Dallas s02e12 Episode Script

- Guzzler, why don't you help? - I can't move in on a Ewing company.
Come on, Ewing and Bennett, just like old times.
Guzzler, I'm Bobby's wife! Stop it! You'll find out that Guzzler is not only broke, he's a crook.
I want you to stop this project before Bobby signs any agreement with him.
- And how can I do that? - Well, you're a very clever woman, Pam.
We heard about your little brother's shopping center.
We'll be out of business! I've always protected you boys.
Keep this up, and I'll stop.
If you don't stop Bobby, I'll stop him.
- Is J.
R.
still on the phone? - For the last half-hour.
- We were supposed to have lunch.
- Want me to ring through? No.
No, it's too late now.
I have an appointment with an architect.
I better get to it.
I'll catch him later.
Jeb, I'm telling you, you got no cause to worry.
Yeah, well, I do worry when I could go bankrupt.
I've never steered you wrong yet, have I? We're not getting this solved on the phone.
- Tell him we're coming over.
- You hear that? Yeah, I heard it.
Come on over.
Ewing! Bobby, heads up! - I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, are you all right? - Yeah.
I'm sorry.
Guzzler? - Bobby! - Guzzler! Only you would pull a dumb stunt like that.
- Who you calling dumb, kid? - I don't believe it.
- You don't believe nothing.
- Not a college reunion on the sidewalk.
- What reunion? I came up to give you your football.
Bye.
- No! Let's find us someplace to talk.
- And drink.
Your timing is perfect, and so are you.
- Oh, what a nice thing to say.
- Well, we oil men are always nice.
Good thing I called.
Architects are like artists: They feel rejected if you keep them waiting.
- You and your wife building a house? - No, I'm slowly starting my own construction company.
I've got a few projects going.
- Daddy's still running Ewing Oil? - No, Daddy spends his time at the ranch.
J.
R.
runs the company.
- Mr.
Milk-of-Human-Kindness, himself.
Come on, now, take it easy.
He's still my brother.
Yeah, I know.
Construction business, huh? - Yep.
- That's great.
You always were a winner.
- That 80-yard run, I'll never forget it.
- I can't believe you kept this ball for me.
You were the best quarterback that team ever had, kid.
I never would've made the team if not for you.
I could see it, a junior with all that ability and no confidence.
All you needed was some help and somebody to believe in you.
I owe you, Guzzler, and for more than football too.
My brother Gary left, I had nobody to talk to.
And then I find out I can talk to you about anything.
We had some good times.
Bobby, if you're gonna cry, don't get it on the suit.
Come on, I thought you of all people could take a little adoration.
Is there anything else you'd like? Yeah, but I think your boss would put a stop to it, honey.
- Just the check.
- That's on me.
Come on, now, I owe you for more than just a lunch.
- Now, how long you gonna be in town? - Couple of days.
- Gotta see some bankers.
- Yeah? - Are you drilling a new field? - No, putting in new high rises down in Venezuela.
- Building, huh? What happened to the oil business? We don't write each other for six, seven years, things change.
I married and divorced.
You got married.
You got married? I don't believe that.
- Neither did she.
- I'm sorry.
- Hey, where are you staying? - Where do you think? Dumb question, Ewing.
The best place in town, the Fairview.
- I'll drive you over.
You're checking out.
- I can't.
My best friend does not stay in a hotel.
You're coming to Southfork.
It's convenient.
I'm only gonna be here a couple of days.
Stop trying to be polite.
You're coming, period.
Okay, okay.
What chance has a flanker got against a broken-field runner? - Come on.
- Business first.
I'll come out later.
Dinner.
- I wouldn't miss it.
- All right! Jeb, everything points to a salt dome field under that Panhandle property.
We are gonna hit oil.
Just a matter of time, that's all.
A matter of time.
We dug 11 dry holes, J.
R.
Hate to think how much it cost.
Another couple of dry ones, my company's in trouble.
Aren't you forgetting that one big asset that's gonna protect us all? Oh, that's right, Jeb J.
