Dallas s02e23 Episode Script

Your blood tests lately have shown high levels of alcohol in your bloodstream.
No more drinking, Sue Ellen.
She's not hurt.
We just found her unconscious in the car.
Sue Ellen's in trouble, J.
R.
, and your child's life is in danger.
You must do something about it.
I don't intend to put up with a drunken wife any more than a promiscuous one.
And what exactly do you intend to do about it? You are gonna dry out.
Are you gonna go into town, Sue Ellen? - How much is that one? - One sixty-five.
Do you have anything more expensive? This one's 350.
It's a little heavier.
Great.
I'll take it.
- Wouldn't you like to try it on? - No, thank you.
That'll be fine.
And would you please hurry? Lucy! Hi.
Hi.
Are you early? I wasn't expecting you for another hour.
I still have things to get done before I can show you the prom dresses so you can either wait in the office, or you can go shopping.
I Is something wrong? No.
I just forgot I was supposed to meet you here.
Forgot? Well, what are you doing? - Can you sign this, please, Ms.
Ewing? - Oh, certainly.
Well, it's Muriel Gillis' birthday today so I just stopped by to get her a present, that's all.
I'm on my way to her house right now.
Well, I'll hold the gowns.
But you make sure you get in here tomorrow and try them on, okay? I'm sorry.
- Bye.
- Bye-bye.
- Sue Ellen.
- Everything all right? Fine, so far.
However, I think you should cut down on your drinking.
- What? - Your blood tests lately have shown high levels of alcohol in your bloodstream.
Not that I needed the tests.
One look at you would've been enough.
- Dr.
Krane, you've got no right.
- Oh, I have every right.
The health of you and your child is my responsibility.
The effects of large amounts of alcohol on the fetus are not completely known.
But enough is known for me to be able to tell you that you are putting your baby's welfare in jeopardy not to mention what you're doing to yourself.
Now, no more drinking, Sue Ellen.
Not even wine at dinner.
Well, you're exaggerating this all out of proportion, Dr.
Krane.
I had a cocktail at lunch, that's all.
Oh, Sue Ellen, please.
I don't care to discuss this further, Dr.
Krane.
If you persist in continuing with all this I'm afraid I'm gonna have to find myself another doctor.
A doctor with a little bit more understanding.
- Well, you're back again.
- Yeah, it's me again.
You gonna redeem the things you left here? Time's almost up on some of it.
Oh, yeah, I'll get it pretty soon.
How much will you give me for this? - Got some real pretty things.
- Yeah, how much? I'll give you 50.
Fifty dollars?! It's worth a lot more than that.
Not to me, it's not.
Take it somewhere else, see if you can do better.
I don't have the time.
I'll take the 50.
Now, I'll talk to you later, all right? Excuse me.
Well, well.
Look who's here.
- How you doing? - I got the money.
Let me see it.
Okay.
Hey, you want to borrow some of this? Oh, hey, listen, there's a party starting over at Anne's house.
Her parents are out of town.
You wanna come over? Yeah, okay.
Okay.
See you there.
Yeah? Good, send her in.
And you and Louella can leave now.
Thank you.
Yeah, honey.
- Hi.
- Hi.
I just want to finish this.
- I'll be with you in a second.
- Okay.
Actually, I think you should be reading this.
It's new guidelines for the OLM.
Tougher than they were last year.
Nothing gets built in the state of Texas without the approval of your brother.
Cliff Barnes has become a very powerful man.
Well, I hope it makes him very happy.
Do you? I still love him, Bobby.
I just don't like him anymore.
I think you're gonna have to return his phone calls one of these days.
Probably.
But I don't have to yet, do I? It's up to you.
Where do you wanna eat? Oh, I don't care, as long as it's Italian.
- How'd it go with Lucy at the store? - She forgot about meeting me.
Have you noticed anything strange about her lately? - No, can't say as I have.
- Well, she's just so quiet.
It's not like herself at all.
