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==''Knots Landing''/''Dallas'' crossovers==
===Episodes===
Between seasons 1 and 4 of ''Knots Landing'', there were nine episodes where ''Dallas'' characters appeared, played by their respective actors.

;Season 1 (1979–80 season)
* Episode 1: "Pilot". Guest starring [[Patrick Duffy]] as [[Bobby Ewing]].
* Episode 2: "Community Spirit". Guest starring [[Larry Hagman]] as [[J. R. Ewing]].
* Episode 6: "Home is For Healing" Guest starring [[Charlene Tilton]] as [[Lucy Ewing]].
;Season 2 (1980–81 season)
* Episode 5: "Kristin". Guest starring [[Mary Crosby]] as [[Kristin Shepard]].
* Episode 9: "A Family Matter". Guest starring [[Larry Hagman]] as [[J. R. Ewing]].
* Episode 13: "The Loudest Word". Guest starring [[Patrick Duffy]] as [[Bobby Ewing]].
* Episode 17: "Designs". Guest starring [[Larry Hagman]] as [[J. R. Ewing]].
;Season 4 (1982–83 season)
* Episode 1-5: Recurring role [[Harry Northup]] as [[Wayne Harkness]]. 
* Episode 2: "Daniel". Guest starring [[Larry Hagman]] as [[J. R. Ewing]].
* Episode 6: "New Beginnings". Guest starring [[Larry Hagman]] as [[J. R. Ewing]], [[Patrick Duffy]] as [[Bobby Ewing]] and Eric Farlow as [[Christopher Ewing]]. This episode of ''Knots Landing'' was a direct sequel to the ''Dallas'' episode "Jock's Will", which aired on the same evening.

'''In addition to the above, the characters of Gary and Valene Ewing appeared in the following episodes of ''Dallas'', as listed below.'''

;Season 2 (1978–79 season)
* Episode 1: "Reunion, Part I". Featuring [[David Ackroyd]] as [[Gary Ewing]] and [[Joan Van Ark]] as [[Valene Ewing|Valene Clements]]
* Episode 2: "Reunion, Part II". Featuring [[David Ackroyd]] as [[Gary Ewing]] and [[Joan Van Ark]] as [[Valene Ewing|Valene Clements]]
;Season 3 (1979–80 season)
* Episode 4: "Secrets". Featuring [[Joan Van Ark]] as [[Valene Ewing|Valene Clements]]
* Episode 14: "Return Engagements". Featuring [[Ted Shackelford]] as [[Gary Ewing]] and [[Joan Van Ark]] as [[Valene Ewing|Valene Clements]]
;Season 4 (1980–81 season)
* Episode 1: "No More Mister Nice Guy, Part I". Featuring [[Ted Shackelford]] as [[Gary Ewing]] and [[Joan Van Ark]] as [[Valene Ewing]]
* Episode 2: "No More Mister Nice Guy, Part II". Featuring [[Ted Shackelford]] as [[Gary Ewing]]
* Episode 12: "End of the Road, Part II". Featuring [[Ted Shackelford]] as [[Gary Ewing]] and [[Joan Van Ark]] as [[Valene Ewing]]
;Season 5 (1981–82 season)
* Episode 8: "The Split". Featuring [[Ted Shackelford]] as [[Gary Ewing]] and [[Joan Van Ark]] as [[Valene Ewing]]
* Episode 9: "Five Dollars a Barrel". Featuring [[Ted Shackelford]] as [[Gary Ewing]]
;Season 6 (1982–83 season)
* Episode 5: "Jock's Will". Featuring [[Ted Shackelford]] as [[Gary Ewing]]. This episode of ''Dallas'' was directly followed by an episode of ''Knots Landing'' on the same evening titled "New Beginnings"
;Season 9 (1985–86 season)
* Episode 1: "The Family Ewing". Featuring [[Ted Shackelford]] as [[Gary Ewing]]
;Season 10 (1986–87 season)
* Episode 11: "Proof Positive". No ''Knots Landing'' characters appear in this episode, but the set normally used as [[Karen MacKenzie]]'s ([[Michele Lee]]) kitchen doubles as a set in a movie featuring [[List of Dallas (1978 TV series) characters#Mandy Winger|Mandy Winger]] ([[Deborah Shelton]])
;Season 12 (1988–89 season)
* Episode 14: "Comings and Goings". Featuring [[Joan Van Ark]] as [[Valene Ewing|Valene Clements]] in uncredited archive footage
; Season 14 (1990–91 season)
* Episode 22: "[[Conundrum (Dallas)|Conundrum]]". Featuring [[Ted Shackelford]] as [[Gary Ewing]] and [[Joan Van Ark]] as [[Valene Ewing|Valene Wallace]]

===The death of Bobby Ewing===
On ''[[Dallas (TV series)|Dallas]]'', the character of [[Bobby Ewing]] ([[Patrick Duffy]]) was killed off in the final episode of the [[Dallas (1978 TV series, season 8)|1984–85 season]]. The following year, Duffy decided to return to ''Dallas'' and the character of Bobby was resurrected in the infamous "shower scene" at the end of the [[Dallas (1978 TV series, season 9)|1985–86 season]]. At the start of the [[Dallas (1978 TV series, season 10)|1986–87 season]], it was revealed that Bobby's death and all but the final scene of the 1985–86 season had been a dream of Bobby's ex-wife, [[Pamela Barnes Ewing]] ([[Victoria Principal]]).

On ''Knots Landing'' during the 1985–86 season, Bobby's death had an indelible impact on some of the characters (i.e. Gary struggling to deal with his brother's death and being comforted by his wife Abby, Abby and Greg then taking advantage of Gary's absence to control development of Empire Valley, and Valene naming her baby son after the late Bobby). When Bobby's death and the subsequent season were revealed to be a dream on ''Dallas'', this did not get applied to the continuity of ''Knots Landing'' and Bobby's return was simply never addressed or even mentioned afterwards. Following this, no further crossover storylines were featured on ''Knots Landing''.

===''Dallas'' (2012 TV series)===
With the [[Dallas (2012 TV series)|2012 continuation]] of ''Dallas'', rumors began surfacing that both Joan Van Ark and Ted Shackelford would reprise their roles as Valene and Gary Ewing on the new series. Shackelford passed on the small role the producers offered him during the first season, but accepted a multi-episode role during the second. Shackelford returned to ''Dallas'' for three episodes and Van Ark returned for one. This was the first time the characters had been seen since the 1997 miniseries ''[[Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac]]''. Although both Shackelford and Van Ark appeared in the 1991 series finale of ''Dallas'' playing "alternative" versions of Gary and Valene (the episode depicted an alternate reality in which J. R. Ewing had never been born), there have been no real crossovers of story or characters from ''Knots Landing'' to ''Dallas'' or vice versa since the 1985–86 season of each show (which, on ''Dallas'', turned out to be a dream had by [[Pam Ewing]]). In the 2013 ''Dallas'' storyline, it is made clear that Gary and Val had still been living together at their home in California, though had recently separated due to Gary's brief relapse into alcoholism due to financial worries. At the end of their appearances on the new series of ''Dallas'', Gary and Val return to California together.