R.
's got that red file land out on Southfork.
That's right.
Enough oil on that property to keep our families from starving for the next 10 generations.
Then damn it, let's pump that oil on Southfork instead of digging holes all over the Panhandle.
When my daddy had his heart attack I got that red file with his will in it, showed it to you and you know as well as I do, no oil can be pumped off there until after his death.
- Well, the way things are going we can't wait for that.
Okay.
All right, I'll tell you what.
I'm willing to give you an advance on your share if you boys will just stick with me.
On one condition.
I wanna bring my own men out to section 40 on Southfork.
I want an estimate on just how rich this red file oil is.
- The estimate is filed with the state.
- Those records are old.
I checked it out.
Your daddy capped that well long before you were ever born.
All right.
All right, bring out your crew.
But I want you to be careful.
My mother doesn't know anything about that clause in my daddy's will.
I don't want her to see one single oil man on Southfork property.
- There you go.
That's $22.
50.
- Guzzler! - Hey, Bobby.
- Good to see you.
Guzzler, my wife, Pamela.
Pamela, Taylor Bennett, otherwise known as the Guzzler.
Hi.
Bobby's been talking about you nonstop for an hour.
It's a real pleasure to meet you, Pam.
You're absolutely beautiful.
Thank you.
- Let's take this.
Family's waiting.
- That's $22.
50.
- Yeah, let me write you a traveler's check.
- No, no, no.
Hang on.
- There you go.
Pays for the ride back.
- First lunch, now cab fare.
- That's two I owe you.
- You'll get a bill at the end of the month.
Miss Ewing, in cases where the husband doesn't know the value of a dollar it's best to put him on a strict budget.
Say, five or six dollars a day for gas and lunch.
Christine is with me in the car.
I know if this photographer catches up her daddy will blow that shipping deal out of the water.
Anyway, he's on one of these Vespas.
You know, one of these putt-putts.
So I remember they had been working on the road, and he's gaining on us.
So I make a turn, and I go right over that hole.
Oh, no! And he fell in! Lucy, as far as I know, he's still there to this day.
Guzzler, let's you and I go in and have a taste of brandy.
- Sir, I thought you'd never ask.
- I wanna find out if you're still a champion drinker.
- Yes, sir.
- Mama.
- Thank you, J.
R.
- Lucy, you're beautiful.
- You never told us if you got the shipping deal or not.
I'm gonna go upstairs.
I can't stand any more of that name-dropping.
Well, I'll be up a little later, darling.
I find that man fascinating.
Next thing you know, that actress is gonna be Farrah Fawcett-Guzzler.
Never heard a man talk so much in my whole life.
Babbles on like a blooming idiot.
Cliff? It's me.
Surprised? No, he's on his way upstairs to bed, to pouting.
No, an old college friend of Bobby's is here, and he doesn't like him very much.
No.
I don't think he's terribly fond of you, either.
That makes it all the better, now, doesn't it? Tomorrow? Sunday would be better.
J.
R.
has a meeting.
Okay.
Bye.
I don't understand why you got out of the oil business.
Never got out of it.
I'm just not active in the company anymore.
The wells keep pumping, that money keeps rolling in.
But I always knew it could all stop.
It's like Will Durant said: "Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.
" I've been bending everybody's ear all night.
I wanna see if you can still catch a football.
All right.
Guzzler.
Hope you can stick around a while.
We'd love to have you.
That goes double for me.
Thanks.
Bobby, you got a great family.
Yes, I do.
Come on, let's go! Well, too bad it's Saturday, because I'd like you to meet my construction foreman.
- He's the best man in the business.
- Yeah? I'm glad to see you using tiles instead of those composition shingles.
Cheapens the house.
Well, what do you think? I think you're wasting your time.
What kind of an answer is that from my best friend? It's an honest answer, the only kind I'd give you.
- I think you'd better explain it.
- All right.
That school you're building, it's coming in ahead of time and 15 thou under.
- This little tract here is already sold out.
- Yeah? You're talking about starting another little tract.
