Dallas s02e05 Episode Script

I wanna have a baby when I'm young! You got everything! You got your business, and I got nothing! - I gotta have something to hold on to.
- All right, darling.
I'll buy you a puppy.
You do want a baby, don't you? There is a young girl who is seven months pregnant.
I'm going to be paying a lot of money, and I don't want any mistakes.
- You are my wife.
- But not the kind of wife that I wanna be.
Well, we're gonna fix that right now! Right now, I can't stand to have you touch me.
Our anniversary was last week, wasn't it, Miss Ellie? You remembered.
No wonder I stuck with you all these years.
Open your presents, Grandpa.
- This weighs a ton.
- Bobby, help your daddy.
I've got it, Miss Ellie, just don't baby me here.
I don't see no card.
Forget the card, Pammy? It's not from us.
It's from J.
R.
and me.
Oh, I didn't recognize it wrapped, there.
- What'd you do with the card? - It's in the box.
Thank you.
- What the hell is it? - It's an antique, by an Italian sculptor.
I thought it'd look nice in the den.
Yes, it will.
It's lovely, Sue Ellen.
Thank you.
Mama, this one is from Pamela and myself.
Oh, how nice.
Oh, Bobby.
It's beautiful.
Look, Jock.
All the children when they were growing up.
Oh, look at little Lucy.
Wasn't she cute? I think I look dumb.
Oh, Lucy, you were beautiful.
Grandma, you'd say that about any baby.
There hasn't been any babies in this house for a long time now.
J.
R.
and I are about to start a family any day now.
Well, you've been planning for seven years.
I just about give up on you.
You know, Pamela went to the doctor this afternoon.
- Anything wrong, Pamela? - Oh, no.
In fact, I'm fine.
The doctor said that we could start planning to have a baby.
- That's wonderful.
- Well, that's the best damn news I've heard in a long time.
Ellie, make sure you got some extra pages for that book.
Might need it any time now.
Oh, well, not any time soon.
It depends on how soon we get started.
Bobby! I swear, the younger generation will say anything, anytime, anyplace.
I'm sorry, Mama.
Are we gonna eat this cake, or we gonna save it until next year? First, I wanna make a toast.
To my husband for all the wonderful years and beautiful memories you've given me.
And to our family.
And future Ewings.
Hear, hear.
Hear, hear.
Honey, what was that all about down there? - I thought you wanted a baby.
- Well, I do, but we're still young.
We're still learning about each other.
We got plenty of time for kids.
Now, it depends on how much time you're talking about, you know.
I love you.
Remember I said that.
- We're gonna have an argument? - No.
It's just, I don't want us to have children until it's right for both of us.
You know? Not because the family wants us to or just for another Ewing heir.
Honey, you know we both feel the same way about that.
If living here while you're pregnant or having a baby at Southfork is gonna be a problem, then we don't have to stay.
We can buy a house anywhere we want.
No reason we have to raise our baby here.
I don't wanna separate you from your family.
You love it here, and this is where we live.
And, eventually, this is where we're gonna have our baby.
Why "eventually"? Because lately I don't know if I'm ready to have a baby yet.
I ran into Liz Craig at the store.
She offered me a job.
Honey, why are you looking for a job? Well, I wasn't, but she's offered me one.
That's why you don't want a baby, because of a job? No.
There's more to it than that.
Bobby, I love being married to you but there's so much I wanna find out and do for myself.
You didn't marry another Sue Ellen.
Sometimes I get the feeling if J.
R.
didn't exist she'd just disappear into a puff of smoke.
Come on, now.
All right, well, maybe I'm exaggerating, but Sue Ellen does what she can do, but I can't live that way.
Are you trying to tell me that working with Liz Craig at the store is your kind of life? Yeah.
No.
Oh, I don't have the answers yet.
Can we table this discussion? I mean, I don't even know what the job is or if I like it.
Honey, if you wanna work, I'll put you to work.
Watering horses.
Hard work, fresh air, lunch Thanks a lot.
- Please try to understand.
- Honey, I do understand.
I just don't know if I agree.
Come to bed.
I'm not tired.
Pamela and Bobby are gonna have a whole flock of children before we even have one.
Does that bother you? Pam didn't seem so anxious to have a child.
Your father blames me because we don't have any children and I don't like the way he looks at me.
There is nothing wrong with me, J.
R.
- I had some tests.
- You what? Seven years is a long time, J.
R and there's nothing wrong with me.
I've asked you to go to the doctor.
