"Who shot J.R.?" 40 years ago we found out

[@LeveledUp2024]

Time flies. I was a freshman in college with the “Who Shot JR” T-shirt. Everyone was tuned in to that episode. Great memories!

[@bigwillietheb]

I was in Kindergarten

[@senister14]

The simpsons did it.

[@Plasdopake]

I was a H.S. freshman and that was all we talked about too 👍

[@doc-di2kc]

wow your right time does files i was in my last year of elementary school well let me correct that the fall of 80 was I didn't graduated until spring of 81 besides heal Olivia Newton John's "we image" on the radio and the Rockford files last season .TV wouldn't be the same again

[@tinabutkus4619]

Biggest cliff hanger in tv history and one of the best ! Dallas was awesome 😎

[@otisroseboro5613]

Yes I agree

[@e4t662]

Remember when all we cared about was the drama on prime time television.

[@thehoopsforum617]

The BEST drama series in TV history...

[@incognito_.]

Breaking bad exists

[@thehoopsforum617]

@@incognito_. yes it does and it has a firm place in my top 5 All Time...

[@jayb1964]

Larry Hagman was really a nice guy in real life. Yet he played a bad guy in real life. Great actor!

[@jasongibson3496]

If he was a nice guy then why was he so mean to Dack Rambo and Donna Reed. Maybe both actors did not belong on Dallas, but still he had no right to disrespect them.

[@nrkgalt]

@@jasongibson3496Supposedly, Larry Hagman wanted his real life mother, Mary Martin, to play the replacement Miss Ellie, so he must have been resentful of Donna Reed getting the role.

[@phillipwright7124]

I agree 💯 them was good shows back in the days.

[@BobChippewa]

Too bad there are no shows on network tv today like Dallas.

[@judd442009]

Note to Michelle Miller: Larry Hagman was Major Nelson on "I Dream of Jeannie."

[@cristenjackson9405]

My husband is a junior and called J.R., I'm Cristen and no one has said anything to us about this ever. I would have thought we'd get a comment at least once in the 21 years we've been married because it was such a big deal. We found out Kristin shot J.R. a couple years ago when I was binging Dallas for no reason and couldn't believe that at the very least our parents didn't mention it when we first got together 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@VitoVeccia]

I was born in '83. Somehow it was embedded into pop culture, to the extent of " I know this iconic saying or phrase, but have no idea of its origins, or its meaning." So yeah, go figure.

[@otisroseboro5613]

Rip To A Great Actor Larry Hangman, Still Miss You

[@1963Iota]

I was 8 years old. Even I was watching 🤣🤣

[@thornbird6768]

I was about 10 , me too 👍🏻

[@wadewilson8011]

I was 3. And even I remember the hype about it. So I remember the anticipation of the season premiere of "Who Done It" aired. Watched it with my parents and Aunt.

[@darrylskylar8757]

Rest In Heavenly Peace🙏🤍🕊🙏💙

[@sha11235]

At least JR lived to a ripe old age.

[@Texaslawhorn]

02:34 He asks what happened to Kristin after she reveals she was the shooter. The answer is she was found dead floating in the pool at the end of the season.

[@nascarfan88ta]

She briefly Joined Knots, then they. Killed her

[@jeffdawson2786]

I remember not caring about this (I much preferred “I Dream of Jeannie”), but being overwhelmed by it in the media. And to find out it was the sister-in-law was uneventful. But it was the first of the huge nighttime network dramas.

[@maureenmcgovern6119]

What a Great show and episode. The day before my Wedding. I’ll never forget.

[@LindaMerchant-bq2hp]

One of the most watched tv classic episodes evet onlt the mash farewell surpassed

[@fredlandry6170]

I remember this media frenzy when I was 10 years old.

[@redd605]

I seem to remember there was some strike , like there is now , which delayed the showing in the uk when I was small

[@TokyoJoe703]

So much great telly back then, and admit it, you liked JR too !! 👌

[@mikehunt5934]

Why did I watched this? I looked this up because this is where I'm at. JR just got shot and I'm on season 1 of the next season. I was 8 years old when the original 1st aired. Also I remember that year was "who shot JR" was everywhere.

[@freddyvidz]

They don't make them like that anymore.

[@johnerwin9024]

Glad for Larry he got his time in the spotlight on this show👍

[@bigwillietheb]

I loved him as Major Nelson on I dream of Jeanie

[@gemmaaboagye8951]

Love Dallas so much i have all the season a on dvd

[@treylyde999]

When I was in pre k. I was J.R. and a girl named Jenny was Sue Ellen and the other class mates were the nurses. Well the only way sue Ellen could save me was a kiss. Then the teacher walked in I was up on the desk with all the classmates surrounding me. Getting my first kiss

[@Lawomenshoops]

One of those clips shouldn't be in there! Pretty sure that Morgan Brittany- who played Katherine Wentworth, did not appear on Dallas until after the Who Shot JR episode!

