TNT’s ‘Dallas’ is a solid update of the original

New York Daily News ^ | 6/13/12 | David Hinckley

[nutmeg]

The chick that shot J.R.? I have no idea.

See Impy's posts 68 and 69 on this thread...

[nutmeg]

IMHO the character of Bobby always was and still is a pansy liberal fantasy of how we Texans should really be in the ‘real’ East/West Coast elites’ world that only flies over us unwashed, political incorrect common folk—

I didn't know much about Texas back in the 1970's/1980's but your statement above seems pretty correct to me now. Bobby seems kind of like an Austin liberal elite - first thing I thought of while watching the new show last week.

... After Kristin's death, it was learned that her husband, Jeff Faraday, and not J.R., was the father of her child, who had become Bobby and Pam's adopted son, Christopher Ewing. Kristin had miscarried the child she had conceived with JR.”

Whoa, Christopher Ewing's biological parents are Kristin Shepard and Jeff Faraday? What happened to Jeff Faraday? (I don't remember him at all, to be honest)

[Bender2]

Re: What happened to Jeff Faraday? (I don't remember him at all, to be honest)

Gadzooks... neither do I!

But it didn't take long to find that Jeff Faraday/Jeff Farraday was played by Art Hindle in 11 episodes in the 1981-82 season. But his character was so minor there is absolutely no hint of him in the main Wikipedia "Dallas' article, only is he mentioned at the Kristin Shepard Wikipedia page.

He looks familiar... but I cannot recall anything he was in--

Art Hindle at IMDB at http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0385543/

If red X above go to http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/8222/padreactor8xg.jpg

BTW yes, big, "Miss Ellie is still dead"... but only in the syndicated episodes where she ain't--

[big'ol_freeper]

Forgot about syndication!!

[Revolting cat!]

I dream of Jeanie.

[nutmeg]

Thanks once again, Bender2!

I'm afraid I don't remember "Jeff Farraday" (Art Hindle) at all in "Dallas". He sure looks familiar though...

[Impy]

Interesting.

From his IMDB page this looks like his biggest role. He played 7 different people in 7 episodes of Walker Texas Ranger.

[Impy]

Well I saw it in syndication like 6/7 or 8 years ago while I’m assuming you last saw it in the 80’s. ;d I watched the last TV movie in 1998 without having ever seen the show before (I’m 28).

I got into it and Dynasty, they stopped showing Knots Landing before I could watch all of that though. I think Bobby was still dead as far as his brother Gary and the Knots cast was concerned.

Christopher’s biological father Jeff Faraday sold him to Bobby (who assumed he was JR’s son and was gonna hand him over till barren Pam saw him and thought he was for her, JR then found out and started blackmailing Bobby). He ended up dead after that, I don’t know how but he was a scumbag, probably murdered. He was very minor, all I remember from him is the scene where he sold Christopher. I think his sister showed up years later and tried to kidnapped the boy.