Dallas - The Complete Thrid Season (1979)

Yes, Dallas fans, this is the one, the season that begins with baby John's kidnapping and ends with what's probably the greatest cliffhanger in TV history: Who shot J.R.?

Fortunes made and lost. Secrets kept and revealed. Backstabbing, scheming, and manipulation. You'll find everything that makes Dallas a glorious wallow in the lives of the rich and dysfunctional on this 5-Disc DVD set including all 25 Season 3 Episodes, plus Texas-sized Extras. Villain extraordinaire J.R. Ewing (Larry Hagman) pokes a poisoned finger in every pie, stirring up trouble in the family and bringing Ewing Oil to the brink of financial ruin.

In the ranks of prime-time dramas, this was one of the biggest. Dallas, the saga of the Ewing Family, began as a five part mini-series in 1978. Throughout its thirteen seasons, many actors passed through the gates of Southfork.

In the late 1960's, Peyton Place was a nighttime serial drama success—a novelty at the time. But since then, no P.M. show had caught the soap opera crowd's attention… until Dallas. The show first went on the air for a five week run in early 1978, and then fell into a Saturday nighttime slot later that year.

Ratings were fair, but they were nothing compared to when the show moved to Friday nights, when the ratings well didn't run dry for a long, long time.

The Ewing family lived at the sprawling South Fork ranch, in hoity-toity Braddock County just outside Dallas. Like any good power family, there was a matriarch and patriarch, and three sons— this core group, their extensive romantic relations, and the Barnes clan of rival oilers were all Jacobs needed to create a self-contained histrionic world of intrigue, dysfunction and passion.

Borrowing from Romeo and Juliet, the youngest Ewing boy, Bobby, fell for a beautiful Barnes girl. And with a nod to the biblical Cain and Abel, Bobby and older brother J.R. didn't exactly play nice with each other like you might expect brothers to. Whereas J.R. was nearly a hundred percent scoundrel, Bobby had discernable streaks of honesty and integrity…but that patented Ewing viciousness certainly reared its head once in a while. The South Fork ranch housed Jock and Miss Ellie, the king and queen of South Fork, J.R. and long-suffering wife Sue Ellen, and Bobby and Pamela…though why they all lived under one roof demands a little poetic license, because money certainly wasn't a problem, and it wasn't like there was a whole lot of binding inter-family harmony.

Here's just a taste of the drama devices that ensued: insane asylums, car accidents, affairs, illegitimate children, gunfights, fistfights, catfights, lies, drinking problems (both real and imagined), poufy 80's hairstyles for the ladies and best of all, notorious season finale cliffhangers.

The most famous, of course, came at the end of the 1979-80 season, when a mysterious late-night intruder shot J.R. in the chest while he was toiling away at the office one night. The resulting "Who Shot J.R.?" publicity raced around the globe, because by that time, Dallas was an international hit in just about every developed country in the world. Odds on the shooter's identity were figured, bets were placed, and theories were construed– since there were about fifteen possible candidates, fans and pundits were kept very busy indeed. Don't read the next part of this sentence if you want to remain one of the few of-age humans who doesn't know whodunit… it was Kristin, J.R.'s scorned sister-in-law and recent romantic entanglement.

Dallas was conceived as a show that had plenty of sex and romance for the female audiences, and a lot of cowboy posturing and business intrigue for the male viewers. The formula worked, because by the early 1980's, it was one of the most popular shows in TV history. There were magazine covers galore, a spin-off named Knots Landing about Gary, the middle Ewing son who wasn't seen or heard from much during proceedings at South Fork, and primetime serialization imitators like Dynasty and Falcon Crest.

So for the show that kicked off the nighttime drama trend that's status quo today, we tip those ten-gallon hats and breathe a secret sigh of relief that J.R. was just a fictional character who couldn't manipulate us in real life. Because let's be honest, that guy could have taken most of us down.

CBS Broadcast History:

April 2, 1978- April 30, 1978----Sundays----10:00-11:00 P.M.
September 23, 1978- October 14, 1978----Saturdays----10:00-11:00 P.M.
October 15, 1978- January 14, 1979----Sundays----10:00-11:00 P.M.
January 26, 1979- November 27, 1981----Fridays----10:00-11:00 P.M.
December 4, 1981- May 17, 1985----Fridays----9:00-10:00 P.M.
September 27, 1985- May 16, 1986----Fridays----9:00-10:00 P.M.
September 26, 1986- May 13, 1988----Fridays----9:00-10:00 P.M.
October 28, 1988- March 9, 1990----Fridays----9:00-10:00 P.M.
March 16, 1990- May 11, 1990----Fridays----10:00-11:00 P.M.
November 2, 1990- December 21, 1990----Fridays----10:00-11:00 P.M.
January 4, 1991- May 3, 1991----Fridays----9:00-10:00
P.M.

60 mins 9/21/1979 1. Whatever Happened To Baby John? Part 1

Sue Ellen returns home from the hospital, but is not a thrilled new mom! The family worries she is sinking into depression, not caring about anything, including her new baby. J.R begins to mentor Dallas's newest lawyer, Alan Beam. The rest of the family, minus Sue Ellen, take frequent trips into the hospital to visit John Ross, still to weak to come home. Unfortunately, this does not go on for long because JR and Sue Ellen learn from a group of reporters that John Ross has been kidnapped!!!

