Critique: Dallas Episode 110 — ‘Hit and Run’
Shady To fully appreciate how much composer Richard Lewis Warren contributes to “Hit and Run,” I challenge you to an experiment. First, turn off the volume and watch the sequence where reckless driver...
View ArticleDallas Scene of the Day: ‘You’re Cute, You Know That?’
You ain’t kidding, sister In “Hit and Run,” a sixth-season “Dallas” episode, Bobby and Pam (Patrick Duffy, Victoria Principal) enter the Southfork living room. BOBBY: Did your conversation with your...
View ArticleDallas Cliffhanger Classics: Season 4
Dallas Decoder celebrates “Dallas’s” classic cliffhangers with weekly summertime flashbacks. Collect all 14 images and share them with your friends (or rivals).
View ArticleTonight on Twitter: Dallas’s Greatest Love Story
Love is all around I’ll host Dallas Decoder’s next #DallasChat on Twitter on Monday, June 24, from 9 to 10 p.m. Eastern time. Our topic: “The Greatest Love Story Texas Has Ever Known.” The theme refers...
View ArticleDallas Scene of the Day: ‘That’s Funny. You Never Showed It.’
Doing it for themselves In “Fringe Benefits,” a sixth-season “Dallas” episode, Sue Ellen and Pam (Linda Gray, Victoria Principal) leave a dress shop together. PAM: Have you decided on the color of...
View ArticleDallas Scene of the Day: ‘Butt Out, Bob!’
All in the family In “The Wedding,” a sixth-season “Dallas” episode, J.R. and Clayton (Larry Hagman, Howard Keel) pour drinks in the Southfork living room. CLAYTON: What do you think of the season, so...
View ArticleDallas Scene of the Day: ‘If You Want to Get to J.R., You’re Going to Have to...
The barrier In “Barbecue Three,” a sixth-season “Dallas” episode, Cliff and Jordan (Ken Kercheval, Don Starr) lead a mob of angry oilmen in confronting J.R. (Larry Hagman) at the Ewing Barbecue, where...
View Article‘The Many Wives of Bobby Ewing,’ Tonight on #DallasChat
Some guys have all the luck I’ll host Dallas Decoder’s next #DallasChat on Twitter on Monday, July 8, from 9 to 10 p.m. Eastern time. Our theme: “The Many Wives of Bobby Ewing.” I’ll tweet a question...
View ArticleDallas Cliffhanger Classics: Season 8
Dallas Decoder celebrates “Dallas’s” classic cliffhangers with weekly summertime flashbacks. Collect all 14 images and share them with your friends (or rivals).
View ArticleDallas Scene of the Day: ‘You’re Not the Man I Married!’
Sing it, sister In “Crash of ’83,” a sixth-season “Dallas” episode, a sullen Bobby (Patrick Duffy) enters his bedroom late at night and sits in a chair while Pam (Victoria Principal) reads in bed. PAM:...
View ArticleCritique: Dallas Episode 121 — ‘Requiem’
Goodbye, Mama Rebecca Wentworth swept into “Dallas” like a character from a Douglas Sirk movie, so it’s only fitting that she leaves in the same manner. Her death in “Requiem” is pure soap opera. In...
View ArticleCritique: Dallas Episode 123 — ‘Brothers and Sisters’
Sad as hell In the best scene from “Brothers and Sisters,” Pam watches as Cliff finally unleashes the guilt that’s been consuming him since Rebecca took his spot aboard the doomed Wentworth jet. “I was...
View ArticleDallas Scene of the Day: ‘She Died and I Lived!’
The survivors In “Brothers and Sisters,” a sixth-season “Dallas” episode, Pam and Cliff (Victoria Principal, Ken Kercheval) are in his living room, where she sits on the sofa and tells him about a...
View ArticleDallas Cliffhanger Classics: Season 10
Dallas Decoder celebrates “Dallas’s” classic cliffhangers with weekly summertime flashbacks. Collect all 14 images and share them with your friends.
View ArticleCritique: Dallas Episode 124 — ‘Caribbean Connection’
Scene to remember The final moments in “Caribbean Connection” set up one of “Dallas’s” best week-to-week cliffhangers. J.R. is in a seedy cocktail lounge, delivering $100,000 in cash to Walt Driscoll,...
View ArticleCritique: Dallas Episode 126 — ‘Hell Hath No Fury’
Those eyes Sue Ellen is the perfect wife, living the perfect life, when “Hell Hath No Fury” begins. She fusses over J.R. at breakfast, smiles when he brings Roy Ralston home for dinner and gazes at him...
View ArticleDallas Scene of the Day: ‘Who the Hell Were You in Bed with Last Night?’
What a stud In “Hell Hath No Fury,” a sixth-season “Dallas” episode, Pam (Victoria Principal) awakens in her hotel bed and finds Bobby (Patrick Duffy) getting dressed. BOBBY: [Sits on the bed] Good...
View ArticleThe Dallas Decoder Interview: Brenda Strong
Brenda Strong Brenda Strong delivered one amazing performance after another as Ann Ewing during “Dallas’s” second season. I spoke to her recently about what the future might hold for her character and...
View ArticleCritique: Dallas Episode 133 — ‘The Long Goodbye’
This time, it’s personal J.R. Ewing is a man with many enemies, but his conflict with Pam is unique because it reveals his otherwise well-concealed insecurities. When Pam arrives at Southfork, J.R....
View ArticleDallas Scene of the Day: ‘It’s Your Choice, Pam’
Choose or lose, honey In “The Long Goodbye,” a seventh-season “Dallas” episode, Pam (Victoria Principal) answers the door in her hotel suite and finds J.R. (Larry Hagman) on the other side. PAM: What...
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