It turns out that during Season 8 (shown in 1985) there were several episodes that included a sub-plot about Pamela Ewing (Victoria Principal) and Sue Ellen (Linda Gray) flying to Hong Kong so that Pam could seek out her missing, presumed dead, boyfriend, Mark Graison.
I initially believed it was a single episode, but it turns out that the Hong Kong sequences, which also feature a rather young looking Philip Chen as their HK-contact, was spread out over three episodes: Shattered Dreams (21), Dead Ends (22) and Trial and Error (23).
The first view of Hong Kong appears to be midway through Shattered Dreams as we see a plane making its landing at Kai Tak and the two Ewing women disembarking onto the apron to board a HATS transfer bus. I guess this was in the days before private planes (for oil millionaires) became a thing.
Philip Chen in da house
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Happy New Year Buddy. Dallas was huge wasn't it back in the day. I've no memory of this so I'll be interested in watching these episodes.
Same to you. I ended up tracking these down on an old facebook group (used my kid's accounts to view and do screen snips). Can't remember the name of the group but it was something like "Dallas Fans". Came up on a google search.
Happy New Year, Phil. I still watched Dallas in the early-2000s when it was syndicated on cable and shown several times a day. I had no idea Philip Chen in it and I do remember the Mark Grayson storyline. I didn't fancy either Pam or Sue Ellen much, but nice to see Dallas in HK, nonetheless. I always fancied J.R.'s secretary Sly, Pam's sister Katherine and the only female oil cartel member Marilee Stone more than the two leading ladies.
The earlier seasons with Jim Davis as Jock Ewing were incredible and it lost some of the spark after he passed in real life. The line he uttered when he chewed out Bobby is one of life's great lessons. "Nobody gives you power. Real power is something you take!"
Happy new year Rodney, I think you remember a lot more than I do. It was such an obsession in the UK when I was young though. Who shot JR? was such a cultural event. RIP Larry Hagman.
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