Dallas: Season 10

...yeah, I know it wasn't Sci-Fi like "Star Trek", but anything other than a dream would have been a much better way to bring Bobby back, having watched Season 9 & this one, I feel as many other fans do regarding this issue, Season 9 had a good story arc, as one reviewer already noted, they could have brought Bobby back so many other ways, they could have done what the current "C.S.I. Miami" did a few years ago with a faked death, Jamie & Sue Ellen escaping the explosions, Mark disappearing after he learned of J.R.'s plot to blackmail him regarding his college secret, Ray & Donna losing custody of the foster child(again) & this putting their marriage in trouble once more, Jenna not being pregnant, these would have been much better resolutions from Season 9 in my view that all could have been told in this season's first episode, but as one reviewer noted executive producer Leonard Katzsman had a bruised ego to mend after being sqeezed out of Season 9, & so we (the fans) were told it was a dream(dumb!!!), well....., on to the review, this season is in my view one of the best, despite Season 9's cliffhanger not being resolved!!!!..., J.R. is up to his old tricks again, only this time he gets more than he bargained for when he hires a mercenary to carry out explosions in the middle east to boost oil prices, this becomes J.R.'s undoing & makes for some interesting drama, Sue Ellen goes into the fashion business, Bobby & Pam remarry, & Ray & Donna divorce, also a man named Wes Palmelee claims to be a not-dead Jock Ewing, it should be noted that this character played by Steve Forrest also played a similar character at the end of Season 9 that possesed the same possibility, was he Jock?, the viewer is left to decide which I thought was cool, despite this being a good season, I feel it should have been the last, this one ended with J.R. & Bobby losing Ewing Oil due to J.R.'s mishap with the mercenary that unknown to J.R. was being watched by the CIA & knew of J.R.'s involvement, although the CIA let them slide, The Ewing's had the misfortune of a man working as a file clerk for the CIA also being the brother of woman whose husband commits suiside because of being arrested for blowing up a Ewing oil field all because of being laid off by Bobby & J.R., Miss Elle also washes her hands of J.R. & Bobby over this misdeed in a speech that would make any son cringe, this was indeed the last good season... it was Victoria Principal, Susan Howard, Deborah Shelton, & Jennilee Harrison's last season on the show, & although we still had Linda Gray, Pricilla Presley & newcomer Sherrie J. Wilson, it wasn't enough to sustain it beyond this season, they fought hard to get Patrick Duffy & Barbara Bel Geddes( absent from Season 8) back, but lost other cast members again, when this happens, it only means one thing.. it is time to end the show , this one ended on not so happy note, but a realistic one where J.R.'s schemes finally catch up with him as he loses Ewing Oil, all in all a good season, but they should have ended it here.

I am a true "Dallas" fan, one who harkens back to the days of Jim Davis as Jock. For the last 22 years I have wrestled with the notion of the 1986-87 season as one of the best, if not the best season of the show. After purchasing and viewing the first episodes of season 10, I have finally concluded that the 1986-87 season is the very best season and here's why. 1) The Wes Parmalee storyline is one of the most intriguing that the series ever introduced. Most intelligent viewers then and now understood that what suspended this storyline and made it exciting was not whether Wes Parmalee was Jock, but whether Wes Parmalee would be able to convince others that he was. Because of the circumstances surrounding Jock's death, and because his body was never found, the premise of this storyline was quite viable. 2) The Valentine Lingerie storyline is absolutely titillating. For years JR. had engaged in sex with other women, humilating Sue Ellen. In the previous season, Sue Ellen had pulled herself up and had become a successful fundraiser for Mark Graison's foundation. However, in the 1986-87 season, Sue Ellen uses sex not only to become successful in her own right, but to exact the perfect vengenance on JR by using the sex industry to demean his latest mistress and consequently defuse JR's interest in her. 3) Take these two brilliant storylines and combine them with the reunion of Bobby & Pam (what many viewers wanted for years), along with JR's hiring of mercenary, B.D. Calhoun to bomb oil fields in the Middle East, and you have the ingredients of a season filled with emotion, psychology, and good ol' fashioned "two-fisted action". Furthermore, the show's writers resisted the temptation to drag-out storylines, and by midseason all of these stories were concluded. Unfortunately, the second half of the season is not nearly as riveting as the first, but the power-packed first half more than makes up for the less imaginative conclusion to the greatest season of television's greatest show.

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Remember how each episode of "The Wild Wild West" began with "The Night of"? Or "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." used "The ____ Affair" for each installment? Well, the best way to describe season ten (really season NINE, but that's another story) would be to use the word "year" as a reference point: 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.

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...

Something is wrong with the disc 2 and 3 Certain episodes won’t play at all Disc does not seem to show a scratch yet last 3 episodes on disc 2 side one won’t play

Born and raised in Dallas, this show conjures up TONS of childhood memories for me! One of those was watching it every Friday night with my family and having to go to bed before Dynasty. I own the entire series and LOVE the big hair, ridiculous earrings, shoulder pads, J.R.'s safari shirts (what were those about?!?!?), you name it!! FOREVER A CLASSIC!!!!! (My FAVORITE show ever is LOST!)

This season left season 9 viewers feeling cheated originally since season 9 was all a dream which explains the surprise starting with Bobby and Pam. It also spelled doom for the Jenna and Charlie characters and just when you thought Bobby and Pam were back together, one of them wanted out of the show, so the ending is quite clear, lending to actor's remorse the following season. The industry hates actors or actresses who make things tough on the set for others or who don't want to be a part of things. Hollywood has a very long memory! As for Dallas season 10 this year was the year that JR would put his son's life at risk as well as his own and other family members. A romantic old cowboy would come back claiming he was Jock Ewing and finally, would this be the end of Ewing Oil? You will have to watch to find out. Certainly not the best season of the series, but as collections go, worth watching things anyhow. I didn't really find any extras with this set worth while, though this late 80's season restoration was top quality and the sound was as usual, excellent. I have a very large widescreen plasma with full surround sound and though Dallas is a bit stretched as it was formatted for the 4/3 format, it still went very well at home. A must have for collectors and honestly better than most series on TV today.

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génial génial en plus j'ai vue en VF avant a la base j'adore linda gray dedans et Pam et Bobby . mais deçut qu'elle n'est pas de sous-titre VF mais bon après si on comprend pas de soucis . le principal ces de comprendre l'épisode et non mot a mot .

I hardly know where to begin ! This sees Victoria Principle say goodbye after Season 10 - she probably got tired having dream't up all of Season 9 ! Ewing Oil is under threat thanks to JR using foreign mercenaries against the Saudis and Sue Ellen manipulates Mandy Winger in a way that JR himself would have been proud of. The strain on Miss Ellie's marriage to Clayton caused by the appearance of a man claiming to be Jock is handled very well indeed. William Smithers is great as Jeremy Wendell - he poses more of a threat to the Ewing's than Cliff Barnes does ! It is sad to see Donna's careerism destroying her marriage but I guess that Ray could try moving with the times. The death of Jamie Ewing is a shame - she seemed to be a Ewing with a conscience ! Jock would have been prouder of her than of JR. JR has a very selective and distorted view of what his late father stood for ! The cast , writers , directors and costume people not to mention the camera crew have produced an excellent season of Dallas ! Amazon deserve a pat on the back for having offered it for sale at such a low price ! If you love quality 1980's TV then this is the buy for you !

I love Dallas, it is great to watch show after the other.