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The Final Season of an Epic Show
And so it ends, although there were of course two reunion sequels, one better than the other. This year was the last one for Dallas, and the cast departures for budget cuts translating to decreased ratings obviously reached it's breaking point. This season saw many players gone or with a reduced episode count, and the result was of course those viewers who were fans leaving. Despite this, I feel that anytime a soap is ending, it by definition won't be as fun as when it was going on. In retrospect, I think the only way to go was to have a sort of tragic finale where the remaining characters sort of faced their destiny. JR deals with losing everything, Bobby loses his new wife but gains Southfork, and Cliff Barnes finally gets control of Ewing Oil. The year is really about the tragedy of the two brothers as they slowly come to grips with losing much of all they ever thought was important in life-one being able to deal with it and the other not, in retrospect very well done. The series finale features JR and a devil played by Joel Grey visiting an alternate reality where JR was never born and many familiar faces from the past returned. Ultimately it is kind of a fun ride, but I must agree that it was rather unsatisfying as an ending. Fortunately we got the first reunion in 96, JR Returns, and that was a much better conclusion for fans of the show, and that will thankfully be released soon as well. So, for what it is, the last season of Dallas is really appropriate and as good as it could have been really. With Barbara Bel Geddes, Charlene Tilton, and Lesley Anne Down leaving and Barbara Stock added to the main title, also starring Jared Martin as Dusty Farlow, Gayle Hunnicut as Vanessa Beaumont, Clifton James as Duke Carlisle, and John Harkins as Control, with special appearances by Susan Lucci, Barbara Eden, Mary Crosby, Linda Gray, Joel Grey, Steve Kanaly, Jack Scalia, Ted Shackelford, and Joan Van Ark.

The final season of one of the greatest TV shows ever.
This dark Season 14 has some good drama and some good plots but also a couple of mediocre ones. The great Larry Hagman and the wonderful Barbara Eden team up together again this season as they were both great together in the 1960s TV show I DREAM OF JEANNIE. There are some good episodes this season as well as the excellent episode "The Decline and Fall of the Ewing Empire" when several of J.R.'s enemies get their long-awaited revenge.

There's the outlandish and lackluster plot of J.R. trapped in the asylum during this season's first three episodes, but it's counter-balanced by the action in Paris with Bobby, April and Shiela which has some great on-location filming in France. Once J.R. gets out of the asylum he is back to his wheeling and dealing and double-crosses. There's much action concerning Ewing Oil this season and J.R.'s old nemesis at last has his life-long dream come true. J.R. battles with Carter McKay (played by Oscar-winning movie veteran George Kennedy) who plots his revenge after he is blackmailed by nasty J.R. and his incriminating tape. Howard Keel makes an occasional appearance during the season but Barbara Bel Geddes is disappointingly absent throughout.

There's a good storyline where J.R. is busy manipulating behind-the-scenes and interfering in his son James and Michelle's lives and matters get ever more complicated when James' past unexpectedly catches up with him. There's some more on-location filming when the Ewing men go on a cattle drive on the Southfork range but when J.R. objects to Michelle going with them she gives him the zinger: "Good thing I'm not going because if I see you on a horse I might just laugh myself to death!" Bobby is much more interesting who has some good character development.

Patrick Duffy's son plays Mark Harris which is a nod to Patrick Duffy's character on "The Man from Atlantis" whose name was Mark Harris. Lee Ann's maiden name of Nelson is a nod to Larry Hagman's character Tony Nelson on "I dream of Jeannie". Just as the DALLAS TV series started with the first shot of Bobby in the first scene of the first episode, Leonard Katzman deliberately ended the series with a final shot of Bobby in the final scene of the final episode.

DALLAS ends with the bizarre two-part episode "Conundrum" of the light-hearted mystical journey in the "It's a Wonderful Life" slant of what life would have been like for the characters had there never been a J.R. Ewing. It also stars Mary Crosby (Kristin Sheperd), Linda Gray (Sue Ellen), Joel Grey (Adam), Steve Kanaly (Ray Krebbs), Jack Scalia (Nicholas Pearce), Ted Shackelford (Gary Ewing) and Joan Van Ark (Valene Ewing). DALLAS won the Soap Opera Digest Award for Best Prime Time Death Scene "April Ewing" for this season. The end of one of the best TV shows of all time.