Director: Leonard Katzman Writer: Camille Marchetta

Guest starring: Sheila Larken, Sandy Ward, Jeanna Micahels, Woody Eney, Joe Bratcher, Maureen Lee, Holly Smith, Cliff Murdock, Kimberly Roten, Debi Storm, Pat Byers

60 mins 9/28/1979 2. Whatever Happened To Baby John? Part 2

Though Bobby thinks Cliff may have take John Ross, this ends up not being true. J.R thinks some of his thugs may have taken the child, but they are all wrong. Pamela ends up solving the kidnapping mystery by remembering a woman she saw staring at babies at the Hospital. Pam remembers a woman, Sheila Larken, who she saw many times when she visited the hospital. It turns out Sheila lost her baby, and her husband ran out on her, leaving her desperate and alone, so she stole John Ross. The Baby is finally returned to it's natural parents...too bad Sue Ellen is not overly emotional about the outcome...

Director: Leonard Katzman Writer: Camille Marchetta

Guest starring: Sheila Larken, Sandy Ward, John O'Leary, Barbara Tarbuck, Jordan Charney, Jocelyn Brando, Maryedith Burrell, Rebecca Hollen, Geoffrey R. Smith, Ken Farmer, Cliff Murdock, Bob Magruder, Larry Tanner, Bobbie Fay Ferguson

60 mins 10/5/1979 3. The Silent Killer

None of the Ewing's are really excited when Sue Ellen's sister and her mother arrive at Southfork for a visit. Though they know that John Ross may be his son, Cliff and Pam decide to keep the families genetic disorder a secret. J.R starts to take a deeper look at Sue Ellen's baby sister...

Director: Irving J. Moore Writer: Arthur Bernard Lewis

Guest starring: William H. Bassett, Georgann Johnson, Lea Catucci, Jocelyn Brando

60 mins 10/12/1979 4. Secrets

Pam continues to worry about her family's health and it's possible effects on John Ross, and her pregnancy. Valene returns to town, determined to have Lucy forgive her. She enlists Bobby's help, but Lucy is not receptive. It is not until Bobby speaks with Lucy, and Lucy overhears J.R try to railroad Valene out of town again before the mother and daughter finally come to terms with tier past and make up.

Director: Leonard Katzman Writer: Arthur Bernard Lewis

Guest starring: William H. Bassett, Jocelyn Brando

60 mins 10/19/1979 5. The Kristin Affair

Pam tells Bobby about her pregnancy. But she says nothing about her disease. J.R. mortgages the Southfork Ranch for his drilling in Asia. He's very interested in his sister-in-law Kristin.

Director: Irving J. Moore Writer: Worley Thorne

Guest starring: Jane D'Auvray, Hugh Gorrian

60 mins 10/26/1979 6. The Dove Hunt

J.R. and Jock get wounded by sniper fire when two of Jock's enemies from the past catch up with him during a hunting trip to Louisiana.

Director: Leonard Katzman Writer: D.C. Fontana / Richard Fontana

Guest starring: Robert J. Wilke, Stephen Gierasch, Thomas Callaway

60 mins 11/2/1979 7. The Lost Child

Sue Ellen is unhappy with her marriage to J.R. and she looks for psychiatric help. Pam has an accident- she falls down from her horse and loses her baby one more time. She tells Bobby about her hereditary disease

Director: Irving J. Moore Writer: Rena Down

Guest starring: Keenan Wynn, Med Flory, Ronnie Schribner, James Chandler, Ken Farmer, Billy Streater, Ronnie Scribner

60 mins 11/9/1979 8. Rodeo

Sue Ellen meets cowboy Dusty Farlow during a Southfork rodeo event.He's the son of a rich Texas rancher. J.R. is jealous of Sue Ellen and he makes it very clear to Dusty. Digger comes to the rodeo to see John Ross III. But there is no fight with Jock this time around.

Director: Leonard Katzman Writer: Camille Marchetta

Guest starring: Rhonda Box, Kenneth Barry, James Bodean, Jan Alan Tubbs, Michael Crabtree, Dave Williams, Donnie Joe Wood

60 mins 11/16/1979 9. Mastectomy Part 1

Miss Ellie discover s a medical problem with her breast. She doesn't tell Jock because in the past he left his first wife Amanda because of her disease. Miss Ellie undergoes an operation to have her breast removed. Sue Ellen meets Dusty again and again.

Director: Irving J. Moore Writer: Arthur Bernard Lewis

Guest starring: Jane Kean, Carolyn Coates, Lev Mailer, Karrie Emerson, Dee Timberlake, Geofrey Millar

60 mins 11/16/1979 10. Mastectomy Part 2

Miss Ellie's tumor is completely removed along with her breast. But she falls into serious depression. She's afraid of losing Jock. J.R. keeps trying to get rid of Cliff and uses Alan Beam to do it.