Well, she's not gonna recover from Kit overnight, you know? But she handled it so well at the time.
Well, it's probably just a delayed reaction.
Hello, Bobby.
Pamela.
- Hello.
- Hi.
J.
R.
in the office? No, as a matter of fact, he's been out at a meeting all day.
There's a fundraising dinner tonight for the hospital.
I hope he won't be too late.
Tell you what, I'll track down the meeting, get a phone number? Well, thank you.
That won't be necessary.
I'm used to waiting.
I'll just go in his office and make myself comfortable.
- How about if we wait with you? - Oh, no.
That won't be necessary.
Thank you.
You two go on and have a nice evening.
- Sue Ellen, you're sure? - Oh, I'm sure, Bobby.
Thank you.
- Good night.
- Good night, now.
This has been an interesting meeting, Mr.
Ewing, and a profitable one, I think.
Don't you agree, senator? I was against the OLM from the start.
I never liked it.
Then we can count on you, Senator Newberry? - You can, indeed.
- I don't think there's any doubt how good it would be for Texas if the OLM were to be disbanded.
I've taken up enough of your gentlemen's time already.
Nonsense, J.
R.
The information you've given me on the OLM is gonna be very valuable to me next session.
I'm meeting with Senator Allman for some drinks soon.
Why don't you come along and fill him in a little? Well Senator Allman? - I'd be delighted, sir.
- Great.
You know, I haven't seen the senator in two years, I guess.
- Head of the appropriations committee? - Yes, he is.
Before that, property down on - Sometimes - What? It doesn't happen that way.
- You gonna answer that? - No.
Barnes speaking.
Cliff? It's me.
- Sue Ellen.
- I recognized your voice.
Cliff I'm feeling pretty awful right now.
Can I come over? Just for a while? No.
Please, Cliff.
I said no.
You've got someone there with you, don't you? It doesn't make any difference.
But you do.
Wait a minute.
Now the new single by Garnet McGee, "The Last Chance for Love.
" - Lucy.
- Hi, Ray.
- What are you doing here? - Oh, careful.
I'm gonna fall.
- You okay? - Oh, I'm gonna be fine, Ray.
Just fine.
Lucy.
Cut it out, Lucy.
I'm not in the mood for any of your games.
You been drinking? You know I don't drink anything but milk.
Milk.
- Where are you going, Ray? - To make some coffee.
Well, that won't do any good.
Oh, Ray, come over here, and you sit right next to me, okay? Come on, sit right here.
Come and sit by me, Ray.
What are you on, Lucy? Something so wonderful.
If you come here, I can show you just how wonderful.
Okay, let's have them.
You're just no fun anymore, Ray.
The pills.
Where are they? I should have stayed at Anne's house.
I was having fun there.
Give me the pills, Lucy.
Oh, Ray.
Now, look, Ray Ray, listen.
We don't have anybody anymore, Ray.
Come on, we can have each other.
Hey, we made a deal, remember? Just friends.
Now, do you have them on you? I hid them.
Whoa, whoa.
Ray.
Well, don't leave me, Ray.
I'm not leaving.
I'm just gonna make you some coffee and try and straighten you out a little bit.
See if I can figure out how to get you up to the house without anyone seeing you.
I don't want any more.
Come on, Lucy.
Drink it.
No.
We gotta get you straight.
You don't want Jock and Miss Ellie seeing you like this, do you? I don't care.
They wouldn't notice me anyway.
You know that's not true.
Nobody ever notices me.
How long you been on this stuff? You gotta stop it, Lucy.
Lucy.
Lucy, now, you're gonna drink this coffee.
Come on.
Lucy.
Start drinking that.
Now, just shape up.
- Is she all right? - I don't know.
I don't think she's hurt.
I think she just pulled off the road and passed out.
I guess J.
R.
never showed.
Yeah, I guess not.
Here.
Sue Ellen? Come on, hon.
We're gonna take you home.
Come on.
