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<blockquote data-quote="Chris2" data-source="post: 295516" data-attributes="member: 495">I was a big fan of the show in its original run. There was no backlash in the US about a potential Jock recast that I remember. Starting with the 1985-86 season, people were losing interest in the show and it just didn’t have the buzz that it once had. Patrick Duffy returning to the show in 1986 did generate interest and buzz, and the way they brought Bobby back was polarizing. But that was it as far as I remember. I think there could have been backlash about a Jock Ewing recast had it been done a few years earlier, closer to Jim Davis’ death and while the show as still on top of the ratings. But by 1986, people in the US just didn’t care that much anymore.Dallas scripts were written far in advance. They started plotting the next season in the spring. When Patrick returned, they had to throw a lot of stuff away. My hunch is that the returning Uncle Lennie liked the Jock imposter story enough to keep it and was likely salvaging whatever he could of already-developed story outlines, but changed the ending because he didn’t want another resurrection.&nbsp; And I suspect that he and the writers were too sloppy and or time-crunched to remove things like the x-rays matching.But honestly, who knows. I’d love to ask the questions directly of David Paulsen and others on staff at the time.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Chris2, post: 295516, member: 495"] I was a big fan of the show in its original run. There was no backlash in the US about a potential Jock recast that I remember. Starting with the 1985-86 season, people were losing interest in the show and it just didn’t have the buzz that it once had. Patrick Duffy returning to the show in 1986 did generate interest and buzz, and the way they brought Bobby back was polarizing. But that was it as far as I remember. I think there could have been backlash about a Jock Ewing recast had it been done a few years earlier, closer to Jim Davis’ death and while the show as still on top of the ratings. But by 1986, people in the US just didn’t care that much anymore. Dallas scripts were written far in advance. They started plotting the next season in the spring. When Patrick returned, they had to throw a lot of stuff away. My hunch is that the returning Uncle Lennie liked the Jock imposter story enough to keep it and was likely salvaging whatever he could of already-developed story outlines, but changed the ending because he didn’t want another resurrection. And I suspect that he and the writers were too sloppy and or time-crunched to remove things like the x-rays matching. But honestly, who knows. I’d love to ask the questions directly of David Paulsen and others on staff at the time. [/QUOTE]

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