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Whistle Stopper - Dallas - The Complete Tenth Season
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Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Starring: Larry Hagman, Victoria Principal, Patrick Duffy, Linda Gray, Barbara Bel Geddes
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0883929051632
Format: Box set
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 3
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Release Date: 2009-01-13
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
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Summary: Dallas:Season 10:Sorry to See Donna and Pam Go
Comment: To a lot of Dallas fans,including me,this is the last of the great "Dallas" cast lists,Patrick Duffy,thankfully making a return to Dallas,season 9 really had lost the plot,so Bobby's return with the previous year being a dream,gets Dallas back to its basics.
The member of the cast,who loses out in the dream story,is Susan Howard as Donna Krebbs,in the dream season she and Ray were reunited and adopted a deaf teenager,now,she and Ray go their seperate ways,indeed Susan Howard,only found out her part was being dropped when a production member,mentioned season 11 was starting early,when Susan Howard asked the producer,she was told her character had come to an end.
I really liked the Ray/Donna couple,so Ray now gets involved with Jenna(Priscilla Presley),now carrying Bobby's child and the previous great friendship between,brother's Bobby and Ray is now sorely tested.
I never really believed the Ray and Jenna romance,I would have much preferred Ray and Donna to stay togethor.
Bobby and Pam finally remarry,the "flashback" scene to when they first married is a nice touch and makes it all the more sad,that Victoria Principal's Pam goes out in a fiery explosion at the end of the season and eventaully the character disappears,to return at the start of season 12,played by a different actress,to say she is out of Cliff's(Ken Kercheval)and Bobby's lives,she is unknown to Cliff,dying.
Sue-Ellen(Linda Gray)gets even more strong this season,she creates a highley successful lingerie business and gets revenge on J.R.'s(Larry Hagman)lover,Mandy Winger(Deborah Shelton)by making her so famous,she moves out of Dallas.
The unlucky cousin Jaime(Jenilee Harrison)having been blown up in the "dream" year,comes back for a few episodes then dies in a rock climbing accident,offscreen,no luck there,then Jaime!
New arrivals are April Stevens(Sheree J.Wilson)ex wife of Jack Ewing(Dack Rambo)who starts off as a bitch but ends up decent and falls for Bobby later...
The whole Wes Parmalee "Is it Jock Ewing with plastic surgery?"storyline is realy well done with Miss Elllie torn between jealous husband Clayton(Howard Keel)and he rlove for "Jock".
Larry Hagman is on top form,he is clearly delighted to have Patrick Duffy back and it shows!
I can't wait for season 10 of "Dallas" ye'all!
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Summary: Awful opening, but great season
Comment: This year opened with the "jump the shark" moment of all time: Bobby is revived from death by means of what we would learn was a year-long dream...
The world moaned. And no one could believe the biggest drama show in TV history had stooped to such lazy, self-destructive tactics... "Pam's Dream" quickly became a sitcom punchline for ages.
As weak as the previous season's plotting had admittedly been, the new season (with the old producers also returning) could have gotten on track with its new storylines almost as quickly if another, less-insulting explanation had been provided for Bobby's return--- but no such luck.
That said, this would turn out to be one of the four most entertaining seasons in DALLAS history (and arguably the last great one), what with patriarch Jock ALSO possibly returning from the dead, Bobby and Pam re-marrying, Jenna preggers and furious, Sue Ellen finally learning to dish-out to JR the kind of crap he'd given her for so long, JR's little war in the middle east...
And it's all done with such intrigue and more humor than we'd ever gotten before from DALLAS (and quite unlike the awful GREEN ACRES style camp the show would soon be handing us in subsequent years).
This is a great year for DALLAS; afterwards, it all starts to fall apart cartoon-style.
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Summary: The LAST REAL season of Dallas
Comment: This 1986-1987 dallas season was THE LAST season in which all original cast members were present in the post jim davis era excluding charlene tilton who came back the next year of the show.
With bobby's return from "the dead" the show came back to reality with the bobby-pam-jenna triangle and with JR'S scemes as usual.
