Dallas (2012) s01e03 Episode Script
The Price You Pay
Previously on Dallas.
You're selling Southfork 'cause you don't think you're gonna be well to protect your home.
You don't trust me to take over.
My decision has nothing to do with you.
Tell your son you have cancer, Bobby.
Remember your thesis on petroleum and water flooding? I may be able to use it to extract methane from the hydrates.
I could really use your help.
We've spent the last two years working on this job.
Don't tell me you're having second thoughts.
What if I am? You sent me an e-mail saying that we were a mistake.
I never sent you any e-mail! You think I sent this? Who else had reason to send it? She got an e-mail a couple years back.
I need you to find out who sent it.
If you don't figure out how to get me $2 million, I'm gonna tell J.
R.
that you're planning on screwing him over.
Marta, I got to talk to your daddy.
I speak for my father, J.
R.
I'm not aware of any deal with my daughter.
Would you come in here, Marta? Marta, J.
R.
Ewing.
Feels good, doesn't it? Almost sinful.
Your granddaddy Jock took me here the day I closed my first big deal.
That man taught me everything I know about business.
Okay.
Get going.
When I was 8 years old, I asked my daddy for a horse, and he says when I came up with the money, he'd sell me one.
Go on.
So, all that summer, I worked in the oil fields, digging trenches and such, And true to his word, daddy sold me a horse.
And I learned quick enough That horse was blind.
Now, I loved my daddy And I respected my daddy.
But most importantly I feared my daddy.
I went down to Mexico to talk to Mr.
Del Sol about the Southfork deal.
I know Marta is not Marta.
Were you gonna cut your daddy Out of two billion barrels' worth of oil? DALLAS S01 Ep03 - The Price You Pay Did you think you could get around on J.
R.
Ewing? I sure did.
I don't blame you for trying to screw me.
I was never much of a father during your formative years, and I'd like to make up for that.
I'd like to teach you all the things my daddy taught me about big oil.
Can you find it in your heart to give me that chance? I won't let you down this time.
First things first.
Now that I know the Del Sols aren't the folks fronting us the cash to buy Southfork, I need to meet the real money men.
I'll set it up.
We got a problem with Lobell, by the way.
I paid him to keep his mouth shut.
He said if he doesn't get $2 million, he's gonna tell Uncle Bobby who he's really selling Southfork to.
All right.
Give him just enough to shut him up, and I'll shut him down.
I already got a guy looking for dirt.
No, you're drilling a dry hole there, John Ross.
Lobell's clean.
No, the weak spot is his son, who, for some reason, Lobell adores above all things.
He's got a problem with driving and drinking.
Killed an old woman in a crosswalk about 15 years ago.
They paid off the only witness to forget what she saw.
The drilling industry runs on two things Drilling mud And information.
You go find that witness for me partner.
Just like that.
I no, I can't.
You won't know unless you try.
Okay.
Okay.
Rifle on your shoulder.
Now, remember, front sight on the bottle.
Okay.
Okay.
Try again.
Okay.
Ca Can't we just go bake something? You can do this, okay? Okay.
Deep breath in out Slow, easy pull on the trigger.
- You did it.
- Okay, well, I'm gonna I'm gonna quit while I'm ahead.
Here.
Sis! Miss Ann.
I rode the North side of the fence this morning.
I fixed the gaps, and I rounded up all the cattle that made it through onto old miss Henderson's land.
Well, I'm starting to think we might not need all the other ranch hands.
I-I lost track of time.
I'm sorry.
I have something I need to do.
I'll give her a ride back to the main house.
- Thank you, Tommy.
Bye.
- Bye.
Aren't you just the best daughter-in-law? Ann's a good person.
Not too good a judge of character, though.
I've been looking for a way to blow up this Southfork deal.
What's going on with the gas hydrate? It's hard to keep up with Christopher's research.
He doesn't talk about it a lot.
Well, he won't have to anymore.
Plug that into his laptop.
It installs a remote-access program, so we'll have total control over his computer.
He's been spending a lot of time with Elena working on that fix for his patent.
It's sad those two lovebirds couldn't make it work.
He found somebody better.
He's in love with a lie.
It's more fun when they move.
Gentlemen, you all know me.
I'd like to introduce you to my father, J.
R.
Ewing.
Vicente Cano.
A pleasure.
Your reputation is well-known among oilmen in Venezuela, Mr.
Ewing.
- Please, sit down.
- Thank you.
Please, call me J.
R.
, would you? I want to make sure we're on the same page on this deal.
Now, after you buy Southfork from my brother, you'll convey that property to me and my son for 14% of all profits received from the oil recovered from our wells.
The deal was 15%.
That was when I thought I was dealing with Carlos Del Sol.
He's a trusted old friend.
I must tell you, my partners and I were all very surprised to hear that you were part of this deal.
It's been quite some time since you've been active in the oil industry.
Well, after 50 years, I thought I deserved a rest.
Well Nursing homes are good places for resting.
My son and I have been looking for the right deal, Vicente.
Let's hope this is the one.
Are you saying there's a chance it isn't? We are fronting you $50 million in exchange for access to oil reserves that you estimate at over two billion barrels.
That's correct.
