On 4/2/2026 at 8:08 PM, SoapDope78 said:

James Canning playing the Dad in this commercial was the first Jimmy Barnes on Dallas.

Nitpick: it’s Jimmy Monahan. He’s the son of Digger’s sister, Maggie Monahan. Pamela used the name Monahan when she was in hiding after her car accident in 1987.

9 hours ago, Chris 2 said:

Nitpick: it’s Jimmy Monahan. He’s the son of Digger’s sister, Maggie Monahan. Pamela used the name Monahan when she was in hiding after her car accident in 1987.

He was just credited as "Jimmy" in his first appearance in episode 5 then he was credited as Jimmy Barnes in episode 6 on IMDB when the role was recast.

In the Season 2 episode "Bypass" Ed Nelson played the character of Jeb Amos and his side kick was Willie Joe Garr. Later Willie Joe's sidekick is referred to as Jeb Ames. I always assumed this was the same character, but slightly renamed with the recast. I also wonder if it was Lorimars wink wink at the audience that since they also produced Eight Is Enough at this time, they named both those characters as a combination from Willie Aames?Another recurring character during the early days was Wade Luce. That sounds like a name straight out of 70's porn.......LOL

Dallas burned through so much story and characters during these early years it's a shame they kind of swept it under the rug and never mined it for storylines in the later years.

Luke the boy that Bobby became close to could have been brought back. Maybe his Dad died and Bobby and Pam adopt him as a brother to Christopher.

Pam & Cliff's cousin Jimmy could have been brought back.

Kit Mainwaring could have returned with a partner and asked Lucy to be their surrogate.

Alan Beam could have returned to seek revenge.

Killing Kristin off was stupid. She could have been sent to prison for shooting J.R without him knowing she was pregnant. While in there she secretly gives birth to Christopher who should have been J.R.'s son. Kristin contacts Bobby and lets him and Pam secretly adopt him. They could have went years before J.R. uncovers the truth of about his nephew Christopher.

Dallas made a lot of mistakes in writing as the years went on. I also disagreed how they handled Jock's death. They should have addressed it as Miss Ellie finding him passed away quietly in his sleep at Southfork. Instead they decided to milk it and we got that bull with him missing and the search.