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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Monzo" data-source="post: 445607" data-attributes="member: 19949">After the end of Ewing Oil, J.R.’s professional future was arguably more important to him than his romantic happiness with Sue Ellen. Besides, he likely assumed that he would end up back with Sue Ellen eventually—didn’t we all? J.R. surely would have found a way to get his hands on Kimberly’s shares, only to cast her aside afterward. From the start, it seemed clear that Kimberly was in for a rude awakening when it came to J.R., whereas with Nicholas, I wasn’t quite sure where things were heading. I certainly didn’t foresee that he would end up falling to his death.The sense of dissatisfaction regarding the split likely stems from the fact that fans did not assume this separation between J.R. and Sue Ellen would be the final one—and, in all likelihood, no one behind the scenes assumed it would be, either. During season 11, I didn’t get the impression that things were truly over for J.R. and Sue Ellen as a couple; it wasn’t until season 12 that I stopped seeing any future for them. Even though Sue Ellen remained completely fixated on J.R. (to take revenge on him for Nicholas's death), I no longer sensed any sparks between the two. In theory, this could have been a positive development, but neither Cally—as a wife for J.R.—nor Don—as a husband for Sue Ellen—ever really convinced me.</blockquote>