Dallas s02e20 Episode Script

- You really miss him, don't you, Pam? - Well, of course I do.
Why don't you move in with me? That'd make the separation so permanent.
You know, I thought you'd have a house by now.
Running a string of girls.
You always had a good head for business, Amber.
- The name's Leanne.
- She coming home? - No, Mama.
As a matter of fact, she's moving in with a friend.
Some girl named Leanne Rees.
- Why are you setting up Pam? - Well, let's just say I wanna kill two birds with one stone.
This is your style.
My wife and the man that put Barnes in office.
Your wife got in plenty of trouble before you all got married.
I don't understand why you'd think she'd change.
That's the game, J.
R.
- You want another one? - I never knew you liked to lose so much.
- Be good therapy for you, boy.
- For me? Do wonders for that state of celibacy you've been in since your wife walked out on you.
Driven out is more like it.
- Whatever.
- Let's go.
- Ready? - Ready.
Mr.
Ewing? - Yeah? - A message.
Ray Krebbs at the ranch wants to see you.
He says it's important.
Take a breather, J.
R.
Leanne, would you pull the peignoir off one shoulder? Yeah, I like Oh, that's perfect.
That's pretty.
Okay.
All right, girls, a little more to the right.
Hold it.
Okay.
Candy, head down.
Sharon, look over here.
Perfect.
Leanne, run your hand through your hair.
That's it.
Nice.
That's it.
That's it.
- Is that good for you? - Fine.
Pam? Oh, yeah.
I liked it.
- Take a break, girls.
- What's the next outfit? Tennis outfits.
Pam, take over, will you? - I've got a meeting with the brass.
- Okay.
- Aren't you exhausted? - I could do it forever.
It beats work.
It beats thinking.
Hey, no man's worth all that pain.
Mine is.
There he is now.
Hey, Bobby.
Frank here tells me we got a little trouble.
- What's the matter? - Rustlers at the west fence.
Got off with a truckload of cattle.
That's three times in the last six months.
- Did anybody see anything? - Must've happened last night.
Boys found a section of fence down first thing this morning.
Check it out, Ray.
Let me know what you find.
I'll call some ranchers down the line.
We're on our way.
Gentlemen, I do not like this new oil refinery deal.
It is just a matter of time before the government lifts price controls.
We're not going along with you this time.
I made a lot of money for you boys in the past.
What's going on? Willie Joe and Jeb stuck with you.
Look what happened to them.
- I had nothing to do with that.
- Maybe.
They couldn't even beat that manslaughter charge.
You just don't have the clout you used to have.
- Cliff Barnes has got you blocked.
- Andy's right.
With him in the Office of Land Management, you got a powerful enemy.
- I can handle Cliff Barnes.
- You can't touch Barnes.
- Not with Ben Maxwell backing him.
- No one gets to Maxwell.
- Now, boys, don't underestimate me.
- Good luck, J.
R.
If you can handle Maxwell, maybe we can do business with Ewing Oil again.
In the meantime, gentlemen, I think this meeting's adjourned.
Ben Maxwell's a tall order, even for you, J.
R.
He represents the ultimate power in Dallas.
And he's clean.
He believes in church on Sunday fresh air, lots of exercise - Is that a fact? Found a big section of fence down right in here, Bobby.
- Well, did you see any tire tracks? - Yeah.
Looks like just one truck.
Couldn't have been any more than 10 head.
- I've got some of the men checking it.
- Okay, good.
Just don't seem worthwhile rustling five head of cattle.
Well, it's a nickel-dime operation.
That also means it's gonna be awful hard to track them down.
I'm gonna check with the hands on other spreads, see if anyone knows anything.
Why don't we go into town tonight and hit a few bars.
See if we can pick up some information.
- I could handle that myself, Bobby.
- No, I'd like to go.
I don't have my mind on my book work anymore.
- Pamela? - Who else? - I just don't understand her anymore.
