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Dallas - The Original Series
Pam's mummy debacle - was this a dig at Victoria?
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<blockquote data-quote="MenaceTheDennis" data-source="post: 345244" data-attributes="member: 148"><p>Two words. Donna Reed. With ratings dwindling, they didn’t want to alienate any more viewers, after the dream fiasco, with another recast of a major character. Unfortunately, the way they wrote this bizarre crap, with Pam up and leaving, Bobby not looking for her, and Cliff and eventually Bobby thinking she married her doctor, there was no easy way, short of Principal returning, and vetoing a recast, to satisfactorily deal with it. They didn’t count on Principal never returning, unlike Duffy and Bel Geddes. It took the hacks at TNT to resolve it. It’s probably the worst exit of a major character on any prime time show. I was 20 when Pam exited, and I’ve thought the same thing for 35 years. Just have Pam leave town. Clean. simple, uncomplicated, and what works. But Dallas in the late 80s was anything but and viewers moved on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MenaceTheDennis, post: 345244, member: 148"] Two words. Donna Reed. With ratings dwindling, they didn’t want to alienate any more viewers, after the dream fiasco, with another recast of a major character. Unfortunately, the way they wrote this bizarre crap, with Pam up and leaving, Bobby not looking for her, and Cliff and eventually Bobby thinking she married her doctor, there was no easy way, short of Principal returning, and vetoing a recast, to satisfactorily deal with it. They didn’t count on Principal never returning, unlike Duffy and Bel Geddes. It took the hacks at TNT to resolve it. It’s probably the worst exit of a major character on any prime time show. I was 20 when Pam exited, and I’ve thought the same thing for 35 years. Just have Pam leave town. Clean. simple, uncomplicated, and what works. But Dallas in the late 80s was anything but and viewers moved on. [/QUOTE]
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