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Last month, Dallas Decoder critiqued “The Search,” the episode where “Dallas” bids farewell to the great Jim Davis.

Here’s a look at 15 memorable moments featuring the actor and his mighty character, Jock Ewing.

Naming John Ross. The Ewings are in a waiting room at Dallas Memorial Hospital, where Sue Ellen has gone into labor.

A nurse enters and tells J.R. his wife has given birth to a son, prompting a beaming Jock to declare, “John Ross Ewing III!” Did it ever occur to the Ewing patriarch that J.R. and Sue Ellen might want to choose their child’s name themselves?

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Do you think it would’ve mattered to him if they did? (“John Ewing III, Part 2”)

Advising Lucy. The Ewings didn’t always want to hear Jock’s opinion, but usually he was right.

Example: When Lucy (Charlene Tilton) was brooding after a spat with Mitch, Jock told her, “He’s a nice enough boy [but]