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<blockquote data-quote="Kenny Coyote" data-source="post: 230097" data-attributes="member: 102">Well that&#039;s what made the character so terrible, when the show was at it&#039;s peak everything was so good that when they introduce this one horrible character, you&#039;e thinking: what the hell is she doing here and why would they have that character in an otherwise great show? That&#039;s what made it so annoying.&nbsp;I can&#039;t think of anything Tommy McKay did that was as pitiful as Peter and Sue Ellen together. He was nuts because he was an addict, but that&#039;s the character - he&#039;s supposed to have a lot of issues. With Peter, they present him as this great all American type kid, and then he wants to screw the mother of the little camper he&#039;s helping, knowing she&#039;s married. Even worse, Sue consents to having sex with her 5 year old son&#039;s counselor and he&#039;s too dumb to figure out that JR will find out. Of course he&#039;ll find out because the kid acts so enamored with his wife anytime he&#039;s in her presence so it couldn&#039;t be any more obvious. What would a woman of her age possibly have in common with a college kid? With Tommy McKay, I totally understand that he think he can get money from his dad to buy cocaine under the guise that he&#039;s running an import-export business because his dad wants to see the best in him and is desperately hoping Tommy has turned good, which makes Carter very easily manipulable. It&#039;s not a bad character,although the actor wasn&#039;t as good as Dallas level actors usually were. Good character but bad actor.I would think that if someone thinks of a Barbara Eden as a good actress, than it would make it that much more disappointing to see her portray Leann De La Vega that way. She makes herself so incredibly transparent, and we&#039;re supposed to believe JR can&#039;t believe he&#039;s being manipulated? He&#039;s a master of manipulation, but somehow ca&#039;t see through Leeann. If she&#039;d been a little more subtle and spoke her lines instead of gushing words out of her mouth, possibly, but she just wasn&#039;t believable as someone who could manipulate JR that effectively.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kenny Coyote, post: 230097, member: 102"] Well that's what made the character so terrible, when the show was at it's peak everything was so good that when they introduce this one horrible character, you'e thinking: what the hell is she doing here and why would they have that character in an otherwise great show? That's what made it so annoying. I can't think of anything Tommy McKay did that was as pitiful as Peter and Sue Ellen together. He was nuts because he was an addict, but that's the character - he's supposed to have a lot of issues. With Peter, they present him as this great all American type kid, and then he wants to screw the mother of the little camper he's helping, knowing she's married. Even worse, Sue consents to having sex with her 5 year old son's counselor and he's too dumb to figure out that JR will find out. Of course he'll find out because the kid acts so enamored with his wife anytime he's in her presence so it couldn't be any more obvious. What would a woman of her age possibly have in common with a college kid? With Tommy McKay, I totally understand that he think he can get money from his dad to buy cocaine under the guise that he's running an import-export business because his dad wants to see the best in him and is desperately hoping Tommy has turned good, which makes Carter very easily manipulable. It's not a bad character,although the actor wasn't as good as Dallas level actors usually were. Good character but bad actor. I would think that if someone thinks of a Barbara Eden as a good actress, than it would make it that much more disappointing to see her portray Leann De La Vega that way. She makes herself so incredibly transparent, and we're supposed to believe JR can't believe he's being manipulated? He's a master of manipulation, but somehow ca't see through Leeann. If she'd been a little more subtle and spoke her lines instead of gushing words out of her mouth, possibly, but she just wasn't believable as someone who could manipulate JR that effectively. [/QUOTE]

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