- Neither do I.
Yeah.
Rustling this day and age.
Hard to believe.
Well, with the price of meat the way it is, I can understand it.
Maybe you need more fence riders, Bobby.
- I'm taking care of it, J.
R.
- Not very well.
- Listen - That's enough.
J.
R.
, how'd the meeting go today? The boys agree to postpone that refinery deal? Well, sir, you mind if we talk about that a little later? Let's talk about it now.
- No.
No, sir.
They did not agree.
- Why not? They're short-sighted.
They just wanted to cash in now.
You were able to convince that bunch to do things our way in the past.
I don't like it.
They'll come around.
Well, I'm not so sure about that.
With your buddies Jeb Ames and Willie Joe Garr out of the picture I think you ought to bring some other independent oil men into Cartel.
Men that'll stand behind Ewing Oil.
- Working on it, Daddy.
- Well, that's good.
If you need Bobby's help, just ask for it, you hear? Well, I don't think Bobby's got his mind on business right now.
I have a feeling that's temporary.
Pam will come home.
Too good for me.
- How about another game? - Ben, you're just too good for me today.
Every day, J.
R.
Every day.
What do you say I buy us a drink, and we have a sauna.
- What? Talk about Cliff Barnes again? - Whatever.
You don't give up, do you, J.
R.
? Well, I didn't drag you all the way down here just to sweat.
Well, you keep your cards on the table up front.
- All the time.
Well, where are the rest of the suits? No! No, I can't use the wedding dresses.
They're not ready either.
All right, all right.
I understand.
Well, that's it for today.
The other outfits haven't arrived.
- You can take a nice, long lunch.
- Leanne, let's lunch at the Racquet Club.
Oh, I don't think I'm in the mood for that.
Now, Leanne, don't disappoint Pam.
Bobby sometimes plays racquetball there at noon.
You might be helping to bring a couple of lovers back together.
I didn't bring the right clothes for the Racquet Club.
Don't be silly.
Doesn't matter.
It'll be fun.
Okay, if you want.
I want.
He's not here, is he? I guess not.
- You really miss him, don't you, Pam? - Well, of course I do.
You know, I think I spend half my day waiting for him to call me.
I'll never get used to living alone.
Look, I've got an idea.
I've got a spare bedroom.
Why don't you move in with me? I could use the company, not to mention splitting the expenses.
Well, I couldn't do that.
I mean, that would make the separation seem so permanent.
- Isn't it? - No! Leanne, I love Bobby.
It's just I don't think we can make it together on that ranch anymore.
That serpent of a brother, J.
R.
He almost sent my brother to jail.
He destroyed him.
Pam, we seem to have gotten along pretty well these past few weeks.
Maybe you should move in until you decide what you wanna do.
Well, it couldn't hurt to take a look.
I'll come by tonight.
- Terrific.
- Okay.
- Buy you a drink, Ben? - Club soda, thank you.
- No vices, huh? - It makes life less complicated that way.
Less complicated but pretty dull, I bet.
- I enjoy dull.
- Do you? - Club soda, and I'll have my usual.
- Yes, sir.
Well, I guess you're interested in how I feel about Cliff Barnes and the OLM.
As a matter of fact, I am.
Well, Mr.
Barnes is doing what he thinks is right for the future of this state.
Mr.
Barnes is trying to destroy Ewing Oil.
And he's using his position at the OLM to do it.
I'm sorry, Ewing.
Out of my hands.
Thank you.
I don't know about that.
You put him in the job.
You can make him toe the line.
No, the people I represent gave him the job.
I'm just the middleman.
And frankly, Ewing, they're very pleased with Mr.
Barnes.
There are people around here who think you independents are getting a little careless.
That's why the OLM was created.
To keep you from making all of Texas into an oil field.
- Are you really that public-spirited? - Of course.
Cliff Barnes is conducting a vendetta against my family.