Come on, it's okay.
Here, baby.
We'll have one of the boys bring her car in in the morning.
- Okay, I'll meet you at the house.
- All right, hon.
Come on, Sue Ellen.
I'll get the door.
- She's getting worse and worse.
- I know.
It's gotta stop.
The question is how? I'll get it.
Be careful.
I'll just put her upstairs.
- What happened? - Is she all right? She's not hurt.
We found her unconscious in the car.
- I think she fainted.
- I'll take her upstairs.
- Should I call the doctor? - No, that can wait until tomorrow.
Well, I'll go.
I'll get it.
Okay.
Okay.
You'll be all right.
Thank you.
- Do you want some help, hon? - No, I'll take care of her, Bobby.
I think I'll go have a talk with my folks.
I think it's about time.
What is it? - What's the matter? - Sue Ellen, just go to sleep.
Pamela? Sit down.
Why won't Cliff talk to me? I called him tonight, and he He just won't talk to me.
I guess he doesn't wanna hurt you anymore.
He was with another woman tonight.
I know he was.
I think he's forgotten all about me.
Try and get some rest.
Just try and rest.
But I love him.
I love him, Pamela.
Don't leave.
- Don't leave me.
- I won't.
I'll be right here.
Please don't leave me.
It's time we all stopped pretending that everything's all right around here.
Because it's not.
Sue Ellen was drunk tonight.
Yes, Mama, she was.
Where was J.
R.
? I don't know.
Sue Ellen was waiting for him at the office and apparently he never showed up.
Damn it.
It won't help if we lose our tempers, Jock.
He's responsible for the way she's been carrying on, endangering her own life her child's.
I saw Sue Ellen's car over to the side of the road.
Is she all right? Where is she? She's upstairs in bed drunk.
- Where were you tonight, J.
R.
? - I had a meeting.
Went late.
- Sue Ellen waited at the office.
She waited long enough to really tie one on.
- Hold on, Bobby.
That's not my fault.
- Then whose fault is it? Did it ever occur to any of you that Sue Ellen is responsible for her own life? We're not trying to lay blame on anybody.
We just see a problem.
We wanna stop it before it gets worse.
- My marriage is my business, Bob.
- We're family, J.
R.
, like it or not.
Your marriage is the business of everyone in this family.
I wanna talk to J.
R.
alone.
Please, Jock.
You were a small child, J.
R.
, when I stopped interfering in your life.
For some time now, I've been thinking that wasn't a very wise decision.
Just because I didn't say anything does not mean I haven't watched and seen.
You're power hungry.
You're like your daddy in that.
But he has redeeming qualities.
His love for his sons for one.
I don't know that you have any redeeming qualities, J.
R.
Is there anyone you love? I love Sue Ellen.
From the day you brought that girl into this house, you've neglected her.
First for the business, then with other women.
You didn't even bother to be discreet most of the time.
I don't know why she didn't leave you years ago.
- Don't you? - I know money's important to her and power.
But she loves you, J.
R.
She always has.
You just never gave her half a chance.
I don't wanna talk about this anymore.
Sue Ellen's in trouble, J.
R.
, and your child's life is in danger.
You must do something about it.
It's too late.
I gave you up too soon, J.
R.
I should have held on to you a little longer.
Hey, you feeling better? Now, you just stay here.
I'm gonna go get Bobby, and he'll get you inside.
Just wait here till I get back.
You understand? Yeah.
Be right back.
Oh, boy.
Lucy? Check the kitchen.
Lucy? Not here.
Must have lit out of here as soon as I went up to get you.
- Do you know what she was taking? - I don't know.
Some kind of pills, I guess.
- Oh, God.
Can she even drive a car? - She wasn't in bad shape when I left.
Well, I'd better call the sheriff and have the boys pick her up and bring her home.
Just what Mama and Daddy need after everything else tonight.
She could've gone over to her friend Anne's.
She'd just come from there.
- Anne.
