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<blockquote data-quote="the-lost-son" data-source="post: 334271" data-attributes="member: 672">Obviously we will never &quot;know&quot;. At this point Katzman was brought back as the saviour of Dallas with maximal powers.If there was any backlash from the public to bring Jock back, it could only have stemed from the dream season. Otherwise the timeframe just doesn&#039;t add up. The episodes have been shot weigh in advance to make any changes including the B-B-Q episode which ended the wes parmalee storyline.I highly doubt they had any test screenings back then or Katzman listened to the public opinion. If that had been the case they would have put more effort in the dream solution for example or later in Pam&#039;s exit. Lorimar didn&#039;t interefere either. They brought Katzman back stating his agenda what he wanted to fix (more male-driven show, less international focus etc., no more intereference from Capice) with full power.Season 9 (DVD10) was alright for me, but the campy tone started to take over. If you want to drop a storyline, don&#039;t do it off-screen which they did. (Falcon Crest did sth. similar with the character of&nbsp; Simon MacCorkindale. They couldn&#039;t agree&nbsp; on a new contract, so he was written out for the following season despite gaving an open storyline. They didn&#039;t ask him to appear for one more episode to wrap it up either.) If this storyline had been so unpopular, then it would have been highly unlikely to insinuate the continuazion of it (Clayton&#039;s threat). Again, the amount of time and text we all put into this thread outweighs the care Katzman put into that. According to Karry Hagma, Katzman left in the 1st place because he couldn&#039;t take Capice&#039;s (bleep) anymore. (Barbara Curran&#039;d book).With both of them on board, I highly doubt they would have wrapped it up as unceremoniously as they did.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="the-lost-son, post: 334271, member: 672"] Obviously we will never "know". At this point Katzman was brought back as the saviour of Dallas with maximal powers. If there was any backlash from the public to bring Jock back, it could only have stemed from the dream season. Otherwise the timeframe just doesn't add up. The episodes have been shot weigh in advance to make any changes including the B-B-Q episode which ended the wes parmalee storyline. I highly doubt they had any test screenings back then or Katzman listened to the public opinion. If that had been the case they would have put more effort in the dream solution for example or later in Pam's exit. Lorimar didn't interefere either. They brought Katzman back stating his agenda what he wanted to fix (more male-driven show, less international focus etc., no more intereference from Capice) with full power. Season 9 (DVD10) was alright for me, but the campy tone started to take over. If you want to drop a storyline, don't do it off-screen which they did. (Falcon Crest did sth. similar with the character of Simon MacCorkindale. They couldn't agree on a new contract, so he was written out for the following season despite gaving an open storyline. They didn't ask him to appear for one more episode to wrap it up either.) If this storyline had been so unpopular, then it would have been highly unlikely to insinuate the continuazion of it (Clayton's threat). Again, the amount of time and text we all put into this thread outweighs the care Katzman put into that. According to Karry Hagma, Katzman left in the 1st place because he couldn't take Capice's (bleep) anymore. (Barbara Curran'd book). With both of them on board, I highly doubt they would have wrapped it up as unceremoniously as they did. [/QUOTE]

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