- Is that a fact? - That's a fact.
That's Cliff Barnes' sister over there, isn't it? Yes.
Yes, that's my sister-in-law.
For the time being.
It's kind of complicated.
- Say, Pamela.
How you doing, honey? - Hello, J.
R.
If you're looking for Bobby, you missed him by a whole day.
Excuse my manners.
This is Ben Maxwell.
This is my sister-in-law, Pamela Ewing.
- How do you do? - How do you do? Maybe you'd introduce us to your friend.
We'd both like to meet her.
Leanne Rees.
- Pleasure.
- How do you do? - How do you do? - Hello.
- Well, can I buy you girls a drink? - No.
- Leanne's a good-looking woman.
- Yeah, very.
- Are you interested? - Of course not, Ewing.
- I'm a happily married man.
- Yeah, sure.
Hi.
Mind if I come in? I don't know how I can keep you out.
I can't tell you how surprised I was to see you at that racquet club.
With my sister-in-law, of all people.
How did you find me, J.
R.
? Oh, I have my ways, honey, you know that.
Hello? Pam.
Look, why don't you come over in about 15 minutes.
I have someone here who's just leaving.
Right.
Bye.
Hey, this is something new since the last time I saw you.
Pretty little girl.
What, about 4 years old? Well, no wonder you dropped out of sight.
She's the best thing that ever happened to me.
Yeah? - She in the bedroom here? - No, she's with my mother.
Oh, sure, of course.
Who's the father? Oh, sorry, darling.
You know, I thought you'd have a house by now.
Running a string of girls.
You always had a good head for business, Amber.
The name's Leanne.
Leanne.
That's classy.
Will you leave? We know I have some business to discuss with you that demands your special talents.
That business doesn't interest me anymore.
I'm making a new life for myself.
Oh, they always try.
You know that never works.
- I'm making it work.
- Well, from the looks of this place I'd say your old life was a lot more lucrative.
Why the sudden interest in my old life? Ewing Oil need some congressmen entertained, some parties livened up? I do have a friend that needs your services.
And I aim to accommodate him.
Sorry.
You're taking up my time, J.
R.
, and my time's not for sale anymore.
Honey, this man wants you.
And it's in my interests to give him what he wants.
No deal.
Honey, the courts in the state of Texas are very straight-laced about the welfare of children.
They have some old-fashioned notion that a mother should set a moral example for them.
All I ever did was sell myself.
But you You'd sell yourself, your family, your friends for power.
J.
R.
, you're a prize pimp.
You know, coming from an expert I consider that a compliment.
- Hello.
- Bobby? Hi.
I just wanted to tell you that I'm moving out of the hotel.
I'm going to move in with a girlfriend.
Bobby? Did you hear me? Yeah.
Yeah, I'm here.
Well, I just wanted to tell you.
Well, that sounds permanent, doesn't it? You know I don't like living alone.
You had another choice, Pam.
Thank you, sweetheart.
But J.
R.
's still there, and I'm not ready for that.
Well, I'm not too pleased with the arrangement myself.
Bobby Who are you moving in with? I don't think you know her.
Leanne Rees.
- When? - Probably the day after tomorrow.
Good luck.
Goodbye.
Bobby? Bobby? Who was that? It was Pamela.
Is she coming home? No, Mama.
As a matter of fact, she's moving in with a friend.
- Anyone we know? - No, I don't think so.
Some girl named Leanne Rees.
Matt Henderson, Vice Squad, please.
Sergeant Henderson.
Hey, Matt.
J.
R.
Ewing, here.
Hey, Mr.
Ewing, how's it going? Well, just real fine.
They keeping you busy? Well, you know how it is.
People love doing things they're not supposed to do.
Too darn many laws, that's the trouble.
- Maybe so.
Anything I can do for you? - Yeah, there's a woman Leanne Rees, used to go by the name of Amber.
- I remember.
