Dallas (1978 TV series, season 6)

The sixth season of the television series Dallas aired on CBS during the 1982–83 TV season.

Dallas
Season 6
DVD cover
Country of originUnited States
No. of episodes28
Release
Original networkCBS
Original releaseOctober 1, 1982 (1982-10-01) –
May 6, 1983 (1983-05-06)
Season chronology

Cast

Starring

In alphabetical order:

Also Starring

Special Guest Stars

Notable guest stars

Morgan Brittany (Katherine Wentworth) continues to appear, and among the actors to debut during the season are Lois Chiles (Holly Harwood), Timothy Patrick Murphy (Mickey Trotter), Roseanna Christiansen (Teresa), Danone Simpson (Kendall Chapman), Alice Hirson (Mavis Anderson), Kenneth Kimmins (Thornton McLeish), Kate Reid (Lil Trotter), Eric Farlow (Christopher Ewing), and Mary Armstrong (nanny Louise).

John Anderson appears in two episodes as Richard McIntyre - he will return as a "special guest star" during season 11, playing Dr. Herbert Styles. Additionally, Ben Piazza (Walt Discoll) appears in a major story-arc, but won't return for future seasons, and Knots Landing's Ted Shackelford (Gary Ewing) appears in one episode.

John Larroquette also appears in two episodes as Lucy Ewing's divorce attorney Phillip Colton.

Crew

The season's episode writers include showrunner Leonard Katzman, the returning Arthur Bernard Lewis, David Paulsen, Howard Lakin, Will Lorin, Linda B. Elstad, and new additions Frank Furino and Robert Sherman.

Philip Capice serves as executive producer, Katzman as producer, Cliff Fenneman as associate producer, and writer Arthur Bernard Lewis as supervising producer. Writer David Paulsen, who joined the series for season four, takes on the duty of the show's story editor.

DVD release

Season six was released by Warner Bros. Home Video, on a Region 1 DVD box set of five double-sided DVDs, on January 30, 2007. In addition to the 28 episodes, it also includes the featurette "Power and Influence: The Dallas Legacy".[1]

Knots Landing
Main article: Knots Landing

After a one year-absence, the Dallas cast returned to appear in spinoff series Knots Landing, now on its fourth year: first J.R. (Larry Hagman) appeared alone in Daniel (airing October 7, 1982), and then he returned alongside Bobby (Patrick Duffy) and baby Christopher (Eric Farlow) in New Beginnings (October 29, 1982) - the last time any Dallas character appeared in Knots Landing.

Episodes
See also: List of Dallas (1978 TV series) episodes
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
1041"Changing of the Guard"Michael PreeceArthur Bernard LewisOctober 1, 1982 (1982-10-01)
J.R. is the focus of everyone's wrath at Southfork when he is blamed by the other Ewings, as well as Afton and Rebecca, for driving Cliff to attempt suicide. Bobby has his own reasons for being furious with J.R. after being blackmailed by him over Christopher's parentage. Lucy has her own worries as she waits for the results of her pregnancy test. Miss Ellie wants J.R. out as president of Ewing Oil. J.R. meets Holly Harwood and secretly buys 25% of her company, Harwood Oil.
1052"Where There's a Will"Leonard KatzmanLeonard KatzmanOctober 8, 1982 (1982-10-08)
1063"Billion Dollar Question"Michael PreeceArthur Bernard LewisOctober 15, 1982 (1982-10-15)
1074"The Big Ball"Leonard KatzmanLeonard KatzmanOctober 22, 1982 (1982-10-22)
1085"Jock's Will"Michael PreeceDavid PaulsenOctober 29, 1982 (1982-10-29)
1096"Aftermath"Leonard KatzmanDavid PaulsenNovember 5, 1982 (1982-11-05)
1107"Hit and Run"Michael PreeceHoward LakinNovember 12, 1982 (1982-11-12)
1118"The Ewing Touch"Leonard KatzmanHoward LakinNovember 19, 1982 (1982-11-19)
1129"Fringe Benefits"Michael PreeceWill LorinNovember 26, 1982 (1982-11-26)
11310"The Wedding"Leonard KatzmanWill LorinDecember 3, 1982 (1982-12-03)
11411"Post Nuptial"Michael PreeceDavid PaulsenDecember 10, 1982 (1982-12-10)
11512"Barbecue Three"Leonard KatzmanArthur Bernard LewisDecember 17, 1982 (1982-12-17)
11613"Mama Dearest"Patrick DuffyArthur Bernard LewisDecember 31, 1982 (1982-12-31)
11714"The Ewing Blues"David PaulsenDavid PaulsenJanuary 7, 1983 (1983-01-07)
11815"The Reckoning"Bill DukeWill LorinJanuary 14, 1983 (1983-01-14)
11916"A Ewing Is a Ewing"Larry HagmanFrank FurinoJanuary 28, 1983 (1983-01-28)
12017"Crash of '83"Bill DukeHoward LakinFebruary 4, 1983 (1983-02-04)
12118"Requiem"Larry HagmanLinda B. ElstadFebruary 11, 1983 (1983-02-11)
12219"Legacy"Patrick DuffyRobert ShermanFebruary 18, 1983 (1983-02-18)
12320"Brothers and Sisters"Larry HagmanWill LorinFebruary 25, 1983 (1983-02-25)
12421"Caribbean Connection"Patrick DuffyWill LorinMarch 4, 1983 (1983-03-04)
12522"The Sting"Larry ElikannDavid PaulsenMarch 11, 1983 (1983-03-11)
12623"Hell Hath No Fury"Ernest PintoffArthur Bernard LewisMarch 18, 1983 (1983-03-18)
12724"Cuba Libre"Robert C. ThompsonLeonard KatzmanMarch 25, 1983 (1983-03-25)
12825"Tangled Web"Nicolas SgarroDavid PaulsenApril 1, 1983 (1983-04-01)
12926"Things Ain't Goin' Too Good at Southfork"Gunnar HellströmLeonard KatzmanApril 15, 1983 (1983-04-15)
13027"Penultimate"Nick HavingaHoward LakinApril 29, 1983 (1983-04-29)
13128"Ewing Inferno"Leonard KatzmanArthur Bernard LewisMay 6, 1983 (1983-05-06)

References
  1. TVshowsonDVD.com: Dallas Season 6 Archived 2011-09-14 at the Wayback Machine

General references

  • "Dallas Episodes on CBS". TV Guide. Retrieved July 4, 2012.
  • "Dallas - Episode Guide". MSN TV. Archived from the original on October 3, 2012. Retrieved July 4, 2012.
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