The premiere episode of the 14th season of Dallas — it's not a reboot, mind you, but a continuation 20 years removed — begins much like the first-ever episode that kick-started the five-part miniseries that was season 1.
It begins with a marriage.
The marriage has everything and nothing to do with the grander plot. It’s a muted statement of affection in the Southfork universe that is buttressed by hate and distress, and it’s a single chess move in an as yet unseen game with more players than you'll care to remember by the halfway mark of the season. Christopher Ewing (Jesse Metcalfe), the son of Patrick Duffy's gold-hearted Bobby Ewing, is the soon-to-be groom of Rebecca (Julie Gonzalo), mirroring in reverse the marriage between Bobby and Pam Ewing at the very start of the original series.
This article appears in Jun 21-27, 2012.