TNT’s ‘Dallas’ season 2 review: The Pam [spoiler] during J.R. Ewing’s funeral

Watching Monday night’s episode of “Dallas” was probably one of the more difficult things for many longtime fans of the show to do. In some ways, it was a pretty moving hour to help say goodbye to a man in Larry Hagman who has become a TV legend. At the same time, wasn’t there a part of you that wishes almost that the series had an opportunity to extend this episode a little while longer? There was just so much content to cram into a short amount of time here that it was relatively hard to escape the feeling that the episode felt a little bit crammed at times, even though there were some beautiful moments.

Not only that, but there was a massive shocker in the closing minutes that sets the stage for the remainder of the season: Pam may or may not actually still be alive. The character, played for so many years by Victoria Principal prior her being wrapped up in bandages and getting a new face, supposedly only had a few months to live back in the days of the original series. How can she still be alive now? All we know is that J.R. Ewing was looking into something pertaining to her in Mexico at the time of her death, and there was clearly something there that was a part of his supposed “masterpiece.”

The rest of the season will clearly be interesting as Christopher, Bobby, and John Ross all try to figure out what they want to do with this. We already know that Principal will not be returning for another go as the character, so if Pam does show up, she will be played by someone different.

What do you think about the way in which “Dallas” handled the J.R. funeral, and did you see the Pam shocker coming? If you want to find out some more behind-the-scenes details about these last few episodes, you can do so here.

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