Writer: Arthur Bernard Lewis

60 mins 11/23/1979 11. The Heiress

Director: Leslie H. Martinson Writer: Loraine Despres

Guest starring: Laura Johnson, Walker Edmiston, Charles Cooper, Marcus Chong, Eugene Jackson

60 mins 11/30/1979 12. Ellie Saves The Day

J.R.'s family is shocked to learn Southfork has been mortgaged. The drilling in Asia run into serious trouble because of a typhoon and the banks demand their loan back. Miss Ellie saves the situation by releasing part of the ranch for drilling but she has to go against her father's last will to do it. At the end of the episode she tells J.R: I may never forgive you for this J.R.

Director: Gunnar Hellström Writer: Arthur Bernard Lewis / E. Michael

Guest starring: Michael Laurence, Jimmy Weldon, Eda Zahl, Jacqui Compton, Walter O. Miles, James Phipps

60 mins 12/14/1979 13. Mother Of The Year

J.R. thinks Sue Ellen is an unfit mother. She seeks psychiatric help. At the last minute, Ewing Oil succeeds in starting drilling in the Asian fields.

Director: Larry Hagman Writer: Rena Down

Guest starring: Ted Markland, Jocelyn Brando, Joan Welles, Liz Ingleson, Darlye Ann Lindley, Mickey Cherney, Tom Regan

60 mins 12/20/1979 14. Return Engagements

Miss Ellie's sadness over Gary's [Ted Shackelford] birthday ends when she learns he and Valene are back in Dallas and plan to remarry.

Director: Gunnar Hellström Writer: David Jacobs

Guest starring: Terry Lester, Andra Akers, Michael Horsley, Ted Jordan

60 mins 12/21/1979 15. Love And Marriage

Pam takes care of Sue Ellen's Baby for a few weeks. Because she doesn't have a child of her own, she can't stand Sue Ellen's coming back to her baby. There's an argument with Bobby about his return to Ewing Oil. Ray Krebbs meets Donna Culver.

Director: Alexander Singer Writer: Leonard Katzman

Guest starring: Susan Howard, Mel Ferrer, Isabel Cooley, Penni Pearson, J.T. O'Connor

60 mins 1/4/1980 16. Power Play

Lucy secretly meets Alan Beam. But all he is interested in is her family's money. He proposes to Lucy. But this is just an intrigue of J.R.'s who wants to get rid of Lucy who, as he says, ""is her daddy's only tie to Southfork."" Pam is promoted at her job once again and problems in her marriage are on the rise.

Director: Leslie H. Martinson Writer: Jeff Young

Guest starring: Laura Johnson, Michael Prince, Robin Haynes, Lawrence Bame, Cal Crenshaw, Jarvais Hudson, Jacqui Compton

60 mins 1/11/1980 17. Paternity Suit

Digger tells a reporter the John Ross 111 could be his grandchild. The Ewings sue Digger Barnes for defamation. And Cliff goes to court as well- to determine the baby's paternity. A blood test finally determines: J.R. is the baby's father.

Director: Harry Harris Writer: Loraine Despres

Guest starring: Stanley Grover, Stephen Keep, Martina Deignan, Michael Rougas, Robert Curtin

60 mins 1/18/1980 18. Jenna's Return

Pam has to go to Paris for work. Bobby takes her to the airport and runs into Jenna Wade, his old girlfriend. They spend a lot of time together and reminisce about old times. JR attempts to take an interest in Sue Ellen's life, which annoys Sue Ellen, and prevents her from seeing Dusty. Donna and Ray realize they come from different lifestyles. Miss Ellie concentrates on defeating land developer, Matt Devlin.

Director: Irving J. Moore Writer: Camille Marchetta

Guest starring: Mel Ferrer, Don Porter, Francine Tacker, Alba Francesca, Joan Welles, Brian Libby, Alex Harvey, Michael Dan Wagner, Mike Fortman, Byron Clark

60 mins 2/1/1980 19. Sue-Ellen's Choice

Bobby wants to save his marriage and asks Pam fro help but she replies:""'I don't think i can."" Pam feels guilty because she can't have a baby. Sue Ellen wants a divorce. J.R. says he will never allow her to take John Ross away from him. Because Sue Ellen knows she can't fight J.R. on this, she decides to leave Dusty.

Director: Leonard Katzman Writer: Camille Marchetta

Guest starring: Francine Tacker, Jared Martin, Chuck Hicks, Fred Lerner

60 mins 2/8/1980 20. Second Thoughts

J.R. keeps pressuring Alan Beam to marry Lucy very soon. Cliff resigns from the OLM to run in the elections for Congress but J.R.'s intrigue is a success and Cliff runs out of campaign money all of a sudden. For the moment, he is finished professionally and has nowhere to go. Bobby feels sorry for Cliff and decides to do some job hunting for him. This provokes a furious reaction from J.R. Jock frustrated J.R.'s plans for Lucy and Alan by offering Alan a legal partnership in Dallas. Now J.R. tries to stop the marriage because there's no longer anything in it for him.

Director: Irving J. Moore Writer: Linda B. Elstad

Guest starring: Laura Johnson, Chris Coffey, Robert Rockwell, Christopher Skinner, Betty Melvor

60 mins 2/15/1980 21. Divorce - Ewing Style

J.R. hears about Cliff's new job at the district attorney's office. He tries to make Sue Ellen look like she's been drinking again. Sue Ellen hires a ""privacy eye"" to prove J.R.'s infidelity to her but J.R. bribes the detective who alters the reports which now say nothing bad about J.R. This makes Sue Ellen look like paranoid and obsessive in front of the family.

