Knot's Landing Complete First Season 5 DVD Set

CBS produced fourteen seasons of KNOT'S LANDING, which began as a spin-off from DALLAS. Built around the character Gary Ewing (Ted Shackelford), a recovering alcoholic and brother of Dallas' scheming J.R. Ewing (Larry Hagman), Knots Landing is set on a cul-de-sac in a seemingly peaceful neighborhood of modest houses. Gary, one might recall from several episodes of Dallas, is the black sheep of the Ewing clan. His marriage to the mousy Val (Joan Van Ark) was sabotaged by J.R., and their troubled teenage daughter came to live with J.R. and his parents on their expansive ranch. Knots Landing begins with Gary and Val making a fresh start on the West Coast. If their second try at marriage works, they reckon, their daughter can come live with them in a stable environment. Gary, who wants nothing to do with the Ewing oil business, takes a job selling classic cars for his new neighbor, Sid Fairgate (Don Murray). But he reluctantly becomes embroiled, along with Val, in several local issues, the most complicated being J.R.'s plans to drill for oil just off the shore of Gary's adopted community. (Hagman, as a guest star, brings a lot of fun to that episode with his affable villainy.) It doesn't take long, however, for other major characters in Knots Landing to emerge as fascinating people in their own right, with no relationship to Ewing history except friendship with Gary and Val. In fact, Sid and his wife Karen (Michele Lee) are, arguably, the strongest characters in the first season, a couple with such strong underpinnings that their arguments inevitably result in a tighter union. Lee's performance, overall, is the best on the show, and several episodes (that look nothing like a primetime soap opera) are clearly written to spotlight her talent.



The plot followed Gary Ewing (Ted Shackelford) as he moved to Southern California, escaping the overbearing attentions of the Ewing clan. But in the community of Knot's Landing, Gary finds more strife as he encounters the various characters who live in the area, including his boss, Sid Fairgate (Don Murray); Sid's wife, Karen (Michele Lee); record industry bigwig Kenny Ward (James Houghton) and his wife, Ginger (Kim Lankford); and attorney Richard Avery (John Pleshette) and his wife, Laura (Constance McCashin). This entire first season of the show is collected here., This DALLAS spin-off tracks the exploits of oil scion Gary Ewing and his backbiting neighbors in Southern California.