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Dallas Season 4 Episode 23

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AIRED: 5/1/81

J.R.'s southeast Asian dealings may cost him Ewing Oil—and his freedom; Dusty tries to convince Sue Ellen to leave J.R. and take John Ross, too; Cliff discovers a dead woman in Southfork's pool

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J.R. faces charges for his role in overthrowing a Southeast Asian government. Kristin demands more money, Sue Ellen approaches Pam, who smuggles John Ross off Southfork. The season ends when Cliff finds the body of a brunette woman in the Ewing pool.moreless

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By traceydsm, Mar 04, 2011

The cliffhanger is a very creative one, involving not the "Whodunit", but the identity of the victim in the Southfork pool. J.R. threatens three brunettes: Sue Ellen, Pam, and Kristin. On top of this, he fires his brunette secretary, Louella. Who is the brunette in the pool? This actually turned out to be Dallas's highest rated season ending episode ever. Plenty of anger, viciousness, and intrigue would carry fans through the summer of 1981. One downside was J.R.'s anticlimactic forgiving of the double-crossing Leslie Stewart. The spectacular crash expected between the two never happened and she never ended up in the pool--or anywhere else. She was never mentioned again.moreless
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Victoria Principal	Pamela Barnes Ewing
Larry Hagman	John Ross 'J.R.' Ewing
Barbara Bel Geddes	Eleanor 'Miss Ellie' Southworth Ewing
Patrick Duffy	Bobby Ewing
Linda Gray	Sue Ellen Ewing
Ken Kercheval	Cliff Barnes

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Len Birman	Claude Brown	Guest Star
Jay Varella	Senator	Guest Star
William Boyett		Guest Star
Susan Howard	Donna Krebbs	Recurring Role
Audrey Landers	Afton Cooper	Recurring Role
Morgan Woodward	Marvin "Punk" Anderson	Recurring Role

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QUOTES (1)
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- Pam: He's her child, J.R. He belongs with her.
  J.R.: Stay out of my affairs, Pamela.
  Pam: Give her her child, she loves him.
  J.R.: She doesn't know the first thing about love.
  Pam: She should have him just for putting up with you all these years. He's the only decent thing that's ever happened to her.
  J.R.: No wonder you care so much for Sue Ellen, she's just like your mother. Another drunken slut who ran away.
  Pam: You slime. You make me sick.
  J.R.: Keep out of my way Pamela or I'll destroy you. I'll destroy anybody who tries to take my boy away from me.
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- German episode title: "Anklage", meaning "Accusation"
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- Though credited, Jim Davis and Charlene Tilton do not appear in this episode.
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- Jim Davis died five days before this episode aired but the character of Jock did live on in South America throughout the beginning of season 5.
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- The episode title is an allusion to the 1972 "Watergate" scandal.
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