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    Blood on their boots

    The verdict on this week's Dallas: Guilty of perplexing subplots and not enough Larry Hagman

    Elaine Liner
    By Elaine Liner
    Feb 18, 2013 | 11:36 pm
    Emma Bell and Judith Light on TNT's Dallas
    Emma Bell and Judith Light on TNT's Dallas.
    Photo courtesy of TNT

    There was blood on everybody’s boots in this week’s episode of Dallas on TNT. But the spatter that mattered was on the boots of the Second Mrs. Bobby Ewing, Ann (Brenda Strong). After Bobby (Patrick Duffy) tried to take the rap for the shooting of Ann’s evil ex, Harris Ryland (Mitch Pileggi), Ann marched in her sock feet to the police department and offered up her bloodstained footwear as evidence that she was the real shooter.

    Cut to a month later and Ann’s trial for attempted murder, with all the important Ewings and Rylands looking on (plus a guy on the jury who looked a lot like Louis C.K).

    This was Larry Hagman’s penultimate episode as J.R. Ewing and also marked his last, all-too-brief scene (only a phone call) with Ken Kercheval’s character, Cliff Barnes. After next week, the show moves toward J.R.’s funeral on March 11. (Hagman died last Thanksgiving.)

    This was Larry Hagman’s penultimate episode as J.R. Ewing and also marked his last, all-too-brief scene.

    Here’s what we saw in this week’s installment, titled “Trial and Error,” written by John Whelpley and directed by Millicent Shelton.

    Perplexing plot points: Scheming against Elena Ramos (Jordana Brewster), J.R.’s son John Ross (Josh Henderson) set up Elena’s truck driver brother, Drew (Kuno Becker), who was arrested and jailed in Waco for transporting stolen goods. Something about morals clauses will get Elena fired from Ewing Energies and clear the way for John Ross to drill on Henderson land. This makes Cliff Barnes happy. Snore.

    Is there a Dr. House in the house? The hospital where Harris Ryland was recovering from his gunshot wound looked a lot like the set where Dr. House practiced medicine, all sliding glass doors-y.

    Moments that make us miss Mr. Hagman: J.R. Ewing drinking coffee and scrolling through his iPad on the porch at SouthFork. J.R. counseling John Ross not to be so mean to people. J.R. barking at Cliff: “You go to hell, Barnes!” J.R. saying, “We dinosaurs are known to bite.”

    Best line not uttered by J.R. this week: “John Ross is as ‘Mack-a-valian’ as his father,” said Cliff Barnes.

    Best tweet from @RealJREwing during the show: “What's this garbage Cliff is feeding me? He says my son turned on me? That man's crazier than a bag of cats.” (Actor Kercheval live-tweets as @KenKercheval during every episode too.)

    Hair report: Awesome use of a plastic hair clip on the up-do of Sue Ellen (Linda Gray) during the courthouse scenes.

    Jesse Metcalf, playing Bobby’s son Christopher, kept his shirt on the whole hour. That’s gotta hurt ratings.

    The unbearable lightness of Judith: Actress Judith Light, still playing Harris’ suffocating mom, Judith, as though she’s Violet Venable in Tennessee Williams’ Suddenly Last Summer, took the witness stand at Ann Ewing’s trial. She told how Ann, hopped up on pills and booze, abandoned baby daughter Emma (now the grown-up and very doe-eyed Emma Bell) at the State Fair one hot autumn day.

    “Some people shouldn’t have goldfish, let alone children,” testified Judith, mouth pursed like she’d just sipped a vinegar cocktail. And why was this bitter harpy called as a character witness? Because she’s a character.

    Local face onscreen: Dallas stage actor Rick Espaillat had a nice moment as a forensic doctor testifying about bullet wounds.

    Smooch-fu this week: Not a pucker. And Jesse Metcalf, playing Bobby’s son Christopher, kept his shirt on the whole hour. That's gotta hurt ratings.

