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Dallas Burning Questions: Season 2, Week 9
Don’t blame him Here are the questions we’re pondering as we await tonight’s telecast of “Guilt and Innocence,” TNT’s latest “Dallas” episode. • Who survives the blast? At the end of “Ewings Unite!,”...
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The Best & Worst of Dallas: Season 2
The second season of TNT’s “Dallas” was even better than the first. Here are my laurels, along with a few darts. Performance of the Season Wonder woman She spent Season 1 on the sidelines, but Linda...
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Critique: Dallas Episode 108 — ‘Jock’s Will’
Let the games begin At the end of “Jock’s Will,” the Ewings gather in the Southfork living room to hear Harv Smithfield read the family patriarch’s last will and testament. Everyone is present — even...
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Critique: Knots Landing Episode 59 — ‘New Beginnings’
Home field advantage “New Beginnings” is chockablock with trivia. Larry Hagman and Patrick Duffy both guest star in this “Knots Landing” episode, the only time two marquee players from “Dallas” appear...
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Drill Bits: TV Hall of Fame Won’t Induct Larry Hagman in 2014
Let him in Sorry to deliver bad tidings during the holidays, but it looks like Larry Hagman won’t be inducted into the Television Academy’s Hall of Fame next year. The academy announced its 2014...
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Dallas Parallels: Old Habits
Booze has always flowed as freely as oil on “Dallas.” The Southfork cocktail hour was a family tradition on the original show, and J.R. and Bobby each kept lots of liquor on hand to entertain the...
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Here’s Everything That’s Happened on Dallas, Ever*
Ain’t over yet It’s never too late to start watching “Dallas.” If you missed the original show and the first two seasons of TNT’s sequel series, fear not: This post will tell you everything you need to...
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#DallasChat Daily: Was Jock a Good Father?
Jock Ewing is “Dallas’s” original grand daddy. He instilled ambition and an unrelenting drive in his eldest son J.R., openly favored youngest son Bobby and struggled to connect with middle son Gary....
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#DallasChat Daily: What Are Dallas’s Best/Worst Recasts?
“Dallas” recast several roles over the years. Which ones worked? Which ones failed? Among the choices: Miss Ellie (played by Barbara Bel Geddes and Donna Reed), Gary (David Ackroyd, Ted Shackelford),...
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Critique: ‘Dallas’ Episode 192 — ‘The Family Ewing’
Good grief “The Family Ewing,” the first episode of “Dallas’s” ninth season, chronicles the immediate aftermath of Bobby’s death. Miss Ellie, sad but sturdy, tries to plan the funeral while holding her...
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