On This Day: 'Dallas' Airs Its Final Episode in 1991 - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TMC · 05-03-2021, 05:09 PM

May 3, 1991, the final episode of the original series of Dallas was aired after 13 years. What are your thoughts, reflections and memories 30 years on of the glitzy iconic television soap and also how it ended?

How well does the show hold up all these years later?

Fallon97 · 07-15-2021, 05:03 PM

It's one of my all-time favorite shows. I was very sad to see the show end. And I think it's a shame that the reruns are rarely shown on television.

TMC · 08-16-2021, 10:56 PM

Why didn't the Dallas finale have a bigger impact? We had not only a cynical parody of It's a Wonderful Life but Joel Grey as a tuxedo-clad demon with glowing red eyes and an ambiguous ending with an unresolved gunshot. That's pretty heady stuff. And yet, in contrast to "Who Shot J.R.?" and Bobby under the shower, it has appeared to left zero trace in the pop-cultural memory.

05-03-2021, 05:09 PM	#1
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 124,493	On This Day: 'Dallas' Airs Its Final Episode in 1991 May 3, 1991, the final episode of the original series of Dallas was aired after 13 years. What are your thoughts, reflections and memories 30 years on of the glitzy iconic television soap and also how it ended? How well does the show hold up all these years later?

07-15-2021, 05:03 PM	#2
Fallon97 Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 04, 2007 Location: America Posts: 1,268	It's one of my all-time favorite shows. I was very sad to see the show end. And I think it's a shame that the reruns are rarely shown on television.

08-16-2021, 10:56 PM	#3
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 124,493	Why didn't the Dallas finale have a bigger impact? We had not only a cynical parody of It's a Wonderful Life but Joel Grey as a tuxedo-clad demon with glowing red eyes and an ambiguous ending with an unresolved gunshot. That's pretty heady stuff. And yet, in contrast to "Who Shot J.R.?" and Bobby under the shower, it has appeared to left zero trace in the pop-cultural memory.