An Updated ‘Dallas’ Takes on the Battle Between Fracking and Alternative Fuels

The writers have reconstituted the feuds of the second generation of Ewings as an allegory about clean energy versus fossil fuels: Bobby’s sweet, well-meaning son, Christopher (Jesse Metcalfe), has turned his back on drilling and wants to develop methane hydrates as an energy source. He spends a lot of time on Skype with Chinese scientists. “I know that I can make Ewing Alternative Energies the next Exxon,” he tells his proud father.

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