READER´S GUIDE OF "EWING EMPIRE"

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ)





1: HOW IS “EWING EMPIRE” RELATED WITH “DALLAS” AND “KNOTS LANDING”?

EWING EMPIRE continues, at the New Millennium, the story of most characters of DALLAS and the family of GARY, VAL and their twins of KL. But the action takes place in the towns of DALLAS and BRADDOCK, as did in the original series.

2: WHY IS THERE NO OLD SOUTHFORK HERE?

The old SOUTHFORK Ranch was destroyed by a long-lasting storm. To worsen things, one of JR´s enemies, JEREMY WENDELL, planted several bombs in the lands around the ranch house, and one of them was not detected, and caused a major disaster at the basements. All this happened in another fanfic placed between DALLAS and EWING EMPIRE. Anyway, the current mansion is the first one used for DALLAS: the BOX RANCH.

3: WHERE IS J.R. EWING?

JR shot himself in DALLAS´s final scene, as appearances indicated. Ruined and abandoned by his family, JR pointed his daddy´s gun at his head and BOBBY heard one shot and came into the room...”Oh my God”, he said.

4: IS “EE” SOMEHOW LINKED TO THE TWO SEQUEL TVM´S?

No, except for the fact that SUE ELLEN and JOHN ROSS also return to DALLAS. In the telemovies, JR didn´t actually shoot himself and also events from the latter seasons were ignored, as well as everything related with the PAMELA character.

5: IS THERE ANY BRAND NEW CHARACTER HERE, MISSING IN THE ORIGINAL SERIES?

Yes, especially one: BARBARA BAXTER SOUTHWORTH (JESSICA LANGE), created for the first fanfic, SOUTHFORK. Adoptive daughter of the EWINGS´ lawyer, HARV SMITHFIELD, she turned out to be the natural daughter of MISS ELLIE´s brother GARRISON. Her appearance eventually became a stroke of luck for the family, on the verge of losing the ranch forever.

Other relevant characters: WILLARD JAMES MONAHAN (DAVID MARSHALL GRANT), CLIFF´s and PAM´s cousin, who had previously appeared in two episodes of DALLAS as JIMMY. He returns to town now as a banker who will resume his friendship with his cousins and the rest of the family.

MADELEINE FARLOW (SUSAN SARANDON): CLAYTON´s third wife and, therefore, stepmother of the EWING brothers. She will appear at late Season 1 of EE.

6: ARE THE MEMBERS OF THE YOUNGEST GENERATION OF “DALLAS” INCLUDED TOO?

Most of them: JOHN ROSS (OMRI KATZ), JR´s and SUE ELLEN´s son; CHRISTOPHER (CHRIS DEMETRAL), KRISTIN SHEPARD´s natural son, adopted by BOBBY and PAM; MARGARET aka MAGGIE (SCARLETT JOHANSSON), daughter of RAY and DONNA KREBBS; PAMELA REBECCA aka BECKIE (DEBORAH KELLNER), daughter of CLIFF and AFTON; BOBBY (JENSEN ACKLES), son of GARY and VALENE, and his twin sister ELIZABETH, also known as BETSY or BETH. Other characters who appear as children: JIMMY, JAMES´s son with his first wife DEBRA LYN; ELEANOR o ELLIE (whose name was never mentioned on DALLAS), daughter of CALLY and JR...PETER, LUCY´s son as a single mother, came from the SOUTHFORK storylines.

For now, we have left on the side some characters who might appear in future stories, such as CHARLIE, JENNA´s daughter, or LUCAS, the illegitimate son of BOBBY and JENNA.

7: HOW DOES THE DREAM SEASON AFFECT THIS SHOW?

No way at all, except for details of the KL characters: for GARY and VAL, logically BOBBY´s death was not a dream, despite of having one of their babies named after him. However, all the events from KL have been respected, including those happened in the BACK TO THE CUL-DE-SAC REUNION. GARY also appeared in a few episodes of SOUTHFORK.

8: HOW COME THAT ALL THE COUPLES ARE SUDDENLY RE-UNITED IN “EE”?

Actually, they were not re-united like that. They were slowly pulling themselves together, as story advanced on SOUTHFORK, which told the 5 years following JR´s death. Soon we will feature the synopses of the episodes of this sequel.

9: IS THE EWING FAMILY STILL IN OIL BUSINESS?

Yes, though they have diversified now and work with other energy sources too. The company is called now EWING ENERGY GROUP and owned by the 10 members of the family as equal partners, by BOBBY´s suggestion. In upcoming episodes the characters will vote for the dissolution of this corporative structure and everyone will run his/her own company.

10: WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN THE END OF “SOUTHFORK” AND THE BEGINNING OF “EE”?

As told in the Pilot of EE, BOBBY and PAM moved to TORONTO, CANADA, where both of them were co-owners of McLISH-EWING OIL. CHRISTOPHER stayed in DALLAS attending school, as did JOHN ROSS. SUE ELLEN ended up returning to ENGLAND with DON LOCKWOOD, though they didn´t re-married. GARY and VAL settled down in SOUTHFORK with the twins, and RAY and DONNA also started over, got married again and inhabited one of the houses part of the current SOUTHFORK. CLIFF wed AFTON and moved to the WENTWORTH Manor, where the BARNESES´ mother used to live. JAMES went through a crisis and finally resumed his friendship with his ex-stepmother CALLY that became a wedding engagement at the end...

And this is the beginning of EWING EMPIRE, as BOBBY and PAM drive back to the new SOUTHFORK Ranch...



Episode 1: BACK TO SOUTHFORK