The Ewings are a wealthy oil baron family, living on the ranch Southfork outside Dallas, Texas. Oldest son JR runs the family oil business and is as ruthless and scheming as they come. Brother Bobby has married Pamela Barnes, member of the rival Barnes family, creating friction in the family.
Better than your average soap opera, not that this says too much. Decent plots, solid performances, plot actually move forward rather than go around in circles, great production values. Also, unique for a soap opera, the plots are not all about romance and relationships but often about business, in particular the family oil business.
There's still a lot of the stereotypical soap opera nonsense - relationships that keep changing for the sake of changing - but it's still quite interesting.
Better than your average soap opera, not that this says too much. Decent plots, solid performances, plot actually move forward rather than go around in circles, great production values. Also, unique for a soap opera, the plots are not all about romance and relationships but often about business, in particular the family oil business.
There's still a lot of the stereotypical soap opera nonsense - relationships that keep changing for the sake of changing - but it's still quite interesting.