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<blockquote data-quote="Kenny Coyote" data-source="post: 162318" data-attributes="member: 102"><p>He wouldn't have minded Cliff being dead but he wasn't trying to kill Cliff; just scare him. If he'd really wanted Cliff dead, Cliff would have been dead. It's often occurred to me that in real life, Cliff would have ended up dead. Not in this episode necessarily but at some point. Spending your life antagonizing people who have a lot of power isn't particularly healthy.</p><p></p><p>Of course they wouldn't have had JR or some other oilman kill Cliff because that would hurt the show too much. You need somebody keeping the Barnes-Ewing feud going. It would have hurt JR's popularity if he had had Cliff killed because while people would put up with a lot from JR because they liked him so much, they wouldn't have put up with that Then he becomes just an ordinary villain instead of that blend of hero and villain that makes up an antihero.</p><p></p><p>BTW, what did you think when Bobby, after already being free and clear of the kidnappers ran back towards them and towards the area where the gunfire was taking place to tackle Cliff? Didn't he think Cliff had enough common sense to duck? I can't seriously believe Bobby didn't even think Cliff had the sense to get down on the ground until the gunfire was over. The only remaining reason for doing that is he wanted to use his body to shield Cliff, but are we really supposed to believe Bobby valued Cliff highly enough that he'd take a bullet for him? I find it difficult to believe but nevertheless, that's what they had Bobby do - risked taking a bullet by using his own body to shield Cliff's body. So, what does that say about Cliff considering that after Bobby risked making a sacrifice on that level, Cliff still kept trying to hurt Bobby and even Pam by trying to ruin her marriage to Bobby? What would Bobby have had to have done to get Cliff to leave them and their marriage alone?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kenny Coyote, post: 162318, member: 102"] He wouldn't have minded Cliff being dead but he wasn't trying to kill Cliff; just scare him. If he'd really wanted Cliff dead, Cliff would have been dead. It's often occurred to me that in real life, Cliff would have ended up dead. Not in this episode necessarily but at some point. Spending your life antagonizing people who have a lot of power isn't particularly healthy. Of course they wouldn't have had JR or some other oilman kill Cliff because that would hurt the show too much. You need somebody keeping the Barnes-Ewing feud going. It would have hurt JR's popularity if he had had Cliff killed because while people would put up with a lot from JR because they liked him so much, they wouldn't have put up with that Then he becomes just an ordinary villain instead of that blend of hero and villain that makes up an antihero. BTW, what did you think when Bobby, after already being free and clear of the kidnappers ran back towards them and towards the area where the gunfire was taking place to tackle Cliff? Didn't he think Cliff had enough common sense to duck? I can't seriously believe Bobby didn't even think Cliff had the sense to get down on the ground until the gunfire was over. The only remaining reason for doing that is he wanted to use his body to shield Cliff, but are we really supposed to believe Bobby valued Cliff highly enough that he'd take a bullet for him? I find it difficult to believe but nevertheless, that's what they had Bobby do - risked taking a bullet by using his own body to shield Cliff's body. So, what does that say about Cliff considering that after Bobby risked making a sacrifice on that level, Cliff still kept trying to hurt Bobby and even Pam by trying to ruin her marriage to Bobby? What would Bobby have had to have done to get Cliff to leave them and their marriage alone? [/QUOTE]
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