Are you all watching the new Dallas on TNT?? If you're not you should be. It's filled with drama and good looking people, so it's right up my alley.
Did you ever watch the original Dallas? Dallas was about the Ewing Family a wealthy Texas family that worked in the oil and cattle ranching business and the Ewing family home South Fork Ranch. I remember years ago spending the night at my grandparents house and my grandma letting us stay up late to watch Dallas. I used to get so excited just hearing the theme song.
The new Dallas is a continuation of the old Dallas, not to be confused with a re-make, so quite a few of the old characters are back! So far after the first 3 episodes I am totally hooked. Many of the same schemes and elements of the original show still exist so I can't wait to see what happens!
Here are the characters in no particular order:
Christopher Ewing played by Jessie Metcalfe
(adopted son of Bobby & Pam Ewing)
John Ross Ewing played by Josh Henderson
(son of JR and Sue Ellen Ewing)
Elena Ramos played by Jordana Brewster
(daughter of the Ewing family cook)
Rebecca Sutter played by Julie Gonzalo
(Christopher Ewing's fiance)
These 4 above are the new younger generation of the show and then the below cast anchor the older cast.
Bobby Ewing played by Patrick Duffy
(son of Jock and Miss Ellie Ewing and JR's younger brother)
J.R. Ewing played by Larry Hagman
(son of Jock and Miss Ellie Ewing and Bobby's older scheming oil baron brother)
Sue Ellen Ewing played by Linda Gray
(J.R's ex-wife and John Ross' Mom)
Ann Ewing played by Brenda Strong
(Bobby's 3rd wife is the story they're using)
For the full Ewing Family Tree click
here. The main 3 characters to return to the show are JR, Bobby, and Sue Ellen Ewing played by there original actors listed above. On the original show Bobby's wife was Pamela but rumor is that the actress who played her, Victoria Principal, had no desire to return to the show so they just made Bobby re-married and there have been a few mentions of her here and there where they imply she just up and left. A few more characters from the original show have made appearances since it started 2 weeks ago.
Have you watched it? What do you think? Do you recognize that almost half the cast has started on Desperate Housewives at some point (Ha!)?