- Guzzler, I still don't get your point.
- Like when I first saw you on the team.
- No confidence.
- Guzzler, I am just starting out.
Starting? You're doing better than guys I've seen with 20 years in the business.
Like intercepting a pass and running the wrong way.
Spending a lot of energy, but not building yourself any glory.
You're ready for something big, Bobby.
Like them high rises I got down in Venezuela or an office building or a tract with 400, 500 homes.
If I do something that big, I need a lot of help, Guzzler.
I need somebody with experience.
Guzzler, why don't you help me? Bobby, I've got projects all over the world.
- So what? - I can't move in on a Ewing company.
You let me handle that.
Come on, Ewing and Bennett, just like old times.
They're waiting for me down in Venezuela.
Oh, come on, postpone it.
You can do that much for me until we find a project.
Huh? How can I turn down an old buddy? Okay, partner.
All right! That deserves a celebration.
Come on.
There's a place I found by the university.
It's just like the place we used to eat.
- Remember, after the games? - Oh, yeah.
Help me.
Come on, Bobby.
I'll give you a hand there.
I think I'm paralyzed from the neck down.
Oh, good.
Oh, all right.
A miracle cure.
Oh, God.
Guzzler! Guzzler, I've suddenly become quite short.
Here, here, here, here.
There you go.
Bobby, I think you've had a few too many.
Can't drink Bobby Ewing under the table, though.
You didn't drink me under the table that time.
The little woman.
Don't tell her I'm drunk.
- Pamela - Bobby! Excuse me, ma'am.
I do believe we have disgraced ourselves.
- Allow me.
- Hi, Guzz.
Where would you like me to dispose of the remains? - Upstairs, if you can manage.
- Certainly.
Be careful.
This way.
Guzzler! On the bed.
Balance like a quarterback.
Thanks.
You smell like fresh flowers.
Delightful.
Those lips.
Those beautiful lips.
- I've got to kiss those lips.
- Oh, come on, Guzzler.
- You're a turn-on, Pammy.
- Guzzler, I'm Bobby's wife! - You know what you do to me.
- Stop it! Get out.
Go on.
- How long will your meeting take, darling? - I ought to be home about 3:00.
Oh, well, it's a shame you have to work on Sunday.
Yeah.
Oh, I forgot my briefcase.
You have a nice lunch with the Reverend Thornwood and his wife, what's-her-name.
I will.
Hi! - That's not funny.
- Did I scare you? - I'm sorry.
- I'll bet you are.
- What's the matter? - You don't know? You must be talking about last night.
I should never have kept Bobby out so late.
I forget he's a married man now.
- Oh, Guzzler.
- That's it, Bobby.
Best way to get your heart started after a big night.
Nothing fazes this guy.
He's incredible, isn't he, honey? Oh, he certainly is.
- Bobby, how about a race? - All right.
Come on, sweetheart, join us.
Oh, no.
You boys go on and play.
I'll go upstairs and blow up your rubber ducky.
You're in big trouble.
If you don't make up you'll sleep in the barn.
- I just came in late last night.
- She'll get over it.
- Let's go.
- One, two, three.
- Oh, God.
- Howdy.
- Hello, gentlemen.
J.
R.
, this is Kiely.
We flew him in from California.
Thought you'd appreciate a geologist from out of state.
Hi, Kiely.
How you doing? What's the story? Well, everything's in surprisingly good shape or we couldn't have run the tests so quickly.
- What about the oil reserves? - It's a rough estimate but it checks with the old records.
We can fill a 100-gallon tank in 20 minutes.
That works out to 7000 barrels a day.
Gentlemen, that's a big oil well.
Seven thousand barrels a day.
J.
R.
, with all that in reserve for us, I can go all the way with you right up into the Panhandle.
Kiely, I want you to put this place back together just the way you found it.
I don't want there to be a trace of you ever having been here.
It's important to me.
Hey, boy.
What did I tell you, huh? I promised you, old boy.
- Is that you, darling? - Yeah.