One of Laurie's girls.
- That's right.
Yeah, you got it.
Well, she's back in town, working as a model.
She giving you trouble? No, no.
She just needs some reminding of who she is and who her friends are, you know? Want me to give her the A treatment or the B treatment? Oh, B treatment will be just fine.
Let me give you her address.
Hello, Amber.
Let's have a talk.
- Henderson.
What do you want? - You.
You're under arrest.
- What are you talking about? For what? - Soliciting.
Sound familiar? - Come on, let's go.
- Like hell I will.
I didn't do anything.
- You calling me a liar, Amber? - Yes, and I'll say so in court.
Who do you think they're gonna believe? The cop or the hooker? Maybe I'll just add "assaulting an officer" to that.
Come on.
J.
R.
No, J.
R.
, please! Missed you at the dinner table tonight.
I wasn't feeling very well.
You'll feel a lot worse if you don't show up at the dinner table tomorrow night.
What, you're gonna hit your pregnant wife? Come here, Miss Texas.
I want you to look at something.
Pretty, isn't it? A lush, a tramp! - And the mother of your child.
- Really? Chances are.
Now, listen to me carefully, Sue Ellen.
You take care of that baby, you hear? Be sure it's a happy, healthy one.
Because it's the only thing standing between you and the gutter.
Hello? Yeah, Matt.
I'll see you there in an hour.
Hey.
Two, please.
I got these.
How many of these places you think we've been in tonight? - Half dozen or so.
- You think we're gonna survive? - You ain't chickening out now, are you? - I'm considering it.
If we don't find out anything, we go home, all right? I was hoping you'd say that.
You're sticking your nose in things that doesn't concern you.
I understand.
I just wanted a little information.
- You came to the wrong place, kid.
- I get it.
Now, just back off, okay? Hey, Tony, he wants us to back off.
- I didn't hear him.
- Neither did I.
Sit down.
Hey, isn't that Kit Mainwaring? I think we better bail that boy out, Bobby.
Come on! - Come on.
Let's get out of here.
- Wait a minute.
Wait.
Hey, hey.
- Are you all right? - Yeah, thanks.
Hey, you guys saved my life there.
Look, what was Mainwaring Oil doing in a joint like that in the first place? I don't know.
Maybe the same thing Ewing Oil was doing, huh? Well, we were hunting rustlers.
- Same here.
- You're kidding.
No.
My father says I don't take enough interest in the family business.
Well, this is one dumb way to get into it.
I'll tell you.
No, not dumb.
Just unhealthy.
- Did you find out anything? - No.
These guys don't like to talk a lot.
A name? Somebody said something? - A guy saw another guy.
That's it.
- Well, that's not much.
Look, I'll have the sheriff in Braddock check this out.
You come by Southfork, and we'll all go in together.
Those guys ain't gonna wait forever.
Let's get out of here, champ.
Come on.
- See you in the morning.
- You're on.
You're home.
- You're not going to book me, are you? - No.
Mind telling me what this was all about? I just wanted you to know how lucky you are to have powerful friends.
Well, I'm not surprised.
It's just your style.
Well, you needed a little convincing.
And old Matt Henderson's just the man to do it, isn't he? Come on.
Sit down, and let's talk a little business.
Okay, J.
R.
You have a friend That's right, and you have a friend.
And I want you and I to get our two friends together.
It's simple as that.
A friend of mine? Who? - Pamela.
- Pamela? Pamela Barnes Ewing.
You know who I'm talking about.
- Oh, no, J.
R.
- Yeah.
I won't do it.
Well, she won't know anything about it until it's all over.
Think of how well you'll be able to bring up your pretty little girl with the all money I'm gonna pay you.
What would I have to do? You now have a membership in the Racquet Club.
- Who do I meet? - Ben Maxwell.
Ben Maxwell? That was the man you were with.
Now, he's gonna have to be played just right.
