Dallas - The Complete Ninth Season
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Actor: Barbara Bel Geddes, Larry Hagman, Linda Gray, Victoria PrincipalBrand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Box set, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 1550 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-07-15
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Warner Home Video
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Movie Review: Dallas' Morning-after Pill *****spoilers*****
Summary: 3 Stars
I only ever watched the season-ending cliffhangers of Dallas when it originally aired, not really being a fan of the programme; but I have been having an absolute ball going through each season of Dallas on DVD!!
Even so, season nine is definitely a lesser season: in acting, plotting, pacing, music cues. More on this later. But first, let me quickly add that this novel of seasons is a revisionist's dream. I was aware that this was the infamous dream season, so unlike the rest of the world who watched its original airing, I knew all of this was in Pam's head. And that is how I viewed the entire season, as if the producers had intentionally planned all along that everything we were going to see in season nine was just Pam's subconscious at work, the night after having sex with Bobby, her great love, who was engaged to Jenna. This was her dreamscape.
Pam simply dreaming - sometimes fitfully, obviously - is a great explanation for some of the character development and resurrections, dialogue, plot meandering, and other faults with this season. When she goes missing in Colombia, JR expresses two reasons to find her: 1 - he fears no one would believe he wasn't behind her death/disappearance if his plot with Cantrell ever came to light; 2 - he says he'd never be able to look himself in the mirror if anything ever happened to Pam. HA! The first is definitely JR to the core; the latter is Pam's subconscious' fantasy. The whole emerald mine is a woman's fantasy, so that fits in as a dream; as does the resurrection of a recent flame, her friend Sue Ellen falling once again to alcoholism and JR's arms, the new Ewing relations not being fully-fleshed out (or very interesting) characters, a meandering Ewing Oil plot for someone not completely involved in the oil business, and her brother reigning in his self-destructive tendencies to destroy JR. It all plays out like a dream. Perfect!
What's not perfect: Dack Rambo's acting, worse than Jenilee's and equal to Presley's. The man had the fakest laugh and smile. Too bad, because he was not bad to look at. Neither was Marc Singer, shirtless. But both were such posers! And while Nero's acting was mostly passable, her assistant's acting abilities appeared to zombify right before our very eyes as her time drew to a close. Yikes!
Ray and Donna often suffer as characters, their dialogue usually two-fingers deep, but the actors did a fine job for the most part, with a couple of deeply moving story-lines (and Tony was great! sorry to lose him to the alarm clock).
But the best episodes, meaning the best acted/scripted/paced/scored/etc. came at the last fifth of the season, the last 6 episodes. Interestingly, the entire season picked up at this point with a major push of 'happy' story-lines. In fact, I think episode 24 was almost nothing but good, warm feelings throughout. And then the cliffhangers were some of the best ever: killing Jamie? killing Sue Ellen? Bobby in the shower!
Awesome.
If I had been a fan of the programme during its original airing, this season may have put a cap on my viewing. As it stands now, it is worth it, even as a mere exercise in the study of dreams. And I gotta tell ya, I love the idea of wiping the slate clean and starting fresh with alternate story-lines. That's so cool!
But only in hindsight. And only once. One doesn't want to make a habit out of aborting an entire season.
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