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The Dallas Decoder Guide to Pamela’s Mother, Afton Cooper
In “Battle Lines,” the first episode of the new “Dallas’s” second season, Pamela (Julie Gonzalo) reveals she’s the daughter of Cliff and Afton, portrayed by Ken Kercheval and Audrey Landers in the...
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Drill Bits: Dallas Returns, But Some Viewers Don’t
J.R. showed up. Did you? Mondays are a bitch: “Dallas” opened its second season in its new Monday time slot this week – and a lot of fans didn’t show up. The two-hour premiere drew 2.98 million viewers...
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The Dal-List: 10 Classic Clashes Between J.R. and Pam
2 for 2? The confrontation between J.R. and Pamela (Larry Hagman, Julie Gonzalo) in “Venomous Creatures,” one of this week’s new “Dallas” episodes on TNT, was an instant classic. The scene demonstrated...
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The Dallas Decoder Guide to Barnes/Ewing Romances
Sexy John Ross and Pamela (Josh Henderson, Julie Gonzalo) are steaming up the screen on TNT’s “Dallas” this season. Everyone knows this isn’t the first time a Barnes and a Ewing have got involved with...
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The Dal-List: Dallas’s 10 Most Memorable Monologues
Testify! Few will forget the courtroom testimony that Ann (Brenda Strong) delivered at the end of “Trial and Error,” last week’s “Dallas” episode. Here’s a look at the Barneses’ and Ewings’ 10 most...
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Critique: Dallas Episode 16 – ‘Blame Game’
Once and again I cringed when I saw J.R. and Bobby’s instant-messaging exchange in “Blame Game.” This episode was filmed after Larry Hagman’s death last fall, so I’m guessing the producers created the...
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Drill Bits: Dallas Adds More Viewers in Week 6
Ewing watch TNT scored 2.8 million viewers with its most recent “Dallas” episode, “The Furious and the Fast.” The audience for the March 4 telecast included about 890,000 viewers between ages 18 and...
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The Dal-List: Dallas’s 8 Most Moving Funerals
Texas mourn J.R. Ewing will be laid to rest in “J.R.’s Masterpiece,” a special “Dallas” episode that TNT will telecast on Monday, March 11. Raise a glass of bourbon (and don’t forget the branch!) as we...
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Who Killed J.R.? Possible Suspects in Dallas’s New Mystery
Who done it? In “J.R.’s Masterpiece,” we learned Larry Hagman’s iconic character was shot and killed in a Mexican flophouse. The police investigation concluded J.R. was the victim of a burglary, but...
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Who Killed J.R.? 5 Questions Surrounding Dallas’s Hot Mystery
Every “Dallas” fan has one thing on their mind: “Who Killed J.R?” Before the mystery is solved, a few other questions must be addressed. Will the answers lead us to one of the eight potential suspects...
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Who Killed J.R.? What We Know (And What We Don’t) in Dallas’s Delicious Mystery
“Dallas” drops tantalizing new clues in the “Who Killed J.R.?” mystery throughout “Let Me In,” the TNT drama’s latest episode. Here’s a look at what we know and what we don’t, along with some more...
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Who Killed J.R.? 6 New Questions as Dallas’s Big Mystery Deepens
This week’s “Dallas” double feature, “A Call to Arms” and “Love and Family,” yielded some new clues in the “Who Killed J.R.?” mystery, along with six new questions: 1. Is Pam really alive? The Ewings’...
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Drill Bits: Dallas Ends the Season with Bigger Ratings
Compounding interest “Dallas” got a nice ratings boost on April 15 with a season-ending double feature that revealed what happened to Pam and who killed J.R. “Guilt by Association,” the first of the...
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Critique: Dallas Episode 24 – ‘Guilt by Association’
Not the mama Oh, how I wanted it to be Victoria Principal under that hat. “Guilt by Association,” the “Dallas” episode that promised to reveal Pam Ewing’s fate, ends with Christopher spotting the woman...
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Critique: Dallas Episode 25 – ‘Legacies’
Brother’s keeper Will it surprise you to learn that I like “Legacies”? Probably not, judging by some of the comments I’ve received on this website and others lately. Some of you seem to think I’m too...
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The Art of Dallas: ‘Changing of the Guard’
Rebecca and Pam (Priscilla Pointer, Victoria Principal) embrace after learning Cliff survived his suicide attempt in this 1982 publicity shot from “Changing of the Guard,” “Dallas’s” sixth-season...
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Dallas Cliffhanger Classics: Season 1
Dallas Decoder celebrates “Dallas’s” classic cliffhangers with weekly summertime flashbacks. Collect all 14 images and share them with your friends (or rivals).
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Critique: Dallas Episode 106 — ‘Billion Dollar Question’
Sob sisters “Billion Dollar Question” is dominated by the Ewings’ squabbling over whether to have Jock declared legally dead, but I find the subplot about Lucy’s abortion much more interesting....
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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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Dallas Scene of the Day: ‘He Wants it For John Ross’
The more things change In “Aftermath,” a sixth-season “Dallas” episode, Pam (Victoria Principal) sits on her bed while Bobby (Patrick Duffy) sits in a chair, writing on a notepad. PAM: Bobby? BOBBY:...
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