Dallas
End Game
TV Flash files “End Game” as the last listed hour of season 7 — Dallas (1978–1991) on CBS, season 7, episode 30, aired 1984-05-18, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S07E30: listed hour 161 of 356 in the Dallas guide, last listed hour of season 7. It aired 1984-05-18 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Hush, Hush, Sweet Jessie” (S07E29). Next is “Killer at Large” (S08E01).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Tension rises at the Ewing residence as the search for Miss Ellie and Jessica continues. Clayton and J.R. have a fight over Clayton's mentally unstable sister. Bobby confronts J.R. over his plotting with Jessica to stop the wedding. Cliff seeks Jordan Lee's help in getting another crew for his offshore drilling. Ellie is rescued from Jessica's clutches. Sue Ellen feels sorry for Pamela after Mark's death. Clayton and Ellie decide not to postpone the wedding, despite the recent events. Clayton tries to figure out Jessica's mental state and her motive for kidnapping Ellie. Pam learns that Jenna Wade and Bobby will be getting married. Clayton and Miss Ellie get married. Cliff is mad to learn that Pam left Dallas without saying where she's going. Ellie and Clayton go on a cruise to the Mediterranean. Katherine makes a scene during an angry exchange with Bobby. J.R. reveals the setup on the offshore drilling to a completely stunned Cliff. Edgar Randolph reappears in Dallas vowing revenge on J.R.
Viewer FAQ
Where does End Game sit in the Dallas guide?
S07E30 is listed hour 161 of 356 — last listed hour of season 7, season 7 episode 30.
When did Dallas S07E30 air?
End Game aired 1984-05-18 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Where should I start — the miniseries or the shooting?
Start with Digger’s Daughter so the table has names, then the first barbecue, then the 1980 cliffhanger and its answer. You can sample the dream-season aftershock without fourteen seasons of leases.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Watch it to see spoiler culture get invented in public: a Texas oil table, a villain America loved, and a summer-long question that made appointment TV feel like a crime scene. The dream season is the delete that still starts fights.
The shot was not the story. The summer was the story. March 1980, CBS, J.R. Ewing on the floor of an office, and then months of a country asking a question like it was a relationship status. Who shot J.R.? was not a plot point. It was a premiere-night soft launch of event television: every magazine cover a red carpet, every barstool a group chat, every publicist pretending the secret could hold. Larry Hagman made villainy photograph as charm. If you only watched the official stills — the hat, the oil, the ranch —…
Filed against
- Larry Hagman as J.R. Ewing
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- Patrick Duffy as Bobby Ewing
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- Linda Gray as Sue Ellen Ewing
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- Victoria Principal as Pamela Barnes Ewing
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- Barbara Bel Geddes as Miss Ellie Ewing
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- Jim Davis as Jock Ewing
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