Rodeo | S03E08 | Cool Channel Dallas Guide (Original Airdate: November 9, 1979)
Cool Channel reviews Rodeo from Dallas, Season 3, Episode 8. Directed by Leonard Katzman. Written by Camille Marchetta. Starring Barbara Bel Geddes as Miss Ellie, Jim Davis as Jock Ewing, Patrick Duffy as Bobby Ewing, Victoria Principal as Pamela Ewing, Larry Hagman as J.R. Ewing, Charlene Tilton as Lucy Ewing, Linda Gray as Sue Ellen Ewing, and Steve Kanaly as Ray Krebbs. Guest starring Jared Martin as Dusty Farlow.
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| Source:Cool Channel Network- Jared Martin & Linda Gray. Perhaps you can tell for yourself who is who. |
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Some information that I found on Google, that doesn't seem to be attached to anyone. Sort of like people voting in private. Like in Congress.
"In the TV show Dallas, Sue Ellen Ewing married J.R. Ewing for more than just money, but she did have other motives:
Custody of her son
J.R. married Sue Ellen in an attempt to win back custody of their son and gain voting shares in the family oil company.
To remain married
Sue Ellen decided to remain married to J.R. in name only after catching him cheating on her.
To avoid a messy divorce
In one episode, J.R. threatened to have Sue Ellen taken to a hospital and divorced without receiving any money.
Sue Ellen and J.R.'s marriage was tumultuous, with J.R. frequently unfaithful and dismissive of Sue Ellen. They divorced in 1981, remarried in 1982, and divorced again in 1988."
I agree with the narrator of this video to a certain extent. Of course Linda Gray looks absolutely incredible in this episode. Of course physically, I mean she's Linda Gray. And when you think of Linda Gray, you should think of Jaclyn Smith, Raquel Welch, Jill St. John, Stephanie Powers, Lynda Carter, Catherine Bach, Pamela Grier, Jayne Kennedy, a few of the Hollywood goddesses of that era.
But my broader point here is that Sue Ellen Ewing (played by Linda Gray) looks so great on this episode, because she looks like she's having a good time. She looks like she's having a good day and she doesn't look like she needs to pour an entire bottle of scotch or bourbon down her throat, perhaps hit a liquor joint and buy every bottle that they have and perhaps drink everything before she gets home, just to get through the day. She's looks happy in this episode, except when her husband John Ross (played by Larry Hagman) is around.
I give you all of that information about the relationship, perhaps agreement, that Sue Ellen has with John Ross (that's technically called a marriage) because in the Rodeo episode, Sue Ellen doesn't look like she's the Melania Trump of her generation, who marries a wealthy man, simply to have a kid, or multiple kids, knowing that she would never have to work for a living to support herself or her kids. Despite all the garbage that her husband throws at her, with the upfront verbal disrespect, as well as all the adultery.
In the Rodeo episode, Sue Ellen looks like she's having a good day at the ranch, enjoying the rodeo, enjoying the company of the people there. (Except of course her husband) And since this is an episode about a rodeo, and this is Dallas, Texas, and Linda Gray is Linda Gray with that gorgeous, adorable face, and the beautiful long body, the TV world got to see her in those beautiful designer denim jeans, in boots, with the white blouse and leather vest.
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