Dallas: The Complete First and Second Seasons is an American equivalent to those British mini-series about historical chapters in that country's royal monarchy. Full of family in-fighting, political intrigue crossed with personal triumph or disappointment, and plenty of sensational infidelities and betrayals, Dallas is a captivating story of a wealthy oil family's power and travails. It is also uniquely fun and daringly absurd, albeit with a straight face; this hugely successful, primetime soap opera began in the late 1970s and ran 14 seasons in all, built on a handful of primary relationships that stretch credulity but never descend into self-parody. Not unexpectedly, Dallas begins with a Romeo and Juliet tale that instantly exposes an old feud between two families and strips the civilized veneer from several major characters. Bobby Ewing (Patrick Duffy), youngest of three sons of independent oilman Jock Ewing (Jim Davis), arrives at the Ewing clan's Southfork ranch just outside Dallas, Texas, with a new wife, Pam Barnes Ewing (Victoria Principal). Pam is the daughter of Digger Barnes (David Wayne), an old business rival of Jock's and one-time suitor of the Ewing matriarch, Eleanor (or "Miss Ellie", played by Barbara Bel Geddes). Pam's also the sister of a state senator, Cliff Barnes (Ken Kercheval), whose vendetta against the Ewings is played out in the legislature, imposing costly regulations on their business and holding committee investigations into questionable practices of company president J.R. Ewing (Larry Hagman). Pam's status as the newest Ewing causes an uproar in the family (besides being a Barnes, she also dated the Ewings' genial but lonely foreman, Ray Krebbs, played by Steve Kanaly) and prompts Dallas' charming villain, J.R., to make many Iago-like attempts, over the first two seasons, to drive her from Bobby's arms. Pam has a different set of problems with the other, jealous Ewing women, including J.R.'s possibly barren and alcoholic wife, Sue Ellen (Linda Gray), and teenage Lucy (Charlene Tilton), daughter of exiled Ewing son Gary (Ted Shackleford). With new and old resentments flying and everyone deeply suspicious of everyone else's motives (even the ailing Jock doesn't trust J.R.), there's plenty of drama to chew on. Still, storylines are often larger than the sum of these parts, with lots of kidnappings, marital affairs, plane crashes, and shootings ratcheting up suspense. Dallas is pure pleasure, a little guilty, perhaps, but not a sin. --Tom Keogh
Relive the drama intrigue and deception of TV's most watched event of the 1980s features all 25 episodes from season three. Episodes comprise: 1. What Ever Happened To Baby John (Part 1) 2. What Ever Happened To Baby John (Part 2) 3. The Silent Killer 4. Secrets 5. The Kristin Affair 6. The Dove Hunt 7. The Lost Child 8. Rodeo 9. Mastectomy (Part 1) 10. Mastectomy (Part2) 11. The Heiress 12. Ella Saves The Day 13. Mother Of The Year 14. Return Engagements 15. Love And Marria
Sucking in viewers with the dramas, scandals, and intrigues of the Texas elite, 'Dallas' quickly became a national sensation after debuting in 1978.
The complete fifth season of familial and political wranglings in the Ewing oil empire... the Ewing Family is struck by tragedy when Jock is presumed dead in a plane crash and J.R. schemes to gain ultimate power over the Ewing business while he battles for custody of his son and ultimately tries to win Sue Ellen's love back. The drama continues as Cliff is devastated over Sue Ellen and attempts suicide; Bobby adopts Kristin's baby and gets caught up in a murder charge; and Donna catc
Two horny college guys land jobs at a summer cheerleading camp, full of hot single girls. They decide to devise a plan, in an attempt to win the affection of the girls, by helping them try to get top prize at the upcoming cheerleader competition by recruiting a group of strippers with all the right moves. This hilarious laugh out loud comedy will certainly get you reaching for that spirit stick
Problem Child: Ben Healy (John Ritter) and his social climbing wife Flo adopt Junior a fun-loving seven year old. But they soon discover he's a little monster as he turns a camping trip a birthday party and even a baseball game into comic nightmares. But is he really just a little angel trying to get out? Find out in this hilarious satire on modern-day family life. Problem Child 2: Junior the monster is now back as him and Ben his adoptive father move to Mortville '
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