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Bonehead dialogue of the day: [courtesy of Alett]
- Bobby, when he can't find April: "My
wife was in here looking at some handbags."
(Oh, THAT wife. All they sell in there are handbags. Geez, at least give a physical
description.)
Angelica Award: JR in a straight-jacket. Nominated by Jason.
- Not a nit, just an observation: Cally's been reading a lot of USA Today lately.
- Cally has another copy of the release papers. Why doesn't she just go to the asylum herself if she's so upset about JR's imprisonment, instead of jawing with James about it?
- Look at the big time tan on Jackie! It can't be more than a day or two in 'Dallas' time since we last saw her. It's amazing what can happen, especially when a new season starts.
AHN Kyle's corner:
- Maybe it was just the TV I watched it on, but the "also starring" credits
at the beginning were decidedly orange. Speaking of credits, that shot of Barbara (and
where was she, btw?) Stock is NOT very flattering.
- I couldn't believe how young Susan Lucci looked during her first scenes. She looked
pretty attractive. That said, it seemed as though she aged quite a bit as the show
progressed. Also, during that last scene with Bobby, it looked as though she was about 4
feet tall.
- J.R. doesn't know Harve Smithfield's phone number?? I seem to recall him dialing the
number from memory many a time. Must be the drugs.
- How unlikely is it that a staff member at the nut house would leave a patient (J.R.)
alone in his office (with a phone)? Give me a freaking break.
- Bobby did a great job of conveying that he was going for a drink with his hand signals.
Unfortunately, he doesn't point to WHERE he's going for that drink. There's got to be a
million places to get a drink in Paris.
AHN Jason's corner:
- I liked the sub-title: Paris, France. Gee thanks for clarifying this. As
opposed to Paris, New Hampshire. Hmm, maybe a bad line of the day.
- Ok, on to the curse of the new season hair-do's. (Hard to do with only 2
Mainline females. We lost 3 last season and Jessica.) April's mane has grown several
inches in the few days since her wedding. Her pot belly is much more obvious too.
Why did she wear such tight looking pants in her last scene if she is so obviously
pregnant? I almost bought her as non-pregnant in the long coat outfit.
- Sly's hair is much darker. Callie looks OK.
- OK, where are Kendall and Phyllis during the absence of JR and Bobby?
Usually when Bobby is gone, Phyllis is around manning the office.
- OK, these unlocked doors at the sanitarium are starting to get old. So now,
the doctor leaves JR ALONE in his UNLOCKED office full of PRIVATE files and a PHONE that
does NOT need an ACCESS CODE. Did anyone buy
this?
- Isn't Jordan married? I thought he mentioned this to Ellie and Clayton last season yet
April, Bobby and Jordan himself all seem to consider him as a possible date for Susan
Lucci. He was definitely married to Evelyn. Don't
know what happened to her...
- More sanitarium nonsense. Now they transfer non-sexual (I assume) Jessica to
an all women institute but sex-crazed Anita is left in a co-ed one. How is this
hospital able to keep it's accreditation? This is almost as bad as
Wilshire-Memorial on Melrose Place.
- Anita not only gets in JR's room but she is allowed KNITTING NEEDLES! Guess your
guess last year about "playing with sharp objects" as a game at this place was
right on the money.
AHN Alett's corner:
- Somewhere between Dallas and Paris April lost her "I'm wearing a white bra in
public" outfit. This new one is more demure, but they could have done a better job
hiding her pregnancy. Ditto for that blue outfit which makes her look about 5 months
gone.
- I thought these sanitarium "socials" were a big deal, but JR has only been
there 5 days, and they are already having a second one.
- Since JR already has Jessica's signature, I don't see why he's so disturbed that she's
been transferred. I think he may need her to
corroborate his story.
- I just thought it was funny that James blew his great dramatic exit from Cally by
bumping into the door jamb.
- April and Bobby just finish the "let's never spend a moment apart" scene on
the boat, and the first chance Bobby gets, he leaves her to have coffee with Jordan.
- Considering how important OPEC was to them not so long ago, shouldn't Bobby be aware of
this big conference?
- James should have at least asked Sly how she was feeling.
AHN Mike's corner:
- As Bobby and April's limo approaches the hotel a French girl crosses the street right
in front it and never even looks. She must have read the script and knew she wouldn't get
hit.
- What happened to the Ewing answering service? They answer the phones at night. They must
have read the script too and knew JR had to get a "no answer". Also, if JR
hadn't been so spoiled and always had Sly dial all his phone calls, he wouldn't have lost
valuable time getting Harv's number from directory assistance and might already be out of
the asylum. I think he must have called during the
day, when everyone was out of the office. The answering service hadn't kicked in -
although one of the secretaries ought to have called and alerted them.
- Jordan Lee didn't look or sound healthy. Was Don Starr ill at the time? He looked very
frail. You have to wonder about Jordan though. What old coot goes on a romantic Seine
river dinner cruise by himself? Maybe he's into accordion music. And what a small town
Paris is! Bobby runs into Jordan twice in less than 18 hours!
- April wears the same clothes on the cruise that she wore when she got off the plane. No
wonder she needs to do some serious shopping.
- Bobby apparently has several beers with Jordan and then goes back to the hotel and
starts drinking scotch with Sheila. He won't be much good to April on this particular
night of their honeymoon even if he does find her.
- Re Susan Lucci: I guess we can all see for ourselves why it took her seventeen years
before she finally won a daytime Emmy. Oh, come on.
With this script, Charlton Heston would have trouble sounding believable.
- James is once again dipping into the Nicholas Pearce sweater endowment.
- Was that supposed to be Duke Carlisle who runs into James at the bar? The script sure
seemed to indicate it was, but it's a different actor. Hopefully he also has a different
(and better-looking) actress playing his daughter this time around. I don't believe we see Melinda any more. Yay!
AHN Val's corner:
- James to Cally: "What are you turning into some kind of bleeding heart?"
No, James, she's a BUTTER heart. Get it right next time.
- First episode of a new season. NONE of the returning mainline cast got new opening
credit pics. That part of the budget must have been sooooo low that they blew it all just
by adding Barbara Stock.
- On the moving sidewalk at the Paris airport, Bobby and April are standing on the left
side, making all the walkers have to move around them. Airport etiquette dictates that on
while on the moving sidewalk, riders stand on the right side so that walkers may pass
easily. Might be different in Europe.
- That crystal shop that April wants to go to is "just around the corner" from
the hotel. So WHY are they taking the car???? Walk, you lazy people!!!
- What are the inmates using for money? They looked like matchsticks! How is it that the
staff allows that? The state of Texas really should invest in a set of poker chips for
those people. It would save them A LOT of money in the long run (fire damage clean-up).
Bonehead dialogue of the day: None.
Angelica Award: Sheila's wacky black hat/veil. Nominated by Val and Mike.
- Near the beginning of this episode, JR sneaks out of his room late at night to the pharmacy and gets the phone. He tries to get an outside line. The switchboard operator asks him for a code, which JR is unable to supply. If you suddenly need a code, how come JR didn't need one when he tried to reach Southfork from the phone in the psychiatrist's office in the previous episode? I suppose it could have something to do with the time of day or perhaps location, but phone networks weren't that sophisticated in 1990 when this episode was aired.
From Beth Daly: Why the deuce couldn't Bobby phone JR himself? What was the big hurry that he told Jordan to get JR on the line, then he hurried across the street to go...nowhere? You're right, Beth. And as others have pointed out, aren't Ray Krebbs and family also nearby in Switzerland?
AHN Jason's corner:
- Bobby's passport looks like it says he was born in 1950. However,
his tombstone in the dream says 1949. I suppose it is OK, since the dream didn't
happen. Yes, but it was PAM's dream, so she should
have known. Pathetic.
- Nice pic of Sheila in April's passport. Very
nice. I'd swear it's a Canadian passport too - looks just like mine.
- Even in heels, Susan Lucci head barely reaches Bobby's shoulders. WOW, she is
short. But good things come in small packages. Hurt
me, baby! [I've always liked Susan.]
- It looks like Morrissey has a wallet-like bulge in his back pants' pocket. Are
patients supposed to have wallets in the hospital? Didn't
notice. But the answer to your question is NO.
- The artist remembers April and is able to recreate her picture by sight. Is that
realistic? I guess French women are really
overrated.
- This whole "loving husband' cover is soooo lame. I mean what is Sheila
thinking? Why does she think that Bobby would want to have sex with her while his
wife is being held captive? And she acts all hurt because he basically says that she
is not not like his wife? Did she really expect a compliment? I don't know what she expects. This was really weird, though...kind of
like Pam wanting to adopt Jenna's baby. Just boneheaded.
- By the way, I kinda got a kick when Bobby describes his wife as beautiful, loving, kind,
and generous. Let's not go overboard here. OK, she looks pretty and at times
is loving (In an immature way) but she is hardly Mother Theresa. Well...I would say that April is a kind person. She didn't USED to be,
but that was before you-know-who left.
AHN Val's corner:
- Duke Carlisle keeps all of his money--$100,000+--in a brown paper grocery bag. My, how
stupid!!! The production budget must really be in the toilet if they can't even afford a
$50 attaché case. On second thought, they probably blew a tidy sum on Susan Poochie...I
mean Lucci's wardrobe. (I do NOT like that woman). Oh,
come on, now! What's wrong with Susan? I've always liked her.
- Duke also uses a sandwich holder--the kind with plastic fringe on one end--as a
toothpick. Cheee-sey.
- When Bobby smacked down Hillary (I cheered), he agreed to sleep with her if it would get
April back. But I wonder...would April even want him back if Bobby actually had to follow
through with that. Not to get too personal, but
what would you do? I'd say April would understand...sort of.
AHN Mike's corner:
- Real nice of TNN to cut the scene where Morrissey takes the stock proxies signed by
Jessica and makes paper dolls out of them. If it hadn't been in today's last episode
recap, we never would have known about it. This makes JR's plight really pitiable. That was ridiculous on their part. Didn't see it, but I'm
sure they could have cut something else.
- Speaking of poker games, what a high class game James is in. The dealer wears a tux and
the players are all in suits or sport coats and there doesn't seem to be much in the way
of drinking either (no drinks at the beginning and only two are drinking at the end). Well, if you were betting hundreds of thousands, I don't
think you'd want to drink too much either.
- OK, we get it Dallas directors - accordion music means we're in Paris. Please, please
stop!
- Didn't take Bobby long to start acting like he was in Paris, Texas. As soon as April is
gone, out come the jeans and work shirts. No wonder the French call us the ugly Americans.
Yes, I'd say that moniker is well deserved.
- Why doesn't Bobby immediately get the U.S police, FBI or CIA to contact the Paris police
with April's true identity when the latter doubt his story? He waits over a day or more
and then stupidly goes to Jordan Lee instead. He
wanted to go to the embassy but stupidly did not. I don't quite understand this either.
Perhaps the FBI or CIA are out of his reach, but certainly the American embassy could do
something. And they would bend over backwards once he said "Look pal, I'm Bobby
Ewing."
