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<blockquote data-quote="stevew" data-source="post: 297773" data-attributes="member: 130">And to me that&#039;s when they should have seen the writing on the wall and took evasive action:&nbsp; JR should have taken up the role of Jock in the family and he and Sue Ellen come to some sort of understanding to live together like Jock and Miss Ellie did at South Fork.&nbsp; BBG was ready to move on with health issue and South Fork needed a new Matriarch and Patriarch and Clayton was not going to work as such.&nbsp; This shift in the show would have required a lot of risk, but with great risk could have been great pay off.&nbsp; Finally the Ewing&#039;s could have been said to &quot;keep up&quot; with the Carrington&#039;s.&nbsp; Of course this would have meant that the Ewing&#039;s would need to make other characters big, like JR.&nbsp; To me they had Lucy and while I know not everyone agrees I think they a return of Lucy for a failed first marriage and a surprise new son of a bitch husband, maybe a Cecil Colby type, maybe Jeremy Wendell, could have been just the avenue they needed.&nbsp; Maybe Miss Ellie gives South Fork&#039;s mansion to JR but the land and the cattle to Gary, her hands down favorite and he gives it to Lucy - too terrified to return to face JR.&nbsp; But Lucy is thrilled to return to face her uncle with her new husband (soon to die).&nbsp; She moves into the cottage on the property.&nbsp; And we&#039;re off.&nbsp; But maybe instead of a battle between JR and Lucy we find an alliance between JR and Lucy - one that makes them super rich - even starts to drill for oil on the ranch and finds Lucy a partner in EO with JR and Bobby.&nbsp; Now with a younger generation taking over there are lots of other characters we could see and a&nbsp; totally evil Lucy taking her place as the next head of the family.&nbsp; Well before she passes the torch onto John Ross in Dallas TNG.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="stevew, post: 297773, member: 130"] And to me that's when they should have seen the writing on the wall and took evasive action: JR should have taken up the role of Jock in the family and he and Sue Ellen come to some sort of understanding to live together like Jock and Miss Ellie did at South Fork. BBG was ready to move on with health issue and South Fork needed a new Matriarch and Patriarch and Clayton was not going to work as such. This shift in the show would have required a lot of risk, but with great risk could have been great pay off. Finally the Ewing's could have been said to "keep up" with the Carrington's. Of course this would have meant that the Ewing's would need to make other characters big, like JR. To me they had Lucy and while I know not everyone agrees I think they a return of Lucy for a failed first marriage and a surprise new son of a bitch husband, maybe a Cecil Colby type, maybe Jeremy Wendell, could have been just the avenue they needed. Maybe Miss Ellie gives South Fork's mansion to JR but the land and the cattle to Gary, her hands down favorite and he gives it to Lucy - too terrified to return to face JR. But Lucy is thrilled to return to face her uncle with her new husband (soon to die). She moves into the cottage on the property. And we're off. But maybe instead of a battle between JR and Lucy we find an alliance between JR and Lucy - one that makes them super rich - even starts to drill for oil on the ranch and finds Lucy a partner in EO with JR and Bobby. Now with a younger generation taking over there are lots of other characters we could see and a totally evil Lucy taking her place as the next head of the family. Well before she passes the torch onto John Ross in Dallas TNG. [/QUOTE]

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Who played JR Ewing?