Dallas s02e22 Episode Script

We have got to get rid of Cliff Barnes.
Only one man with that much power in this state, Sam Culver.
Marrying Donna here, getting what you might call a younger slant on things, I just don't jump right in like I used to.
I've come to depend very heavily on her judgment.
He could help us a lot, honey, especially if his wife wants him to.
- Why would she do that? - I don't know.
I'll find out.
It's getting kind of serious for me.
Before we go a whole lot further, I think we better figure out where we wanna end up.
Well, you just tell Mr.
Mainwaring that I called.
J.
R.
Ewing.
Now, how many times? Now, never mind.
I'll call him back later.
J.
R.
, why are you calling Chris Mainwaring? After what happened, he wants as little as possible to do with us.
Just because Lucy called off the wedding doesn't mean we can't do business together.
The wedding is the only reason we're doing business.
Whatever the reason, the man's important to us and we can still use him, and his refinery on the gulf.
Well, we'll just have to look elsewhere, J.
R.
Oh, I couldn't agree with you more, Dad but we don't exactly have choices from A to Z, though.
Losing Mainwaring was a big blow to us.
I know.
J.
R.
, I'm sure you're gonna survive just fine, even without Mainwaring Oil.
Don't take it out on J.
R.
, Lucy.
You called the wedding off.
She had her reasons, Jock.
Now it's over and done with.
J.
R.
, I don't want any more talk about the Mainwarings.
Yes, Mother.
I didn't mean to upset you, darling.
Hey, Lucy, you gonna mope around here all day, or are you gonna go to school? - I guess I'll go to school.
- Good.
I'll drive you.
I don't have anything to do for a couple of hours.
Bobby always was the understanding one, wasn't he? You gonna stand around with a long face all your life? I can't quit thinking about Kit, and J.
R.
doesn't make it any easier.
- I wish there was something I could do.
- Yeah, so do I.
Hey, what is this? Where'd it come from, Bobby? What, this? I thought the house was built around it.
- Come on, you know what it is.
Tell me.
- Okay, okay, okay, okay.
Now stand right there.
Now take this, close your eyes, and give a big tug.
You might see something you've been wishing for.
Don't peek or you get nothing.
Okay.
- Can I look? - Sure.
Oh, Bobby, it's beautiful! Oh, Bobby, it's beautiful! Is it for me, really? Bobby! Bobby! Oh, it's beautiful.
Bobby, why? Well, because it's a real pain driving you to school every day and I realize you're more than mature enough to have one of your own.
Oh, thank you, Bobby.
Thank you.
You're welcome, honey.
Come on now, you don't want to be late your first day.
Let me move the front of the box.
Okay? Now you be careful.
- Morning, Connie.
- Morning.
- Morning, Connie.
- Any calls? Yes, sir.
Mr.
Morgan just arrived from Midland.
He's waiting for you in your office.
- Who's Mr.
Morgan? - He's handling our new exploration there.
- Something must be wrong.
- Well, let's go find out.
- Hey, Bud, how you doing? - Good morning.
- This is my daddy.
Bud Morgan.
- Mr.
Ewing.
- Morgan.
- A pleasure.
- What brings you here? - The Office of Land Management.
They stopped our test drilling.
- Now, how in the heck can they do that? - Not "they," Daddy.
Cliff Barnes.
- What happened? - Some delay over our environmental impact report.
- What's the problem? - I don't know.
- They say they need more time to study it.
- And we can't drill till they approve it? That's about it.
They've had that report for weeks.
They're dragging their feet.
Cliff Barnes know how much every little delay costs us.
- What do you want me to do? - Well, get back to Midland.
Let the crew go.
Hang around until you hear from me.
That's a good crew, Mr.
Ewing.
They'll be hard to replace.
- I know it.
- So does Barnes, J.
R.
- Go ahead, let them go.
- Yes, sir.
Mr.
Ewing.
Morgan.
- We have got to get rid of Cliff Barnes.
- Sure, we do.
- But how? - There's gotta be a way.
We've gotta get the power away from the OLM.
The court's not gonna help us.
The state created that office, they're still behind it.
Who do we know with enough clout to make them change their mind about it? Only one man with that much power in this state, Sam Culver.
Sam Culver.
That's our man.
Ex-governor, ex-speaker of the house, still in control of the party.
Yeah, they'll all listen to him.
- I think I'll give him a little ring.
