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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Werewillie Oleson" data-source="post: 423633" data-attributes="member: 8">There are only two episodes on the last disc of series 4 and I disagree with that. It would have been much better to print 2.8 episodes on each disc.Cliff and Rebecca meet in Cliff's midnight Texas apartment, the equivalent of the Old House in DARK SHADOWS, and the civil yet awkward conversation ends with Cliff's ferocious accusations.  But then, in a dramatic last-moment twist:[ATTACH=full]56368[/ATTACH]It's....much, that's the only way to describe it. Like Valene's breakdown "Mama!" moment in one of the first Knots episodes, or Ben Carrington's tearful remorse and redemption scene in Dynasty's seventh season.Only goes to show that there are different versions of "shocking".There is something comical about the way JR tries to bring up the subject of divorce. Not that it's sabotaged by intentionally comical misunderstandings, but the way Sue Ellen keeps waving it away in a thoughtless and disinterested manner has the same effect on the situation.When a soap character won't or can't talk (not in front of my little boy, I have an appointment in town, please not now I have a headache) then everybody else take that very seriously. It's a very unnatural way of story-stalling but it's so common in soap opera that we don't notice it anymore.Interestingly, the topic of divorce escalates because of DALLAS' infamous come-backer Dusty Farlow.[ATTACH=full]56369[/ATTACH]The limousine setup is a repeat of the mystery limousine when Sue Ellen realised "My God! I can't be!"Anyway, now it's Sue Ellen who wants to divorce JR. And thankfully, this time, everybody wants to talk about it.I have bookmarked the list of DALLAS episodes as published on wikipedia - in case I forget what disc I need to play - and that's how I discovered that Jim Davis died the day after episode 22 aired.This must have been news but the story doesn't it acknowledge it yet, and I must say it feels kinda weird. I'm not sure if it's intentional or if I'm reading too much into it but there's a certain gloom hanging over these two episodes.Apart from Dusty's comeback and Jock's unofficial exit there is room for one more storyline from the past.[ATTACH=full]56370[/ATTACH]The scene milks every second out of the "female feet first" trope, but - and this must be said - we are in awe when Kristin reveals her gorgeous big hair.I don't remember exactly everything Kristin did when she was still involved with JR, but I was quite shocked to learn that she had slept with Jordan Lee who is now paying for what he believes to be his child.[ATTACH=full]56371[/ATTACH]She then reenacts the scene with JR (albeit less amicable) and in hindsight this tells us something about who the father is. Or isn't, to be more precisely.Meanwhile, Sue Ellen tries to take John Ross away from Southfork. "JR is in Austin, let's do it tonight!".Not now but tonight.  Delay increases the chance of failure, and that's exactly what she gets when JR returns from Austin.[ATTACH=full]56372[/ATTACH]"Destroy" is an interesting choice to describe the threat, but it's not clear what it means. He could break her neck right there and then, or it could be about a convoluted destruction plot that plays out over an entire season. If anything, the power of the word is in the confusion hence why Pam maintains her position on the staircase (that wouldn't be possible in DYNASTY).Meanwhile, the net closes in on JR and Ewing Oil as more and more evidence is gathered by Cliff Barnes, but JR has one more card up his sleeve: femme fatale Afton Cooper.The Senate hearing which will decide about the criminal prosecution of Ewing Oil also brings forward the secret recordings by Leslie Stewart. To be honest, it all sounds rather interpretable and I find it peculiar that a clever woman like Leslie wouldn't anticipate that.Either way, the big support comes from Chao-Li's cousin who performs another strong witness story and openly blackmails JR for a percentage of the profit. [ATTACH=full]56373[/ATTACH]Compared to the alternative outcome it's a small price to pay.Cliff is outraged and accuses Bobby who has very little to do with the goings-on except that his presence is required.Bobby offers to discuss it later, at Southfork. And that's the second "later" that leads to a dramatic conclusion. Just think of all the many moments that the body wasn't floating in the swimming pool. Pamela kidnaps John Ross and it's very nice that she helps Sue Ellen but it's even more satisfying that it acts against JR.  At least now he has a real reason to hate her.Unlike what we expect, JR lets Leslie off the hook and compliments her on her cunning style. I was waiting for the axe to drop after JR's trademark bamboozling opening line, but no, this time it's all sincere. No hard feelings whatsoever.But I still don't understand what her big plan was, why she got involved with Ewing Oil in the first place or what it meant when she and her ex-husband celebrated the moment when "she got him exactly where she wanted him".And since this is the second  time I don't understand, I probably never will.Does anyone have a theory?</blockquote>

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