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#DallasChat is Cooking Up Something Special for Nov. 21
Past supper Dallas Decoder’s next #DallasChat on Twitter will be Monday, November 21, from 8 to 9 p.m. Eastern time. This will be our second Thanksgiving-themed #DallasChat, so the topic will be...
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Critique: ‘Dallas’ Episode 200 — ‘Close Encounters’
Man of the hour “Close Encounters,” the 200th hour of “Dallas,” is the kind of episode only this show could produce. Most of the action takes place at a Southfork charity rodeo, where the characters...
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Critique: ‘Dallas’ Episode 199 — ‘Quandary’
Courageous convictions In “Quandary,” expectant parents Ray and Donna Krebbs deal with the news their child will be born with Down syndrome. Donna wants to have the baby, believing it would be wrong to...
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Critique: Dallas Episode 194 — ‘Those Eyes’
Get a grip In “Those Eyes,” the Ewings finally take off their blinders where Sue Ellen’s drinking is concerned. She lands in a detox ward at the beginning of the episode, and one by one, Miss Ellie,...
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‘Swan Song’: Making a ‘Dallas’ Classic
End of the road Ask “Dallas” fans to name their favorite episode and many will say “Swan Song,” the 1985 segment in which Bobby dies heroically after saving Pam’s life. Although the death was later...
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Dallas Scene of the Day: ‘Be a Family’
Gone, Bobby, gone In “Swan Song,” “Dallas’s” eighth-season finale, Bobby (Patrick Duffy) lies in a hospital bed, surrounded by Pam (Victoria Principal), Jenna (Priscilla Beaulieu Presley), J.R. (Larry...
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Critique: ‘Dallas’ Episode 188 — ‘The Ewing Connection’
Emergency, plus four No matter how many times I see the “Dallas” characters come together during a medical crisis, it never seems to lose its dramatic punch. In “The Ewing Connection,” John Ross’s...
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Critique: ‘Dallas’ Episode 187 — ‘Terms of Estrangement’
Hello, stranger Jack Ewing is a bad boy who makes a good impression. “Terms of Estrangement” introduces the character, a long-lost cousin who comes to town offering to sell J.R. information that could...
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Critique: ‘Dallas’ Episode 181 — ‘The Brothers Ewing’
The dark side In “The Brothers Ewing,” J.R., Bobby and Ray join forces to protect the family business from the increasingly dangerous Cliff Barnes. You’d think by now we’d all be used to seeing the...
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Critique: ‘Dallas’ Episode 176 — ‘Lockup in Laredo’
Caged beauty Jenna Wade goes to jail in “Lockup in Laredo,” which is cause for celebration as far as I’m concerned. This is when Stephen Elliott arrives as Scotty Demarest, the high-dollar super lawyer...
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Critique: ‘Dallas’ Episode 174 — ‘Déjà Vu’
Game of phones What could be unholier than an alliance between J.R. Ewing and Cliff Barnes? In “Déjà Vu,” the sworn enemies agree to work together to keep Bobby and Pam apart. The scene where J.R. and...
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Dallas Scene of the Day: ‘Be Nice to the Little Orphan’
Hard knock life In “Do You Take This Woman?,” an eighth-season “Dallas” episode, J.R. (Larry Hagman) is ranting in the Southfork living room, where Miss Ellie (Donna Reed), Clayton (Howard Keel), Bobby...
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Critique: ‘Dallas’ Episode 172 — ‘Barbecue Five’
The middle “Barbecue Five” ranks among “Dallas’s” best barbecue episodes because it delivers almost everything we expect from a Ewing hoedown. There’s a fight, a dunking in the Southfork swimming pool...
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Critique: ‘Dallas’ Episode 164 — ‘If at First You Don’t Succeed’
Take another shot The final scene in “If at First You Don’t Succeed” is another example of how music helps tell the stories on “Dallas.” As Bobby sleeps in his hospital bed, Katherine enters the room,...
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The Dal-List: 18 Reasons to Love ‘Dallas’s’ Eighth Season
Middlin’ along Dallas Decoder will soon begin critiquing the original show’s eighth season, which aired from 1984 to 1985. Here are 18 reasons to love it. Side eye 18. Whenever Pam throws shade. She...
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The Dal-List: 37 Reasons to Love ‘Dallas’
Love to love them “Dallas” debuted 37 years ago today. Here’s why we still love the Ewings. Drive us crazy 37. “Digger’s Daughter.” Bobby marries Pam, Lucy and Ray take a roll in the hay and Jock calls...
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Critique: Dallas Episode 160 — ‘Hush, Hush, Sweet Jessie’
How sweet she is What do I love about the final scene in “Hush, Hush, Sweet Jessie”? Oh, pretty much everything. The Ewings stand in the Southfork driveway, panicked because no one knows the...
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Dallas Scene of the Day: ‘You’re the Dangerous One’
Takes one to know one In “The Unexpected,” a seventh-season “Dallas” episode, Miss Ellie (Barbara Bel Geddes), J.R. (Larry Hagman), Sue Ellen (Linda Gray), Bobby (Patrick Duffy), Ray (Steve Kanaly),...
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The Dal-List: Classic Dallas’s 13 Most Harrowing Kidnappings
Your turn, Annie The Ewings discover Ann and Emma (Brenda Strong, Emma Bell) have been kidnapped in “Boxed In,” TNT’s latest “Dallas” episode. Fortunately, our favorite TV family has plenty of...
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#DallasChat Daily: Who Stayed Too Long or Left Too Soon?
Let’s face it: “Dallas” didn’t always know when to say goodbye. Some characters hung around long after their storyline possibilities were exhausted, while other favorites still had lots of untapped...
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