Director: Leonard Katzman Writer: Leonard Katzman

Guest starring: Don Porter, John Christy Ewing, Victor Rogers

60 mins 2/22/1980 22. Jock's Trial Part 1

A skeleton is found on Southfork. Cliff runs the investigation into possible murder. Jock is arrested. Sue Ellen drinks again as she hears about Dusty's death in a plane crash.

Director: Irving J. Moore Writer: Arthur Bernard Lewis

Guest starring: Don Porter, Nicolas Coster, Chris Coffey, David Cryer, Al Hopson, Dan Priest, Dennis Holahan, Joel Lawrence, Faith Quabius, Don Ferneaux, Don Furneaux

60 mins 2/29/1980 23. Jock's Trial Part 2

This was intended to be the third season finale, but CBS gave the green light for two more episodes after Part 1 was written. The final scenes of the season were intended to be Pam's reaction to finding out who her real father was.

Director: Irving J. Moore Writer: Arthur Bernard Lewis

Guest starring: Don Porter, Stephen Elliott, Nicolas Coster, William Watson, Sarah Cunningham, David Cryer, Kale Browne, Tom Spratley, Jo Anne Astrow, Jack Ramage, Hans Howes, Jack Hamage

60 mins 3/14/1980 24. The Wheeler Dealer

The cartel members and J.R.'s banker are financially ruined after the nationalization of the Asian fields. Seth Stone, one of the cartel members, kills himself. J.R. threatens to drive Kristin and Alan Beam out of town and he wants to put Sue Ellen back into the sanitarium. Pam and Bobby leave Dallas when Bobby learns that J.R. shut down an oil field to stop Cliff from having his portion of revenge based on an agreement between Digger and Jock which Cliff has found among Digger's papers. Then as the episode draws to a close J.R. is shot.

Director: Alexander Singer Writer: Barbara Searles

Guest starring: Lesley Woods, Sarah Cunningham, Geoffrey Scott, Ed Kenney, Robert Phalen, Jan Stratton, Ken Scott, Jan Stratten

60 mins 3/21/1980 25. A House Divided

Director: Irving J. Moore Writer: Rena Down

Guest starring: Ron Heyes, Christopher Coffey, Ann Nelson, Susan Keller, Kale Brown, D.J. Sullivan, Kale Browne

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Disc 01

New Documentary: Who Shot JR? The Dallas Phenomenon Audio Commentary on 2 Key Episodes by Patrick Duffy and Linda Gray

Season 3
30. Whatever Happened to Baby John? (1)

gs: George Petrie (Harve Smithfield) Sheila Larken (Prscilla Duncan) Sandy Ward (Jeb Ames) John Ashton (Willie Joe Garr) Meg Gallagher (Louella Lee) Jeanna Micahels (Connie) Randolph Powell (Alan Beam) Woody Eney () Meg Gallagher (Louella Lee) Joe Bratcher (Harry Shaw) Maureen Lee () Holly Smith () Kimberly Roten () Debi Storm ()

Sue Ellen returns home from the hospital, but is not a thrilled new mom! The family worries she is sinking into depression, not caring about anything, including her new baby. J.R begins to mentor Dallas's newest lawyer, Alan Beam. The rest of the family, minus Sue Ellen, take frequent trips into the hospital to visit John Ross, still to weak to come home. Unfortunately, this does not go on for long because JR and Sue Ellen learn from a group of reporters that John Ross has been kidnapped!!!

b: 21-Sep-1979 pc: 188136 w: Camille Marchetta d: Leonard Katzman

NOTE: Rating: 19/61 21.1/35
• Ken Kercheval (Cliff) is added to the openung credits in this episode.
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31. Whatever Happened to Baby John? (2)

gs: Sheila Larken (Priscilla Duncan) Sandy Ward (Jeb Ames) John Ashton (Willie Joe Garr) John O'Leary (Dr. Freilich) Dennis Patrick (Vaughn Leland) Barbara Tarbuck () Jordan Charney (Det. Rollins) Meg Gallagher (Louella Lee) Jeanna Michaels (Connie) Jocelyn Brando (Mrs. Reeves)

Though Bobby thinks Cliff may have take John Ross, this ends up not being true. J.R thinks some of his thugs may have taken the child, but hey are all wrong. Pamela ends up solving the kidnapping mystery by remembering a woman she saw staring at babies at the Hospital. Pam remembers a woman, Sheila Larken, who she saw many times when she visited the hospital. It turns out Sheila lost her baby, and her husband ran out on her, leaving her desperate and alone, so she stole John Ross. The Baby is finally returned to it's natural parents...too bad Sue Ellen is not overly emotional about the outcome...

b: 28-Sep-1979 pc: 188137 w: Camille Marchetta d: Leonard Katzman

NOTE: Rating: 12/65 22.2/40
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32. The Silent Killer

gs: Mary Crosby (Kristin Shephard) Randolph Powell (Alan Beam) Keenan Wynn (Willard "Digger" Barnes) William H. Bassett (Dr. Paul Hollister) Georgann Johnson (Dr. Carol Grovner) Martha Scott (Patricia Shephard) Lea Catucci () Jocelyn Brando (Mrs. Reeves)

