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The Boardroom:

- number of people, unrelated by blood to Jock and Ellie Ewing, who control part of Ewing Oil at some point: 9 (10)

• Digger Barnes, during the Depression.
• Wallace Wyndham, during the Depression.
• Donna Krebbs has Power of Attorney over Bobby's share of Ewing Oil in 1984 [thanks to Jim Emerson for reminding me about this]
• Pam Ewing during the Dream Season [you could also add Christopher, who is the real 'owner' of the share]
• April Stevens in 1987
• Cliff Barnes in 1987, 1989 and 1991
• Michelle Stevens in 1991
• Lee Ann de la Vega in 1991
• Sue Ellen Ewing in War of the Ewings

- number of times the cartel members suffer financially because of a Ewing: 6

• JR sells them the Asian oil leases just before they are nationalized and become worthless. [Season 2]
• JR's oil variance and cut-rate gas stations cut into their profits [Season 5]
• Bobby forces them to pay an exorbitant amount to buy out his share of the Wellington land [Season 5]
• JR sells them Ewing Oil's share of the Marinos deal just before it goes sour [Season 8]
• JR buys back the Marinos deal just in time to profit from it [Season 8]
• JR causes Casey to unwittingly bilk the New Class [Season 10]

- number of times the cartel members swear to never do business with Ewing Oil, but do anyway: 5 [6]

• Because of Cliff's position in the OLM which weakens Ewing Oil, Jordan Lee says they have to cut Ewing Oil out. [34] Yet they go ahead and buy the Asian oil leases from JR. [53]
• After the Asian fiasco, Jordan declares the cartel finished with Ewing Oil. But he offers Bobby a refinery deal [63], and then when the oil leases are returned, everything is okay with JR too. [70]
• After Leslie Stewart runs a damaging ad campaign, Jordan declares the cartel finished with Ewing Oil [72]. Finished, that is, until Marilee sleeps with JR and convinces the cartel to reconsider [93].
• After JR gets a variance to support his cut-rate gas stations, the cartel shuts him out. [114] They also shut out Bobby after he nails them on the Wellington deal [117]. But next season Marilee conspires with JR to bilk Cliff on his offshore venture [145] and Jordan agrees to let bygones be bygones [169].
• After Marilee pulls out of her arrangement with Cliff, she gets upset at JR's manipulation [161]. But by the Ewing barbecue [172], they are lovey-dovey again.
• After the Marinos deal goes sour [216], JR buys it back because of his inside information. Once they realize this, the cartel decides to form a consortium with Cliff [220]. NOTE: This happened in the dream.

- number of times the cartel members swear to never do business with Cliff, but do: 3

• Marilee gets upset at Cliff for mouthing off about their silent partnership in the Gulf [159], but when he strikes oil, she gives up her 'virtue' [snicker] to him [162].
• Cliff tells the cartel he doesn't need them [162] but then he asks for their help to pull JR down [183].
• Cliff and Jordan strike a deal [223] but Cliff runs into money problems and they break up [229]. Jordan returns to do business with Cliff in Episode 263.

Thanks to AHN Matt for this idea.

- number of businesses/enterprises that mysteriously disappear at the hands of the Ewing women: 9 [possibly 11]

• Pam's aerobics studio
• Lucy's modeling career
• Donna's oil company
• Donna's involvement on the Texas Energy Commission
• Donna's lobbying jobs the first few seasons
• Donna's writing career
• The Woodgrove volunteer post [this was in Pam's dream]
• Sue Ellen as a fundraising coordinator for Graison Research company [in the dream].
• Sue Ellen's Valentine Lingerie
• April Stevens' restaurant
• April Oil

Thanks to Jason who did the initial count.

- number of times Franklin Horner is enthusiastic about giving Ewing Oil a loan: 1

• After the Wes Parmalee mystery is resolved [236]. This guy is such a fuddy-duddy. I don't know why the Ewings continue to do business with him.

- number of times Ewing Oil has trouble with the banks: 4

• Because Vaughn Leland wouldn't cut them slack, the Ewings nearly lost Southfork [Season 2]
• On JR's orders, Franklin Horner is uncooperative with Bobby [Season 3]
• Because of Cliff, Vaughn Leland chisels JR for his loan [Season 4]
• During the Wes Parmalee intrigue, Franklin Horner hedges on Ewing Oil's line of credit [Season 9]

Thanks to Joe Stanganelli for this idea.

