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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jock Ewing Fan" data-source="post: 439328" data-attributes="member: 40536">I always thought that it was a mistake to write out Digger, for the reason that you mention, and it closed an interesting possibility.I don't know if there was any good way to proceed, once Jim Davis passed.  It was not the same show, the balance/dynamics/interactions of the characters changed, and Ellie became little more than a plot device.  Howard Keel did as well as could be expected, but it just was never really as as good IMHO Seasons 5-10 (except the dream season) were still mostly  strong , but the cast changes seasons 11-14 have been discussedat length, and the result was a declining show</blockquote>