Who Done It (Dallas) Who Done It (Dallas) "Who Done It" is the fourth episode of the fourth season (1980–81 season) and 58th overall of the American television series "Dallas". The episode was written by Loraine Despres, and revealed who had shot J.R. Ewing (played by Larry Hagman) in the third season finale "A House Divided". The perpetrator's fate was revealed in the subsequent episode one week later. For an eight-month-long period of media frenzy after the broadcast of "A House Divided" episode (wherein "Dallas" archvillain J.R. Ewing was shot by an unidentified perpetrator while working in his office), international oddsmakers created a set
Dallas (1978 TV series) the producers, including Katzman's son Mitchell Wayne Katzman as story editor and Leah Markus as story consultant. Markus left after two years, while the others remained until the show's end. Scriptwise, Patrick Duffy's return was explained by having the entire season 9 being a dream of Victoria Principal's character Pam, effectively sweeping away the events occurring during the period in which Katzman's involvement with the show had been minimized. Even the cast were affected by the production and political struggles. While Larry Hagman (J.R.) reportedly supported Katzman, and had played a great part in bringing Duffy back, Susan Howard (Donna),