Billy Driscoll's daughter.
- Yeah.
They still live up on Colfax? Yeah, I picked her up there a few times after school before she got her car.
Anything's better than bringing the law in before we have to.
You get the truck, meet me at the house.
I'll tell Pam what we're doing in case she has to cover for us.
There's her car.
- Hi.
- Hi.
- Hi.
- You the cowboy? Where's Lucy? She's right over there.
- Come on, Lucy.
- Hey.
Time to go home.
Bobby? Ray and I are here to take you home.
Let's go.
I don't wanna go home.
- You're coming with us, Lucy.
Let's go.
- You heard her.
She doesn't wanna go.
Why don't you just stay out of this, junior? Sure, it's nothing to me.
I don't even know the chick.
Come on, let's go.
Lucy, come on.
Right on, man.
- Ray, you take her to the car.
- Good night.
- Oh, Mr.
Ewing - Annie, where are your parents? They're out of town.
You're not gonna tell, are you? I don't have a choice, honey.
Damn.
Ray, stop it.
I'm disappointed in you.
Well, we can go in and dance.
Come on, let's go dance.
Lucy, where's your purse? I'll check the car.
What purse? Here's her purse, Bobby.
Is this all you've got? Yep.
Now, how long have you been taking that stuff? If you don't talk to me now, you're gonna talk to me later.
You understand? I'll take her home in this car, Ray.
Come on.
Come on.
- Bobby.
- Lucy, get in the car.
Get in.
- See you back at the ranch.
- Yeah.
Come on.
All right.
Now, you're gonna go in that house just as if there's nothing in the world wrong with you.
You understand? Yes, sir.
Can you do it? Okay, come on, let's go.
Ray she's grounded.
She doesn't go anywhere unless you or I are with her.
- Get rid of that car until I ask for it.
- Sure thing, Bobby.
Thanks for the help tonight.
- Good night.
- Good night.
- Hello.
- Hi.
- Is everything all right? - Yeah, it was a flat tire.
But I didn't like the sound of the engine in Lucy's car, so Ray'll have it checked.
Lucy, you look exhausted.
Yeah, I'm really tired, Grandma.
I thought, if it's okay with you maybe she could stay home from school tomorrow to rest.
You'll have to stop this staying out midweek, even if it is to study.
- I don't want you missing school.
- Come on, Mama, it's only one day.
I think she's gonna do her studying at home from now on, anyway.
Well, all right.
Why don't you run on up to bed, hon? - Okay, good night.
- Good night.
Good night, Lucy.
She really does look dreadful, Bobby.
Well Mama, she's had a real bad couple of weeks.
She'll get over it.
She's a good girl.
Sue Ellen, I wanna talk to you.
- Not now, J.
R.
- Right now.
About what? You were carried into this house drunk last night.
My mama saw you, my father, everybody in the family.
Obviously, it wasn't you who did the carrying.
You don't remember.
The last thing I do remember is spending several long and boring hours by myself, waiting for you.
I was at a meeting.
Who was she, J.
R.
? - Somebody I know? - I was at a meeting.
It was business.
Strictly business.
Such important business that the thought of me just went right out of your mind? I'm sorry.
It won't happen again.
Is that an apology? I don't believe my ears.
Your daddy must have given you a tongue-lashing last night, J.
R.
Because what I am, you made me.
And you're stuck with me.
You and your precious family.
Till death do us part, J.
R.
That's the way it's gonna be, isn't it? Till death do us part.
That's the way it's gonna be, thanks to the child you're carrying.
I don't intend to put up with a drunken wife any more than a promiscuous one.
And what exactly do you intend to do about it? I've had a good look around this morning.
I'm now removing all the bottles from this room.
The bar downstairs is locked.
Raoul and Teresa have the keys with orders not to give them to you for any reason.
You try to leave the ranch, the hands are gonna turn you back.
You are gonna dry out, Sue Ellen.
I'm gonna see to that one way or another.
