Patrick Duffy Leaves and Returns
1985-86: At the end of the 1984-85 season, Patrick Duffy expressed his desire to leave the series. Thus, his character of Bobby died when he was run over by a car driven by his former sister-in-law, Katherine Wentworth. This proved to be a mistake as it left the show without one of its most popular characters. Larry Hagman persuaded Duffy to return to the series the following season. Dallas scriptwriters created a storyline which featured Pam waking up to find Bobby in the shower (in the May 1986 cliffhanger episode) - with the realization that the storylines of the preceding season, including the accident, were nothing more than a lengthy dream sequence (thus invalidating the entire 1985-1986 season of the show).
Patrick Duffy and Victoria Principal didn't appear in the same scene when he returned at the end of Season 8. Principal had her scene shot on her own whilst Duffy had footage of a soap commercial merged into the scene.
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