You know, you're never gonna believe it, but Guzzler beat me by about half a lap.
By the way, what was that remark out there about a rubber ducky? Well, it seemed appropriate at the time.
Honey, I know we were shabby last night.
Old time's sake.
I guess we got carried away.
Okay.
- How long is Guzzler gonna be around? - As long as I can persuade him to stay.
I'm canceling everything on my calendar next week so Guzzler and I can find a project that suits us.
A project? You and Guzzler? Well, honey, I didn't tell you but he and I are gonna be partners.
Form a Ewing and Guzzler company.
I'm really looking forward to it.
Bobby, I thought you went into construction to be on your own.
Honey, this man knows more about it than I can learn in five years.
That's not what you wanted, or why you fought with your daddy.
Will you trust me? He'll be terrific.
It'll be terrific looking in a bar every night for you after work.
Now, wait a minute.
- What do you think you are, my keeper? - No, but apparently Guzzler will be.
Do you know what I think is wrong with you? - You're about to tell me.
- You got a slight touch of the green-eyed monster.
You're like J.
R.
when it comes to Guzzler, like you're competing with him.
Compete with Guzzler? Hey, Bobby, don't flatter yourself! Get out and leave me alone! Go play with your friend! I don't believe it.
Look at these houses.
Used to be nothing here but prairie.
That's why they call it the metroplex.
Dallas, Fort Worth, they're growing right together.
- Soon, Braddock will be swallowed up.
- Stop the car, Bobby.
- What? - Stop the car right over there! - I got it! I got it! - You've got what? Let me in on it.
The project.
This is perfect.
We couldn't find any better place than this right here.
- For what? - A shopping center.
- A shopping center? - You see these houses? Thousands more will be going up out here.
- So what? - Look at all this empty land.
- Guzzler, I still don't get it.
- Do you see any markets? Do you see any gas stations, any drugstores? - No.
- It's a can't-lose deal, Bobby.
- We gotta find the owners.
- Well, I know the owners.
Well, wonderful.
Let's go talk to them.
You are.
At least, I will be.
Guzzler, this is Southfork.
It's perfect, Bobby.
Bobby, you know how your mama feels about the land.
I'm afraid this little shopping center's not gonna sit too well with her.
Daddy, I don't think it's gonna hurt Southfork.
How's that look? Can't see it too well.
Try moving it down.
Yeah.
Yeah, that looks better.
I'm not too keen about cutting up the ranch, myself.
It's not gonna do it.
It fronts on the highway and you never run cattle on that section anyway.
Bobby, you've done a hell of a job with that construction business of yours.
I was against it all the way.
But you fought back and won.
I like that.
But your mama's involved now.
I have to see that parcel of land first before I can talk to her.
- Fair enough.
Let's go take a look at it.
- Okay.
Oh, Bobby.
Why do I get the feeling that you're trying to tear down or rebuild the state of Texas before next Friday? I might have something to do on Saturday.
See if J.
R.
is back.
I'd like to have him along.
Why? It's my project, we can handle it.
I know that.
We're talking about Ewing land.
Might like to get his opinion.
- Anything you say.
- Till I say something you don't agree with.
Do you like foreign girls better than American girls? You can't divide women up like that, Lucy.
Every one is different whether she's born in France or Egypt or America.
Women are like snowflakes.
Every one is different.
And every one is beautiful.
Do I remind you of anyone that you've ever known? Yeah, in a way.
Only, your smile is brighter.
I met her in Rudisheim.
That's on the Rhine.
Her hair was blond and full like yours.
She was petite and warm and very lovely.
Did you have an affair? That's personal.
Then you did.
Why don't we get a couple of horses and ride somewhere? Okay.
I know a great place by a lake.
Well, let's go.
Hi, Pam.
Guzzler.
Lucy, why don't we go swimming instead? Okay.
I'll go up and change.
Yeah, me too.
In a minute.
Okay.
Hi.
Now, don't let me interrupt another conquest.
What's wrong? Why are you mad at me? It's very important to me that we be friends.
