Why so many Farraday's?

[Bobby's the Best]

I've been noticing the inordinate number of Farraday's that were used by the Dallas writers in the early years. There was, of course, the infamous Jeff Farraday, Kristine's deadbeat husband and the biological father of Christopher. But the writers used the same surname for Ed Farraday Haynes, Pam's long lost first husband from Season 2's "Double Wedding" episode. Finally, An off screen character by the name Farraday was employed during Season 2's "Act of Love".

Did the writers have some sort of emotional attachment to that name? Was it used to honor a crew member like the name Farlow was in later years? Or was it simply a case of lacking originality when it came to developing character names?

 

[Chris2]

They were planning a spinoff - Dallas II: The Faradays. This was their way of setting up the new show.

Alas, it never got off the ground.

 

[Bobby's the Best]

They were planning a spinoff - Dallas II: The Faradays. This was their way of setting up the new show.

Alas, it never got off the ground.

Am I that gullible, or is this actually true?

 

[DallasFanForever]

I’d definitely go with gullible LOL

 

[Taylor Bennett Jr.]

I feel they should have resurrected the Edison Faraday Haynes character every few years and replayed the “oh my god, Pam has a long-lost first husband - and they might still be married!” sequence as if it were brand new each time. It would have been something for hardcore fans to be on the lookout for - “who’s that in that mysterious car? Is it Haynes?”

(the show would have lasted all of about two and a half episodes with me in charge!)

 

[retrosonic]

Actually, having Pams long forgotten first husband showing up looking for money might have made some fun episodes.

 

[Toni]

I would have brought back Mr. Haynes to marry Jenna and get her out of the show forever. Oh poetic justice... Pam´s first ends up with Bobby´s first...

 

[tommie]

My guess is that some crew member had emotional attachment to the name, hence why they ended up using it. Or considering the characters they used it on those feelings might not have been very warm...