- More concerning knitting needles: Not only does Anita have them but so does JR's
knitting friend. With murdering loonies like Morrissey running around free, how can they
allow that guy anything sharp to knit with?
- Lipstick discontinuity: How come Liz wears non-smear lipstick to kiss Cliff but Sheila
leaves a mess all over Bobby's face? I guess Sheila read the script and knew she would
have to publically embarrass Bobby. Liz doesn't have to embarrass Cliff, he does it
expertly all by himself - in public or private.
- And speaking of kissing Bobby, has any woman under 60 who met Bobby ever not tried to
get him in bed? Was Amanda, Jock's first wife,
under 60? She might be the only one.
AHN Kyle's corner:
- When did Cliff become such a square? I first noticed this with Michelle,
when we (the viewers) found out that he never slept with her. Now, he's giving Liz Adams
this whole "we'll know when the time is right". That's all well and good for the
real world, but come on....this is DALLAS. Shape up, Mr. Barnes. As Cartman said today, "Super weak."
AHN Alett's corner:
- Since this is Morrisey's first night out of the hole, I would expect him
to head to Anita's room. Or maybe he was just
bragging....
- This rebellious kid thing James does is getting so old. Oooh, that tattoo will
really bother JR.
- Now JR is referred to as a boa constrictor. Maybe there should be a tote on how many times he's referred to as a snake. And a possible tote on how many times someone calls someone else a bastard. I only have 11 Megabytes of space! :)
AHN Pam's corner:
- In the beginning credits it looked as if Patrick Duffy's name was a much lighter
shade of yellow than everyone else's. There have
been some very weird things going on with the credits lately.
- In the opening shot of Paris it looks to be sunset. Yet when they cut and go to
the next scene of Sheila and Bobby in the hotel room it is definitely daylight, as in mid
afternoon daylight. It could have cycled to the
next day. Hard to be sure. But you're right that they should be a little more judicious
with the establishing shots.
- Why is the switchboard in the sanitarium open in the middle of the night? Also,
why is there a light on at the desk with the phone and there is no attendant? Did
the attendant and the switchboard operator read the script and know that J.R. was going
to try to make a phone call? Obviously they did.
Completely ridiculous. But certainly the phone lines have to be open because there could
be a medical emergency..
- These guys are planning to bet on the fight between Morrisey and J.R.? With what?
Match sticks? Or jelly beans. Or perhaps
knitting needles - there seem to be enough circulating around.
- When Bobby calls Jordan Lee from the party is it my imagination or does he just call the
operator and ask for Jordan Lee? I'm under the impression that Jordan is just
visiting Paris and doesn't live there. If this is the case, how would an operator know how
to reach him? Does this party happen to be in the same hotel in which Jordan is staying? It's possible. That didn't strike me at first, but you're
absolutely right.
- Is it me or when Bobby is talking to the 'cop' with Jordan Lee is there some
really bad sound dubbing? He also refers to his home in Dallas, Texas...DUH!
Actually, I thought Southfork was in BRADDOCK, Texas, but I guess maybe we can let this
slide since the 'cop' would be clueless as to where Braddock is. At the end of this
conversation Bobby says "Merci" to the 'cop'. This is fine, but Bobby,
please, try to work on your French accent just a little bit, I mean I know he's a Texan
(as Sheila is so quick to remind all of us in case we've forgotten) but does he have to
sound so much like one?
- When Sheila presents her 'passport' to the 'officer' she seems to have a very glamourous
and familiar photo. Who's passport photo is that glamourous? I have a passport and
mine sure isn't. To make matters worse this is a publicity photo Susan Lucci took
about 10-15 years ago during the Erica's modeling days on "All My Children".
This is a very famous photo of Susan Lucci! I can't believe that they couldn't have a
photo taken of her for this purpose! She's supposed to be a HOUSEWIFE, not a MODEL. This
is pathetic!
- James gets a tattoo? I didn't think he had any money, isn't that what he just told
Cally not five minutes ago?? She gave him cash for a room - I can't believe he was
stupid enough to spend it on that rather than something useless like a room or perhaps
FOOD. Another point about this, I'm no expert on tattoos, but I've seen a few fresh
ones and they use NEEDLES so there is BLOOD and SCABBING. This tattoo looks like
it's been there awhile. They could've at least made it look a little messy and have the
guy wipe it off with a towel and give him some instructions on keeping it clean or
something. This is laughable!
- How exactly did the guy get in to Liz's hotel room?? Was Ray Krebbs lurking in the
hallway to fool the maid in to thinking he forgot his keys? Or maybe the Phantom let
him in. Maybe. But as we'll find out later, there
may be a good explanation.
- Where did all of these guys get the wires to hook up all of that equipment? Again
I am amazed at how lax they are with the rules in this sanitarium. They have wires,
the one guy is getting new knitting needles and Morissey has a POCKET KNIFE! This is
so unrealistic, you would think they would have taken it AND searched his room when they
sent him to solitary! This is ridiculous! Again, I
can't believe I missed this.
Bonehead dialogue of the day: None.
Angelica Award: Sheila's black leather yelling-at-Bobby outfit. As long as we have her, who needs Michelle?
AHN Jason's corner:
- The french cop's accent at the beginning of the show sounded really
fake. That whole conversation sounded like it was
dubbed.
- Sheila visits April and gives her some new clothes and things. It appears that
this is the first time the two have seen each other since April has been kidnapped.
Presumably this is the first time April has been given any of her things from the hotel to
wear also. Yet the outfit she wore in 336 was different from the one she wore in 335
when she was kidnapped. In today's episode (337),. she is wearing the 335 outfit
again. The only explanation I have is that when she was seen in 336, she was wearing
something that she had in one of the bags when she was kidnapped. Yes, I noticed that too. Maybe they kept giving her different shawls
or something.
- I suspect a TNN cut, but when exactly did Callie get the copy of the release papers that
she has? JR sure didn't give them to her and I thought Sly had the only copy, which
James stole and then ripped up. Did he make a copy before he went to visit JR?
If he wanted to keep him there, why? And would a xerox really hold up as
valid? I was confused by this too, so I did some
retrograde analysis. JR gave a copy to Walter Berman, of course, which James and Cally
managed to get away from him. He also left a copy in the envelope which he gave to Sly,
just in case. James ripped one copy up, but Cally kept the other. An obvious plot
contrivance so that JR could eventually get out.
- Would Callie's property settlement hold up in court if she ever tried to use it?
JR was in a nut house when he signed it. Well, if
Jessica's signature would have worked [and apparently JR thinks it would] then why
wouldn't his?
- It appears that JR leaves the nut house within a day or so from the time that Callie
visits him. So how did he get those presents? He visits the doctor and the box
is already there. How did he order them if he is just being released at that very
moment? I don't think that he was given phone privileges before that point. Maybe Cally was nice enough to take his shopping list. Or
perhaps he was given phone privileges at some point, once his release was official.
- A 24K gold harmonica in a nut house. That will last all of like 2 minutes before
someone swipes it. Remember, "under lock and key" is a very loose term
there. Donia can guard it with his knitting
needles.
- I liked it how JR threatens Tim to do his job right, the offers him a new one. It was funny. I like Tim. He'd be a good Ratagan-type.
- Anyone notice how JR wears black in his last scene where he cans Sly? A sort of symbol
that the old JR is back. Yeah...but he's just a
wimpy facsimile.
- I don't know how to take this, but why does JR have Sly take down a list of things to
do, then can her? Does he really expect her to do all those things knowing that she
is fired? I would have expected him to wait until she did them first. Kind of like the way April's maitre d' had to work out the night when
he was fired. Must be an honor thing.
AHN Kyle's corner:
- Hey, where did this Mark come from? TNN edit I presume. Don't they have
to foresight to realize that things they cut might affect how well the viewers understand
the episode? I guess not.
- Could this Sanitarium thing be any MORE like Cuckoo's Nest? Evil nurse (or doctor),
positive changes in the inmates, and now the therapy. I'm just surprised that Nurse
Ratched...I mean Dr. Wyckoff didn't lobotomize J.R.
- INconsistency alert! INconsistency alert!! Bobby never (ever) loses a fight (no matter
how many guys he's taking on). Not true. Ray can
flatten him with one punch. It's been proven.
- Cally "I can tell when you're lying" Harper. Since when, Cally? Since when?? Since she got that frilly jacket, I guess. I'm almost
positive this must have come from April's closet.
AHN Alett's corner:
- There's nothing like a good face slap. Those sound effects guys have really pumped
up the volume. Yesterday's Sheila to Bobby was good, but I know you men especially
enjoyed the April to Sheila smack. One that hard should have left a red hand print for
sure. It should have. I liked it. A catfight would
have been awesome right there, but I guess Sheree wasn't up for it - it appears she just
had her baby.
- It seems to me that Team Ewing is just too young to be roaming around Paris on their own
like that. It's okay. Mark is Bobby's son. [Really.
Mark Harris is played by Padraic Duffy]
- I know several will point this out, but we all know Cally prefers USA Today. How
convenient that she's suddenly picking up the Dallas paper. Just a small nit, but
how many Slys are there at Ewing Oil? She didn't really have to put in Lovegren -
could have saved a little cash there. Sly is such a good secretary she even wears
*comma* earrings at the sanitarium. She should, however, have said, *May* I speak
*with* the advertising editor. Finally, it's a big mistake to fire her. She's JR
biggest ally. True on all counts.
AHN Pamela's corner:
- Speaking of Sheila, she keeps telling Bobby that they need to appear happy and
affectionate in public because they 'just got married' and they are 'on their honeymoon'.
Well, wouldn't this be more believable if Sheila were wearing say, a WEDDING RING??
Bobby is wearing one, but Sheila is not, I checked her finger twice. She
could've either taken April's, or if she was feeling generous enough to leave her with it,
she could've bought one, eeven a fake, at least her story would look more realistic. Excellent. I'm amazed Mike didn't point this out. He's
sharp with the rings.
- That amazing sense of timing and convenience works for Bobby even in Paris! Of all
the phone booths in Paris, 'Team Ewing' just happens to ride by the one Bobby is
using...isn't that LUCKY! I think the rest of the 'team' are a bunch of mutes, the
leader is the only one who ever speaks! I realize this is to give a major push to
Patrick Duffy's real life son, but still, this is a bit of a stretch. True. I bet those other guys are his buddies who think it's
"cool" to be on the show.
- Funny, when I speak to someone through a car window, it can be difficult to hear each
other, yet Bobby and April sound as if they're speaking with the windows rolled down.
- Bobby sure has the balance of a cat! I was impressed with his little
balancing act. He manages to balance himself with one foot on the gate, the other on the
ledge, take off his jacket AND break the window all without even the slightest bit of
effort. What a guy! He's the man all right.
Now if only he had got Ray to watch his back.
- Good thing someone was nice enough to have left those keys in the door so Bobby could
find April so quickly! Sheila better look for some more competent help next time. Agreed. That was totally weak.
- OK, I'm really getting tired of 'we're out of the office so NOTHING will go on'. I
can't believe that there is so little to do that Phyllis (who I believe has lightened her
hair AND has added some red highlights(has time to sit around and read the paper, good
thing or Sly never would've come up with the idea to put that ridiculous ad in the paper.
