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<blockquote data-quote="James from London" data-source="post: 225511" data-attributes="member: 22">The barbecue episode is usually a turning point, bringing the storylines from the first dozen episodes of a season to some kind of quasi-conclusion before dropping a dramatic bombshell/mini-cliffhanger that&#039;ll dominate the next several episodes. The most obvious example is Barbecue Two in 1981: Sue Ellen moves back to Dallas after divorcing JR, Dusty has been written out, Pam&#039;s mental breakdown story has been replaced by the arrival of Christopher, Lucy&#039;s just met Roger Larsen and the cracks are beginning to show in Ray and Donna&#039;s marriage ... then comes the phone call to say that Jock&#039;s helicopter has crashed.It&#039;s not quite as definitive the following year, but Miss Ellie declaring that she&#039;s going to court to break Jock&#039;s will so she can sell Ewing Oil certainly ratchets things up, likewise her and Clayton announcing their engagement at the end of Barbecue 4 and Jamie producing the document dividing Ewing Oil into thirds at the end of Barbecue 5. It&#039;s usually the point in the season when location filming in Texas and at Southfork stops in favour of the cardboard patio so there&#039;s a slightly different atmosphere in the next block of episodes. And as there&#039;s no longer any nice Dallas scenery to stop and admire, the pace of the action tends to pick up as well.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="James from London, post: 225511, member: 22"] The barbecue episode is usually a turning point, bringing the storylines from the first dozen episodes of a season to some kind of quasi-conclusion before dropping a dramatic bombshell/mini-cliffhanger that'll dominate the next several episodes. The most obvious example is [I]Barbecue Two[/I] in 1981: Sue Ellen moves back to Dallas after divorcing JR, Dusty has been written out, Pam's mental breakdown story has been replaced by the arrival of Christopher, Lucy's just met Roger Larsen and the cracks are beginning to show in Ray and Donna's marriage ... then comes the phone call to say that Jock's helicopter has crashed. It's not quite as definitive the following year, but Miss Ellie declaring that she's going to court to break Jock's will so she can sell Ewing Oil certainly ratchets things up, likewise her and Clayton announcing their engagement at the end of [I]Barbecue 4[/I] and Jamie producing the document dividing Ewing Oil into thirds at the end of [I]Barbecue 5[/I]. It's usually the point in the season when location filming in Texas and at Southfork stops in favour of the cardboard patio so there's a slightly different atmosphere in the next block of episodes. And as there's no longer any nice Dallas scenery to stop and admire, the pace of the action tends to pick up as well. [/QUOTE]

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Who played JR Ewing?