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<blockquote data-quote="Monzo" data-source="post: 354976" data-attributes="member: 19949">To me Ewing Oil is the best but also the most ruined company of the major companies of the big soaps. When Jamie arrived it became clear that there always needs to be a story involving Ewing Oil and maybe that was the first big mistake. Ewing Oil should simply have been Ewing Oil for one season competing against other companies, then the next season there could have been quarrels within the family again. If I had just read a season 10 synopsis about Ewing Oil I would think that sounds good, but I didn&#039;t like the way it was told, maybe the focus was actually too much on the action movies of the 1980&#039;s.&quot;Killing&quot; Ewing Oil was the last logicial step to top all previous fights within the family, but the aftermath when Ewing Oil just came back from the dead felt flat.I think one of the reasons for Jock&#039;s return (as Ben) in season 9 was to give Pam a different storyline in season 10, so she was free of Ewing Oil. Bobby&#039;s return made this plan obsolete, but Jock (now Wes) was still there. Would Ewing Oil have been killed at the end of season 10 if Wes was really Jock who regained control of the company, or would this particular storyline have been saved for season 11 because there would have been enough action with Jock in season 10?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Monzo, post: 354976, member: 19949"] To me Ewing Oil is the best but also the most ruined company of the major companies of the big soaps. When Jamie arrived it became clear that there always needs to be a story involving Ewing Oil and maybe that was the first big mistake. Ewing Oil should simply have been Ewing Oil for one season competing against other companies, then the next season there could have been quarrels within the family again. If I had just read a season 10 synopsis about Ewing Oil I would think that sounds good, but I didn't like the way it was told, maybe the focus was actually too much on the action movies of the 1980's. "Killing" Ewing Oil was the last logicial step to top all previous fights within the family, but the aftermath when Ewing Oil just came back from the dead felt flat. I think one of the reasons for Jock's return (as Ben) in season 9 was to give Pam a different storyline in season 10, so she was free of Ewing Oil. Bobby's return made this plan obsolete, but Jock (now Wes) was still there. Would Ewing Oil have been killed at the end of season 10 if Wes was really Jock who regained control of the company, or would this particular storyline have been saved for season 11 because there would have been enough action with Jock in season 10? [/QUOTE]

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