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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Guzzler’s Frightening Hair" data-source="post: 344696" data-attributes="member: 2740">yes, after watching that one a few times it seems to me that Jock knew JR had screwed over his friends and this was an exercise in establishing the official Ewing position on the matter.  They made sure to show Bobby’s expression of disgust as Jock seemed to accept JR’s lie.I’m not sure if the writers/producers were thinking that subtly, but it makes sense that Bobby leaving Southfork was much more about that than about Cliff and Ewing 23, which seemed like a minor matter in comparison.   The latter was just a more palatable excuse for leaving, along the lines of Miss Ellie always wanting to sweep the most sordid aspects of the family business (Ewing Oil and otherwise) under the rug.</blockquote>