Jock Ewing beside Miss Ellie's headstone and grave. In a storyline during the 1986–87 season of the show, a man named Wes Parmalee (portrayed by Steve Forrest) came to Dallas, where Clayton and Ray hired him as ranch foreman on Southfork. One day, Miss Ellie found Jock's belt buckle, knife, letters, and photo of a young Miss Ellie in Parmalee's room. Wes then claimed to be Jock Ewing, and that he had survived the helicopter accident, which necessitated plastic surgery and rehab in a South American hospital. After passing a series of tests set by J.R. and Bobby, including X-ray tests, a
Ewing family (Dallas) Ewing family (Dallas) The Ewing family is the core family of the American prime time soap opera "Dallas" and its 2012 revival, as well as the foundation of the spin-off series "Knots Landing". In the original series of "Dallas", the Ewings owned and ran Southfork Ranch and the oil giant Ewing Oil; in the revival series, Ewing Oil is replaced by Ewing Global, formerly Ewing Energies. "Knots Landing" featured the large corporation of Gary Ewing Enterprises. Characters in bold have appeared on the revival series. Although the generations of the Ewing family beyond Jock and Jason have not been referred