Agreed on Tina Louise. She’s actual a fine character actor and they could have used Julie on a recurring basis.

Marc Singer (Matt) was definitely a dud. Bobby’s old friend, properly cast, could have been a love interest for Pam. But they didn’t want her to be single for more than 30 second - hence the return of The Pornstache.

Barbara Eden would have made a greater impact in an earlier season.

Susan Lucci had a short arc in the final season. I was surprised ABC let her appear on Dallas.

I thought Julie Grey was nicely set up as the tortured secetary that was in love with JR and waited for him to come to his senses and divorce Sue Ellen.. but never does.   Episode 3 of the mini series had Pam basically throwing some hard truth's to Julie, which led to her resigning and leaving the show until the next season.

Had the show been more soapy, I could have seen Julie pop in and out of the show as either a thorn, or ally, to JR.

Julie Grey was amazing. I could see a world where she kept popping in and out to cause chaos.  She and Pam got me hooked on Dallas in the beginning, while Sue Ellen was slowly being built in the background. 

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@Soapsuds That ad is for October 14, 1983.

Another reminder of how popular Dallas was in the UK.

 

 

They couldn't get one photo of Ken, or Steve?

 

 1986 TV pilot movie "Crazy Dan" starring John Beck and Mary Crosby

 

3 hours ago, soapfan770 said:

the ridiculous triangle between Lucy, Cally, and Elizabeth Taylor’s son. I loathe that particular season of Dallas and I think it’s the 2nd worst season after the 87-88 season.

Yeah, 1989/90 was a waste of time.