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Message: <blockquote data-quote="alexpaige" data-source="post: 357253" data-attributes="member: 55379">Katzman was on record very early on as saying they did not want to recast the role, but there was quite a few months of speculation as to how Jock would be written out, given that it was clear he was going to have to die offscreen. What complicated things was the writers strike  prior to the beginning of the season, which is why they had to wait until halfway through the season before actually writing him out. I don't think there was ever any speculation that it would be the end of the show - Dallas was too big by that stage and it was clear JR was the star, not Jock.</blockquote>