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<blockquote data-quote="Jimmy Todd" data-source="post: 266780" data-attributes="member: 3926">.&nbsp; I like this third idea, but it&#039;s hard to see JR taking Peter seriously. If the character looked less like a teenager, such as having Mickey Trotter&#039;s chest hair, Clayton Farlow&#039;s spine when jt came to confronting JR, and some real sexual tension with Sue Ellen, than your third point would been compelling viewing.&nbsp;&nbsp; I also think it would have added more gravity to the season finale and the story as a whole if JR real viciousness raised its head. He should have really crushed Peter, not just forced him to leave the state. Something that would be on the level of taking baby Lucy out of Valene&#039;s arms.&nbsp; Season 7&nbsp; was a good season, but you could see the show was losing its sense of urgency and needed a jolt.&nbsp;Peter&#039;s manipulation tactics hurt the character and the story. When Sue Ellen finally went to bed it seemed as if she was doing it more as a favor to him then any real passion on her part.&nbsp;&nbsp; If part of the story was that she lusted after him and&nbsp; was actively using him to get back at JR, and he was collateral damage in their relationship, that would have been interesting. She could, of course, started to feel badly and regretted it as the situation got out of control. Lucy&#039;s role in this could have been her having a real Knots Landing type of confrontation with her, where Lucy continues her accusation from the previous season, &quot;She&#039;s not happy destroying just her own life. She has to destroy everyone else&#039;s,&nbsp; too!&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jimmy Todd, post: 266780, member: 3926"] . I like this third idea, but it's hard to see JR taking Peter seriously. If the character looked less like a teenager, such as having Mickey Trotter's chest hair, Clayton Farlow's spine when jt came to confronting JR, and some real sexual tension with Sue Ellen, than your third point would been compelling viewing. I also think it would have added more gravity to the season finale and the story as a whole if JR real viciousness raised its head. He should have really crushed Peter, not just forced him to leave the state. Something that would be on the level of taking baby Lucy out of Valene's arms. Season 7 was a good season, but you could see the show was losing its sense of urgency and needed a jolt. Peter's manipulation tactics hurt the character and the story. When Sue Ellen finally went to bed it seemed as if she was doing it more as a favor to him then any real passion on her part. If part of the story was that she lusted after him and was actively using him to get back at JR, and he was collateral damage in their relationship, that would have been interesting. She could, of course, started to feel badly and regretted it as the situation got out of control. Lucy's role in this could have been her having a real Knots Landing type of confrontation with her, where Lucy continues her accusation from the previous season, "She's not happy destroying just her own life. She has to destroy everyone else's, too!" [/QUOTE]

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