Sue Ellen - Season 10

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Grangehill1

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Straight after the dream season Linda Gray starts playing Sue Ellen in a totally different way to before. She’s no longer the victim but playful and waspish.

where did this character change come from?

Watch every season up until the dream and there’s a constistancy with Sue Ellen. Then during the dream she grows even more. And then afterwards is a totally different character.

i know Linda Gray no longer wanted to play the victim and a drunk but this new Sue Ellen is just not Sue Ellen
 
Snarky Oracle!

Snarky Oracle!

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We're supposed to believe she got tired of being the victim. And tired of the trite psychotherapy she was getting when she thought Bobby was dead.

The only thing to do??: Dress Dallas' Whores...!!
 
Taylor Bennett Jr.

Taylor Bennett Jr.

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as often happens with psychoanalysis at the highest of levels, much of Dr. Ellby’s work took years to settle in and take hold. Once it did, though, Sue Ellen was a different woman - bold, confident, proactive, effective, intelligent, ambitious, self-actualized - able and willing to chew up and spit out mediocre men like the mildly ridiculous Oswald Valentine. A triumph of modern psychiatry!

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(the virile doctor seen above at the height of his womanizing powers in fashionable after-hours garb)
 
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Luke_Krebbs_Ewing

Luke_Krebbs_Ewing

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Jock Ewing Fan said:
It was quite a contrast to Sue Ellen's earlier years.
It was also interesting how Sue Ellen became stronger, while Pam seemed more whiny and selfish
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With Pam I think that was deliberate on the part of the writers. They knew Victoria Principal was leaving.

With Sue Ellen I guess the writers figured there was only so many times the character could play the victim without it starting to look ridiculous! They probably decided to toughen her character up a bit but still keep her as a thorn in JR's side. I think it worked. :)
 
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ThatWingerTramp

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It needed to happen. In fact it should have happened much earlier. I think after Holly Harwood and the crash with Mickey she almost got her shit together, then it kind of lapsed with Peter Richards which in my opinion was really frustrating. Yes she toyed with him which at first was good to tease JR, but it should never have went as far as it did.
I would have loved to see Sue Ellen stay strong that season, maybe use JR as a stud service a few more times
 
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