Remember this was the last season for pam and donna who were never to return after this season.
Ray and jenna would leave after the end of the next season and sue ellen left after season 12 so this season is the beginning of the end for the golden era of the show as it was the last who had all original cast members and the last which remained in neilsen's top 10 (almost as it was in #11).
Let's hope that the new dallas 2008 reunion will be featured in the future dallas season releases and until then we can find out what happened after pam woke up and saw bobby's "ghost" in her shower...
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Summary: More Southfork shenanigans and Ewing Oil skulduggery in the much-loved legendary saga.
Comment: The worldwide mega-hit drama that dominated the 80s returns with the wheelings and dealings of those entertaining and feuding oil-rich Texans in this Season 10 DVD of all the action from Southfork and Ewing Oil. DALLAS returns to its original formula of focusing on the charismatic Ewing family, their in-fighting and J.R.'s scheming. This dramatically vibrant season won the People's Choice Award for Favorite Night Time Dramatic Serial in 1987 and its quality scripts, tightly woven plots and imaginative storylines breathe new life into the show.
Larry Hagman puts on his famous Texan Stetson for another great performance as that lovable villain J.R. Ewing who this season engineers one of his biggest and sneakiest schemes in a plot to blow up rival Arabian oil fields and stirs up a hornets' nest of trouble. The Emmy-winning and legendary Barbara Bel Geddes, who is honored at the American Theatre Hall of Fame for her outstanding contributions to American theatre, displays her great talent as an actress when Wes Parmalee's shock Jock revelation causes Miss Ellie to battle with her family and her conscience. Linda Gray wonderfully portrays a fun and conniving Sue Ellen who sets up sultry Mandy (former Miss USA Deborah Shelton) as her company's sexy lingerie model in a revenge scheme against J.R. Patrick Duffy and Victoria Principal are reunited for their winning portrayal of the 80s supercouple Bobby and Pam who finally remarry after being apart for so long. In an episode written by cast member Susan Howard Chrane (Donna Krebbs), J.R.'s venom level rises against Cliff which sets another sneaky J.R. scheme in motion.
This is a fun and funny season with many humorous lines including some between J.R. and Sue Ellen! Ken Kercheval splendidly plays Cliff Barnes in a light-hearted style throughout this season which makes Cliff more interesting and amusing. Texas-born movie veteran Steve Forrest gives a convincing performance as Wes Parmalee in a storyline involving mystery, scandal and intrigue. Victoria Principal and Ken Kercheval both display their good acting skills in some strong and entertaining scenes together. Former model Sheree J. Wilson is good as the show's new scheming and money-hungry bitch April Stevens. This season's final episode - with the spectacular end-of-season cliffhanger of Pam's explosive exit - is Victoria Principal's, Susan Howard's and Deborah Shelton's last appearances on the show. The legend that is Larry Hagman won the Soap Opera Digest Awards for Outstanding Prime Time Lead Actor and for Outstanding Prime Time Villain during this season. This is a tightly-written and taut season and it also has many comic moments and some shocking ones too.
This tenth season is produced by DALLAS veteran David Paulsen (Writer, Director & Story Editor of DVD Seasons 6, 7 & 8) and is well-plotted and well-executed and it also smashed its competition of the new hit MIAMI VICE in the Nielsen's ratings every week for the whole 1986-87 season which demonstrated the success and strength of this Season 10.
Next on DALLAS in the Season 11 DVD packed with devious intrigue has a nastier and meaner J.R. Ewing who is up to his evil schemes and sinister plotting to exact his ultimate revenge on Weststar. There are 4 seasons left to be released on DVD of the world's most-famous soap opera.
*** The following episode guide is full of spoilers of plots in Season 10 ***
1. RETURN TO CAMELOT (1) - J.R. makes a promise to Mandy to get Sue Ellen off Southfork and he doesn't have to go far to find grounds to divorce her. Bobby devastates Jenna when he breaks the news of his decision to marry Pam instead of her. J.R. and Cliff are both angry when they learn of Bobby and Pam's plan to remarry. J.R. wants to get rid of his cousin Jack.
