Dallas s09e01 Episode Script

We were all blessed to have known Bobby Ewing.
A splendid young man, loving son.
I'm really not an alcoholic.
Oh, Sue Ellen.
Yes, you are.
I had one brother, and he's dead.
Nobody could ever replace him.
Least of all, you two.
Go back to your cowboy.
Go back to your bottle.
Go anywhere you want.
Get out of my sight.
- Would you really like to help? - Yeah, of course I would.
Go on in the house, throw Sue Ellen over your shoulder carry her the hell off Southfork.
Thank you for coming, Harlan.
Oh, I'm so sorry, Ellie.
Uh, perhaps you could go up with Jenna, give her a sedative.
I will.
Come on, I'll show you her room.
Donna, are you all right, dear? No.
I'll take care of her, Harlan.
Do that, Ray.
- And, Miss Ellie, I - No, I'm all right, Harlan, thank you.
- You see to Jenna.
- I will.
Ray, maybe you should take Donna home.
She should try to sleep.
Are you sure? Maybe we can stay here in case you might need us.
What I need is for you to take care of yourself.
You have a child to worry about.
We'll see you in the morning, Miss Ellie.
J.
R.
, pour me a brandy.
J.
R.
J.
R.
You have to help me.
You and I have to be strong.
I'm going to look in on John Ross and Charlie.
I'll be right back.
It's my fault.
It's all my fault.
Don't say that.
It was Katherine.
She was crazy.
She had to be.
No, if I'd just stayed out of his life, if he hadn't been over here Pam, don't do this to yourself.
No, it's true.
He died because of me.
He was trying to save me.
Come on, come on, lie down.
- You've got to try to get some rest.
No, I can't.
You've got to try to get some sleep.
I can't sleep.
If I do, I'll just keep seeing Bobby.
Cliff, let's call a doctor.
No.
Now, come on now.
Come on.
We're gonna stay with you.
We'll be with you all night.
What about Christopher? He's fine.
I checked.
He's sleeping.
He's fine.
It's okay.
Oh, my poor baby.
Oh, his daddy's dead.
Oh, he'll never forgive me.
It was my fault.
It was my fault.
Shh.
Come on.
Teresa's making coffee.
Would you like some? All right.
Hello, Clayton.
It's a lovely evening, isn't it? What? Oh, I had the best day.
Oh, you had the best day, did you? Yes.
Is there something wrong with that? Sue Ellen, don't.
What? What's the matter? Something is wrong.
- What is it? - My brother's dead.
Bobby's dead.
Oh, my God, no.
Where were you, Sue Ellen, when we were all at the hospital? J.
R.
, don't.
When Bobby was saying goodbye, when we needed you the most where the hell were you? I didn't know.
Of course you didn't know.
How could you have known? You were too busy rolling around in bed with that saddle tramp.
Or maybe it was just getting stinking drunk at some motel.
J.
R.
, stop it.
You're never around when anybody needs you.
John Ross almost died.
Bobby did die.
All you ever think about is yourself.
That's not true.
Get out of here, Sue Ellen.
Go back to your cowboy.
Go back to your bottle.
Go anywhere you want.
Just get out of my sight.
J.
R.
What happened to Bobby wasn't her fault.
She was never a Ewing.
She never was, and she sure as hell never will be.
I think he always knew we loved him.
I never thought about Bobby dying.
I never thought about any of us dying.
I have been so wrong.
And so have you.
Somehow or the other, our problems just don't seem as big.
Not compared to what Miss Ellie's going through.
Jenna All of us.
Maybe there's a way that we can work things out for us.
I want to, you know that.
I love you.
You know that's the one thing I always counted on.
As long as we have that, we've got a chance.
Daddy? Hi, son.
Sorry, I didn't mean to wake you up, but I just wanna visit with you a bit.
Is it true about Uncle Bobby? Yes.
Yes, Bobby's dead.
I'm sorry, Daddy.
I loved Uncle Bobby.
Yeah, so did I.
I'm gonna miss him so much, I I just don't know what I'm gonna do.
You still got Uncle Ray and Uncle Gary.