Speaking of friends, what did you have in mind for Lucy? - We were going for a ride.
- That's all? I never plan what happens with a woman.
Oh, and all women are fair game.
I enjoy women very much.
Some of them reciprocated.
It must be a strain, always being so charming and witty, Guzzler.
- As a matter of fact, Pam, it is.
- I'll bet.
- Obviously, I've offended you.
- I don't like what's happened to Bobby since you've been here.
There's something you don't understand.
I love Bobby.
If a man can use that word about another man nowadays without it sounding dirty.
I never had any brothers or sisters.
My mama died when I was a little boy.
It was just daddy and me.
He was not an affectionate man.
So when Bobby came along in college, he was like an overgrown pup.
I better stop before someone starts playing a violin.
Oh, no, no.
Go on.
Well, there's not much else.
Bobby was impressionable.
I was older, I'd been around a little more.
I became the guy he looked up to.
I didn't ask for the role.
It happened.
I enjoyed it.
I thought you were all flash.
I'm sorry, I didn't know there was another side to you.
There usually is with most people, Pam.
I just can't get over it, Bobby.
Where I first discovered oil, right after I married your mama.
But you got it all capped off, Daddy.
What was it, a teaser? Hardly.
Old man Southworth damn near skinned me alive when he found out what I'd done.
Barely tolerated me the way it was.
Hated all oil men.
So to keep the peace I capped this thing off.
Then he put it in his will.
Nobody could ever drill on Southfork.
I got the same clause in my will.
That right, J.
R.
? Yes, sir.
Are you telling me I might as well forget about building on this section? Well, that's a good idea, Bobby.
No need to chop up Southfork.
You can get another parcel of land.
Tell you what I'll do, I'll help you.
I'll call a couple of boys.
Not so fast, J.
R.
Not so fast.
I think Bobby's project might be just the thing for this section of land.
If he opens up a shopping center here it might stop any temptation after I'm gone to open up this ranch for drilling.
Oh, that would never happen, Dad.
Never.
It's only Bobby and me and we'd always respect your wishes.
It wouldn't hurt to have a little extra guarantee.
Besides, I think Bobby's got a good idea.
You know how Mother loves this land, like her daddy did and there's no reason to upset her.
I'll tell you what let Bobby build it, and first thing you know he's gonna be subdividing Southfork, and there will be cracker-box houses J.
R.
, I think you're overreacting.
I won't subdivide this place.
I'm just talking about putting up a few stores.
I know how much Dad loves the land.
You can build a shopping center anywhere.
Just take it easy.
Take it easy, J.
R.
Bobby, I'm gonna have a talk with your mother.
I think she ought to be in on this anyway.
Okay, Daddy.
I understand.
No, you don't.
J.
R.
? J.
R.
? I was surprised when it first turned out it was the same place that I drilled for oil.
I don't see where a shopping center is any improvement over oil wells.
It was oil he hated, Miss Ellie, not change.
You know shops over on section 40 is not gonna destroy Southfork.
It was the land he loved, and I do too.
But he didn't have anything against improvement of the land.
Otherwise we'd still be living in that little clapboard house.
Oh, Jock, this is different.
We built a home.
I know it's different, Miss Ellie, but it means a lot to Bobby.
Sometimes I think the men in this family think too much about success and money.
It's not the money I'm thinking about.
I'm thinking about our son.
You know exactly what makes me tick, don't you? Ought to by now.
Well, you two have been at this quite a while.
Dad, I know how you like to eat dinner on time.
This is an important decision, J.
R.
We'll just forget about dinner for once.
Mom, there's no reason for you to rush into this.
Why don't I get some facts and figures together for you to look over? J.
R.
, this isn't a business decision.
It's a personal one.
Jock.
Let Bobby build his shopping center.
Connie.
- Good morning, Louella.
- Good morning.
They're in your office, Mr.
Ewing.
Thank you.
Well, boys.
What's got you all stirred up on a busy Monday morning? We heard about your little brother's shopping center.
It was all over town by 9 this morning.