Bobby warning J.R.: "The first time you step out of line with Pam, Sue Ellen will be a very attractive widow."
J.R. to Bobby: "Go ahead and ruin your life [by marrying Pam] but you're a whole lot dumber than I ever thought a brother of mine could be."
2. RETURN TO CAMELOT (2) - Ewing 12 is on fire after a huge explosion. Sue Ellen trades barbs with J.R. Ray and Clayton hire Wes Parmalee [Steve Forrest] unaware of the big secret he's keeping under his cowboy hat. Mandy has another confrontation with Sue Ellen over J.R. Jenna moves out of Southfork and has to face a disobedient Charlie. Sue Ellen hires a detective to spy on J.R and Mandy.
J.R. to Cliff: "I see the zoo is closed today!"
J.R.: "They sold a lot of tickets for the Titanic too!" - after Cliff boasts companies are on his bandwagon.
Sue Ellen to J.R.: "Anything that makes you unhappy has got to be good for the rest of the world."
3. PARI PER SUE - J.R. cruelly tells his cousin Jack not to come to Southfork again to sponge off the Ewings. J.R. rescues Mandy who fears for her life. Cliff wants Jack's ten percent of Ewing Oil. Sue Ellen buys Valentine's Lingerie - a manufacturer of women's erotic clothing. J.R. contemplates foreign terrorism as a possible solution to the very bad situation in the oil industry.
J.R. at the dinner table: "You can't see the family from the outsiders!"
Jack to J.R.: "You are a miserable human being."
4. ONCE AND FUTURE KING - Pam tries to make peace with Jenna but she's not interested. Cliff and Jamie find their martial differences are widening as Cliff feigns impotence. Sue Ellen plots to make Mandy the sexy Valentine Girl. J.R threatens Sue Ellen's detective who's been following Mandy. J.R. loses his temper as Sue Ellen's campaign against him gains momentum. Miss Ellie is totally shocked with Wes Parmalee's stunning claim when she discovers some of Jock's items in his room.
Sue Ellen to J.R.: "What's Mandy modeling this week? Let me guess...mattresses!"
5. ENIGMA - An angry Miss Ellie has a confrontation with Wes Parmalee and orders him off Southfork. J.R. confronts Sue Ellen about her detective and offers her a divorce. J.R. and Mandy fall unwittingly into Sue Ellen's plot as her lingerie company employs Mandy as their sexy 'Trash with Class' model. Parmalee wants Miss Ellie and Punk Anderson to believe that he is Jock Ewing.
J.R. to Sue Ellen: "I liked you better when you were falling down drunk!"
6. TROMPE L'OEIL - J.R. meets B.D. Calhoun in a terrorist-for-hire scheme. Miss Ellie stuns her family when she reveals Wes Parmalee's claims and begins to be confused herself. Bobby threatens Parmalee and J.R. tries to buy him off. J.R. has a fight with Mandy over her erotic picture in a newpaper. Bobby tries to assure Miss Ellie that Parmalee is a fraud. Miss Ellie keeps her mind off of Wes by helping Pam plan her wedding. Sue Ellen's plan to get even with J.R. goes better than she expected. Jack's vision of riches is shaken by the arrival of his scheming ex-wife April Stevens.
7. TERRITORIAL IMPERATIVE - J.R. and Bobby investigate Wes Parmalee. Sue Ellen's plan works as her advertising for the lingerie is successful. Pam surprises Cliff by refusing to continue her financial backing for him. J.R. is furious with Sue Ellen and Mandy. Donna asks Ray if he's having an affair with Jenna. J.R. meets sexy April Stevens. Paramlee succeeds in confusing Miss Ellie again.
J.R. to Sue Ellen: "Have you been lacing your coffee already this morning?!"
8. THE SECOND TIME AROUND - J.R. makes a last-ditch attempt to spoil Bobby and Pam's wedding. Jamie and Jack are shocked when Cliff arrives at the wedding with Jack's ex-wife on his arm. The marital difference between Ray and Donna becomes bigger. Ray's startling outburst shocks Bobby and Pam just a few minutes before they get married.