- number of times Ewing Oil visitors actually wait in the outer office: 6

• Maynard Anderson [8]
• Kristin [50]
• Kristin [77]
• Carl and Millie [105]
• John Baxter [105]
• Two unnamed guys [126]

- number of Ewing women who, despite knowing nothing about the oil business, have a controlling position in a company: 6

• Ellie controls 30% of Ewing Oil in Jock's absence
• April starts her own company
• Donna starts her own company and runs Bobby's share of Ewing Oil during his blindness
• Sue Ellen controls half of Ewing Oil in JR Returns and War of the Ewings
• Pam is a major investor and cog at Barnes-Wentworth
• Michelle owns Ewing Oil in Season 13

The Bedroom:

- number of pregnancies conceived during the series run: 14

• Two by Sue Ellen: John Ross, and the one she lost in 1984.
• Two by Pamela: both miscarried.
• One by Donna: baby Margaret
• One by Jenna: baby Lucas
• One by Cally: unnamed child of JR
• Two by Kristin: one miscarried, and Christopher
• One by Lucy: aborted
• One by Mrs. Scottfield: unnamed
• One by Afton: baby Pamela Rebecca
• One by Debra Lynn Beaumont: baby Jimmy
• One by April [in a Bobby vision]: baby Janine Robin

- number of times a pregnant woman has an accident: 5 [6]

• J.R., obviously drunk, accidently causes Pam (who is pregnant) to fall from a hay loft [5]
• Sue Ellen falls down the stairs [28]
• A drunk and pregnant Sue Ellen has a serious car crash after stealing a car from the sanitarium. [29]
• While horseback riding, pregnant Pam's horse is scared by a snake, bucks back, and throws Pam off. [36]
• Sue Ellen, pregnant with what is most likely Peter Richards' baby, is struck by a car. [150]
• A pregnant Donna is hit by a bull at a Ewing rodeo in Pam's dream [200 - in the dream]

Thanks to Joe Stanganelli for this idea.

- number of women who slept with both JR and Cliff: 6 [possibly seven]

• Julie Grey
• Sue Ellen
• Afton
• Marilee Stone
• Mandy Winger
• Rose McKay
• possibly April Stevens [there's no direct evidence that she slept with Cliff, but they were involved].

Thanks to Eric Newman's FAQ for this.

- number of times Marilee Stone is egregiously horny: 12

• She hits on Bobby shortly after her husband's death [56]
• She sleeps with JR so that he can get back in with the cartel [93]
• She sleeps with JR again, and is disappointed that he just used her [103]
• She tries to seduce the needy Cliff but Afton wrecks their evening [145]
• She sleeps with Cliff in Houston to consummate their co-venture [149]
• She sleeps with Cliff after he strikes in the Gulf [162]
• She gets cozy with JR at the Ewing barbecue [172]
• She uses Casey Denault like a stud horse [257]
• She gets served by Casey again [259]
• She hits on Bobby again after Pam disappears [260]
• She makes dirty talk with her boy-toy at the Oil Baron's Ball [292]
• She demands sex in exchange for allowing her company to be bought out by JR [312]

- number of Ewing brides who slept with more than one of Jock's sons: 5

• Sue Ellen married JR twice and slept with Ray
• Pam was Ray's girlfriend before marrying Bobby
• Jenna slept with Bobby and then married Ray
• April slept with JR and then married Bobby [and Jack, Jock's nephew]
• Abby on Knots Landing married Gary and slept with JR
  Special mention: Garnet McGee slept with both JR and Ray, but didn't marry either one of them.

Thanks to Jason for this one as well.

- number of couples who divorce and remarry: 5

• JR and Sue Ellen
• Jenna and Naldo
• Pam and Bobby
• Gary and Valene [twice]
• Lucy and Mitch [twice]

A Dave Shardell idea.

- number of JR's partners in crime who hit on Bobby: 7

• Sally Bullock
• Katherine Wentworth
• Marilee Stone
• Holly Harwood
• Kristin Shepard
• Lisa Alden
• April Stevens [successfully]

Did you guess? Jason's idea.

- number of divorces on the show: 17

• Jock and Amanda
• Jenna and Naldo
• JR and Sue Ellen [twice]
• Pam and Bobby [twice]
• Dusty and Linda
• Ray and Donna
• Jack and April
• Lucy and Mitch [twice]
• Gary and Valene [twice]
• JR and Cally
• Afton and Harrison Van Buren
• Bobby and Annie [in JR's Conundrum vision]
• Bobby and the showgirl [in the vision]

It was Joe's idea to count.

The Courtroom: Miscellanous crimes and what not

- number of times someone is kidnapped or knowingly held against their will: 20

• Most of the family was held captive by Luther Frick and his brother-in-law [4]
• Lucy is forced to spend time with that Willie guy [12]
• Bobby is kidnapped for ransom [18]
• Infant John Ross is taken by a mentally disturbed patient [30]
• Lucy is held prisoner by the sex-crazed Roger Larsen [100]
• JR is temporarily jailed in Cuba [127]
• Ellie is kidnapped by the crazed Jessica Montfort [160]
• Charlie is kidnapped by Naldo [171]
• Jenna is held captive by Naldo [175]
• Pete Adams, JR's private eye, is held captive in Greece by Angelica's henchmen [203]
• Pam is kidnapped in South America [210]
• Sue Ellen is kept by BD Calhoun for a while [240]
• John Ross is taken hostage by BD Calhoun [241]
• April Stevens was held captive by mobsters looking for Nicholas Pearce [274]
• Nicholas Pearce was held captive by mobsters [274]
• J.R. was detained in Haileyville by Cally's brothers [285]
• J.R. was interrogated by Joseph Lombardi Sr., father of Nicholas Pearce, who wanted to find out who was responsible for the death of his son [294]
• J.R. was held against his will in a mental hospital after his son James Richard destroyed his release papers [334]
• April Stevens is kidnapped in Paris [335]
• Jory Taylor is kidnapped by drug dealers [349]