- Let me do that.
Sam and I go way back.
Matter of fact, he still owes me a couple of favors.
Get Sam Culver on the phone, would you? Tell him Jock Ewing wants to talk to him.
- Howdy.
- Morning, Bobby.
Hey, did I see Lucy pulling out of here in a new car this morning? Yes, you did.
Was she doing under 100? Looked more like 20 to me, like she was trying to avoid every bump in the road.
- Here's those stock ledgers you wanted.
- Oh, thanks a lot.
I feel kind of sorry for Lucy.
She really cared for that kid.
Yeah, I know.
Oh, she'll get over it.
I just hope the car helps some.
Now, I didn't see you buying me anything when I had my little run in with Garnet.
Well, now, we can still talk about building that house of yours.
Yeah.
I guess I'm about through feeling sorry for myself but I don't know if I'm ready for any house.
Whatever.
It's nice to have you back among the living.
- See you.
- Okay.
Wally, get the check.
I've had it with this place.
- Now, honey, I think it's been kind of fun.
- Oh, it was, but I'm with her.
- Hey, let's all go do a little disco.
- Anything but that.
- I feel like a fool dancing that way.
- Well, then you can sit back and watch.
- Come on.
- Come on, we'll think of something else.
Y'all go on.
I'm gonna stay and listen to some more of this.
I kind of like it.
- You're kidding.
- No.
Look, I'll be all right.
I'll catch a cab.
- lf that's what you want.
- Yeah.
Come on, let's go.
Hey, little lady, we can't leave you here all alone.
Sure, you can.
Look, Donna, you came with us, and you're leaving with us.
Come on.
- Look, I'll be all right.
- Now come on.
Wally, please, don't do that.
- I told you I would be fine.
- Get your coat.
- Excuse me here, friend.
- Stay out of this, will you? Well, not to be any offense, it just seems like the lady wants to stay.
- It's none of your business.
- Well, I appreciate that.
I just wanted you to know this is a respectable place.
The lady'll be all right here.
Might just save an argument if you let her be.
That's a good point.
I'll be fine.
- You're sure? - Yes.
- All right.
Sally will call you tomorrow.
- Okay.
- Okay.
- Good night.
Ma'am.
- Excuse me.
- Yes, ma'am.
- Look, I just want to say thank you.
- Well, no problem.
I just figured I'd better stop it before it got too far.
- What do you mean? - I saw a couple of the boys down there Iooking a little edgy at your friend.
Better to talk him out of it than carry him out.
I thought you said that this was a respectable place.
Yes, ma'am.
I want to keep it that way.
- Well, thanks again, mister - Ray, Ray Krebbs.
- Ray, it was nice meeting you.
Excuse me.
- Well, don't run off now.
Could you do with another drink? - Why not? - There's a seat right here.
Thank you.
Harry.
I don't know.
I thought about moving on a couple of times.
The ranch is sort of special to me.
I sort of feel like I belong there.
Do you really enjoy working for somebody else? Oh, it's more than that.
See, I got a section of my own out there.
One of these days, I'm gonna build myself a house run a few cattle, maybe a few good quarter horses.
- Why haven't you done it before now? - Almost did.
Then Well, it just didn't work out at the time.
Who called for the cab? I did.
I'll be right with you.
Well, Ray, I want you to know that I have really enjoyed this.
- You know, I can drive you home.
- I know.
Maybe some other time.
You just say when and where.
Well, you think you might be here tomorrow night? Damn sure could be.
Maybe then.
Might have known that old goat would be late.
Yeah, why's that? When I called him after all this time, he knows I want something.
It's just his way of making me sweat a little, that's all.
If he shows up, it'll be worth it.
Hey, there he is now making his entrance.
Well, hello, Jock.
- Glad to see you, Sam.
- You old buzzard.
- You know my boy, J.
R.
- A pleasure.
Sit down, Sam.
Well, they tell me you're running Ewing Oil now, huh? Well, he's doing a hell of a fine job too.
- Bourbon and branch, huh? - Same old drink, huh? Yeah, some things never change, Jock, like the Ewings and the Barneses.
I understand Digger's boy's giving you a little trouble lately.
That couldn't be the reason for our lunch? Well, as long as we're down to it, that's the reason.
He's using his position as the head of OLM to get back at Ewing Oil.
Well, that's more than his daddy could ever do to you.
Not saying Digger really had any cause to hate you so, Jock.
