Dallas s03e24 Episode Script

The bank loans on the Asian wells paid off today 100 percent.
You almost lost Southfork to do it.
That was a mistake, Dad.
It'll never happen again.
I'll never put Southfork or Ewing Oil in jeopardy.
I'll swear it.
The first step in curing a drunk is getting them to admit what they are.
And if the rebels win there's not a doubt in the world they'll nationalize the oil fields.
What? They'll take it all.
Lock, stock, and every barrel.
Jock.
There's something I've been wanting to say for days now wondering just how to put it.
Why don't you just say it straight out, like you always do.
It's about Amanda.
Don't worry.
I'm not gonna bring up the past.
It's the present that concerns me.
How long has it been since you've seen Amanda? I don't know exactly.
It's been a long time.
Why did you stop visiting her? Was it because of me? It was getting harder and harder finding excuses.
I just didn't have the guts to tell you, that's all.
She's had the best of care, Miss Ellie.
There's nothing that she's ever wanted for.
Nothing.
Except companionship.
You were married to her, Jock.
You should go to Colorado and see her.
- I don't know, Ellie.
- I want you to.
It's important for all of us.
Well, if I do go, I want you to come with me.
I don't want anything in my life ever to be kept secret from you again.
Ever.
All right.
We'll both go.
This week.
It'll be fine.
Well, I better see about dinner if you wanna eat it on time.
Daddy.
Well, what do you say, J.
R.
? Anything important happen today that you're willing to tell me? Come on, Daddy.
When are you gonna relax and start trusting me? Well, when you give me a reason.
Well, maybe this would help.
The bank loans on the Asian wells paid off today 100 percent.
Southfork is free and clear.
Well, that's good.
Bobby go to the bank with you? Yes, sir.
Everything's out in the open and aboveboard.
These Asian leases mean that Ewing Oil is one of the richest independents in the country.
I was just hoping that you might find it in your heart to be a little bit proud of me.
Well, I'd like to be, J.
R but I just can't forget that you almost lost Southfork to do it.
I know it.
I know it.
That was a mistake, Dad.
It'll never happen again.
I'll never put Southfork or Ewing Oil in jeopardy.
I'll swear it.
Well, you just keep on toeing the line like you are, and I'll be happy with you.
Well, I gotta tell you, I'm enjoying this.
Seeing all that money pouring in, hearing all those old cartel boys moaning trying to get me on the phone, get a piece of the action.
I can't exactly blame them for feeling that way.
Come on, I'll buy you a drink.
All right, Dad.
Oh, Pamela, I forgot, Harrison Page called you today.
- There's a message on the table.
- Thank you, Miss Ellie.
I know.
- I spoke to him before dinner.
- What did he want? He was returning my call, actually.
I didn't go into work again today, and I wanted to explain.
I'm gonna take a little time off.
Where did you go? To the cemetery with Cliff.
- Have a drink, J.
R.
- Yeah.
- Feeling better, Sue Ellen? - Much.
Sue Ellen, would you like Teresa to fix you something? You hardly ate anything at dinner.
Thank you, Miss Ellie, I'm really not very hungry.
I think she gets all the nourishment she needs from this.
Just club soda.
Anyone care for a sip to prove that I'm not lying? Sue Ellen, don't.
That's not necessary.
I think everybody's curious as to what you had to drink before we came in.
Let it go, J.
R.
Let it go.
You're not gonna accomplish anything like this.
Bobby, the first step in curing a drunk is getting them to admit what they are.
I'm trying to help Sue Ellen by getting her to admit what she is, an alcoholic.
Why should she? Are you willing to admit what you are? Lucy, stay out of this.
This is between Sue Ellen and myself.
Not when you attack her in front of the family.
It's our business.
You got enough trouble handling your own wife.
Why don't you leave mine to me.
Don't even start, J.
R.
Well, everybody can see that she's cracking up slowly and surely.
And who can blame her? I mean, she finds out that her daddy, Digger Barnes, is no relation at all and her real father is a saddletramp and a thief and her mother's a whore.
Now, who could find it in their heart to hate that poor little girl, huh? Could you? Now, you knock it off! Both of you! You watch that temper of yours, Bobby.
And you, J.
R.
, watch that mouth of yours! God! A little club soda, darling? Looks like you might need it.
