Dallas & JR Ewing!

There's got to be more than running, swimming & biking on this blog, right?  Well, I have to tell you no one was more excited than I was last night at the return of Dallas.  It was one of my favorite shows growing up & I was psyched when I heard they were making a return to TV.

Now I'm not much of a TV watcher.  Yes, I have TV on all the time at my house, but mostly it's the news or a dumb reality show playing in the background while I putter around.  But there are very few shows I will plan on watching.  Dallas, is one of them.

I'm not going to rehash the episode because it was 2 hours long, but lets just say it exceeded my expectations.  JR Ewing is/was one of the most evil people on TV, but I can't help but to love him.  Nothing was better then seeing him come out of his catatonic state last night so that he could scheme his way back to stealing South Fork from Bobby.  Some may say it is cheesy, but I don't care.  I loved every minute of it.

& I know what some of your are thinking, but what about Bobby?  Yeah, yeah I love Bobby too, but JR, come on.  Nothing is better than a conniving, manipulating snake in the grass like JR.  He's out to screw everyone & there's just something about that that I love!  Seeing Suellen was great too.  Linda Gray is 71 & she looks awesome!  & now she's going to be the governor.  Guess you CAN drink  your way out of a bottle. Go Suellen!

There were a few parts that I absolutely loved...like the part where Christopher's (not really a Ewing) new wife met with his stepmother so she could give her a wedding gift.  The family recipes.  Hey Ann, this is Dallas, you're worth billions, screw the scrapple recipe, how about a Ferrari.  Do you have one of them lying around?  Or a 25 carat pair of earrings?  G6?  Come on, I loved Miss Ellie, but no one is looking for the Ewing Family Grits recipe.

Did I also mention that I love JR?  Oh wait, yes, I think I may have - about 10 times.  Who cares?  His evilness renews my faith in humanity.  Yes, I know, not so nice, but who cares?  Life isn't fair all the time.  & the one who dies with the most toys wins.  I saw that on a t-shirt once.

OK, I should probably stop writing about Dallas, as it's so silly & teenage girly girl of me, but there's nothing like a good old 80s soap opera remake.  Fortunately, this remake is just as good as the original, but seriously....where's Pam?

Hope you all enjoyed my lame update on one of my favorite 80s shows.