PHEW!! Well, given the management [snicker]
of the company, I'm not terribly surprised. None of the executives have been at the office
for at least a good week or so.
- When Sly is talking to Cally and Cally asks her what kind of drugs J.R. is on, Sly seems
to know exactly which drug it is (I can't remember the name right now). I don't
remember J.R. telling her, and there are many different drugs used to treat mental
illness, so how would she know? It turns out she's right too. When J.R. is
leaving the sanitarium the doc offers hin coffee and also tells him that THAT particular
drug that Sly mentioned is almost out of his system! Did she get this information at
the front desk, I mean look how lax the rules are about little things such as needles,
wires, knives, etc. The drug is Thorazine, and it's
one of the most popular antipsychotics - or at least it was in the early nineties.
Nowadays there are better drugs. You're right that Sly seems a bit too pharmaceutical
here.
- Cally must have had a premonition of some sort, she skipped over the front page of the
newspaper and went directly to Sly's ad, which looked like it was on page 2!! How unreal
is this? There have to be more interesting things to report on rather than a full
page ad looking for Cally. If not, they are really hurting for news since all of the
Ewings have left Dallas! Page 3, actually. But good
point.
- I think Cally must have decided to go to the hairdresser before she bailed J.R. out.
Her hair not only looks flatter, which could be explained by the wind, but it also
looks lighter too. I noticed that. I thought it was
the lighting.
- I think J.R.'s treatment of Sly at the end was classic J.R.. He gives her a bunch
of orders and then FIRES her! CLASSIC!! Though, I do have one problem with it.
He fires her in front of Phyllis and Jackie. OK, it's his company, he can do what he
wants, but it's very unprofessional. She may have screwed up by mentioning the
letter to James in the first place, but after all she's done for him over the years, you'd
think he would at least have the decency to kick her to the curb in private. Interesting spin on it. I'm sure you're right - that
would have been better. I think this might have been an attempt to make him look like the
old callous JR, but it doesn't work any more. It just looks mean.
AHN Mike's corner:
- Sly looks awful in this episode and does a lot of bugged-out eye acting. My take is she
definitely deserved some disciplinary action after her incredibly dumb move in telling
James about the envelope. She's worked for JR long enough to know better. I can't really
fault JR for firing her but given her years of service and loyalty maybe a long suspension
without pay would have been fairer.
- Callie has apparently forgotten the history of April's condo. She leaves the door
unlocked after opening it to get the paper. Frankly, I was surprised she wasn't
overhwelmed within minutes by Tommy McKay's ghost and a fleet of mafiosi soldiers.
- I was impressed that Patrick Duffy did his own climbing stunt with the fence and then
perching on a ledge to break the glass. He's a wild
man. I think the budget didn't allow for a stunt double.
- As to the AHN who mentioned Bobby's former invincibility in fights and your note that
Ray is Bobby's kryptonite: Bobby is only invincible in bar room brawls. Had he been able
to maneuver April's captors to a little bistro for drinks and then started fighting, she'd
be with him now. Good point.
- Another indication JR has gone soft: the old JR would have bought that asylum and fired
everyone who abused him, while simultaneously firing a malpractice suit against the head
doctor. Correct. Absolutely correct.
Bonehead dialogue of the day: [courtesy of Kyle]
>Liz: Hard to tell the good guys from the
bad guys.
>Control: No, we're the good guys alright. It's just that sometimes the lines get
blurred.
Um, yeah Control, I think that's pretty much what Liz meant.
Angelica Award: Sheila's green off-the-shoulder dress. Nominated by everyone.
- Just a couple of notes from me, because the AHNs have all the bases covered. First, it's kind of ironic that before the episode began, I saw Ramy Zada hawking Excedrin. Strange how every time I see his character during the show I get a headache.
- Okay. It's official. April's moody saxophone is now THE MOST annoying music on the show. More than Pam's theme. More than Cally's guitar. I can't stand it any more.
From Greg Galbreath: Sheila Foley wants to assassinate some OPEC dudes. So she poses as Bobby's wife for what reason? Was it just to be able to get into the place? If that is the only reason, then who did April and the two 'bad guys" with her pose as to get into the place? Why couldn't Sheila get into the party the same way April did? Heartily agreed! There was something that bothered me about this but I couldn't put it into words. You've done it! Several people made general 'why the kidnapping ' comments.
From Mr. Southfork: So, though JR's
telephone attempt to get to John Ross in England, we find out that Sue Ellen and Don
Lockwood did indeed marry. JR even mentioned something about a honeymoon. A question
arises from this: did Sue Ellen just leave John Ross and Christopher to go camping in
England somewhere while she trotted off on her honeymoon with Lockwood? It seems odd that
she would do something like that. This is what I got from the scene.
AHN Jason's corner:
- I think this whole kidnapping a Ewing bride subplot would have been kinda fun if JR's
wife had been kidnapped. He probably would purposely do the exact opposite of
whatever the kidnappers wanted. Yes he would.
- Where is Cliff's new office? I don't remember him having one before. Well, he's still head of the Oil Regulatory Commission -
Stephanie Rogers got him there and left him there - but up till now we'd never seen his
office.
- Why does Bobby have Jordan Lee call JR? He "has a long leash" as Sheila
says and could easily get to a phone. (Maybe he doesn't dial so well, but that is
another point....) That's a good point. Four
reasons: first, Bobby probably doesn't have change. Second, even though Bobby has a long
leash, he probably figures he's being watched. Third [and most likely], this would involve
having Patrick Duffy dial a sensible quantity and sequence of phone buttons, which he has
proved on many occasions to be beyond his grasp. Fourth, Don Starr's contract is up.
- Ok, so who is JR's secretary now? Phyllis, Kendall, Jackie? Wait maybe Susan from
episode 4 could come back so JR could officially fire her like all his other secretaries. I have no idea. It would be great if Susan could come
back. I assume Kendall is temporarily filling in - or perhaps it is Jackie, out of whom
they want to get SOME useful work.
- This whole kidnapping plot has so many loop-holes I lost count. So if Jordan Lee
can come to the event, why didn't Sheila pretend to be his wife? He is a prestigious
and well known oil man. (And where is his wife anyway?) Jordan is no longer in the oil business - he sold out to Weststar,
remember? So maybe he's not so important. And probably nobody would believe that Sheila is
Evelyn Lee - she's not old enough. Where Evelyn is is a good question.
- How did Bobby get tickets to such an important event if he didn't even know about it when he arrived in Paris? I doubt you could get them last minute. If the kidnappers used Jordan's ticket, where did the second and third ticket come from to bring in April and the other assassin? Sheila probably had this plan going for a while, so she made "arrangements" to get tickets for herself and Bobby. These tickets can be had if you really want them, I guess. How the other assassins got in is a good question. The BEST question is why Sheila could not get in by the same manner. The ONLY thing that makes sense is that Sheila is sort of using Bobby as a shield. Let's say for sake of argument that something goes wrong with her plan [which it did] and she gets caught [which she doesn't]. She can continue to say that she is April Ewing, and then Bobby would be forced to help her and/or protect her in order to avoid bad publicity, while at the same time protecting his wife. Certainly there are better ways of going about this in the real world.
- Wouldn't Sheila's jewelry set off the metal detectors that she and Bobby go through? Yes.
- Why would Bobby let Sheila leave his sight while she "powders her nose" if he doesn't trust her? I think he's completely preoccupied with April - understandably so. Plus I think that while he suspects that something's fishy, he hasn't pieced it together yet.
- How did the bad guys get their guns in? Bad
guys get guns in to places they shouldn't. Happens all the time. It's possible that, like
Sheila, they had them pre-stashed.
- How did Sheila escape? We don't know yet, but I
assume she knows Angelica Nero....
- What is this thing with Sheila obsessing over Bobby liking her and then getting all
huffy when he refuses her? She kidnapped his wife for gosh sakes! And the
"long leash" she keeps him on is sooo lame. He just mozes in and out
anytime he pleases, there is no sense of her being in control.
- For shame JR! We thought you were bad enough when you canned sweet Sly. Now you
frame poor innocent and demure Melinda on a false drug charge. This being mean to
such a likable and well-portrayed character is such a low blow. What is next, setting
Patricia Shepard up on prostitution charges? That
almost sounded believable. I'll take a poll and see who feels sorry for poor Melinda.
AHN Kyle's corner:
- Cally "I can tell when you're lying" Harper, guess what? J.R is out to get
James. Nice try though. Must be all that oxygen
rushing to her head after that exercise.
- That Bobby/April face shots of increasing intensity was absolutely painful.
Sooooooooo lammmmmmmme. I kept saying
"lame" every time the camera switched shots.
- Time inconsistency problem today. James makes mention of J.R giving up one week of his
life, yet Sheila mentions that these "last few weeks" (implying that it's been
three or maybe four weeks). I'm inclined to think the whole France thing has only lasted
about a week (or ten days). I think you're right.
Sheila must really have a case of the screaming thighs for Bobby. She's already pretending
they've been together a long time.
AHN Alett's corner:
- Cliff's hair is just too much of a bouffant. Not a good look for him. Speaking
of hair, it's pretty impressive that Sheila and Liz are able to create those glam looks
all by themselves. Sheila must have a
"hairdresser in a box" kit. Liz at least would have easy access to stylists.
- This next day when Jordan is shot, Sheila is wearing the same outfit she had on the day
before when Bobby ran out after April. Yes, she
does. That scene was probably shot [and intended to be aired] earlier in the episode.
- Right before Sheila and Bobby finally enter the OPEC gathering, there's a really
obvious gray microphone stuck to Susan Lucci's back. What, no room for a boom? Was there? No way! I've been looking for a microphone or
the shadow of a boom mike ever since I can remember. It's one of the best types of nits.
I'll look for this again.
- After all this planning for the assassination, why not do it right? First Susan
Lucci would probably need a step ladder to actually hit the guy. She's standing so far
back there are at least 15 people in the way, all taller than she is. Bobby,
distracted by April, suddenly has dog-like hearing I guess. That click of the gun
being cocked seems to be the only clue as to what's about to happen. And I figured
there would immediately be blood on April's dress as she goes down. Luckily, Sheila got April a white dress - just her size, too! And
you're right that she should have picked up some platform shoes.
AHN Val's corner:
- Cally.....WHAT THE *#!@% IS THAT WOMAN DOING??? Ab crunches. AB CRUNCHES!!! My stars,
the woman, is PREGNANT!!! While cardiovascular exercise is healthy during pregnancy, spot
toning (especially in the belly) is not. Get with the program, woman!!!!! I wouldn't know. Thanks for the tip.
- Dallas must have a deal with Ford. James, Sly, and even the late Tommy McKay all drove
Ford Mustang Convertibles. Only the paint colors were different. Perhaps it's the same car, just repainted?
- Cliff's new office is gray. ALL gray. His apartment is also gray. Heck, even the OBC and
Liz's new apartment are achromatically decorated. How about a little COLOR on these sets,
people!!! No money in the budget.