- number of episodes in which we see men attempt to perpetrate violence against women: 10

• Luther Frick slaps his wife, and terrorizes the entire Ewing household, especially Sue Ellen and Lucy [4]
• JR slaps Sue Ellen when he finds out she's pregnant [15]
• Julie Grey is slapped by Willie Joe Garr [22]
• In a flashback, we see Digger Barnes slap his wife Rebecca when he finds she's pregnant by Hutch McKinney [52]
• Lucy is roughed up and raped by Roger Larsen [100]
• Jenna is almost raped by Naldo [175]
• Dusty hits Sue Ellen [though not hard] when he finds her drunk in a bar [193]
• April is pushed around and threatened by hitmen looking for Nicholas [274]
• Tommy McKay roughs up April Stevens [301]
• Cally's would-be husband Eb uses her as a punching bag [356]

- number of murder trials during the series run: 7

• Cliff is tried for the murder of Julie Grey in 1979
• Jock is tried for the 30-year-old murder of Hutch McKinney in 1980
• J.R. is tried for the death of Kristin Shepard in 1981 (though it never got any further than a probable cause hearing)
• Ray is tried for Mickey Trotter's death in 1983
• Jenna is tried for murdering Naldo Marchetta in 1985
• Carter McKay is tried for the murder of Johnny Dancer in 1991 [though no one really cared]
• In the final episode, Cally is tried for murdering her abusive husband Eb [not shown on screen]

Thanks to Joe Stanganelli for this idea.

- number of characters who were shot by a jealous sister-in-law in a cliffhanger: 2

• JR by Kristin [1980]
• Bobby by Katherine [1984]

- number of times the jealous sister-in-law dies as part of the next season's cliffhanger: 2

• Kristin jobs to gravity and water [1981]
• Katherine jobs to a car accident [1985]

Thanks to Dave Shardell and Jason for this idea.

The Ranch:

- number of weddings that take place at Southfork during the series run: 8

• Lucy/Mitch 1981
• JR/Sue Ellen 1982
• Ellie/Clayton 1984
• Lucy/Mitch 1985
• Pam/Bobby 1986
• Ray/Jenna 1987
• JR/Cally 1989 [Thanks to Sai Wong for reminding me about this.]
• Bobby/April 1990

- minimum number of bedrooms at Southfork before the 1983 fire [excluding servants]: 7

At one point in 1982, the following configuration existed. Similar patterns existed before then.

1. Ellie's room
2. JR's room [he was divorced from Sue Ellen]
3. Pam and Bobby's room
4. Christopher's room [the nursery]
5. Lucy's room after she left Mitch
6. Sue Ellen in a guest room
7. John Ross in a guest room

- minimum number of bedrooms at Southfork after the 1983 fire [excluding servants]: 10

At the end of the 1985-86 season, we had:

1. Clayton and Ellie's room
2. JR's room
3. Sue Ellen's room
4. Bobby's memorial room [Pam's living in her house with Christopher.]
5. John Ross's room
6. Christopher's room for his weekend visits
7. Charlie's room
8. Jenna's room
9. Ray and Donna's room
10. Tony Krebbs's room

Thanks to AHN Jason for this idea.

- number of times we see family members working out in the exercise room: 21

• Ellie works out on the exercise bike [130]
• Bobby [142]
• Donna and Ellie [145]
• JR and Bobby [149]
• Ellie [154]
• Sue Ellen [164]
• Lucy and Ray [187]
• Sue Ellen [225]
• Bobby [232]
• Sue Ellen [235]
• Clayton [251]
• Bobby [252]
• Sue Ellen, John Ross, and Christopher [254]
• Clayton [255]
• Clayton and Ellie [258]
• Bobby and JR [264]
• Lucy, Cally, and JR [295]
• Lucy and James [316]
• Bobby and James [316]
• Cally and James [323]
• JR and James [352]

- number of times the Ewings should really consider personal trainers: 8

• Lucy wears huge earrings while working out. Needs to be told proper attire [187]
• Ray is so overly strained from his impressive 40 lift that he seems to have aching arms. Needs to be told to take it in moderation, especially at his age [187]
• Sue Ellen needs to learn proper technique.Flailing her arms will cause a muscle tear [225]
• Bobby needs the same for his arm exercises. He could pull a back disc doing his exercises [233]
• Someone needs to keep bratty kids out of the weight room [237]
• John Ross flails his arms while lifting, like his mother [254]
• Clayton overexerts himself badly and in poor form [254]
• Cally has her first workout without any guidance [295]

Thanks to AHN Jason for this idea.