Season 2 Episode Guide

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Season Information

The season season of the CBS-TV series Dallas is made up of 24 episodes. This is the first full season. The episodes aired from fall of 1978 to the spring of 1979.

Season Summary

Notable guest stars

Several long running Dallas cast members debut during the second season. Most notably Susan Howard, who became a series regular in season five, made her first appearance as Donna Culver. Additionally, Don Starr (Jordan Lee), Fern Fitzgerald (Marielee Stone), Paul Sorensen (Andy Bradley), Robert Ackerman (Wade Luce), Sherill Lynn Rettino (Jackie Dugan), Barbara Babcock (Liz Craig), James Brown (Harry McSween), Karlene Crockett (Muriel Gillis), John Zaremba (Dr. Harlen Danvers), and Meg Gallagher (Louella Caraway Lee) all appeared for the first time. Also: after several short-lived casting attempts, Jeanna Michaels finally joined the cast as Connie Brasher, Bobby's secretary, becoming the final and longest lasting actress in the role.

David Ackroyd and Joan Van Ark appeared as Lucy's parents Gary and Valene Ewing. In 1979, both characters returned in their own series, Dallas spinoff Knots Landing, with Ted Shackleford replacing Ackroyd, and continued to appear in Dallas until the mid '80s. Colleen Camp appeared as Kristin Shepard, a character recast by Mary Crosby the following year, receiving an "also starring" billing. Morgan Fairchild appeared as the first actress to play Jenna Wade, portrayed by series regular Priscilla Presley in later seasons, and Laurie Lynn Myers appeared as Jenna's daughter Charlie, later portrayed by Shalane McCall. Martha Scott appeared in one sole episode as Patricia Shepard, but returned for recurring episodes during seasons 3 and 9.

Cast

Main cast

• Larry Hagman as J.R. Ewing
• Patrick Duffy as Bobby Ewing
• Linda Gray as Sue Ellen Ewing
• Steve Kanaly as Ray Krebbs
• Jim Davis as John Ross (Jock) Ewing
• Barbara Bel Geddes as Miss Ellie Ewing
• Victoria Principal as Pamela Barnes Ewing
• Charlene Tilton as Lucy Ewing

Also starring

• Ken Kercheval as Cliff Barnes (13 episodes)
• Tina Louise as Julie Grey (1 episode)

• Note: Tina Louise is first credited as Guest Star after the opening credits, the following episode with Also Starring status.

Special guest stars

• David Wayne as Willard "Digger" Barnes (2 episodes)
• John McIntire as Sam Culver (1 episode)

Season 2 (1978-79)

• Season 2 consisted of 24 episodes.
• This was the first season to have the 1978-1986 Lorimar logo.

