CeeCee72
Telly Talk Star
I mentioned in an earlier post that I am re-watching Dallas from the beginning and am now a few episodes into season 10 (I skipped season 9 Dream Season).
This time though, I am watching with my 21 year old daughter who has never seen Dallas before. My daughter is "special needs" (intellectually disabled) but is extremely bright about things like books, TV, music and entertainment in general. I thought watching with her would give me a fresh perspective. She did not disappoint.
On this forum, we spend so much time talking about this show, which we have all watched over and over, so I thought it might be fun for y'all to see how a newbie reacts to it (especially since so much of what she says reminds me of discussion threads I have seen on this very forum).
Some of her main observations:
Southfork's design is unrealistic. It doesn't look that big from the outside but seems to have dozens of bedrooms. I told her that was a running joke on this forum.
She (strangely) doesn't seem to be all that focused on JR. She seems to just accept the fact he isn't a very good man and goes with the flow of his stories.
She finds Jock to be incredibly off-putting. His biggest sin in her eyes was adding Ray to the trust fund without discussing it with Ellie. She is also infuriated by the way he treats Lucy. It's clear even to her that Jock sees his granddaughter as "less than" simply because she is female.
She doesn't understand Sue Ellen AT ALL. She wants to know why she doesn't just pipe down and accept JR's affairs. She says JR can't change no matter what, but that it's clear he has a lot of affection for his wife. She thinks if Sue Ellen would just shut up and be the trophy wife JR wants her to be, she would be happy. JR would treat her a lot better and she would still be rich and influential - which is what Sue Ellen seemed to care about the most. Daughter says if Sue Ellen could NOT just accept JR for what he is she should just leave him, take half his money, and stay gone.
She likes Pam in the earlier seasons but not so much season 8 onward. She says Pam got all preachy and condescending even though she had her own moral challenges.
She has no use for Bobby whatsoever. She says he's even worse than JR because at least JR has enough self awareness to realize what a jack wagon he is and Bobby is oblivious to all of his many faults.
Her favorite character is Donna. Her second favorite character is Ellie. She says they are the only women on the show who aren't emotional doormats.
Her least favorite character is Cliff. It was Bobby until Cliff stole from his mother. That made Cliff dead to her.
The fashion cracks her up. She said all the women look like hookers and all the men look like used car salesmen.
Her favorite storylines - The fight for Ewing Oil, Ellie's breast cancer, Donna moving into Ewing Oil when Bobby was in the hospital.
Her least favorite storylines - Ray being Jock's son (ewwww he slept with Sue Ellen and GROSS - Lucy!), Pam's nervous breakdown, Lucy's kidnapping and rape by Roger, Peter Richards (Ewwwwww - he looks younger than me!!!!)
She didn't react as badly to the Donna Reed recast as most of us did. She basically shrugged and said maybe she's just trying to be glamorous to impress her new husband.
Her take on some of the cliffhangers:
"I hope Sue Ellen is the one who shot JR and I hope she was stone cold sober when she did it. He deserves it!"
"I hope Cliff DOES die. Everyone would be better off."
"That's either Teresa or Kristin in the pool. No way they killed off Sue Ellen or Pam."
"I hope Sue Ellen pulled the trigger, I hope she meant to shoot JR, and I hope she was stone cold sober when she did it! He deserves it!"
This time though, I am watching with my 21 year old daughter who has never seen Dallas before. My daughter is "special needs" (intellectually disabled) but is extremely bright about things like books, TV, music and entertainment in general. I thought watching with her would give me a fresh perspective. She did not disappoint.
On this forum, we spend so much time talking about this show, which we have all watched over and over, so I thought it might be fun for y'all to see how a newbie reacts to it (especially since so much of what she says reminds me of discussion threads I have seen on this very forum).
Some of her main observations:
Southfork's design is unrealistic. It doesn't look that big from the outside but seems to have dozens of bedrooms. I told her that was a running joke on this forum.
She (strangely) doesn't seem to be all that focused on JR. She seems to just accept the fact he isn't a very good man and goes with the flow of his stories.
She finds Jock to be incredibly off-putting. His biggest sin in her eyes was adding Ray to the trust fund without discussing it with Ellie. She is also infuriated by the way he treats Lucy. It's clear even to her that Jock sees his granddaughter as "less than" simply because she is female.
She doesn't understand Sue Ellen AT ALL. She wants to know why she doesn't just pipe down and accept JR's affairs. She says JR can't change no matter what, but that it's clear he has a lot of affection for his wife. She thinks if Sue Ellen would just shut up and be the trophy wife JR wants her to be, she would be happy. JR would treat her a lot better and she would still be rich and influential - which is what Sue Ellen seemed to care about the most. Daughter says if Sue Ellen could NOT just accept JR for what he is she should just leave him, take half his money, and stay gone.
She likes Pam in the earlier seasons but not so much season 8 onward. She says Pam got all preachy and condescending even though she had her own moral challenges.
She has no use for Bobby whatsoever. She says he's even worse than JR because at least JR has enough self awareness to realize what a jack wagon he is and Bobby is oblivious to all of his many faults.
Her favorite character is Donna. Her second favorite character is Ellie. She says they are the only women on the show who aren't emotional doormats.
Her least favorite character is Cliff. It was Bobby until Cliff stole from his mother. That made Cliff dead to her.
The fashion cracks her up. She said all the women look like hookers and all the men look like used car salesmen.
Her favorite storylines - The fight for Ewing Oil, Ellie's breast cancer, Donna moving into Ewing Oil when Bobby was in the hospital.
Her least favorite storylines - Ray being Jock's son (ewwww he slept with Sue Ellen and GROSS - Lucy!), Pam's nervous breakdown, Lucy's kidnapping and rape by Roger, Peter Richards (Ewwwwww - he looks younger than me!!!!)
She didn't react as badly to the Donna Reed recast as most of us did. She basically shrugged and said maybe she's just trying to be glamorous to impress her new husband.
Her take on some of the cliffhangers:
"I hope Sue Ellen is the one who shot JR and I hope she was stone cold sober when she did it. He deserves it!"
"I hope Cliff DOES die. Everyone would be better off."
"That's either Teresa or Kristin in the pool. No way they killed off Sue Ellen or Pam."
"I hope Sue Ellen pulled the trigger, I hope she meant to shoot JR, and I hope she was stone cold sober when she did it! He deserves it!"
