John Ross "J. Returns and War of the Ewings. He is depicted as a covetous, egocentric, manipulative and amoral oil baron with psychopathic tendencies, [2] who is constantly plotting subterfuges to plunder his foes and their wealth. Ewing is considered one of television's most popular characters, [4] [5] with TV Guide naming him 1 in their list of The 60 Nastiest Villains of All Time.
However, there are several instances where a more sympathetic and complex side to his character is portrayed, such as evidence of his love for his family, and his generosity to those less fortunate - for instance his giving of presents to his fellow sanitarium inmates in the final season.
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Also in the final season, there are glimpses of a depressive and contemplative nature when musing to Bobby during their cattle drive about how times were changing. In these episodes, J. Another instance is in the Dallas series, when Bobby is facing the fight for his life in his deciding to sell Southfork, due to his contracting a Gastrointestinal stromal tumor GIST , where he must undergo life threating corrective surgery, J.
In the beginning, he was just like any other little baby boy, except that he needed more love and affection from his parents than he ever got. Miss Ellie remembers: "J. He had hold of my skirt so tight. I think Jock scared him at first. But when Gary came along, Jock just took over raising him. Make him a man's man, Jock said. I guess then I fussed over Gary too much, because Jock had J.
We all spoiled him. Bobby was given everything J. He liked that fine. He thrived on the exchanges in the business, the deals, the way his father's eyes lit up in delight when he got his way,when he closed a deal, when the well came in, when the oil commanded best price of the day.
