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Can someone remind me?

How was the 1988 season finale resolved when Nicholas Pearce (aka Jack Scalia) fell to his death after being pushed from a balcony during a fight with JR, and then Sue Ellen shot JR with her gun?

I just saw the scene on TikTok, and it feels as if they wrote themselves into a corner.  However, one assumes they found a way out of it with a single episode.

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J.R.'s battles with Sue Ellen were becoming as cartoonish as his battles with Cliff, as J.R. and his opponents kept fighting the same fights over and over, with no real repercussions for J.R.

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The exterior shot looks suspiciously like the building that Mark Jennings fell from on Dynasty.  At the very least, they both appear to be on the Wilshire corridor in LA and neither in Dallas nor Denver.

How did they explain JR surviving being shot?  After Kristen, did he wear a bulletproof vest whenever he was around the Sheppard women?

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Any time that I re-read the season summaries, it always amazes me how much story they told in a season.  I mean, they had 28–32 episodes to fill, so there had to be some clunkers.  But, it is fun to read all the minor arcs, and bottle episodes that occurred.

For example, in the season after Nicholas went over the balcony, somehow his father shows up to threaten JR halfway through the season.  But, he quickly leaves, and we never hear from him again.  Then, there's one of my favorite episodes when JR and Bobby get stuck in the elevator.

However, given the number of episodes, there are also details that just get glossed over.  For example, I still couldn't figure out how Carter took over WestStar from creepy Jeremy Wendell.  And, it never makes sense why people have to sell each other their land, or stock, rather than just leveraging it for a loan.  These people were billionaires, yet somehow one bad deal causes their entire fortune to go into bankruptcy.  Finally, the whole story of JR's tanker hitting WestStar's tanker happens entirely off-screen, so the audience never knew the truth of what happened. 

 

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I loved those early seasons. I know most of the episodes were self contained, but a lot of gems in there. The gay storyline was groundbreaking for the late 70's with the Kit character being written with respect. Charlene did a surprisingly good job with that material.

The Alan Beam character was a lot of fun. Too bad he never returned in the later years seeking revenge.

Mary Crosby was excellent as the scheming Kristin. I felt they killed her off way too soon. She could have driven story for years. 

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