DVD Review: Dallas - The Complete Eleventh Season - Page 2

How will it all end? Poorly, of course, since the writers were all high. There were a lot of moments in this season that could have had great potential.  Alas, nothing really comes out of them. Instead, we get a lot of lousy subplots ripped right from other, more popular movies and shows of the time. This is how you really drive a once great prime time show into the ground, kids: start stealing subplots from other projects.  Boo.  On the plus side, this is the season in which a young Brad Pitt appears as Jenna’s daughter’s boyfriend, Randy (episodes 13, 14, 16, and 20).

Warner Home Video unleashes all 30 episodes of Dallas - The Complete Eleventh Season onto three double-sided discs (with five eps per side). The quality of these episodes weren’t the best to begin with, but are an even bigger disappointment here since so many of them have been crammed into each disc. At times, the source material looks like it could have been taken from a video master (clearly no restoration has been made), and the prints contain a lot of dirt and whatnot as well. Sound-wise, get ready to crank up that stereo, since the only option is the original English mono track. English (SDH) subtitles and closed captioning are available.

No special features adorn this release. It’s probably just as well because, had they interviewed the cast or crew, they more than likely would have said, “I think the writers were high when they wrote these episodes.”

Recommended for diehard fans, completionists, and terminally bored housewives who can’t get SOAPnet or who like to fantasize about a young Brad Pitt.

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