A seed got sown in this installment. When Miss Ellie admonishes Sue Ellen and says "Think ahead, Sue Ellen. Think twenty-five or thirty years ahead. I won't be here then... and the fight won't be between J.R. and Bobby. It will be between John Ross and Christopher. Think carefully, Sue Ellen. Your loyalty to your husband is a wonderful thing. But you're a mother too. And where will this all end?" This seed sown is the prelude to the series reboot almost a full three decades later, Dallas (2012).
Production Code: #171118. Filming Dates: November 15-23, 1982.
Last appearance of Priscilla Pointer as Rebecca Wentworth.
Morgan Brittany as Katherine Wentworth becomes a regularly appearing character beginning with this show, metaphorically taking the baton from her mother's hand and proceeding to beat Cliff about the head with it.
Blink and you'll miss Ryan MacDonald in his sole series appearance as Casey, the reporter who informs J.R. his variance was overturned. MacDonald will guest star as Governor Halsey later this year on spinoff series Witness (1983). MacDonald (1930-2020) played many roles but is arguably most fondly remembered as poker buddy Roy in The Odd Couple (1970).