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<blockquote data-quote="Kenny Coyote" data-source="post: 167232" data-attributes="member: 102">I liked the range war a lot. It was unique in that there had never been anyone who had been so aggressive in their way of going after the Ewings. people like Cliff Barnes went after them, sometimes in subtle ways and sometimes in ways that weren&#039;t subtle at all, but nobody had literally started waging war against them in such a physical style.&nbsp; I enjoyed seeing Miss Ellie&#039;s reaction to the dam, blowing the dam &quot;to kingdom come&quot; which showed she was capable of retaliating in an equally open and equally physical way.&nbsp; This was really a different way of attacking the Ewings than anyone else had done before.&nbsp; Usually the fighting was done in the boardrooms of oil companies. Nobody had ever hired mercenary soldiers to try to make them submit and agree to sell them the land known as &quot;Section 40.&quot; The range war was certainly a dramatic way of introducing George Kennedy as Carter McKay.&nbsp; That had to have been the most high profile debut any actor ever got when being introduced to the audience as&nbsp; a new addition to the Dallas regular cast.I liked the way that at first The Ewings were divided as to whether they should hire solders of their own. Bobby didn&#039;t want to and Clayton didn&#039;t like the idea either. But JR said they needed to and surprisingly, Miss Ellie agreed with what JR wanted to do rather than back up Clayton and Bobby and do whatever it was they wanted to do. I know what they didn&#039;t want to do - they didn&#039;t want to hire armed men to protect Southfork&nbsp; - but what did they want to do instead of that?&nbsp; What was their plan for how to deal with McKay&#039;s armed mercenaries?&nbsp; I don&#039;t think they had a plan. It&#039;s easy to criticize someone&#039;s plan and say their proposed solution isn&#039;t good when you don&#039;t offer any solutions of your own either.So eventually JR and Miss Ellie&#039;s armed guards managed to outmaneuver McKay&#039;s men with help from Bobby, Ray, JR and even Miss Ellie as well.&nbsp; It wasn&#039;t the most believable story, especially for that modern time as opposed to the 1800s, but it was a lot of fun and it was one of those times when faced with a threat from the outside, the Ewings united and fought together to protect their family and their land.&nbsp; There were so many times that The Ewings were quarreling with each other, especially Bobby and JR, so it was great to see them helping each other to fight people who posed a threat to them. It showed that the Ewings were capable of putting aside any personal differences they may have been dealing with at the time, and becoming a formidable adversary capable of doing whatever it took to keep their family and their ranch safe from harm.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kenny Coyote, post: 167232, member: 102"] I liked the range war a lot. It was unique in that there had never been anyone who had been so aggressive in their way of going after the Ewings. people like Cliff Barnes went after them, sometimes in subtle ways and sometimes in ways that weren't subtle at all, but nobody had literally started waging war against them in such a physical style. I enjoyed seeing Miss Ellie's reaction to the dam, blowing the dam "to kingdom come" which showed she was capable of retaliating in an equally open and equally physical way. This was really a different way of attacking the Ewings than anyone else had done before. Usually the fighting was done in the boardrooms of oil companies. Nobody had ever hired mercenary soldiers to try to make them submit and agree to sell them the land known as "Section 40." The range war was certainly a dramatic way of introducing George Kennedy as Carter McKay. That had to have been the most high profile debut any actor ever got when being introduced to the audience as a new addition to the Dallas regular cast. I liked the way that at first The Ewings were divided as to whether they should hire solders of their own. Bobby didn't want to and Clayton didn't like the idea either. But JR said they needed to and surprisingly, Miss Ellie agreed with what JR wanted to do rather than back up Clayton and Bobby and do whatever it was they wanted to do. I know what they didn't want to do - they didn't want to hire armed men to protect Southfork - but what did they want to do instead of that? What was their plan for how to deal with McKay's armed mercenaries? I don't think they had a plan. It's easy to criticize someone's plan and say their proposed solution isn't good when you don't offer any solutions of your own either. So eventually JR and Miss Ellie's armed guards managed to outmaneuver McKay's men with help from Bobby, Ray, JR and even Miss Ellie as well. It wasn't the most believable story, especially for that modern time as opposed to the 1800s, but it was a lot of fun and it was one of those times when faced with a threat from the outside, the Ewings united and fought together to protect their family and their land. There were so many times that The Ewings were quarreling with each other, especially Bobby and JR, so it was great to see them helping each other to fight people who posed a threat to them. It showed that the Ewings were capable of putting aside any personal differences they may have been dealing with at the time, and becoming a formidable adversary capable of doing whatever it took to keep their family and their ranch safe from harm. [/QUOTE]

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