Attorneys of Dallas

Dallas: The Complete First & Second Seasons

Description

Power, wealth, sex, glorious extravagance. One place has them all - Dallas. This 5-disc set includes all 29 of the hugely entertaining show's First- and Second-Season Episodes, including a cast reunion special. Patrick Duffy, Victoria Principal and more play Texas sons and daughters whose lives revolve around oil, family and power. And Larry Hagman portrays petroleum magnate J.R. Ewing, whose pursuit of, in no particular order, money and clout knows no limits.

DVD Features:
Audio Commentary:Commentary featuring Larry Hagman, Charlene Tilton, and creator David Jacobs
Featurette:Soaptalk Dallas Reunion, SOAPnet special featuring Larry Hagman, Patrick Duffy, Linda Gray, and Charlene Tilton

Dallas: The Complete First and Second Seasons is an American equivalent to those British miniseries 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

Reviews

Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-08-17
Summary: "Oh Yea!"

This is what real Television is made of. Jr is the one you love to hate,but mostly love. Then Susan Ellen is just as manipulative as her husband and wants what JR wants even though she is a neglected house wife,who turns to Jr enemy Cliff and gets pregnant,then don't really know who the baby father is. Oh yea and becomes a drunk. Bobby and Pam is a beautiful couple and all,but Bobby was not truly aware of what all is brother JR is really capable of. Jr nearly all ways out smarts Bobby some kind of way. I think bobby really loved Jr so his guard is down to a degree and JR don't let his down if it's going to cost him something he really wants. However Jr did slip a bit when the secretary was sleeping with cliff barns and telling him everything. the parents are sweet too. The dad wanted Bobby to step up and be more involved with the company. He wanted bobby to want it like JR. Ms Ellie not so much. Poor Gary weak, pushed around by Jr. The slutty niece. It's make you wonder why the grandparents assumed she was so innocent they had to have heard something. I guessed they turn the other cheek or something. Digger the Drunk who got cheated by jock some kind of way. What a Show. I glad it's on DVD were I don't have to wait for TV to re air it

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Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-08-06
Summary: "GREAT!!!!!!!!!!"

That kiniving jr hes a hoot!!!!! just as i rememberd!!!! Hes the guy you love to hate!!!!!!! Makes the show for me!!!These are awesome shows brought back,brings nack memories from my youth,Thanks Again!!!!!!!!

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Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-07-16
Summary: "Dallas: the complete First & Second Seasons"

Fantastic!! It took me right back, JR and his old tricks and Bobby, the boy every girl wanted. The industry just doesn't make good tv like this anymore.

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Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-07-07
Summary: "Dallas Seasons"

I purchased the set for my Mother in law. She loved them so much she called me and asked me to order seasons 3,4, and 5. I think I will be getting all 13 seasons for her sooner or later. I have them delivered directly to her home and she is like a child at Christmas.

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Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-01-09
Summary: "the greatest tv series - it's like going home!"

Well I got tired of waiting for the Soap TV channel to show the reruns of Dallas again so I started purchasing the series through Amazon. It's wonderful seeing Ol' JR doing his mischief. I wouldn't pay the price Amazon is charging though, you can get new ones through the sellers on Amazon for $9.99 and they are a fine bargain. I've bought seasons one through five and I'm enjoying them tremendously, especially since I find many of the current tv shows very poorly written or boring. I'm not sure how many I'll buy,since the later seasons were not as good. I miss a nighttime series like this. Reality tv is getting repetitive and I'm sick of cop, lawyer and hospital shows. It's nice to pop one of these dvds in on occasion.