April to Cliff: "Good thing she didn't get here five minutes from now!" - after Jamie catches the two kissing in Cliff's office.
9. BELLS ARE RINGING - Bobby and Pam eventually remarry despite J.R.'s attempts to maneuver the situation in his favor. Pam and Bobby wonder how he will manage to stay away from Jenna's baby which he fathered. J.R. receives shocking news about Wes Parmalee's claims. April schemes with Cliff against Jack. B.D. Calhoun gets his down payment from J.R. Miss Ellie goes through with her secret meeting with Wes.
10. WHO'S WHO AT THE OIL BARONS BALL? - The disagreement continues between Miss Ellie and Clayton over Wes Parmalee. Pam struggles with the thought of Jenna coming between her and Bobby. The CIA warns J.R. against associating with B.D. Calhoun. Parmalee's x-rays offer more surprises for J.R. and Bobby. At the Oil Barons' Ball Parmalee shocks the oil community. Clayton threatens to kill Parmalee.
11. PROOF POSITIVE - Sue Ellen shows her Valentine Lingerie business to Pam. J.R. confronts his mother about Clayton staying at a hotel. Pam shocks Jenna with an offer concerning Jenna's baby. Sue Ellen forces a showdown between J.R. and Mandy. Parmalee takes a lie-detector test and J.R. and Bobby are shocked by the results.
12. SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW - Bobby flies down to South America to find evidence to get rid of Parmalee. J.R. pressures a confused Miss Ellie to declare Parmalee a fraud. Sue Ellen cashes in on her plot to get back at J.R. Mandy finally learns of Sue Ellen's revenge scheme. Miss Ellie reluctantly meets Parmalee for dinner.
13. BAR-B-CUED - Miss Ellie and J.R. have a fight over her dating Parmalee. Cliff provides further sparks at the Southfork barbeque and gets a punch from J.R. who gets a slap from Pam! Bobby returns from South America with evidence regarding Wes Parmalee, but it's an unexpected and uninvited guest who provides Miss Ellie with the shocking truth. An angry Clayton vows to track down Parmalee.
Jamie to Cliff: "I'm doing to you exactly what you haven't done to me since we got married!"
14. THE FIRE NEXT TIME - Clayton goes on a manhunt to find Parmalee. Donna comes to a decision about her marriage. Miss Ellie finally talks to Clayton about Wes Parmalee. Wendell vows to put the Ewings out of business and asks Cliff to use Pam to achieve it. B.D. Calhoun threatens J.R.
Calhoun to J.R.: "I'm going to make your punishment fit your crime."
15. SO SHALL YE REAP - J.R. is threatened by B.D. Calhoun's menacing presence and he takes the necessary steps to rid himself of the mercenary. Bobby and Jenna discuss the baby. Pam angrily confronts Cliff about his double-dealing and lies and she gives him a stern warning. Miss Ellie gets impatient with Clayton over his obsession with Parmalee. Calhoun makes contact with an unsuspecting Sue Ellen.
16. TICK, TOCK - B.D. Calhoun plots revenge against J.R. Ray considers a court fight to get custody of his child. Jeremy Wendell pursues his plan to ruin Ewing Oil. Jenna's pregnancy puts more strain on Pam and Bobby. Calhoun penetrates Southfork at night and puts J.R. in deadly danger.
Sue Ellen to J.R.: "We all know which end of the horse you are!"
17. NIGHT VISITOR - Bobby becomes suspicious when J.R. acts overly concerned about Southfork's security system. Cliff goes through with Jeremy Wendell's plan to undermine Ewing Oil. Jenna tells Miss Ellie she wants to cut all ties to the Ewings. Ray is determinded to get custody of the baby. J.R. asks Harry McSween for help with Calhoun. Jenna and Charlie feel the frustration of missing Bobby. Calhoun tricks Sue Ellen and then abducts her.
Sue Ellen: "I got so excited by the idea [of J.R. in her bedroom] that I went right back to sleep!"
