2006.09.27 - DALLAS

This show was known for its sex, intrigue, struggling for money and power. When the series began, the founder of Ewing Oil and patriarch of the Ewing family was Jock (Jim Davis), who had a lot of experience working in the oil wells and had schemed his partner, Digger Barnes (David Wayne later Keenan Wynn) out of his share and only love, Miss Eleanor "Ellie" Southworth (Barbara Bel Geddes). Together they raised three sons, J.R. (played by Larry Hagman), Gary (David Ackroyd later Ted Shackelford) and Bobby (Patrick Duffy). J.R. was the oldest, despotic, evil Ewing son, unhappily married to a former Miss Texas, Sue Ellen Shepard Ewing (Linda Gray). When he was looking for something or somebody, he would pretty much stop at nothing to attain his goal. J.R. was frequently opposed by his younger brother, Bobby, who wasn't just a ladies' man, but was also handsome and had the morals and integrity his older brother didn't have. After the Ewing family's illegitimate son (though this was not revealed until a later season) and ranch foreman, Ray Krebbs (Steve Kanaly) had a short fling with an attractive young woman, Pamela Barnes (Victoria Principal), who was Digger Barnes' daughter and Cliff's (Ken Kercheval) sister, Bobby married her; Ray was dejected by this. After the new marriage, J.R. continued to jeopardize the new family's relationship to his advantage as president of Ewing Oil. Throughout the many seasons, the Ewings lived in a ranch called Southfork.

During its second season, Lucy's (Charlene Tilton) mother, Valene (Joan Van Ark) arrived in Texas with Gary to reconnect the relationship they never had. Gary, an estranged son and black sheep of the clan who had been an outsider to his family tried to work for his brother but had found the work increasingly hard. J.R. was able to drive Gary and Valene away, leaving their only daughter to live at Southfork. Later, the following season, both Bobby and Miss Ellie had helped both Gary and Val out in purchasing a brand new house near the Fairgate Family's home (J.R. mentioned them once, but they never came to Texas), in California in a fictional suburban area called Knots Landing, after the two got remarried.

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