Well, that's not the same, son.
Bobby's the only one that mattered to me.
I could help you, Daddy.
I could make you feel better.
You do.
Just being here with you makes me feel better.
I don't have to go to school.
Maybe I can go to work with you.
Maybe I can take Uncle Bobby's place.
Maybe.
Because you're all I got.
And I don't know what'd happen to me if I didn't have you.
Daddy? Can you lay down with me for a little while? Sure, I'd like that.
Now, you just go to sleep.
You too.
I love you, boy.
I love you too, Daddy.
Here, drink this.
It'll help you relax.
- What is it? - It's cocoa.
Ellie, what are you doing? I'm, uh, making a list of things that we have to do tomorrow.
Well, do you have to do it now? I, uh I can't sleep.
Ellie.
Don't bury the pain inside.
Just let it out.
- I can't.
- Why not? Because my family needs me.
Hello? This is Clayton Farlow.
Who's this? Yes, she's right here.
It's Gary.
- Gary? Mama? I just heard about Bobby.
It can't be true, it just can't be.
- It's true, Gary.
Well, what happened? What was Katherine Wentworth doing in Dallas? Well, we're, uh We're not sure about it.
And I don't think it really matters.
Is there anything I can do? I think, uh I think Bobby would like it if you came to the funeral.
Yes, of course.
I love you, Mama.
I love you.
Get here as soon as you can.
I miss you.
Yeah, I will, and I miss you too.
Um He's gone.
And I never got a chance to tell him how much I cared about him.
Well, I'm sure he knew, Gary.
Good night, son.
Good night, Mama.
I, uh I think I would like some cocoa, but that must be cold now.
I won't be long.
Oh Oh, Bobby.
Oh, Bobby.
Oh, God.
Oh, Bobby.
Mommy.
Mommy.
I'm sorry, Mrs.
Ewing, he just ran out.
It's all right.
Hello, sweetheart.
- I'm hungry.
- You are? - Would you like some breakfast? - Eggs and toast.
All right.
- Is Daddy here for breakfast? - No, he's not.
Where is he? When can I see him? Daddy's gone away.
Far away? Yes.
Yes, far away.
When will he come back? Oh, Christopher, I don't know how to tell you this.
I don't think that you're going to understand.
And maybe that's better for you.
But someday, I'm going to explain it all to you, when you're older.
You see, Daddy's gone.
And he's not ever coming back.
And from now on, it's just going to be you and me.
It's just going to be the two of us.
Rather be alone? - No.
- Took off kind of early this morning.
- Hmm.
How'd you find me? I stopped by Ray's.
And he figured you might be out here.
I think Ray knows me very well, heh.
Well, it's very pretty here.
It's beautiful.
Did Ray tell you that Bobby used to play here? Yes.
This tree house, Jock built it for him.
Bobby was always Jock's favorite.
If ever there was a fair-haired son, Bobby was it for Jock.
"Ewing Oil.
" They started early, didn't they? Whenever he wanted time off from his chores, he He used to be here.
He'd swim in that pond.
It's not very deep.
He always called it his very own lake.
Of all the places in Southfork where he used to play, this was his favorite.
Gary used to come out here.
The two of them would spend hours and hours doing I don't know what.
- But not J.
R? - No.
No, J.
R.
Always seemed to care more about the oil business.
He was always trying to get to go out to work with Jock.
Or he'd be out on the oil fields with him.
When the other boys were playing, J.
R.
Was learning from Jock.
But I think he He would've traded everything if he'd been the one that Jock built this tree house for.
Well, it's difficult to see J.
R.
In that light.
Of course, I never knew him when he was a boy.
Well, I think you You might've liked him more if you'd known him then.
J.
R.
Always knew that Jock loved Bobby the best and it hurt him.
He could never come to grips with the fact that he wasn't Jock's favorite.
And now Jock's gone.
And so is Bobby.
I want Bobby to be buried here.
Where he can see his lake and his tree house.
And where we can come and visit him when we want to.
I think he'd like that very much.
I'll see to all the arrangements.
Oh, no, I can do that.
