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<blockquote data-quote="Taylor Bennett Jr." data-source="post: 212311" data-attributes="member: 2740">I was pretty sure that would get a response from Kenny C! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp;&nbsp; I liked the ambiguity of the Jock/Digger backstory, and the little bits that would emerge here and there (&#039;Wild&#039; Bill Orloff, Tom Owens, Jonas Culver) to let us know that Jock was quite ruthless on the way up.&nbsp; A lot of that was seen through Bobby&#039;s eyes as he gradually realized his dad was a lot more like JR than he would have liked to admit.&nbsp; I thought that was the main thrust of the scene in the office where Jock asked JR whether he knew about the nationalization of the Asian wells, and accepted his obviously dishonest answer.&nbsp; Scenes like that one and the &#039;real power&#039; speech would always show idealistic Bobby looking deflated and disgusted as JR would look on like &quot;see, I told you that&#039;s how Daddy is!&quot;I thought it made more sense for Jock&#039;s acceptance of JR&#039;s Asian Revolution denial to be the reason for Bobby to leave Southfork at the end of Season 3, rather than piddly little Ewing 23 and its royalties.&nbsp; It&#039;s probably giving the writers too much credit for subtlety to speculate that they intended Bobby&#039;s fixation on Ewing 23 at that moment to be a case of his not being willing to admit to himself and others that the true reason for leaving was that his image of his father as a fair, honest man had been shattered.Anyway, I thought the resolution of the Jock/Digger story didn&#039;t match up with the tone of the first few years, and wasn&#039;t very interesting or satisfying (why wouldn&#039;t Jock have just said &quot;Digger and Jason gave up their rights to Ewing Oil, then I sold it to Wallace Windham and worked to get it back&quot; all that time? ..or whatever the story turned out to be), but we all have different views as fans!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Taylor Bennett Jr., post: 212311, member: 2740"] I was pretty sure that would get a response from Kenny C! :) I liked the ambiguity of the Jock/Digger backstory, and the little bits that would emerge here and there ('Wild' Bill Orloff, Tom Owens, Jonas Culver) to let us know that Jock was quite ruthless on the way up. A lot of that was seen through Bobby's eyes as he gradually realized his dad was a lot more like JR than he would have liked to admit. I thought that was the main thrust of the scene in the office where Jock asked JR whether he knew about the nationalization of the Asian wells, and accepted his obviously dishonest answer. Scenes like that one and the 'real power' speech would always show idealistic Bobby looking deflated and disgusted as JR would look on like "see, I told you that's how Daddy is!" I thought it made more sense for Jock's acceptance of JR's Asian Revolution denial to be the reason for Bobby to leave Southfork at the end of Season 3, rather than piddly little Ewing 23 and its royalties. It's probably giving the writers too much credit for subtlety to speculate that they intended Bobby's fixation on Ewing 23 at that moment to be a case of his not being willing to admit to himself and others that the true reason for leaving was that his image of his father as a fair, honest man had been shattered. Anyway, I thought the resolution of the Jock/Digger story didn't match up with the tone of the first few years, and wasn't very interesting or satisfying (why wouldn't Jock have just said "Digger and Jason gave up their rights to Ewing Oil, then I sold it to Wallace Windham and worked to get it back" all that time? ..or whatever the story turned out to be), but we all have different views as fans! [/QUOTE]

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