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Dallas: The Complete Eighth Season

Description

Dallas fans just can’t get enough of the Ewings. So Season 8 brings a new one – cousin Jamie Ewing, a blonde, blue-eyed little ol’ cupcake with a big, fat claim on the oil empire. And it brings a new face: Oscar® Academy Award winner* Donna Reed stepping gracefully into Miss Ellie’s high heels while an ailing Barbara Bel Geddes recovers. And, of course, it brings a gusher of high-tension, high-finance drama: three corpses, one murder trial, weddings, breakups, adultery, medical traumas, kidnapping, lies, long-forgotten secrets and sudden wealth. That’s not all, not by a Texas Longhorn shot. The season ends with that dynamic Dallas classic, a wow-did-you-see-that cliffhanger.

Reviews

Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-04-25
Summary: "Great Series"

The best TV series ever and you can't afford to be without a single season!

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Rating: 1 / 5
Date: 2010-03-01
Summary: "DO NOT BUY THIS FROM AMAZON"

I too was sold a set that had no disc 3, only two disc 2's. Amazon refused to do anything. If you are buying as a gift or are not sure when you will watch it you'd better buy it somewhere else.

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Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-02-17
Summary: "DALLAS"

I love the series, so I am very biest. It is just the best alltime series ever made.I have watched Dallas since I was a child and I would recommend it to anyone!

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Rating: 4 / 5
Date: 2009-10-04
Summary: "A Season To Remember"

I'm a late `Dallas' fan, meaning I missed the first run of the series but it has become a guilty and not-so-guilty pleasure for me. I've worked my way up and just finished this season. A big-shout out also to the reviewers and major fans of this series who've posted their reviews on Amazon for every season: you're the ones whose enthusiasm and on-the-mark reviews have helped me come back for more. I can't really add too much more than the original fans have here on this site, so here are some of my impressions in random order (no spoilers):

1)Donna Reed as Miss Ellie: The creative forces behind the show have all acknowledged that a substitute actress needed to be in place for Barbara Bel Geddes in order to keep that character as a family touchstone--and also to keep actor Howard Keel active and with a storyline. Howard Keel is a class act--that's the way for a guy to age! That being the case, I give Donna Reed her props. She was an icon from way back and while she's far more stylish and patrician than Ms. Geddes, she did her job and it can't be easy. Her portrayal takes time to mesh, but I feel she did her best. That Mrs. Reed passed away a year later is a sad forethought.
2)Victoria Principal: I loved Victoria Principal as a kid from `Earthquake' and her sunny place as the sweetheart/sexy lady of this series and her many trendy hairstyles. She was popular, hot and she knew it. She delivers many strong moments in this season as she tries to make it without Bobby and give Jenna Wade her chance. By the season finale, she breaks your heart. The Bobby-Pam cliffhanger (so-to-speak) at the end of this season was a major media event at the time and a huge shock. Everyone knew Patrick Duffy was leaving the show but no one knew how his character would go. His departure and how it happens is now a pop-culture milestone and both he and Victoria Principal make it incredibly touching. Excellent work on both actors' parts.
3)New cast additions of Jenilee Harrison and Deborah Shelton. Jenilee Harrison starts off as a scrappy lost relative and has a character arc that takes her from Southfork and out of the fold. It's nice to see Jenilee Harrison have more to play than the glam- screwball comedy she did so gamely on `Three's Company' two years earlier. Deborah Shelton grows on you as the latest girlfriend of Cliff Barnes, post-Afton, and later being pursued by J.R. She's a striking presence and I thought the producers/writers did a good job in making her less one-note and actually realistic as an aspiring clothing model living on her own in a bachelorette apt. and not wanting a man to mess with her mind. Ms. Shelton gets better as the season progresses. Go Mandy!
4)Priscilla Presley: That just seven years earlier her fame was strictly as the love of Elvis's life and the keeper of his legacy, it was a huge and brave leap to star in a top-rated show as the only realistic rival for Bobby Ewing versus Victoria Principal's Pam. Priscilla is stunningly beautiful and only distracts when tearful stretches of scenes she's in yield no tears. She's a tough cookie and maybe that's why the tears don't really come. I kept wondering if menthol tears were an option. Still, for the first two-thirds of the season she's incredibly likable as the newest potential addition to Southfork.
5)Travilla: The famous costume designer has some hits and misses, some of them looking quite over-the-top in hindsight---Donna Culver Krebbs (the talented Susan Howard) wearing partially backless shirts, apropos of nothing, in her basic ranch house with Ray and so on...still, it's fun to see `Dallas' stepping it up on the hair and fashion side, although comparisons to `Dynasty' still pale since `Dynasty' was uber-glam (in Denver, CO, natch) from the beginning in its depiction of estate life among the filthy rich. The commentary on this DVD season focusing on Travilla is too snarky by half but the point is made. `Dallas' did a lot for Dallas the city and they had fun crafting a fantasy image.
All in all Season 8 is an enjoyable season that will have you watching an entire DVD side at a clip. This was a hot show for its time and there are great moments to balance the more tedious ones (Charlene Tilton not having enough to do; too many oil cartel character actors/lawyers, etc. and a stilted travelogue to Hong Kong). Have fun y'all! It was fun watching the zeitgeist I missed the first time around.

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Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2009-07-11
Summary: "Classic"

Dallas really doesn't need a review. To me it was a groundbreaking show that made you feel all emotions, kept you anxious, and said whew I'm glad it's not my family. But you also saw family love and devotion.