WHO HAS OWNED EWING OIL?

Ewing Oil is a company that was founded by Jock Ewing, his brother Jason and his friend, Digger Barnes. Jock came into complete control of the company when his drunken partners sold their shares to an entrepreneur, who was happy to sell out to Jock. After Jock retired as chairman, the Presidency changed several times. After his death, Jock's will stipulated that JR and Bobby fight each other for control of the company. After almost a year of feuding, JR and Bobby decided to split it. In the years following, small percentages were exchanged between the other Ewings, but in 1986, the Justice Department removed Ewing Oil from Ewing hands. JR had been dealing with terrorist BD Calhoun. Eventually, control of the company was returned to Ewing hands, but when Bobby's wife, April, was murdered, Bobby sold it to LeeAnn De La Vega. She, in turn, sold it to Michelle Stevens, who then sold 50% to each JR and Cliff Barnes. Planning a takeover of Ewing Oil, JR sold his percentage to Cliff. His plan failed, though, and Cliff continued to own Ewing Oil for five more years. Currently, Bobby Ewing and JR's ex-wife Sue Ellen jointly own Ewing Oil. Ewing Oil is worth approximately two billion dollars.

WHAT WAS EWING & EWING OIL?

Ewing & Ewing was a company JR started after he was fired from Ewing Oil by Michelle Stevens. He formed the small company, assuming that his son James would soon join him there. When both his Ewing Oil takeover plan and his Westar takeover plan failed, JR left the country, and Ewing & Ewing ceased to exist.

WHO WAS WES PARMALEE?

Wes Parmalee is a man who showed up in Dallas, claiming to be the thought-dead Jock Ewing. Despite the fact that he knew things that only Jock could know, the only person who started to believe him was Miss Ellie, jeopardizing her marriage to Clayton. Eventually, Parmalee confessed, just as Bobby found information proving that he wasn't Jock.

HOW MANY EPISODES OF "DALLAS" WERE PRODUCED?

The series premiered on April 2, 1978 and lasted until May 3, 1991. During this time, one movie was made, Dallas: The Early Years, which detailed the history of the Barnes-Ewing feud. Five years after the show was cancelled, Larry Hagman, Patrick Duffy, Linda Gray, Ken Kercheval, George Kennedy and some of the other Dallas cast reunited for the reunion movie Dallas: JR Returns. Two years later, another reunion movie was made, entitled Dallas: War of the Ewings.

WHO WAS JENNA WADE?

Jenna Wade was Bobby's love when he was a young teenager. She lived next to Southfork with her father, Lucas Wade. Bobby proposed to Jenna, and they were set to get married at Southfork, but Jenna opted to leave Bobby at the alter. She left for Rome, where she married a man named Renaldo Marchetta and had a daughter, Charlotte. She divorced Naldo shortly after and returned to Dallas. After Bobby and Pam's divorce in 1983, Jenna and Bobby started dating again. Then, Naldo returned to Dallas and kidnapped both Charlie and Jenna, but was later murdered. Jenna spent a few months in prison, but she was later cleared of the murder. Shortly after she was released, however, Bobby decided to re-marry Pam, and Jenna was jilted. After learning she was pregnant with Bobby's child, she became friends with Bobby's half-brother Ray Krebbs. Eventually, the two were married shortly after the baby was born. Jenna, Ray, Charlotte and Lucas (Jenna and Bobby's son) now live happily in Switzerland.

WHY DID THE WRITERS KILL OFF APRIL?

Shortly after April and Bobby's marriage, April was kidnapped and subsequently gunned down in Paris. This was reportedly because Sheree J. Wilson was pregnant and wanted out of the show, and the writers wanted to have Bobby single by the end of the series.

WHO WAS DUSTY FARLOW, AND WHO PLAYED HIM?

Dusty Farlow was Jessica Montfort's son, and Clayton Farlow's nephew. He had a brief affair with Sue Ellen while she was married to JR. Dusty was played by Jared Martin.

WHO WAS LUCY EWING COOPER?

Lucy Ewing Cooper is the daughter of Gary Ewing and Valene Ewing, and the granddaughter of Ellie and Jock Ewing. She was married to Mitch Cooper in 1980, but the marriage ended in divorce shortly after. After several more unsuccessful romances, Lucy remarried Mitch in 1985 and moved to Atlanta. In 1988, Lucy returned, and obtained a divorce from Mitch. She left Dallas again in 1990 to travel the world, and eventually ended up remarrying Mitch Cooper again.

WHO WAS LUTHER FRICK?

Luther Frick is the husband of Wanda Frick, a woman who JR had a short fling with in 1978. Frick found JR's business card with his wife at a motel and Waco, and immediately came to Southfork for vengeance. JR humiliated JR's wife and planned to rape her when Jock and Bobby Ewing arrived home, saving the day.

WHO WAS SUE ELLEN, AND WHERE DID SHE GO?

Sue Ellen is the first wife of JR Ewing, and the sister of Kristin Shepard. She was an on-again, off-again alcoholic, but her most severe addiction was to her husband JR. After two marriages of hell with JR, she finally divorced him and left Dallas with her new husband Don Lockwood. Separated from Don, fate brought her back to Dallas in 1996, and she now runs Ewing Oil with her ex-brother in law Bobby Ewing.

WHO WAS PAM, AND WHAT HAPPENED TO HER?

Pamela Barnes married the youngest Ewing brother, Bobby, in April of 1978. After learning she couldn't conceive children, Bobby adopted a baby boy, Christopher, for the two of them. After a short divorce, Pam and Bobby remarried in 1986, and shortly after, Pam discovered that she could, in fact, have children. Sadly, moments after this discovery, Pam was involved in an explosion and was hospitalized with severe burns. Not wanting to burden Bobby or Christopher, Pam had herself transported away from the hospital and hidden - forever - from Bobby. Her brother, Cliff, found her in 1988, but to stop the family from looking for her again she told Cliff that she was marrying her doctor, and would never come back to Dallas. The truth, however, was that Pam was dying, and she couldn't put her family through any more pain.

WHEN DID JIM DAVIS DIE, AND HOW WAS JOCK KILLED OFF THE SHOW?

Jim Davis died on April 26, 1981 - Shortly before completion of the third season. However, Davis was not a part of the show right to his desk. Around the middle of the season, Jim's health was failing (the producers used tan makeup and a wig to try to make him look healthy) and soon after, they decided to get him out of the show as soon as possible. They wrapped up the
Takapa storyline, and had Jock and Ellie leave on a second honeymoon. Ellie would often be seen talking to JR on the phone, and Jock occasionally talked to JR as well (though he wasn't seen or heard.) When Davis died, it was clear that Jock couldn't return to the show. Miss Ellie returned to Dallas the next season with news that Jock was working for the government in South America. He was there for several weeks, and on the day of his return, Miss Ellie received news that his helicopter had gone down, and he was presumed dead. JR, Bobby and Ray went to search for him - but found nothing but his gold medallion.