Patrick coming back really ruined things for good. I was never invested in the Jenna/Charlie/Naldo mess either. If Morgan Fairchild had returned in the role, I may have given a crap.

It's ironic Pam goes out in a flaming car crash after a drunken Sue Ellen was constantly getting into wrecks. I noticed Patrick strangely wants to play up the Bobby & April love story at fan events.....when in reality the fans only cared about Bobby & Pam.

On 5/18/2026 at 7:08 PM, SoapDope78 said:

the "Boys Club" mentality and threw the women under the bus.

It was a pattern across all three CBS primetime soaps when the budget issues began to salary dump the long-time (as in those who were part of the original cast or introduced in the first two seasons) female cast members. Dallas was the worst offender because by the final season no long-time female cast members were left in the main cast.

8 hours ago, kalbir said:

It was a pattern across all three CBS primetime soaps when the budget issues began to salary dump the long-time (as in those who were part of the original cast or introduced in the first two seasons) female cast members. Dallas was the worst offender because by the final season no long-time female cast members were left in the main cast.

Those final years of Dallas are awful. I don't think I have watched an entire episode from them in 30 years. I always stop after Victoria departs.

11 hours ago, kalbir said:

Dallas was the worst offender because by the final season no long-time female cast members were left in the main cast.

Yep. By the final season, it was just J.R., Bobby, Cliff, James and a bunch of rejects from "In the Heat of the Night."

1 hour ago, Khan said:

Yep. By the final season, it was just J.R., Bobby, Cliff, James and a bunch of rejects from "In the Heat of the Night."

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