The Ewing Barbecue Podcast

Season 4, Episode 3: Nightmare   Written: Linda Elstad             Directed: Irving J Moore Aired: November 14, 1980   JR is recovering from surgery and cranky af! Sue Ellen is trying to help and only smothering him. Lots of people come to visit JR in the hospital – half of them to laugh at him for being shot. Sue Ellen is wracked with guilt because she keeps dreaming that she’s the one who shot h...

Season 4, Episode 1: No More Mr Nice Guy, pt 1   Written: Arthur Bernard Lewis Directed: Leonard Katzman Aired: November 9, 1980   JR wakes up from surgery. Everyone wants to know WHO DID IT! JR doesn't remember, but Sue Ellen thinks she did it whilst blacked out and girl feels guilty af! Bobby tries to man the phones at Ewing Oil, Cliff is taken "downtown", Gary flies home and Pam... swims in the...

Season 4, Episode 1: No More Mr Nice Guy, pt 1   Written: Arthur Bernard Lewis Directed: Leonard Katzman Aired: November 6, 1980   JR’s been shot! A lot of people are acting sketch. Who did it?!!!   COME ON IN AND BUY US A DRINK!    Bourbon Fund:  https://paypal.me/pools/c/8mmPMHd799 Merch:  www.teespring.com/EwingBBQ Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/EwingBBQ/ Instagram: EwingBBQ Twitter...

Originally aired: March 21, 1980 Directed by: Irving J Moore Written by: Rena Down   The one where JR gets shot.    COME ON IN AND BUY US A DRINK!    Bourbon Fund: https://paypal.me/pools/c/8mmPMHd799 Merch: www.teespring.com/EwingBBQ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/EwingBBQ/ Instagram: EwingBBQ Twitter: BBQEwing

Originally aired: March 14, 1980 Directed by: Alexander Singer Written by: Barbara Searles   JR has some "insider trading" with Ewing Oil's investment in Asia. So, he gets a little sketch (like usual). Cliff finds something interesting in Digger's old stuff.  Pam becomes obsessed with finding out info about her dead mother.  Jock and Miss Ellie visit Jock's first wife Amanda (cue "Amanda" by Bosto...

Originally aired: February 28, 1980 Directed by: Irving J Moore Written by: Arthur Bernard Lewis   Jock is arrested for Skeletor's murder.  Digger is dying. Jock confronts Miss Ellie about Matt Devlin.  Scotty the Pimp Lawyer comes to the rescue!  Some TEA IS SPILLED!!!    COME ON IN AND BUY US A DRINK!    Bourbon Fund: https://paypal.me/pools/c/8mmPMHd799 Merch: www.teespring.com/EwingBBQ Faceboo...

Season 3, Episode 22: Jock's Trial, Pt 1   Originally aired: February 22, 1980 Directed by: Irving J Moore Written by: Arthur Bernard Lewis   Cliff is determined to get to the bottom of Skeletor's murder. Local police are pretty against it, as they obviously don't want to deal with any drama from the Ewings.  Digger is super sick, Lucy decides to date her Prof (OF COURSE SHE DOES!!!), and Miss Ell...

Season 3, Episode 21: Divorce Ewing Style   Originally aired: February 15, 1980 Directed by: Leonard Katzman Written by: Leonard Katzman   To celebrate JR and Sue Ellen's 9th wedding anniversary, Sue Ellen is planning to leave him. So, of course, she basically tells him straight out her plan (girl!), oh and she also throws a surprise anniversary party at Southfork. Kristin has NO chill about the p...

Season 3, Episode 20: Second Choices.   JR wants Alan Beam to marry Lucy and gtfo of Texas so he doesn't have to worry about her parents dropping by anymore (dude is PARANOID!) Alan is all about it, but Lucy just is NOT that into it anymore. Too much Beam Skin Rug for her taste. Girl has actually finally fallen in love with school! She wants to get into her PJs, make a blanket fort and read Madame...

This episode should be named "Choices", since everyone is making a choice, not just Sue Ellen. Ray: will he stay with Donna? Bobby: will he start an affair with Jenna? Pam: will she try to save her marriage? Sue Ellen: will she leave JR for Dusty? JR: will he say something hilarious and awful that will make someone want to shoot him?   Join us whilst we contemplate these choices and also randomly...

Season 3, Episode 18: Jenna’s Return Pam’s boss makes Pam fly to Paris for the weekend, which pisses Bobby off. In the airport, whilst dropping Pam off, he runs into his first love Jenna Wade! Bobby spends the entire weekend hanging out and maybe making out with his ex! Meanwhile, Ray and Donna are basically the couple from Paula Abdul’s “Opposite’s Attract” song. (Wait… does that make Ray MC Skat...

JR and Alan Beam pull the plug on Cliff's campaign at about the same time that Digger gets crunk and spills the tea to a reporter that Sue Ellen and JR's baby is really Cliff's baby! Cliff, fresh out of faks, not only does not deny it, but screams it into the void - and Mofo sues for custody! Lawd! Thus, the episode turns into an episode of Jerry Springer. Tune in to see WHO. IS. THE FATHER. of Ba...

