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<blockquote data-quote="the-lost-son" data-source="post: 324327" data-attributes="member: 672">The way to end the Wes Parmalee plot was pretty bizarre and uncharacteristic for the show (or the genre).After all the stunts the producers pulled the years before - like bringing back Katherine Wentworth in swan song - one should assume that they were capaple of wrapping up this storyline in a &quot;on screen&quot; scene.There was another rhread a while ago about the moment in the show&#039;s production when the long-term planning got lost.&nbsp; Season 10 (DVD9)&nbsp; did not have the same stringent planning like the early years despite many good plots, episodes and scenes.If you think about the quotes about coming up with the dream solution, the shiw&#039;s increasing erratic planning was obvious.They wrote their annual bible and probanly had this general idea about BD Calhoun and the fall of the house Ewing... but by that time they went more or less with the flow (killing of Jamie, renuite SE/JR).They didn&#039;t even figure sth. out in case VP was leaving (which she did). I assume they did not plan far in advance anymore, Steve Forrest was not available after the BBQ episode to close the plot, they left the door open, maybe to close it or pick it up again (Why else would Clayton threat to kill him?).Afterwards things kept moving, they did not plan that much in advance anymore, and everything just got forgotten and left alone or they thought about revisting it again and didb&#039;t due yo the backlash prior.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="the-lost-son, post: 324327, member: 672"] The way to end the Wes Parmalee plot was pretty bizarre and uncharacteristic for the show (or the genre). After all the stunts the producers pulled the years before - like bringing back Katherine Wentworth in swan song - one should assume that they were capaple of wrapping up this storyline in a "on screen" scene. There was another rhread a while ago about the moment in the show's production when the long-term planning got lost. Season 10 (DVD9) did not have the same stringent planning like the early years despite many good plots, episodes and scenes. If you think about the quotes about coming up with the dream solution, the shiw's increasing erratic planning was obvious. They wrote their annual bible and probanly had this general idea about BD Calhoun and the fall of the house Ewing... but by that time they went more or less with the flow (killing of Jamie, renuite SE/JR). They didn't even figure sth. out in case VP was leaving (which she did). I assume they did not plan far in advance anymore, Steve Forrest was not available after the BBQ episode to close the plot, they left the door open, maybe to close it or pick it up again (Why else would Clayton threat to kill him?). Afterwards things kept moving, they did not plan that much in advance anymore, and everything just got forgotten and left alone or they thought about revisting it again and didb't due yo the backlash prior. [/QUOTE]

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Who played JR Ewing?