*** The following guide of Season 14's 23 episodes is full of spoilers ***

335. APRIL IN PARIS - Bobby and April's honeymoon in Paris, France encounters an unexpected twist with the introduction of Susan Lucci's character, Sheila Foley. James takes over operations at Ewing Oil while J.R. mulls his fate and tries to devise a way out of the asylum. Cally accuses James of becoming as callous as J.R. and not caring about anyone anymore. Bobby gets the shock of his life.

336. CHARADE - With April still in harms way in France, Bobby is forced to acquiesce to the kidnappers' demands. Yet unreleased from the asylum, J.R. faces off with a dangerous foe. James loses more than his shirt in a high stakes poker game with some of J.R.'s buddies.
J.R.: "I'm J.R. Ewing. I don't get ulcers, I give 'em!"

337. ONE LAST KISS - Cally visits J.R. at the asylum and makes an offer to release him. In Paris Bobby makes a daring attempt to rescue April. J.R. finally gets out of the asylum and bids farewell to Cally. J.R. fires Sly over the letter-switching mess. Bobby realizes to his horror that Jordan Lee is in on Shiela's plan.

338. TERMINUS - Back at Ewing Oil, nasty J.R. starts his quest for revenge against James, Sly and Duke Carlisle. James resurfaces and continues to oppose J.R. Bobby threatens Jordan Lee. J.R. pays back Duke Carlisle by getting his daughter Melinda busted on drug possession charges. Bobby and April's honeymoon ends in tragedy when April is killed in Paris.

339. TUNNEL OF LOVE - James tries to recruit Cliff to go after J.R. News of April's death reaches Dallas. J.R.'s strong-arm tactics convince Duke Carlisle to take his operation out of Dallas. Cliff proposes to Liz. Bobby returns home and vows to track down Sheila Foley. Devious J.R. joins forces with Rose against her husband Carter McKay. Liz Adams dumps Cliff and pursues Johnny Dancer for the feds. James confronts J.R. about getting him fired from his job.
J.R. to Duke: "Nobody but a Ewing touches a Ewing."

340. HEART AND SOUL - James is stonewalled attempting to take down J.R. Bobby tries to cope while Michelle swears revenge blaming him for April's death. J.R. is soaring with delight as Vanessa Beaumont returns to his life. Johnny Dancer butts heads with Cliff, Liz Adams and Carter McKay. Crafty J.R. blackmails Rose to plant a bug in McKay's office. Dancer turns up dead in his hotel room - who shot him?

341. THE FABULOUS EWING BOYS - J.R. and Vanessa try to navigate through the ruins of James and Cally. Dallas police investigate Johnny Dancer's murder and Cliff is the main suspect although Carter McKay may know otherwise. J.R. listens to a tape of McKay threatening Dancer, thanks to the bug he has in McKay's office. James warns Vanessa not to marry J.R. and suffer the same fate as his previous wives. J.R. is outraged when Clayton tells him that he sold his Weststar stock to McKay and they almost come to blows, causing Bobby to deliver a threat that cuts J.R. to the bone by vowing to sell Ewing Oil.
J.R. to Clayton: "You are as dumb as you are big."

342. THE ODESSA FILE - Bobby and Michelle search for Sheila Foley in Odessa with Cliff lending his assistance and they come up with some promising leads. Rose breaks down and tells Carter about her affair with J.R. and his blackmail. Vanessa accepts J.R.'s marriage proposal. J.R. makes a proposal to McKay to buy Ewing Oil and give him control in exchange for J.R.'s blackmail tape of McKay threatening Dancer. J.R. attempts to block the sale of Ewing Oil to no avail: Lee Ann De La Vega [Barbara Eden] breezes into town and sweeps it out from under him.

343. SAIL ON - J.R. seeks to stop the completion of the Ewing Oil sale to Lee Ann and also has powerful dirt on Carter McKay. James spoils J.R. and Vanessa's engagement party when he shockingly announces Cally's pregnancy to everyone. McKay asks Rose to find out where J.R. has the blackmail tapes - even if she has to sleep with him again. Lee Ann and Michelle are in cahoots against J.R. McKay gets desperate in his efforts to recover J.R.'s incriminating tape but winds up being arrested for Johnny Dancer's murder after the Police get hold of the tape. Cally gives J.R. some shocking news after their divorce finalizes.