Bobby, maybe J.
R.
is right.
- Maybe I am cracking up.
- No.
I feel so confused.
- So lonely.
- Honey you've just been through a big shock.
Now, what you're feeling is natural.
Hutch McKinney.
A few days ago, that name didn't mean anything to me.
Now it's supposed to mean my father.
A skeleton with a bullet hole in his head.
I want you to quit thinking about that.
I can't seem to think about anything else.
Everything I always thought was true about myself has turned into a lie.
I don't even know who I am anymore.
You are the same person that you were a week ago, a month ago.
Nothing has changed.
Bobby, how would you feel if you woke up tomorrow morning and found out that you weren't a Ewing after all? What would that do to you? The point is that you can't go on brooding about it.
Now, what do you say that you and I take off for a few days? Just relax.
We haven't been anywhere together in a long time.
We could leave tomorrow, huh? Bobby.
I'd love to, but I can't.
Not tomorrow.
Why? Well, I'm going to meet Cliff at Aunt Maggie's house.
There are a lot of things of Digger's still left we have to go through.
You think you're gonna find the answers you need in Digger's old things? Probably not.
But I have to try.
If you have to.
Hello, J.
R.
- Are you on the phone? - Not exactly.
Serena, get rid of whoever that is and come back here.
Isn't this the way you wanted it, strictly cash and carry? Yeah, that's the way I wanted it.
Serena, are you coming, or am I going? Well, I never expected you.
Surprise is the spice of life, sugar.
- Come on.
- Hey, wait a minute.
You can't just walk in here and expect me to go right to bed with you.
You've got to understand that I am not just here for your convenience.
I'm a person with rights, J.
R.
Look, we made a deal, remember? And I am not going to go to bed with you again until you divorce Sue Ellen and marry me.
Look, she's obviously a hopeless alcoholic.
You're gonna have to commit her now, and you know it.
There's no reason for you not to keep your promise.
You need a wife who knows you like I do, who can help you the way I can.
A wife who shares more than just your bed.
- J.
R.
, you're not listening to me.
- That's right.
I mean it.
I'm serious.
I am not going to go to bed with you again until we're married.
- J.
R.
- Kristin, shut up.
Boy, all this junk.
There's not one thing here that's worth a damn.
Well, you know Digger.
Your mama probably did like I used to do, just emptied his pockets after a drunk figuring he'd get around to sorting it out afterwards.
Of course, he never did.
- Do you remember anything about her? - Not much, honey.
Like I said, she wasn't from around here.
Never did get it straight exactly where she was from.
Oklahoma, maybe, or Tennessee.
Digger took off right after Ellie married Jock.
And when he finally came back, he had Becky with him.
He married her on the rebound, we figured.
But I think he grew to love her.
He seemed to.
What about afterwards? After what happened with Hutch McKinney? Did he still love her? He never talked about that.
He was upset about something, that's all I knew.
That's when I moved to Corpus Christi.
I didn't see him again until he turned up on my doorstep with you two saying Becky was dead.
He left you with these trunks and off he went again.
Well I've had about enough of this stuff.
Thank you, Aunt Maggie.
I'll be downstairs.
- Find anything? - No, haven't found a thing.
No death certificate, burial receipt, nothing.
You know, there's got to be some information somewhere about her proof about what happened to her.
- Cliff, I wanna go to Corpus Christi.
- Why? I wanna see Mama's grave.
Well, thank you, Buck.
That sounds like a heck of an opportunity.
Yeah, well, just give me a little time to think on it, okay? All right, Buck.
Goodbye.
- Yeah? - Hank Johnson.
- Oh, what line's he on? - He's here.
- He's here? - Yes, sir.
Send him in.
Say, Hank what the hell are you doing here? Who's minding those Asian wells? We got trouble.
I didn't wanna risk telling you on the phone.
You never know who's listening.
We got big trouble.
A contact of mine inside the government heard about an assassination plot.
There's a revolution brewing, and if the rebels win there's not a doubt in the world they'll nationalize the oil fields.
What? They'll take it all.
Lock, stock, and every barrel.
- Are you sure? - Isn't that one of the reasons you pay me so much, because my sources are reliable? There's been a lot of unrest lately.
If the rebels make their move, they'll take the country.
