I was very excited when DALLAS returned to the air on TNT last summer. Although there was much to love about the new version there was just as much to scratch your head about.
The new writers and producers seemed to placate old viewers of the show instead of actually respecting that those viewers kept the original version on the air for 13 seasons and record breaking rating. The young new cast was generally bland, both as written, and as acted. It was great to see the old cast but there was far too much Bobby (Patrick Duffy) and far to little Sue Ellen, Lucy and Cliff (Linda Gray, Charlene Tilton & Ken Kercheval). They seemed to sprinkle in the old cast just enough to appease, but not enough to distract from the main focus on two love triangles between younger cast members.
The bright exceptions were Larry Hagman, who lit up every scene he was in, and Josh Henderson who was both earnest and intense and oozes sexual energy out of every pour of his incredible body. I have seen Henderson in other roles before, but he has gotten hotter over the years and has an edge and some depth his younger co-stars can't seem to muster.
I was going to leave the city of Dallas after season 1 but Josh, and the last episodes featuring Larry Hagman will bring me back to Southfork, for season 2. I hope the show learns from it's many first season mistakes with erratic pacing and storytelling as I still have hopes for it's success. J.R's upcoming memorial and a story arc for Tilton and her Knots Landing parents Gary and Val (Ted Shakelford and Joan Van Ark) should keep the season interesting.
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Will return this weekend :-)
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