18. CAT AND MOUSE - B.D. Calhoun terrorizes J.R. with continuing his dangerous game playing. The family mistakenly thinks that Sue Ellen is drinking again. Cliff gets information on Ewing business out of Pam. J.R. and Bobby have a full-scale argument and Bobby is disgusted at J.R.'s shenanigans. J.R. and Bobby burst into Calhoun's hotel room where they play a video tape of Calhoun threatening J.R.'s life.
Sue Ellen to J.R.: "Did you spend last night in your car too - in the back seat?!"
19. HIGH NOON FOR CALHOUN - J.R and Bobby tell their wives about the Calhoun affair but Pam doesn't believe J.R.'s story. Sue Ellen, Pam and the boys take safety in Los Angeles. B.D. Calhoun kidnaps John Ross and blackmails J.R. Cliff is frantic when Pam is not around to back him up in a dodgy deal. Vacationing Clayton and Ellie end up staying in because she's got a bad cold and Clayton sings to her a few lyrics of Duke Ellington's "Don't get around much anymore". J.R. and Sue Ellen get a little closer. J.R. is forced into a dramatic and deadly showdown with terrorist B.D. Calhoun in L.A.
Pam to J.R.: "Don't try to convince me that you're Little Red Riding Hood!"
20. OLIO - Pam blames J.R. for the whole Calhoun affair but Sue Ellen comes to his defense. J.R. and Sue Ellen agree to give their love another try. Bobby takes temporary charge of Ewing Oil but it's J.R. who's doing the dirty work through April. Cliff goes ballistic on Pam. Bobby confronts J.R. about B.D. Calhoun. Pam accuses Bobby of stealing a company from Cliff. Everyone at Southfork receives numbing news from California.
Sue Ellen: "Oh no! Oh my God...NO!"
21. A DEATH IN THE FAMILY - The shocking news from California raises questions of who is the true proprietor of the elusive ten percent of Ewing Oil. Christopher and John Ross play a potentially deadly game. Ray considers playing dirty in his divorce suit with Donna. Sue Ellen and J.R. renew their love for each other. Cliff inherits a piece of Ewing Oil.
22. REVENGE OF THE NERD - Ray is determined to fight for custody of his child. Cliff and April have a fight. An ecstatic Cliff unloads a stunning bombshell on the Ewing brothers. J.R. divides the Southfork house by accusing Pam of scheming with her brother to ruin Ewing Oil. April desperately seeks comfort from the men in her life. Miss Ellie explodes over the strife at Southfork. Ray and Donna get officially divorced. Bobby and Cliff have a fight about the effect of Cliff's tactics on Pam.
23. THE TEN PERCENT SOLUTION [Written by cast member Susan Howard Chrane (Donna Krebbs)] - J.R. deviously schemes to frame Cliff for Jamie's death. Bobby gets into a bar fight after he refuses to give in to an extortionist. J.R. fakes a heart attack in Cliff's office to steal some of Cliff's stationary. Ray asks Jenna to move in with him. Pam gets suspicious of Cliff's dealings with Jeremy Wendell. Marilee sees through Cliff's devious plan and rebuffs him. J.R. succeeds in getting Cliff arrested for Jamie's death which shocks the Ewings while J.R. pretends that he's surprised in front of the family.
Marilee to Cliff: "Get your hands off me you little worm before I break them!"
J.R.: "I've known Cliff all my life. He's capable of a lot of things...but not of killing his wife!" - after J.R. set Cliff up.
24. SOME GOOD, SOME BAD - Cliff confronts J.R. about framing him for murder. Bobby has a terrible fight with Ray when he finds Jenna and Charlie living in Ray's house. Jeremy Wendell reveals Cliff's underhanded business dealings to Pam causing her to angrily walk out on Cliff. Pam gets mad when she learns about Jenna living with Ray. Cliff makes a scene at the Oil Barons' Club when he has a showdown with Wendell. Jack decides to stick with J.R. and Bobby to fight Cliff.
Pam to Cliff: "You miserable little worm!"