You're gonna dry out and you're gonna be an admirable wife and a fine mother.
And what reward do I get for all that? A loving husband? A good father? Not for that bastard you're carrying you don't.
Why don't I pick you up after work? You deserve a night on the town.
How's Sue Ellen, J.
R.
? Daddy and Mama leave already? Yes, Daddy had a 10: 15 doctor's appointment.
You know that.
- They gonna be gone all day? - No, J.
R.
They're coming back right after.
So don't worry, all right? I'll see you.
See you.
Goodbye.
I'm not sure I like leaving them home alone, either, Bobby.
Honey, Ray's here.
He can look in on them.
We got Lucy's pills, J.
R.
's locked up the liquor cabinet I don't see what else can go wrong.
So stop worrying, all right? - I will if you will.
- It's a deal.
See you after work.
Later.
- Good morning, Bobby.
- Hey.
I have a meeting in town today.
When I get back, I wanna talk to you.
I don't wanna scold you.
I just wanna talk, okay? - Okay.
- In the meantime, be a good girl.
Okay, I will.
Hi, Sue Ellen.
Where you gonna go? You have your suit Where are you going? Are you gonna go into town, Sue Ellen? Sue Ellen.
Hey, Sue Ellen.
What are you doing down here? - Lucy.
- What? - Why are you on the floor? - Lucy, what the hell happened here? - Sue Ellen.
- Hi, Ray.
- Hi, Ray.
- Cut it out! - Sue Ellen.
- Help me.
Just stay where you are.
Don't move.
You're gonna be okay.
Why didn't you call somebody? Just stay still.
Baby.
Operator, I'm calling from the Southfork.
Leave her alone.
- Operator.
- I didn't do anything.
Get her to emergency.
I need an ambulance right away.
Baby.
Of course, I like the plans.
They're good.
We've known each other long enough that we can level with each other.
Okay, so let's level.
What you've really been asking for the past hour and a half is if I can get these past the OLM without any complications, right? - Right.
- The answer to that is no.
But Barnes is your brother-in-law.
If you're counting on that, you might as well forget it.
Cliff and I get along on a strictly "no favors asked for, no favors given" basis.
- Hello.
- Ray Krebbs on the line.
Okay, put him on.
- Hi, Ray.
- We got some trouble here, Bobby.
What happened? Well, Sue Ellen fell down the stairs.
The doctor says she's probably gonna be okay.
I think the baby too.
Just thought you might wanna tell J.
R.
She's in an ambulance to Dallas Memorial right now.
- And do my folks know? - Not yet.
All right, I'll call them from here as soon as I tell J.
R.
Ray, how's Lucy? Well, she got into the pills again.
I found her kneeling over Sue Ellen, smiling, when I got there stoned out of her head.
Okay, I'll get back to the ranch as soon as I can.
Thank you.
Excuse me a minute, Hal.
- J.
R.
? - Yeah? J.
R.
, Ray called.
There's been some trouble at the ranch.
Sue Ellen fell.
They're taking her to Dallas Memorial.
The doctor says she's gonna be all right, and the baby too.
Call Dr.
Danvers' office, see if my folks are still there.
- Sure.
- What's the problem? Sue Ellen fell down, but she should be okay.
- And the baby? - I think the baby will be all right.
- Buzz them through to my office.
- Okay.
- Is the baby all right? - Yes.
The baby will be fine.
Mr.
Ewing.
Doctor, how's my wife? Her blood count is normal, there's no bleeding, and there are no contractions.
I'd like to keep her a little longer to make sure, though.
- Yes, of course.
And the baby? - And the baby too.
I'd say your wife and child had a very lucky escape this time.
Yeah.
Mr.
Ewing, I told Sue Ellen yesterday that her continued drinking was putting her baby's welfare in great jeopardy.
I was thinking of birth defects and the like.
Well, I'm afraid I've underestimated the danger.
If your wife doesn't stop drinking there's a good chance she'll kill herself and the child.
