Digger didn't do it...
ambrose ambrose
I've always believed that Digger did NOT kill Hutch McKinney. He took
the fall for Jock because he knew he was dying anyhow, and for his love
for Ellie. But he did not do it.
The whole shooting scene seemed unreal, as if being made up. Also,
remember the scene in which it shows Bobby taking Pam from the hospital
room, leaving behind a newspaper (with Jock as the front page story)?
They seemed to make a point of showing that paper up close.
Not once did Jock deny the charge. When they arrested him, he had a look
of terror in his eyes.
Anyhow, that's my impression.
Eric Newman
>I've always believed that Digger did NOT kill Hutch McKinney. He took
>the fall for Jock because he knew he was dying anyhow, and for his love
>for Ellie. But he did not do it.
It would be easy to think that Digger took the blame because of the
reasons you state, but I think the writers foresaw that sort of
speculation and gave him a genuine motive -- the fact that McKinney
had been having an affair with his wife. That, plus the revelation
about Pam's parentage, made the confession believable (although a bit
contrived, but this is after all a soap opera).
>The whole shooting scene seemed unreal, as if being made up. Also,
>remember the scene in which it shows Bobby taking Pam from the hospital
>room, leaving behind a newspaper (with Jock as the front page story)?
>They seemed to make a point of showing that paper up close.
I don't remember that. But what are you suggesting?
>Not once did Jock deny the charge. When they arrested him, he had a look
>of terror in his eyes.
True, but he seemed prepared to deny it when he challenged Scotty
Demarest to ask him if he did it. And he did have a look of terror,
but that was probably because he was smart enough (for once) to see
that there was considerable evidence against him. We didn't know it
yet, but he still had in his mind the memory of the fights with Hutch,
the threat he made to kill him, Hutch's sudden disappearance, and the
fact that his gun was missing.
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amb...@ix.netcom.com wrote:
>
> I've always believed that Digger did NOT kill Hutch McKinney. He took
> the fall for Jock because he knew he was dying anyhow, and for his love
> for Ellie. But he did not do it.
>
> remember the scene in which it shows Bobby taking Pam from the hospital
> room, leaving behind a newspaper (with Jock as the front page story)?
> They seemed to make a point of showing that paper up close.
>
> of terror in his eyes.
>
>
>
And he threw in the part about his not being Pam's father just for grins? Too
bad he died before he could say he was just kidding about that part.
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News2all
>> The whole shooting scene seemed unreal, as if being made up.
Even HOLLYWOOD wouldn't have a false flashback. (Well, they would, for the
right $$.)
I thought all of this was a way to permit Pam to have a baby without genetic
worry (except that it might grow up to do infomercials for the rest of its
natural life).
But I agree with another poster who postulated that it would've been more
interesting if Digger replaced Jock (ooops...spoiler?).
Christina
>
>I've always believed that Digger did NOT kill Hutch McKinney. He took
>the fall for Jock because he knew he was dying anyhow, and for his love
>for Ellie. But he did not do it.
>
Spoiler below ...
I don't know how true or important that might be. OTOH, it suggests to me a
certain interesting parallelism b/w Digger's story--he may or may not have
been too drunk to realize that he has killed Hutch--and Sue Ellen"s upcoming
alcohol-induced confusion as to whether she was JR's assailant.
ambrose ambrose
What am I suggesting about the newspaper? A ready made explanation as to how
Digger would be able to make a semi-detailed "confession," which made mention
to Jock's gun, and where Hutch's body got dumped. They made a very clear
point of showing that newspaper just laying there on his bed, as Bobby and
Pammy left.
Also, in today's episode, Aunt Maggie, when asked about how Digger took to
Rebecca running off with Hutch: "He never spoke about it."
Besides, I can picture Jock killing someone, not Digger -- although that
scene with him and Ellie on the park bench showed that Digger had a pretty
wicked temper himself.
Eric Newman wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Apr 1998 22:25:06 -0700, ambrose ambrose
> <amb...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>
> >I've always believed that Digger did NOT kill Hutch McKinney. He took
> >the fall for Jock because he knew he was dying anyhow, and for his love
> >for Ellie. But he did not do it.
>
> It would be easy to think that Digger took the blame because of the
> reasons you state, but I think the writers foresaw that sort of
> speculation and gave him a genuine motive -- the fact that McKinney
> had been having an affair with his wife. That, plus the revelation
> about Pam's parentage, made the confession believable (although a bit
> contrived, but this is after all a soap opera).
>
> >The whole shooting scene seemed unreal, as if being made up. Also,
> >remember the scene in which it shows Bobby taking Pam from the hospital
> >room, leaving behind a newspaper (with Jock as the front page story)?
> >They seemed to make a point of showing that paper up close.
>
> I don't remember that. But what are you suggesting?
>
> >Not once did Jock deny the charge. When they arrested him, he had a look
> >of terror in his eyes.
>
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news...@aol.com (News2all) wrote:
>
> >> The whole shooting scene seemed unreal, as if being made up.
>
> right $$.)
>
> I thought all of this was a way to permit Pam to have a baby without genetic
> worry (except that it might grow up to do infomercials for the rest of its
> natural life).
>
> But I agree with another poster who postulated that it would've been more
> interesting if Digger replaced Jock (ooops...spoiler?).
>
Yes, they should have checked Jim Davis' expiration date before tossing Keenan
Wynn.
Eric Nyman
Yes, I agree too. Once Jock died, Digger should've married Ellie. That would've
been a great story. Too bad Diggah had to drink himself to death.