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<blockquote data-quote="harry96" data-source="post: 285300" data-attributes="member: 4278">I read somewhere that at least one of the producers said that they wouldn&#039;t have burned through so many stories so fast had they had any idea that Dallas would be on for so many years. That got me thinking about how I would redo things to slow everything down. Here are some suggestions. What do you think, and what are yours?Jock is still the president of Ewing Oil and is still running it day-to-day. J.R. is the vice-president, and we see them working together the same way we later do J.R. and Bobby. Either Jock is in what would become Bobby&#039;s office, or he&#039;s in what became J.R.&#039;s and J.R. is in what would become Bobby&#039;s. The latter would make sense for why Jock always worked out of J.R.&#039;s office when he was alive -- because it used to be his.Jock is considering retiring. But he&#039;s hesitant, both because he&#039;s afraid he&#039;ll be bored and because he&#039;s already seen enough of J.R.&#039;s recklessness and lack of scruples that he&#039;s not sure that he can trust J.R. to run things without daily supervision. Ellie is unsure about Jock retiring too, mainly because she&#039;s afraid that them being around each other all the time may cause marriage problems. J.R. of course is encouraging it so he can finally get the job he has always wanted. J.R. is discreet about his affairs. Because of that, Sue Ellen is suspicious, but has no proof of anything. Her nagging doubts are causing her drinking to become a little excessive, but not enough that the family has noticed, nor enough that it&#039;s causing her any problems -- yet.Lucy is maybe 13-14 and is just entering her rebellious phase. The event that kicks off Dallas is not Bobby and Pam&#039;s marriage, but them meeting for the first time. They quickly become an item and Bobby starts taking her on the road with him, allowing them to see each other without their families finding out. We get to see their courtship, and we get to see Bobby&#039;s job spreading the three Bs. Maybe them showing up at cocktail hour at Southfork and announcing their engagement is the cliffhanger of season one. The families spend season two trying to break them up. Bobby and Pam are still on the road most of the time. J.R. especially is against Bobby&#039;s marriage (to anyone) because he doesn&#039;t want Bobby coming in off the road and disrupting his coming autonomy. Season two ends with the wedding. Jock announces his retirement and his promotion of J.R. to president, but with Bobby moving into the other office. J.R. finally got what he wanted -- but he also didn&#039;t.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="harry96, post: 285300, member: 4278"] I read somewhere that at least one of the producers said that they wouldn't have burned through so many stories so fast had they had any idea that Dallas would be on for so many years. That got me thinking about how I would redo things to slow everything down. Here are some suggestions. What do you think, and what are yours? Jock is still the president of Ewing Oil and is still running it day-to-day. J.R. is the vice-president, and we see them working together the same way we later do J.R. and Bobby. Either Jock is in what would become Bobby's office, or he's in what became J.R.'s and J.R. is in what would become Bobby's. The latter would make sense for why Jock always worked out of J.R.'s office when he was alive -- because it used to be his. Jock is considering retiring. But he's hesitant, both because he's afraid he'll be bored and because he's already seen enough of J.R.'s recklessness and lack of scruples that he's not sure that he can trust J.R. to run things without daily supervision. Ellie is unsure about Jock retiring too, mainly because she's afraid that them being around each other all the time may cause marriage problems. J.R. of course is encouraging it so he can finally get the job he has always wanted. J.R. is discreet about his affairs. Because of that, Sue Ellen is suspicious, but has no proof of anything. Her nagging doubts are causing her drinking to become a little excessive, but not enough that the family has noticed, nor enough that it's causing her any problems -- yet. Lucy is maybe 13-14 and is just entering her rebellious phase. The event that kicks off Dallas is not Bobby and Pam's marriage, but them meeting for the first time. They quickly become an item and Bobby starts taking her on the road with him, allowing them to see each other without their families finding out. We get to see their courtship, and we get to see Bobby's job spreading the three Bs. Maybe them showing up at cocktail hour at Southfork and announcing their engagement is the cliffhanger of season one. The families spend season two trying to break them up. Bobby and Pam are still on the road most of the time. J.R. especially is against Bobby's marriage (to anyone) because he doesn't want Bobby coming in off the road and disrupting his coming autonomy. Season two ends with the wedding. Jock announces his retirement and his promotion of J.R. to president, but with Bobby moving into the other office. J.R. finally got what he wanted -- but he also didn't. [/QUOTE]

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