You did about as fair as you could by him, huh? - About the same as you would, Sam.
- Maybe so.
Of course, I could've done it without making an enemy of him.
That's why you're the most successful politician in the state, Sam.
Ex-politician.
I haven't held office in years.
I don't know what's going on anymore.
That's not the way I understand it.
I hear nobody goes to the john without your okay.
You leading to something? Yes, sir.
The OLM is smothering the independent oil man.
They might run us out of business if they keep the power.
There are some who say they do a good job of keeping you all in line.
Not these days, sir.
Unless, of course, you like us buying all our oil from the Arabs.
- Well, you're pretty direct, boy.
- Yes, sir, I am.
Well, there's nothing wrong with that.
I guess us old-timers do spend too much time throwing the bull, huh? Sam, you think on what he says.
We need your help to get some new laws passed, put the reins on the OLM.
Well, we'll see.
How's Ellie, Jock? Same stick of fire she always was? Oh, she's mellowed some but still all woman.
I understand that you got married a couple years back.
To a lovely lady, much too good for me.
Matter of fact, she's gonna meet me here.
Wants to take me shopping, buy me some new clothes.
Why don't you bring her out to Southfork for dinner Saturday night and see Miss Ellie.
We'll show these young kids how we can really throw the bull.
Well, now, I just might do that.
I'd love to see Ellie again.
- Good.
- Oh, here's my lady now.
Darling.
My wife, Donna, this is Jock and J.
R.
Ewing.
- Donna.
- How do you do? They want us to come to dinner Saturday night.
What do you think? Well, I think that would be lovely.
You seem mighty happy with yourself tonight, J.
R.
You manage to evict some widows today? You keep drinking like that, you're gonna be evicted onto a trash heap, dear.
Am I embarrassing you? I managed to sneak in where no one can see me.
Well, they may not be able to see you, but they know you're here.
It smells like a brewery.
If I offend you, my darling, you have my permission to seek comfort elsewhere.
Well, not even you can upset me tonight, darling.
As a matter of fact, I have some information that may interest you.
Yeah, I can hardly wait.
I finally met the man who can put a stop to your friend Cliff Barnes, once and for all.
Well, about time for dinner.
I don't suppose you're well enough to meet with the family.
Do me one favor, though.
Try not to make any noise if you pass out in here.
- Hi.
- Hi.
I didn't think you were coming.
Well, I almost didn't.
Well, here, have a chair.
Thanks.
Drink? Do they have wine here? Oh, you bet.
Imported all the way from California.
Well, now, that is what I call respectable.
Honey, could I have another beer and a glass of - White.
- White wine for the lady.
- Yes, sir.
- Thank you.
Well, here's to that imported California wine and a very mysterious lady.
Mysterious? Why? Well, I realized I sat around here talking about myself last night.
I don't know anything about you.
Well, there's not a lot to tell, really.
My name is Donna.
- I'm 28.
I was born in Marshall, Texas.
- Marshall? You know, that place close to Shreveport? Sure, sure.
And, you know, I really don't know what I'm doing here with you.
Well, maybe it's just my rugged Western charm, huh? No, no, I don't think that's what it is.
No.
I think it's the fact that you didn't try and hit on me last night.
Well, I wasn't looking for that.
I didn't think you were, either.
Well, tell me, what are you looking for? I don't know.
Nothing complicated.
Maybe just a happy ending.
- You and everybody else.
- Yeah.
Why do you think that it's so difficult for people to have a happy ending? Well, it could be the ending depends on the start.
Beginning with somebody that you could end up happy with.
Well, that would be terrific.
I mean, you know, if things didn't change but they do.
I mean, they always do.
Thank you.
We sure are getting serious here all of a sudden.
Oh, I don't want to get serious.
No.
To fun.
Yeah, I could use a lot of that.
To fun.
I can't even think of the last time I saw Sam Culver.
Well, let's see.
It has to be It has to be 10 years or more what with Sam spending his time in Austin.
Is his wife pretty? She's awful young is what she is.
Can you imagine an old goat like that being married to a girl Bobby's age? She said she went to school with Bobby at the university.
You're sure you're not just a little bit jealous of him? A young girl like that just couldn't hold a candle to a real woman like you, Miss Ellie.
You really mean that, don't you? I never saw one that could since we got married.
Jock.
Hey, come on now, Daddy.
You told me not to get romantic before noon on Saturday.