None of the Ewing's are really excited when Sue Ellen's sister and her mother arrive at Southfork for a visit. Thought they know that John Ross may be his son, Cliff and Pam decide to keep the families genetic disorder a secret. J.R starts to take a deeper look at Sue Ellen's baby sister...

b: 05-Oct-1979 pc: 188139 w: Arthur Bernard Lewis d: Irving J. Moore

NOTE: Ratings: 31/67 18.5/31
• Two casting changes occur in this episode. Mary Crosby takes over the role of Sue Ellen's sister Kristin beginning with this episode while Keenan Wynn reprises the role of Pam and Cliff's father, Digger Barnes.
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33. Secrets

gs: Randolph Powell (Alan Beam) Joan Van Ark (Valene Ewing) George Petrie (Harve Smithfield) William H. Bassett (Dr. Paul Hollister) Meg Gallagher (Louella Lee) Jeanna Michaels (Connie) Jocelyn Brando (Mrs. Reeves)

Pam continue's to worry about her family's health and it's possible effects on John Ross, and her pregnancy. Valene returns to town, determined to have Lucy forgive her. She enlists Bobby's help, but Lucy is not receptive. It is not until Bobby speaks with Lucy, and Lucy overhears J.R try to railroad Valene out of town again before the mother and daughter finally come to terms with thier past and make up.

b: 12-Oct-1979 pc: 188138 w: Arthur Bernard Lewis d: Leonard Katzman

NOTE: Rating: 15/58 21.2/35
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34. The Kristin Affair

gs: Mary Crosby (Kristin Shephard) Randolph Powell (Alan Beam) Keenan Wynn (Willard "Digger" Barnes) Martha Scott (Patricia Shephard) Dennis Patrick (Vaughn Leland) Paul Sorenson (Andy Bradley) Robert Ackerman (Wade Luce) Don Starr (Jordan Lee)

Pam tells Bobby about her pregnancy. But she says nothing about her disease. J.R. mortgages the Southfork Ranch for his drilling in Asia. He's very interested in his sister-in-law Kristin.

b: 19-Oct-1979 pc: 188142 w: Worley Thorne d: Irving J. Moore

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35. The Dove Hunt

gs: Mary Crosby (Kristin Shephard) Robert J. Wilke (Tom Owens) Stephen Gierasch (Ben Masters) John Zaremba (Dr. Harlan Danvers) Thomas Callaway (Dan Owens)

J.R. and Jock get wounded by snipper fire when two of Jock's enemies from the past catch up with him during a hunting trip to Lousiana.

b: 26-Oct-1979 pc: 188143 w: D.C. Fontana , Richard Fontana d: Leonard Katzman

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36. The Lost Child

gs: Mary Crosby (Kristin Shephard) Keenan Wynn (Willard "Digger" Barmes) Jeff Cooper (Dr. Simon Elby) Ronnie Scribner (Luke Midden) Med Flory (Cal McBride) Ronnie Schribner (Luke Middens) Jeanna Michaels (Connie) James Chandler () Ken Farmer ()

Sue Ellen is unhappy with her marriage to J.R. and she looks for psychiatric help. Pam has an accident- she falls down from her horse and loses her baby one more time. She tells Bobby about her hereditary disease

b: 02-Nov-1979 pc: 188140 w: Rena Down d: Irving J. Moore

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37. Rodeo

gs: Mary Crosby (Kristin Shephard) Randolph Powell (Alan Beam) Keenan Wynn (Willard "Digger" Barnes) Jared Martin (Steven "Dusty" Farlow) Sherril Lynn Rettino (Jackie Dugan) Rhonda Box () Kenneth Barry () James Bodean ()

Sue Ellen meets cowboy Dusty Farlow during a Southfork rodeo event.He's the son of a rich Texas rancher. J.R. is jealous of Sue Ellen and he makes it very clear to Dusty. Digger comes to the rodeo to see John Ross 111. But there is no fight with Jock this time around.

b: 09-Nov-1979 pc: 188145 w: Camille Marchetta d: Leonard Katzman

NOTE: Ken Kercheval (Cliff) is not present in this episode.
• Jared Martin ("Dusty") makes her first appearance on the series in this episode.
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38. Mastectomy (1)

gs: Mary Crosby (Kristin Shephard) Randolph Powell (Alan Beam) Keenan Wynn (Willard "Digger" Barnes) Jared Martin (Steven "Dusty" Farlow) John Zaremba (Dr. Harlan Danvers) Jeff Cooper (Dr. Simon Elby) Jane Kean (Mitzi) Carolyn Coates (Nurse)

Miss Ellie discover s a medical problem with her breast. She doesn't tell Jock because in the past he left his first wife Amanda because of her disease. Miss Ellie undergoes an operation to have her breast removed. Sue Ellen meets Dusty again and again.

b: 16-Nov-1979 pc: 188146 w: Arthur Bernard Lewis d: Irving J. Moore

NOTE: This episode originally aired as a two-hour episode with the one that followed it.
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39. Mastectomy (2)

