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<blockquote data-quote="Luke_Krebbs_Ewing" data-source="post: 334266" data-attributes="member: 64">Season ten was a good season but the resolution to the Wes Parmalee Jock Ewing storyline was weak and poorly done.It will always be a bone of contention if Wes really was Jock or not because we never get a definitive resolution to this storyline in the show.&nbsp;&nbsp; All we have is the evidence presented that he could be Jock, it depends what you believe from the episodes themselves because of the ambiguous lame ending.As for the belief that Katzman never intended Wes to be Jock, well it&#039;s certainly possible but if that is the case why did they go so far as to infer virtually identical X rays to Jock which also showed identical bullet wounding on the X rays?Wes was written as being Jock but the storyline wasn&#039;t received well which is why it was quickly pulled mid season.I&#039;ve heard various sources quoting that Katzman missed the dynamic that the show had when Jim Davis played Jock. Maybe that&#039;s what Katzman was going for, a believable recast of the Ewing patriarch.&nbsp; Maybe we&#039;ll never know the exact story but one thing I will always appreciate is just how great this storyline was. Steve Forrest was terrific in the role and his scenes with Barbara Bel Geddes are TV gold.&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Luke_Krebbs_Ewing, post: 334266, member: 64"] Season ten was a good season but the resolution to the Wes Parmalee Jock Ewing storyline was weak and poorly done. It will always be a bone of contention if Wes really was Jock or not because we never get a definitive resolution to this storyline in the show. All we have is the evidence presented that he could be Jock, it depends what you believe from the episodes themselves because of the ambiguous lame ending. As for the belief that Katzman never intended Wes to be Jock, well it's certainly possible but if that is the case why did they go so far as to infer virtually identical X rays to Jock which also showed identical bullet wounding on the X rays? Wes was written as being Jock but the storyline wasn't received well which is why it was quickly pulled mid season. I've heard various sources quoting that Katzman missed the dynamic that the show had when Jim Davis played Jock. Maybe that's what Katzman was going for, a believable recast of the Ewing patriarch. Maybe we'll never know the exact story but one thing I will always appreciate is just how great this storyline was. Steve Forrest was terrific in the role and his scenes with Barbara Bel Geddes are TV gold. :) [/QUOTE]

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