Well just to make sure that we're on the same page if that oil should happen to stop flowing to us for any reason equipment breakdown, if you should become incapacitated that would be unacceptable.
The best way to understand a man is to talk to his friends and his enemies.
My friends are in the statehouse.
My enemies are gonna be harder to find.
Done deal.
Thank you for coming.
Thank you.
I have a lot of time invested in this deal.
You took a risk renegotiating it.
Yeah.
Life is full of risks, darlin'.
John Ross, would you give us a minute? I thought it'd be nice if Marta and I had a little chat.
Well, I'm gonna give you a pass on trying to screw me once.
But if I get the feeling you're double-dealing me again that is a risk you do not want to take.
We were able to remove the entire tumor, intact.
And as you can see from the margins on the areas, - it's completely clean.
- That's great.
Well, yes, but the tumor was actually larger than we originally thought, and given its size and location, now I'm afraid there's a greater chance for recurrence.
- Well, what about the chemo? - Well, there is a treatment that inhibits the enzymes that actually cause new tumors, but there are some side effects.
- Well, I can start that today.
- Okay.
- What what are they? - Well, honey There's always side effects with drugs.
Hair loss isn't one of them, right? - No.
- Okay.
I'm good to go.
No, there's just a-a chance of some liver damage, uh, cardiomyopathy, and, in some very rare cases, uh, heart failure.
Okay.
I'll get some samples.
I convinced myself that surgery was gonna fix everything.
Pretty dumb.
Now, wait a minute.
Stop that.
No, honey, you were right.
I was selling Southfork because I didn't think I was gonna be around to protect it.
But I don't feel that way now.
I'll call Lobell.
This doesn't look like $2 million to me.
Well, it'll have to do for now.
J.
R.
still in the old folk's home? He already knows.
And if you try and tell my Uncle Bobby anything, the deal goes away You get nothing.
You got a bigger problem.
Your Uncle just called me.
He's decided to put the sale of Southfork on hold.
For how long? Indefinitely.
Bobby Ewing.
Hello, Mr.
Ewing.
I'm Dr.
Hirsch.
I'm your brother J.
R.
's primary care physician.
Is J.
R.
okay? He's fine.
And your visits have been extremely beneficial in that regard.
We find that being around family is very helpful in recovery from depression.
Well, I-I can stop by there every week if you think it'll help.
Well, actually, sir, I was gonna ask you for a little bit more.
If J.
R.
could spend some time around the family home It would speed up his recovery.
Family home? Are you suggesting that he move back here to Southfork? I understand that you two have a complicated relationship, but I would appreciate it if you'd think it over.
Yes, I will, uh, think about it.
I will, doctor.
I will.
Thank you.
This is a This is a mistake.
No, honey, if he's okay, then he will drive us crazy trying to control everything around here.
And if he's not, we have to watch him 24 hours a day just to keep him out of trouble.
You keep going.
I'm gonna go make up the guest room.
No, honey, it's a bad idea.
And you're a good man.
Just think.
It might be fun having J.
R.
at Southfork.
Yeah.
It'll be great having a rattlesnake in the house.
Nice job, "doc.
" Very convincing.
I especially liked that "complicated relationship" part.
Now, you better get back to your room before somebody misses you.
Now, you promised me a dinner and a date.
Now, I want a blonde, and I want one of those big old cowboy bone-in ribeyes from Y.
O.
I'm tired of that damn red jello here.
All right.
J.
R.
Hell of an idea to get me back in the house, John Ross.
Your Uncle Bobby threw us a curve when he hit the pause button on that Del Sol deal.
I spent most of your childhood chasing after women I didn't love And making deals that didn't really matter.
I will get Southfork back Because you shouldn't have to pay for my sins.
Let's go through this again.
It's forcing water into the oil reservoir, replacing the oil with water, which should prevent the ground above it from collapsing.
I'm sorry.
I can't look at this anymore.
I mean, why is this so difficult? You know, t-the same theory should work with methane hydrates To extract the gas without causing tsunamis.
Right, but the hydrate's frozen, so it has to be a gas that will cause an exothermic reaction.
Wait a second.
Let me see that.
How did I not see this? - What? - Liquid carbon dioxide.
We inject it as a micro-emulsion, and because carbon-dioxide hydrates are stable - I'm trying not to scream.
- I mean, it's just a theory.
You know, we still have to build a working model.
No, it's really good.
Hello? Hi, Rebecca.
Yeah, yeah, that that would be great.
I'll see you there.
I'm having lunch with your wife.
Well, not much of a welcoming party.
John Ross, get the rest of my bags.
Well, what have we here? J.
R.
, I didn't think you were coming till later this afternoon.
Well, you're looking pretty spry for all you've been through, old fella.
Cliff Barnes.
Remember me? Time has not been kind to that face.
But I do recall the smell of brimstone and crazy.
Bobby, what the hell is going on here? Well, Cliff just came back to town, so he stopped by to say hello.
Yeah, I was trying to get your brother to sell me Southfork, you know, right some of the wrongs the Ewings caused my family.
Well, if you think you got a shot at that, you need a doctor more than I do.
J.
R.
, I already turned him down.
That's right.
Southfork has already been sold to a conservancy.
That's what I heard, yeah.
Well, you're taking that awful well, J.
R.