[@elizadoolittle7647]

Yup she was Pam’s half sister and unknown until after she found her mother.

[@PainInTheS]

I was 10 back then, saw Dallas episodes here and there somehow.....my mother watched it I guess. And she always murmured something about JR being like my dad. My folks' marriage wasn't a good one and my dad had his share of affairs so to speak. Most of this I learned at a later age. Somehow they stayed together until 2002 or something. Seeing the JR character always makes me think of this. So I got my share of the Dallas phenomenon and especially 'Who shot JR Ewing'. I remember being at my grandparents house and a copy of the Mad magazine was lying around with that clown on the cover saying something like 'When I shoot him he stays dead with a frightened JR there too 🤣. Never saw all episodes though....maybe not even all were broadcasted here in the Netherlands. Currently I'm watching the show on dvd and loving it. Hagman is so perfect....that devious smile, so great 🤣. And I have as much a crush on Victoria Principal as back then....what a woman. 😁 I remember from back then the Sue Ellen character was a bit unsettling to me, not my favorite or something. Now I see Linda Gray played a great character....all these little mannerisms, the nervous hands/fingers, uncertainty.....she did one hell of a job playing Sue Ellen.

[@musiclove5935]

That was some good TV!

[@danswisher4243]

I love the tv show Dallas

[@Vintage_Andrew99]

And that’s how the Simpsons producers got based el make their iconic episode on Who Shot Mr Burns The audience had to wait for months until the identify of the shooter was revealed

[@eddielung31]

And it was Maggie 😆

[@riveranormanf.8770]

J.R paid Kristin to leave DALLAS (1980-1981)fourth season, she went to KNOTS LANDING-DALLAS Spin-off (1980-1981) second season, and continued the storyline on that show. :)

[@iamayaka9955]

But who killed her???

[@MattJr4793]

@@iamayaka9955 it was never said

[@nrkgalt]

@@iamayaka9955 The coroner said she was high on angel dust, so they ruled it a drug induced accidental death.

[@iamayaka9955]

@@nrkgalt thanks

[@Patrick-tx9rh]

First saw it on KIRO 7 in Seattle!

[@Johnny53kgb-nsa]

The best soap opera since sliced bread.

[@rajeerz]

I was eight when the A House Divided aired so I was in bed when it first aired. But, I remember my mother saying she had the show on but wasn't really paying attention. I think she was clipping coupons or something and when she heard the gunshot, it made her jump. The eighties literally began with a bang and the world of tv was never the same.

[@LindaMerchant-bq2hp]

44 years ago

[@andreistirbu2733]

In Romania, with all dictatorship, was a similar phenomenon

[@Vintage_Andrew99]

And indirectly According to a teacher in college The show was broadcasted in your country and the rights to be broadcasted were paid by the national tv as a way to promote that American culture and capitalism were evil However It took a different turn and after that Many Romanians wanted the same lifestyle as the Americans and grew even more discontent with the dictatorship

[@plasticbucket]

The whole world waited.

[@Blupearl2003]

They need to update it to "who shot J.B."

[@Glenn1967ful]

In the UK, Dallas mania was even bigger. Nearly half the population watched JR being shot and it was the biggest talking point of the summer over here about who the shooter was. It made a change from talk of hyper inflation, the recession and strikes that otherwise dominated the news. Also Larry Hagman was mobbed like a rock star when he visited London in 1980.

[@bigwillietheb]

I was 5 years old in Kindergarten when J R got shot , when the new season began I was in first grade & 6 years old I remember watching & they arrested Sue Ellen at first but of course we learned it was Kristen who shot him & later in the season she drowned in the pool

[@davescott686]

Me and wife at time went to a particular restaurant to eat dinner when the episode came out who shot Jr. They actually had TVs in the booth I think which was unheard of at that time. It was so cool. Eating my steak and salad I found out who shot him. Lol

[@brianlusk2557]

Jr was so good 😊

[@voldeficient]

In Dallas just 1 person got shot, in wich other Prime Time Soapdrama almost 50 people get shot ??

[@seanmillette4323]

Damn, 76% of TV viewers watched this?

[@nismofury]

The who shot episode was during the 1st season? ... Thought it was much later.

[@jzander2966]

The cliffhanger occurred in season 3

[@simonm7133]

Obviously an intern or novice researcher at CBS put the clips together for this item and is clueless about the characters. The 'Who shot JR reveal' was in Season 4. Katherine Wentworth (Pam and Cliff 's half sister) doesn't feature in Dallas until Season 5 and in fact the clip shown with her and JR is in Season 7.

