The person who shot J.R. Ewing in the television soap opera Dallas was Kristin Shepard, played by Mary Crosby. Kristin was J.R.'s scheming sister-in- law and mistress. She shot him in a fit of anger after he indicated he did not want to continue their affair, despite her pregnancy with his child. This mystery was revealed in the episode titled "Who Done It?" which aired on November 21, 1980, attracting an estimated 83 million viewers and becoming one of the most-watched TV broadcasts in history
. Additionally, in the 2012 sequel series of Dallas , J.R. was shot again, this time fatally. It was later revealed that J.R. himself arranged for Steve "Bum" Jones to shoot him so he could frame his nemesis Cliff Barnes, as J.R. was dying of cancer and wanted to end the family feud