You let him alone, Bobby.
He's doing just fine.
The rest of you could take lessons from him.
I bet they could.
I hope we feel like you do when we've been married as long.
- You got time for breakfast? - I can't.
We have to be at the club by 10.
- Have to go.
- Bye-bye.
Morning, Miss Ellie, Jock.
Sue Ellen.
Good morning, Sue Ellen.
You feeling better? - Some.
- Well, how about some breakfast? No.
No, this tomato juice is just fine, thank you.
- Morning, Ray.
How you doing? - Morning, Bobby.
- Hi.
- Pam.
- Jock still having breakfast? - Yeah, he, Mama and Sue Ellen.
- Well, I won't bother him then.
- Is there something I can help you with? I was gonna talk to him about some cattle.
I thought I might stock my section.
- Well, it's about time.
- Yeah, things are looking up.
Well, there's this lady.
I just sort of met her.
Nothing serious or anything yet.
Well, Ray, that's great.
When are we gonna meet her? - Well, like I said, I just met her myself.
- Come on.
Monday night, I'm gonna see her at the Longhorn.
Why don't you come on by around 9? Let you buy us a drink.
- All right, we'll do it.
We'll see you then.
- Great.
Have a good one.
Bye.
They just elected me justice of the peace about a week before and here they come pulling Digger Barnes and Jock up in front of me.
It seems they just hit one.
Digger come into town to drink the bar dry, buying for everybody.
In come old Jock, grabbed him by the scruff of the neck and hauled him out.
Well, that didn't set too good with the boys he was buying the drinks for so there ensued one of the finest brawls ever to take place west of the Mississippi.
Gave them both a week in the pokey.
- Remember that, Jock? - Yeah, I sure do, Sam.
Barnes and I were a heck of a pair back in those days.
Now we've got that boy of his all over our back.
Donna, I remember you in my junior year and then you disappeared.
What happened? Well, that was about the time that my parents were killed in an accident and I just dropped out of school and went to work.
Did you ever think about going back and finishing? Oh, I did for a while, then I dropped out again met Sam, which was probably the nicest thing that ever happened to me.
He's a heck of a man.
Yeah, he is, in a lot of ways.
Excuse me.
I was wondering if you gave any thought to those conversations we had? Now, J.
R.
, we didn't invite Sam here to talk about business.
Well, maybe you didn't, Ellie but maybe it's as good a time now as ever to talk about it.
You know, a while back, I'd have said yes or no right now.
Marrying Donna here, getting what you might call a younger slant on things, I just don't jump right in like I used to.
I found out she's got a better point of view than I have on what's going on nowadays.
Well, I respect that, sir.
I really do.
I admire your ability to consider all points of view.
It occurred to me that she may not be as well-versed as you in the finer aspects of the oil business.
Well, maybe not, but she does know ecology, resources.
I've come to depend very heavily on her judgment.
- You know you're your own man.
- Yeah.
Be that as it may, it helps a man to have somebody he can trust to discuss things with, get the other point of view.
One of the reasons why I treasure you, my dear.
I take it you don't have an answer for us yet.
Well, let's just say, I'm still sitting on the fence waiting for the wind to blow me one way or the other.
Now that's absolutely the last word of business I want to hear.
I haven't had a chance to talk to Donna all night.
I've found out enough living with Jock to give her a few tips about you, Sam.
Well, now, nothing she can use against me.
Planning on going to bed? - Soon.
- I want to compliment you on the way you handled yourself this evening.
- Do you now? - Yeah.
You hardly said a word, which, under the circumstances was the best you could've done.
I was too busy watching and thinking.
- About your next drink? - About that girl, who's married to a man Jock's age and has a much better marriage than I do.
Well, we may not have been frequent, Sue Ellen but I can guarantee you that girl better have a friend someplace else.
- She can't be happy at home.
- lf they never made love she has much more than I have.
Oh, what would that be? He cares about her.
He takes her advice, and he listens to her.
Oh, yeah.
Well, to hear him tell it, she picks the clothes he's gonna wear the car he's gonna drive, cuts his meat for him.
And what's so bad about that? Oh, nothing, nothing.
I think it's wonderful.
The more he relies on her, the more he's liable to do what she asks him to.
This wouldn't have anything to do with Cliff and the OLM, would it? That Sam Culver's a very, very important and powerful man.
He could help us a lot, honey especially if his wife wants him to.
