I really didn’t like the way Miss Ellie treated Jock in Season 3. I thought she was mean to him. I somewhat understand her getting angry with him about Amanda. She was freaked out about having breast cancer. But if she would have given him a chance to explain, he would have told her he left because she had dementia. He wasn’t capable of taking care of her. That is a completely different situation. No matter how much he told her or tried to show her he loved her, she refused to accept it. I thought he did the right thing about not going in the room when Digger went to the hospital to visit Miss Ellie. Digger couldn’t handle the site of Jock. He didn’t want to upset Ellie. He didn’t even bring it up. She did. She calmEd down a little when she heard Digger go into his victim rant in a later episode. But then she insisted Jock let Bobby run Ewing Oil so he wouldn‘t leave. She didn’t care how Bobby was hurting the company Jock worked so hard to build. Then she blamEd him for Gary choosing not to live at Southfork. Jock had something to do with it the first time. But eventually Gary grew up & made his choice. She never cared about Jock’s side of the story. Yes, she defended him to others only when it didn’t contradict what she wanted.
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I don't think she was all that interested in the Amanda affair. But his embracing that love child so easily just had the effect of rubbing sand in the wound created by his treatment of Gary.
Sure, Gary was an adult. but why should Ellie handle it any better than Jock or anybody else did? Her scars didn't go away just because Gary chose to leave Southfork under a certain duress.
Sure, Gary was an adult. but why should Ellie handle it any better than Jock or anybody else did? Her scars didn't go away just because Gary chose to leave Southfork under a certain duress.
CeeCee72
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Didn't I read/see somewhere that JR's bullying had a lot to do with Gary leaving? I have to wonder why neither Jock not Ellie stepped in to stop that.
Luke_Krebbs_Ewing
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I'm currently on a re-watch of season three.
And yes Miss Ellie was rather hard on Jock when she discovered she may need a mastectomy but was rather short with Jock when he admitted that he left Amanda because she had a nervous breakdown.
I think Miss Ellie was scared that Jock would leave her too because she was ill. She threw it up to him on multiple occasions.
Kudos to the acting abilities of both Barbara Bel Geddes and Jim Davis.
These two actors really tear the heart strings of you as you watch the storyline unfold.
Season three is just a wonderful season from start to finish culminating in the great shooting of JR at the season's close.
You can really see how epic Dallas was and what made it event TV.
This is a season which has gone down in TV history and I'm privileged to enjoy it again for the sublime performances from the show's great cast.
And yes Miss Ellie was rather hard on Jock when she discovered she may need a mastectomy but was rather short with Jock when he admitted that he left Amanda because she had a nervous breakdown.
I think Miss Ellie was scared that Jock would leave her too because she was ill. She threw it up to him on multiple occasions.
Kudos to the acting abilities of both Barbara Bel Geddes and Jim Davis.
These two actors really tear the heart strings of you as you watch the storyline unfold.
Season three is just a wonderful season from start to finish culminating in the great shooting of JR at the season's close.
You can really see how epic Dallas was and what made it event TV.
This is a season which has gone down in TV history and I'm privileged to enjoy it again for the sublime performances from the show's great cast.