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Message: <blockquote data-quote="the-lost-son" data-source="post: 354880" data-attributes="member: 672">I have a very hard time sitting through the storyline of BD Calhoun/ feds taking down EwingOil. Does anyone feel the same? Season 9 (DVD10) got many things right; like Wes Parmalee, but I need the ffw-button for this storyline a lot.The storyline started strongly when JR addressed the cheap oil of South America. It was a well-executed start when the oil men of Texas had their meeting and Donna (despite Cliff) was appointed to represent them in Washington. When JR met BD Calhoun longtime fans new what to expect (Southeast Asia, Venezuela etc.).After Calhoun's operation failed, that's when the whole storyline went wrong for me. Calhoun vows for revenge and we get the weekly cliche one-man army running wild. He single-handedly drugs SueEllen, kidnaps JohnRoss, drags bodies into EwingOil and puts fake bombs in Southfork's bedrooms.I didn't mind the idea per se, Dallas had its share of loonatics,  but it was dragging on forever. This evil mastermind could only be stopped by...of course it had to be Bobby and Ray. And finally in episode 20 (!) Calhoun is dead in for my taste a very cheesy shootout and one might hope we won't have to spend more screen time on JR's shot practice.The next 9 episodes of the season  consist of information leaking through step by step (in true daytime soap style) till the FBI is shutting down Ewing Oil.Mrs. Scottfield and the tacky set where they filmed her few scenes were just plain boring. (The old JR would have known how to deal with her after he found out about her involvement.) Miss Ellie's and Clayton's reactions were too exaggerated for my taste, it was over the top.During the dream season every shareholder of EwingOil sold out to JR. I never understood the writers' intention for that. The family owning the company together was a good, natural way to keep them together and interacting. So I never understood the idea to sell to repeat that in this season again only to dissolve EwingOil shortly after.Granted, it was an iconic moment when JR took down Jock's portait with JohnRoss next to him. But the aftermath in the following season made it pretty stale for me. It's very comparable to the Moldavian Massacre on Dynasty for me - a great scene closing the season followed by a very lackluster aftermath.JR is fighting back his way in the oil business in the next episode and manages that successfully after 2-3 more episodes. Bobby will follow.It would have been interesting and a fresh breath of air if the FBI made the stipulation that JR had to stay away from the oil business for some time. JR could have interfered in Southfork's business for example.The whole storyline of losing EwingOil was just too long, predictable and in the end it was pointless to take away the iconic structure of EwingOil.Does anybody feel the same?</blockquote>

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