[@Greg-re7nj]

TY. Good observation

[@ed2kou1]

They were just showing how everyone hates Jr, how bad he was… That’s why Katherine was shown…

[@shazanali692]

Sorry the scream by the maid always gets me giggles

[@jshearouse]

Wasn't she killed when she was hit by a car?

[@MattJr4793]

No she fell from the Southfork balcony into the pool

[@camilarader7475]

Why did they use a stunt double when the housekeeper finds him shot? You could clearly tell it wasn’t Larry Hagman.

[@Greg-re7nj]

Saves money.

[@lymarie1974]

I really thought it was sue ellen 🤣. I was only 4 but my bet was on her

[@jorgezarco9269]

I can't go to the grave without a photo of Charlene Tilton. Son of The Blob shot J.R. Spoofed in the 1995 The Simpsons episode Who Shot Mr. Burns? Part I.

[@metalmacabre9991]

Don't threaten me honey, you're way out of your league.

[@HazardMedia]

1:27 now I see where power got ther idea from

[@tamalah34877843]

Idea"s"......even the lead up to who did it, possible why's. Sharing right before the shot how cruel he was to folk .......Dallas did it first.

[@otisroseboro5613]

The Greatest Cillhanger In T.V History

[@cedricliggins7528]

I thought it was Jock who fired the shot

[@jennifer_m.8613]

The whole world wanted to know who shot JR. No one (not even the cast) knew who it was until that night. Kristen was sent to California, then returned a few months later (having had a baby she claimed to be JR's - the admission of this led to the charges being dropped and her leaving), only be found drowned in the South fork pool.

[@tammylewis2408]

That baby was Christopher, who Bobby and Pam later adopted.

[@thunderbolt2145]

I was 11 when the this anticipated reveal was aired. I was right in my prediction of "Who shot JR"

[@haryettelorrainemakmot4564]

#THE BEST #CLIFF_HANGER EVERRRR!!!

[@jamesgarner8262]

Who shot JR™ till this day?

[@Pinkranger87]

He was so smart he was able to get more money

[@AnthonyMcCaul-c9g]

Who shot JR Ewing? Who shot old JR down, Who shot that son of a Texas gun, that night in Dallas town? Well I know he had it coming, but the truth it must be found! Can anybody tell me, who shot old JR down? From a song released in Ireland at that time, purely from memory!. No social media to distract us from the soaps back in those days. A great series, thanks for all the viewing enjoyment! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@suzannedavies2480]

Between Miami Vice and Dallas and Dynasty and A team and Dukes of Hazzard etc they don’t make tv shows as captivating as they did back then! Please put on repeats of these not the rubbish we are seeing on our screens now! All repeats on now and that’s most of tv are all the rubbish with very little of the good stuff but these shows I’ve mentioned were iconic and set the bar for every other series that came after!!

[@RamonaHaygood]

Process of limitation. Not hard to figure out.😅😅😅😅😅🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@Greg-re7nj]

MASH destroyed Dallas record.

[@dabzprincess92]

Chosen does it now.

[@Lifebackmed]

Cared more about the who shot Mr burns episode of the Simpsons 😂😂

[@lilkris3008]

Always funny to see how each generation loves what they grew up on “we’ve never had anything like it” like lady 12 year olds do 83mil on TikTok everyday lol the world has never been more interconnected and media is the same mr beast does Dallas number on a bad video

[@timsullivan4687]

Dynasty was so much better than Dallas could ever have hoped to be

[@nfspbarrister5681]

Oh shush. Dynasty wont be made if not for dallas!

[@MattJr4793]

interesting yes that's your opinion but what makes it better in your mind

[@timsullivan4687]

@@MattJr4793 the writing was better, the acting was better, the sets were better....Dynasty just EMBODIED wealthy people and their lifestyle, Dallas was ho-hum good ol'boys fighting in a boardroom and screwing eachother wives, sisters, etc

[@RamonaHaygood]

😮😮😮NOT!!

[@Nicole-gb3vl]

I just found out who shot Jr!! I was born 1975

[@bigsquangus8088]

wow

[@christinemacleod6771]

Don correlone on bourbon.

[@RamonaHaygood]

KNOTS LANDING &DYNASTY, YUCK!! DALLAS WAS THE SHOW. 83MILWATCHED WHO SHOT JR. NOT HARD TO FIGURE IT IT OUT.

[@michaelt2974]

After the father died the show went on to really suck

[@standiallo]

Who shot J.R. ? Sue Ellen !!

[@monikaradermacher-steffens4914]

No, she was'nt.

[@RudieObias]

OK boomer.

[@beerdragon4583]

Suck it zoomer.

[@danielbirkholz7422]

So the news anchors didn’t even know what happened to Kristin after she shot JR? They should’ve prepared better. JR shot her and she fell facedown in the pool.