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03-22-2022, 08:04 PM
https://soaps.sheknows.com/soaps/news/595027/dallas-who-shot-jr-famous-cliffhanger-anniversary/
On March 21, 1980, two shots rang out that left their mark on a generation of viewers.
Few events shook the television landscape as much in the 1980s as the shooting of J.R. Ewing.
As the cliffhanger (https://www.reddit.com/r/television/comments/tjqc45/who_shot_jr_looking_back_on_anniversary_of_dallas/) for CBS primetime soap Dallas’ second season, it left viewers around the world talking about about who could have pumped two slugs into the devious Texan oil tycoon. For months, the media spent more time speculating as to the perpetrator of the fictional crime than they did some actual news events.
Working late in his office at Ewing Oil and toasting to his own capacity to screw over both friends and foes, J.R. was shocked when a figure stepped out from the darkness and fired two bullets into his chest.
There was no shortage of suspects.
On March 21, 1980, two shots rang out that left their mark on a generation of viewers.
Few events shook the television landscape as much in the 1980s as the shooting of J.R. Ewing.
As the cliffhanger (https://www.reddit.com/r/television/comments/tjqc45/who_shot_jr_looking_back_on_anniversary_of_dallas/) for CBS primetime soap Dallas’ second season, it left viewers around the world talking about about who could have pumped two slugs into the devious Texan oil tycoon. For months, the media spent more time speculating as to the perpetrator of the fictional crime than they did some actual news events.
Working late in his office at Ewing Oil and toasting to his own capacity to screw over both friends and foes, J.R. was shocked when a figure stepped out from the darkness and fired two bullets into his chest.
There was no shortage of suspects.