Dallas: War of the Ewings Dallas: War of the Ewings Dallas: War of the Ewings is a 1998 American made-for-television drama film and is the second of two "Dallas" reunion films, following on from the weekly series that ran from 1978–91 and "" from 1996. It aired on CBS on April 24, 1998, two decades after the original series premiere. The opening scene is reminiscent of the shower scene with Bobby (Patrick Duffy) and Pamela Barnes Ewing from the original series, but with Sue Ellen Ewing (Linda Gray) entering and kissing Bobby. Again, this is a dream of J.R. Ewing's (Larry Hagman). Bobby and Sue
Larry Hagman "Who shot J.R.?", the 1980 cliffhanger season finale in which J.R. is shot by an unknown assailant. The person who pulled the trigger was later revealed to be Kristin Shepard (played by Mary Crosby) in the "Who Done It?" episode which aired on November 21, 1980; Kristin was J.R.'s scheming sister-in-law and mistress, who shot him in a fit of anger. At the beginning of the fourth season later that year, audience and actors were trying to guess "Who shot J.R.?", now one of fictional TV's most famous questions. During the media buildup, Hagman was involved in contract negotiations, delaying