Five years after J.R. Ewing lost Ewing Oil and apparently committed suicide, he turns up alive and well. He returns to Dallas and plots to bring his family back together, and regain control of Ewing Oil from his archenemy Cliff Barnes.
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| Rosalind Allen | ... | Julia Cunningham | |
| Chris Demetral | ... | Christopher Ewing | |
| Patrick Duffy | ... | Bobby Ewing | |
| Linda Gray | ... | Sue Ellen Ewing | |
| Larry Hagman | ... | J.R. Ewing | |
| Omri Katz | ... | John Ross Ewing | |
| Deborah Kellner | ... | Pamela Rebecca Cooper | |
| George Kennedy | ... | Carter McKay | |
| Ken Kercheval | ... | Cliff Barnes | |
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| Tracy Scoggins | ... | Anita Smithfield | |
| Deborah Rennard | ... | Sly Lovegren | |
| Buck Taylor | ... | Steve Grisham | |
| George Petrie | ... | Harv Smithfield (as George O. Petrie) | |
| Blue Deckert | ... | Detective Markham | |
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Years after J.R. Ewing lost Ewing Oil and apparently committed suicide, we learn that he is alive and well. He returns to Dallas, and plots what could be his greatest scheme: Bringing his family back together, and regaining control of Ewing Oil from archenemy Cliff Barnes. Will he be successful? Written by Phil Fernando
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J.R. Ewing: 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 Ewing: Dad, when...
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John Ross Ewing: [after JR appears screwed by Cliff because he sold Ewing Oil to Bobby and Sue Ellen] Dad, I don't understand, why are you smiling? You just lost Ewing Oil?J.R. Ewing: 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 Ewing: Dad, when...
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If this forum permitted it, the "caps-lock" key would have been in force in titling this review -- it only seems fitting. For a series that so revolutionized television to be this badly given artificial respiration is a TV tragedy.
"Dallas: JR Returns" is everything that was horrid about the original show, with none of what made it so special. While the original was, at its best, a character-driven drama with a solid back story, the sequel is an overly-plotted morass of mediocrity.
Not only has the cast aged -- frighteningly, for the most part -- but so has television continued to grow. "JR Returns" is a throwback to the worst of 1970s television ... meaningless and ultimately unsatisfying.
Kudos only to Linda Gray (of the original cast) and newcomer Chris Demetral (as the grown Christopher, adopted son of Bobby and Pam). No one else displays any passion or vitality.
Some things are better left untouched. The legacy of "Dallas" is one.