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Sorry for going off-topic again, but Pamela Bellwood's exit from DYNASTY was just as dumb as Victoria Principal's, if not dumber, lol.  Why does Claudia just stand there and cry as the fallen candle sets the curtains on fire?  She's standing close enough to the door to make a run for it!  

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I agree. David Jacobs said Pamela Barnes Ewing should have been the most fascinating character he ever created, but she never really became the way he envisioned her.

As the series wore on Pam became emotionally unstable and Bobby often treated her like crap because of his male ego. 

 

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It's a shame that aspect of Pam's characterization didn't last. I guess it was a casualty of so many people on DALLAS (and in primetime soaps as a whole) becoming/being well off. Once you've got it, it apparently doesn't matter how, or how it's affecting you.

There's a wonderful YouTuber, Cool Channel Network, who's been doing some amazing recaps. These words about Bobby really sums it up.

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Way more plausible. 

They might not have even had to reset the show as much as they did. Plus, it would have much more believable to have the whole season be Bobby’s months long coma dream as opposed to Pam dreaming up all that [!@#$%^&*] in one night

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Yep, and then you could have retained some of the elements of the coma season, because what were they talking to Bobby about while he was comatose?

I agree about the show being Pam vs JR. That was the Barnes/Ewing feud distilled to its essence.

Maybe Pam should have been written out like Dynasty’s Claudia. She’s pissed at the family and has a nervous breakdown, lighting candles in her room and naming them after all the people she can’t stand. Then one tips over and lights the room ablaze. Southfork is on fire - again - and Pamela is burned and bandaged up. She flees Dallas when the bandages come off.

 

 

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I had it so bad for Omri Katz on Eerie Indiana when I was a kid; he was several years older than me. I guess I should be glad he shaved his huge stoner beard.

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A podcast celebrating Dallas 45th Anniversary with Omri

https://www.ewingbbq.com/podcast/episode/203b8c1b/after-the-barbecue-1-omri-katz

 

Oh and I can just hear him Peter! Peter! Peter!

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BTW if anyone was wondering what Kimberly Foster (Michelle) was up to since Dallas was cancelled, she married a businessman who pioneered multi-spectrum internet for home usage.  There were some financial setbacks, but this article sums it up best

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And she didn't keep her iconic haircut (they're the couple on the right)

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