I agree Aldo when she said he could go to the police and jrs says " i would never do tbat" ......its a really touching scene.

larry hagman alias jr ewing , the guy all loved to hate , he was perfect for the role he was given , mr sleezeball nr 1 , but he did a superb job with his character .

A Master at work. Greatest soap opera villain of all-time.

There is not a soul that ever lived that could have pulled of playing JR Ewing, considering JR was supposed to be a secondary character originally like "Ray Krebbs"...JR went on to be not only the face of Dallas but the face of the 80s,...Alexis Carrington was the female JR on Dynasty and her role was inspired by Larry Hagman

​@@therealjd4life dynasty tried too still Dallas ratings probably but it didn't work.

@@robertscott8344 Dynasty did pass Dallas around 1983 but Dallas was close second and they were back and forth every year until dream season

True. Because he was the evil character with unmatched charisma you could actually root for at times.

You forgot about the idiot in white house.

Truer words were never spoken.

JR never passed up the opportunity to throw some “shade” at even the mention of Cliff’s name! Loved it! 😂

It even child hood memories of those who was in elementary school it has such a high affect on everyone from youth teenagers and senior citizens.

He only let her slide on this i think because up until then shed been loyal and even assisted him in various schemes

Bobby did many times

I'm sure the reason JR forgave Sly was because of the situation, too..she did it for the love of her brother, just like JR would save Bobby, when push came to shove. Yes, JR had an ulterior motive, but, he did have a heart inside that devilish interior too

Actually he always had a soft spot for sly and he respected her

@@m.em.e4412 when did bobby betray him?

@@joeestanton71 Pretty much EVERY deal he made behind JR’s back!!

She still is

smokin'

Allen Gilbert, no she didn't!

hernandezrivas Not until “Dallas, “The Return of J.R.” 1996. She was fed up with J.R and what he was doing to Bobby and Sue Ellen, and he threaten to make her life hell.

Doesn't Sly know how dangerous JR Ewing is? There absolutely no way JR can be trusted at all!!

Adam B. Smith right right but two movies actually was eliminated to be part of new Dallas TNT. Two movies? I found it very tasteless. They did it to honor to someone important I forgot last name but first name was Ken. He passed away so they had to make a movie to honor him.

Sly was very pretty. She was fired, hired again, & fired again.

@@a.b.s_productions: Nonexistent it is now as to what went on in J.R. Returns.

@Mr.C H Nope he is not loyal

True jr don’t really care for them much I don’t blame him

The Mad Monk Of Malibu.

The Majesty of Malibu

She was doing it for her brother, her family and JR is very big on family in general so he could understand that in her. This may have also played a part with his reaction.

Since she wasn’t doing it out of greed or revenge motives jr understood too well I don’t think he really considered it a true betrayal - she and jr had a fascinating relationship that was strictly boss and employee for years until until the last season when the writers screwed that up

Facts

Agreed

The standards of beauty were different back then.

awas and Matt: Damn straight!! That's what I loved about the 80's. Women didn't try to be men. They had standards. No torn jeans, face piercings...It was women like Sly I loved the most back then...

openmind1966 me too. When I was younger I used to be one of them. In fact, Sly and I were probably about about the same age when that was on. I mean early 20s. Very competitive even then so you had to dress for success. I love the guys haircuts back then like Bobby and Ray. On Dallas, Jock had the coolest hair. Now guys do half crew cuts with some of it just sticking out. The guys wore dress jeans over cowboy boots, or even Levy and Lee Jeans. They wore blazers, long sleeve button down with the jeans and sometimes a vest or thin tie. They were really looking good too. Unfortunately nothing stays the same. Yeah, I may have had my ears pierced in 2 or 3 places, but that was it. Don’t remember many girls with Tattoos. I like the music better in the 70s, 80s, and 90s too. Just getting old I guess. Glad some of you agree! Dallas was cool and yep I liked TV better before the millinium changed too.

Daughter? He slept with her.

More like a sister he never had.

MICOLE WHYTE yeah. weak at the knees moment.

But he did have a daughter, as the new show said. But it was canceled before we found out who the daughter or her mother were. All we know is she’s important enough for John Ross to decide it was important to find her. He’s not doing it out of brotherly love.

@@nrkgalt who knows it may had been sly daughter?? They did sleep together in the last season and she may not have known she was pregnant???

Actually that's why it was easy to not feel sorry for Cliff. He made it his life's work to beat the Ewings, sacrificed anything and anybody and still rarely ever succeeded. He stole from his own mother. He used a sister that thought the world of him as nothing but leverage. Threw away good women with both hands. He deserved everything he ever got.

