To sum it up I enjoyed this show. Performance, storyline, it was entertaining and intriguing. Sad they're not continuing the show. Left me hanging miserably for the next season.

Don't know if today's evening TV viewing audience is ready for another "Dallas" or "Dynasty" type show, but here is comes with "Blood & Oil". Don Johnson (Miami Vice) returns to prime time as oil tycoon Hap Briggs, with a family (Amber Valletta, Scott Michael Foster and Miranda Rae Mayo) full of angst and ready for trouble. Johnson also executive producers with others, and luckily he managers to keep out of his own way while on screen. Playing the innocent card, and ripe for "oil creed picking," are the sexy Chase Crawford (Gossip Girl) and his innocence TV wife Rebecca Rittenhouse (Red Band Society). The writing is on the wall regarding the marriage of these families, so get ready for turmoil. As "Blood & Oil" is nighttime drama, the series writers are moving a mile a minute, tossing out and crossing story lines like there is no tomorrow. At this point, the series concept appears plausible. However, many of the sets are too perfect and sometime incorrect (i.e. the hotel Crawford initially stays in appears run down, yet inside the room is extremely large and the bathroom is spa like). For now I'm sticking around to see what happens next in North Dakota.

This takes place in current times, I assume. Based on episode one I felt that I was back in the 1880's of some western town with dirt roads going through the middle of the town, drunkards out in the streets and in the bars, and completely confusing. You've got two young kids coming out to North Dakota that don't know anything about oil and all of a sudden they're making big oil deals and know all about the facts of what's been going on with Don Johnson's big plan to get rights to drill for oil on an Indian reservation. I don't know if Don Johnson's character is supposed to be from North Dakota, but I assume so since he has amassed this big oil rig and land. If he is from ND you can't tell it by his accent. Definitely no North Dakota accent at all going on...in fact, I don't think I heard any ND accents in the show. Just another little thing they overlooked.Don't think I can take an episode 2, BUT --There was a song played (partly) in the middle of the episode that sounded great....country like song, and it's not listed on the soundtrack. Sort of slow. I've searched for it and have no luck. Does anyone know what that song was? Would like to download it. That was about the highlight of the show for me.

For all intents and purposes, I found this show to peak my initial interest. Yes, it feels a lot like the old Dallas show, but frankly, I kinda want that, a bit. I wasn't around when the old show aired and I wouldn't mind getting a similar feeling from more modern showing.Pros: The chemistry of the characters. Hod-damn, they work extremely well together. I mean, REALLY well. They come off as very believable group of people to the viewer. Either from modest or wealthy backgrounds, each character is individualized to the point of strong believe-ability, which I cannot stress enough is something I've longed for in a show for some time. And while it's only been the first episode, I look forward to seeing it develop into something entertaining to, perhaps, re-watch in the future.Cons: Yes, there is certainly a Dallas feel to it. So what? Dallas was great, why can't this be? I see too many people crying about how it is similar to one show that they can't appreciate it for that fact alone (that's more of a personal irritation, I'll admit). I guess a negative would be that the aspect of the whole town hasn't been thoroughly shown yet in the first episode, aiming instead to focus more on the main characters, initially. Not necessarily a bad thing, and it is only the first episode, so I mostly let it slide. But the action of the first episode - can they make it last? That's another worry. I found it to be a solid opening, so I wonder if they can keep that strong approach going.In the end, Blood and Oil does have my recommendation. Yes, it is not a perfectly original show, but heck, if Dallas never existed, I'd find this show to be a good contender for best pilot episode of the year.So, by the end, give it a chance, and I don't think you'll be disappointed.