Like I said, word is they'll nationalize the wells within days, maybe even hours.
- I got a lot at stake here.
- Yeah, I know, J.
R.
You got a fortune tied up there.
Not only that.
Those wells mean a lot to my family.
Especially my daddy.
Can we get to the rebel leaders? And do what? - Money speaks all languages.
- Bribe them? Who? You don't know these fanatics.
You can't tell me there's not at least one greedy opportunist even in a pack of fanatics.
Now, I want you to get the first plane back there, bribe whoever you can use as much money as you have to but be sure and keep in touch with me on the phone every day.
All right, J.
R.
, I'll try.
But this time I can't make you any guarantees.
Hello.
Get Vaughn Leland on the phone.
Tell him I wanna see him at the Ewing condo.
Tomorrow morning, 10:00 sharp.
Oh, here, let me help you with that.
Thank you.
- I didn't know you lived here.
- Only temporarily.
The Ewings use this for the occasional business meeting.
I see.
What's this one about? Well, I have no idea.
J.
R.
just said that it was highly confidential.
Here, let me look.
Very pretty.
Thank you.
It was a present from a friend.
A very good friend.
Well, Vaughn, glad you could come.
My pleasure, J.
R.
- How about some coffee, darling? - There's some already made.
Well, would you fetch us a couple of cups? If you can get your mind back on business I got a proposition I'd like to talk to you about.
- May I have another glass of water? - Of course.
Do you intend to go on like this? What choice do I have? Sue Ellen, you know the alternatives as well as I do.
Better.
Drinking makes the pain go away.
At least for a while, anyway.
You mean, with Dusty gone, you need a new crutch.
He is not a crutch! I loved him! Now I've got no one.
Except yourself.
That's worse than no one.
You only say that because you still haven't found the real Sue Ellen.
Oh, yes, I have.
She's a lush, just like her husband says she is.
Well, I just want you to ask around discreetly and see what kind of response you get.
I'll explain it to them, J.
R.
, just the way you told it to me.
- Good, good.
- They'll be straining at the leash.
I don't like him.
He's not exactly one of my favorites either.
If he'd been better at his job, I wouldn't have used Southfork as collateral for those Asian wells.
But did you see the way he looked at me? I'm not exactly blind.
He's not exactly subtle, is he? If you hadn't have come in when you did I would've had to fight him off.
Who knows, might have liked it.
What? Now, now, don't get upset, darling.
It's just a form of flattery, that's all.
Doesn't it bother you at all when your so-called friends come on to me the woman that you say you wanna marry? You should take it as a compliment.
I do.
I mean, after all, they like you.
You are a attractive, available, very delightful young girl.
Available? Are you suggesting that I spend time with other men? Only if it keeps you from getting bored.
They might say something I could use.
Are you asking me to sell myself so I can spy on your friends? You are always asking to help me, darling.
Thank you so much for the coffee and the meeting place.
I appreciate it.
I'll call you tomorrow, all right? - Alan Beam.
- Hello.
Alan, this is Kristin.
Remember that proposition you put to me? Well, I'm ready to do whatever you want.
Well, I'm afraid I'm not much help, Pam.
I only met your mother a few times.
No one seems to remember anything about her at all.
Except that she slept with Hutch McKinney and got pregnant.
Pam, you know what Digger was like.
Drunk so much of the time and disappearing for months.
Can't you feel compassion for Rebecca? I want to.
I want desperately to know about her, to understand her.
That's why I'm going to Corpus Christi.
Lucy.
Telephone.
- Who is it? - Didn't say.
She'll be right here.
Thanks, Bobby.
Well, what are you two plotting? Oh, I was just talking about my mama.
I was hoping Miss Ellie might remember something.
I've got an idea.
Why don't you both come to Colorado with Jock and me tomorrow.
We're staying at a beautiful hotel, and you can swim and play tennis while we visit with Amanda.
Well, I've been trying to convince her of just that.
Well, I was supposed to leave for Corpus Christi.
Well, to be honest, I'd like you both with me.
And I think Jock would like it too.
What do you say? Let's go.
You can go to Corpus Christi when we get back if you want to.
All right, let's go.
I expect Ewing Oil and Southfork to be in good condition till I get back, J.
R.
Dad, you're not going to South America.