Miss Ellie's tumor is completely removed along with her breast. But she falls into servious depression. She's afraid of losing Jock. J.R. keeps trying to get rid of Cliff and uses Alan Beam to do it.

b: 16-Nov-1979 pc: 188147 w: Arthur Bernard Lewis d: Irving J. Moore

NOTE: This episode originally aired as a two-hour episode with the one that preceded it.
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40. The Heiress

gs: Mary Crosby (Kristin Shephard) Randolph Powell (Alan Beam) Laura Johnson (Betty Lou) Jeff Cooper (Dr. Simon Elby) George Petrie (Harve Smithfield) Karlene Crockett (Muriel Gillis) Walker Edmiston () Charles Cooper ()

To frusted Cliff's plans against the Ewings, J.R. hires young lawyer Alan Beam as his spy. Lucy discovers the conspiracy but J.R. manages to turn things around again to make it look like he and Alan hate each other. Bobby hears about J.R.'s plaans in Southeast Asia and about the mortgaging of Southfork Ranch.

b: 23-Nov-1979 pc: 188141 w: Loraine Despres d: Leslie H. Martinson

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41. Ellie Saves the Day

gs: Mary Crosby (Kristin Shephard) Randolph Powell (Alan Beam) Dennis Patrick (Vaughn Leland) Jeanna Michaels (Connie) Don Starr (Jordan Lee) Michael Laurence (McGraw) Jimmy Weldon () Eda Zahl ()

J.R.'s family is shocked to learn Southfork has been mortgaged. The drilling in Asia run into serious trouble because of a typhoon and the banks demand their loand back. Miss Ellie saves the situation by realeasing part of the ranch for drilling but she has to go against her father's last will to do it. At the end of the eposide she tells J.R: I may never forgive you for this J.R.

b: 30-Nov-1979 pc: 188144 w: Arthur Bernard Lewis , E. Michael d: Gunnar Hellstrom

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42. Mother of the Year

gs: Mary Crosby (Kristin Shephard) Randolph Powell (Alan Beam) Dennis Patrick (Vaughn Leland) Jeff Cooper (Dr. Simon Elby) Joan Lancaster (Linda Bradley) Jeanna Michaels (Connie) Ted Markland () Jocelyn Brando (Mrs. Reeves)

J.R. thinks Sue Ellen is an unfit mother. She seeks psychiatric help. At the last minute, Ewing Oil succeeds in starting drilling in the Asian fields.

b: 14-Dec-1979 pc: 188149 w: Rena Down d: Larry Hagman

NOTE: Current cast member Larry Hagman (J.R.) directed this episode.
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43. Return Engagements

gs: Mary Crosby (Kristin Shephard) E.J. Andre (Eugene Bullock) Joan Van Ark (Valene Ewing) Terry Lester (Rudy Millington) Andra Akers (Sally Bullock) Ted Shackelford (Gary Ewing) Jeanna Michaels (Connie) Michael Horsley ()

iss Ellie's sadness over Gary's [Ted Shackelford] birthday ends when she learns he and Valene are back in Dallas and plans to remary.

b: 20-Dec-1979 pc: 188148 w: David Jacobs d: Gunnar Hellstrom

NOTE: This one-off episode lead Gary and Val into the spin-off, Knots Landing.
• This episode aired on Thursday at 10:00 p.m. in the time slot that would held by the spin-off series, Knots Landing. The following week Knots Landing premiered in that same time slot.
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44. Love and Marriage

gs: Mary Crosby (Kristin Shephard) Susan Howard (Donna McCullum Culver) Mel Ferrer (Harrison Page) Barbara Babcock (Liz Craig) Barry Corbin (Sheriff Fenton Washburn) Jeff Cooper (Dr. Simon Elby) Jeanna Michaels (Connie) Tom Fuccello (Dave Culver)

Pam takes care of Sue Ellen's Baby for a few weeks. Because she doesn't have a child of her own, she can't stand Sue Ellen's coming back to her baby. There's an argument with Bobby about his return to Ewing Oil. Ray Krebbs meets Donna Culver.

b: 21-Dec-1979 pc: 188150 w: Leonard Katzman d: Alexander Singer

NOTE: The premiere of the spin-off series, "Knots Landing" aired six nights after this episode aired and featured a cameo performance by Patrick Duffy ("Bobby").
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45. Power Play

gs: Mary Crosby (Kristin Shephard) Randolph Powell (Alan Beam) Keenan Wynn (Willard "Digger" Barnes) Susan Howard (Donna Culver) Laura Johnson (Betty Lou Barker) Michael Prince (Jonas Smithers) Stephanie Blackmore (Serena Wald) Karlene Crockett (Muriel Gillis)

Lucy secretly meets Alan Beam. But all he is interested in is her family's money. He proposes to Lucy. But this is just an intrigue of J.R.'s whe wants to get rid of Lucy who, as he says, "is her daddy's only tie to Southfork." Pam is promoted at her job once again and problems in her marriage are on the rise.

