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Dallas: The Complete Tenth Season (DVD)
Is this the end of Ewing Oil? Celebrating a decade of decadence, deception, money and manipulation, the tenth season sizzles with intrigue. To open, J.R. spreads his venom far from the fields of Southfork as he throws big bucks at an unhinged mercenary eager to incinerate Saudi oil fields. When the Feds get wind of the plot, they lean on J.R. until he squeals like a prize Texas hog. Now, the mercenary terrorist decides the world would be a better place with J.R. in it. Closer to home, there’s another troublemaker stirring things up in Texas – a leather-tough, white-haired ranch hand with Jock’s letters, belt buckle, buck knife…and memories. Is it possible that Jock survived that copter crash all those years ago? Could there be even more underhanded, over-the-top drama this season. You can bet your boots there is!
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- Aspect Ratio : 1.33:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
- Package Dimensions : 7.6 x 5.2 x 0.7 inches; 6.07 Ounces
- Item model number : 4444587
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, Box set, Color, NTSC, Subtitled
- Run time : 22 hours and 53 minutes
- Release date : January 13, 2009
- Actors : Larry Hagman, Victoria Principal, Patrick Duffy, Linda Gray, Barbara Bel Geddes
- Language : English (Mono), Unqualified
- Studio : WarnerBrothers
- ASIN : B001C9S0F0
- Number of discs : 3
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Donna, still a useless character on the show, is pregnant and working with lobbyists in Washington to get a Tariff to raise the price of oil for the Arabs.
Ray and Donna are not doing well as a couple so Ray, with his new house, has set his sights on Jenna Wade.
Jenna is distant and crazy and pregnant. Charlie is fast and loose and defiant.
Pam and Bobby are back together and Pam is again boring and serves no purpose on the show.
Ms.Ellie and Clayton are a boring couple as usual.
Wes Parmalee claims to be Jock and is the best character on the show. If Parmalee was a little taller and forceful, he would be a believeable Jock.
Cliff is treating Jamie horribly and is impotent.
Mandy Winger is trying to get JR to marry her, but JR can't get rid of SueEllen.
The above synopsis is for the first half of the season.
The last half of the season saw the following changes and/or storylines:
Sexism - Larry Hagman, upset that the women got leading storylines in Season 9, demanded that women never be showcased again. As a result, this season is very belittling and insulting to women. I have said before that I would not watch any more seasons of Dallas. This time, I am going to keep my word. The show jumped the shark years ago. My decision to watch it as an adult was a form of self reflection. Dallas was a good show, but a very flawed show. Anyway, back to the sexism. Cliff made a lot of belitting remarks about women. JR even asked Sueellen "why would I want to watch a bunch of hens talking?" There were several instances where women were referred to as stupid and lacking in intelligence
Diversity - Dormae, the black hostess, said a few more words this season; though the character started dressing much older. The CIA agent was black. The CIA's assistant was black. The CIA agent even told JR, your a**zz is grass and the Justice Department is the lawn mower. In spite of these changes, it still was obvious that the Ewings and Barnes had no contact with black people
Ray and Donna - Donna moves to Washington and basically cuts Ray out of his own child's life. I found this action on the part of the writers to be despicable. Ray never had a real family and now that he has one, the writers take it away from him
Ray/Jenna/and Charlie - Ray needs a family so he and Jenna hook up and are going to end up raising Bobby Ewing's baby with Jenna.
Pam and Bobby - happily married and Pam now can carry a baby to term; Pam, talking on the phone in the car, ends up hitting a tractor trailor and her car blows up
JR and Sue Ellen - they are in love again; SueEllen brings Mandy back to test JR's love for her but JR is too busy being prosecuted by the Justice Department to pay much attention to Mandy
Terrorist activity - JR hires BD Calhoun to blow up some Saudi oil fields; JR gets scared and goes to the CIA; BD finds out and drugs SueEllen and remove her clothes and pose her for photos; BD also kidnaps John Ross; JR and Bobby and Ray end up shooting BD Calhoun; JR is shot in the process
SueEllen is almost raped - BD Calhoun drugs SueEllen and removes her clothes and poses her for pictures. The show assures the audience SueEllen was not raped. It, however, made no sense that SueEllen did not go to a doctor and make sure
Cliff/Jack/Jamie - Jamie dies and Cliff ends up with 10% of Ewing oil; after a hearing April Stevens ends up with 5% of Ewing Oil and Cliff ends up with 5%; Jack leaves town in disgust
Ellie and Clayton - they do puzzles and play Backgammon a lot
In the end, the Ewings lose Ewing Oil and the building; Jeremy Windell ends up with the building and the last scene is JR walking out with the photo of Jock and telling his son: THIS IS EWING OIL.
