Poor Jamie

[Grangehill1]

Poor Jamie seemed to exist only to have a life of misery heaped upon her

JR goes out of his way to make her life miserable when she first arrives.

Then she foolishly marries Cliff who only wants her for the Ewing Oil shares.

Cliff treats her like dirt and cheats on her with April. Then she dies off screen in a rock climbing accident.

Even in the dream season, although she has brief happiness, she ends up being flattened by a million oil barrels and then blown to smithereens by a car bomb.

Was there ever a character that endured such misery?

I follow Jennilee Harrison on Facebook and she’s great and loves interacting with fans. But I have never seen a full in depth interview with her and I would love to hear her thoughts on being killed off twice and how she went from being a major player in the dream season to just cameos the following year.

 

[Taylor Bennett Jr.]

bad things happen to pretty much every outsider who comes to Southfork to live even temporarily. Clayton got off easy by merely becoming a milquetoast “Mr. Ellie” with a legion of non-fans here.

DALLAS could easily be reframed as a horror series!

(and Jamie should have died at least 2 or 3 more times!)

 

[Monzo]

The writers really went out of their way to make the audience feel as little sympathy as possible for Jamie. The most cruel thing they did was kill her off, even though the writers already knew Ewing Oil would be history by the end of the season. Jamie's death was therefore completely pointless in the long run.

What I understood least about Jamie's personality was her friendship with Sue Ellen. Apparently, this forced friendship was solely about creating conflict between JR and Sue Ellen, but if they wanted to develop Jamie into a character with a future in the show (especially if original characters would leave Dallas), they should have made her friends with Lucy if they wanted a bitchy Jamie, or friends with Donna if they wanted a more upright Jamie. Both would have been more interesting than seeing Sue Ellen and Jamie as BFFs.

 

[lbf522]

The writers really went out of their way to make the audience feel as little sympathy as possible for Jamie. The most cruel thing they did was kill her off, even though the writers already knew Ewing Oil would be history by the end of the season. Jamie's death was therefore completely pointless in the long run.

What I understood least about Jamie's personality was her friendship with Sue Ellen. Apparently, this forced friendship was solely about creating conflict between JR and Sue Ellen, but if they wanted to develop Jamie into a character with a future in the show (especially if original characters would leave Dallas), they should have made her friends with Lucy if they wanted a bitchy Jamie, or friends with Donna if they wanted a more upright Jamie. Both would have been more interesting than seeing Sue Ellen and Jamie as BFFs.

Nice analysis. First of all, the writers did not seem to do much with its female characters as they could have as was shown with Katherine Wentworth, Holly Harwood, and Marilee Stone and we know how they did with Lucy. The examples you give here having Jamie either be like what Lucy was in the mini series or be friends with Donna and be upright. Either scenario would have been great to see.

I agree that it was hard to have sympathy for Jamie with her coming to Southfork uninvited, her overall attitude, and her acting upset at JR's understandable concerns and finally her moving onto the ranch as if she is belongs there and of course he helping Cliff take Ewing Oil from the Ewings.

I did like the Dream Season where Jamie and Cliff did come to fall in love with each other and her going to JR and asking him not to destroy Cliff. That scene at the Ewing BBQ where it seemed like JR and Cliff were at least putting the Barnes-Ewing Feud to rest.

As I have said in other threats, I wish the writers had introduced us to Jason Ewing.

Yes I would also hope one day that Jenilee Harrison speaks on her time on Dallas.

 

[Jock Ewing Fan]

Nice analysis. First of all, the writers did not seem to do much with its female characters as they could have as was shown with Katherine Wentworth, Holly Harwood, and Marilee Stone and we know how they did with Lucy. The examples you give here having Jamie either be like what Lucy was in the mini series or be friends with Donna and be upright. Either scenario would have been great to see.

I agree that it was hard to have sympathy for Jamie with her coming to Southfork uninvited, her overall attitude, and her acting upset at JR's understandable concerns and finally her moving onto the ranch as if she is belongs there and of course he helping Cliff take Ewing Oil from the Ewings.

I did like the Dream Season where Jamie and Cliff did come to fall in love with each other and her going to JR and asking him not to destroy Cliff. That scene at the Ewing BBQ where it seemed like JR and Cliff were at least putting the Barnes-Ewing Feud to rest.

As I have said in other threats, I wish the writers had introduced us to Jason Ewing.

Yes I would also hope one day that Jenilee Harrison speaks on her time on Dallas.

I think that it would have been a good idea to cast Jason Ewing. It could have led to some good scripts

 

[the-lost-son]

Yes I would also hope one day that Jenilee Harrison speaks on her time on Dallas.

I have been to the last two Southfork experiences and Jennilee Harrison was there, too. She is a really nice person and was very appreciative of the fans attending. She spoke very highly of the show, too.
But I wouldn't expect too much insight of a potential interview though. Like most if the actors present, I don't think she has watched the series since then. I somehow think that most of the actors probably haven't even watched the show back in the day either or maybe only some parts here and there.
During panels questions about writing the show were mostly answered with shrugged shoulders.
It was a job a long time ago and for JH, a job only for +/- 2 years.

 

[Grangehill1]

I have been to the last two Southfork experiences and Jennilee Harrison was there, too. She is a really nice person and was very appreciative of the fans attending. She spoke very highly of the show, too.
But I wouldn't expect too much insight of a potential interview though. Like most if the actors present, I don't think she has watched the series since then. I somehow think that most of the actors probably haven't even watched the show back in the day either or maybe only some parts here and there.
During panels questions about writing the show were mostly answered with shrugged shoulders.
It was a job a long time ago and for JH, a job only for +/- 2 years.

But on her face book she has so many stories. Bizarre stories like a gun man getting onto set to get to Ken kercheval! So she’s got a good memory