b: 04-Jan-1980 pc: 188151 w: Jeff Young d: Leslie H. Martinson

NOTE: This episode is the first apperance of J.R.'s on-again/off-again mistress/call girl, Serena. Alan Beam, J.R.'s lawyer introduces them.
• Larry Hagman ("J.R.") had guest starred the previous evening on the spin-off series, "Knots Landing."
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46. Paternity Suit

gs: Mary Crosby (Kristin Shephard) Randolph Powell (Alan Beam) Keenan Wynn (Willard "Digger" Barnes) Jared Martin (Steven "Dusty" Farlow) George Petrie (Harve Smithfield) Stanley Grover (Dr. Miles) Stephen Keep (Barry Lester) Martina Deignan (Deborah Johns-Dallas Press)

Digger tells a reporter the John Ross 111 could be his grandchild. The Ewings sue Digger Barnes for defamation. And Cliff goes to court as well- to determine the baby's paternity. A blood test finally determines: J.R. is the baby's father.

b: 11-Jan-1980 pc: 188152 w: Loraine Despres d: Harry Harris

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47. Jenna's Return

gs: Mary Crosby (Kristin Shephard) Susan Howard (Donna Culver) Mel Ferrer (Harrison Page) Don Porter (Matt Devlin) Francine Tacker (Jenna Wade) Jared Martin (Steven "Dusty" Farlow) Alba Francesca () Joan Welles ()

Miss Ellie's tumor is completely removed along with her breast. But she falls into servious depression. She's afraid of losing Jock. J.R. keeps trying to get rid of Cliff and uses Alan Beam to do it.

b: 18-Jan-1980 pc: 188153 w: Camille Marchetta d: Irving J. Moore

NOTE: "Dallas" was pre-empted on January 25, 1980 for an episode of the spin-off series, "Knots Landing."
• The synopsis of this episode is incorrect. This is the synopsis for episode 59, "Mastectomy" Part II. This episode featured the return of Bobby's ex-girlfriend Jenna Wade (now played by guest star Franine Tacker).
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48. Sue Ellen's Choice

gs: Mary Crosby (Kristin Shephard) Randolph Powell (Alan Beam) Susan Howard (Donna Culver) Francine Tacker (Jenna Wade) Jared Martin (Steven "Dusty" Farlow) Jeanna Michaels (Connie) Chuck Hicks () Fred Lerner ()

Bobby wants to save his marriage and asks Pam fro help but she replies:"'I don't think i can." Pam feels guilty because she can't have a baby. Sue Ellen wants a divorce. J.R. says he will never allow her to take John Ross awat from him. Because Sue Ellen knows she can't fight J.R. on this, she decides to leave Dusty.

b: 01-Feb-1980 pc: 188154 w: Camille Marchetta d: Leonard Katzman

NOTE: Charlene Tilton ("Lucy") guest starred the previous evening on the spin-off series, "Knots Landing."
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49. Second Thoughts

gs: Mary Crosby (Kristin Shephard) Randolph Powell (Alan Beam) Keenan Wynn (Willard "Digger" Barnes) Laura Johnson (Betty Lou Barker) Chris Coffey (Greg Forrester) Robert Rockwell (Mitchell) Stephanie Blackmore (Serena Wald) Karlene Crockett (Muriel Gillis)

J.R. keeps pressuring Alan Beam to marry Lucy very soon. Cliff resigns from the OLM to run in the elections for Congress but J.R.'s intrigue is a success and Cliff runs out of campaign money all of a sudden. For the moment, he is finished professionally and has nowhere to go. Bobby feels sorry for Cliff and decides to do some job hunting for him. This provokes a furious reaction from J.R. Jock frustrated J.R.'s plans for Lucy and Alan by offering Alan a legal partnership in Dallas. Now J.R. tries to stop the marriage because there's no longer anything in it for him.

b: 08-Feb-1980 pc: 188158 w: Linda B. Elstad d: Irving J. Moore

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50. Divorce - Ewing Style

gs: Mary Crosby (Kristin Shephard) Randolph Powell (Alan Beam) Don Porter (Matt Devlin) Barry Corbin (Sheriff Fenton Washburn) Jeff Cooper (Dr. Simon Elby) Stephanie Blackmore (Serena Wald) John Christy Ewing (Tom Fuller) James L. Brown (Harry McSween)

J.R. hears about Cliff's new job at the district attroney's office. He tries to make Sue Ellen look like she's been drinking again. Sue Ellen hires a "privacy eye" to prove J.R.'s infidelity to her but J.R. bribes the detectivewho alters the reports which now say nothing bad about J.R. This makes Sue Ellen look like paraonid and obbbessive in front of the family.

b: 15-Feb-1980 pc: 188155 w: Leonard Katzman d: Leonard Katzman

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51. Jock's Trial (1)

gs: Mary Crosby (Kristin Shephard) Keenan Wynn (Willard "Digger" Barnes) Don Porter (Matt Devlin) Barry Corbin (Sheriff Fenton Washburn) Nicolas Coster (Lyle Sloan) Jeff Cooper (Dr. Simon Elby) Chris Coffey (Greg Forrester) Joan Lancaster (Linda Bradley) David Cryer () Al Hopson () Dan Priest () Dennis Holahan () Joel Lawrence () Faith Quabius () Don Furneaux ()

A skeletion is found on Southfork. Cliff runs the investigation into possible murder. Jock is arrested. Sue Ellen drinks again as she hears about Dusty's death in a plane crash.