- And why would she do that? - I don't know, or rather I don't know yet.
But I'll find out.
You bet on it.
Yeah.
- Going to the track meet on Wednesday? - I don't think so.
Oh, come on, it'll be fun.
Tommy Carter's having a party afterwards.
- I don't feel like it.
- You haven't felt like much of anything.
I know.
So you and Kit busted up.
You can't stay hung up forever.
You're kind of a downer to be around.
Men just aren't worth it.
There are millions of them.
There'll be a lot of cute guys at Tommy's.
- I just don't feel like it, all right? - What if I could make you feel like it? - Oh, I wish.
- I can.
Here, take one of these.
Guaranteed to improve.
I don't know.
There's nothing to it.
I started taking them to lose weight.
- It'll really make you feel better.
- You gonna be chicken? They're practically sold without a prescription.
They're real mild.
They just cheer you up a bit.
Well, I sure could use some cheering up.
Yay! The worst is over.
You took it.
Wait and see, you are gonna feel a lot better.
- Ray hasn't said any more about this lady? - Not a thing.
I don't think he's too happy he invited us here.
- Oh, why? - I don't know.
He's just superstitious.
He's afraid if he talks about her that something will go wrong.
Oh, there he is.
Oh, my God.
Bobby Honey, come on.
Let's get out of here before he sees us.
Why would he ask us here to meet her? I don't know.
He doesn't know who she is.
- Well, how couldn't he? - I don't know, but I'm sure he doesn't.
Donna, of course Pamela knows.
What kind of question is that? All right, fine.
Yeah, I'll meet you there, 4:00.
Okay.
Bye.
Well, I'm not very good at lying.
She knows it wasn't for old times' sake.
Well, she couldn't think it was about her and Ray.
She probably thinks it's about Cliff and the OLM.
I don't know, honey.
I don't know.
Whoops, take it easy, darling.
We don't want you having an accident now, do we? You're in fine humor today, aren't you, J.
R.
? Some days just start off better than others.
You ready for your Daughters of the Alamo meeting? I am, though they won't be here till about 3:00.
- All right, enjoy yourself.
- Thank you, darling.
That was a wonderful talk, Mr.
Martin.
It moved us all deeply.
And you can be sure that our organization's gonna help you with your hospital project.
Well, what Sue Ellen means is your research project.
Oh, that's exactly what I meant.
Of course, how silly of me.
- Could I have a word with you, Miss Ellie? - Certainly, Marilee.
We've been noticing for some time, Miss Ellie, that Sue Ellen Well, that she hasn't been feeling herself.
Pregnancy is difficult for some women.
We thought maybe You want Sue Ellen to resign as president of the D.
O.
A.
Just temporarily, Miss Ellie.
We'll appoint an interim president until she's feeling better.
You do understand? - I'll see to it.
- Thank you, Miss Ellie.
We just think it would be kinder coming from you.
We'd be grateful if you could take care of it soon.
All right.
What a delightful afternoon, Miss Ellie.
Don't you think Mr.
Martin's a charming speaker? Very charming.
- Hi.
- Hi.
- Have a seat.
- Thank you.
I was surprised to hear from you.
To tell you the truth, I didn't wanna call you in the first place.
- I felt I had to.
- You said you wanted to talk.
Let's talk.
Look, Bobby, whatever it is, you can say it.
Why are you seeing Ray Krebbs? It certainly didn't take long for you to find that out, did it? How long do you think it's gonna take Sam to find out? - Well, do you really care about Sam? - Ray is a friend of mine.
I know he doesn't know who you are.
Does he even know you're married? No, I don't think so.
Look, you know that this isn't any of your business.
Did Ray tell you about a girl named Garnet McGee? Not her name, but I knew there had been somebody.
Well, she damn near broke him in half and Ray does not deserve to be treated like that again.
He's a good man.
I am not trying to hurt Ray.
I didn't even plan to start seeing him.
Bobby, in all the time that Sam and I have been together, I have never Then why Ray? Why Pam? I mean, I don't know.
All I know is that I care for him.
Then you better make up your mind what you're gonna do because, Donna, you can't have it both ways.
Sam Culver is probably the best man that I know.
When we first met, Sam had just lost his wife and of course my parents were gone.
Compared to most of the men that I knew, well, boy, Sam Culver was a giant.
I was so proud that he asked me what I thought and he actually listened when I told him.