I'm not taking any test.
- Well, maybe there's a problem.
- There's no problem, Sue Ellen.
Then prove it.
I've told you how I feel about this type of conversation.
Well, maybe the Ewing man I married isn't all the man that he claims to be.
- Where are you going? - You better stop drinking, Sue Ellen.
There's nothing uglier than a woman who can't handle her liquor.
You can't keep running out on me! J.
R.
, you can't walk out on me.
You know how that makes me feel? I wanna have a baby when I'm young! You got everything! You got your business, and I got nothing! - I gotta have something to hold on to.
- All right, darling.
I'll buy you a puppy.
That's the last time you do that to me, J.
R.
The last time.
I mean it! Mrs.
Ewing.
Is everything all right? Everything's just fine, Ray.
Just fine.
You know, you're gonna catch yourself a cold dressed like that out here.
Not if I can get something to warm me.
You got anything to drink at your house, Ray? Come on, Mrs.
Ewing.
I think we ought to get you inside now.
You're gonna feel like hell tomorrow.
Well, I'm feeling better every second.
Is there anything I can do for you? I think so.
Would you like something else, Mrs.
Ewing? No, thank you.
Morning.
How you feeling? - Are you okay, Sue Ellen? - Mrs.
Ewing.
Mrs.
Ewing, Ray.
Mrs.
Ewing? - What about last night? - I don't know what you're talking about.
You were right, Sue Ellen.
That piece of sculpture is really lovely.
I'm glad you like it.
You know, Sue Ellen, when Jock and I were first married we had problems too.
Then I had J.
R.
Somehow children make it all seem more permanent.
I'd like to have a child, Miss Ellie but J.
R.
and I haven't had much luck.
Seven years is a long time to call it luck.
There are other ways to have a child.
Like adoption? Don't you think that it would upset Jock and J.
R if I suddenly brought in a baby that wasn't a Ewing? You leave Jock to me.
If a child can help your marriage then you do what you have to do.
Mrs.
Ewing? I'm Barbara Walsh.
Won 't you come in? I'm sorry to keep you waiting.
It's been one of those days.
Won't you sit down? - Would you like some coffee? - No, thank you.
Okay.
Well, I've just got a few preliminary questions I've gotta ask you before we start processing your file.
I need you and your husband's full names.
- Sue Ellen.
- Okay.
And John Ross Ewing Jr.
- Ewing Oil.
- Yes.
My father-in-law started the company.
Well, that certainly might speed things up.
We've got a lot of little kids who'd love to join the Ewing family.
- How long have you been married? - Seven years.
And do you have any children now? - No.
- All right.
What kind of a child are we looking for? A newborn.
A baby.
Mrs.
Ewing most people who come in here seem to want newborns.
I try to discourage it.
So many single mothers are keeping their babies now and with abortion and the pill well, the supply is very limited.
- It could take a long time.
- How long? As long as three years.
I'm still filling quotas from 1975.
Well I didn't realize.
Why don't you take the forms home and discuss it with your husband? - You might find an older child acceptable.
- No.
No, I really I mean, we really wanted a newborn.
Thank you.
- Connors and Associates.
- Mr.
Connors, please.
- B.
J.
Connors.
- Buzz, this is Barbara Walsh.
Somebody just came into my office I think you might be able to help.
- Who is it? - Mrs.
John Ewing Jr of Ewing Oil.
- Ewing Oil? That's right.
Give me the number.
I can always lend a hand to a Ewing.
Now, honey, that looks real pretty, but I can't put you to work like that.
Very funny.
I'm gonna have the car.
Just wanted you to know I'm going to town.
- You're gonna do some shopping? - I'm gonna meet Liz.
Liz Craig? Honey, I thought we settled that last night.
We didn't settle anything.
You gave me your opinion.
Ray, I'll be with you in a minute.
Honey, I don't want you to take some crummy job for 250 bucks a week.
How about 350? Pamela, you don't need to work.
- Are you telling me what I need? - No, I'm telling you what I think is best.
What's best for Bobby Ewing.
Well, what about me? - Bobby, I need to do something.
- Well, I don't want you to do this.
You know, sometimes you show a lot of your daddy's cussedness and this is one of those days.
- When will you make the announcement? - End of the week.
I think you're crazy running for the state senate.
You could get a real fine law practice going.
Hey, come on, Buzz.
I'm not going into this blind, you know? I made a bit of a name for myself as committee counsel.
I slowed the Ewings down.
A lot of people would vote for me just because of that.
