Eleanor "Miss Ellie" Southworth Ewing Farlow is a fictional principal character from the CBS soap opera Dallas, a long running serial centered around the lives of the wealthy Ewing family living in Dallas, Texas. Throughout her run, the character remains an important part of the show's structure. Created by writer David Jacobs, the role was originated by screen actress Barbara Bel Geddes in the series pilot episode until her departure in 1985. After Bel Geddes left, she was replaced by movie actress Donna Reed, who would only play the part for one season. Bel Geddes returned at the start of Dallas's next season. She remained on the show until its twelfth season, when she wanted to retire from acting. The character of Miss Ellie was written out following her departure. Bel Geddes also appeared in all the Dallas episodes for 6 1/2 seasons, with the exception of 2, and 1/3 of the episodes at the beginning of the 1983-84 season, due to her recovery from her heart surgery.

Miss Ellie's storylines focus on her families troubles. As the matriarch of the Ewing family, she is portrayed as a strong and loving mother to her family. Miss Ellie's marriage to oil baron Jock Ewing was central to the character for the first few years she appeared on the show, until his death on the program in 1981, following the real life death of actor Jim Davis.

Robert James Ewing, commonly called Bobby Ewing, is a fictional character central to the long running TV soap opera Dallas. The youngest son of Jock and Miss Ellie Ewing, he was portrayed by actor Patrick Duffy between 1978 and 1991, although both the actor and the character left the show briefly during 1985-1986. The show was originally planned to center around Bobby's Romeo and Juliet-style marriage to Pamela Barnes (Victoria Principal), who was from the rival Barnes family. However, the show ended up being centralized around his older brother, J.R. Ewing (Larry Hagman), as it became clear that he was the breakout character.

He was born 16 February 1949 on Southfork, according to his gravestone in season 8's "dream-season".

Bobby was a successful (though reluctant) oil baron, like his father and brother, but he lacked J.R.'s ruthlessness and insisted on playing fair which resulted in his limited success. Bobby could be seen as kind-spirited or naive in what was portrayed as a vicious, cut-throat business. When they weren't at odds with each other, the brothers had many run-ins with his brother in law Cliff Barnes, and later more formidable enemies such as Jeremy Wendell and Carter McKay, successive heads of huge oil conglomerate Westar.