I'll take care of everything.
- Bye-bye, J.
R.
- J.
R.
, telephone.
- What's that? - I said, the telephone.
- Okay.
- See you, boy.
Take it in the den.
- Hello? - Is that you, J.
R.
? Hank, what's the story? It's not good.
The fish wouldn't bite.
We starve in 48 hours or less.
All right, call me when it happens.
- Hello? - Hello, it's J.
R.
Ewing here.
- Is he in? - Yes, sir.
- How are you, J.
R.
? - I'm fine.
What'd you find out? Well, everybody's ready and eager.
All right, have them meet me in my office in an hour.
J.
R.
Couldn't you wait till they were through the gate before you started wheeling and dealing again? Is this for real? Well, with J.
R.
, you never know.
But this time, I figure he really means it.
Hello, hello.
Gentlemen, what a turnout.
Look at this.
I'm sorry to keep you all waiting.
It was unavoidable.
- Connie, do you have those papers? - Yes.
Good, let's get down to work right away.
No sense in wasting any time.
- Excuse me, gentlemen.
- Gentlemen, come on in.
- There you go.
- I'd personally be very curious to see what he comes up with.
- Good, good.
- There you go.
- Let me help you, honey.
Now, gentlemen, I want you to see that there are no secrets here.
I also want you to see how big a deal this really is.
You know better than that, J.
R.
There are no secrets in Dallas.
We know to the penny exactly how much all this is worth.
Yeah, but what we don't know is why you're finally letting us in.
Gratitude.
No, no, really.
Gratitude for all the times you supported me when I needed it.
I know that there are skeptics among you that might suspect that that's not the whole story.
Ewing Oil has been presented with some very interesting propositions in the last few days.
Nothing I can talk to you about yet.
But when I say they're big deals, I mean they are big deals.
And so we're gonna have to untie some of our capital.
And fast.
So that is why Ewing Oil has decided to sell off 75 percent of its Asian holdings for $ 10 million per point.
Aside from the price, what's the catch, J.
R.
? You have the figures in front of you.
You know that this is a bargain.
But you do know me, don't you? Yes, there is a catch.
Ewing Oil wants 25 percent royalty off every barrel you take out of Asia.
Now, hold on, hold on.
Fair is fair, gentlemen.
I ask you, who secured those leases? Ewing Oil.
Who put up the capital for the drilling? Ewing Oil.
And who took the chances? Again, Ewing Oil.
For you, gentlemen, it's a sure thing, and it is worth a fortune.
He's right.
The reason I opened this up to you is because you can come up with the cash.
The question is, how fast? Do we have a couple of hours? Well, all jokes aside, that's about all you do have.
I need that money fast, or I don't need it at all.
Now, can we talk business? After leading me on for months promising to marry me, do you know what he wanted me to do? - What? - To "entertain" his friends.
Spy on them, tell him all their secrets.
- Can you believe that? - I'll believe anything about J.
R.
Kristin, it's time J.
R.
Ewing got his and we have to find a way to give it to him.
That's why I called you.
Just tell me how.
I'm not sure yet.
I kept diaries and duplicate records of the Barnes campaign.
Oh, but that's not enough.
We have to stay on his tail.
He's sure to do something we can use against him somehow.
And it shouldn't take long.
I know he's up to something right now.
I couldn't hear everything he said to Leland the other day.
But I knew that he was conning him like mad.
Alan, what if I pretended to go along with his idea? Entertain his business associates, pump them for information.
Then J.
R.
would think that I was working for him, and all the time I could be putting together a file that would hang J.
R.
Ewing.
I love it.
Well, I'm going to call him.
- Ewing Oil.
- Connie, it's Kristin.
Shepard.
May I please speak to J.
R.
? Yes? Hello, Kristin.
Listen, I'm busy right now, darling.
I was thinking about our discussion.
You know I'd do anything I could to help you.
Well, that's real sweet of you.
I think I might call Jordan Lee right now.
He's been wanting to take me to dinner for months.
Well, that's just wonderful.
His family's out of town right now.
I know he could use some company.
You stay out of trouble, hear? Anything you say, J.
R.
Well.
That's better.
Couldn't sleep? No.
You know, I always dreaded seeing her, Ellie.
I can't help it.
Are you sure you want me there? Yes, I do.