I'm not saying you shouldn't run.
I'm saying get yourself as good an organization as possible.
- Buzz, I got to ask you to do me a favor.
- All right.
Come out for my opponent.
- Now, wait a minute.
- It's nothing personal.
It's just, I know what kind of law you practice.
Well, nobody ever said I couldn't take a hint.
Speaking of the Ewings, there's Pam's sister-in-law.
Ms.
Ewing! Ms.
Ewing! - Do you know her? - We got a business appointment.
- Well, why is a Ewing coming to you? - Well, it's a personal matter.
Yeah, but their corporate lawyers handle their personal matters.
You're a lawyer, Cliff.
You know I can't tell you anything about this.
Strictly confidential.
Ms.
Ewing my name's Buzz Connors.
This is Cliff Barnes.
Cliff Barnes! I've heard a lot about you.
Oh, I'm sure you have.
I can't imagine any of it having been favorable.
Well, you're much more attractive than your reputation.
You're far too pretty to be a Ewing.
Cliff was just leaving.
I'll talk to you in about a week, all right? Right.
- It's nice to meet you, Mrs.
Ewing.
- Sue Ellen.
Sue Ellen.
See you, old boy.
- What is he doing here? - Relax, Ms.
Ewing.
It's strictly confidential.
I never discuss my cases with friends or other lawyers.
You wanna go inside? I have taken the liberty of drawing up the necessary papers.
- Well, I haven't agreed to anything yet.
- I know that.
But I think it's important you understand that this is a legal private adoption.
Well, I thought baby-buying was illegal.
Thank you.
Let's get one thing straight, Ms.
Ewing.
You do want a baby, don't you? How is it that you're able to get babies and the agencies aren't? Every day, thousands of girls go into free clinics for abortions.
I'm not saying that's wrong, but this does represent an alternative.
I don't think I understand that.
Some girls want to have their babies but don't wanna be involved with an agency if they decide to put the child up for adoption.
So people with enough money, like you and your husband can get babies right away without going through the bureaucratic red tape.
Well, how much is this gonna cost me? $ 15,000.
Well, that's a lot of money.
- And what is that for? - Expenses.
It's very expensive to have a baby nowadays.
What with the hospital costs and the mother has to have a place to live until the baby's born.
And, of course, there are my fees and expenses.
What do I have to do? There is a young girl who is seven months pregnant.
She needs money very badly because she has no family in town.
I want to meet her.
Ms.
Ewing, I'd advise against that.
It could be very upsetting to both you and the young girl to meet.
Mr.
Connors I'm going to be paying a lot of money, and I don't want any mistakes.
I wanna meet the mother.
Are you Rita Briggs? I'm Sue Ellen Ewing.
- Mr.
Connors - I know who you are.
- You want a root beer? - No, thank you.
Good.
Because this is the last one, and I don't feel like sharing.
You got a lot of money.
Yes, I guess so.
Why don't you have your own baby? Is something wrong with you? No.
Your husband, huh? Well, why don't you dump him? You afraid you might lose his money? You got a cigarette? No.
I don't smoke.
I don't think you should be smoking either.
I've been doing a pretty good job carrying this baby for seven months and don't think you're walking in here and taking over.
This isn't your baby yet.
My being here, it was my idea.
- I wanna know you.
- Yeah, I know.
He told me.
What, you want me to turn around? See me from all angles? This would be a lot easier if we could be friends.
Friends?! I don't like you.
I don't like any of this.
If I wasn't so dumb, I could be home now with my own kind.
Rita, I want you to know that I understand.
You understand.
You got all the money in the world.
There's nothing you can't buy even my baby.
You met me.
Now, get out of here.
Rita, is there anything you need? There's a lot of things I need.
Nothing I want from you, thank you.
Well, let me buy you some groceries.
At least I can buy you a 6-pack of root beer.
Maybe I can get you an apartment with some more room.
Please.
I wanna help.
All right.
You get me a better place.
The kind of apartment you'd live in.
I want the best because, lady, you are getting everything I got.
All right.
I'll make all the arrangements.
Maybe with a little luck, you can move in this weekend.
Morning, Daddy.
Hey, what do you say, Bobby? I wanna tell you you're getting to be quite a rancher, up at dawn, even on Saturday.
Well, something wrong with one of those irrigation pumps.
- Yeah? - Ray should be back with those parts.
- I saw him drive in a few minutes ago.
- Good.
- Oh, Bobby - Yeah? Do you got a problem with Pamela? - Nothing I can't handle.
