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<blockquote data-quote="the-lost-son" data-source="post: 299490" data-attributes="member: 672">Exactly. I think the first time I strongly disliked a character was in &quot;Married with children&quot; when I was watching it as a teenager. They came quite close to jump the shark when they introduced a generally unpopular child character &quot;Seven&quot;. It changed the show significantly, consequently he was written off without explanation.The last 5 years of Dallas have been very disappointing for me. I watched it once in a 90s rerun and won&#039;t watch it again. I stayed to this very end, because I was hoping for improvement which unfortunately never came. It&#039;s easy to blame individual characters like James, Michelle, Cally and their likes for the poor quality, but at time that the bloom was just off the rose. The same goes for the Ramos in TNT Dallas. It&#039;s easy to blame 1-2 characters/actors if a product detoriates/isn&#039;t as hoped for.But it all comes down to the writing. If the writing is great like in season 3 (DVD4), nobody ( Leslie Stewart included ) can spoil that for me.There are characters which I like, love and dislike. But I don&#039;t watch TV to hate someone, Before that happens, I&#039;ll change the Programme or do sth. else. There are plenty alternatives out there.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="the-lost-son, post: 299490, member: 672"] Exactly. I think the first time I strongly disliked a character was in "Married with children" when I was watching it as a teenager. They came quite close to jump the shark when they introduced a generally unpopular child character "Seven". It changed the show significantly, consequently he was written off without explanation. The last 5 years of Dallas have been very disappointing for me. I watched it once in a 90s rerun and won't watch it again. I stayed to this very end, because I was hoping for improvement which unfortunately never came. It's easy to blame individual characters like James, Michelle, Cally and their likes for the poor quality, but at time that the bloom was just off the rose. The same goes for the Ramos in TNT Dallas. It's easy to blame 1-2 characters/actors if a product detoriates/isn't as hoped for. But it all comes down to the writing. If the writing is great like in season 3 (DVD4), nobody ( Leslie Stewart included ) can spoil that for me. There are characters which I like, love and dislike. But I don't watch TV to hate someone, Before that happens, I'll change the Programme or do sth. else. There are plenty alternatives out there. [/QUOTE]

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