I'm a new man.
You ought to try that.
Thanks for hearing me out, Bobby.
I hope I made my intentions good and clear.
And if you still got a conscience, you'll call me.
And if you are real nice, maybe Bobby will let you spend the rest of your miserable days right here on Southfork.
I'll be there when they put you in the ground, Barnes.
Listen close I'll be the one dancing on the dirt overhead.
Bobby, why does he think he can buy Southfork? I don't know.
Maybe he heard that I put the conservancy deal on hold.
You what? Why would you do such a thing? J.
R This land has been in our family for 150 years.
There's no rush to give it away.
Do you think it's coincidental that Cliff Barnes suddenly shows up in Dallas just when Southfork is for sale? If that land is in play, he'll destroy everything in his path to get it.
Okay.
Come on.
Come on.
I've heard this all before.
Come on.
Let's you and I go fishing at the big water tank, okay? We'll get some bass for breakfast, just like the old days.
Come on.
You intimidate the hell out of me.
- Me? - Yeah.
Well, you're smart, you're beautiful, you've known Christopher since you were kids, and you were engaged to him.
I can't change any of that.
You don't need to.
Christopher picked you.
After you broke up with him.
Look, I-I want us to be friends because then you won't feel like a threat, but mostly Because listening to the way Christopher talks about you made me realize I'd be lucky to be your friend.
Well, it's really hard to turn down an offer like that.
So, what would you like to know about Christopher? Everything.
What kind of kid was he? Goofy.
Sweet.
Driven.
Happy? He's been through a lot.
Both of his real parents died before he ever got to meet them.
And the only mother he ever knew, Pam, just disappeared one day.
It was just him and Bobby.
He wants his father to be proud of him so much.
It breaks my heart.
Well, that's why fixing the methane patent is so important to him.
Yeah, but Bobby loves him whether it works or not.
I can see that.
Why can't he? When Christopher found out that he was adopted, he started to believe that he had to earn being a Ewing.
Ewings don't fail.
Damn it! That's great! You said you wanted a flame.
That was a flame.
That was a fireball.
You'll get it right.
Hi.
So, how was your lunch? It was fine.
What'd you girls talk about? You.
Great.
Well, with all your history and the way I treated Elena before the wedding, I wanted to make sure things were okay between us.
- And? - They are.
- Can I help you? - I work for Cliff Barnes.
Mr.
Barnes would like to invite you and your wife to be his guests for dinner tonight.
Tonight? The car is out front.
Mr.
Barnes was renting the whole floor.
It's nice to finally meet you, Mr.
Christopher Ewing.
Same to you.
It was nice for him to invite us to dinner.
He wants something.
Well my favorite nephew.
Uncle Cliff.
How long has it been? Five years at least.
That's too long.
You got the pick of the litter when you got him.
I know.
This is my wife, Rebecca.
Hi.
Hi.
Sit down.
I like playing hold 'em.
I just don't like being in those rooms.
You want to cash me out? I don't want any interruptions.
Yes, sir.
I was surprised to hear you were back in Dallas.
- What brings you back? - I missed my family.
What really brings you back? He doesn't trust me.
Now, what have I done to deserve this? I don't know.
Spend your entire life trying to destroy my family? That was years ago.
Any bad blood between me and the Ewings has nothing to do with us.
Why am I here, Uncle Cliff? I want to invest in your gas-hydrate project.
What, do you have one of these video cameras in my lab? No.
No.
Your mama was my sister.
I'm interested in what you're doing.
I figure a million is a good place to start.
I appreciate your offer, but once I solve the issues with my patent, I'm gonna have investors kicking in my door to back me.
Why not keep it in the family? If I wanted family money, I would have accepted my father's offer.
Yeah, but the difference is, you don't have to prove your worth to me.
This isn't about supporting me, is it, Uncle Cliff? It's about screwing my family.
I take your money, you'll have one up on the Ewings.
Well, I apologize if I've hurt your feelings.
Time to go.
Excuse us.
You are never gonna be one of them, Christopher.
And don't let them destroy you like they did Pam.
Bullets don't seem to have much of an effect on me, darlin'.
What are you doing in here, J.
R.
? Bobby never lets people in here.
Doctor said it'd be good for me to revisit my past Help me come to terms with things.
Lot of Ewing history in here Good and bad.
Come.
Take a look.
Is that Bobby and miss Ellie? Yeah.
She doted on that boy something fierce.
I spent a lot of my life hating how much she loved him.
Wasted years.
Bobby said miss Ellie never had a chance with you, that Jock snatched you up as soon as you could walk to teach you the oil-drilling business.
Yeah.
Daddy had a different parenting style.
That's for sure.
Well Dinner's at 6:00.
Close the door when you leave, okay? Bobby was right for wanting to sell.
Southfork has caused a lot of problems for this family.
He has a chance to put that to an end.
Well, you were the cause of most of those problems, J.
R.
And now that you've seen the error of your ways, Bobby thinks that maybe the next generation can have a fresh start.
Lock the door when you leave.
Time to get your hands dirty, son.
What's this? All my mama's secrets.
And you're about to use them to get the Southfork deal moving.
Your Uncle Bobby is gonna find out that you are my son, tip to tail.
What do I have to do? You up for it? Yeah.
Yeah.
I'm fine.
I'm gonna tell you the truest thing my daddy ever told me.
Nobody gives you power.
Real power is something you take.
What? Why don't I have access to Christopher's computer yet? I-I haven't had a chance to install the program.
- Don't play games with me.
- No, it's it's It's just not that easy.
I'm never alone with his computer.
He takes that stupid thing everywhere he goes.
No more excuses.
Get it done, Rebecca.
I didn't know you could cook, J.
R.
Well, living at that old folk's home was a powerful incentive to learn.
Those people are not passing away because of old age.
They're trying to get away from the food.
Maybe you could teach your brother a thing or two.
We need to talk.
Mind your manners, John Ross.
I didn't want to have to do this, but you leave me no other choice.
What are you doing with mama's journal? You took that out of my room.
There's some interesting stuff in there, Uncle Bobby.
Did you know miss Ellie spent some time in a mental institution? That was after daddy died.
She was having trouble accepting his loss! Save your breath, John Ross.
There is nothing in mama's journal that will in any way overturn her will.
Maybe it won't.
But it'll get me my day in court.
And if you push me, I will use that day to tell all of Dallas every private thought and secret shame miss Ellie ever had.
Not in this lifetime you won't! You had your chance to claim Southfork.
I ain't gonna fail like you did.
If I don't hear from you in 24 hours, I'm filing.
John Ross! John Ross! You did it.
My God.
You did it.
Did it.
Let's go tell my father.
Dad? Where's my father? He's in his study Signing the papers to sell Southfork.
All right, Mitch.
Thank you.
I'll file the paperwork today, Bobby.
Wait.
What are you doing? What needed to be done What's best for everybody.
That's bullshit.
You're selling because you don't think I can beat John Ross.
You never gave me the chance to prove that I could.
No, it's that you shouldn't have to.
I grew up in a family where stabbing everybody in the back was encouraged, and that's never gonna change.
I want something better for you.
What about what I want? - Does that matter at all? - Of course it does.
Then stop protecting me like I'm still a little boy! I'm a grown man! And I can handle a hell of a lot more than you think.
You're right.
Sit down.
Sit down.
First I want you to know that I'm gonna be fine.
What's going on, dad? I have cancer.
They found a gastrointestinal stromal tumor.
Okay.
Well, t-there are a lot of great doctors in Dallas, so No, no, no, I've already had the tumor removed.
There is a chance of a recurrence, but I'm on the best and strongest treatment that they've got.
- You had an operation? - Yeah.
Well, when did they find the tumor? - Well, that doesn't matter.
- It matters to me.
I didn't want to burden you.
You didn't want to burden me.
Christopher, you had enough on your plate.
Telling me you have cancer isn't a burden.
It's letting me be a part of your life.
Stop shutting me out! I wasn't shutting you out! I was taking care of it! Well, you don't have to do that alone.
You've been taking care of me your whole life.
Why don't you let me take care of you for once? What happened? Christopher.
Talk to me.
My father has cancer.
He's strong.
He'll beat this.
Yeah.
I know.
It'll be okay.
I'm sor I'm sorry.
- No, it was me.
- I have to go.
One hell of a right hook for an old man.
I'm sorry, son.
I had to make it look convincing.
And it worked.
Bobby just signed the papers.
Welcome to big oil.
Yoo Yeah! I'm proud of you, son.
Thank you, daddy.
I want my money.
I won't have it until we drill.
Just be patient.
No more.
You are one deal away from owning billions of dollars' worth of oil.
But until the Venezuelans sell the ranch to you and J.
R.
, that can all go away.
All it takes is one phone call to Bobby.
No, no, no, you do that, you get nothing.
And you and your father go to jail for fraud.
$5 million, John Ross.
Or I blow up the deal.
They removed the tumor, but the doctor said that it can come back.
My God.
I'm so sorry.
When he told me, I, uh I kind of lost it.
You know, I was confused, and Elena was there.
And she She helped me through it.
I-I'm not really sure I'm understanding what you're saying, Chris.
What I'm saying is it made me realize what's important, what really matters.
I'm sorry if I've been distracted lately, but that's over now.
I love you And I want you to know that every single day for the rest of your life.
I love you, too.
I called my father and asked him if we could stay at Southfork until the sale is complete.
I want to be there for him.
I hope you don't mind.
No.
No.
I want that, too.
Now that it's sold, how do you feel? I'm fine.
I realize that no amount of hoping that there will ever be peace here on Southfork is actually gonna make it happen.
Are you buying any part of J.
R.
being shocked at what John Ross did? He gave him that journal.
Yeah, he probably did.
I know he did.
I saw him in the storage barn.
And you aren't angry? Honey, the fact that J.
R.
did it And that he thinks he can make me believe he didn't do it That's just who he is And who he will always be.
- Are you absolutely sure? - I saw the gravestone.
The witness that saw Lobell's son kill that woman with his car died 10 years ago.
Look You got to keep looking.
All right? Dig deeper.
Find Find something, anything.
I have to shut down Lobell now.
I'll keep looking.
I do have some good news.
I found out who sent that e-mail to Elena Ramos.
Christopher Ewing, right? No.
It was sent by someone named, uh, Rebecca Sutter.
That's Christopher's wife.
You're selling Southfork 'cause you don't think you're gonna be well to protect your home.
You don't trust me to take over.
My decision has nothing to do with you.
Tell your son you have cancer, Bobby.
Remember your thesis on petroleum and water flooding? I may be able to use it to extract methane from the hydrates.
I could really use your help.
We've spent the last two years working on this job.
Don't tell me you're having second thoughts.
What if I am? You sent me an e-mail saying that we were a mistake.
I never sent you any e-mail! You think I sent this? Who else had reason to send it? She got an e-mail a couple years back.
I need you to find out who sent it.
If you don't figure out how to get me $2 million, I'm gonna tell J.
R.
that you're planning on screwing him over.
Marta, I got to talk to your daddy.
I speak for my father, J.
R.
I'm not aware of any deal with my daughter.
Would you come in here, Marta? Marta, J.
R.
Ewing.
Feels good, doesn't it? Almost sinful.
Your granddaddy Jock took me here the day I closed my first big deal.
That man taught me everything I know about business.
Okay.
Get going.
When I was 8 years old, I asked my daddy for a horse, and he says when I came up with the money, he'd sell me one.
Go on.
So, all that summer, I worked in the oil fields, digging trenches and such, And true to his word, daddy sold me a horse.
And I learned quick enough That horse was blind.
Now, I loved my daddy And I respected my daddy.
But most importantly I feared my daddy.
I went down to Mexico to talk to Mr.
Del Sol about the Southfork deal.
I know Marta is not Marta.
Were you gonna cut your daddy Out of two billion barrels' worth of oil? DALLAS S01 Ep03 - The Price You Pay Did you think you could get around on J.
R.
Ewing? I sure did.
I don't blame you for trying to screw me.
I was never much of a father during your formative years, and I'd like to make up for that.
I'd like to teach you all the things my daddy taught me about big oil.
Can you find it in your heart to give me that chance? I won't let you down this time.
First things first.
Now that I know the Del Sols aren't the folks fronting us the cash to buy Southfork, I need to meet the real money men.
I'll set it up.
We got a problem with Lobell, by the way.
I paid him to keep his mouth shut.
He said if he doesn't get $2 million, he's gonna tell Uncle Bobby who he's really selling Southfork to.
All right.
Give him just enough to shut him up, and I'll shut him down.
I already got a guy looking for dirt.
No, you're drilling a dry hole there, John Ross.
Lobell's clean.
No, the weak spot is his son, who, for some reason, Lobell adores above all things.
He's got a problem with driving and drinking.
Killed an old woman in a crosswalk about 15 years ago.
They paid off the only witness to forget what she saw.
The drilling industry runs on two things Drilling mud And information.
You go find that witness for me partner.
Just like that.
I no, I can't.
You won't know unless you try.
Okay.
Okay.
Rifle on your shoulder.
Now, remember, front sight on the bottle.
Okay.
Okay.
Try again.
Okay.
Ca Can't we just go bake something? You can do this, okay? Okay.
Deep breath in out Slow, easy pull on the trigger.
- You did it.
- Okay, well, I'm gonna I'm gonna quit while I'm ahead.
Here.
Sis! Miss Ann.
I rode the North side of the fence this morning.
I fixed the gaps, and I rounded up all the cattle that made it through onto old miss Henderson's land.
Well, I'm starting to think we might not need all the other ranch hands.
I-I lost track of time.
I'm sorry.
I have something I need to do.
I'll give her a ride back to the main house.
- Thank you, Tommy.
Bye.
- Bye.
Aren't you just the best daughter-in-law? Ann's a good person.
Not too good a judge of character, though.
I've been looking for a way to blow up this Southfork deal.
What's going on with the gas hydrate? It's hard to keep up with Christopher's research.
He doesn't talk about it a lot.
Well, he won't have to anymore.
Plug that into his laptop.
It installs a remote-access program, so we'll have total control over his computer.
He's been spending a lot of time with Elena working on that fix for his patent.
It's sad those two lovebirds couldn't make it work.
He found somebody better.
He's in love with a lie.
It's more fun when they move.
Gentlemen, you all know me.
I'd like to introduce you to my father, J.
R.
Ewing.
Vicente Cano.
A pleasure.
Your reputation is well-known among oilmen in Venezuela, Mr.
Ewing.
- Please, sit down.
- Thank you.
Please, call me J.
R.
, would you? I want to make sure we're on the same page on this deal.
Now, after you buy Southfork from my brother, you'll convey that property to me and my son for 14% of all profits received from the oil recovered from our wells.
The deal was 15%.
That was when I thought I was dealing with Carlos Del Sol.
He's a trusted old friend.
I must tell you, my partners and I were all very surprised to hear that you were part of this deal.
It's been quite some time since you've been active in the oil industry.
Well, after 50 years, I thought I deserved a rest.
Well Nursing homes are good places for resting.
My son and I have been looking for the right deal, Vicente.
Let's hope this is the one.
Are you saying there's a chance it isn't? We are fronting you $50 million in exchange for access to oil reserves that you estimate at over two billion barrels.
That's correct.
Well just to make sure that we're on the same page if that oil should happen to stop flowing to us for any reason equipment breakdown, if you should become incapacitated that would be unacceptable.
The best way to understand a man is to talk to his friends and his enemies.
My friends are in the statehouse.
My enemies are gonna be harder to find.
Done deal.
Thank you for coming.
Thank you.
I have a lot of time invested in this deal.
You took a risk renegotiating it.
Yeah.
Life is full of risks, darlin'.
John Ross, would you give us a minute? I thought it'd be nice if Marta and I had a little chat.
Well, I'm gonna give you a pass on trying to screw me once.
But if I get the feeling you're double-dealing me again that is a risk you do not want to take.
We were able to remove the entire tumor, intact.
And as you can see from the margins on the areas, - it's completely clean.
- That's great.
Well, yes, but the tumor was actually larger than we originally thought, and given its size and location, now I'm afraid there's a greater chance for recurrence.
- Well, what about the chemo? - Well, there is a treatment that inhibits the enzymes that actually cause new tumors, but there are some side effects.
- Well, I can start that today.
- Okay.
- What what are they? - Well, honey There's always side effects with drugs.
Hair loss isn't one of them, right? - No.
- Okay.
I'm good to go.
No, there's just a-a chance of some liver damage, uh, cardiomyopathy, and, in some very rare cases, uh, heart failure.
Okay.
I'll get some samples.
I convinced myself that surgery was gonna fix everything.
Pretty dumb.
Now, wait a minute.
Stop that.
No, honey, you were right.
I was selling Southfork because I didn't think I was gonna be around to protect it.
But I don't feel that way now.
I'll call Lobell.
This doesn't look like $2 million to me.
Well, it'll have to do for now.
J.
R.
still in the old folk's home? He already knows.
And if you try and tell my Uncle Bobby anything, the deal goes away You get nothing.
You got a bigger problem.
Your Uncle just called me.
He's decided to put the sale of Southfork on hold.
For how long? Indefinitely.
Bobby Ewing.
Hello, Mr.
Ewing.
I'm Dr.
Hirsch.
I'm your brother J.
R.
's primary care physician.
Is J.
R.
okay? He's fine.
And your visits have been extremely beneficial in that regard.
We find that being around family is very helpful in recovery from depression.
Well, I-I can stop by there every week if you think it'll help.
Well, actually, sir, I was gonna ask you for a little bit more.
If J.
R.
could spend some time around the family home It would speed up his recovery.
Family home? Are you suggesting that he move back here to Southfork? I understand that you two have a complicated relationship, but I would appreciate it if you'd think it over.
Yes, I will, uh, think about it.
I will, doctor.
I will.
Thank you.
This is a This is a mistake.
No, honey, if he's okay, then he will drive us crazy trying to control everything around here.
And if he's not, we have to watch him 24 hours a day just to keep him out of trouble.
You keep going.
I'm gonna go make up the guest room.
No, honey, it's a bad idea.
And you're a good man.
Just think.
It might be fun having J.
R.
at Southfork.
Yeah.
It'll be great having a rattlesnake in the house.
Nice job, "doc.
" Very convincing.
I especially liked that "complicated relationship" part.
Now, you better get back to your room before somebody misses you.
Now, you promised me a dinner and a date.
Now, I want a blonde, and I want one of those big old cowboy bone-in ribeyes from Y.
O.
I'm tired of that damn red jello here.
All right.
J.
R.
Hell of an idea to get me back in the house, John Ross.
Your Uncle Bobby threw us a curve when he hit the pause button on that Del Sol deal.
I spent most of your childhood chasing after women I didn't love And making deals that didn't really matter.
I will get Southfork back Because you shouldn't have to pay for my sins.
Let's go through this again.
It's forcing water into the oil reservoir, replacing the oil with water, which should prevent the ground above it from collapsing.
I'm sorry.
I can't look at this anymore.
I mean, why is this so difficult? You know, t-the same theory should work with methane hydrates To extract the gas without causing tsunamis.
Right, but the hydrate's frozen, so it has to be a gas that will cause an exothermic reaction.
Wait a second.
Let me see that.
How did I not see this? - What? - Liquid carbon dioxide.
We inject it as a micro-emulsion, and because carbon-dioxide hydrates are stable - I'm trying not to scream.
- I mean, it's just a theory.
You know, we still have to build a working model.
No, it's really good.
Hello? Hi, Rebecca.
Yeah, yeah, that that would be great.
I'll see you there.
I'm having lunch with your wife.
Well, not much of a welcoming party.
John Ross, get the rest of my bags.
Well, what have we here? J.
R.
, I didn't think you were coming till later this afternoon.
Well, you're looking pretty spry for all you've been through, old fella.
Cliff Barnes.
Remember me? Time has not been kind to that face.
But I do recall the smell of brimstone and crazy.
Bobby, what the hell is going on here? Well, Cliff just came back to town, so he stopped by to say hello.
Yeah, I was trying to get your brother to sell me Southfork, you know, right some of the wrongs the Ewings caused my family.
Well, if you think you got a shot at that, you need a doctor more than I do.
J.
R.
, I already turned him down.
That's right.
Southfork has already been sold to a conservancy.
That's what I heard, yeah.
Well, you're taking that awful well, J.
R.
I'm a new man.
You ought to try that.
Thanks for hearing me out, Bobby.
I hope I made my intentions good and clear.
And if you still got a conscience, you'll call me.
And if you are real nice, maybe Bobby will let you spend the rest of your miserable days right here on Southfork.
I'll be there when they put you in the ground, Barnes.
Listen close I'll be the one dancing on the dirt overhead.
Bobby, why does he think he can buy Southfork? I don't know.
Maybe he heard that I put the conservancy deal on hold.
You what? Why would you do such a thing? J.
R This land has been in our family for 150 years.
There's no rush to give it away.
Do you think it's coincidental that Cliff Barnes suddenly shows up in Dallas just when Southfork is for sale? If that land is in play, he'll destroy everything in his path to get it.
Okay.
Come on.
Come on.
I've heard this all before.
Come on.
Let's you and I go fishing at the big water tank, okay? We'll get some bass for breakfast, just like the old days.
Come on.
You intimidate the hell out of me.
- Me? - Yeah.
Well, you're smart, you're beautiful, you've known Christopher since you were kids, and you were engaged to him.
I can't change any of that.
You don't need to.
Christopher picked you.
After you broke up with him.
Look, I-I want us to be friends because then you won't feel like a threat, but mostly Because listening to the way Christopher talks about you made me realize I'd be lucky to be your friend.
Well, it's really hard to turn down an offer like that.
So, what would you like to know about Christopher? Everything.
What kind of kid was he? Goofy.
Sweet.
Driven.
Happy? He's been through a lot.
Both of his real parents died before he ever got to meet them.
And the only mother he ever knew, Pam, just disappeared one day.
It was just him and Bobby.
He wants his father to be proud of him so much.
It breaks my heart.
Well, that's why fixing the methane patent is so important to him.
Yeah, but Bobby loves him whether it works or not.
I can see that.
Why can't he? When Christopher found out that he was adopted, he started to believe that he had to earn being a Ewing.
Ewings don't fail.
Damn it! That's great! You said you wanted a flame.
That was a flame.
That was a fireball.
You'll get it right.
Hi.
So, how was your lunch? It was fine.
What'd you girls talk about? You.
Great.
Well, with all your history and the way I treated Elena before the wedding, I wanted to make sure things were okay between us.
- And? - They are.
- Can I help you? - I work for Cliff Barnes.
Mr.
Barnes would like to invite you and your wife to be his guests for dinner tonight.
Tonight? The car is out front.
Mr.
Barnes was renting the whole floor.
It's nice to finally meet you, Mr.
Christopher Ewing.
Same to you.
It was nice for him to invite us to dinner.
He wants something.
Well my favorite nephew.
Uncle Cliff.
How long has it been? Five years at least.
That's too long.
You got the pick of the litter when you got him.
I know.
This is my wife, Rebecca.
Hi.
Hi.
Sit down.
I like playing hold 'em.
I just don't like being in those rooms.
You want to cash me out? I don't want any interruptions.
Yes, sir.
I was surprised to hear you were back in Dallas.
- What brings you back? - I missed my family.
What really brings you back? He doesn't trust me.
Now, what have I done to deserve this? I don't know.
Spend your entire life trying to destroy my family? That was years ago.
Any bad blood between me and the Ewings has nothing to do with us.
Why am I here, Uncle Cliff? I want to invest in your gas-hydrate project.
What, do you have one of these video cameras in my lab? No.
No.
Your mama was my sister.
I'm interested in what you're doing.
I figure a million is a good place to start.
I appreciate your offer, but once I solve the issues with my patent, I'm gonna have investors kicking in my door to back me.
Why not keep it in the family? If I wanted family money, I would have accepted my father's offer.
Yeah, but the difference is, you don't have to prove your worth to me.
This isn't about supporting me, is it, Uncle Cliff? It's about screwing my family.
I take your money, you'll have one up on the Ewings.
Well, I apologize if I've hurt your feelings.
Time to go.
Excuse us.
You are never gonna be one of them, Christopher.
And don't let them destroy you like they did Pam.
Bullets don't seem to have much of an effect on me, darlin'.
What are you doing in here, J.
R.
? Bobby never lets people in here.
Doctor said it'd be good for me to revisit my past Help me come to terms with things.
Lot of Ewing history in here Good and bad.
Come.
Take a look.
Is that Bobby and miss Ellie? Yeah.
She doted on that boy something fierce.
I spent a lot of my life hating how much she loved him.
Wasted years.
Bobby said miss Ellie never had a chance with you, that Jock snatched you up as soon as you could walk to teach you the oil-drilling business.
Yeah.
Daddy had a different parenting style.
That's for sure.
Well Dinner's at 6:00.
Close the door when you leave, okay? Bobby was right for wanting to sell.
Southfork has caused a lot of problems for this family.
He has a chance to put that to an end.
Well, you were the cause of most of those problems, J.
R.
And now that you've seen the error of your ways, Bobby thinks that maybe the next generation can have a fresh start.
Lock the door when you leave.
Time to get your hands dirty, son.
What's this? All my mama's secrets.
And you're about to use them to get the Southfork deal moving.
Your Uncle Bobby is gonna find out that you are my son, tip to tail.
What do I have to do? You up for it? Yeah.
Yeah.