I wasn't in love with him when we married.
I mean, I was, but not the way that I should've been.
But I never shortchanged him, not until now and I know that in all of this mess, somebody is gonna get hurt.
Namely, Sam, Ray and me but I just don't know what to do about it.
If you can tell me well, I'd like to hear it.
I mean I'd really like to hear.
- Well, hi, ladies! - Hi, J.
R.
- How'd the meeting go? - Just fine, J.
R.
- Hey, darling, are you all right? - I'm fine.
She's had a very hard day, J.
R.
These meetings take a lot out of her.
- She shouldn't have so many meetings.
- She and I have talked about it and she's hoping that the ladies will let her resign.
I hope you don't mind my bringing it up, Sue Ellen.
I know how reluctant you were to mention it.
Well, that would be an enormous relief if I could resign.
Well, if you really want to, Sue Ellen Just till the baby's born, of course, and you're feeling yourself again.
Thank you very much.
I guess we'd better get going.
Seth will be wondering what happened to me.
Bye.
Come on, Sue Ellen.
Let's see what Theresa's doing for dinner.
- Jock.
- Hi.
- Hey, Daddy.
- What do you say, J.
R.
? - Ray Krebbs around? - I saw him about an hour ago.
Why? - I just wanna see him.
- You won't be able to see him tonight.
He said as soon as he changed clothes, he was going into town.
Oh, yeah? Well, I'm heading back that way myself.
- Tell Sue Ellen I'll be late.
- I'll take care of it.
I'll tell you, though, it's like the man says we gotta quit seeing each other this way, Donna.
I ain't complaining.
I want more of you than just nights in a bar or a motel, you know.
What if that's all there is? Well, that just can't be now.
Why don't we go away someplace? Take a week.
Really get to know each other, have some fun.
It's getting kind of serious for me.
Before we go a whole lot further I think we better figure out where we wanna end up.
Say, Donna.
- How you doing? - J.
R.
, how are you doing? Oh, well, just fine, just fine.
I thought I'd sneak out and do a little buying.
You looking for something for Sam? No, I was just doing some window-shopping.
- Oh, yeah? - Well, it was nice seeing you.
Bye.
Say, Donna? Donna, you know, I was real surprised when Sam introduced you as his wife.
Yeah, most people are, but they get over it.
I'm not against it.
It's the best thing that ever happened to him to have a pretty young lady like you for a wife.
- Well, he seems happy.
- Well, there's a lot of advantages for him.
I can see where there would be advantages for you too.
I bet you can.
Of course, I suppose there would be drawbacks.
Namely, his age.
I hate to tell you, but that's not original.
You're not the first person to point out that a young, healthy woman like myself couldn't have a happy sex life with Sam.
No, I don't suppose it's original, but I do suppose it's true.
Well, and I guess you think that you are just the man to fill my lonely hours.
Oh, me? No, no, no.
I'm a married man.
I believe in the sanctity of marriage.
Well, you're gonna have to tell me what all this is leading to.
A funny thing happened to me last night on the way home.
I was on my way to the ranch, it was late and old Ray Krebbs' pickup truck just came barreling past me doing well over the speed limit.
So I thought something might be wrong, see.
So I did a U-turn, and I followed him.
And you can imagine how surprised I was when all he did was turn in to the Starlight Motel.
I bet you were so surprised, you hung around long enough to find out who he was meeting.
Well, I always was a curious one.
Ray has had some unfortunate romantic experiences in his past and I just wouldn't want that old boy to get hurt again.
So? So I can't understand him fooling around with a married woman.
You can cut out all this nonsense about caring whether Ray gets hurt or not.
I mean, what you really want is something in exchange for not telling Sam, right? Who me, tell Sam? Oh, no, never, never.
I don't think he'd take kindly to anybody who told him his wife was fooling around.
I don't think he'd take kindly to the Ewings when he found out it was their foreman that she was fooling around with.
Well, you're gonna have to spell it out for me, J.
R.
You're just way over my head.
Sam is on the fence between the Ewings and the OLM and I want you to tell him that taking the power from the OLM would be a fine idea.
And in return? Ray will never find out from me who you are.
If he got a broken heart again, he might go off the deep end.
I don't know what he'd do to you or to Sam.
- Oh, do you think I care if you tell Ray? - I read people pretty well.
Yes, I think you care quite a lot.
As a matter of fact, I'm banking on it.
