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Message: <blockquote data-quote="James from London" data-source="post: 198966" data-attributes="member: 22">Adoption (DALLAS 19 Feb 82) v. After Midnight (DALLAS 09 Feb 90)In both episodes, Bobby is doing his best to turn fantasy into reality. In 1982, he’s trying to make Pam’s illusion that Christopher is their son (as opposed to JR and Kristin’s) come true by adopting him in secret. His main obstacle is Sue Ellen. As Kristin’s sister, he needs her legal cooperation, but she’s fallen back under JR’s spell. Therefore, the only way to make Pam’s dream come true is to shatter Sue Ellen’s by reminding her of JR’s affair with her sister. This he does and the episode ends with Sue Ellen flinging the gift of a necklace back in JR’s face. The ep is punctuated by similarly dramatic gestures: Donna punching Ray’s girlfriend Bonnie, Bonnie hurling a glass of white wine at Donna, Roger the photographer hurling a glass of red wine at Lucy's portrait — only for the camera to pull back to reveal an entire wall of photos of Lucy on his bedroom wall as “Something’s Very Wrong” music plays on the soundtrack. Adding to the brooding, menacing atmosphere is Jeff Farraday lurking in the background even as Bobby succeeds in gaining temporary custody of Christopher. Best of all is the scene where JR visits Ray, still grieving for Jock, in jail and shames him into signing over his voting shares in Ewing Oil. “You never loved him,” Ray snarls, “not the way I did. You’re a taker. You don’t have any love to give.”Before everything goes wrong for Sue Ellen and JR, she arrives on his arm for a family dinner at Southfork, just like "the good old days”. This is the third alphabetical episode in a row where characters have waxed nostalgic for a time when all the family used to sit down to dinner together. In 1990, the Ewing boys find different ways to turn the clock back to a simpler time. JR goes wildcatting with Blackie Callahan, an old buddy of Jock’s, while Bobby takes Jeanne, a Pam lookalike, on a hayride for an evening of square dancing. Whereas a stoical Donna stood by her cheating man in 1982, an overwrought April goes to pieces after seeing Bobby with Jeanne. Bobby too is uncharacteristically emotional. “I need to sort out my feelings … I feel like I’m losing control!” he weeps to April. “This is crazy!” he gasps before going to bed with Pam Not Pam in the final scene.And the winner is ... AdoptionBONUS BEATS[MEDIA=youtube]1WwW2YHxwsU[/MEDIA]</blockquote>

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