    Verdict: For Ann Ewing, guilty. They carted her off to the hoosegow at the end of the hour as Bobby whispered, “Everything’s gonna work out.” Easy for him to say. The episode itself was guilty of vague subplots, some held over from last season. Shouldn’t Christopher’s ex, Pamela Barnes (Julie Gonzalo), have had those twins by now? She’s barely showing.

    Still praying for: More original Dallas characters to return. Victoria Principal as Pam Ewing. Maybe holograms of Miss Ellie and Jock. J.R.’s funeral scene reportedly brings back black sheep Knots Landing spin-off brother Gary Ewing (Ted Schackelford) and J.R.’s child bride Cally (Cathy Podewell) for cameos.

    Coming up: TV Guide says Deborah Shelton, who played “Mandy Winger” on Dallas for three seasons in the 1980s, might be due for a visit to Southfork soon. And Sue Ellen might be canoodling with Gary at J.R.’s funeral.

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    New episodes of Dallas air on Mondays at 8 pm on cable’s TNT, with frequent reruns. You can also play Rise to Power, a Dallas video game on the TNT web site.

    Emma Bell and Judith Light on TNT's Dallas.

    Emma Bell and Judith Light on TNT's Dallas
      
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    Emma Bell and Judith Light on TNT's Dallas.
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    Movie Review

    Dark comedy Friendship covers male bonding with copious cringing

    Alex Bentley
    May 16, 2025 | 4:16 pm
    Tim Robinson and Paul Rudd in Friendship
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    Tim Robinson and Paul Rudd in Friendship.

    Comedian Tim Robinson has gained a cult following thanks to series like Detroiters and I Think You Should Leave, in which his brand of cringe comedy is on full display. The former Saturday Night Live writer/performer has had a few small movie roles over the years, but he’s now getting his first starring role in the off-kilter Friendship.

    Robinson plays Craig, a mild-mannered suburbanite with a wife, Tami (Kate Mara) and son, Steven (Jack Dylan Grazer). Craig has a boring life that involves little more than going to his middle manager job while wearing the same clothes day after day, anticipating the next Marvel movie, and helping Tami out with her at-home floral business.

    He gets a jolt of energy when Austin (Paul Rudd) moves into the neighborhood. The two men seem to hit it off, with Austin - a weatherman at a local TV channel - even taking Craig on a couple of impromptu adventures. But when Craig commits a couple of faux pas at a group gathering at Austin’s house, their bond starts to fracture.

    Even though the film is written and directed by Andrew DeYoung, it’s clear that Robinson had a big influence on the style of comedy it features. There are no big set pieces with a slew of jokes coming one after another. Instead, the film forces the audience to try to vibe with the very particular type of wavelength it’s giving off, one that could almost be called anti-comedy for the way the laughs come out of left field.

    The 100-minute film is full of random comedic moments, like Steven kissing Tami on the lips, Craig being obsessed with his plain brown clothes, a group sing-along, and more. More often than not, it’s the way Craig reacts to both normal and abnormal situations that gets the laughs. The character is needy and oblivious, two traits that combine to make many of his actions cringeworthy.

    Perhaps most importantly for this type of movie, there are many things in the story that go unexplained or don’t make sense. Seemingly crucial elements are brought up only to fade away just as quickly, while other parts that appeared to be throwaway sections get callbacks later in the film. DeYoung and Robinson are determined to keep the audience on their toes the entire time, never knowing what to expect next.

    Robinson has the perfect face for a story like this, one that’s bland enough to blend into the background but memorable enough to sell the jokes. His demeanor is also excellent, never becoming too expressive, even when he gets angry. With long hair, a mustache, and a certain swagger, Rudd is a great complement to Robinson. Only in a film like this would an everyman like Rudd be considered the suave and cool one.

    There will be some that will see Friendship and come away wondering what the hell they just watched. But anyone who goes in knowing that they’re about to witness a comedy that challenges their sensibilities will likely have a great time.

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    Friendship is now playing in select theaters.

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