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<blockquote data-quote="CeeCee72" data-source="post: 337721" data-attributes="member: 5055">We know a lot of things about JR. We know he was a liar, a schemer, a cheater, and an all around narcissist. We know he never appreciated what he had, and only showed an interest in having something if he thought it was out of reach. We saw him repeatedly be unwilling or unable to think of others and their emotional needs. He saw him abuse his wife (who he claimed to love), lie and cheat his mother and his brothers, treat women as objects and sexual playthings. We even saw him sacrifice his son&#039;s affection.What we never saw is WHY JR was the way he was.It was hinted at. Ellie saying she let him go too early and Jock was too hard on him. His attitude about women was probably influenced by his father&nbsp; - &quot;women belong in the bedroom, not the board room!&quot; Clearly Jock and Ellie played favorites among their sons their entire lives.All of the Ewing boys were mixed up. But the others were at least able to occasionally put their love for their wives and their family above their own personal wants and needs. JR never could.I wish the writers had given us more insight into what made JR into the man he was. But since they didn&#039;t, I wonder what you guys think happened to him to make him so damned evil.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CeeCee72, post: 337721, member: 5055"] We know a lot of things about JR. We know he was a liar, a schemer, a cheater, and an all around narcissist. We know he never appreciated what he had, and only showed an interest in having something if he thought it was out of reach. We saw him repeatedly be unwilling or unable to think of others and their emotional needs. He saw him abuse his wife (who he claimed to love), lie and cheat his mother and his brothers, treat women as objects and sexual playthings. We even saw him sacrifice his son's affection. What we never saw is WHY JR was the way he was. It was hinted at. Ellie saying she let him go too early and Jock was too hard on him. His attitude about women was probably influenced by his father - "women belong in the bedroom, not the board room!" Clearly Jock and Ellie played favorites among their sons their entire lives. All of the Ewing boys were mixed up. But the others were at least able to occasionally put their love for their wives and their family above their own personal wants and needs. JR never could. I wish the writers had given us more insight into what made JR into the man he was. But since they didn't, I wonder what you guys think happened to him to make him so damned evil. [/QUOTE]

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Who played JR Ewing?