![]() ![]() If there were an Emmy awarded for overacting, she would’ve won it. If there’s one major misstep this season, it’s the handling of Jenna, with Presley given all manner of weird neuroses to play out. Meanwhile, Jenna (Priscilla Presley) starts heading downhill, feeling guilt and shame over her treatment of Bobby. For the first half of the season, Pam really comes into her own, as Bobby’s share of Ewing Oil becomes hers to control, and she and J.R. At first, Pam (Victoria Principal) is devastated, but she recovers fairly quickly, due in no small part to her old lover Mark Graison (John Beck) sort of returning from the dead, in that the rare disease he’d been suffering from went into remission. It’s great to have her back, and she’s such a presence that it’s almost as if she was never gone. This is a tough-talking, take-no-shit-from-anyone Ellie. Geddes, who’d been off the show the entirety of Season Eight (she was replaced by Donna Reed), comes back with a vengeance. On the flip side is Miss Ellie’s (Barbara Bel Geddes) reaction, which isn’t nearly as weepy as you’d expect. Nasty that we don’t often see, and it works very well here. Some people are affected worse than others, with a particular emphasis on J.R.’s (Larry Hagman) grieving. The first block of the season is obsessed with mourning him, which is understandable, as he was a major component of the show from the very beginning. The story picks up where we left off last season, with the Ewing family dealing with the death of Bobby (Patrick Duffy). In any case, you can’t say you weren’t warned. On the other hand, the box art for this set goes out of its way to exploit the season’s final scene. Surprising, though, is that, despite what reputation suggests, it’s actually a really good season of “Dallas.” The “why” behind the dream I’ll get to later, and if you don’t want to be spoiled further on the issue, then I suggest turning back now. It’s important to know this going in because I can’t in good conscience recommend it to viewers if they’re going to feel cheated after investing nearly 25 hours into this material. Or, rather, the producers retconned it into a dream one of the main characters had. Here’s one major aspect of Season Nine of “Dallas” that must be mentioned before discussing it further: the entire season is a dream. ![]()
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