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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Taylor Bennett Jr." data-source="post: 358740" data-attributes="member: 2740">yep, I think the Julie Grey thigh rub was a pretty conspicuous "this guy's bad" signpost for the viewers, and given that Bobby and Pam were presented off the bat in a positive light as the couple we were supposed to root for, his attempts to break up the marriage in the pilot reinforced that he was an antagonist.On a rewatch what stood out to me is that he definitely did look miserable and worn down - despite the oft-repeated David Jacobs story about JR grinning at the end of the pilot as Bobby and Pam drove away I don't think he even cracked a smile in the first 4 episodes.  "Junior, you were born old!" according to Miss Ellie.In the Barbecue episode we see him turn on the charm though, getting much closer to his persona of the main series.</blockquote>