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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mustard" data-source="post: 374714" data-attributes="member: 46">The political, business and family conflicts were always what drew the viewers in most, and did so for many years. This was lost later on. Ewing-Barnes and Ewing-Southworth were important dynamics. Pam and Miss Ellie were vital links in them. Pam is the Barnes daughter who married Bobby the Ewing son and all the conflicts that result from it. Miss Ellie actually had a big link in both those family conflicts in the sense that she is Digger's ex-girlfriend who married Jock, and she's always Ellie Southworth at heart with that Southworth landed outlook that is rooted in old money, which contrasts with Jock Ewing's oil outlook that is rooted in new money.Pam was gone after Season 10 DVD. Miss Ellie was mostly scaled back after Season 11 DVD. What drives the overall narrative after this? As good as J.R. Ewing is, he needs the dynamics that made Dallas brilliant as much as anybody else on Dallas. It would never be enough to just think "He's J.R., so it'll be fine" if you're neglecting the dynamics that make Dallas work.</blockquote>