The Dallas Decoder Interview: Mitch Pileggi
Mitch Pileggi has become the man to watch on TNT’s “Dallas,” where his venomous character, Harris Ryland, loves to torment the Ewings. … [Read More...]
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The Dallas Decoder Interview: Lisa Seidman
Lisa Seidman was a writer on the original “Dallas” during its final two seasons and penned many of the show’s best episodes from that era. … [Read More...]
Dallas Cliffhanger Classics: Season 3
Dallas Decoder celebrates “Dallas’s” classic cliffhangers with weekly summertime flashbacks. … [Read More...]
Dallas Cliffhanger Classics: Season 2
Dallas Decoder celebrates “Dallas’s” classic cliffhangers with weekly summertime flashbacks. … [Read More...]
Dallas Cliffhanger Classics: Season 1
Dallas Decoder celebrates “Dallas’s” classic cliffhangers with weekly summertime flashbacks. … [Read More...]
Critique: Dallas Episode 110 — ‘Hit and Run’
To fully appreciate how much composer Richard Lewis Warren contributes to “Hit and Run,” I challenge you to an experiment. … [Read More...]
Critique: Dallas Episode 109 — ‘Aftermath’
“Aftermath” lets the audience into J.R.’s head in a way other “Dallas” episodes don’t. … [Read More...]
Critique: Knots Landing Episode 59 — ‘New Beginnings’
“New Beginnings” is chockablock with trivia. … [Read More...]
Critique: Dallas Episode 108 — ‘Jock’s Will’
At the end of “Jock’s Will,” the Ewings gather in the Southfork living room to hear Harv Smithfield read the family patriarch’s last will and testament. … [Read More...]
Critique: Dallas Episode 107 — ‘The Big Ball’
No matter how often I see it, the next-to-last scene in “The Big Ball” always gives me goose bumps. … [Read More...]
Critique: Dallas Episode 106 — ‘Billion Dollar Question’
“Billion Dollar Question” is dominated by the Ewings’ squabbling over whether to have Jock declared legally dead, but I find the subplot about Lucy’s abortion much more interesting. … [Read More...]
Critique: Dallas Episode 105 — ‘Where There’s a Will’
Larry Hagman has no scenes with his main co-stars in “Where There’s a Will,” but this is still a terrific hour of “Dallas.” … [Read More...]
Critique: Knots Landing Episode 55 — ‘Daniel’
J.R. Ewing is sitting across from Abby Cunningham in his hotel room, where he’s invited her to join him for a seafood lunch. … [Read More...]
Critique: Dallas Episode 104 — ‘Changing of the Guard’
“Dallas” shakes things up in its sixth-season opener, “Changing of the Guard.” … [Read More...]
Dallas Scene of the Day: ‘You’re Cute, You Know That?’
In “Hit and Run,” a sixth-season “Dallas” episode, Bobby and Pam (Patrick Duffy, Victoria Principal) enter the Southfork … [Read More...]
Dallas Scene of the Day: ‘He Wants it For John Ross’
In “Aftermath,” a sixth-season “Dallas” episode, Pam (Victoria Principal) sits on her bed while Bobby (Patrick Duffy) sits in a chair, … [Read More...]
Knots Landing Scene of the Day: ‘You Are Disgusting!’
In “Knots Landing’s” fourth-season episode “New Beginnings,” Valene (Joan Van Ark) is seated behind the counter in a bookstore, … [Read More...]
Dallas Scene of the Day: ‘Ewing Oil Can Have Only One Man at the Helm’
In “Jock’s Will,” a sixth-season “Dallas” episode, Miss Ellie (Barbara Bel Geddes), J.R. (Larry Hagman), Bobby (Patrick Duffy) and the other Ewings gather … [Read More...]
Dallas Scene of the Day: ‘The Finest Man That God Ever Put on this Earth’
In “The Big Ball,” a sixth-season “Dallas” episode, after Punk announces the Jock Ewing Scholarship at the Oil Barons Ball, … [Read More...]
Dallas Scene of the Day: ‘Mama, You Don’t Know Half of What Daddy Did’
In “Billion Dollar Question,” a sixth-season “Dallas” episode, Miss Ellie and J.R. (Barbara Bel Geddes, Larry Hagman) sit at the breakfast table … [Read More...]
Dallas Scene of the Day: ‘Where There’s a Way, There’s a Will’
In “Where There’s a Will,” a sixth-season “Dallas” episode, John (Robin Strand) is dressing in the Ewing condo while Serena (Stephanie Blackmore) lounges … [Read More...]
Knots Landing Scene of the Day: ‘The Crown Stays in Dallas’
In “Daniel,” a fourth-season “Knots Landing” episode, Abby and J.R. (Donna Mills, Larry Hagman) are in his hotel room, … [Read More...]
Dallas Scene of the Day: ‘To J.R. Ewing, Back in Power Again’
In “Changing of the Guard,” “Dallas’s” sixth-season opener, Holly and J.R. (Lois Chiles, Larry Hagman) sit at a table … [Read More...]
The Art of Dallas: ‘Aftermath’
Holly and J.R. (Lois Chiles, Larry Hagman) are seen aboard her yacht … [Read More...]
The Art of Knots Landing: ‘New Beginnings’
J.R. (Larry Hagman) asks Valene (Joan Van Ark) to sign his copy of “Capricorn Crude,” … [Read More...]
The Art of Dallas: ‘The Big Ball’
J.R. (Larry Hagman) beams at Sue Ellen (Linda Gray) while attending the Oil Baron’s Ball … [Read More...]
The Art of Dallas: ‘Billion Dollar Question’
Afton and Cliff (Audrey Landers, Ken Kercheval) discuss his career choices … [Read More...]
The Art of Dallas: ‘Where There’s a Will’
Serena and J.R. (Stephanie Blackmore, Larry Hagman) complete another scheme … [Read More...]
The Art of Knots Landing: ‘Daniel’
J.R. and Abby (Larry Hagman, Donna Mills) have a meeting of the minds … [Read More...]
The Art of Dallas: ‘Changing of the Guard’
Rebecca and Pam (Priscilla Pointer, Victoria Principal) embrace … [Read More...]
