Dallas Scene of the Day: ‘Guess You’re Elected, Sugarplum’
Be still In “Winds of Vengeance,” a first-season “Dallas” episode, Miss Ellie (Barbara Bel Geddes), Lucy (Charlene Tilton) and Pam (Victoria Principal) sit on the living room sofa while Payton (Cooper...
View ArticleCritique: Dallas Episode 12 – ‘Runaway’
Diary of a teenage brat “Runaway” is one of “Dallas’s” weakest episodes. Almost everything about it – the writing, the directing, the acting, the music – is bad. The episode treats Lucy, who was so...
View ArticleThe Best & Worst of Dallas: Season 1
“Dallas’s” first season is comprised of just five episodes, but there’s no shortage of things to cheer and jeer. Performances Own it, honey Sorry Mr. Hagman, but Victoria Principal owns Season 1. The...
View ArticleThe Dallas Decoder Guide to Surviving a Hostage Crisis, Ewing Style
Drew to the rescue In “Blame Game,” TNT’s latest “Dallas” episode, Vicente Cano ambushes Southfork and holds the Ewings captive. Dumb move, Vicente. These people are experts at surviving hostage...
View ArticleDallas Parallels: Hostage!
No two “Dallas” episodes invite comparison as much as “Winds of Vengeance” and “Blame Game.” Both segments — which debuted in 1978 and 2013, respectively — depict armed intruders invading Southfork...
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