There's the little store I was looking for.
I think I'll go and buy my wife some trinkets.
You have a nice day.
Well, I don't know.
Well, come on, it's gonna be a great party.
Tommy said guys are coming over from Plano.
I thought we were just gonna fool around here for a while.
- Oh, why stay here when there's a party? - Come on.
These really pepped you up the other day, didn't they? - Yeah, it did make me feel pretty good.
- Well, one more isn't gonna hurt you any.
Come on, how's it gonna be a party without the four of us? All right, but those guys from Plano better be cute.
Oh, they are.
Yeah.
Why? I was just getting ready.
Where? Is something wrong? All right.
See you there.
- Evening, Daddy.
- J.
R.
- What you got there? - Oh, just some breeding reports.
It looks like Ray's gonna start stocking that land of his.
Is that a fact? Well, good for him.
I'll look him up and see if I can give a hand.
Well, I'm sure he'd appreciate that.
Oh, have you heard anything from Sam Culver yet? No, sir, not today, but I think I'll be hearing from him shortly.
I feel good about this, Dad.
- Hi, sugar.
- Hi.
I feel kind of funny meeting you out here in the open.
Yeah.
It's the first time, isn't it? Yeah.
I kind of like it, though.
- Did you ever wonder why? - Well, you know I have.
- But you never asked.
- Well, not because I didn't want to.
Maybe I was afraid of the answer.
Anyway, I figured you'd tell me when you were ready to.
Well, Ray, I'm leaving Dallas.
Leaving or running? You're not gonna let me do this the easy way, are you? Well, you know, I never found an easy way.
Okay.
I'm married, Ray.
I have been for nearly three years.
So do you love your husband? That's a strange question.
It's the best one I know to find out where I stand.
I care for him a great deal.
He's an older man very rich very powerful.
His name's Sam Culver.
Oh, so you just go out and find yourself a nice, young stud, huh? - Good old Ray Krebbs.
- Hey, that isn't the truth.
If that's all that I was looking for, I'm gonna tell you it would've happened with somebody way before now, but it didn't.
Not until you.
- Is that supposed to make me feel better? - It is supposed to make you understand how very special you are to me.
And you are.
So, what are you gonna do? I told Sam that I was leaving him, that I loved him but I wasn't in love with him.
- How'd he take that? - He said that I'd given him a new life that he knew it wouldn't last forever.
He asked me if there was anything I needed wished me well.
I almost told him I'd stay.
Are you gonna divorce him? Well, then don't leave.
Stay here.
Give us some time.
- Let's see how we feel about each other.
- But I can't.
I am so confused about what's going on in my life right now that I don't know what to do.
And I'm not proud of what I've done to you or Sam.
And I just need some time to find out if I'm ready to make a commitment.
Donna, we can work this out together.
You are such a good man.
You have so much to offer a woman, I can't even begin to tell you.
Don't you know that you have made me see my life for what it really is? I mean, that's why I can leave Sam.
I'm not gonna be gone forever.
And Well, when I come back I mean, if If you're still interested I'll be here.
I think it's one of those things we have to live with.
Nothing to worry about.
J.
R.
, you got a phone call from Sam Culver.
Oh, yeah.
Thank you.
Hello, Sam.
How you doing? J.
R.
, I wanted to give you my answer on the OLM.
Well, yes, sir.
Donna and I had quite a talk yesterday about Ewing Oil and the OLM.
Oh, good, good.
I'm happy you came to a decision so quickly.
Well, I don't think you will be.
Donna told me to tell you she thinks the OLM's doing an excellent job.
So do I.
Cliff Barnes is gonna get my full support.
Do me good to get a little more active.
I'd certainly like an opportunity to talk to you in private.
I think I could change your mind.
There's nothing you can tell me Donna hasn't.
Give my best to your mama and daddy.
What'd he have to say, J.
R.
? Well, it looks like we still have Cliff Barnes and OLM on our backs.
- Damn.
- Yes.
- Morning, everyone.
- Hi, Ray, how's it going? All right.
The fact is, I wanted to know if you still had those house plans around.
I think I have a copy in the car.
Let's go take a look.
I find something I like, it would take a year to build, right? Well, about that.
This have something to do with that new lady of yours? Well, that didn't work out, at least not yet.
More important is I learned something this time.
Like what? Well, that I could really care for somebody again.
I tell you, that's a damn fine feeling.