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<blockquote data-quote="Jock Og" data-source="post: 295986" data-attributes="member: 17">The last episode in no way did justice to the unforgettable series I started watching in 1984 and then watched in repeats; when I discovered the Jim Davis era, was able to view season 4 (DVD-5) and season 5 (DVD-6).&nbsp; J.R. had been a caricature in the twilight years, almost a joke and the final episode started with him, very much in an abyss, feeling sorry for himself.&nbsp; &#039;Conundrum&#039; worked okay in theory but in practice the episode could imho be best described as silly and far fetched.&nbsp; Of course at it&#039;s pith DALLAS was OTT escapism. While season 8 (DVD-9) &#039;The Dream Season&#039; tarnished the brand i.e. wiping out an entire season as canon, it was good in terms of plot / storytelling, the last ever series episode was so much in space and not in a respectable way (in any shape or form).&nbsp; We got a few familiar faces back but come hell or high water TPTB should have had Victoria Principal, Barbara Bel Geddes, Howard Keel and Susan Howard in the finale, presented in an offering which was true to the glory years. [MEDIA=youtube]-0GmvctvEb0[/MEDIA]J.R. is back in the land of the living, after the series ended in 1991.&nbsp; It looked as if he had committed suicide.&nbsp; However he had just blown a hole in a mirror; when taunted by a fantasy angel turned devil, who told him he should pull the trigger on his daddy&#039;s revolver.&nbsp; In the closure of the T.V. movie &#039;J.R. Returns&#039; the infamous oil baron and his son John Ross are talking outside Southfork, (a scene from &#039;J.R. Returns&#039; 1996 / &#039;The Movie Collection&#039; DVD 2011):Bobby and Sue Ellen have bought Ewing Oil, from Cliff Barnes.&nbsp; It would appear J.R. has a scheme in mind down the road, as he speaks to John Ross.John Ross: &quot;Dad, I don&#039;t understand, why are smiling? You just lost Ewing Oil?&quot;J.R.: &quot;Son, you don&#039;t understand! Ewing Oil is back in Ewing hands.&nbsp; Your uncle Bobby is no longer going to sell Southfork and is back in the oil business.&nbsp; I am the Chairman of the Board of Weststar.&nbsp; Your mother is back at Southfork and you are going to remain in Dallas, to learn the oil business under the best damn oil man there ever was.&quot;John Ross: &quot;Dad, when you say it that way, it appears you&#039;d planned everything to work out this way from the start.&quot;J.R. chuckles: &quot;See son, you are learning already.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jock Og, post: 295986, member: 17"] The last episode in no way did justice to the unforgettable series I started watching in 1984 and then watched in repeats; when I discovered the Jim Davis era, was able to view season 4 (DVD-5) and season 5 (DVD-6). J.R. had been a caricature in the twilight years, almost a joke and the final episode started with him, very much in an abyss, feeling sorry for himself. 'Conundrum' worked okay in theory but in practice the episode could imho be best described as silly and far fetched. Of course at it's pith DALLAS was OTT escapism. While season 8 (DVD-9) 'The Dream Season' tarnished the brand i.e. wiping out an entire season as canon, it was good in terms of plot / storytelling, the last ever series episode was so much in space and not in a respectable way (in any shape or form). We got a few familiar faces back but come hell or high water TPTB should have had Victoria Principal, Barbara Bel Geddes, Howard Keel and Susan Howard in the finale, presented in an offering which was true to the glory years. [MEDIA=youtube]-0GmvctvEb0[/MEDIA] [B][B]J.R. is back in the land of the living, after the series ended in 1991. It looked as if he had committed suicide. However he had just blown a hole in a mirror; when taunted by a fantasy angel turned devil, who told him he should pull the trigger on his daddy's revolver. In the closure of the T.V. movie 'J.R. Returns' the infamous oil baron and his son John Ross are talking outside Southfork, (a scene from 'J.R. Returns' 1996 / 'The Movie Collection' DVD 2011): Bobby and Sue Ellen have bought Ewing Oil, from Cliff Barnes. It would appear J.R. has a scheme in mind down the road, as he speaks to John Ross. John Ross: "Dad, I don't understand, why are smiling? You just lost Ewing Oil?" J.R.: "Son, you don't understand! Ewing Oil is back in Ewing hands. Your uncle Bobby is no longer going to sell Southfork and is back in the oil business. I am the Chairman of the Board of Weststar. Your mother is back at Southfork and you are going to remain in Dallas, to learn the oil business under the best damn oil man there ever was." John Ross: "Dad, when you say it that way, it appears you'd planned everything to work out this way from the start." J.R. chuckles: "See son, you are learning already."[/B][/B] [/QUOTE]

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