That last scene should have been the SERIES FINALE of the show; there literally was no where else for the show to go from there. I read the summaries of the last 4 seasons and the show was a shadow of its former self. It is sad, but Season 10 is it from me now and was for me then.
This season, in no particular order) was:
1) "The Year of Valentine Lingerie" - In this storyline Sue Ellen (the one and only Linda Gray) becomes a worthy equal to husband J.R. (the Emmy-deserving Larry Hagman) as she becomes a successful entrepreneur and manipulator. Deborah Shelton, as J.R.'s latest "fling", Mandy Winger, is stunning as the symbol for the company, especially when she wears a big hat and a color-coordinated outfit. Derek McGrath is hilarious as Ozwald Valentine, the most unlikely designer of "naughty nighties."
2) "The Year of the Awakening" - Fortunately, the controversial "solution" to bring back Bobby (Patrick Ewing) is so quickly introduced in the first episode that viewers can jump into the plot devices for this season.
3) "The Year of the Comic Relief" - While Cliff Barnes (Ken Kercheval) has always been fodder for J.R., in this season he becomes the show's true buffoon, getting involved in one thing after another, in his quest to get the family that "wronged" his daddy.
4) "The Year of Male Chauvinism" - The writers intentionally (I hope) poked fun at the train of thought by having so many sexist comments made by Cliff and others in the cast, as well as situations where the female of the species was treated with less-than-polite respect.
5) "The Year of the Minority" - While there have been minorities seen - and even given a line or two - in the past, this was the season that saw them featured more prominently. Teresa (Roseanna Christiansen), the Ewing's Hispanic maid, gets more screen time and even gets to say more than "Dinner is served". Dora Mae, (the statuesque and always coiffed-to-the-nines Pat Colbert) is shown and heard more frequently to patrons of the Oil Baron's Restaurant and even gets to react to the actions of her customers, especially in a confrontation between Cliff and Jeremy Wendell. J.A. Preston even appears in several episodes as crafty CIA agent Leo Daltry. Daltry gets to deliver one of the more memorable lines of the season, one that makes J.R. speechless.
6) "The Year of Departures" - Suffice it to say, this season sees several "PRINCIPAL" leavings, including one of the original cast members.
7) "The Year of the Secretary" - All three of the "girl Fridays" get some increased screen time from J.R.'s Sly (Deborah Rennard) to Cliff's Jackie (Sherill Lynn Rettino) to Bobby's Phyllis (Deborah Tranelli). Even Sly becomes president of one of J.R.'s "dummy" corporations.
8) "The Year of Jeremy Wendell" - William Smithers as the devious oilman makes a worthy adversary for J.R., fitting in prominently in the season finale.
9) "The Year of Ray and Jenna" - Though just as equally dull as "The Year(s)of Ray and Donna", the story does allow some decent moments between actors Steve Kanaly and Priscilla Presley.
10) "The Year of Wes Parmalee" - This is probably the most absurd of the season's plot lines, but it does allow from some stellar acting from Barbara Bell Geddes (remarkable as always as Miss Ellie), Howard Keel as Ellie's husband Clayton, and guest Steve Forrest as the-man-who-might-be Jock Ewing.
The sound and picture of the DVD are not up to par with previous compilations and there are no "extras," not even audio commentary on select episodes.
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I think the problem with season 10 is that the family starts to break up and characters start to behave in ways that you knew they wouldn't. Also, no one's at Southfolk, its deserted......Donna's up in Washington; Ray's got his new mini-Southfolk; Sue Ellen's wheeling-and-dealing; even Clayton moves out for awhile. In fact, I think this is the greatest mistake ever made on Dallas - moving the action away from the family and Southfolk meant that they seemed less like a family and more like a collection of couples and groups doing their own thing.
I read somewhere that Larry Hagman was uphappy that too much action in season 9 was centered on other characters and that too many major storylines didn't involve him at all. Consequently, when season 10 saw the return of original producer Leonard Katzman, seemingly its back to the 'JR show'. Its almost as if everyone who benefited from a ramped-up role in season 9 are punished. This results in Pam having nothing too do all season 10 (not one significant storyline involves her - no wonder Victoria Principle left at season end) and Donna is packed off to Washington (which was a huge mistake as she was the only moral compass and 'voice of reason' the show had).
