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Critique: Dallas Episode 5 – ‘Barbecue’
Best of enemies “Barbecue,” the final entry in “Dallas’s” too-brief first season, is probably best remembered as the episode where J.R. accidentally causes a pregnant Pam to fall from the hayloft and...
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Dallas Scene of the Day: ‘Sold’
Cold cash In “Reunion, Part 2,” a second-season “Dallas” episode, Jock (Jim Davis) is reading the newspaper on the patio when a drunken Digger (David Wayne) drives onto Southfork in a beat-up sports...
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Critique: Dallas Episode 11 – ‘Double Wedding’
Forgotten but not gone “Double Wedding” focuses on the return of Pam’s long-lost first husband, but I’m much more interested in the subplot about Bobby’s bid to build a “wayward boys’” school for his...
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Critique: Dallas Episode 32 – ‘The Silent Killer’
The rogue “Dallas” recasts two pivotal roles in “The Silent Killer:” Keenan Wynn succeeds David Wayne as Digger Barnes and Mary Crosby replaces Colleen Camp as Kristin Shepard. Both newcomers instantly...
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The Dallas Decoder Guide to that Darned Barnes Family
Welcome back, Barnes family. (Photo credit: Zade Rosenthal/TNT) The Barneses are back: In “Revelations,” the first-season finale of TNT’s “Dallas,” we learned Rebecca Sutter Ewing is Pamela Rebecca...
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The Dallas Decoder Guide to Entertaining, Ewing Style
Of course Ann and Bobby (Brenda Strong, Patrick Duffy) will invite Rebecca (Julie Gonzalo) to this year’s Ewing holiday shindig. (Photo credit: Erik Heinila/TNT) The holidays are here and that means...
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The Dal-List: Jock Ewing’s Greatest Moments
We still miss you, Daddy Last month, Dallas Decoder critiqued “The Search,” the episode where “Dallas” bids farewell to the great Jim Davis. Here’s a look at 15 memorable moments featuring the actor...
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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: Who’s Dallas’s Worst Father?
“Dallas” has given us so many bad dads over the years, it’s hard to know which one is the worst. But let’s try to choose the franchise’s most feckless father anyway, OK? Candidates include Digger...
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#DallasChat Daily: What’s Your Favorite Dallas Barbecue?
The Ewing Barbecues were one of the original “Dallas’s” best traditions. Do you have a favorite? Was it Jock and Digger’s disastrous reunion during the first-season finale, or Pam’s tragic fall from...
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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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Remembering Larry Hagman, the Life of the ‘Party’
Party people I’ve always believed famous people are as entitled to their privacy as anyone else, which is why I hesitated to read “The Eternal Party,” the new biography of Larry Hagman written by his...
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