b: 22-Feb-1980 pc: 188156 w: Arthur Bernard Lewis d: Irving J. Moore

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52. Jock's Trial (2)

gs: Keenan Wynn (Willard "Digger" Barnes) Don Porter (Matt Devlin) Stephen Elliott (Scotty Demarest) Nicolas Coster (Lyle Sloan) William Watson (Hutchinson "Hutch" McKinney) Barry Corbin (Sheriff Fenton Washburn) John Zaremba (Dr. Harlan Danvers) George Petrie (Harve Smithfield) David Cryer () Susan Keller () Kale Browne () Jo Anne Astrow () Jack Hamage () Hans Howes ()

Jock is released on bail. Digger is dying and confess to having killed the man whoise skeletion was found on the ranch. It turns out it was Hutch McKinney-- a man with whom Digger's wife Rebecca had an affair. Digger killed him in a rage upon finding out about the affair. Pam learns that it was Hutch who was her real father. ALL these years she thought it was Digger... Digger dies but befoer that, he tells Pam that he has all ways cared for her, just like she was his own daughter.

b: 29-Feb-1980 pc: 188157 w: Arthur Bernard Lewis d: Irving J. Moore

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53. The Wheeler Dealer

gs: Mary Crosby (Kristin Shephard) Randolph Powell (Alan Beam) Dennis Patrick (Vaughn Leland) Lesley Woods (Amanda Lewis Ewing) Ron Hayes (Hank Johnson) Jeff Cooper (Dr. Simon Elby) Stephanie Blackmore (Serena Wald) Sarah Cunningham (Aunt Maggie Monahan) Geoffrey Scott () Ed Kenney () Robert Ackerman (Wade Luce) Paul Sorenson (Andy Bradley) Robert Phalen () Jan Stratten () Ken Scott ()

When J.R. learns of a possible revolution in Southeast Asia, he decides to sell of 75% of his oil well holdings there. Kristin and Alan scheme to try and gather information to ruin J.R. The family visits Jock's first wife, Amanda, who believes that Bobby is really Jock. Pam tries in vain to find information on her mother. Going through Digger's papers, Cliff finds a contract giving Digger royalties on an oil field which Bobby just reopened.

b: 14-Mar-1980 pc: 188159 w: Barbara Searles d: Alexander Singer

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54. A House Divided

gs: Mary Crosby (Kristin Shephard) Randolph Powell (Alan Beam) Dennis Patrick (Vaughn Leland) Ron Heyes (Hank Johnson) Jeff Cooper (Dr. Simon Elby) Christopher Coffey (Greg Forrester) Don Starr (Jordan Lee) James L. Brown (Harry McSween) Ann Nelson () Susan Keller () John Hart () Kale Browne ()

The cartel members and J.R.'s banker are finnnancially runied after the nationalization of the Asian fields. Seth Stone, one of the cartel members, kills himself. J.R. threatens to drive Kristin and Alan Beam out of town and he wants to put Sue Ellen back into the sannitarium. Pam and Bobby leave Dallas when Bobby learns that J.R. shut down an oil field to stop Cliff from having his portion of revenge based on an agreement between Digger and Jock which Cliff has found among Digger's papers. Then as the episode draws to a close J.R. is shot.

b: 21-Mar-1980 pc: 188160 w: Rena Down d: Irving J. Moore

NOTE: J.R. gets shot! Wow, what a great ending!
• Steve Kanaly (Ray) is not present in this episode.

Larry Hagman	John Ross 'J.R.' Ewing, Jr.
Barbara Bel Geddes	Eleanor Southworth 'Miss Ellie' Ewing #1 (1978-1984, 1985-1990)
Ken Kercheval	Cliff Barnes
Patrick Duffy	Bobby Ewing (1978-1985, 1986-1991)
Linda Gray	Sue Ellen Ewing (1978-1989) (original cast)
Steve Kanaly	Ray Krebbs (1978-1988)
Howard Keel	Clayton Farlow (1981-1991)
Charlene Tilton	Lucy Ewing Cooper (1978-1985, 1988-1990)
Victoria Principal	Pamela Barnes Ewing #1 (1978-1987) (original cast)
Susan Howard	Donna Culver Krebbs (1979-1987)
Jim Davis	John Ross 'Jock' Ewing, Sr. / ...
F. Gary Gray
Priscilla Presley
George Kennedy	Carter McKay
Cathy Podewell
Marc Singer
Howard Duff
Lesley-Anne Down	Stephanie Rogers
Ian McShane	Don Lockwood
Bert Remsen	Dandy Dandridge
Lois Chiles	Holly Harwood
Anne Francis	Arliss Cooper
Derek McGrath	Oswald Valentine
Karen Carlson	Nancy Scotfield
Marty Schiff	Del Greco
Dack Rambo	Jack Ewing

Director	Barry Crane Linda Day Michael Preece Larry Hagman Alex March Don McDougall Jerry Jameson
Producer	Leonard Katzman David Paulsen James H. Brown Larry Hagman Lednard Katzman Lee Rich
Writer	Virginia Aldridge Deanne Barkley Leonard Katzman Arthur Bernard Lewis Camille Marchetta
Musician	Bruce Broughton Jerrold Immel