- Okay, okay.
- I don't want to butt in, just wondering.
- Okay.
- Morning, Bobby.
- Good morning, Mama.
Here.
It's time for this.
- What's the matter with you and Pamela? - Oh, not you too.
I'm not used to seeing you two at dinner not talking to each other.
It's just a little thing, Mama.
We'll settle it.
Well, not today.
She took off this morning.
Took off? Where would she go without you on a Saturday? Only one place she would go.
To take a job.
A job? What does she need a job for? Ewing women don't work.
Daddy, Pamela doesn't consider herself a Ewing woman and she wants a job.
Well, I don't see anything wrong with staying home and having babies.
Well, there's nothing wrong with it, if the time is right.
You were happy enough when she was pregnant before.
Yes, I was.
But maybe we didn't think about it enough before.
- About how a baby would tie her down.
- Hell.
A baby ain't gonna tie you down none.
It'd be the best thing in the world for Pam.
No, sir, it wouldn't, not right now.
You mean to tell me that you like the idea of her working? I'm not saying I like it.
I'm saying that if Pamela needs a little more time before she has a baby then I guess I can get used to the idea.
Next thing I know, you'll tell me you want to go into construction business again.
No, not just now.
We've had enough aggravation for one morning.
Bye, Mama.
Kids.
How do you figure them out? You don't.
That's what makes them so fascinating.
Well, this is the last of it.
It's a good thing this place is furnished.
My stuff wouldn't even fill the kitchen.
Do you like it? It's all right.
Bedroom's a little cramped.
- You look very pretty in your bathing suit.
- Give me that! Who said you could go through my things? - I'm sorry.
- You spent a couple bucks on me you think you can own me? That's from a beauty contest, isn't it? Maybe.
I was in a beauty pageant once.
- Oh, yeah? Which one? - Miss Texas.
So big deal.
I was in the Miss Teen Texas one.
How'd you do? I was voted Miss Congeniality.
That means they liked me.
- How'd you do? - Well, I was voted Miss Texas.
I knew it.
I knew it! I You always get what you want, don't you? Well, I didn't get Miss America.
I didn't even make it to the finals.
Did you cry? Yeah.
I cried for three days.
I cried when I lost too.
Why don't we have a little lunch? Look, Mrs.
Ewing you don't gotta keep hanging around here, you know? I know it, but I want to.
Let's go.
Well, you were having doubts the other day.
Oh, my feet.
You talked about Bobby the fact that he didn't want you to work.
Well, we resolved those problems with an evening of silence.
Oh, now, look.
Hold it, honey.
If you're having problems with Bobby over this, you'd better think again.
I don't have any problems.
- He has.
- He has.
Now, look.
I don't want to come between you two.
It's not being a friend.
- Besides, it's - Not good for the store.
Oh, Liz, I love Bobby.
We fight because we're individuals.
We'll work this out.
We will.
All right.
You have the job.
- I'll call you and tell you when you start.
- Okay.
- Sue Ellen? - Pam.
Hi.
A friend of mine is having a baby.
Shower gifts.
Well, they're beautiful.
She's a lucky friend.
Yeah, yeah.
What color is the baby's room gonna be? Rita, this is my sister-in-law Pam Ewing.
- This is Rita, Pam.
- Hello, Rita.
Hi.
Green is a nice color.
Why don't you see if you can find something to go with green? Okay.
I'm involved in this charity thing.
Big Sisterhood.
Haven't you heard of it? Well, she doesn't have anybody.
I just thought I'd get her a couple outfits.
I think what you're doing is lovely, Sue Ellen.
I gotta go.
I'll see you later.
Okay.
Hey, Ray! Why don't you get your trunks on? - We'll go swimming.
- Who needs trunks? - I got a lot of work to do.
- Oh, come on.
No one's around.
Besides, I won't tell if you don't.
Hey, Ray.
- J.
R.
- You got some work to do? Yes, sir.
Hi, honey.
Why don't you put some clothes on when the help's around? Trying to get a tan.
What do you want me to do, wear a turtleneck? You seen Sue Ellen around here? Did you guys have a fight? No, honey.
We don't fight.
She's been acting really weird lately.
- She's been out every day this week.
- Well, she has a lot to keep her busy.
This man Buzz called her a couple of times.
- So? - Yesterday, a lady called up about a cleaning deposit on an apartment that a Mrs.
Ewing rented.
Sue Ellen Ewing.
What'd you say his name was? Buzz.
