Note: Disc 1 is a double sided disc. Side 1 have three episodes &
Side 2 have the remaining two episodes .
From .co.uk
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Dallas: The Complete First and Second Seasons is an American
equivalent to those British mini-series about historical chapters
in that country's royal monarchy. Full of family in-fighting,
political intrigue crossed with personal triumph or
disappointment, and plenty of sensational infidelities and
betrayals, Dallas is a captivating story of a wealthy oil
family's power and travails. It is also uniquely fun and daringly
absurd, albeit with a straight face; this hugely successful,
primetime soap opera began in the late 1970s and ran 14 seasons
in all, built on a handful of primary relationships that stretch
credulity but never descend into self-parody.
Not unexpectedly, Dallas begins with a Romeo and Juliet tale
that instantly exposes an old feud between two families and
strips the civilized veneer from several major characters. Bobby
Ewing (Patrick Duffy), youngest of three sons of independent
oilman Jock Ewing (Jim Davis), arrives at the Ewing clan's
Southfork ranch just outside Dallas, Texas, with a new wife, Pam
Barnes Ewing (Victoria Principal). Pam is the daughter of Digger
Barnes (David Wayne), an old business rival of Jock's and
one-time suitor of the Ewing matriarch, Eleanor (or "Miss Ellie",
played by Barbara Bel Geddes). Pam's also the sister of a state
senator, Cliff Barnes (Ken Kercheval), whose vendetta against the
Ewings is played out in the legislature, imposing costly
regulations on their business and holding committee
investigations into questionable practices of company president
J.R. Ewing (Larry Hagman). Pam's status as the newest Ewing
causes an uproar in the family (besides being a Barnes, she also
dated the Ewings' genial but lonely foreman, Ray Krebbs, played
by Steve Kanaly) and prompts Dallas' charming villain, J.R., to
make many Iago-like attempts, over the first two seasons, to
drive her from Bobby's arms. Pam has a different set of problems
with the other, jealous Ewing women, including J.R.'s possibly
barren and alcoholic wife, Sue Ellen (Linda Gray), and teenage
Lucy (Charlene Tilton), daughter of exiled Ewing son Gary (Ted
Shackleford). With new and old resentments flying and everyone
deeply suspicious of everyone else's motives (even the ailing
Jock doesn't trust J.R.), there's plenty of drama to chew on.
Still, storylines are often larger than the sum of these parts,
with lots of kippings, marital affairs, plane ces, and
shootings ratcheting up suspense. Dallas is pure pleasure, a
little guilty, perhaps, but not a sin. --Tom Keogh
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Synopsis
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Power, wealth, sex, glorious extravagance. One place has them all
- Dallas. This 5-disc set includes all 29 of the hugely
entertaining show's First- and Second-Season Episodes, including
a cast reunion special. Patrick Duffy, Victoria Principal and
more play Texas sons and daughters whose lives revolve around
oil, family and power. And Larry Hagman portrayspetroleum magnate
J.R. Ewing, whose pursuit of, in no particular order,money and
clout knows no limits.
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