You didn't come here to talk about that? He's building exactly where your daddy's will gives you the right to drill for oil! We share in that oil, J.
R.
It's the basis to every deal we've made.
I'm beginning to think that maybe that will is a fake.
You calling me a liar? If we come up dry in the Panhandle, and Bobby builds on that red file land we could be out of business! I've always protected you boys.
Keep this up, and I'll stop.
If you don't stop Bobby I'll stop him.
What's that supposed to mean? You know damn well what it means.
Don't you ever threaten my brother or any other Ewing.
I told you I'd handle this.
Now, get out of my office.
Ewing Company.
Oh, I'm sorry, Mr.
Fredericks both Mr.
Ewing and Mr.
Bennett are busy on the phone.
Yes, I'll give him your message.
Ewing Company.
I'm sorry, both Mr.
Ewing and Mr.
Bennett are busy Mr.
Marsh? Yes, J.
R.
is in, but he's on another line right now.
Will you hold, please? Thank you.
At the moment, we got inquiries from Neiman's, Lord & Taylors and JCPenney.
That's right.
Well, we're just gonna have to wait and see what they want.
Sure, Davis will be the first to know.
I promise you.
I know it's a first-class location.
It'd be a lot of prestige for us, sir.
Your only branch outside of New York City.
All right, sir.
Well, maybe tonight.
This is the biggest thing since the hot dog.
- It's getting out of - Ewing and Bennett.
What a team, huh? These sketches Ernie drew up knocked them over.
- Let's sit down and talk - We got a meeting in five minutes.
Come on.
We can't keep the board of directors of the world's classiest department store waiting.
Mr.
Marsh, I just got your report.
Well, if I had more time, there are some incidents out of the country I'm sure you'd like to know about.
- No, no.
This is all I need.
Your agency has been very thorough.
Thank you very much.
Your invitation came as quite a shock.
I never imagined the two of us having lunch together.
Well, you're a member of the family now.
You fought for it and you won.
I think it's time we bury the hatchet.
J.
R.
, please don't make me lose this good food.
Why don't you try telling me the truth for a change? - You always could see right through me.
- Like glass.
Well Do you believe I care for Bobby? I think it's debatable.
Let's see if we can find something we both agree on.
You love Bobby, right? - You know I do.
- You'd do anything to protect him from harm.
- Who's going to harm Bobby? Guzzler.
You'd better read this.
He's getting Bobby so deeply involved in this building project he may never get out of it.
- What does all this mean? - Read it.
You'll find out that Guzzler is not only broke, he's a crook.
He was building offices in New Orleans.
Ran out on his partner left him holding the bag.
The company went under.
They never even finished digging the foundations.
Then he went to Montana, big pile of money started some sort of phony land deal.
That collapsed.
The authorities are still trying to unravel it to find out who to file charges against.
Then Guzzler went looking for another mark, and he found one.
Bobby.
J.
R.
, if I don't trust you, how am I supposed to trust this report? I'll let you talk to the private investigator if you want, or hire your own.
- I'll pay for it.
- Why didn't you tell Bobby this yourself? I can't say anything bad about Guzzler.
Bobby's got a blind spot where that man is concerned.
Yeah, I know.
I want you to stop this project before Bobby signs any agreement with him.
And how can I do that? Well, you're a very clever woman, Pam.
You'll think of something.
J.
R.
, what are you getting out of this? Does it matter? - Now, we've gotta scale it down.
- Okay, we'll hold it down to three department stores, make the specialty shops happy.
Guzzler, we started out with a market, a drugstore, a cleaners and some shops.
- I'm a good salesman.
I knew when those chains found out about this nothing would stop them.
- Look at the traffic, pollution right here on Southfork.
Guzzler, I don't like it.
If you work all night, I'll put on another pot of coffee.
No, Mama, I'm about ready for bed.
Thank you.
Are these the plans for the shopping center? These are artists' renderings, Miss Ewing.
- Very impressive.
- Yes, ma'am, it is.
There's gonna be three department stores and a multilevel garage.
There's gonna be specialty shops too.
