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Message: <blockquote data-quote="James from London" data-source="post: 245098" data-attributes="member: 22">Dead Ends (DALLAS, 01 Mar 85) v Dead Reckoning (DALLAS, 18 Mar 88) The dead referred to in these episode titles are Naldo Marchetta’s ex-girlfriend-turned-kidnapping-accomplice Veronica Robinson, who has somehow managed to overdose in a toilet cubicle mid-flight, Mark Graison, who may or may not have faked his own plane-related death, and arty extortionist David Shulton, who nobody even realises is dead until Clayton is arrested for his murder at the end of Dead Reckoning. Veronica’s demise is investigated by Officer Howard who will reappear twenty-eight years later as Dr Gordon, the man in Zurich who gives Christopher the sad news that Pam has been dead since 1989. Back in 1985, Pam is in Hong Kong being impressively assertive in her efforts to find out the truth about Mark: “I’m very rich and very determined, and if I have to, I'll buy that damn clinic and walk in as the owner!”Elsewhere in Dead Ends, JR has fallen under the spell of Mandy Winger. He admits that when he should be coming up with ways to prevent Cliff and Jamie from taking over Ewing Oil, all he can think about is her. “I wonder if I’d have been better off if I’d never met you, Mandy Winger,” he tells her. In Dead Reckoning, Clayton wonders if he’d have been better off if he’d never met Laurel Ellis — especially now that Miss Ellie has booted him off Southfork. What Mandy is to JR and Laurel is to Clayton, Jeanne O’Brien will be to Bobby in a couple of years time — an elusive beauty who captivates him from afar (JR and Bobby fall for Mandy and Jeanne upon spotting them across a crowded room, while Clayton becomes infatuated Laurel when she is just a nameless girl in a painting). Each girl then gets under her respective man's macho defences, rendering him undone, before finally enabling him to resolve some greater issue in his life — Bobby's relationship with Jeanne allows him to say goodbye to Pam, while Clayton and Laurel's storyline eventually results in him becoming half-owner of Southfork (and therefore an equal to Miss Ellie). With Mandy, it's actually Sue Ellen who benefits most as Mandy transforms her from drunken doormat to the Queen of Lingerie. The elusive women themselves each meet very different fates: Mandy becomes a star, Laurel a rape victim, while Jeanne is returned to her ordinary life as if “none of that happened.”Ray has an hard time in both Dead episodes. In 1985, he has a great speech where he tries to explain to Donna why he’s willing to side with JR to prevent Cliff and Jamie from getting their hands on Ewing Oil. “Everything you ever tried in your life you were successful at,” he tells her. “I was Amos Krebbs’ kid, the town drunk’s son … Being Jock's son gave me … the only identity I could ever really be proud of.” Three years later, his continued attempts to live up to Jock's memory have also caused problems in his second marriage. Trying too hard to be the same kind of father to Charlie that Jock was to him has backfired and now Charlie is slouching off to boarding school in Switzerland, never to be seen again, and Jenna blames him. On his way home from dropping mother and daughter at the airport, he spots a pretty-looking damsel with a conked out engine and offers her a helping hand. Surely nothing can go wrong with that ...And the winner is ... Dead ReckoningBONUS BEATS:[MEDIA=youtube]4NBDvXpsBzk[/MEDIA]</blockquote>

Verification: Who played JR Ewing?