- Johnny Dancer...someone buy that boy a COMB!!!!! It's
part of the Dancer persona to have unkempt hair. And besides, he's only on for a few
episodes, so why spend money on a comb?
AHN Rob's corner:
- No wonder JR didn’t get to speak to John Ross: He committed two phone sins in
the process. First, he doesn’t even bother to listen for a dial tone, then he dials
13 numbers. Even still, he got a connection awful quickly… Was it thirteen? I thought it was fifteen or so. Glad someone counted.
I hope someone can confirm whether or not thirteen is the correct number of digits you
need to dial England..
- WAIT A MINUTE!! All that tight security at the speech, and all they do is check
women’s purses for weapons?! What about shoulder holsters under the men’s
jackets? What about checking for miniature pistols in the small of the back? What about
ankle holsters? And why in the hell weren’t they suspicious when Sheila arrived
holding an empty purse?! Wouldn’t that indicate that something was up? I have no idea. This whole thing is a head shaker if you
think about it.
AHN Pam's corner:
- Here is a costuming nit. When Sheila and Bobby are at the wine shop where she
lets him see April, Sheila is wearing a black outfit with a white blouse and those hideous
hoop earrings and it is daylight, say mid afternoon, we know this as we see Bobby run out
of the shop and catch the cab. Later we see Bobby talking with Jordan and it is
definitely dark, as in night. A few minutes later we see Sheila getting out of the
car, to once again yell at Bobby, and it is daylight again...as in the next day!!
Bobby has changed his clothes, but Sheila is still wearing the black outfit with the white
blouse! What's up with this? Did she drive around all night looking for
Bobby? Very careless, they must not have budgeted enough $$$ for Susan to have one
more outfit. I believe that this scene was filmed
at the same time as April's aborted rescue scene, and was probably meant to be aired
first. Then the producers looked at it and figured it would be better later in the show.
- How convenient that John Ross's picture, one I don't remember, is sitting on the mantle,
and in the FRONT no less! Yes. I was going to let
it go, but of course you're right.
- Speaking of James, how did Sly know where to find him? J.R. had to lie and drag it
out of Cally, but Sly just seems to know. I didn't think they had seen each other
since the poker game, so how exactly did she know? I'd
have to think about that one a bit.
- There is a bad dubbing job when Sheila is talking to Bobby at the conference, it doesn't
really look like her lips are moving with the sound.
- Let's talk wedding rings again. Yesterday I mentioned that Sheila's story would be
more convincing if she were wearing one. Well, today she is still not wearing one
and they emphasize this by showing a tight close up of none other than her ring finger,
still no ring. Also, when April is shot and she falls to the ground, I checked her
finger and she also is NOT wearing a wedding ring. What happened to it? Did
the kidnappers steal it? She had it on yesterday when she smacked Sheila, I doubt
she'd let it go. That's very odd. Sheree was
married at the time, and still is, so she should definitely at least be wearing her
real-life ring. Can't understand why she wouldn't.
AHN Mike's corner:
- McKay gets off a great line to Cliff: "You're not the buffoon I once thought you
were." No, Carter, he's an even bigger buffoon because he's still refusing to sleep
with a beautiful woman who's hot for him. And speaking of McKay, why didn't he threaten
Cliff with the videotape of Cliff and Rose? Unless I missed something, Cliff doesn't know
McKay burned it up to placate Rose. McKay can threaten to use the tryst as the reason that
Cliff is denying him a variance thus either forcing Cliff to grant it and creating a
scandal to get Cliff removed. I suppose you're
right about that - must be an unwritten rule that last season's happenings are off limits.
- God, I love these flashes of the old JR. There are just too little of them. The way he
went right to work to frame Carlisle's daughter and get his gambling license revoked was
beautiful! Yes it was. It's a damn shame that the
only people that job to him any more are losers like this. It reminds me of the way WCW is
trying to make Kevin Nash look like a non-stiff by pointing out that he beat Hardcore Hak.
- I'll go along with Sheila's dress for the Angelica, but in the Accessories category ya
gotta go with those mismatched UFO earrings she wore in her negotiating scene with Bobby.
- I never thought I'd miss the accordion music but that sax crap was awful. You'd think
with all the bullets flying at the OPEC meeting somebody would have hit that damn sax
player (probably that little dork, Kenny G.) and put us out of our misery.
- I thought the slo-mo shooting scene was mostly well-done except for using that over-done
cliche of having Bobby scream a slo-mo "Noooooooooooooo" just as he realized
April was in the line of fire. You could see it coming a mile a way. In fact, I
instinctively and mockingly screamed "Noooooooooo" about two seconds before
Bobby did. So did I because I remembered it so
well.
- By the way, the security guard that checked Sheila's purse never actually looked inside,
he merely opened the flap. must be a former Southfork or Ewing Oil security guy. Probably. Must be Ewing Oil because Southfork has NEVER
had security except for the end of Season 3.
- As April and her two captors get ripped by bullets and go down, no a drop of blood or a
single bullet hole can be seen. This is an embarrassment to the legacy of Sam
Peckinpah.
It was all added after they hit the ground. Well,
April's dress had some red on it. The other guys didn't though.
- The reaction of the Arabs on the dais appeared that Sheila actually hit one of them but
I thought Bobby pushed her and the gun skyward before she got off the first shot, making a
hit implausible. Then again, given Susan Lucci's
short stature...it might have happened.
- I'm surprised nobody noticed the similarity in looks between Johnny Dancer and Tommy
McKay. Perm Tommy's greasy locks and then don't comb for a month and he'd look like
Dancer's brother.
Bonehead dialogue of the day: [courtesy of Alett]
> Kendall about April: "I can't believe
it's true. She was so beautiful."
(So I guess it's OK if ugly people get shot.)
Angelica Award: Liz's wacky blouse/jacket with all the gaudy jewels. Nominated by
everybody.
I'm back in stride today, which is more than I can say for the Pakistani cricket team. But let's not go there.
- Those Paris reporters are absolutely pathetic. Somewhere between this afternoon and the unfortunate day Princess Diana died, they learned some persistence. Bobby comes to the hotel, starts jumping up the stairs, and the reporters in the lobby just let him through? And then by the time he gets to his room, they're not even close enough to him to be heard, assuming they even tried to come up with him? Pathetic. Any reporter worth his or her salt would have been pounding on the door.
- And the American press deserves some chastisement too. The Dallas Press, in their headline, refers to April as a "Dallas woman". Uh, excuse me? Shouldn't she be referred to as a "Ewing bride"? She just married one of the most wealthy and popular guys in the city! I remember very clearly that after Kristin's death, the headlines proclaimed: "EWING KIN DEAD". If you've even set foot on Southfork, the press will find a way to work it in when you die.
- The scene at the Oil Baron's Club was interesting. Rose is put into the elevator by Dora Mae. Then JR and Carter jaw at each other for a while. Then Carter gets into the elevator with his wife. So the elevator waited for him? It sure didn't look like Rose was pressing the "door open" button, even if she had been inclined to do so. Does the elevator have a weight sensor or something? Or did it simply read the script?
- Bobby bitterly tells Cally that "marrying a Ewing is a curse". Would his mother concur? Just a thought.
- It's a good thing Rose was wearing clip-on earrings when JR came over. That could have been messy otherwise.
- Here's one that took me some thought. In the final scene, we see JR come up to Ewing Oil in the elevator which is on the left side of the screen. He goes into Bobby's office as Phyllis leaves. This would have been in the left-hand elevator which JR took up. Then the detectives leave. Then Bobby and JR have their conversation and Bobby leaves, pressing the elevator button. Almost instantly, the left-side elevator opens. Wait a minute; that makes no sense! Since Phyllis had taken this elevator down to the ground floor, it should not have appeared as soon as Bobby pressed the button.
From Jason Cahill:
- Liz Adams is staying at the Marriott: When the hotel's exterior is shown, that chain's flag is visible. However, a few shows back Cliff, while visiting Liz, picked some ice out of a Sheraton ice bucket.
- Time zones: Paris is 6-7 time zones ahead of Dallas. JR took a call from Bobby after he was home from work and before he went to his party, so say it was around 7 PM Dallas time. That would make it about midnight Paris time. Yet Bobby makes the call from the Paris phone booth in broad daylight. Good call.
From Elad Benari:
- At the beginning of today's episode, during the "Also Starring" credits, Duke
Carlisle's name was the regular shade of yellow. Then the rest of the names where a
lighter shade, almost white. Patrick Duffy's name was again a lighter shade of yellow than
everybody else's. Did you notice that whenever Worldvision is the producing company, there
always seems to be something wrong with the text color? Lorimar seems to get it right, but
Worldvision always screws it up. There has been a
LOT of that going on this season.
-Major product promo today for American Airlines. Yup. In a way we should be glad - if not for American, they may not have had enough money for ANY guest stars this season.
- How the heck did Duke Carlisle figure out it was J.R. that got Melinda arrested? I
wouldn't have been able to figure it out myself if I hadn't known. Seems a little too
convenient... I guess he put two and two together
eventually. Or perhaps someone at the police department, at JR's request, dropped a subtle
hint.
-Just an observation: Is it customary for government agents to break into people's homes
and threaten them with guns? This control guy is quite violent, I must say. It's really
dangerous to get involved with the U.S. Government....might get yourself shot (and your
brains turned into Moo Goo Gai Pan)! That was a
pretty lame scene. But given that this is a pretty lame plot, I guess we're supposed to
overlook it.
AHN Jason's corner:
- Geez, Cliff knows Liz for what? two weeks and he is proposing. Come on.
He knew Afton for years and strung her along. He's
a different man. He knows that with that haircut, he can't be picky.
- Sly's hair looks blonder and longer than recently. Looks good though.
- If Liz hates Johnny so much, why did she take his flowers? She's a sucker for roses, I guess.
- Bobby seems to say that he called JR last week, b/c JR "wasn't there for him".
I didn't think this happened. Must have been
cut.
- I cracked up about the dialogue JR has with Rose. "A woman who peels the
paint off the walls" IS that supposed to be a compliment? Sounds more like an
insult. I have no idea what the heck that meant.
- The last PI to leave Bobby's office looks a lot like Mark Graison. I thought the one guy looked kind of like Wendell.
- Just a note. It looked like Jackie was JR's secretary at the beginning of the
episode, then it appeared Phyllis was obeying his orders. I find it strange that
Phyllis seems to ready to work for him when she says something to the opposite later this
season. Yes, that is weird. I guess in times of
crisis the secretaries are one.
- "April"'s foot steps sound like they don't match up with the sounds we hear. Well, it's Bobby's vision...
- If Carter hasn't touched Rose since the Cliff incident, what is he doing about his
carnal needs? I mean, OK Rose is not Pam or Sue Ellen, but she looks pretty good to
me when she dresses half way normal. Carter could do a lot worse. For that
matter, why does Rose stay with him? She proved at the beginning of the 12th season
that she could handle being out on her own without him and she clearly is not in this
relationship for the money. If a guy won't treat her with respect, why doesn't she
just leave? She would probably be better off on her own.