That's why I want you to do the job, because you play the game so good.
He's got to be convinced that you are head over heels in love with him.
I know the type.
Now, just get him to your place after Pam's asleep.
Why are you setting up Pam? Well, let's just say I want to kill two birds with one stone.
I can't do it.
I can't do that to Pam.
She's my best friend.
Now, sweetheart, I'm not playing games.
Tonight was just a warning.
Next time, you won't get off.
And when this is all finished just think, I'm gonna have a nice little place for you.
A fresh start.
- J.
R.
, please.
- Tomorrow night.
You and Maxwell and Pamela.
Now, you remember that little stunt we pulled on the congressman and the oil man's wife down in Houston? I remember.
Yeah, I thought you would.
Now, here's a key to a post office box.
And when it's all over, you're gonna find a big fat envelope in there for you.
Pass me the salt, J.
R.
Have any luck with the boys changing their mind on that refinery deal? No, I think we lost that one, Daddy.
Taking steps to see it doesn't happen again Like I said, I don't like it.
Well, neither do I.
Fortunes of war, I guess.
- Morning, Daddy.
- Bobby.
Speaking of war, what happened to you? Well, Ray and I got a line on those rustlers last night.
Looks to me like you fought it out with them.
I think maybe we did.
- Bobby, what in the world? - What happened to your face? - Ray and I had a little trouble last night.
- What do the other guys look like? As long as everybody's here, I'll tell this once.
I won't have to repeat myself.
Ray and I got in a fight with a couple of boys last night.
Damn, wish I'd been with you.
Jock.
Nothing I like better than a little fight now and then.
We were getting a line on those hit-and-run rustlers.
- So did you find out anything? - We got a couple of names.
That must be Kit.
I'm hungry.
I see you survived.
You catch hell from your folks when you got home? My mama was a little put out, but my daddy was delighted.
He figures there may be hope yet for the heir to the Mainwaring fortune.
Come on.
Want you to meet the family.
Well, I called his secretary half a dozen times, and Everybody, this is Kit Mainwaring.
This is my family, my mama.
- Ma'am.
- Hello, Kit.
- My daddy.
- How's your daddy, boy? - Quite fine, sir.
- J.
R.
and his wife, Sue Ellen.
Good to meet you.
Have some breakfast.
- Oh, no.
I've eaten, thank you.
- And this is my niece, Lucy.
- Hi.
- Hello, Lucy.
- I heard you were in a fight.
- Your uncle just about saved my life.
We better get going or that sheriff won't be there.
Very nice meeting you.
- Bye.
- Drop by any time, now.
That's a hell of a contact, J.
R.
Mainwaring Oil, solid outfit.
We get the old man to throw in with us you can just forget that gang you're dealing with.
I've been trying, Daddy.
He's a hard man to get to.
You can handle it.
Grandma, next time we have a party, can we invite the Mainwarings? He's so gorgeous.
That's a good idea, Mama.
Why don't you do that just as soon as you can? - Mr.
Maxwell? Hello.
- Well, hello.
I was supposed to have lunch with Pam Ewing, but I don't see her.
Well, would you care to join me and wait for her here? - Oh, thank you.
- Please sit down.
Can I offer you a drink? Well, if you'd join me, I'd love it.
- What are you having? - Dry martini.
I'll have the same.
- Hello.
- Hi, Pam? - Hi.
- Since I didn't come in to work today I thought I'd better call you.
- Why? What's wrong? Well, I expect to be out late this evening.
- Well, should I move in tomorrow? - No, no.
That won't be necessary.
I already left word with the manager.
- She'll give you the key.
- All right.
Oh, and Pam, don't wait up.
I really expect to be late.
- Is he tall, dark and handsome? - Of course.
Well, good.
Then stay out late.
Bye-bye.
Well, now, you've taken these photos before.
- What seems to be the problem? - I don't have to do it anymore.
I've got a job now.
