Yes, I know that one of my bad habits on this blog is writing about the same shows but the way it always works for me is to follow the theme for a while and then move on to another one. I have been re-examining the old prime time soap operas of the 1980's for a while mainly reviewing DALLAS and DYNASTY. Since I have just watched the Season two DVD of Dynasty and the 8^th Season DVD of DALLAS this will be my last mention of these two for a while mainly because these are the most recent volumes of the series and the next season releases won't be for a few months from now…so, we'll start a moratorium on these two series for the foreseeable future. 

Anyways….It is not hard to see why DALLAS went into a decline in the mid-1980's as the 8^th season DVD of DALLAS is abominably boring that it was a true endurance test to get through it. This is stunning as Season 7 was a fantastic season with twists and turns galore. This season featured a very disinteresting series of storylines that were little more of rehashes of prior seasons. Will Cliff outsmart JR? Will Priscilla Presley survive their murder trial? (Jock  did when they first ran this storyline years arlier….and DYNASTY ran the same storyline in 1981) Will Sure Ellen start drinking again? Please. There was not one original idea in this season and the Who Shot Bobby storyline was a disgraceful rehash of Who Shot JR. (When I was a little kid and saw the advertisement for that episode of DALLAS even at a young age I was shocked at how lame of a rehash that was) Worst of all the cliffhanger would set the stage for the deplorable dream sequence season….

The DALLAS shark definitely jumped with this season.

Next time…I will write up the very well done second season of DYNASTY.