Dallas
Two-Fifty
TV Flash files “Two-Fifty” as hour 250 of 356 in the TV Flash guide — Dallas (1978–1991) on CBS, season 10, episode 28, aired 1987-05-08, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S10E28: listed hour 250 of 356 in the Dallas guide, hour 28 of 29 in season 10. It aired 1987-05-08 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Dark at the End of the Tunnel” (S10E27). Next is “Fall of the House of Ewing” (S10E29).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Clayton is taken to the hospital. April vows to get back at everybody in Dallas who used her. J.R. tries to have the Justice Department's investigation stopped. April wants to team up with Cliff. Ray confronts J.R. about B.D. Calhoun. Sue Ellen thinks that J.R. is cheating on her with Mandy. Clayton hides a medical problem from Miss Ellie. Pam tries to convince Cliff to get rid of his 5 percent of Ewing Oil. Mandy vows to stay on in Dallas. J.R. and Bobby go to Washington to try and save Ewing Oil from the investigation. Jenna goes into labor in Bobby's arms. Wendell asks Nancy Scottfield and her brother to testify against Ewing Oil. Mandy tells J.R. that she still loves him. Jenna gives birth to a baby boy. A federal court injunction shuts down Ewing Oil pending the outcome of the Justice Department's investigation.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Two-Fifty sit in the Dallas guide?
S10E28 is listed hour 250 of 356 — hour 28 of 29 in season 10, season 10 episode 28.
When did Dallas S10E28 air?
Two-Fifty aired 1987-05-08 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.
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