@@adriangilbert5364cliff was absolutely horrible to afton some of their scenes could be painful to watch at times seeing his callousness toward her feelings i will never understand why she stayed with him so long

No he did not think she had done it on purpose and was in conspiracy with james...he blamed her tho for being careless. He only sacked for a few weeks anyway.

That's a great question. I really hate that that man worked as hard as he did, making his character seem almost life like go to his grave without being honored for it with an Emmy, but I guess when you love what you do as his cast members often said he did, maybe those types of accolades aren't necessary when it's all from the heart.

Larry's daughter, in her memoir, speculated it was because Larry said publicly that the Emmy Award telecast generated a lot of money (at the time), and performers should be paid for appearing.

He was nominated twice for Lead Actor in the early 80s for like Seasons 2 and 3. I also think he should have been nominated for this season, too. I think clip is from Season 7, to me the last truly great season of the series. Hagman did some of his best acting juggling several subplots and manipulating characters left and right in Season 7.

He had a total of 6 nominations and 0 wins.

Wish J.R. Ewing were a real person. He would so destroy The Kardashians, Hiltons and everyone who gets in his way. J.R. always knew how to destroy his enemies.

Very good anti-spy method.

Dan Castro The Hiltons have more powerful allies on their side now that Nicky Hilton married into the Rothschild family.

hume1234561: This is true

Shut up...NO ONE can beat Victoria or Linda Gray 😏😏😏

To me Sly is classier

Well there was only one Lady Di, but she has the same natural unenhanced beauty and as you say has no need of wigs, botox or other contemporary appurtenances which spoil a woman's character.

It's the hair. Every blonde in America seemed to have that haircut in the 80s

Jr didn't have a drink in his hand all to the time

Well spotted. Clearly McSween's loyalty was to JR. $$$ and not his friends daughter. She should have went to JR for help though to get her brother out of jail. JR could have called one of his judges, not sure a private eye could have helped her.

It was Mcsweens female assistant who took the pictures and Harry told her to take the pictures to JR directly , so Harry never had a chance to see them in the first place to even think about intervening

and with that, J.R. hired Sly on the spot. Not what you know it's who you know.

No. He just used the situation to his advantage without tearing her to shreds like he would someone else in a different situation where there was nothing to gain. Are you blind? She made it clear that Cliff would've crossed her had she not done his dirty work to cross JR. JR then used that to his advantage to FLIP IT to in turn have SLY SPY IN CLIFF....Duhhh

Ikr

To be fair she was regular and in almost every episode since she first came on to the show. Plus she had her own storylines too.....in the later seasons it would had been nice to see her make the opening credits as it was a lot easier then. The first 10 yearstho itwas very hard to make the opening credits.

@@donnn-ow4rj Morgan Brittany so much deserved to be in the opening more than the new actresses in the last two seasons

@@zt1053 yes very true.

At least Sly gave J.R. some the later the better.

JR seemed to genuinely care about Sly which made her one of the rare few people he wasn't trying to manipulate or destroy.

@@DarlingNikki2: Sly was very loyal to J.R. for his long time secretary save from that one off movie 'J.R. Returns' to got tired of his machinations to fell out of favor greatly ignored now. Seems as though Sly could've attended J.R.'s memorial on the TNT CONTINUATION along with Mandy and Cally but I guess the actress hasn't done much acting now in years.

@@J_Ru31352 In looking over Deborah Rennard's career on the IMDB website, it looked like she was out of circulation with acting from 2001 to 2015, then a pause; but has since worked in several productions in 2021.

Not real niece. He was a friend of her father and he called him Uncle harry.....but they were not actually related. Would had been interesting tho to explore that plot a bit more

They did sleep together once after JR lost Ewing Oik

thanks for the info... I didn't remember if they ever did or not.

in one of later season episodes...(after season 10) jr was dwn the dumps n feeling sorry for himself and sly gave him some....vry nxt day she regretted it and hoped that jr wld not get the wrng idea n start pursuing her......turned out she was worrying over nothing cause.....jr knew it was a pitty fuck...thanked her and moved on..jr bedded mny of his

Dispite what JR thought it seems Sly was one of the few people he respected since it was just a one night fling. other wise he would have continued the relationship.

he understood that it was a pitty fuck..thanked her and moved on...sly was vry loyal to Jr....I do believe that he fired her when his son stole the release papers frm her...

Purchase the DVDs...

If you have Amazon Prime the entire series is available to view for free, I am rewatching Dallas now. You can also purchase the seasons through Prime video.

Jason King JR was the epitome of a badass in a suttle way..

Gail Duncan, subtle!

It was not from the first meeting. They had many meetings at the poolside

sneak!

How many freaking English errors did you make here, genius? You have to be under 5 years of age.