Family: The Ewings Show: "Dallas" How
they got rich: Ewing Oil (est. 1930), which spawned Ewing Enterprises,
Ewing Construction, Ewing Refineries, and infighting galore Dollars
and sense: Patriarch Jock Ewing wrested the business out of non-family
hands, subsequently paving the ... moreway for the family's good life. Southfork Ranch,
the clan's homestead, boasts acres of lush, green land and a pool, as well as
the gracious mansion. Trouble was, someone's always got to claim their piece of
the pie. An illegitimate son here, a wronged former oilman's relative there, and
Jock's oldest and wiliest son, J.R., can't get a restful night's sleep. No
wonder his wife, Sue Ellen, drank. And fired. Close