Southfork’s Front Door

[Sarah]

This discussion came up in another thread the other day and I thought it would be a good thing to talk about.

Over the course of the entire series, how many people used Southfork’s front door and can you name them?

We all know about Miss Ellie’s infamous shot gun scene, but who else was there that you remember and more importantly can you remember what they were doing that caused them to use that door?

 

[DallasFanForever]

Uncle Garrison used the front door the first time he came to the ranch in Home Again when Bobby answered, didn’t he?

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

Didn't Cliff use it in the mini series when Bobby was kidnapped?

 

[Barbara Fan]

Miss Ellie used it in S1 Old Aquaintance to go out and see Pam and tell her the horse whip story - as Bobby is spending time with newly returned Jenna

Harve used it when he came to announce that JR was the father of Baby John S2

Brooks Oliver used it when he came to tell Miss Ellie about the date for the court hearing in her fight to break Jocks Will S5

Didn't Cliff use it in the mini series when Bobby was kidnapped?

Yes as Jock, Miss Ellie and Pam are standing on the doorstep - You bring my boy home safe and ....

 

[Laurie Marr]

The front door was rarely in frame after the first couple of seasons. I recall how excited I was (yes, it was a cause of genuine undiluted excitement for my 14 year old self) when it was pictured in the freeze frame of an episode in early 85. I think it was a Sue Ellen POV shot on the stairs when she’d finished admonishing JR over his treatment of Jamie.

 

[Sarah]

The front door was rarely in frame after the first couple of seasons. I recall how excited I was (yes, it was a cause of genuine undiluted excitement for my 14 year old self) when it was pictured in the freeze frame of an episode in early 85. I think it was a Sue Ellen POV shot on the stairs when she’d finished admonishing JR over his treatment of Jamie.

That’s right - Sue Ellen also walked towards it when she said was leaving JR and was talking to Bobby.

 

[Billy Wall]

Didn’t Gary use the front door when he left the first time?

 

[Michelle Stevens]

Speaking of the Southfork front door, I wonder how many Insurance Salesman, Halloween children or Jehovah's Witnesses knocking on their front door over 14 seasons?

 

[Sarah]

Speaking of the Southfork front door, I wonder how many Insurance Salesman, Halloween children or Jehovah's Witnesses knocking on their front door over 14 seasons?

Hell of a driveway for anyone let alone kids to walk up from God knows where! :love:

 

[Michelle Stevens]

Hell of a driveway for anyone let alone kids to walk up from God knows where! :love:

But just imagine all of the candy Miss Ellie would have for those kids. :tot:If I lived in Braddock I'd hit Southfork for some good candy.

 

[Laurie Marr]

But just imagine all of the candy Miss Ellie would have for those kids. :tot:If I lived in Braddock I'd hit Southfork for some good candy.

And dear old Sue Ellen would have joined in the fun by distributing Vodka miniatures she’d collected from the mini bar at The Fairview.

 

[Willie Oleson]

Didn’t Gary use the front door when he left the first time?

DALLAS' yellow brick road!

 

[Laurie Marr]

Great shot of a chastened JR by the elusive front door.

 

[Top Jimmy]

I think Kristin used it when she came to Southfork one night to ostensibly deliver work papers to JR, but spilled the beans to Lucy about Alan Beam running around with Betty Lou Barker, which ended up backfiring for Kristin.

 

[Barbara Fan]

Mitch used it when he came to SF and met Lucy and she intorduced him to the family for the 1st time in S3 original x

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

The main reason the front door doesn't get seen in the later seasons is it was far handier to have the family and their friends use the sliding rear doors.

Far quicker for editing purposes to show people entering or exiting the ranch.

 

[Taylor Bennett Jr.]

perhaps the pinnacle of fitness and glamour in late-70s television:

 

[Chris2]

JR and Valene used it when he tried to bribe her to leave the ranch after Gary ran away.

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

I honestly preferred the rear sliding doors than the front door.

I'm not surprised they never bothered using it more.