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Dallas Scene of the Day: ‘They’re Just Yesterday’s Memories’
Never forget In “The Letter,” a seventh-season “Dallas” episode, Bobby (Patrick Duffy) is seated in Thanks-Giving Square when Pam (Victoria Principal) arrives and sits next to him. PAM: Hi. BOBBY: Hi....
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Critique: Dallas Episode 135 — ‘My Brother’s Keeper’
Brotherly love J.R. goes through “My Brother’s Keeper” trying to buck up Bobby, who’s feeling down as his divorce date approaches. In a memorable scene, the brothers go out for a night on the town,...
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Dallas Scene of the Day: ‘It’s Wonderful to Have My Brother Back’
Sister’s keeper In “My Brother’s Keeper,” a seventh-season “Dallas” episode, Cliff and Pam (Ken Kercheval, Victoria Principal) walk down a busy street together. CLIFF: I tell you, there is nothing...
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Dallas Parallels: Foxes in the Henhouse
It’s one of the new “Dallas’s” greatest moments: Soon after Rebecca Sutter Ewing reveals that she’s actually Pamela Rebecca Barnes, she receives a visit from J.R. Ewing. He vows to run her out of...
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Critique: Dallas Episode 141 — ‘The Buck Stops Here’
Round and round “The Buck Stops Here” memorably ends with Pam Ewing and Jenna Wade competing against each other in a mechanical bull-riding competition. It’s an appropriate metaphor for these...
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… And the Rest: Dallas Decoder’s Other VIPs of 2013
Linda Gray is Dallas Decoder’s Woman of the Year, but she isn’t the only person who shaped the “Dallas” franchise in 2013. Here are five more. The boss Cynthia Cidre. Larry Hagman’s death forced the...
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Critique: Dallas Episode 144 — ‘Past Imperfect’
Bull run In “Past Imperfect’s” best scene, Clayton Farlow storms off the elevator at Ewing Oil, barges into J.R.’s office and shoves him onto the sofa. Clayton, who is newly engaged to Miss Ellie, has...
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Critique: Dallas Episode 147 — ‘Some Do … Some Don’t’
Limited engagement The first scene in “Some Do … Some Don’t:” Donna and Lucy are making muffins in the Southfork kitchen and listening to Miss Ellie and Clayton tease each other about their recent...
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Dallas Parallels: Breaking Bad
On “Dallas,” J.R. and John Ross are the bad guys and Bobby and Christopher are the good guys, right? Not always. During the original show’s sixth season, when Jock’s will pits J.R. and Bobby against...
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Dallas Parallels: Women on the Edge
Pam Ewing, the original “Dallas’s” heroine, and Pamela Barnes, her namesake niece on TNT’s sequel series, have more than a name in common. Both women marry into the Ewing family, both experience...
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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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Dallas Parallels: O Mother, Where Art Thou?
If Christopher’s search for Pam on TNT’s “Dallas” reminded you of Pam’s search for Rebecca on the original series, you’re not alone. There are several similarities between the two storylines — and...
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The Dal-List: 5 Women Who Spied for Cliff Barnes
Welcome to the club, honey Say what you will about Cliff Barnes (Ken Kercheval), but the man knows how to get women to spy on the Ewings for him. In “The Return,” TNT’s third-season “Dallas” opener,...
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The Dal-List: The Original Dallas’s 8 Ewing Barbecues, Ranked
Upholding tradition The Ewings throw another Southfork barbecue in “Trust Me,” TNT’s latest “Dallas” episode. Here’s a list of every barbecue from the classic show’s era, ranked in order of preference....
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The Dal-List: Classic Dallas’s 8 Southfork Weddings, Ranked
The tradition continues John Ross and Pamela (Josh Henderson, Julie Gonzalo) eloped on “Dallas” last season, but they’ll get a traditional Southfork wedding in “Lifting the Veil,” TNT’s latest episode....
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TNT’s Dallas Styles: ‘Like a Bad Penny’
I knew I’d found my look of the week the moment Pamela turned up in that black-and-white dress in “Like a Bad Penny,” “Dallas’s” latest episode. The dress was a brilliant choice for Julie Gonzalo’s...
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#DallasChat Daily: Which Dallas Do You Like Best?
Some Trekkies prefer “Star Trek: The Next Generation” to the original series and some Whitney Houston fans insist her version of “I Will Always Love You” is superior to Dolly Parton’s. Do any “Dallas”...
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The Dallas Decoder Interview: Julie Gonzalo
Julie Gonzalo (Courtesy Regard Magazine) It’s no secret your Dallas Decoder is a big fan of Julie Gonzalo — a.k.a. Pamela Rebecca Barnes Ewing Ewing on TNT’s “Dallas” — so I was hugely excited to speak...
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#DallasChat Daily: How Does Dallas Depict Working Women?
None of “Dallas’s” women characters worked outside their homes when the original show began in 1978, but that gradually changed: Pam got a job at The Store and later entered the oil industry, Lucy...
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#DallasChat Daily: Who Was Jock’s Favorite Daughter-in-Law?
Every “Dallas” fan knows Bobby was Jock’s favorite son, but figuring out which daughter-in-law he favored is a bit tougher. Jock was no fan of Pam when she arrived at Southfork, but he movingly...
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