AHN Kyle's corner:
- While I don't want to start another controversy with the newsgroup (HA!), based on
DALLAS logic, James IS a half-breed. The situation parallels that of Ray Krebbs. A Ewing
man (Jock or J.R) has a child with a women who does not end up being a Mrs. Ewing. Thus
Ray and James are, in DALLAS terms, half-breeds. Correct.
Just don't let Newman hear you. [Kidding. Give that moron the what for.]
-When's the last time we saw Rancho del McKay? Seems like forever.
- Just when I thought J.R. couldn't sink any lower, he goes out and shags Rose McKay
rotten. Yuck! Yes. This really got me thinking
about the disgusting degrading quality of JR's conquests. Was this the man who, over the
course of the first half of he series, "took the wicket" of Julie Grey, Kristin,
Serena, Afton, Holly Harwood, and Katherine? Then in the second half, we have the
following: Mandy, Angelica, April, Kimberly, April, Cally, Laurel, Diana Farrington,
Anita, and Rose. Oh, come on. Mandy and Cally were real relationships rather than
conquests; so other than April and Laurel, this absolutely sucks.
AHN Val's corner:
- The front porch of Cliff's condo is different today than in past seasons. Before, it was
all stained wood...ceder siding, I think. Today, it was just white. In fact, it looked
EXACTLY like the indoor hallway version of Nicholas Pierce's condo entryway.
- JR answers the phone "Yeah, JR Ewing here". This would be acceptable at the
office, but at Southfork? Although, I guess that since JR is the only one home, he figured
that any phone call would be for him. I guess so.
That was very odd. I think I'm going to answer my home phone the same way....maybe not.
- Bobby's eye make-up looks way overdone. I don't even wear that much!
- Someone commented that Johnny Dancer looks like Tommy McKay. I disagree. I think he
looks more like a cross between SNL player Chris Elliot and Don Lockwood.
- April's mom gave Bobby permission to bury April in Paris. That's all fine and well, but
why would he even want to? I would think Bob would want her buried in Texas so she could
be closer to him. In fact, I would think Paris would be the LAST place he would want to
lay her to rest. Given the way Bobby tore into the French, and all the bad memories, I
doubt he would EVER return in the future to visit her grave. That thought alone makes me
want to cry. I completely agree. Lame.
- Liz went into the next room to change clothes, but she didn't even close the door.
That's an awfully risky move with that big, creepy-looking guy in the house. Maybe now I see what Cliff sees in her...she's a wild
woman at heart.
- Why didn't April's mom attend her funeral in Paris? I could understand it if she
couldn't afford the airfare. But even that's no excuse. I'm sure Bobby would have gladly
covered all her travel expenses. I guess all her little committees are really that much
more important to her. I think the whole idea of
having this scene was to avoid explaining why they didn't have this scene. But it causes
more trouble than it fixes.
- The cab Bobby took to the airport had a no-smoking symbol in the window. In FRANCE!!!!
Yeah, right!!! Very interesting. But I'm fairly
certain he still is in France because I think that's Orly airport that we see.
AHN Alett's corner:
- Please let this be the last time we have to see that damned boat on the Seine. AND THE DAMN SAXOPHONE!
- According to James, JR has a heart the size of a peanut. Considering what a hold
JR has on James, the kid should say to him, "You're such a peanut butter heart."
AHN Pamela's corner:
- As far as I can tell, Bobby walked around for awhile in the same suit that he was
holding April in when she died, yet, there was no blood on it. They could've at
least put a spot on his shirt or something. Excellent
call.
- When Bobby arrives at April's condo, we see it from a different angle and there is a
picture of Bobby and April I never remember seeing before in her condo. It is familiar,
was it in Bobby's office at some point? I'm trying
to place it - I can't imagine where it might have been taken, other than Salzburg. But if
so, why haven't we seen it before? Certainly it would be a very special picture for April.
- Bobby who isn't known for his 'proper business attire' manages to suit up before heading
over to Ewing Oil. I would think that his attire would be the last thing on his
mind. Then again maybe it's tacky to purchase a P.I. firm in your jeans! Suddenly he's paying attention to protocol. Great call.
AHN Mike's corner:
- Duke Carlisle was sartorialy splendiferous today - everything was in complimentary
blues, even the hat. I've noticed that his trademark is the two-tone jacket with the
leather shoulders and a hat in matching color. But what was that pattern on the back of
the coat? It looked like long thin lines with hearts at the end.
- The cycle James was working on may have need a lube job but his hair sure didn't. It
gets slicker by the episode. Is that a real tattoo on him? I can't imagine they would have
taken the time and expense to draw it on him again. I thought he was a model before
"Dallas". A tattoo like that would have been a real detriment to a modeling
career in those days, unlike today. I'm fairly
certain he had that tattoo already [in "real-life" when we saw him in the
parlor.
- I realize Bobby was distraught over losing April and the sax music but couldn't he have
at least called one person in Dallas to have them pass the word April had been killed?
Instead, people hear it first in the media. That seems awfully cruel. I don't know what he's thinking. He berates JR for not being there but
he's not a great communicator either, is he?
- Poor Christopher loses another potential mother. I can hear his reaction now. "She
was killed because I'm adopted."
- Speaking of Control, isn't there a requirement for government field agents to be in some
kind of physical shape? The only damage this guy appears capable of doing is to any
all-you-can-eat buffett. I'm surprised he didn't take Cliff's Chinese food when he had the
gun on him. That would have been hilarious. I don't
know who this guy's fooling.
- Is this the first episode where Cliff wears bifocals? I also noticed why Cliff has a
new hairstyle. His hair has thinned too much for the old one, but it's thinned
irregularly
to where he has a tuft of hair up front in the middle with a bald spot behind it. By
combing the tuft up and back they are semi-covering the bald spot and giving the illusion
he still has a full head of hair. And what's up with that red silk bathrobe?
- A question for the ladies: why would Cally wear lipstick in the shower? She comes out
of the bathroom soaking wet with lipstick on when she hears Bobby.
Bonehead dialogue of the day: [courtesy of Alett]
> Cliff to Liz - "What do you think
could happen to me that would hurt worse than this?"
(Like she's the love of his life, right. Wait until the neck brace Cliff!)
Angelica Award: All of Michelle's outfits. Sly's fringed jacket comes second.
The Carter McKay Instant Tantrum meter: 1. Subdued, but it should still count.
- When Liz points a gun at Johnny Dancer, she points it at the right side of his chest. Wouldn't it be better aimed at the left side, at his heart? Shouldn't Liz know that?
- Christopher WANTS to go to school? What kid comes home from a holiday and then WANTS to go to school the very next day? There's something really wrong with this kid.
- Does anyone else think that Liz rearranges her furniture too much? Every time we see her room the furniture is set up differently.
- Does anyone else think that Carter McKay desperately needs a new wardrobe? I mean, come on, Carter, when the seams are bursting it's time to spend some money.
AHN Kyle's corner:
- Ahhh....yet another rousing game of "let's see how long we can go w/o telling Ellie
that someone very close to her has died/been arrested/committed". Wouldn't she just
go absolutely ballistic when she actually finds out (like 3 months later)? My guess would
be yes. Yes. They must have read the script and
realized she's not coming back.
- How much school have the boys missed? It's not summer (unless they get back right at the
beginning of September). These kids must be missing SOME assignments. My guess is that
John Ross actually fails his classes but then goes up to the teacher at the end of the
year and says "do you know who I am? I'm John Ross freaking Ewing!".
- Was Michelle's voice-over in the church really necessary? DALLAS' bread and butter is
the overly dramatic soliloquy.
- Who the hell does Cliff think he is trying to fight Johnny Dancer? This isn't a Ewing
wedding!! Cliff is SO lame. I'm trying to remember
the last time he even performed decently in a fight.
- April only leaves half a mil to her mom. She has over a hundred million dollars!! Let's
share the wealth. Why does sis get it all?? Silly. I
got a kick out of the lawyer saying that she left some to her "friends". WHAT
FRIENDS?
- Wasn't the whole point of Mr. Foley's suicide that his company went belly-up? Seems to
me like it really wouldn't take much to destroy Foley Petrotech...they're probably already
almost there. I agree. The only thing I can say
here is that it's possible that Bobby doesn't know that yet. I think he finds out soon.
- I fail to see why J.R. needs Rose to tap McKay's office. It's not like she could
in being all lovey-dovey with Mack and then plant it w/o arousing suspicion. Why doesn't
J.R. just do it himself? A little contrived. Perhaps
a scene was cut - I guess Rose wouldn't be under suspicion if she brought a
"friend" [Ratagan] to McKay's office.
- Johnny Dancer BUYING WESTAR???? I can't even believe they started this plotline. What an
absolute joke! It's like DALLAS had a business consultant for the scripts but then they
had to fire him, and now they have to pretend like they understand the oil business (which
clearly they DON'T). A guy can't just walk in and BUY Westar! How many times do we have to
go through this??? I think this came across wrong.
I believe what Johnny means is that because of his past with McKay [through which it is to
be assumed that McKay owes him favors] Johnny will slowly buy up McKay's Weststar stock
and eventually get control of the company. But it's so lame the way it's discussed.
AHN Alett's corner:
- Rose is no fun anymore. She looks too good. She either spent
some of McKay's money on a color consultant, or, more likely, went out and bought
"Color Me Beautiful" and figured out she's an autumn. You're right about Rose looking much better. Jason and I were
discussing this yesterday. I always considered Rose to be trailer park trash on the Dallas
ladies' scale but these episodes have brought her up a notch.
- Even Jackie is finally looking decent. It must be because JR has adopted her as
his secretary.
- That Oil Barons club is such a rowdy place that today's obligatory face slap - Shelly to
Bobby - didn't even cause a ripple. It got a bit
quiet but nothing else.
- Since Rose wouldn't know exactly when McKay's office would be swept for bugs, it's
pretty convenient that JR hits a goldmine of information. Of course, McKay will now be
vulnerable, but it's more interesting to consider what JR might do to Sly. What ever
happened to her loser brother who made her susceptible to Cliff early on? I'm pretty sure that Cliff got him out on parole.
- It's nighttime when Bobby makes his call to locate Cliff. He's obviously talking
to Cliff's secretary, not an answering service. Come on. Cliff is now a
government worker. Since his secretary is too, there's no way she'd be there. Excellent call.
- What a relief Johnny Danzig isn't going to be back. I cringed during that whole
speech to Liz about her being an untamed horse he's going to saddle. Of course, now we
have to endure the whole "Who shot Johnny?" storyline. I would rather have that than being forced to see the guy. His
dialogue is SO PAINFUL. The only thing worse is Liz's dialogue back at him. Why does every
sentence have to end with a breathy "Johnny"?
AHN Jason's corner:
- Did anyone catch the guest credits. They start "AND GH as
Vanessa Beaumont" Did someone get yanked out of the credits on us? Why? I don't think anyone else was around. Weird.
- Dora Mae's outfits seem to change from "school marm" cardigans to elegant
evening dresses and back. What is up with her wardrobe?
- Liz and Johnny's wine glasses seem to disappear from the table after the fight with
Cliff. I don't think they rolled off or anything. Good
one. I totally missed it.