Now, I can recommend a very fine clinic, and I think you should consider it, sir.
Thank you, doctor.
Ewings take care of their own.
So far, the Ewings haven't been doing a very good job of it.
- How's Sue Ellen and the baby? - Is she all right? - Everything's fine, Mama.
- I was saying that Sue Ellen's very lucky.
- We can see her now, if you'd like.
- Yes, please.
- Jock? - You go ahead.
I wanna talk to J.
R.
a minute.
Well, right now is not really the time to talk, Dad.
It's as good a time as any, J.
R.
Besides, what I've got to say won't take long.
Something I should have said a long time ago.
You know, I never did begrudge you boys having a good time.
Hell, I always did.
But there comes a time and a place when fun stops and you start facing up to your responsibilities, J.
R.
You've always had that place in business but not at home.
I I just could never understand why not.
Well, from now on, I'll see to it that you stay on the right side of enjoying yourself.
I want Sue Ellen happy to be your wife.
I want my grandson proud that you're his father.
I want him live and healthy and proud to be a Ewing.
That's the way it's got to be, J.
R.
Miss Ellie just called, and she says everything's okay.
Where's Lucy? In the study.
She's all right now.
I got the last of her pills from her.
Lucy.
Bobby.
Did Ray tell you that Grandma called? Sue Ellen is gonna be all right.
Yes, he told me.
I'm sorry about what happened.
I know you are, hon.
But do you think that's good enough? Good enough? What do you want me to do? For a start, you can think how you'd feel if Sue Ellen would've died while you sat there watching her.
Well, she didn't.
Lucy, what if she had? Would you take more pills to help you cope with that? Just something to get you over the bad feeling? I don't know, maybe.
Is that how you wanna go through life?! Doped out of your mind, drugged so you don't feel anything? Honey, if you don't feel pain you don't really feel anything.
And that's not living.
Bobby, I'm so scared.
How could I have just let her lie there and not do anything to help her? You know how.
What can I do, Bobby? Stop taking those pills.
If you don't stop, Lucy, you'll never get better.
Never.
- And just go on feeling awful? - Yes.
Yes.
Until you start feeling better.
Honey, that's just the way it is, and it's the same for everybody.
I can try.
Thattagirl.
I've learned not to be so careless.
I've got to stop wearing those ridiculously high-heeled shoes.
My baby's much more important than fashion.
Well, sounds like a good idea to me.
You must try and be more careful.
Well, never you fear, Miss Ellie.
I have learned my lesson.
We'll go now and let you rest before J.
R.
brings you home.
Sue Ellen's not coming home, Mama.
Not for a while at least.
What are you talking about, J.
R.
? There's a clinic on the other side of Fort Worth owned by a friend, a fine doctor.
It'd do Sue Ellen good to spend some time there.
Don't you be absurd, J.
R.
I'm coming home to Southfork.
I'll be perfectly fine at home.
From today's evidence, I sincerely doubt that.
I am not going to any clinic.
I am fine.
I think you should, Sue Ellen.
Just for a while, until you're better.
Sue Ellen, you know that That might be the best thing in the world in the long run for you.
But there's nothing wrong with me.
I'm fine.
All right, Sue Ellen.
Come on, darling.
- J.
R.
, don't leave me here.
- I don't have any choice.
You can't take care of your own life, much less the life of your child.
I can't trust you to keep quiet when you drink.
We both have too many secrets for anybody to find out.
I'll be careful.
I promise you.
Damn right you will, at least till the child is born.
Gentlemen.
- It's best for everybody.
- This way.
J.
R.
, don't leave me here.
Don't leave me here, J.
R.
I'll do anything you say.
Anything, I promise.
No! Just don't leave me here, J.
R.
J.
R.
, I'll do anything you say! - You boys take care of her now.
- Somehow, I'll get back at you, J.
R.
! Just somehow, I don't know how, I'm gonna get back at you for this!