For the first time since the Second Season (formerly known as Season 1), the main title cast drops down to 8.
Starting with this episode, the 30 second teaser before the main titles (which had been present since the first episode) was replaced with a 30 second 'Last on Dallas' segment which recapped the previous episode. The actual teaser for the current episode would now be seen at the end of the previous episode on an equally new 30 second 'Next On Dallas' segment, placed between the end of the episode and the end credits (albeit these teasers had less obvious spoilers than what the 'Last on Dallas' ones would). This meant every episode now had two teasers, book-ending the end of the previous episode and the beginning of the next.