344. LOCK, STOCK AND JOCK - J.R. furiously confronts James for apparently fathering Cally's child. Cliff and Liz get engaged. Lee Ann dissolves Ewing Oil and strikes up a partnership with J.R. Rose tells the police that Carter told her to lie for him and that she wasn't with him when Dancer was murdered. Lee Ann's motives against J.R. are revealed. Bobby resumes his search for Sheila Foley. J.R. tells Sly to spy on Lee Ann for him as he makes plans to use his dummy corporations to get Ewing Oil assets back piece by piece. Lee Ann makes plans to ruin J.R.'s happiness with Vanessa.
J.R. to James: "You got no morals, you got no scruples. You may just be worthy of me yet."

345. "S" IS FOR SEDUCTION - Lee Ann continues to slowly entrap J.R. Liz helps Bobby ascertain Sheila Foley's real identity, Hillary Taylor. Lee Ann and Michelle step up their effort to disrupt J.R.'s engagement to Vanessa. Carter McKay is convicted of murder but Cliff drops a bombshell in the Johnny Dancer murder case.

346. DESIGNING WOMEN - Lee Ann and Michelle's scheme to sabotage J.R. and Vanessa works when Vanessa heads to Vienna. Carter McKay is released from prison and vows to pay back J.R. James and Michelle reunite. Carter returns home to find Rose there pointing a gun at him. Lee Ann decides to reveal herself to J.R. as Lee Ann Nelson, the girl he once disowned as "the village whore". With revenge in hand against J.R., Lee Ann exits for South America and relinquishes ownership of Ewing Oil to Michelle.
J.R. to Lee Ann: "You're not fit to wipe the spit off my boots."

347. 90265 - Michelle takes control of the former Ewing Oil and promptly gives J.R. the boot. J.R. despairs over the breakup of the family. Bobby heads to Malibu in search of Hillary Taylor's daughter, Jory. J.R. spends the night with Sly. James and Michelle get married and move into Southfork, much to J.R.'s chagrin. J.R. is determined to rebuild his empire. Bobby meets Hillary Taylor's beautiful daughter Jory and lies about his surname and background and he is pleased to learn that her mother is coming to visit next week for her birthday.
Sly to J.R.: "I've always wanted you on top."

348. SMOOTH OPERATOR - J.R. rekindles some of the old Southfork traditions. J.R. begins to plot revenge against Lee Ann. James and Michelle clash in the midst of their scheme. Nasty J.R. blackmails Senator Garrity with information about his sex habit with teenage girls so that he stall Cliff's appointment of National Energy Czar, so that J.R. can blackmail Liz. Michelle finds James in a biker bar and punches out a girl who puts a claim on him. Bobby positions himself to capture Hilary Taylor. Pulling strings again, J.R. orchestrates a new plan of action.

349. WIN SOME, LOSE SOME - James flaunts his latest girlfriend at Michelle at Southfork but the three of them end up in the pool. Nasty J.R. blackmails Liz Adams and she is forced to sell her oil company to him. James learns the oil business from the master himself. J.R. extracts revenge on Lee Ann. Jory is kidnapped and Bobby must choose between saving her or bringing Hillary Taylor to justice. Cliff is appointed Energy Czar but goes ballistic against Liz and after a heated argument he splits with her because of J.R.'s machinations. Michelle agrees to help Cliff to ruin J.R. Bobby tells Jory his real name and the truth about his life and that he knows her mother Hillary.
J.R. to Liz: "When Cliff finds out you sold your company to me, there's not gonna be a you and Cliff."

350. FATHERS AND SONS - Bobby returns home to Southfork. Carter McKay learns who really killed Johnny Dancer and plots revenge in retaliation of his own downfall. Cliff teams up with Michelle in order to go after J.R. once more. The Ewing brothers and their sons spend time on the Southfork range where Bobby announces his retirement from the oil business. A skeleton from James' closet arrives at Southfork in the shape of ex-love Debra Lynn and his son Jimmy.
Michelle to J.R.: "Good thing I'm not going because if I see you on a horse I might just laugh myself to death!"

351. WHEN THE WIND BLOWS - McKay lowers the boom on Cliff and forces him to resign the Energy Czar position. Crafty J.R. schemes to delay Debra Lynn from seeing James and wants nothing to interfere with his avenue back in to Ewing Oil. Finally catching on to J.R.'s machinations, Debra Lynn bursts in at Southfork and proclaims to oust Michelle.
J.R. to Michelle: "To me...you're another Pam."