- Carter's "James, Don't hate" speech is sooooo hypocritical after what he put
Rose and Tracey through last season with his revenge and anger. You bet. I can't believe I'm saying this, but I think James is right!
What is up with all of these people? Why does everyone suddenly want to be a babyface?
- The waiter seems to leave the money JR gives him on the tray when he leaves the room
with his buddies.
AHN Mike's corner:
- Shelly should have known better than to slap Bobby in a bar. He never loses a bar fight.
I wish he would have popped her though after he blocked the second slap. Maybe the color
was off for this episode but Shelly's hair appeared to have gone from blonde to
Jackie-like grey. Jackie, by the way, looked to be wearing her hair in a style inspired by
Princess Leia of Star Wars. Jackie looks better all
of a sudden, I think. Maybe it is the Leia look.
- Why is there a pattern on both sides of Liz's door? Makes it look like it's wallpapered.
- All-time dumb move: Cliff has a gun put to his head and is told he's a dead man if he
sees Liz again. So what does Mr. Loser do? He goes directly to Liz's apartment and see her! I need to give my head a shake. I can't believe I missed
that. And everyone else.
- More dumb dialogue: Liz to Cliff (in a surgical collar) "Johnny's a dangerous
man." Cliff to Liz "Don't ever think I'm not." Yeah, Cliff, but only
dangerous to yourself. Here you are, a physical wreck after making an ass out of yourself
at the OBC and throwing the first punch at guy young enough to be your son. I really
enjoyed seeing Cliff get the crap kicked out of him.
- When it comes to women, JR has class: No one-man band, no dixieland band and hot dog
vendor, JR goes first class all the way in wooing Vanessa. Wouldn't have it any other way. Say what you want about JR, but he's a
class guy when he wants to be.
AHN Pamela's corner:
- Rude moment by J.R. as he barges in to Bobby's office during his meeting.
I mean, the door was CLOSED. The least he could've done was knock.
- It seems that this OPEC thing would have possibly been an international incident, so why
didn't Clayton and Ellie hear about it? I can agree with the fact that MAYBE they
didn't hear about April's death specifically but they should've at least heard about the
incident. Knowing Bobby and April were going to Paris, you would at least think they
would've tried to contact J.R., Ewing Oil or even Bobby himself if they happened to know
where they were staying, just to see if everything were alright. Clayton
specifically says that he didn't know a thing until he stopped off in London to see Sue
Ellen and thought it best to bring
the boys home with him. It's also very convenient that he would make that stop. Then he
says that he doesn't want to tell Ellie about April's death yet, why not? Is she again not
strong enough to handle the truth? Over the years they have made Ellie in to a weak woman
who is merely a shell of her former self. If I were Ellie I'd be pretty mad when I
finally found out the truth. This whole thing is very odd. Well, I don't think it's SO convenient that Clayton went to London -
he was going to see the boys, right? The fact that everyone thinks Ellie is a weak woman
is totally pathetic. This has gone on every since she married the ox, and it stinks to
high heaven. I miss the old Ellie. Is this the woman who said, "Ray, get me the
shotgun out of the hall closet"? Or "We may be wrong, we may be right, but we're
Ewings, and we stick together."
- I am really getting sick and tired of James' incessant whining about wanting to take
J.R. down. In this episode alone he whines to Sly, Cliff and McKay. SHUT UP!!!!
If you want revenge, go have Sly's notes printed in the newspaper or something, I'm
sure it'd make the FRONT PAGE! C'mon, all Ewing related stories do. Suck it up
James and get your life together. True enough. I
commented that it's totally lame that everyone suddenly is in no mood to hurt JR, but
James isn't doing himself any favors either.
- Finally! After as many times as people have punched each other, smacked each etc.
we see somebody who actually looks like they got hurt. After Johnny beats the crap
out of Cliff he is wearing a neck brace....'bout time! It's not perfect though.
Johnny also punched Cliff in the face...where's the bruise?
- April really shafted her mother in her will. She only gave the woman $500,000???
How CHEAP! You'd think she'd want to have set her mother up for the rest of her
life. Of course, I would've thought she would've already done this. Speaking
of that, where was mom at the will reading...committee meeting, coffee clutch?
Again, they didn't want to PAY the actress. I don't know why I'm surprised, after
all she didn't attend her daughter's funeral, why would I think that she would attend the
will reading. To add insult to injury, April turns around and gives Shelley the
remainder of her estate AND makes her the executrix?? The only thing she has to say about
it is that now Shelley got everything she ever wanted. I know this was all done for
better plot development and a major push for Shelley, but still, this is so stupid. Your last statement is key. Hear, hear!
- I don't like the comparisons used during the conversation between Liz and Johnny
where she pulls the gun on him (which is apparently all she seems to carry in her purse).
First, Liz says that she enjoyed watching Johnny beat up Cliff about as much as she
would enjoy watching an elephant stomp on a mouse. Is she comparing Cliff, the man
she supposedly loves, to a mouse? I get her point, but still don't like it. I'm
married and I would never compare my husband to a rodent. Also, Johnny tells her
that she is like a wild horse that has never been ridden and that he can't wait to mount
his saddle (or something like that). By all accounts to references he made to their
former relationship in episode 339, he's mounted his saddle AND ridden the wild horse
before.......lame! Mike pointed this out. Every
conversation they have is so damn pathetic.
- Jackie displays some more of her trademark incompetence today.....how unusual! First of
all, hasn't she ever heard of a buzzer?? I could overlook that because she goes to
J.R.'s door, if it weren't for her next couple of stupid moves. When she knocks, she
doesn't even wait for him to answer before she goes in to tell him Michelle is there to
see him. How does she know what he's doing? He could be on a very important
business call (though I highly doubt it lately). Then when J.R. tells her to send
Michelle in, it's like Michelle is waiting on Jackie's heels! I mean Jackie doesn't even
have to say anything like "J.R. will see you Miss Stevens." and then a few
seconds go by and Michelle comes in. Jackie just simply steps aside and in walks
Michelle. Get a clue J.R., you really need Sly back on the payroll! He'll figure that out today, I believe. Good points.
- When J.R. presses the elevator button to go down, the door opens almost immediately and
there's Vanessa. I didn't hear a ding or anything, it's just there she is! As fast
as those doors opened, J.R. should've heard a ding before he ever even pushed the button.
- April had a will drawn up, but only at the insistence of her attorney?? I mean, I
know she was young, but if I had come in to the kind of money she did, I'd certainly draw
up a will. I mean, her business sense has been questioned in the past, i.e. the way
her restaurant disappeared and the lucrative (snicker) April Oil, but where's her common
sense? She can't be this dumb! I'd write it up for no other reason than to ensure
that the funds wouldn't go in to probate with large amounts eventually going for attorney
fees. I'd also want to make sure that everything ended up where I wanted it......of
course, look where it ended up, which proves she has no common or business sense and she
is just plain DUMB! In the end, the attorney must have read the script and knew she better
get her affairs in order.....LAME!
AHN Analise's corner:
- Didn't anyone find it odd that when JR arrived at Vanessa's hotel room with champagne,
food, and perfume that Vanessa actually put on the perfume??? When a lady gets ready
for a night on the town, not only does she make sure that her hair is perfect, her dress
is elegant, and her makeup is flawless, SHE ALSO PUTS ON PERFUME!!! But we see her
dab some perfume on her neck. So now she is wearing 2 perfumes? How ghastly!!!
This would be much for anyone to handle! Or did she read the script and know
not to put on perfume? Nope, 2 different perfumes are too much to take!
- Since when does room service enter a room without permission of the hotel guest. I
travel a great deal on business and this never happens! Believe me! If you are
not there, the food goes right back to the kitchen. So to see that woman go in to
Johnny Fever's (oops, Dancer's) room like that would never happen in real life. Maybe he gave orders to the effect that if he's not
around, they should just leave dinner there. It was rather odd, though.
- One more nit about her. She was in a chamber maid's uniform. Room service
people at a formal business hotel, both men and women, at night always where tuxedos.
They never dress like a waitress from a diner.
- The Chairmanship of Westar is decreasing less and less in value. Now Clayton was
the candidate? Who is next? Jackie?? By
the terms of Atticus's will, it should be alphabetical. So after Clayton and then Dusty,
I'd say Jackie would be next.
Bonehead dialogue of the day: [courtesy of Val]
> Detective to Liz: "There's two
schools of thought on that. There's yours and there's ours".
Angelica Award: Vanessa's gaudy floral dress. Nominated by Jason. Rose was not far behind.
- Just one from me today. Sly is totally lame letting James waltz into to JR's office. And why is it that James has some playful banter with all of the Ewing Oil girls, but not Phyllis?
AHN Jason's corner:
- A TNN first- The Bobby/Chris scene where he tells the boy about April's death was
seen in the 339 end spoilers and the 341 beginning review but cut from 340. That is
pretty sad, since yesterday's episode sucked so bad.
- There was a comment on Liz's apartment and how often she moves her furniture. This
is even more stupid since she lives in a HOTEL. That
was my comment, and it goes double now that I realize she's in a hotel.
- If Jackie was JR's secretary (until mid episode anyways) why doesn't she sit at Sly's
old desk? Why does she sit in front of James's old office? I guess she read the script. Bizarre.
- More of a comment than a nit. Liz plays way too dumb to the police since they
could verify her background with Johnny. Her story would have worked better if she
admitted more of an involvement instead of saying she didn't know him before he came to
town. If she claimed they had been friends in the past but said in casually, I think
her story would have been more plausible. To claim she never met him would be easy
to disprove. I totally agree. Liz is dumber than
1988 April.
- James tells Vanessa that he knows she met with JR b/c she knew where to find him.
But JR didn't know where he was until only a few scenes earlier when JR rehired Sly and
there is no scene (that we see) where JR confronts James at the shop. I assume there
was and TNN cut it. And I assume Vanessa would have no idea where to find James if she
didn't talk with JR but I just found the exchange between James and her awkward.
- If Michelle is staying at April's where is Cally staying at? Michelle's? I guess so. Hadn't thought about it.
- Why hasn't Cally gotten her divorce yet? I thought she wanted a quickie so she
could disappear. Then she read the script and
realized that she needs to hang around a while to make Vanessa uncomfortable.
AHN Val's corner:
- Carter told Rose that maybe he'd take her out to dinner. This surprises
me, considering the way she embarrassed him by loudly airing her sexual woes to the entire
Oil Baron's Club. Why on earth would he risk another public outburst from that woman? No clue. Good point.
- Before JR showed up, Sly was just hanging around her apartment, unemployed and
exercising, She should have been out pounding the pavement, looking for a job. Must have read the script and realized she doesn't really
need another job. Or perhaps she realized that having a steady job at Ewing Oil had made
her put on a few pounds and she wanted to work it off so she could fit into her slut
outfits again.
- And speaking of Sly's apartment, that's a rather fancy place she has for an (unemployed)
secretary. In fact, Sly's apartment is on par with super-rich April's!!! I wouldn't say her apartment is that fancy. I would say
that April's apartment is VERY understated.
