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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chris2" data-source="post: 360627" data-attributes="member: 495">The challenge with post-Pam Dallas is that the show wasn’t just about the Ewings. It was a “what if Romeo and Juliet had lived” story that focused on both the Ewings and the Barnes. Juliet had to go live with Romeo’s family. Once Pam was gone, the show’s central conceit was gone. It just wasn’t the same without that character around. We saw the Ewing family through her eyes.It’s the same way that Dark Shadows wasn’t just about the Collins family; it was about this young woman coming to live with the Collins family to be the nanny. And Peyton Place wasn’t just about a small town in New England; it was about a girl coming of age in a small town in New England. And like Dallas, both of these shows faltered with the young woman at the center of the show was written out when the actress departed.</blockquote>