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"Who Done It" is the fourth episode in the fourth season (1980–1981) of the television series ''Dallas''. The episode was written by Loraine Despres, and revealed who shot J.R. Ewing (played by Larry Hagman) in the third season finale, "A House Divided". The perpetrator's fate was revealed in the subsequent episode one week later. ==Overview== For an eight-month-long period of media frenzy after the broadcast of "A House Divided" episode (wherein ''Dallas'' archvillain J.R. Ewing was shot by an unidentified perpetrator while working in his office), international oddsmakers created a set of odds for the possible culprits. The favorite was Dusty Farlow, who was Sue Ellen Ewing's lover (Sue Ellen being J.R.'s wife), with odds installed at 6:4. Sue Ellen herself was given 25:1 odds, as was J.R.'s mother Miss Ellie Ewing. At 4:1 were Sue Ellen's sister and her husband's mistress, Kristin Shepard and banker Vaughn Leland, who fell victim to a J.R. swindle. After Sue Ellen's fingerprints were found on the gun in subsequent episodes she became the favorite at 3 to 1 according to some oddsmakers, while others listed Kristin and Cliff Barnes as favorites (Cliff being J.R.'s rival from childhood). J.R. Ewing is a fictional character that William K. Stevens of ''The New York Times'' described as "the nastiest man on television, the Iago of Texas oilmen, the smiling snake of a star of Friday night TV's ''Dallas'', a man so venal, so low, so mean, so diabolical that he has become an absolute delight to an estimated quarter of a billion viewers around the globe." His ''New York Times'' colleague John J. O'Connor described him as "the eldest son of the oil-rich Ewing family..." who is "...a sadistic bully and a swindler" that "captured the public's imagination". Prior to the episode, there were numerous people to suspect for the attempted murder: *Sue Ellen Ewing (Linda Gray), J.R.'s wife: J.R. had threatened to reinstitutionalize her for her bout with alcoholism.〔 *Kristin Shepard (Mary Crosby), J.R.'s ex-mistress and Sue Ellen's sister: J.R. broke his promise to marry her and gave her 24 hours to leave town.〔 J. R. threatened to have her framed for prostitution in response to business pressure she put on him. *Dusty Farlow (Jared Martin), Sue Ellen's lover: Supposedly killed in a plane crash. *Vaughn Leland (Dennis Patrick), J.R.'s business partner: J.R. swindled him out of $20 million (US$ million in dollars). *Miss Ellie Ewing (Barbara Bel Geddes), J.R.'s mother: J.R. mortgaged the family ranch, unbeknownst to his parents, and had plans to drill for oil on the property.〔 *Cliff Barnes (Ken Kercheval), J.R.'s brother-in-law (through his sister's marriage to Bobby Ewing) and business rival: His father Digger Barnes was swindled by J.R.'s father Jock Ewing out of his half of their combined oil company (Digger's side of the story; Jock claimed he had kept the company in his name due to Digger's recklessness),〔 leaving him penniless except for some oil wells that J.R. had shut down.〔 *Alan Beam (Randolph Powell), Political fixer: Beam knew too much, making him expendable. After J.R. tried to extinguish him, he had motive.〔 *Marilee Stone (Fern Fitzgerald), widow of a business associate: Husband committed suicide as a result of business dealings with J.R.〔 *Bobby Ewing (Patrick Duffy), mild-mannered brother: Sibling rival, who is fed up with J.R.'s handling of family business and slights to Bobby's wife.〔 Although generally regarded as somewhat of a rival of J.R. in the fictional world of ''Dallas'', Gary Ewing (Ted Shackelford) was not a suspect due to his activity in the related fictional ''Knots Landing'' world. Similarly, Lucy Ewing (Charlene Tilton) had an alibi provided by liaisons with a married college professor. In order to preserve secrecy before the episode aired, multiple endings were filmed, including the aforementioned characters each firing the gun. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Who Done It (Dallas)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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