Who Shot JR? from Dallas - Part One

Death of the Reader

Herds and Cam discuss the season finale of Dallas' third season, 'A House Divided', and take a crack at solving the America-wide sensation 'Who Shot JR'? After JR, eldest son of the wealthy Ewing estate executes one too many backdoor oil schemes he is shot twice in the abdomen and left for dead. The episode explores the motivations of the many people who would have reasons to shoot him, whether for financial or personal reasons. From Marilee Stone, whose husband takes his own life in grief, to Alan Beam, attorney at law investigating JR with the help of Kristin Shepard, JR's old flame and sister of his wife Sue Ellen, a woman who according to every trick in film school definitely committed the shooting. All of these and more rear their heads and declare bloody revenge in the charming villain JR.

The boys attempt to sort out this magnanimous soap opera's cast of characters, but will they crumble under the weight of these great expectations? Will Herds execute his own JR-style scheme to steal all of the points he can fit into a burlap sack? Only time (and these episodes) will tell...