Something for everybody.
Something for everybody.
Bobby Guzzler, excuse me a minute.
Are you all right? Mama It's bigger than I thought it would be, Bobby.
When everybody heard about the project, they all wanted in.
Phones were ringing off the hook.
How do you feel about it? Overwhelmed.
It's gonna change Southfork forever.
Mama, even a small center would have changed Southfork.
It's land we never use.
Does everything have to be used? Can't some things just be? Stay the way they've always been? Do we have to change everything we touch? Does it really make things better that way? Then why did you approve the center in the first place? Well I guess if there's anything I love more than the land it's my sons.
Bobby.
Who's that? It's Pam.
Pam? Come in.
I want to talk to you.
- Does Bobby know you're here? - No.
- I see.
- Simmer down, Guzzler.
I'm not here because of your charm.
If it's not my great body you're after, then forget it, because it's too early for talk.
Now, that's not very smooth but I guess you can't be smooth all the time.
Otherwise, why would the authorities from Montana be investigating you? I made a mistake.
Everyone can make a mistake.
One, maybe.
What about New Orleans? - What do you want? - You're a user, Guzzler.
Family, friends, women, anything.
That's how you live.
When your daddy died, you destroyed his business using his name on one phony business deal after another.
Using women the whole time and throwing them away when you were through.
And then you hit bottom.
And you knew you couldn't make it on your own.
You're on the run.
And then you had a brilliant idea, "Why not take that rich kid Bobby Ewing?" I mean, it had to be easy, because he worships you! You told me you loved him.
You're a liar.
What the hell did you do, hire a detective? - You win.
- No, I don't win.
Unfortunately, Bobby loses.
You're wrong about the way I feel.
I do love Bobby.
You have a questionable way of showing it.
You don't understand.
He was the only one I could come to.
Pam, I was a big man on campus.
It was the high point of my whole life.
I could never be that again.
I kept trying and failing.
I can't figure it out.
Somehow, I just burned out young.
Are you gonna tell him? I don't know.
If I didn't know better, I'd be worried.
Guzzler's quite a womanizer.
I thought you were asleep.
What were you talking about? I don't want to come between you and Guzzler, Bobby.
I really don't, but I found out some things.
The land deal in Montana? - You know about that? - The fraud case in New Orleans it was easy to check.
Pamela, I'm not blind.
That man is my friend.
- Bobby, you offered him a partnership.
- I offered him a way back.
Do you know what that partnership means to Guzzler? Not position, not money.
It means there's somebody left who still remembers what he used to be: Number one.
The best.
See, you know him like he is.
But I remember what he was.
You didn't tell him why.
- I owe him for more than a good time.
- I'm sorry, Bobby.
I think I may have hurt him.
Well, maybe I should have told you.
I don't know.
But now I'm the one who has to hurt him.
You're up pretty early.
I love the morning.
Always loved mornings.
- Remember those early workouts? - Oh, yes.
Dew still on the grass.
Everything smells fresh and alive in the morning.
- Guzzler, I've been doing some thinking.
- Where's Pam? She like to get up early? No, she's still sleeping.
- What's on your mind? - The shopping center.
It's out of hand.
It's too big for Southfork.
Bobby, that's your land.
You got a right to decide what's right or wrong for it.
But we don't have to cancel the project.
We can go out and look for property right now.
Can't do it, Bobby.
I didn't want to disappoint you but I have to pull out of that deal anyhow.
That thing in Venezuela big problem.
- Well, then, I'll wait till you get back.
No.
You got along without the Guzzler all these years.
You just need confidence, kid.
That's my cab.
A cab? They called me from South America.
It's a mess.
They need me.
How long can it take to find a piece of land? Sorry to let you down.
When you come back, the offer still stands.
A partnership, Ewing and Bennett.
Make it Bennett and Ewing, and I'll think about it.
Better yet, make it Guzzler and Friend, and I'll be back.
Come on.
Let me buy you a cab ride.
Bobby, that makes three I owe you.
I'll send you a bill.