It's too bad but it won't make any difference to her.
Aren't the mountains beautiful? Yeah, they sure are.
And so are you.
- Still no word from Mrs.
Ewing? - Not yet, Dr.
Elby.
- Here you go, honey.
- Thank you very much.
Oh, thank you.
- Don't you spend it all in one place.
- No, I won't, I promise.
- Thank you, sweetheart.
- Thank you.
Have a nice day.
- Thank you, J.
R.
- My pleasure.
Connie, you wanna put those on my desk, please? Oh, sure.
Vaughn.
I didn't know you were gonna come in on this deal with us.
I thought you'd stick to commission.
I didn't think you had that kind of money to throw around.
Well, now, J.
R.
, it isn't every day a man gets a chance to make his fortune.
I took a personal loan of 20 million from a buddy at another bank using my share of the leases as collateral.
Oh, something I never would've risked except for a sure thing like this.
Vaughn I'm delighted.
I really am.
And after all you've done for me, I can't think of anybody I'd rather have in on this deal than you.
- Mr.
Ewing? - Yes, ma'am? Will you come with me, please? I'm glad you both came.
We told her this morning, and she's been excited.
Well, I'm sure glad to hear that.
How's she been doing? Quite well, but she tires quickly.
Well, I'll be here just a few minutes.
Well, well.
Hello, Amanda.
How have you been? You're looking just wonderful.
The nurse tells me that you're doing just fine.
They told me Jock was coming.
Well, it's me, Amanda.
It's Jock.
I'm Amanda Lewis Ewing.
Who are you? I'm Jock, Amanda.
Don't you remember? l You were sick.
I brought you here a long time ago.
Now you're doing just Well, you're doing just fine now.
Hello, Amanda.
My name's Ellie.
There you are.
You said you'd come, and I didn't believe you.
How long was it this time, six months? Do you like my dress? I bought it special, just for you.
- It's lovely.
- I know it's your favorite color.
I wanted to look so nice for you.
You do.
You look real pretty.
Are you going away again? Yes.
I have to go away.
You're going with him, aren't you? He's a wildcatter.
Please don't go.
I wish you wouldn't.
I worry so much about you.
Please.
I'll be all right.
You just take care of yourself, okay? I'm nothing but a burden to you, Jock.
And I don't mean to be.
I love you so much.
Oh, so much.
It's all right, Mrs.
Ewing.
I never meant to be a burden.
Never.
Really, I didn't.
Never Oh, my darling.
I'm so sorry.
J.
R.
was saying, with your family out of town, you'd enjoy some company.
The company was wonderful.
And so was the food.
Thank you.
The caterer I use is excellent.
It was very thoughtful of J.
R.
to have suggested this.
Well, he certainly has been wonderful to my sister.
I can't help being fond of him.
But I understand that's not a very universal emotion.
No, I don't think that too many people in Dallas find J.
R.
likeable, exactly.
Really? That's hard to believe.
He's been so kind to me.
But I expect he's tried pulling a few dirty tricks on you.
If we're gonna talk, why don't we do it on the couch.
All right.
It is a lot more comfortable.
- You were saying? - About what? About J.
R.
J.
R.
is a true friend and a prince among oilmen.
He just cut me in on the sweetest deal of my life.
I'll get it, I'll get it.
Hello? Oh, yes, Cliff.
No, she's not, not yet.
All right, I'll tell her.
Bye-bye.
- Lucy, is that for me? - No, it was Cliff calling for Pam.
You must be up to something real nasty, J.
R.
I haven't seen you look so nervous since you almost lost Southfork.
Hey, you guys, they're here.
They're back from Colorado.
I have an appointment with Dr.
Elby.
I'll be home late, darling.
Hi.
Hi, Grandma.
- Hi, Bobby.
- I have to run.
I'll see you later.
Did you have a good time? Oh, Pam, before I forget, Cliff's been calling and calling.
I think he wants you to come over.
He said it was very important.
See you.
He must've found out something about Mama.
- Don't jump to conclusions.
- What else could be that important? Knowing your brother, business comes first.
No, not this time, Bobby.
There's no proof that my mama's dead.
Do you realize that? Pam, what are you talking about? She could still be alive, lost somewhere like Amanda.
No, she's left.