Oh, I see.
Well, in that case, half now and half when you do the job.
You know, you're holding me up but it's worth it.
- Yeah.
Here's the address.
Get there by 10 and wait.
Good night, Leanne.
I really enjoyed the evening.
Why don't you come up for a nightcap, Ben? No, no, I don't think so.
It's getting late.
I just don't want the evening to end out here on the sidewalk.
Please? Come on.
Come on, Ben, relax.
Make yourself comfortable.
We'll have another drink, and then you can go home.
- You win, Leanne.
- Of course.
I'm irresistible.
Yes, you are.
Now, you just sit yourself down here and I'll fix you a drink.
No, I don't think I should have another one.
I'll be the judge of that.
Well, you certainly are a take-charge lady.
Only for the rest of the evening.
- There you are.
- Oh, thank you.
I'll be back in a minute.
Don't you run off.
- Ben, I think we made a mistake.
- Pam Ewing? What the hell? - Pam, I forgot you were here - Leanne, what are you trying to pull? - Ben, wait a minute.
I'm sorry - I don't like this one damn bit! Now, Ben.
Oh, come on.
Wait a minute, honey.
Oh, I was just talking about it, and the girls said to me, "Well, Mr.
Ewing" - You all read this? J.
R.
? - What is it, Jock? Well, well Our little Pamela and Ben Maxwell.
What about that? Let me see that, J.
R.
I don't believe it.
Well, Mama, it's all there in black and white.
Well, Miss Ellie, she didn't learn anything living here.
How awful.
- Has Bobby seen this? - I don't think so.
- This is not of Pam's doing.
- Well, I'm not so sure, Mama.
I can understand Pam getting caught in something like this, but Ben Maxwell? He's a proper sort of fella, so I understand.
Maxwell must've made some powerful enemies.
This will ruin him.
Yeah, I suspect his board of directors will ask him to resign.
His is an old-line company.
They don't like publicity, any kind.
Especially this kind.
Wasn't he the man that put Cliff Barnes in the OLM? That's the rumor.
I never could pin it down.
I don't believe it.
You two talking business as if nothing had happened.
God knows what this'll do to Bobby.
Well, Miss Ellie, she had a lovely home here, and she chose to leave it.
- It's a shame she hurt Bobby so much.
- A shame is what it is.
- Bobby? - What? Think you better take a look at that.
What the hell? - J.
R.
- Now, wait a minute.
This is your style.
My wife and the man that put Cliff Barnes in office? Your wife got in plenty of trouble before you got married.
I don't understand why you think she'd change.
Hey, wait a minute! Knock it off! Both of you! Before I beat the hell out of you! J.
R.
, if I find out you had anything to do with this I'll kick your tail over to the next county, do you hear? Well, there's no sense in looking a gift horse in the mouth, Dad.
Mama, it's Leanne.
I want you to get Sarah ready for me.
I'm coming for her.
But she's happy here, sweetheart.
Mama, I want her back.
We're leaving Dallas today, for good.
What are you going to do about money? I've got plenty of money now.
I can take care of her.
I want you to promise me that you'll bring her up good.
I promise she'll be brought up as a proper lady, Mama.
I'll see to that.
Now, I'll be over there in a few minutes.
Bye.
Leanne, can I talk to you about last night? - Where you going? - Change of plans.
I'm going out of town.
- Well, what about the apartment? - Look, it doesn't matter.
I don't quite understand.
Did you know this before I moved in? I don't want to talk about it.
Do you mind? Leanne, maybe it's none of my business, but I know something's wrong.
Please, leave me alone.
I don't want to hurt you anymore.
Hurt me? What are you talking about? Does this have to do with Maxwell last night? Pam, I swear I wouldn't have done it if there had been any other way out for me.
Done what? There.
You can read it for yourself.
I didn't know it would be in the papers.
Leanne.
