My Kristin theory is pure speculation. It is not fact. It might remain conjecture forever.
Mary Crosby became unavailable for further filming, which prompted the character of Kristin to be killed off. Thus eliminating a very strong future story arc, the illegitimate Ewing heir. Not that such a baby ever existed. Take a look at Mary Crosby in the previous episode. Post-natal? Gmph!
Okay, which brings us to the most interesting fact this episode. The "dead body" in the pool is not IS NOT I S N O T Mary Crosby, but Linda Gray. The photograph on the DVD menu page, as pointed out by some other contributor, the body lifted up out of the water by Ken Kercheval (Cliff Barnes) is clearly Linda Gray... this is fact. The backflash in this episode shows the scene as remembered by Cliff, I have seen it many times... my verdict, definitely not Mary Crosby. I would say with 99% certainty Linda Gray.
Next piece of evidence. And this is an absolute fact. Mary Crosby is not credited for this episode. She would have been if it really was her in the swimming pool. No matter if she played a corpse.
Big question: Why drop Mary Crosby? Pretty Mary Crosby? While you do get a certain mindset that go "yuck" for the bad girl, any red-blooded white male would have had goo-goo eyes for Mary, even if Kristin was, uh, less than an ideal mate.
For this storyline?
Perhaps. Perhaps. It is a strong one.
But my speculation is that Kristin was written out to "get rid" of Mary Crosby. Pure speculation, but there must have been SOMETHING wrong there. I repeat, pure speculation.
And Mary Crosby never went on to obvious stardom. Bit parts. That ICE PIRATES movie, which I've never seen. Did anybody? Something wrong here.
Mary Crosby 1981 = drop dead gorgeous future star = potential movie tickets to see pretty lady BUT zilch.
Why?
Answers would not be forthcoming. People involved deceased/old. But there has got to be some story here. I mean, why didn't Mary Crosby appear in this episode? And nothing seen of the crucial events leading up to Kristin's death? Sketchy to say the least. Why would J. R. have been standing on the balcony so casually, glass in hand, as if watching a show? He did promise Kristin that some "good old boys" would take care of her...
You see where I'm going?
Not that I think it would have happened at Southfork. Of course not. But something underhanded there. J.R. did need to get rid of her.
But that idea would have needed Mary Crosby.
Who wasn't available at all. But were doing only bit parts, so what was the other pressing engagement?
Everything here is just off-the-cuff speculation. By a Mary Crosby fan. Who thinks that a living Kristin held 100 times more than this plot development... the body turning out to be Kristin's.
Big other question: Why was Linda Gray filmed as "the dead body"?
Something to really think about. Even if almost forty years later.
Mary Crosby became unavailable for further filming, which prompted the character of Kristin to be killed off. Thus eliminating a very strong future story arc, the illegitimate Ewing heir. Not that such a baby ever existed. Take a look at Mary Crosby in the previous episode. Post-natal? Gmph!
Okay, which brings us to the most interesting fact this episode. The "dead body" in the pool is not IS NOT I S N O T Mary Crosby, but Linda Gray. The photograph on the DVD menu page, as pointed out by some other contributor, the body lifted up out of the water by Ken Kercheval (Cliff Barnes) is clearly Linda Gray... this is fact. The backflash in this episode shows the scene as remembered by Cliff, I have seen it many times... my verdict, definitely not Mary Crosby. I would say with 99% certainty Linda Gray.
Next piece of evidence. And this is an absolute fact. Mary Crosby is not credited for this episode. She would have been if it really was her in the swimming pool. No matter if she played a corpse.
Big question: Why drop Mary Crosby? Pretty Mary Crosby? While you do get a certain mindset that go "yuck" for the bad girl, any red-blooded white male would have had goo-goo eyes for Mary, even if Kristin was, uh, less than an ideal mate.
For this storyline?
Perhaps. Perhaps. It is a strong one.
But my speculation is that Kristin was written out to "get rid" of Mary Crosby. Pure speculation, but there must have been SOMETHING wrong there. I repeat, pure speculation.
And Mary Crosby never went on to obvious stardom. Bit parts. That ICE PIRATES movie, which I've never seen. Did anybody? Something wrong here.
Mary Crosby 1981 = drop dead gorgeous future star = potential movie tickets to see pretty lady BUT zilch.
Why?
Answers would not be forthcoming. People involved deceased/old. But there has got to be some story here. I mean, why didn't Mary Crosby appear in this episode? And nothing seen of the crucial events leading up to Kristin's death? Sketchy to say the least. Why would J. R. have been standing on the balcony so casually, glass in hand, as if watching a show? He did promise Kristin that some "good old boys" would take care of her...
You see where I'm going?
Not that I think it would have happened at Southfork. Of course not. But something underhanded there. J.R. did need to get rid of her.
But that idea would have needed Mary Crosby.
Who wasn't available at all. But were doing only bit parts, so what was the other pressing engagement?
Everything here is just off-the-cuff speculation. By a Mary Crosby fan. Who thinks that a living Kristin held 100 times more than this plot development... the body turning out to be Kristin's.
Big other question: Why was Linda Gray filmed as "the dead body"?
Something to really think about. Even if almost forty years later.