Buzz Connors.
Why did you lie about me? I heard what you told your sister-in-law.
Now, what's the matter? You too embarrassed of me to tell the truth? My husband does not know about this arrangement.
You're buying a baby, and you haven't told your husband? Now, what's he gonna do when you go walking in with my baby? - It'll be too late for him to do anything.
- Well, doesn't he want a baby? You don't know my husband.
He's a very difficult man.
If he knows about it, he'll stop it.
Well, what if he finds out? He won't.
Not until it's too late.
Hello, Chuck? I'm sorry.
I didn't mean to bother you on a Saturday.
Yeah.
There's a little something I want you to do for me.
Yeah.
His name is Buzz Connors.
And there's an apartment I want you to check out for me.
Now, you know my wife, don't you? I want you to find out what she's up to.
And I want you to find out just as soon as you can.
- Hello.
- Mrs.
Ewing? Mr.
Connors called and he wants to know what hospital you want the baby born in.
Doesn 't matter to me.
You're paying for it.
Mrs.
Ewing? I'm sorry.
I think you have the wrong Mrs.
Ewing.
May I come in? Some more Big Sisterhood work? What exactly is it that you want, Pamela? I want to talk to you, Sue Ellen.
I think I know what's going on with all of this.
Are you sure you know what you're doing? Am I now getting advice from a shop girl? This shop girl just took a phone call for you by mistake.
It was from some girl wanting to know what hospital you want your baby born in.
We're adopting a baby.
That wasn't an adoption bureau I talked to.
It was probably that girl I met you shopping with.
What do you know about all this? You can have a baby any time you want one.
What do you know about wanting to have a baby and not being able to get one? Well, I went to an adoption agency, and they said I'd have to wait for three years.
Well, I can't wait for three years.
Why are you so frightened that I'll have the first baby? This isn't a contest.
It doesn't matter who has the first child.
Well, you tell that to Jock and J.
R.
J.
R.
doesn't know about this? No.
And I don't want you to tell him because I want that baby and nobody's gonna stop me, not you, not Jock, and not J.
R.
- Sue Ellen - Pamela this is none of your business.
None of your business.
Rita! Rita! Rita? Are you all right? Rita? What have you done with her? Rita is on a bus to California.
You promised me.
You told me you wouldn't tell him! Sue Ellen, what's wrong? - You told him, and he sent her away! - Who? - I swear I didn't.
- J.
R.
is right.
- You are nothing but a cheap hussy.
- Sue Ellen! I don't want any more of that kind of talk.
You'd do anything to make points with this family.
Well, you can have it! You can have Ewing Oil and you can have this whole damn ranch because I have had it! What's going on? When I ask a question, I deserve an answer.
I'm getting out.
Honey, you put all this stuff away.
You're not going anywhere.
You can't buy your way out of this one, J.
R.
I had to put an end to that baby business.
Do you want to embarrass us? Humiliate us in front of my whole family? I thought having a baby was gonna make things better between you and I.
Well, nothing can.
Don't you think I want a baby just as much as you do? Well, I do.
But I want it to be our child, not somebody else's.
How are we gonna have a child, huh? You haven't touched me in months.
Do you know how that makes me feel? That makes me feel like nothing like it is my fault that we don't have a child! Oh, come on, Miss Texas.
- Don't you do that again! - Let go! - Don't you touch me.
- You are my wife.
Yeah, but not the kind of wife that I wanna be.
- Well, we're gonna fix that right now! - Like hell! Right now, I can't stand to have you touch me.
You'll get over that soon enough.
Is that what you want? Someone who doesn't want you? I don't want you.
I don't want you! I don't want you.
I don't want you.
Come on, Bobby.
It'll just take a second.
Come on.
Okay, close your eyes.
Close your eyes.
Watch your step.
Come on.
- Come with me.
Hang on tight.
- What have you done? Come on.
- Come on, now.
- Oh, Bobby.
Watch your step.
Just a little bit further.
It's not much farther.
Okay.
Are you ready now? - What? - Just hold still.
On the count of three.
- One, two - One, two three.
three.
- Bobby.
- Well, I figured if you had a job you couldn't keep borrowing my car all the time It's beautiful! You gonna stare at it or you gonna take me for a ride? - You like living on the line? - Go easy with me, now.
Remember, my life is in your hands.
- You ready? - Yep.
Well, I see Bobby bought Pam a new toy.
Going into town.
- You want anything? - No.
Well, I'll probably be working late tonight, anyway.