Dallas and KL severed ties way before Bobby returned...
Mel O'Drama
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Jock's Will and Bobby's death aside the continuity between the series was always fairly gentle and infrequent. It's probably possible to count on one hands events from one show being referenced on another. There was Gary's big drunk; the shooting of JR; Kristin's pregnancy (because it was essential to the plot). And I can't think of much else.
Was Gary and Val's divorce even referenced on Dallas? I can't remember it, but it's some years since I last watched either show. I don't think Abby was acknowledged on Dallas either.
Was Gary and Val's divorce even referenced on Dallas? I can't remember it, but it's some years since I last watched either show. I don't think Abby was acknowledged on Dallas either.
J. R.'s Piece
Telly Talk Star
Miss Ellie mentioned Bobby going to California too, as seen in the Knots Landing pilot. Lucy mentioned visiting her parents to Alan Beam and Muriel in Second Thoughts. On Dallas, JR referenced meeting Karen Fairgate. Gary mentioned Sid and Karen Fairgate to Miss Ellie. On Knots Landing, JR mentioned Lucy’s wedding, which aired on Dallas the following night. In Five Dollars A Barrel, JR asked Gary if he was still working at that used car lot (Knots Landing Motors). Miss Ellie acknowledged Gary’s strength that wasn’t there before (from his life on Knots Landing), when he came for Bobby’s funeral. In Love and Marriage, Jock said that Gary was doing fine in California, just days before Knots Landing began. Bobby referenced Miss Ellie’s mastectomy to Valene on Knots Landing. Karen Fairgate mentioned Jock’s recent death to her brother. And JR on Dallas put Kristin on a plane to California and she showed up in Knots Landing.
On Dallas, Lucy mentioned that Gary and Valene had split up, in reply to a question from Don Lockwood and with Sue Ellen present.
On Dallas, Lucy mentioned that Gary and Valene had split up, in reply to a question from Don Lockwood and with Sue Ellen present.
You’re not wrong. Although on Knots Landing, Abby had a one-way telephone discussion with Miss Ellie when Gary was in prison.
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J. R.'s Piece
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The ending of the contest between JR and Bobby is referred to when offscreen JR informs Abby about Gary’s forthcoming 10% of Ewing Oil and she discusses it with Jim Westmont. So Abby is in a hurry to marry Gary, right after his divorce becomes final (which is also the day that Gary gets Val pregnant with twins), so she can get community property. And Gary is shown getting his letter about his Ewing Oil share.
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TJames03
Banned
Well, I do recall they asked Gary to call Lucy when Val disappeared when the twins “died,” but he was adamant that Val would never ever return to Texas. I would have liked to maybe have seen a scene on Dallas with Lucy and Muriel sitting around the pool and a Ciji Dunne song coming on the radio and Lucy telling Muriel that her dad was Ciji’s manager. Just little things like that.
J. R.'s Piece
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Maybe. Well, he found Ciji. Nowadays I think of music rights potentially holding up DVD releases! It was Lilimae who mentioned to Gary about Valene and Texas. Nice that after Valene “lost” the babies, she referred to Ben her experience of JR taking Lucy.
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Kenny Coyote
Telly Talk Star
When I was thinking about watching Knots Landing, I went to see how much it would cost to get it on DVD and I found out that they released the first 2 seasons on DVD and then quit releasing any more seasons on DVD. There was such a lack of demand that the sales of the Knots Landing seasons one and two weren't enough to justify them spending the money to continue releasing more seasons of Knots Landing on DVD.
By any chance do you happen to know if they were even close to having enough demand to justify them spending the money to release any more seasons on DVD? If they were close, have you heard anything about possible plans to release the rest of Knots Landing on DVD?
Is there any other way people can watch the rest of Knots Landing after season 2 besides trading with people who recorded it off TV?
stevew
Telly Talk Star
I’ve always wondered with such why they don’t just offer them on a streaming service. There’s little cost - just up load them and see who bites. It’s not like producing all those discs.