Attorneys of Dallas

Dallas: The Complete Tenth Season

Description

The story of a Texas family headed by oil magnate J.R. Ewing, whose lives revolve around money, family, and the pursuit of power.

Reviews

Rating: 1 / 5
Date: 2010-05-05
Summary: "Great Season but these Transfers are Embarrasing!"

I was wondering were some of these epidosdes shot on videotape? Every other episode or so the transfer looks so bad. the show never looked pristine but all other seasons you could tell the show was shot on film and generally very saturated with color.

I am currently watching the 10th season and can't believe how bad some of these look. The writing and storylines for season 10 are the best the show had in several seasons, deminsihed by poor video quality.

Are Seasons 11-13 Just as bad?

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Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-01-28
Summary: "Looks like "Star Trek" wasn't the only show with a "Mirror Universe"...."

...yeah, I know it wasn't Sci-Fi like "Star Trek", but anything other than a dream would have been a much better way to bring Bobby back, having watched Season 9 & this one, I feel as many other fans do regarding this issue, Season 9 had a good story arc, as one reviewer already noted, they could have brought Bobby back so many other ways, they could have done what the current "C.S.I. Miami" did a few years ago with a faked death, Jamie & Sue Ellen escaping the explosions, Mark disappearing after he learned of J.R.'s plot to blackmail him regarding his college secret, Ray & Donna losing custody of the foster child(again) & this putting their marriage in trouble once more, Jenna not being pregnant, these would have been much better resolutions from Season 9 in my view that all could have been told in this season's first episode, but as one reviewer noted executive producer Leonard Katzsman had a bruised ego to mend after being sqeezed out of Season 9, & so we (the fans) were told it was a dream(dumb!!!), well....., on to the review, this season is in my view one of the best, despite Season 9's cliffhanger not being resolved!!!!..., J.R. is up to his old tricks again, only this time he gets more than he bargained for when he hires a mercenary to carry out explosions in the middle east to boost oil prices, this becomes J.R.'s undoing & makes for some interesting drama, Sue Ellen goes into the fashion business, Bobby & Pam remarry, & Ray & Donna divorce, also a man named Wes Palmelee claims to be a not-dead Jock Ewing, it should be noted that this character played by Steve Forrest also played a similar character at the end of Season 9 that possesed the same possibility, was he Jock?, the viewer is left to decide which I thought was cool, despite this being a good season, I feel it should have been the last, this one ended with J.R. & Bobby losing Ewing Oil due to J.R.'s mishap with the mercenary that unknown to J.R. was being watched by the CIA & knew of J.R.'s involvement, although the CIA let them slide, The Ewing's had the misfortune of a man working as a file clerk for the CIA also being the brother of woman whose husband commits suiside because of being arrested for blowing up a Ewing oil field all because of being laid off by Bobby & J.R., Miss Elle also washes her hands of J.R. & Bobby over this misdeed in a speech that would make any son cringe, this was indeed the last good season... it was Victoria Principal, Susan Howard, Deborah Shelton, & Jennilee Harrison's last season on the show, & although we still had Linda Gray, Pricilla Presley & newcomer Sherrie J. Wilson, it wasn't enough to sustain it beyond this season, they fought hard to get Patrick Duffy & Barbara Bel Geddes( absent from Season 8) back, but lost other cast members again, when this happens, it only means one thing.. it is time to end the show , this one ended on not so happy note, but a realistic one where J.R.'s schemes finally catch up with him as he loses Ewing Oil, all in all a good season, but they should have ended it here.

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Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2009-10-12
Summary: "Thank you!!!"

As happy as I was with my idem, I was more happy with the seller.I had a very small issue with one of my disc and the seller whom I would purchase from again with out a doubt quickly replaced it and still got it to me before even the first due date was up.I am very pleased and would gladly suggest to my family and frends to look for this seller for any of their future product needs.

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Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2009-10-01
Summary: "Dallas-Season 10"

Dallas is Dallas and I like Dallas. You have the mega wealthy, villainy, sex, and scandal, but also love and non-traditional families all wrapped up in one show. Dallas - The Complete Tenth Season

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Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2009-09-05
Summary: "A most remarkable year for the Ewing clan! (SPOILERS)"

Remember how each episode of "The Wild Wild West" began with "The Night of"? Or "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." used "The ____ Affair" for each installment? Well, the best way to describe season ten (really season NINE, but that's another story) would be to use the word "year" as a reference point:

This season, in no particular order) was:

1) "The Year of Valentine Lingerie" - In this storyline Sue Ellen (the one and only Linda Gray) becomes a worthy equal to husband J.R. (the Emmy-deserving Larry Hagman) as she becomes a successful entrepreneur and manipulator. Deborah Shelton, as J.R.'s latest "fling", Mandy Winger, is stunning as the symbol for the company, especially when she wears a big hat and a color-coordinated outfit. Derek McGrath is hilarious as Ozwald Valentine, the most unlikely designer of "naughty nighties."

2) "The Year of the Awakening" - Fortunately, the controversial "solution" to bring back Bobby (Patrick Ewing) is so quickly introduced in the first episode that viewers can jump into the plot devices for this season.

3) "The Year of the Comic Relief" - While Cliff Barnes (Ken Kercheval) has always been fodder for J.R., in this season he becomes the show's true buffoon, getting involved in one thing after another, in his quest to get the family that "wronged" his daddy.

4) "The Year of Male Chauvinism" - The writers intentionally (I hope) poked fun at the train of thought by having so many sexist comments made by Cliff and others in the cast, as well as situations where the female of the species was treated with less-than-polite respect.

5) "The Year of the Minority" - While there have been minorities seen - and even given a line or two - in the past, this was the season that saw them featured more prominently. Teresa (Roseanna Christiansen), the Ewing's Hispanic maid, gets more screen time and even gets to say more than "Dinner is served". Dora Mae, (the statuesque and always coiffed-to-the-nines Pat Colbert) is shown and heard more frequently to patrons of the Oil Baron's Restaurant and even gets to react to the actions of her customers, especially in a confrontation between Cliff and Jeremy Wendell. J.A. Preston even appears in several episodes as crafty CIA agent Leo Daltry. Daltry gets to deliver one of the more memorable lines of the season, one that makes J.R. speechless.

6) "The Year of Departures" - Suffice it to say, this season sees several "PRINCIPAL" leavings, including one of the original cast members.

7) "The Year of the Secretary" - All three of the "girl Fridays" get some increased screen time from J.R.'s Sly (Deborah Rennard) to Cliff's Jackie (Sherill Lynn Rettino) to Bobby's Phyllis (Deborah Tranelli). Even Sly becomes president of one of J.R.'s "dummy" corporations.

8) "The Year of Jeremy Wendell" - William Smithers as the devious oilman makes a worthy adversary for J.R., fitting in prominently in the season finale.

9) "The Year of Ray and Jenna" - Though just as equally dull as "The Year(s)of Ray and Donna", the story does allow some decent moments between actors Steve Kanaly and Priscilla Presley.

10) "The Year of Wes Parmalee" - This is probably the most absurd of the season's plot lines, but it does allow from some stellar acting from Barbara Bell Geddes (remarkable as always as Miss Ellie), Howard Keel as Ellie's husband Clayton, and guest Steve Forrest as the-man-who-might-be Jock Ewing.

The sound and picture of the DVD are not up to par with previous compilations and there are no "extras," not even audio commentary on select episodes.