Dallas is definitely one of those shows where you have to suspend reality and just go with the flow. The situations presented in the show rarely if ever reflect reality, but it's fun to get caught up in the big cars, big egos, and even bigger hair of it all.

The best part of Dallas: The Complete Eighth Season comes when the Academy Award winning actress Donna Reed turns up in the role of Miss Ellie. Barbara Bel Geddes had left the show after heart surgery and Ms. Reed filled her shoes quite successfully in my opinion. For those accustomed to seeing Donna Reed in sweet unassuming roles such as Mary Bailey in It's A Wonderful Life or Donna Stone on The Donna Reed Show, her glamorous, smarmy portrayal of Miss Ellie will be a surprise. I know some fans are Bel Geddes loyalists, but I think Donna Reed brings a flashy uniqueness to the role.

Dallas: The Complete Eighth Season is presented in full screen format on 5 dual-layer DVD's. The audio is presented in Dolby Digital 2.0. The picture is a bit grainy and I've seen better transfers on shows older than this, but it isn't terrible. The colors are fairly vibrant on all those eighties fashions.

Dallas: The Complete Eighth Season includes a new featurette on the style of Dallas, "Dallas Makeover: Travilla Style," exploring the "new look" brought to this season's stylish fashions by Emmy award winning designer Travilla.

Owners of the previous seven seasons will want to add Dallas: The Complete Eighth Season to their DVD collections.