- Liz was awfully overdressed for the DAYTIME visit to Cliff's condo. That black
shoulder-wrap suit is more appropriate for a fancy dinner and a symphony concert.
- The desk clerks at Vanessa's hotel just let JR into Vanessa's suite without her there. A
fact that they apparently shared with Vanessa on her way up to her room. That place has
about as much security as Southfork!!!
- How did Bobby know that Michelle was staying at April's apartment? More importantly,
Cally is staying there, and those two hate each other. Man, the fur must have been flying
over at North Park Plaza!!! I think it's safe to
assume that Cally no longer lives there. As Jason points out, where has Cally gone? A
scene must have been cut.
- JR's audio recording of Carter and John's last conversation was obviously redone for the
tape. Carter's "GET OUT" sounds waaaay different. Other than that, it was a pretty good recreation.
- Vanessa's telling JR that they couldn't possibly have another child just had me shaking
my head. That woman is what, 50-55 years old? She's truly flattering herself if she thinks
she could possibly become a mother again at her advanced age. And I don't mean this so
much from a physical standpoint, but an emotional one. Look at the bang-up job she did
with her little turncoat James.
AHN Alett's corner:
- Why is Liz staying in a place that doesn't even have a peephole? Since she's been
in New York, she would see this as a necessity for sure. And now Sly does the old -
I'll just yell through the door instead of look through the peephole- routine. Liz is at a hotel. Hotels aren't big on peepholes. Good
point about Sly.
- I guess Liz doesn't really wear makeup. It's all tattooed on. At least
that's how it looks when she gets out of the shower!
- Don't the Ewings still have their private jet or helicopter? Why would Bobby need
to book a flight, or as it turns out, drive to Odessa? Knowing he's going to have
Shelly with him, I think he'd take the fastest route possible. Driving to Odessa
with her would be excruciating. Last year, I
pointed this out in tomorrow's nits. I think the real reason is that due to budget
constraints they had to lose the Ewing jet. [Surprised they couldn't twist American
Airlines's arm to give them a small plane].
AHN Pamela's corner:
- It's Bobby's turn to be rude today. When he has Michelle step in to his office, he
pours himself a drink, but doesn't offer her one. I know he's not happy with her,
but you would think Miss Ellie would've taught him better manners than this. I noticed that too! I let it go because I figured he
might have somehow known she wouldn't want one...but you're right.
- When J.R. asks Sly where to find James, she tells him he's living/working in a
motorcycle shop on some street (she said the name,but I can't remember it). She doesn't
tell J.R. the name of the shop or an exact address. It's either a very well known
shop, a very short street, or the only motorcycle shop on the street. My guess is the latter.
- I love when James tells Sly NOT to call security because he won't hurt J.R..
Security? What security? Good one. I and most
of the veteran AHNs tend to be somewhat numb to this because we've heard it so often.
- I have a few comments concerning Vanessa's visit with James at the motorcycle shop.
They have their little chit-chat and she says that they are being very polite and
formal. I really can't imagine Vanessa any other way. She's not exactly the put on
your jeans and play in the sandbox type of mom, she's too prim and proper. James
tells her that he is living/working there and she says "whatever makes you
happy." not once asking WHY he is not so much working there, but living there.
He goes on to explain that he's broke. She expresses absolutely no concern at hearing this
news. Now, from what I understand, he had a trust fund or some sort of money of his
own, inheritance or something. If I had his kind of money and I told my mother that
suddenly I was broke, I know she'd have a few questions for me. Then, she goes on to
tell James that after she heard about J.R. and Cally breaking up, and before she knew that
J.R. and James were having problems, she had this 'charming' vision of the three of them
living together as a family. Charming? What is she fifteen? She sounds like a
teenager with her first real case of puppy love! This whole conversation is totally
stupid!
- Not a nit, just an observation. When the guys are home alone, they do not dress
for dinner, they're all wearing jeans. I assume it's about time for dinner, Clayton
asks Michelle if she'll be staying for dinner and nobody seems like they're in a hurry to
go upstairs to change, they all seem pretty comfortable. It's nice to see that even at
Southfork you can wear jeans to dinner once in a while. Bobby must've convinced them
that jeans are OK at home, not just in the office! This
is an outstanding point. Can't believe no one picked this up.
AHN Kyle's corner:
- Cally sez "you better dare not tell him". Halleyville upbringing or not,
that's just plain awkward, Cally. How about "you better not tell him"?
- Do you think that Bobby's direction of "Christopher, stand up!" was
un-scripted? I'm leaning towards yes. It just seemed so incongruous. I think you might be right.
- Very unlike J.R today (of course, everything he does is very un-J.R. now, sigh...).
First off, he should win the McKay Award, because that tantrum comes out of NOWHERE.
Secondly, he usually picks his spots, and fighting in front of the boys is not his thing.
Strange. No, it's not his thing. I guess they
needed to do SOMETHING to liven up this snoozefest. It sort of worked.
- Forgot to mention this earlier, isn't Christopher just a little TOO indifferent to
April's death? Maybe they cut out a scene or maybe, just maybe (drum roll...) it's because
he's adopted. Yeah. It's old hat to him now. I
can't imagine what further tragedy this kid could suffer. "Christopher, your mother's
dead." "Christopher, your dad's dead." "Christopher, you're
adopted". Been there, done that.
Bonehead dialogue of the day: [courtesy of Kyle]
>Waiter: "You're secretary is on the
phone."
>J.R [into the phone]: "Hello. J.R. Ewing here."
Hey dummy! It's your secretary! She knows who she's calling for.
Angelica Award: Vanessa's strapless
dress. The dress itself was nice. It would just look better on someone else. ANYONE
else!!! Nominated by Val.
The Carter McKay Instant Tantrum meter: 1, in his home with Rose.
- Why do Bobby and Michelle drive to Odessa if time is of the essence? Wouldn't it have been faster to take the Southfork helicopter? Odessa is not much further away from Dallas than San Angelo, and Ellie and JR took frequent trips to the Southern Cross in Season 4. Maybe it's a fuel thing...budget cuts and what not.
- When Harve comes to Ewing Oil the first time, why doesn't Sly announce him? He just comes into JR's office with no warning.
- An interesting revelation came to light today: according to Carter's calendar, his meeting with Dancer was on Friday, June 14. That would mean that the year is 1991. A nit of sorts results from this: by all accounts, Dancer was shot that night. The very next morning, Detective Bussey is in full effect. Wait a minute: a homicide cop would be pursuing an ACTIVE INVESTIGATION on a Saturday? Hard to believe.
AHN Alett's corner:
- The whole conversation between Bobby and Cliff about Liz seems screwy.
First, Bobby barely talked with her. He just pranced away on his horse. Next, Cliff
suggests to Bobby that he did know she was a government agent. In his big scene with Liz,
he starts off by saying, "Why didn't you tell me you were an agent, etc." Maybe they had another conversation which was cut.
- I have to give them credit for casting Miranda Garrison as Sheila. She and Susan
Lucci look like they really could be related. The female detective says they
verified her identity because her fingerprints match those on file with the state.
She's not a criminal. Why should the state have her fingerprints? There seems
to be a little problem again with doctor/patient privilege. The police haven't been
brought into this, yet the doctor seems very willing to spill the beans about her, and
they already have permission to search her room! Very
simple explanation. The following was said: "Look, doc, I'm Bobby Ewing..."
- And I loved that agenda entry. Right above J. Dancer it says 8:15 breakfast with
Leslie Moonves. If I'm not mistaken, he was head of programming at CBS. I
don't know what his role was in 1991, but he frequently got grief from David Letterman. He was indeed head of programming at that time.
AHN Jason's corner:
- I have a hard time seeing how JR could regain control of Ewing Oil from Westar.
What about the DOJ? He would probably do it through
a dummy corporation.
- Just a note- I think JR and Vanessa actually do make a beautiful mature couple.
Vanessa is a classy lady and starting to look much better then before. Like Rose,
she seems to grow on you and you start to see her better points. I don't mind Vanessa that much - what I'm against is the way everyone
is trying to sell her as a goddess. To have the beautiful Cally gushing over how great she
is rubs me the wrong way.
- Just a note- Susan Lucci was credited as an "Also Starring" star while
Barbara Eden was credited as "Special Appearances By". Kinda interesting to see
how much more pull BE had in her contract than SL. I
heard she and Larry Hagman had a gig together once. :)
AHN Val's corner:
- Bobby leaves Southfork and takes off for Odessa. So who's watching Christopher? Miss
Ellie and Lucy are gone. Cally has moved out. Raoul and Theresa don't seem to be around
anymore, and Cliff is out of town. I know he (and John Ross too) are in school all day,
but who's watching those boys at night? Are they "with friends", a la Charlie
Wade, circa 1984? Excellent point. But since it's
June [according to Carter's calendar], they're probably not even in school.
- Check out Sheila Foley's picture Bobby was looking at. Check out the woman fourth from
the left, in the gold dress, standing with the gray-haired guy. I could swear THAT'S
PAM!!!! Also in that picture was Jordan Lee, who said he saw her at a party a few years
back. Could there be some sort of connection? Also, I'm shocked that Bobby didn't at least
acknowledge this. I thought so too. It looks sort
of like Pam but I think there's enough of his difference.
- JR was eating sushi. I thought he liked ALL his food cooked. When Ewing Oil is involved, he makes exceptions, I guess.
- How was Bobby able to find a buyer for Ewing Oil and close the sale all in one day? It
takes longer; quite a bit longer to find a buyer for, and close escrow on a simple little
house. Well, they only signed an agreement in
principle, right? They say it'll take five days to get the official documents made up.
And, as we'll find out, Lee Ann is a motivated buyer.
AHN Kyle's corner:
- What is the point in McKay leaving the bug in his office (functioning)? First of all,
whoever planted it there would know that it had been found ("we are looking for bugs
now...") and second of all, it would STILL be recording his conversations. Maybe if
he was trying to give J.R some bad info, but that's not what he did. Silly. It may not be over yet, but the first point is great.
- J.R., how the hell are you going to convince Bobby to sell to Westar? Come on now... If they up their offer, it could happen.
AHN Pamela's corner:
- They fixed the color of the print on Patrick Duffy's name in the opening credits.
It matches everyone else's now.
- Bobby and Michelle have been driving all night, but amazingly they look wide awake and
refreshed. Michelle is still in full makeup....great stuff she buys!! it doesn't
smudge or wear off!! Her suit's not wrinkled either. Speaking of their drive,
what in the world did those two find to talk about for the entire ride? I have no idea. That's quite a trek to Odessa - a good 10 hours at
least.
- Bobby changed his shirt in Odessa. When did he find time to go shopping?
When he came down the stairs with Michelle before they left Southfork, he wasn't carrying
any luggage so I have to assume he went shopping.
- Liz is standing by the door in Cliff's office about to leave when Cliff asks her
to wait a minute and he is standing by his desk. The camera angle changes and as Liz
turns around Cliff is right in front of her. That's a pretty large office, Cliff got
over to her in record time. Can't believe I missed
that.
