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
A House Divided (Dallas) was so strong that actor Larry Hagman had a 10-day holdout in which he demanded $100,000 (equivalent to $ in ) per episode, while Lorimar Productions offered $55,000 (equivalent to $ in ). After 10 days, Hagman agreed to work filming the subsequent season for $75,000 (equivalent to $ in ) per episode. Hagman had been working for $25,000 (equivalent to $ in ) per episode. The episode earned Fred W. Berger an American Cinema Editors Eddie Award for Best Edited Episode from a Television Series and earned Irving J. Moore a Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing