Dallas s02e04 Episode Script

Where does your brother fit into all of this? He needs more experience, Dad.
How many years that gonna take? Five, 10, 15 When you told me to take over Ewing Oil you said I could handle it any way I saw fit.
And that's the way I see Dad.
Making deals on the hospital steps.
Daddy is sick upstairs because of you.
You're just moving too fast, boy! He's scheduled for surgery this morning.
If anything happens to Daddy, I'm gonna be by your side 24 hours a day.
You're hiding something, and I'm gonna find out what.
Clamping, Mike.
V-tach.
Some strays over in the north pasture.
- Yeah.
Jock? - Yeah? Got a few strays at the other end.
I'll get them.
You hold them, Ray.
I'll get them.
The fundraising committee met yesterday and voted to have our annual dance at the marina.
- They had it there last year.
Yes, and it was a total success.
My husband hates dances.
Well, I think we should take a vote.
All those in favor, raise your hands.
Now, why don't we adjourn and meet back here tomorrow.
We have to think of a theme that would show our concern for the underprivileged, but something not too depressing.
Ladies, until tomorrow.
I better drive back with Sue Ellen.
I don't want my daughters-in-law to think I'm playing favorites.
I'll call Bobby at the office and ask him to meet me at lunch.
I don't think that's such a good idea.
Men don't like their wives calling at the office.
Sue Ellen? Thank you.
I appreciate your experienced advice.
Yeah? Oh, put her on.
Hi, sweetheart.
How was your meeting? Oh, I'm sorry.
It'll probably take some getting used to, like avocados.
No, sweetheart, I can't.
I'm sorry.
No, I have a real important meeting, and it's gonna go right past lunch.
Okay.
All right, I'll see you tonight.
I love you too.
Would you put that back in the Lewis file? Okay.
All right.
J.
R.
? J.
R.
? J.
R.
, I've been looking over these Ewing Oil land holdings.
I can't believe we have that much property.
- You mean oil leases? - No, raw land all over the state.
There's not a well on it.
Nothing but sagebrush and bugs.
Oh, well, a few years ago, when all the independents were just taking leases Daddy decided to buy up as much land as he could for a couple or 3 dollars an acre.
Some of them were oil wells, some were dry holes.
You know, can't win them all.
You've been talking to a geologist? No.
But I have been doing some thinking and I think we can put this property to some good use.
I want you to go over and talk to Luke Hailey at Luke Hailey Freight Lines.
I can't, we have that meeting in a couple minutes.
Well, the thing is, I don't know what happened to all those derricks that were supposed to be in Abilene.
- I'll call after the meeting, all right? - No, the phone's not gonna do it, boy.
Look, J.
R.
, I am a full member of Ewing Oil.
I should be in on a meeting with Jeb Ames and Willie Joe Garr.
I'm gonna take care of those old boys but if we don't find those rigs, we're gonna lose a fortune.
We are partners with them in over a dozen fields worth millions of dollars.
Bobby, I don't wanna pull rank on you, but I do know how to run the company.
So I want you to go over to Luke Hailey Freight Lines right now, okay? Connie, would you put this away for me, please? All right, all right.
Mr.
Ames, Mr.
Garr.
- Hey, sugar.
- Hi, honey.
Buzz J.
R.
, will you? Tell him Willie Joe Garr and Jeb Ames are here.
There they are, and right on time too.
How you doing, boys? - J.
R.
Well, you're looking real good.
- Well, thank you, thank you.
You know, I thought we might go over to the club, have a drink.
I don't know about you, Willie Joe, but my friend here and I could use a little steam bath.
- Hey! Especially you.
I get any more calls, tell them I'm out for the rest of the day and maybe the rest of the night too.
What do you say? Yeah, call my wife, tell her I won't be in for dinner.
The club? Is that all he said? - He said he'd be gone the rest of the day.
- Damn! Sue Ellen, you quit that.
Quit it! You come home at 4 in the morning, you might as well stay out all night.
It was business.
Well, whoever you're doing business with wears Fleur de Printemps liberally! Must have been the waitress.
Only one? Ready? Yes.
Is Pamela coming? No, she has another appointment.
Well, thank heavens.
Well, I try to involve her, Miss Ellie, but she just doesn't seem to fit in.
- Hey! Watch the suit, watch the suit.
- My, are we touchy today.
No, we're not touchy.
I'm waiting for a phone call from Houston.
- Too busy to dry my back? - Never.
- Watch out for the suit.
- I'll buy a new one.
Going out with Mama and Sue Ellen again? Oh, not today.
- I'm gonna have lunch with Liz Craig.
- Liz Craig? Your boss from the store? What's that all about? Well, what that's all about is not having to listen to boring Sue Ellen or going to any more boring luncheons.
Yeah, but you have had lunch with Liz Craig three or four times the last few weeks.
- What's going on? - She's a friend.
A friend.
She's gonna ask you back to work, isn't she? Is that bad? I've got to think about that.
Hello? Harold, how are you? Yeah, I tried to get a hold of you.
Yes, I did.
And you're gonna love her when you see her.
Look, Harold Ewing Oil has a lot of property, and I'd like to put it to some good use.
I don't know, business complex, apartment building, something.
Yeah, I know you have a lot of experience in the field.
What do you say we get together? - There's Bobby.
- Hey! I wanna talk to you! Come on! Ray, you go ahead, I'll catch up with you.
Bobby, maybe you can get your dad to take it easy for a few days.
- He's been working pretty hard lately.
- I'll catch up with you at the chutes.
Yes, sir.
Bobby.
That true? You been pushing yourself? You know your Grandpa Southworth? He hated all men.
He said they ruined the ranges and stank up the air.
And he figured the only way you could live off the land decently was to raise cattle.
Well, after all these years, I'm inclined to give the devil his dues.
- I'm having one hell of a time.
- I'm glad.
- Bobby, you got something on your mind? - Yeah.
We own a lot of land, and I'd like to use some of it.
Maybe a construction business.
Construction? You talk to J.
R.
about that? No, Daddy, but the cities are expanding at such a rate some of our holdings are in prime building sites.
- Why didn't you talk to him? - What? J.
R.
, he runs the company.
- lf you wanna branch out - No, I am talking about a whole separate company.
- J.
R.
giving you a hard time? I can't work with him.
I don't like saying it, but it's true.
Bobby, you stand up to him.
There's no way.
He plays everything so close to the vest, I can't get in.
That's no excuse.
You demand your rightful share.
I can go in every day and punch him out, but I don't wanna live that way.
You're not quitting on me, are you? Just let me check out this thing with my friend down in Houston, okay? I don't like you running out, Bobby.
Daddy, I've never run out on anything in my life.
You know it.
But if I can do this on my own, without J.
R.
, then I want that chance.
I don't like it.
Daddy, I've got a plane to catch.
I'll let you know how things turn out.
Manuel, take my horse.
J.
R.
? Good morning, Dad.
Didn't know you kept bankers' hours.
Well, I was out with Jeb Ames and Willie Joe Garr last night.
Yeah, about as trustworthy as two stepped-on rattlesnakes.
You're the one that brought them in as partners up at those two fields up in Galveston.
- No, I brought their daddies in.
Men you could trust with a handshake.
Well, we surely got a lot of new business with them now.
I call it to them.
They don't go to the john without asking me first.
Where does your brother fit into all this? - Well, he's doing fine - I just talked to him! I got a feeling that you're trying to make an office boy out of him.
He had no cause to run to you to complain.
He's talking about quitting, going into construction business.
That's the first I heard of it.
You knew I always had in mind the two of you working together.
That's not happening.
He needs more experience, Dad.
That's a Ewing company you're running.
Family business.
Bob's got a right to know what's going on.
Every detail.
Every meeting.
He's just too impulsive to sit in on every meeting, and that's all there is to it! How many years is that gonna take? Five, 10, 15 When you told me to take over Ewing Oil you said I could handle it any way I saw fit.
And that's the way I see Dad.
Dad, are you all right? What's the matter? Oh, God.
Kit! Ain't nobody here! Operator? Operator, this is Southfork Ranch! Get an ambulance here right away! Southfork Ranch! Dad.
What the hell? It's agreed, then.
The theme for our dance this year will be "the pioneers.
" - It was nice of you to agree.
- Yes.
Yes.
We will need committees for centerpieces punch, hors d'oeuvres and whatever else that we might need.
- It would be lovely - Yes, Lucy, what is it? Speak slower, I can't understand you.
- And in the center - Well, who was in the ambulance? a real covered wagon - What, isn't anybody there? All right.
Call Bobby at the office and find Ray, get him to stand by.
Lucy, do you know the office number? Well, if you forget, it's in the book next to the phone.
Now, tell me the name on the ambulance.
Okay, bye-bye.
I'll get it.
Hey, Chris, let's put him down here till we get room three ready.
Okay, let's have a quarter of anti-M.
S.
ready.
Give IV when I tell you, all right? You would have loved it, Pam.
He came up to here, he had cigar ashes all over his chest and he tells me he's gonna lay New York at my feet.
Just like an old movie.
- How do you like that for trite? - It's wonderful.
I'm surprised.
I thought you enjoyed married life.
Especially Southfork.
Well, I love being married to Bobby, but Southfork's another story.
You're bored, aren't you? Liz, I am bored to death.
You know, I can always find a place for you at the store.
- Mrs.
Ewing? - Yes? Telephone.
Your husband's secretary.
Oh, thank you.
Excuse me, Liz.
Doctor? Say, doctor, my father? He's still holding on.
I'm sorry, I've got another emergency.
Mother! It's Dad.
He's had some sort of seizure.
- Where is he? - He's in room three, right over there.
- Ellie.
- What? Let me go in alone.
- I thought it was you, J.
R.
- Hoping, you mean.
- Don't say that.
- Dr.
Danvers was leaving when I called.
- I was lucky.
- Well, I did everything as fast as I could.
- I didn't think of Dr.
Danvers.
I just got - No one's faulting you, J.
R.
J.
R you did the right thing.
- Where's Bobby? In Houston.
What happened? Jock's taken sick.
The doctor's with him.
What's he doing in Houston? I don't know.
Complaining about something, I suppose.
- Ray! Ray! - In here.
There you are! I've been looking everywhere for you.
Where were you? - I need someone to talk to.
- There's a ranch to run here.
This mare here, she's gonna foal any day now.
She's really ready.
I'm scared, Ray.
- Oh, hold me.
- Lucy, not now.
I don't wanna grow old.
You're a long ways from old.
Well, I never thought Granddaddy was old either now he's dying.
You ought to be thinking about your granddad, not yourself.
I am, Ray.
I am.
That's why I'm here.
I just need you.
I don't wanna grow old.
I just wanna feel like I'm alive.
Lucy so does Jock.
Ellie it appears Jock has suffered coronary insufficiency.
How bad? I don't know.
There's no testing equipment here.
I can't get his blood pressure stabilized.
I'd like to get him into Dallas Memorial.
I wish he'd been taken there first.
We've lost some valuable time.
Well, then, I don't think we should stand around talking, do you? He'll be okay, J.
R.
- Well, has anybody tried to reach Bobby? - Well, I don't think he cares the way he started in on Daddy today.
Something I suppose you put him up to.
Are you trying to make me responsible for Jock's heart attack? - Come on, J.
R.
, Miss Ellie needs us.
- All right.
Operator? Houston information, please.
Now, don't you do anything foolish, you hear? Comfortable, Jock? Feel like a damn TV station.
Start the EKG.
I'll tell Ellie you're kicking like a mule.
Harlan? Yes? Am I gonna make it? Yeah.
J.
R.
, sit down.
You've been pacing ever since we've been here.
Jock's out of pain, his blood pressure's been stabilized and he's complaining.
- What next? - A whole lot of testing to find out what really happened.
- Any idea? - Oh, I don't like to guess.
You know that.
- When can we see him? - In a couple of hours.
But only for five minutes.
That gives me time to pick up Bobby at the airport.
Harlan, I wanna stay here.
Get me a room.
- I don't wanna leave Jock.
- I'd rather you didn't.
If Jock knew that you were keeping a 24-hour vigil it could do more harm than good.
All right.
Well, he sees us.
Hold on, now.
Just sit still a minute, will you? - J.
R.
, how's Daddy? - Why did you run off to Houston? Never mind that, you're making deals on the hospital steps.
Daddy is sick upstairs because of you.
You and your wild schemes The way I hear, he collapsed arguing with you.
- Do you have to, here? - We were arguing about you.
You threatening to leave Ewing Oil.
You haven't taken the time to learn the business, that's your problem.
- That's not true, J.
R.
- Well, what worked him up? - He was fine when I left.
- Fine, was he? We were arguing about you And you're just moving too fast, boy.
You took him to that two-bit hospital and forgot to call a doctor.
Are you trying to blame me for what you did to him? Bobby, the most important thing is to see your daddy right now.
J.
R.
? You go to the car, Sue Ellen.
How's your daddy? Yeah, it was a coronary.
We won't know for a while.
Willie Joe and I were just talking about him when we heard the news.
Yeah, I believe this would be a good time for us to take a look at that red file.
The last thing on my mind is business right now.
Of course.
What's the matter with you? I mean, it was just yesterday that you asked us to be your backers you know, and back you when the cartel starts trying to decide about your investment plans for next year.
You can't hardly blame Willie Joe here, considering what happened.
We'd kind of like a swing vote in there, you know? Wanna make sure of that file and everything before it's too late, God forbid.
- I'll call you.
- Call us soon, you know? I'm sorry, Daddy.
Don't know why you'd give up a nice, air-conditioned office for this.
I figured it was time I learned a little more about this side of the family business.
- I'll try and help if I can, Bobby.
- Thanks a lot, Ray.
Come on! Miss Ellie? Do you know where Bobby is? I had breakfast with him.
He's out working with Ray.
- Ray? Doing what? - He's filling in for Jock.
Miss Ellie, Bobby thinks he's the cause of Jock's heart attack.
Nobody's the cause, except maybe Jock himself.
He never would listen to the doctor.
Miss Ellie, I'm really worried about Bobby.
I've got more on my mind than that.
Pam, you're a Ewing now.
Bobby's your responsibility.
Handle it.
Well, I better get to the hospital.
Jock gets peeved if I'm not around when he wakes up in the morning.
I don't know why.
Bye.
They spend millions of dollars on a hospital to save your life and then try to kill you with the damn food.
Jock, it's not that bad.
Nobody tells you anything around here.
They been poking, pushing and pulling at me for two days now.
I talked to Harlan.
They got a few more tests to do, and then they'll know.
Are they gonna open me up, Ellie? He's not sure.
But they're bringing in the best cardiac surgeon in the state.
How's things going at home? Same as usual.
Except Bobby's working with Ray.
He's filling in till you get back.
Well, that's good.
You know, Ellie, sometimes I worry I I don't think I've been a very good father.
Yes, you have.
Gary pulling out.
Drifter.
Maybe I could've done better by him but just didn't know how.
Jock, don't.
Look at J.
R.
He may get on your nerves once in a while but he's done wonders for Ewing Oil.
A natural-born businessman.
And Bobby's working the ranch.
I like that.
Maybe that's the way to solve the whole problem.
Maybe.
Ellie, if If anything happens to me you keep the family together, you hear? Nothing's going to happen.
Promise me.
It means a lot.
To me too.
Remember when my daddy didn't give us five years together? Sometimes I think he was right.
We're both so headstrong.
Well, we've raised a family, and we're still together.
- We've had a good life, Ellie.
- We still do.
I don't believe it.
Look.
Lot of daylight between your wife and that saddle.
Better take a look.
It might be important.
- News about Daddy? - No.
Bobby, I wanna talk to you.
- Pamela, I got work to do.
- But it's important.
Why didn't you go see Jock in the hospital yesterday? Pam, he doesn't need a crowd around him.
Well, you're hardly a crowd.
Is that what you came out here for? Remind me to see him? I don't need that.
Well, you need something.
Are you afraid to see him? I've never been afraid of that man in my life.
What are you trying to prove, working out here? He's not here.
Somebody has to do it.
Bobby, why are you laying this kind of guilt on yourself? Pamela, I could've killed that man.
Oh, come on, it wasn't your fault.
Pamela, go to the house, please.
No! Bobby, nobody can help what happened.
Please, he needs you now.
So Feaney says to the bumpkin, "What would you do?" Well, sir, the bumpkin scratched his head and said, "I'd call my brother Eustace because Eustace ain't never seen no real good wreck.
" For the last time, please leave before I call security.
- I wish I could, Ben.
- You could say that again.
- Mighty dangerous.
- That is it.
Boys, you know better than this.
Come on.
Sure, Bobby.
Just trying to cheer your daddy up.
- Let's get out of here and let Jock rest.
- Thanks for coming, boys.
Well.
The whole family was here yesterday except you.
- Your friends really ought to know better.
- They don't mean no harm.
Judge likes to tell the stories, I like to listen to them.
- Time to rest now, Mr.
Ewing.
- It's my son.
Just a few more minutes? Would you close the doors when you go out? All right.
Sent your mama home.
Told her to rest up.
She was completely worn out.
She misses you.
We all do.
She tells me you're working with Ray.
He needs a little help getting those cattle ready for shipping.
What happened to the construction business? I put it on the back burner for a while We'll talk about this when you get home.
Bobby I do not want you to leave the Ewing Oil Company, do you hear? Look, I came down here to find out how you were doing not to have a business conference.
J.
R.
's doing fine, but don't get me wrong I'd like to have you there too.
I get the feeling sometimes that your brother's not telling me everything.
Planning to redecorate, Sue Ellen? - What are you doing here? - I live here, remember? You keeping up with the latest? You planning to rejoin the working class? I find it more honest than waiting for Jock to die so you can become the lady of the manor.
- You have a disgusting mouth.
- Oh, I beg your pardon.
What was that you were doing up on the stairs, checking for termites? If it does happen, and when I do take over the first thing I'm gonna do is throw you out.
No one is taking over.
Not while I'm alive.
Lord, love her.
She and J.
R neither one of them lacks for ambition.
Coffee I smell? - Willie Joe.
- J.
R.
- Ames.
- Hey.
- I don't think this is necessary.
- Well, maybe so, J.
R.
, maybe so.
But it was just last month your daddy was at the club talking about Southfork.
Yeah, I was there.
He said, "No one, but no one is ever gonna drill for oil on that ranch.
" Sent shivers up my spine.
- You got no cause.
- We always vote together at the cartel and the others are wondering why.
You know, and we know it's because of those reserves of oil over on section 40 of the Southfork.
Yeah, Daddy says things so Mama won't worry.
You know how she feels about that ranch.
That's why we wanna see the file.
It'll help us sleep a whole lot easier, J.
R.
Face it, your daddy may not leave the hospital.
Bite your tongue.
I'm just talking about facing the facts.
I don't mean no disrespect.
Here, read that.
Read it out loud, so Willie Joe can hear it.
"This card of sale amends paragraph 37.
" "Upon my death, I hereby grant to my son, John Ewing Jr full drilling rights on all oil found in section 40 of Southfork Ranch as described in said paragraph.
" Satisfied? Sure am.
Sorry to have to put you through all this trouble, J.
R but we had to make sure Jock didn't change nothing.
Certain you didn't forge his name on the bottom of this paper? I don't think that's funny.
Let's have a drink to Daddy's health.
Ellie.
We've just finished the cardiac cath test.
There's a blockage in one of Jock's coronary arteries.
It's shutting off the blood supply to his heart.
- Does that mean surgery? - Yes, it does.
We'll do a bypass graft.
It's like a detour around the blockage.
He's not a young man.
Oh, he's a tough man.
He always has been.
He has a good chance of leading a long and normal life.
When, Harlan? This morning.
We don't wanna wait.
- When's it gonna happen? - Just about any time now.
I didn't know it was gonna happen so soon.
- You usually know everything going on.
- I didn't know they did it so quick.