352. THOSE DARNED EWINGS - The tangled web of James and Debra Lynn begins to unravel, much to Michelle's dismay. J.R. tries to buy Debra Lynn off but she rebuffs him. Jory Taylor appears at Southfork and spends her time with Bobby. J.R. spends time with his grandson Jimmy, much to the chagrin of John Ross. The future of the Ewings at Ewing Oil is in question. J.R. learns that he is indeed the father of Cally's child and makes plans to track her down.
John Ross to James after learning he has two wives: "Are you all going to stay in the same room?!"

353. FAREWELL, MY LOVELY - J.R. and James clash. Michelle and Cliff scheme to make Debra Lynn leave town. Michelle gives J.R. two days to get rid of Debra Lynn or she'll take back James's half of the company. Clayton comes back to the States and gives J.R. his Weststar voting shares, and tells Bobby that Ellie has decided to leave him Southfork, but J.R. accuses Clayton and Bobby of plotting against him to rob him of his rightful inheritance. Bobby and the beautiful Jory start to get romantic. John Ross and Christopher plot to leave Dallas for England. J.R. locates Cally. Hillary Taylor comes looking for her daughter Jory.

354. SOME LEAVE, SOME GET CARRIED OUT - J.R. and Bobby argue over Southfork's future. James decides between Michelle and Debra Lynn. John Ross heads to Sue Ellen in England unbeknown to J.R. that his son left him for good. Scheming Cliff finds a way to snake himself back into Ewing Oil. Hillary Taylor makes peace with Jory and faces Bobby. Michelle goes to Southfork with a gun to shoot J.R. but finds Hillary and she shoots Hillary dead.

355. THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE EWING EMPIRE - Michelle is arrested for Hillary Taylor's murder. J.R. and Cliff meet at Ewing Oil and discover to their horror that they're both partners in Ewing Oil. To Cliff's amazement, J.R. offers to be bought out of Ewing Oil after he is offered the Weststar chairmanship. Jory heads back to Malibu after her mother's funeral. J.R. is double-crossed over the Weststar chairmanship when Carter McKay and Dusty Farlow give him a little payback. J.R. tells Bobby that he's lost everything and pleads with him to sell him half of Southfork but Bobby rebuffs him. John Ross calls J.R. and tells him he's staying with Sue Ellen in England - permanently. With Southfork feeling lonely and forever changed, J.R. pulls Jock's gun out of his nightstand, drinks himself to oblivion and contemplates life.
J.R. to Cliff: "How could someone as smart as Michelle marry someone as dumb as you?!"
J.R. to Jackie: "I want you to call security and tell them never to let that jerk up here again." - after J.R. pulls an elevator trick on Cliff.
J.R. to McKay: "You son of a bitch, you set me up."

356. CONUNDRUM (1) - The conclusion of the DALLAS TV series. In this two-part episode, J.R. is on the brink of despair, holding a gun to his own head, when he's visited by an other-worldly type named Adam. J.R. takes a tongue-in-cheek mystical journey in the "It's a Wonderful Life" slant and finds out what the lives of those around him would have been like had there never been a J.R. Ewing. With a wonderful sense of humor, the writers give us a world where Gary Ewing is a successful lawyer, Cliff Barnes is vice-president of the United States, Cally Harper is a battered wife, Bobby Ewing is a wandering loser, Sue Ellen Shepard is a thriving actress, and the other Ewing son is named Jason - and is a weasley little user and jerk.

357. CONUNDRUM (2) [DALLAS' milestone 357th and final episode] - Part two of J.R. taking a light-hearted mystical journey in the "It's a Wonderful Life" slant where J.R. finds out what the lives of those around him would have been like had there never been a J.R. Ewing. Finally, the two-parter - and the series - ends with a gun shot: Is J.R. really dead?

Final Season for J.R. Ewing!
Warner Bros. has done an EXCELLENT job releasing Dallas on DVD!

As of 2010, the first 12 seasons are available on DVD, with the Thirteenth Season coming soon in April!

That just leaves One Season left for this long running prime time television Soap Opera!

Dallas - The Complete Fourteenth Season is expected to be released in 2011, or sometime later in 2010, if we get lucky!

I can't wait to have all 14 Seasons of one of the greastet soap operas that was ever created!

Hopefully, Warner Home Video will put more effort into Knots Landing and Falcon Crest, right after they finish Dallas!

Please release more seasons for both soaps!