Everything okay? Yeah, Dad, fine, fine.
That was for Lucy.
See you at the office.
- What you doing in Colorado? - It's too long a story to explain.
- You found out something? - This.
I had the signatures verified, and it's legal.
- A death certificate? - No, no, it's more important than that.
This is a legal, bona fide, enforceable contract.
I found it in Digger's trunk.
It says, "It is hereby agreed that all revenues and profits in the oil field now known as Ewing 23 will be shared equally by John Ewing and Willard Barnes and their heirs in perpetuity.
" Signed by both of them.
Dated February 26, 1939.
I thought you got me here to talk about Mama.
Pam, you know what this means? It means that we no longer stand at the back door, hat in hand.
It means the Barneses can walk through the front door in equal partnership with the Ewings, at least for this field.
It's worth over half a million dollars a year.
I can't wait to see J.
R.
's face when I show him.
If it's worth anything, what was it doing in Digger's trunk? You heard Aunt Maggie.
They probably signed it when Digger was drunk, and they forgot all about it.
Why didn't Jock remember? Are you kidding? This paper was signed over 40 years ago.
Bobby just reopened the field last month.
Jock probably never gave it a thought.
He's gonna have to now.
I'm gonna keep my promise to Daddy.
His life will not have been wasted.
I'll see to it.
Give me another drink.
Don't you think you've had enough, Mrs.
Ewing? I've certainly had enough here.
Hey, there.
- Let me help you.
- Thank you.
Dusty? There's a table right here.
Gentlemen, if you please.
- Is it really you? - It sure is.
What are you having? Whatever you're having.
Bobbie, two bourbon and branch.
What? You'd rather have something else? No, I just I just can't believe it.
What'd you say, darling? - How's the house coming? - Oh, pretty good.
I got the plumbing and electrical in.
I'm just waiting for inspection.
Well, it all checks out.
Keep those cows calm and on water, and they're ready for auction.
You bet.
- Hello? - Southfork Ranch? This is Southfork.
I'm Bobby Ewing.
I'm the bartender at the Ace bar in Braddock.
Mrs.
Ewing is here.
I think she's gonna need some help.
We got trouble.
Let's go.
Let's get out of here.
- Where are we going? - Going to a party.
- To a party? - We're going to a big party.
Going to a party.
Sue Ellen.
- Bobby? - I'm taking you home, Sue Ellen.
- No, I can't.
I just found him.
- Sue Ellen.
You heard her.
She wants to be with me.
I don't wanna have to argue about this.
Then don't.
She's with me.
- No, you don't understand who she is.
- I don't care who she is.
- Dusty! Dusty! - Sue Ellen, come on.
- Sue Ellen, let's go.
- No! I don't wanna go! - Can I freshen your drink, Mama? - No, thanks, J.
R.
Here, here.
- Thanks.
- Sure.
- What happened? - Help me get her upstairs.
- Well, is she all right? - She's not hurt, Mama.
Bobby, where'd you find her? Upstairs.
I don't know how much more of this she can take.
Or me.
I'm gonna have to do something about her real soon.
Three engine companies worked continuously through the night and the fire was finally knocked down at about 5:00 this morning.
There were four reported injuries to fire department personnel and estimated property damage is set at about $350,000.
The cause of the fire is as yet unknown.
A suspected burglar fleeing the scene of the crime - Good morning, J.
R.
- Bobby.
How's Sue Ellen? Sleeping it off.
Where you going to? There's a fence down at the Two Stick.
Ray wants me to look at it.
- Might have been cut.
- Rustlers? Not so far.
- See you around.
- I'll get it.
Yeah? - J.
R.
? - Hank? I been trying to get through for hours.
It's crazy over here.
Everything happened just like I said.
You done a good job, Hank.
Thanks for calling.
You got a big bonus coming, buddy.
White House Press Secretary Jody Powell has stated that such a reaction would be premature and unwarranted.
He repeatedly stressed the president's request for all citizens to remain calm.
Most closely affected by the rebels ' nationalization of foreign industries is our own Ewing Oil with hundreds of billions of dollars tied up in drilling and exploration.
The loss to the Ewing family can be calculated in the billions of dollars.
Is that true, J.
R.
? How much did we lose? Well, Daddy the way I look at it we just made ourselves a killing.