- I'm glad to see someone has some manners today. When Lee Ann pours herself a cup of
coffee or tea, whatever it is, she pours one for Bobby too. She didn't ask Bobby
first, but it was polite none the less. Bobby should really learn from this. Excellent point. She can really teach these Texas boys
something.
- Timing is everything. When Bobby is leaving Ewing Oil to go to Paris, notice how
the elevator door is just standing wide open waiting for him. It's like the elevator
read the script! Also, when J.R.'s elevator arrives at the floor, we hear the ding,
the up light doesn't go on, it should, they do have some strange elevators.
AHN Analise's corner:
- JR, once realizing that Harve would not represent him, should have moved quickly to
get another lawyer working on blocking Bobby's sale of Ewing Oil. A long delay could
have easily been established. To see common business practice thrown out the window
by these writers makes me cringe! The distraction
provided by Vanessa might explain this, but you're quite right. The old JR would have done
this.
- Why is Bobby wearing all denim? This is a new thing for him. Heck, in this
case, Michelle is actually dressed better than Bobby.
AHN Mike's corner:
- There's a discussion between Mac and Rose about "covering his tail".
Exactly how much material would you need to cover that tail? I'm thinking the tarp they
use to cover the infield at Texas Rangers games.
- That Mac is some man. He's been shoveling down a huge breakfast and he's immediately
ready for sex afterwards? He's a better man than me. I
wonder what George Costanza would have to say about this.
- My wife points out that the sanitarium Sheila Foley is in is the same one where Amanda
Ewing was visited by Jock's sons. I guess Texas isn't nearly as big as we're led to
believe. Is she sure about that? How can she tell?
- Bobby better start re-evaluating his investment in that detective company. They FAX a
photo of "Sheila" to someone for ID purposes. Even with today's fax technology,
faxing a photo is a waste of time quality-wise.
- Jeez, the wardrobe budget for Vanessa must be zero. How many times has she worn that
black strapless evening gown? I'd say at least three. She's supposed to be a rich European
socialite/dilletante. We should NEVER see her in the same outfit.
Bonehead dialogue of the day: None.
Angelica Award: Michelle's dress with the shoulder holes.
The Carter McKay Instant Tantrum meter: 1, in his office with Ratagan.
- JR tells Bobby, when he calls from Paris, "Christopher's not here." Then where is he? Shouldn't Bobby be concerned, or at least ask where the heck his son is?
From Regan Parker: I have a continuous nit from the last 2 episodes: On Thursday's show, JR puts the engagement ring on Vanessa's right hand. And on Monday's show she is still wearing it on her right hand. If they're engaged, shouldn't she be wearing it on her left hand? This is a good point but I read somewhere that in Europe, women wear engagement and wedding rings on the right hand. That could be wrong.
AHN Jason's corner:
- I liked it how Ewing Oil Security waits until JR is practically outside his office
before they call Lee Ann up. It would be in line with the quality of their past
work. Maybe he is Jackie's brother or something. I'm
not sure if he's just Ewing Oil security or building security. Either way, at least he's
consistent.
- Carter's bribe to Ratagan was not very subtle. If anything, he opens himself up to
more trouble with bribery and threatening a police officer. Yup. But then Ratagan would have to answer some tough questions.
- The camera seems very shaky in the scene in JR's office when he discovers Ratagan.
- JR tells Cally that he wants her unborn son. How does he know that she is carrying
a son? He must realize how strong his Y chromosome
is.
- Cally told us last season that JR and her last made love in Pride and that is when
she got pregnant. This was right around the very middle of last season, right before
Blackie and Stephanie were introduced to the plot. It is now almost exactly half way
through this next season and Callie still was not showing at all!!! HOW MANY
MONTHS is she supposed to be along? 11? 12? At the very least, she was 3
or 4 months pregnant at the cliffhanger episode and it has to have been at least a month
"Dallas time" since then. This is almost as bad as when Donna was
pregnant for most of the post-dream season and didn't show until maybe 3 episodes before
she gave birth. And I am willing to bet Callie will have the gift of the Ewing women
and be in perfect shape after her child's birth.
AHN Kyle's corner:
- I think if Mack got some of Rose's double vodka in his eye, it would probably hurt
like crazy. Thus, it was pretty obvious that she was drinking water.
AHN Pam's corner:
- Why was LeeAnn sitting in J.R.'s office? What business did she have in there?
She only signed an agreement to purchase Ewing Oil, she doesn't own it yet.
Therefore, I think she should have to wait in the lobby like anyone else. I can't
believe Sly let her in. It must've been early and either no one was in (but then the
offices should be locked and LeeAnn should not have a key yet) or Jackie was the only one
in, this is definitely something she would do. Obviously
it's just to ruffle JR's feathers, but a good point nonetheless.
- Bobby phones J.R. from Paris, two nits here. The first I'm not sure is a nit, just
an observation. Bobby calls from a pay phone, why didn't her call from his hotel? Is
he afraid his room may STILL be bugged? Second is definitely a nit. He calls J.R.
and by the establishing shot of Southfork it is definitely evening and we know this
because J.R. is dressing for his engagement party. When they show Bobby it is
daylight, as in mid-morning or afternoon daylight. This is impossible. Paris is 7
hours ahead of Dallas. Even if it is 8pm in Dallas, it would be 3am in Paris,
definitely dark and Bobby should be asleep. Well,
the answer to your first question is that they didn't want to pay a hotel. And your second
nit is absolutely correct.
- J.R. invites LeAnn to his and Vanessa's engagement party, but I don't think he
tells her where. Does she just assume it's at the OBC? She must since the
budget will only allow for one restaurant set!
- I had to laugh when Carter gives Rose the dress he wants her to wear to the
engagement party. She tells him to just write 'whore' across the front so that
everyone will know what she is. Compared to the other outfits we've seen Rose wear
in the past this is down right CONSERVATIVE!! Very
true. I was wondering where her head is at.
- Budgets must be skimpy in the accessories department this season, Vanessa and Michelle
are forced to carry the same purse! I didn't
notice. Excellent nit.
- Who are the girls that are hanging around with John Ross and Christopher at the
engagement party? We rarely see kids other than John Ross and Christopher,
especially girls! Are they sisters of the flower girls from Bobby and April's
wedding? Are they their 'dates'? Could that be the lovely Ivy with
Christopher?? It's not Ivy. I suspect they may be
daughters of cast members. Certainly they weren't cast for their attractiveness as young
women.
- James gets slapped not once, but twice. First by Cally at the OBC and second by
Vanessa in the cycle shop. Neither time does he get any sort of a hand print. He's got a tough jaw.
- I'm not sure about this. I thought James had a tattoo in 'real life', at least
that's how it seemed to me the day he went to get it. If I remember correctly, when
James had it drawn on a few episodes back, I could swear it was drawn on the right arm.
Yet today, it's on his left! It WAS on the right
arm. How am I missing this stuff?
- Vanessa asks J.R. to drop her off on his way to Cally's place. How does J.R. know
where Cally is living? I was under the impression she moved out of April's since
Michelle says she's moved her things in to April's place. I can't imagine Cally
would still be there. I know this has been mentioned before, but it's irritating.
I am also under the assumption that J.R. is dropping Vanessa off at James' shop,
but maybe he dropped her off at her hotel. If not, how exactly does she plan to get
home? Does she plan to ask James for a lift after she smacks him? These are good questions. I think there have been a LOT of cuts. A
shame.
- J.R. finds Cally in the parking garage of where ever she is living, which I still don't
understand how he knows where that is, she is packing her car. It's amazing that she
can get ALL her belongings in to THAT car! It's a convertible, she must have very
little trunk space. I only saw her put one, maybe two bags in the back seat.
It seems Cally has a lot of clothes, and I would also assume art supplies. I guess she lost the art supplies [it's a rule that a
Ewing wife must give up any business stuff she owns at the end of each season]. Maybe
she's planning to have some stuff sent for.
- During Cally and J.R.'s divorce hearing, the attorneys and the judge all refer to them as Cally Harper-Ewing and J.R. Ewing. Really they should be referred to as Calpurnia Harper-Ewing and John Ross Ewing II since these are their LEGAL names. JR is actually John Ross Ewing Jr, but this is a good point.
AHN Mike's corner:
- Tough job Cliff has as head of the ORC. When he goes to hide his whiskey glass in his
briefcase, it is apparent the briefcase is empty.
AHN Analise's corner:
- While Lee Ann is in JR's office we see her look at JR's portrait which Cally paints for
him. But wait! Cally's signature is still showing on the lower left hand corner.
Last season, JR had crossed it out with a marker of the EXACT same color as the
background! But today the signature was showing! What's up with that? The marker was not EXACT, but quite close. Excellent nit!
- At the party, Vanessa said goodbye only to John Ross and to Christopher. She
didn't say goodbye to the girls they were with. For a lady who is supposed to be
prim and proper, she was most definitely rude! Yes.
But frugal. If the girls talk, they have to be paid.
- Who cares about flashbacks of when Michelle met Lee Ann? It couldn't have been
that long ago. And what was up with that hair extension braid that Lee Ann sported?
So Lee Ann's hair was supposed to have been longer? Michelle should then have
commented on her hair cut! I care. I was really
confused the last time I saw this because I wasn't sure when we were in the Bahamas and
when we were in Dallas.
- JR's slacking. When he tells Lee Ann to leave his office he says that she does not
own the company yet. 2 seconds later he practically begs like a child for her to
sell the company to him! He just contradicted himself. Excellent call.
- When Cally saw where James was taking her, even as she entered the OBC for JR's
engagement party, why didn't she just leave? I
guess she was enthralled by her idol Vanessa.
- The hair style budget must be dropping. Cally's bangs were on her eyes. How
can she see? It is most uncomfortable, believe me I know! You're right. I've wondered this for a while.
- Funny, with the exception of John Ross and Christopher, there was no other family member
at JR's engagement party. It certainly is a far cry from when Ellie said years
earlier that the Ewings always stick together which makes them unbeatable! How sorry
Dallas had become....No wonder this was the last season.
- When McKay was arrested, the police officer did not finish reading McKay his Miranda
rights. He stopped as he was walking to the car. This is a huge mistake!
McKay's lawyers could have had a field day with this and gotten McKay freed based upon
this serious mistake the police made. But since we have inept writers, we won't see
smart lawyers! Obviously not. Where's Sam Waterston
when you need him?
AHN Alett's corner:
- A name nit - shouldn't De La Vega be written "de la Vega"? I know a
Cuban family that uses the lower case letters, so that's why I'm wondering. I believe you're right. I've seen both, actually, but the
lower case letters are correct.
- That grease stain on the back of James's shirt looks like a tire tread mark. Is that how
the garage tests to see if the bikes are fixed? Run over James? It would be consistent with the rest of his life.
- Just when I thought I'd never have to see that boat on the Seine again, there it is in
the background during Bobby's call home. The nit is it mysteriously
disappears.
It's moving slowly enough that we should see it go under the bridge. Didn't notice. Thanks for pointing it out.
Bonehead dialogue of the day: [courtesy of me]
>Bussey: "The jury will h