We go DISCO ROLLERSKATING in this episode!!!!  Kristin discovers Lucy's affair with Alan Beam and brings the information to J.R.  J.R. sees a way to turn Alan's romance to his own advantage.  Did I mention disco rollerskating?   JOIN US, WON'T YOU? The Ewing Barbecue socials: Bourbon Fund: https://paypal.me/pools/c/8mmPMHd799 Merch: www.teespring.com/EwingBBQ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gro...

WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS Just the girls spill the tea, talk trash, and let fly all the spoilers when we just basically rant about Dallas for an hour. 

S3, Ep 15 Love and Marriage   J.R. tries to convince Jock to send Bobby back to Ewing Oil instead of coming back to work himself, because he can't handle Jock being all up in his business. Pam spends more time at the store as a distraction from dealing with her feelings about her miscarriage. Bobby is mad that she has a life outside of him. They fight about it a lot. J.R. arranges for Pam to get L...

JR takes Kristin on vacation for the weekend. When JR flirts and stays out all night with another woman, Kristin seeks revenge.  Meanwhile, Gary and Val, who are secretly living in Dallas, decide to get married. They just totally forget to invite their daughter... what's her name again? No one knows.     JOIN US, WON'T YOU? The Ewing Barbecue socials: Bourbon Fund: https://paypal.me/pools/c/8mmPMH...

As much as Sue Ellen has gotten her life more together, she's still avoiding her new baby son John.   All this comes to a head when Sue Ellen is confronted by Cliff, Lucy and realizes that Pam is taking over Mom duties for her.  No one puts Sue Ellen in a corner!    JOIN US, WON'T YOU? The Ewing Barbecue socials: Bourbon Fund: https://paypal.me/pools/c/8mmPMHd799 Merch: www.teespring.com/EwingBBQ...

J.R. is caught from all sides when a typhoon delays the oil drilling in Asia as his bank loan becomes due, then Bobby discovers that J.R. has mortgaged Southfork ranch. Uht oh!  Miss Ellie is NOT happy in this episode and just might cutabitch.    JOIN US, WON'T YOU? The Ewing Barbecue socials: Bourbon Fund: https://paypal.me/pools/c/8mmPMHd799 Merch: www.teespring.com/EwingBBQ Facebook: https://ww...

JR continues to work with Alan Beam to fool Cliff into running for Congress (and quitting the OLM) by fighting with him in public. This is catnip for Lucy who stalks Alan and asks him out. Alan sees this as his ticket to move on up to the East Side to a deluxe apartment in the sky.   Meanwhile, Cliff seems to only want to run for Congress to win back Sue Ellen. Sue Ellen who can’t let herself beli...

Dusty and Sue Ellen have a private meeting. Miss Ellie and Digger have a private meeting.  Ellie deals with post surgery trauma and her new normal body.    JOIN US, WON'T YOU?   The Ewing Barbecue socials: Bourbon Fund: https://paypal.me/pools/c/8mmPMHd799 Merch: www.teespring.com/EwingBBQ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/EwingBBQ/ Instagram: EwingBBQ Twitter: BBQEwing Speakpipe: www. Spe...

S3 E09 Mastectomy Part 1 Miss Ellie knows something is wrong with her body, but her doctors do not listen to her. She advocates for herself and finally they agree to do more testing. Turns out she was correct and knew her own body the whole time - she has breast cancer. Sue Ellen stalks Dusty, meanwhile, Dusty stalks Sue Ellen.  Jock, who has the worst timing in the world, decides NOW is a great t...

S3, 08 Rodeo The Ewing’s are having their annual Rodeo (though this is the first time we’ve seen one and we’re in Season 3…) Sue Ellen has a meet cute with one of the Rodeo contender’s Dusty Farlow while shopping in Braddock. There’s a lot of long glances and giggles. Is this Twilight? Is he a sparkly vampire? (He does have a lot of oiled up chest moments in this episode, so maybe.) JR notices and...

S3, E07 The Lost Child  Bobby is super excited to be a father! So excited, in fact, that he befriends the son of one of Southfork’s new ranch hands. He treats the boy Luke like his own and it’s pretty adorable. Pam, who still hasn’t told him about the Neurofibromatosis, is worried and anxious the whole episode. Meanwhile, Sue Ellen suddenly seems a whole lot better! Girl is seeing a therapist and...

S3, E06 Dove Hunt You guys, Miss Ellie has a lump!!! She's so freaked out about it that she won't tell anyone. Jock, whose been married to her for 40+ years, knows something's up and won't let it drop until she's like, "Hey, why don't you boys all get out of the house and go... like, Dove Hunting or something!?!!!"  JR's eyes couldn't have rolled farther back into his head until he hears that RAY...

S3, E05 The Kristin Affair Kristin has her eyes on her big sister's husband, JR. JR is totally into a 19 year old having eyes on him. Sue Ellen is going to burn this whole town to the ground. JR is also trying to drill for oil in the literal sense (in addition to the metaphorical one...). Since Cliff is cockblocking all his efforts in Texas, he decides to take the risk to bid on some oil fields in...