Dallas (Season 3) DVD Review

Nominated for 18 Emmys and 15 Golden Globes in(Ken Kercheval), drives his own wife Sue Ellen
its thirteen season run, Dallas is the epitome of(Linda Gray) to alcoholism, and even mortgages
the prime-time drama/soap opera genre.the beloved Southfork Ranch (Miss Ellie's childhood
Premiering in 1978 as a five part mini-series, thehome and current residence for the majority of
show combines the usual sex and innuendo ofthe Ewing clan). Southfork foreman Ray Krebs
classic afternoon soap operas with the(Steve Kanaly) and Ewing grandchild Lucy
freewheeling adventure of Texas wildcats and(Charlene Tilton) add flavorful subplots to a series
filthy rich capitalist oil barons. The combination ofoften dominated by J.R.'s nefarious schemes. In
business dealings and rampant affairs tested wellshort, Dallas offers its viewers everything -
with both the male and female demographic,money, sex, violence, conspiracy, intricate
prompting CBS to make Dallas a regular part ofbusiness dealings, etc. If you haven't seen it, then
its prime-time lineup. The result was one of theimmediately start watching from the beginning
most successful television shows in history. Inepisodes of the first season. You won't be
fact, the so-called 'Who shot J.R.?" episode ("Adisappointed...!
House Divided" Air Date: 3-21-1980) still reigns asThe Dallas (Season 3) DVD features a number of
the second most watched TV show in historyexciting episodes including the season premiere
(the season finale of MASH is #1). With one of"What Ever Happened to Baby John" in which Sue
most memorable characters ever created (theEllen returns to Southfork after recovering from
man everybody loves to hate), it's no surprisethe previous season's car wreck and delivering
that Dallas held the #1 or #2 spot in the Nielsenthe Ewing's first grandson, John Ross. But Sue
ratings for most of the 1980s...Ellen is not joyous. In fact, she sinks into a deep
Dallas spent most of its television life in the Fridaydepression marked by bouts of alcoholism.
night time slot following the successful CBS series,Meanwhile, J.R. has taken on a talented lawyer,
The Dukes Of Hazzard. Creator David JacobsAlan Beam, as his understudy... John Ross remains
originally intended to create a series around ain the hospital, recovering from his premature
poor Texas girl, Pam Barnes (Victoria Principal),birth, until the family learns that he's been
who marries into a wealthy family (The Ewings)kidnapped. Everyone offers a theory on who did
with whom her family has been feuding forit, but it takes Pam's powers of observation to
decades. The first five episodes mostly centersolve the mystery... Other notable episodes from
around the family discord faced by Pam and herSeason 3 include "Ellie Saves the Day" in which the
husband Bobby Ewing (Patrick Duffy) as theyfamily learns of J.R.'s devious plan to mortgage
attempt to bring their families to a truce. But itSouthfork in order to drill for oil in Asia, and "A
soon became apparent to producers of the showHouse Divided" in which J.R.'s crooked deal of
that Bobby's scoundrel of a brother, Ewing Oilselling the rights to Ewing Oil's Asian wells to his
President J.R. Ewing (Larry Hagman), would be thefriends (because he knew they would soon be
true star of the show. Son of Ewing Oil foundernationalized) comes back to haunt him when the
Jock Ewing (Jim Davis) and his wife Ellie (Barbaraseason finale ends with his being shot in the most
Bel Geddes), J.R. sought to make Ewing Oil thefamous cliffhanger in television history...
largest independent oil company in the world, andBelow is a list of episodes included on the Dallas
he intended to go to any lengths necessary to(Season 3) DVD:
get what he wanted. And as you'll see, sooner orEpisode 30 (What Ever Happened to Baby John?:
later, J.R. always gets what he wants... Along thePart 1) Air Date: 09-21-1979
way, he butts heads with life-long rival Cliff BarnesEpisode 31 (What Ever Happened to Baby John?