Sue Ellen drowned in the pool

[Swellin]

This is a photo of Sue Ellen had drowned in the pool instead of Kristin

 

[Guzzler’s Frightening Hair]

are you sure that’s not Bobby with extra eye makeup and his football shoulderpads?

 

[Spooky Owl!]

The photo on the right looks like Cliff drowned in the pool. Except Sue Ellen would never save anybody.

 

[xab]

There were three versions shot : with Pam, Sue-Ellen and Kristin. For some reason they used the one with Kristin for the cliffhanger (why not a anonymous actress ?) It was impossible to identify the woman when it first aired on TV, much too fast. But in 2025 if you freeze the right image (or watch the scene in very low speed) you can see Kristin. If you happen to watch the series for the first time nowadays, it's a non-cliffhanger...

(But who could believe V.P or L.G would leave such a hit after only 4 seasons ?)

 

[CryptCreeper72]

There were three versions shot : with Pam, Sue-Ellen and Kristin. For some reason they used the one with Kristin for the cliffhanger (why not a anonymous actress ?) It was impossible to identify the woman when it first aired on TV, much too fast. But in 2025 if you freeze the right image (or watch the scene in very low speed) you can see Kristin. If you happen to watch the series for the first time nowadays, it's a non-cliffhanger...

(But who could believe V.P or L.G would leave such a hit after only 4 seasons ?)

Wow, never noticed that before but yes, that's clearly Kristin.

 

[The Eyes of Laurie Marr]

And yet there were promo stills at the time that very clearly showed Sue Ellen as the victim.

I also found Cliff’s cursing of JR to be unusually campy and sibilant.

 

[Guzzler’s Frightening Hair]

And yet there were promo stills at the time that very clearly showed Sue Ellen as the victim.

I also found Cliff’s cursing of JR to be unusually campy and sibilant.

for some reason they seemed to feel a mildly generically dramatic “oh my god!” should be the reaction to any tragic news, and a somewhat perfunctory “you bastard!” was the thing to say to someone who’d just done something unspeakably horrific.

It kind of gave the impression of “mailing it in” sometimes.

 

[DallasFanForever]

(But who could believe V.P or L.G would leave such a hit after only 4 seasons ?)

Looking back on it all these years later, obviously it wasn’t going to be Sue Ellen or Pam in the pool, especially when they were still in the opening credits before the reveal. That left only Kristin, but I like how they shot it with all three of them.

 

[GillesDenver]

for some reason they seemed to feel a mildly generically dramatic “oh my god!” should be the reaction to any tragic news, and a somewhat perfunctory “you bastard!” was the thing to say to someone who’d just done something unspeakably horrific.

It's obvious that "you bastard!" was added in post-production as it sounded differently than "she's dead." Probably because "she's dead" does not equal "you killed her" contrary to "you bastard!"

 

[The Eyes of Laurie Marr]

Oh there were all kinds of continuity errors with that story. For example, just as Cliff arrives in his car the balcony railings are clearly shown to be intact.

 

[Guzzler’s Frightening Hair]

I’ve always felt strongly that Sheriff Fenton Washburn should have jumped in the pool along with Cliff in that scene

 

[Spooky Owl!]

I’ve always felt strongly that Sheriff Fenton Washburn should have jumped in the pool along with Cliff in that scene

And cuddled.