Time jump in Dallas

[Jock's Ghost]

Honestly, the more I think about it, the more I think it would've been a good alternative in the later seasons. They were one year behind because of the dream season anyway and like Marc Cherry pointed out, soaps can sometimes get too complex and need a bit of a reboot/refresh. Pam leaving the show would've been an opportunity to shake up the chess pieces instead of just trying to keep everything in status quo - of course, they likely would've botched it and just introduced another wife in the place of Pam, but still...

If it jumped ahead a few years, the cars, clothes and styles would still be in the now and create weird continuity nightmare.

 

[Rove]

and not have explicitly mentioned Pam’s death.

Perhaps my screaming headline could have read...

FORMER SISTER-IN-LAW OF BOBBY EWING AND HALF SISTER TO CLIFF BARNES AND MISSING PAMELA BARNES EWING HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM PRISON AFTER RECEIVING A PARDON FROM THE GOVERNOR AFTER SERVING ONLY 5 YEARS.
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This would create the effect of having our most devious scheming Katherine Wentworth back and casting some suspicion on her regarding Pam's disappearance from Dallas. If the producers were successful in getting Victoria to resume her role of Pamela then her return would add some much needed drama if and when so desired. If Victoria decided never to return then her disappearance could so easily tie in with TNT Dallas except instead of Cliff taking ownership of Pam's estate it was Katherine all along.​

 

[Snowcat]

I agree that a slight time jump would have been perfect after Pam's crash, but as they were still trying to get VP back for 2 years after it would never have happened or changed anything.

Ideally the season would have started with a 1 month time jump and started with her funeral - and then continue on.

Anyone else find it odd that Dallas - the daddy of soaps never gave us big funeral scenes....seems very odd in retrospect because of the drama they evoke.

I like this scenario the best. Then we would not have had to go through the story of Pam running away. It could all just be over. Bobby & Christopher could have closure. The way Pam loved Bobby and Christopher, I could never see her doing that.

 

[Jock's Ghost]

Recasting Pam WOULD have been the best way to avoid all that shit.

 

[Snarky Oracle!]

Recasting Pam WOULD have been the best way to avoid all that shit.

Which shit? There's so much to avoid.

 

[DallasFanForever]

Recasting Pam

I do see your point but I never could’ve accepted it. It was just too important a character for me and VP was too synonymous with the role to see someone else playing it every week.

 

[Chris2]

They should have gone a thousand years into the future. Everyone’s head is in a jar a la Futurama. And they’re still sniping at each other.