J.R. is dead!!!! I posted before, about how the new Dallas is currently my ultimate guilty pleasre. I was curious how the writers were going to handle the real life passing of J.R..
The funeral episode was tonight.
It made me think a lot about my own grandfather, who passed away last September. He was a huge fan of the original series, and he was hospitalized for bypass when the "Who shot J.R.?".episode aired. I was very young and had never seen the show. I remember that we had to go buy a VCR so that we could record the episode so he could watch when he came back home from the hospital.
I think about my grandfather a lot, and there is one specific image from the funeral that sticks in my mind, and that was when all the pallbearers took the casket out of the church. I saw my cousin Mike place one hand on the casket in a final goodbye. Grandfather was so stubborn, I still can't believe he is gone sometimes.
When my sister was home over Christmas, she fell asleep on the couch downstairs with her hand on her chin and her pointer finger over her mouth, just like Grandfather used to do. I can still picture him sitting in his recliner and watching television in that same position.
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