I'm fine.
I'm gonna tell you the truest thing my daddy ever told me.
Nobody gives you power.
Real power is something you take.
What? Why don't I have access to Christopher's computer yet? I-I haven't had a chance to install the program.
- Don't play games with me.
- No, it's it's It's just not that easy.
I'm never alone with his computer.
He takes that stupid thing everywhere he goes.
No more excuses.
Get it done, Rebecca.
I didn't know you could cook, J.
R.
Well, living at that old folk's home was a powerful incentive to learn.
Those people are not passing away because of old age.
They're trying to get away from the food.
Maybe you could teach your brother a thing or two.
We need to talk.
Mind your manners, John Ross.
I didn't want to have to do this, but you leave me no other choice.
What are you doing with mama's journal? You took that out of my room.
There's some interesting stuff in there, Uncle Bobby.
Did you know miss Ellie spent some time in a mental institution? That was after daddy died.
She was having trouble accepting his loss! Save your breath, John Ross.
There is nothing in mama's journal that will in any way overturn her will.
Maybe it won't.
But it'll get me my day in court.
And if you push me, I will use that day to tell all of Dallas every private thought and secret shame miss Ellie ever had.
Not in this lifetime you won't! You had your chance to claim Southfork.
I ain't gonna fail like you did.
If I don't hear from you in 24 hours, I'm filing.
John Ross! John Ross! You did it.
My God.
You did it.
Did it.
Let's go tell my father.
Dad? Where's my father? He's in his study Signing the papers to sell Southfork.
All right, Mitch.
Thank you.
I'll file the paperwork today, Bobby.
Wait.
What are you doing? What needed to be done What's best for everybody.
That's bullshit.
You're selling because you don't think I can beat John Ross.
You never gave me the chance to prove that I could.
No, it's that you shouldn't have to.
I grew up in a family where stabbing everybody in the back was encouraged, and that's never gonna change.
I want something better for you.
What about what I want? - Does that matter at all? - Of course it does.
Then stop protecting me like I'm still a little boy! I'm a grown man! And I can handle a hell of a lot more than you think.
You're right.
Sit down.
Sit down.
First I want you to know that I'm gonna be fine.
What's going on, dad? I have cancer.
They found a gastrointestinal stromal tumor.
Okay.
Well, t-there are a lot of great doctors in Dallas, so No, no, no, I've already had the tumor removed.
There is a chance of a recurrence, but I'm on the best and strongest treatment that they've got.
- You had an operation? - Yeah.
Well, when did they find the tumor? - Well, that doesn't matter.
- It matters to me.
I didn't want to burden you.
You didn't want to burden me.
Christopher, you had enough on your plate.
Telling me you have cancer isn't a burden.
It's letting me be a part of your life.
Stop shutting me out! I wasn't shutting you out! I was taking care of it! Well, you don't have to do that alone.
You've been taking care of me your whole life.
Why don't you let me take care of you for once? What happened? Christopher.
Talk to me.
My father has cancer.
He's strong.
He'll beat this.
Yeah.
I know.
It'll be okay.
I'm sor I'm sorry.
- No, it was me.
- I have to go.
One hell of a right hook for an old man.
I'm sorry, son.
I had to make it look convincing.
And it worked.
Bobby just signed the papers.
Welcome to big oil.
Yoo Yeah! I'm proud of you, son.
Thank you, daddy.
I want my money.
I won't have it until we drill.
Just be patient.
No more.
You are one deal away from owning billions of dollars' worth of oil.
But until the Venezuelans sell the ranch to you and J.
R.
, that can all go away.
All it takes is one phone call to Bobby.
No, no, no, you do that, you get nothing.
And you and your father go to jail for fraud.
$5 million, John Ross.
Or I blow up the deal.
They removed the tumor, but the doctor said that it can come back.
My God.
I'm so sorry.
When he told me, I, uh I kind of lost it.
You know, I was confused, and Elena was there.
And she She helped me through it.
I-I'm not really sure I'm understanding what you're saying, Chris.
What I'm saying is it made me realize what's important, what really matters.
I'm sorry if I've been distracted lately, but that's over now.
I love you And I want you to know that every single day for the rest of your life.
I love you, too.
I called my father and asked him if we could stay at Southfork until the sale is complete.
I want to be there for him.
I hope you don't mind.
No.
No.
I want that, too.
Now that it's sold, how do you feel? I'm fine.
I realize that no amount of hoping that there will ever be peace here on Southfork is actually gonna make it happen.
Are you buying any part of J.
R.
being shocked at what John Ross did? He gave him that journal.
Yeah, he probably did.
I know he did.
I saw him in the storage barn.
And you aren't angry? Honey, the fact that J.
R.
did it And that he thinks he can make me believe he didn't do it That's just who he is And who he will always be.
- Are you absolutely sure? - I saw the gravestone.
The witness that saw Lobell's son kill that woman with his car died 10 years ago.
Look You got to keep looking.
All right? Dig deeper.
Find Find something, anything.
I have to shut down Lobell now.
I'll keep looking.
I do have some good news.
I found out who sent that e-mail to Elena Ramos.
Christopher Ewing, right? No.
It was sent by someone named, uh, Rebecca Sutter.
That's Christopher's wife.