Cliff [shouting]: "I'll get you, Wendell. I promise you I will pay you back...when you least expect it!"
25. WAR AND PEACE - Cliff tries to convince Pam he never meant to hurt her. Jenna's pregnancy and living with Ray put more strain on Pam and Bobby's marriage. J.R. and Bobby enter into a vicious battle with Cliff. Sue Ellen decides to bring Mandy Winger back to Dallas to model her lingerie. Donna gives birth to a baby girl. The court battle for ten percent of Ewing Oil ends in surprising victories. Nancy Scottfield and CIA employee Alfred reach a fateful decision about their attack on Ewing Oil.
26. RUTHLESS PEOPLE - J.R. double-crosses Jeremy Wendell regarding the five percent of Ewing Oil. Ray visits his baby daughter Margaret at the hospital. A banner headline implicating Ewing Oil in terrorism activities not only provides Wendell with ammunition but outrages Miss Ellie and the rest of the Ewings. Miss Ellie tells J.R. and Bobby that she won't protect them anymore and she lays the smackdown on J.R. Mandy returns to Dallas. Nancy Scottfield provides Wendell with the evidence he needs to bury Ewing Oil.
An angry Miss Ellie to J.R.: "Don't you ever...ever...mention your Daddy's name in front of me again. You dishonored his name and his company."
Wendell: "Ewing Oil is as good as lost!"
27. THE DARK AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL - Bobby, Ray and Miss Ellie are tired of J.R.'s underhanded business tactics and sell their Ewing Oil holdings to him. Sue Ellen hatches a plot using Mandy to test J.R.'s supposed fidelity. Pam finally confronts Jenna. Wendell gives the Justice Department shocking evidence on Ewing Oil and B.D. Calhoun. Cliff makes a scene at Ewing Oil. News from Washington hurls the Southfork family members into angry turmoil with Clayton having a violent confrontation with J.R.
Cliff to April: "Don't get up." - when she is getting a nude massage from Larry Hagman's son Preston.
J.R.: "Anybody else gotta a termite for a brother around here?" Pam: "Just Bobby!"
Clayton to J.R.: "You bastard! I swear to God I'll kill you."
28. TWO-FIFTY [DALLAS's milestone 250th episode] Clayton is taken to hospital after violently falling down the stairs. Miss Ellie is distraught over the fate of both Clayton and Ewing Oil. J.R. desperately scrambles to defend himself and the company against the Justice Department's charges. Ray confronts J.R. about B.D. Calhoun. Sue Ellen thinks that J.R. is cheating on her with Mandy. Clayton hides a medical problem from Miss Ellie. J.R. and Bobby go to Washington to try and save Ewing Oil from the investigation. Mandy tells J.R. that she still loves him. Bobby unexpectedly bumps into a very expectant Jenna who gives birth to Bobby's son. Sparks fly at Ewing Oil as a federal court injunction shuts down the company.
29. FALL OF THE HOUSE OF EWING - J.R. lambasts the family for abandoning him. Sue Ellen confronts J.R. about the picture in the newspaper of him and Mandy. Mrs. Scottfield reveals her revenge scheme to a stunned Bobby. J.R. almost gets trapped by the Justice Department but manages to get out at the last moment. J.R. faces a major defeat by a vengeful enemy. Sue Ellen has an unpleasant confrontation with Mandy over J.R. A showdown looms when Jeremy Wendell reveals his plot to destroy Ewing Oil to J.R. Pam and Bobby's dreams and plans are shattered as tragedy strikes Pam when her car crashes into a tanker and explodes into a ball of fire.
Sue Ellen to Mandy: "I'm cutting you off you Viper! You came back to help me? No, you came back to help yourself to my husband."
J.R.: "WENDELL! You touch that painting and I'll kill you where you stand."
J.R. [holding Jock's portrait]: "John Ross...THIS is Ewing Oil."
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Summary: Intriguing season
Comment: Great to see them pick up from season 8 after the dream season 9, interesting to see tis idea carried to fruition. Good season to watch in all respects
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