show. They could go back to where they left it. So, I'm still not buying it that viewers left because of Bobby and did not return, given how the show negated the previous season. [CENTER][/CENTER] Well, that is the problem when shows offer simplistic answers to their problems. Dallas did not suffer because of Bobby's death any more than Dynasty suffered because of a low body count after Moldavia. Both shows had new characters come in, like Angelica Nero and Jack Ewing, who was supposed to be a new Mr. Nice Guy but had nothing but his bulge to recommend him, or the Colbys on Dynasty who left and departed and then we were stuck with Rita, Joel, and Galen. The thing with Nero and Dallas' copying of Dynasty's style is that I don't believe any Dallas fan ever said "well, I like the Ewings, but I'll switch to the Carringtons because they have better gowns and foreigners." The show did need to stay fresh, but that happens with substance, not style. Bobby's death could have been the kind of needed shot in the arm the show got with Jock's death. In both cases, the show would never dare get rid of the character, but since circumstances beyond the control demanded it (the actor's death for Jock, the actor's insistence for Bobby) they could have made the most out of it. They did it in the first case, but blew it in the second. [/QUOTE]

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Who played JR Ewing?