Season 2 episodes
Image	Episode	Title	Written by	Directed by	Original Airdate	# in Series
	1	"Reunion: Part I"	David Jacobs	Irving J. Moore	September 23, 1978	6
Welcome home, Gary. Don't let the door hit you on the way out. Lucy's parents - Ewing sibling Gary and his wife Valene - return to Southfork, setting in motion J.R.'s scheme to drive them off the ranch.
	2	"Reunion: Part II"	David Jacobs	Irving J. Moore	September 30, 1978	7
J.R. lends Gary a hand in business - that's what family is for, right? It's all part of the oil scion's scheme to run his brother out of town. Digger disavows daughter pam because she married Bobby Ewing. A drunken Digger, after another binge, storms onto Southfork, demanding "payment" for Pam, which Jock obliges by tossing him a $100 bill.
	3	"Old Accquaintance"	Camille Marchetta	Alex March	October 7, 1978	8
Bobby's old flame Jenna resurfaces, giving Pam reason to think that perhaps the embers are still burning...and giving J.R. an angle that could be a way to rid the Ewing household of Pam.
	4	"Bypass"	Arthur Bernard Lewis	Corey Allen	October 14, 1978	9
The cardiac crisis of Ewing partriarch Jock brings some perspective to the megabuck ways of the Ewings. But J.R.'s heart remains as stony as ever as he manipulates events to his favor at Ewing Oil.
	5	"Black Market Baby"	Darlene Craviotto	Lawrence Dobkin	October 15, 1978	10
Money can't buy love, but it can perhaps obtain a baby for Sue Ellen Ewing. Eager to provide an heir, she secretly agrees to purchase the child of an unmarried mother-to-be.
	6	"Double Wedding"	Jim inman & Arthur B. Lewin	Paul Stanley	October 21, 1978	11
One thing Pam never told Bobby: she was previously hitched! Her former Mr., Ed Haynes (Robin Clarke), a US Army Vietnam War vet and former POW, resurfaces, saying the marriage was never legally ended - a compromising situation that draws J.R.'s interest.
	7	"Runaway"	Worley Thorne	Barry Crane	October 28, 1978	12
They're throwing a party, she's throwing a tantrum. Upset that her mother is barred form her birthday bash, Lucy flees from Southfork and mistakenly becomes the accomplice and hostage of a con man.
	8	"Election"	Rena Down	Barry Crane	Novembr 5, 1978	13
The Pamela/J.R. rift grows. While she seeks to help her brother Cliff's campaign for political office, J.R. mounts a disinformation campaign targeting Cliff's sexual history.
	9	"Survival"	D.C. & Richard Fontana	Irving J. Moore	November 12, 1978	14
Mayday! J.R. and Bobby struggle to survive after their plane crashes into a swamp. Meanwhile, the Ewing women cling to hope while facing the what ifs? of life without the two oil titans.
	10	"Act of Love"	Leonard Katzman	Corey Allen	November 19, 1978	15
Is the Ewing heir a Ewing? Sue Ellen sees a lot of Cliff Barnes while J.R. is away, but does that mean Cliff is the father of her unborn child? Pamela lets Bobby know she has her own career ideas.
	11	"Triangle"	Camille Marchetta	Vincent McEveety	November 26, 1978	16
Three's a crowd. Ranch foreman Ray seeks hot-blooded vengeance when he find J.R. with the C&W songstress Ray fancies. Lucy aims to use her Ewing connections to bankroll her singing career.
	12	"Fallen Idol"	Arthur Bernard Lewis	Vincent McEveety	December 3, 1978	17
The business of America is business. The business of the Ewings is more business. Bobby forms a construction firm with a college pal. Their proposed first project: a shopping mall...on Southfork.
	13	"Kidnapped"	Camille Marchetta	Lawrence Dobkin	December 17, 1978	18
Kidnap J.R., collect the ransom, lie low and get instantly rich: what could go wrong? the answer is plenty when the abductors mistakenly take Bobby and subsequently face a rescue effort led by J.R.
	14	"Home Again"	Arthur Bernard Lewis	Don McDougail	January 7, 1979	19
Hello, Garrison. Goodbye, inheritance? J.R.'s vemon level rises when Garrison, Ellie's long presumed-dead brother and the rightful heir to Southfork, arrives at the ranch.
	15	"For Love or Money"	Leonard Katzman	Irving J. Moore	January 14, 1979	20
It's over. Done. Time to get a new life. J.R.'s philandering causes Sue Ellen to move in with here mother and sister - and again to seek solace (and perhaps a little revenge) in the arms of the man J.R. loathes.
	16	"Julie's Return"	Rena Down	Les Martinson	January 26, 1979	21
Jock's family treats him like an invaild. His former secretary Julie treats him like a friend. But suspicions abound that because fo the company secrets Julie knows, much more than a friendship is involved.
	17	"The Red File (Part I)"	Arthur Bernard Lewis	Leonard Katzman	February 2, 1979	22
Julie Grey knows where the Ewing Oil skeletons are hidden, and she wants to share that information with Cliff. But Julie ends up tragically dead. And J.R. twists the facts to pin her death on Cliff.
	18	"The Red File (Part II)"	Arthur Bernard Lewis	Leonard Katzman	February 9, 1979	23
Pamela, convinced J.R. framed her brother, leaves Southfork. J.R. must be very happy. But Julie left behind a telltale envelope and key that may unravel J.R. perfect world.
	19	"Sue Ellen's Sister"	Camille Marchetta	Irving J. Moore	February 16, 1979	24
With Pam unwilling to return to Southfork, the Shepard sister turns an amorous eye toward Bobby. The romance would be hurtful to pam. So, naturally, J.R. approves of it.
	20	"Call Girl"	Rena Down	Les Martinson	February 23, 1979	25
Say cheese! J.R. works behind the scenes to capture a photo of Pamela in what appears to be a three-way love nest. But the false scandal tat he hopes will forever divide Pam and Bobby actually reunites them.
	21	"Royal Marriage"	Camille Marchetta	Gunnar Hellstrom	March 9, 1979	26
Do you, Ewing Oil take Mainwaring OIl 'til death do you part? Lucy's engagement to an oil heir bodes well for J.R.'s business -even though he knows the secret that will doom the couple's future.
	22	"The Outsiders"	Leonard Katzman	Dennis Donnelly	March 16, 1979	27
Ranch foreman Ray has spent a lifetime yielding to the Ewings. But now he's in love. And the fact that his inamorata is the wife of a powerful politician that J.R. needs as an ally isn't going to stop him.
	23	"John Ewing III (Part I)"	Camille Marchetta	Leonard Katzman	March 23, 1979	28
Lucy is popping pills. Sue Ellen is hitting the bottle. Bobby tries to help Lucy defect her personal demons. But J.R. takes the most drastic step, placing his pregant wife in a sanatorium.
	24	"John Ewing III (Part II)"	Arthur Bernard Lewis	Leonard Katzman	April 6, 1979	29
Sue Ellen uses a little of the ol' Ewing clout, paying an orderly for booze. She escapes, has a car accident and must have her baby delivered prematurely. Only time and fate will tell if mother or son survives.