in the 2012 continuation of the television series, a grown-up christopher (now portrayed by jesse metcalfe) takes after bobby and concerns himself with the welfare of the land and environment. however, john ross is more like jr, pitting the two against each other. christopher is looking into alternative energy sources such as methane ice, which could cause some problems since the family has been in the oil business for decades. christopher resents john ross because he feels that his cousin has exploited the ewing name to get anything he wants, while john ross has continually criticized him for not being a biological ewing. he was married to john ross's wife pamela (who was originally posing as a woman named rebecca sutter, who turned out to be cliff barnes' daughter, making pamela christopher's adopted cousin; cliff was the first pamela barnes ewing's brother) who miscarried their twin children. he was once re-engaged to elena, but he broke up with her over her deception involving her brother drew and the sabotage of his methane rig. later he takes a romantic interest in a southfork ranch hand named heather (annalynne mccord).