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<blockquote data-quote="the-lost-son" data-source="post: 324206" data-attributes="member: 672">Season 9 (DVD10) is not my favorite despite the great Wes Parmalee storyline.It was a much needed change to refocus on the Ewing family but from the very first moment everything starts to look so cheap.It&#039;s not only the much discussed filming technique. It&#039;s the wardrobe, the hairstyles and most importantly the cinematography or art direction. (Pam shouldn&#039;t have gotten the news about Jenna&#039;s baby under a cheap doorway.)Dallas&#039; best seasons have a central theme like the fight for Ewing Oil or the mourning of Jock. Now we get a great Wes Parmalee storyline which is dropped after episode 14 without any repercussions. Everyone is acting like nothing happened afterwards.The writing gets increasingly plot-driven, not character-driven anymore.Prime example is Ray who is mooning over Jenna as Bobby&#039;s best man, Pam trying to buy her baby, Clayton attacking JR on the staircase, SueEllen intriguing against Mandy, Jamie dying off screen (without anyone mourning).Above all we don&#039;t get any revelations anymore. Everyone starts to pronounce his/her intentions way before.There are some plots which I always ast forward:The B.D. Calhoun storyline is predictable, cheesy and still it lasts forever.Donna phoning from Wasington all the time is boring.And these normal people who bring down Ewing Oil are boring, too.The idea of the Ewing&#039;s downfall&nbsp; as a central theme is really good but how great it could have been if Wes Parmalee shows up after a government deal to take Ewing Oil.But the season had to be closed with a Pam&#039;s crash out of nowhere. Again plot- not character-driven.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="the-lost-son, post: 324206, member: 672"] Season 9 (DVD10) is not my favorite despite the great Wes Parmalee storyline. It was a much needed change to refocus on the Ewing family but from the very first moment everything starts to look so cheap. It's not only the much discussed filming technique. It's the wardrobe, the hairstyles and most importantly the cinematography or art direction. (Pam shouldn't have gotten the news about Jenna's baby under a cheap doorway.) Dallas' best seasons have a central theme like the fight for Ewing Oil or the mourning of Jock. Now we get a great Wes Parmalee storyline which is dropped after episode 14 without any repercussions. Everyone is acting like nothing happened afterwards. The writing gets increasingly plot-driven, not character-driven anymore. Prime example is Ray who is mooning over Jenna as Bobby's best man, Pam trying to buy her baby, Clayton attacking JR on the staircase, SueEllen intriguing against Mandy, Jamie dying off screen (without anyone mourning). Above all we don't get any revelations anymore. Everyone starts to pronounce his/her intentions way before. There are some plots which I always ast forward: The B.D. Calhoun storyline is predictable, cheesy and still it lasts forever. Donna phoning from Wasington all the time is boring. And these normal people who bring down Ewing Oil are boring, too. The idea of the Ewing's downfall as a central theme is really good but how great it could have been if Wes Parmalee shows up after a government deal to take Ewing Oil. But the season had to be closed with a Pam's crash out of nowhere. Again plot- not character-driven. [/QUOTE]

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