I can't tell you how I appreciate you taking time out of your busy day to come here to this meeting.
Okay, J.
R.
, what'd you get us up here for? I suppose you're all aware of the sudden departure of Ben Maxwell.
That news is 6 hours old, J.
R.
Well, I thought it might give you time to reconsider your position on the deal.
- I haven't heard that Barnes resigned.
- He hasn't.
- I don't see where anything has changed.
- Oh, it has.
It has.
Trust me.
Now, Cliff Barnes obviously has other powerful friends.
If they support Barnes, they'll go as fast as Maxwell.
As long as Barnes is in power Ewing Oil is like any of a hundred other independents.
You boys selling me short again? When Barnes quits, give us a call, J.
R.
I don't see any need for this meeting to go on.
J.
R.
See you.
Bobby, what are you doing here? It's time to come home, Pam.
- Didn't you see the paper? - Yes, I saw it.
So what? I'm leaving Dallas.
First Southfork, then me.
Now Dallas, Pam? I can't live with the scandal.
Come on, Pam, it was a setup, and everybody knows it.
How can I go back to Southfork with this hanging over my head? It's the only thing you can do.
Are you still looking for excuses to stay away from me? I don't want to stay away from you.
I never did.
Then give some credit to the people that love you, to Mama and Daddy and me.
We know you wouldn't be involved in something like that.
Well, how can I face them? What do I say to everybody at the store? You take it one step at a time, Pam.
And the first step is to come back to the people that love you.
For a while, nothing else matters.
I truly wish I could believe that.
Do you know I love you? I know you love me, Bobby.
But you don't know why that picture was taken, do you? To embarrass Maxwell.
Honey, if it were only to embarrass Maxwell why were you involved in it at all? J.
R.
? J.
R.
did that to both of us? I don't know who else, except I couldn't prove anything.
Well, that finishes it.
Don't you understand? It's over.
It's only over if you want it to be.
It's only over if you stop fighting.
Pamela, J.
R.
has been trying to do this to you ever since I brought you to Southfork.
And if you leave now if you run then he wins, finally and completely.
I married a fighter.
Are you ready to let J.
R.
win? Or do we stand together and fight him? Together, we can win.
And I want you with me.
I love you, Bobby.
Then let's go home.
- You know, I can't believe it.
- What? I think I'm happy to be home.
Let's go get the hard part over.
Pam, you're home! - Oh, I missed you so much.
- I missed you too.
- Pam, welcome home.
- Miss Ellie.
Pam.
Do I have to explain anything to you? No.
- Glad you're back.
- Thank you.
Pamela.
I don't know how you have the nerve to show your face around here.
You are a disgrace to this family.
Sue Ellen! Well I guess you were expecting that, huh? - I think someone's missing.
- He'll be home.
Well, let's all have a little taste and celebrate, huh? - Go on.
I'll be there in a minute.
- Okay.
- Can I fix you one, Miss Ellie? - Yes.
The family's together again.
That makes me happy.
- I think you can pour me a double, Dad.
- All right, Bobby.
Bobby, Kit Mainwaring called to talk to you.
- Well, I'll call him back, honey.
- Don't bother.
I told him to stop by.
Oh, you did, did you? What happened to the rustlers, Bobby? The sheriff picked up a couple last night.
- Lucy.
- Hello.
And Kit has a lead on a couple of real good witnesses, so I think it's all over.
We'll find out as soon as he arrives.
So you solved that rustling case, did you? Well, you're becoming a regular detective, Bobby.
Well, J.
R.
, that's a handy talent to have with a brother like you.
- Dinner ready, Mama? - Real hungry, are you? Well, it's dinnertime.
Well, I just hope you can maintain your appetite.
Well, I don't know about him, but I'm starving.
You know, J.
R.
, a funny thing happened when Pamela and I saw that picture of her in the morning paper.
It made us realize just how much we really needed one another.
I'd sure like to know who to thank for that.