Jenna's got nothing to do except be pregnant and look miserable (seriously, Priscilla Presley hardly cracks a smirk, let alone a smile all season) and gets unrealistically paired off with Ray (who also has nothing to do now that he's left Southfolk and Donna's in Washington).
Sue Ellen become's a tycoon overnight and manages to sweep Mandy Winger (who was a far more interesting character than the awful April Stevens, who was introduced this season) out of Dallas. The whole plot which see's Sue Ellen finally beat the bottle at last and build an empire under JR's nose is complete nonsense - where did she get the money from? I know the Ewings are rich (they seemed to get richer and more powerful every season in fact) but surely JR would have checked his bank statement every now and then and wondered where all his dough was going (since Sue Ellen, unlike Pam, had no major money of her own).
Cliff is made a joke throughout the season - a tight, penny pinching, one goal orientated buffoon who's empire (which at the end of season 8 was near to overtaking the Ewings) now has no money and has to rely on Pam for financial security.
Clayton rides his horse and occasionally rages at JR. Miss Ellie (the awful Barbara Bel Geddes) seems to be on the verge of tears in every scene and has to endure a shocking storyline repeat from season 9 with the return of Jock. What's worse though are the clothes - what happened to Travilla!?!? I assume that Larry Hagman demanded a bigger trailer, office, hat, salary or something and the only way to pay for it was to strip the show of any sense of style as Pam, Sue Ellen and Jenna start staggering around in the most unflattering of clothers - awful flower patterns, cheap looking blouses and jumper-dresses!!
Dack Rambo makes a quick comeback but has less to do this season that he did in season 8 when he was only introduced in the final couple of episodes. Apparently Dack partitioned the producers to have his name added to the opening titles. A waste of time though as he's gone by mid-season and the Ewing Oil secretaries have more lines.
I guess though my complaints and moans won't change a thing. The show went on for four more season's before finally being consigned to history. I can't help but think though that this season was the start of the end and wonder if JR's dominence over all the other characters wasn't the reason for a gradual viewer turn off? Watch it anyway though because its still great TV!!!
From there on it only gets better(or worse). Even Jenna Wade and her whiney daughter threaten to up sticks and bugger off into the wide blue yonder. But alas no, as Ol' Ray Krebbs is huffing and puffing in the wings, just waiting to wet his whistle while his wife is up in Washington being romanced by some beady eyed Senator.
And then J.R. gets involved with a nutter called B.D Calhoun who's been hired to blow up the Saudi oil fields, and who turns a bit psycho when he thinks he's been double crossed. J.R. and Bobby even get to do their Starsky and Hutch impressions when they try and track the guy down.
And as usual Ken Kercheval(who plays Cliff Barnes)treads that fine line between ham and superlative acting, even though his character turns into more of a buffoon as time goes on. I think he and the guy who plays Jeremy Wendell are probably the best two actors on the show.
Anyway once you get used to this the season is actually very good - great to have Bobby back especially, the Wes Parmalee/Is he really Jock? storyline is intriguing and well done, and some great individual episodes such as JR's duel with mercenary J D Calhoun and Bobby and Pam's wedding day when Ray accidentally reveals Jenna is having Bobby's baby just before they are about to tie the knot!
Best of all is the final episode when JR stands outside his former office, seemingly defeated and Ewing Oil out of business, siezes the portrait of Jock that Jeremy Wendell was about to take down, holds it up to his son John Ross and says defiantly " This is Ewing Oil" before walking out of the Ewing building for the last time with his son. The writers of Dallas do a great job making you root for JR in this season, yes he risks starting WWIII in the Middle East, but his enemies are so unlikable - the slimy Wendell or clownish Cliff Barnes and even the rest of the Ewing family who abandon him by the end - you can't help being on his side.
Another thing with season 10 is that it follows the infamous dream season 9 - you do have to make a bit of an effort to remember what happened at the end of season 8 and pick up where that left off and try and forget season 9 ever happened but this doesn't overshadow the season like I was afraid it would.
All things considered I'd recommend this series - perhaps the last of the great Dallas Seasons. Also I think looking back on it now a smirking, scheming Oil Man from Texas trying to increase the price of oil by bombing the Middle East isn't so farfetched!