How about a little reverence for new life, Lucy? Bobby, it's your mom.
Yeah, Mama, how is he? Okay, we'll be right in.
He's scheduled for open-heart surgery this morning.
Why'd you sign a mess of forms? They make you do that.
It's routine.
Nobody wants to take any responsibility nowadays.
If I kick off I guess I'll have nobody to blame but myself.
Jock.
You know, there's something I'm trying to tell you, Miss Ellie.
Well, I don't know what.
You've been talking nonstop for an hour.
I love you.
Sorry, Mrs.
Ewing, I have to get him ready now.
Don't you worry, you hear? Don't worry.
Did you reach J.
R.
? - He's out of the office at a meeting.
- I don't believe that guy.
He is just taking care of business, Bobby.
- How is he? - Scared, but he won't admit it.
- Can we get you some breakfast, Mama? - Nothing.
- Miss Ellie, J.
R.
will be here in a minute.
- Good.
If you don't mind, I want to be by myself for a while.
It's gonna be hours.
You sure you're gonna be all right? - Come on, honey.
- Okay.
Sue Ellen, don't you want some coffee? Sure.
Can I bring you some? - I'm going to assist Dr.
Bancroft.
- Yeah? I hope you wash your hands, sonny.
So one birthday I came home, and there was a merry-go-round in the front yard.
Not one of those dinky little things you find in front of a supermarket but an honest to God merry-go-round with music and mirrors and hand-carved horses.
Your daddy sure did love you.
Yeah.
He'd give me anything if I asked for it.
You know what gave me the most pleasure? Just spending the day with him.
Go to the office or out in the oil fields just be with him.
You two always had a special relationship.
I guess so.
Mama, she always always liked Gary the best, so - That left J.
R.
That helps explain him, but doesn't help much.
- Pamela, I think J.
R.
's up to something.
- He's always up to some I mean something he doesn't want anybody to find out about.
J.
R.
needs secrets.
That's his power.
That's what he's all about.
He keeps me out of every meeting with Willie Joe and Jeb.
Every one.
And we've got a lot of business going with those boys.
- Those two men we saw at the hospital? - Yeah.
They wouldn't go to their mother's funeral unless the undertaker was gonna strike oil.
Yet Daddy gets sick, they come right in.
Sweetheart, you're under a lot of pressure.
Look, give it some time.
- Let's go check on your daddy.
- Yeah, come on.
Yeah, I figure you boys stand to make J.
R the way you're going, the Arabs will come to us to borrow money.
Smartest thing old Jock ever did was putting you in charge.
You're gonna be bigger than he was.
- Take care now.
- You too.
- We gonna fight again? - Not unless you want to.
No, I don't.
- Let's go and see if Dad's out of surgery.
- I wanna know what's going on.
I don't have the files, they're at the office.
If you drop in occasionally, you might find - What I wanna know isn't in the files, J.
R.
- What is that supposed to mean? Why do you keep me out of every business meeting with them? Because I run Ewing Oil.
And when you're ready, you can sit in on any meeting.
Well, I'm not ready for the three of you to be circling this hospital like vultures.
I hope you didn't mean what I just heard.
If anything happens to Daddy, I'm gonna be by your side 24 hours a day.
You're hiding something, J.
R.
, and I'm gonna find out what it is.
Come on, Pamela.
All right, we're going off pump, Mike.
U-clamp.
Clamping, Mike.
V-tach.
He's losing pressure.
Going back on pump.
Paddles.
Normal sinus rhythm.
Think he's gonna be all right? Sure.
I sure hope so.
Jock.
My friend, you truly have been born again.
Oh, Granddaddy! Well, you don't do that much anymore.
Sometimes I think it pays to get sick.
Sue Ellen, you sent beautiful flowers.
Enough to landscape the highway from here to Austin.
Thank you.
Appreciate it.
Hold it, Ellie.
Bobby, I wanna know something.
Are you gonna quit the Ewing Oil go into construction business? Well, Daddy, I'm working out at the ranch right now.
That's a nice, evasive answer.
Well, J.
R.
, looks like you're gonna have the office all to yourself.
Let's go, Ellie.