When telling Miss Ellie about his alcoholism relapse in Bottom of the Bottle: Part 1 (1980) and Bottom of the Bottle: Part 2 (1980), Gary says, "Sid and Karen Fairgate were really helpful." When Gary later tells J.R. that he has to return to California, J.R. replies, "Yeah, I guess I'd rush home too if I was living next door to a pretty little bundle like Karen Fairgate." This marks the only time that characters introduced in Knots Landing (1979) were ever mentioned in Dallas (1978).