Whenever I can't sleep and need some mental gymnastics, I always go through the ways of how I would have kept DALLAS on track once Duffy said I'm out.
A fun exercise we've all heard the it before mostly....
I would have put Bobby in a coma. No Katherine did not try and kill him. It was done by some thugs hired by Wendell as we would find out later.
Even though Duffy is out, JR, Pam and Miss Ellie come to visit Bobby a few times this season, moreso with JR, much like he does when he's talking to their Daddy.
The brilliant part is that even if Duffy wanted to remain, out, Bobby could have remained in the coma indefinitely...... but since Duffy did he return, that could have easily been fixed.... just like the original cliffhanger.." it's far more suspenseful. His nurse comes in as we have seen several times before, to check his vitals, talking to him. This time, he struggles to say, GOOD MORNING"- BAM! freeze frame!
S10- opens with the family gathered 'round, Bobby struggles to talk, he can, but it's slow. A few episodes in, Bobby says he's not marring pam unless he can walk down the aisle on his own..... I dont recall the other plotlines but they play out mostly the same, Sue Ellen recovers from her brief blindness.
Ben Stivers announces who he is, and that plays out the same except he really IS Jock. In dealing with all of this, Clayton drops dead of a heart attack. YAY! JOCK now alive is back at Southfork helping Miss Ellie deal with Clayton's death, guilt over being with another man, etc....
JR is revitalized by his Daddy's return and his brother's healing. Yet is still slightly, ever so slightly that Daddy is not Jock and makes plans to protect the empire.
At this point in time, Jenna had committed suicide years earlier when she was in prison for killing Naldo. After her death, she's proven innocent. Bobby and the Ewings are tasked with raising Charlie. There's a brief mention of Jenna's long lost, older sister.....(I'm making shit up so I can make stuff up too)
By seasons end, Bobby and Pam are married, Charlie is now adopted by both- a DNA test prove Bobby IS her father.
S10 finale- Victora wants out..... FINE.
S10 finale is the same with a fiery car crash, MM is in the bandages....Change the actor with Margret Michaels as the storylines are not ruined or affected. This storyline plays out with Pam having doubts about her self-image and how bobby wont love her anymore with Bobby reminding her, he just helped him heal from a year long coma...they both ponder why tragic events keep interfering with their lives? Charlie grows closer to her, "adopted" mother and Miss Ellie.
Wendell is discoverd to be far more sinister than just a businessman. Cliff, JR join forces to bring him down......
If done correctly, the series could have lasted another 5-6 seasons easy. As terrible as it was, it lasted 4 more so maybe 7 seasons?
The final season has Pam, now mostly healed from the fire and surgeries, announcing she is able to carry a baby! Final episode shows Pam giving birth to twins!
Anyone tell me why this could not have been easily done? Duffy's exit and later entrance planned for possibly and nothing is ruined, no creditability lost, nothing affecting KNots Landing, no de-fanging of JR, no stupid Countess crap. No buggery from Michelle and April. Anyone have a better set up?
The sad thing is, I probably thought harder about this then that idiot Katzman and his ruination of a fantastic show.