No, why should you carry it all on your shoulders? I'm here.
Thank you, Clayton.
Well, are you ready to go back? No.
No, not yet.
All right.
I'll see you back at the house.
So you can't be sad, because I'll never leave you.
It's not fair.
Why is Bobby dead? That's the worst part about life, honey.
It's not always fair.
And sometimes we do dumb things.
We just don't do the things we should.
I mean, all those years I could've been married to Bobby.
But I didn't.
I ran away from him.
And then we found each other again, and And then I was so unsure.
Why didn't I marry him? Oh, Mama, I loved Bobby so much.
I know you did, baby.
And that's why I have to take care of Darius.
And I can't let anything happen to him, because Bobby gave him to me.
Honey, he'd want you to take good care of him.
And maybe he'd be a comfort to you when you think about Bobby or Or when you're sad.
And what about you? I have you.
We have each other.
And we'll always know that Bobby loved us.
And we would've been a wonderful family together.
What are you doing here, Farlow? Well, I just came to pay my respects to your mother.
And maybe see my wife? Don't be an ass, J.
R.
Now, whether you like it or not, my father is married to your mother.
I only wanted to tell them how sorry I am about Bobby.
Well, don't bother.
You're the last person in the world my mama needs to see right now.
If it wasn't for you, Sue Ellen might've been at the hospital with the rest of the family.
We were together because she wanted me to help her stay sober.
Which she is not right now.
Have you started her drinking again? Hell, all you have to do is say hello to her to get her started.
Look, I'm not gonna fight with you, J.
R.
Not today.
Well, your concern for my family is very touching, uh Would you really like to help? Yeah, of course I would.
Then go in the house, throw Sue Ellen over your shoulder and carry her the hell off Southfork.
How can you say things like that? It's easy.
I live with her.
I seem to remember that you lived with her too.
But I noticed you didn't marry her.
Well, you missed your chance.
Come back to try again? That's none of your damn business.
Yeah, it is.
She may be a drunk, but she's still my wife which is a situation I'm gonna change real soon.
So go on in, take her.
She's yours.
You can have her.
You know, one thing is for sure, you are as disgusting as ever.
That may be.
But losing my brother made me realize just how long I've been married to the wrong woman.
Now, go on.
Miss Ellie.
Miss Ellie What can I say? What would you like to say? That I wish I were here yesterday to be with you when When it all happened.
That wouldn't have changed anything.
I know.
It's just that I feel so guilty.
Like I let everyone down.
Sue Ellen, it's about time you stopped this.
We have a lot more to worry about than your guilt.
Why don't you start facing the reality of what's happening in your life? That's what I'm trying to do.
- It's where I was yesterday.
- With Dusty? Dusty isn't a cure for anything.
You need help, Sue Ellen.
We can't do it for you.
And J.
R.
's wanted you to go to a sanitarium for help.
But I'm really not an alcoholic.
Oh, Sue Ellen.
Yes, you are.
Every disappointment now sends you right back to the bottle.
What I'm saying is, this family is gonna have a terrible time trying to face up to the loss of Bobby.
If you can't help us, don't make it worse.
Pull yourself together if you can.
If not, J.
R.
May be right.
And I'll help him get you treatment before I'll let you pull him down.
J.
R? - Yes? These things came for Bobby, and, uh I don't know what to do with them.
Phyllis, don't do that.
You'll get me started.
- I can't handle it.
- I'm sorry.
- But I don't know what to do with them.
- Put them on my desk.
Leave them there.
Now, go on home.
And I want you to lock up Bobby's office.
I don't want anybody going in there and touching his things, you understand? Yes, sir.
Maybe if his door's shut I can fool myself into thinking he's still there.
Go on now.
Ma.
- I'm so glad you're here.
Yeah.
Hi, Gary, I'm Clayton Farlow.
Clayton, nice to meet you.
How are you doing, Mama? Oh, I'm better now that you're here.
Where are Ray and J.
R? Let's go inside and put your things away, and then I'll fill you in.
- Yes, ma'am? - Ahem, vodka, please.
- On the rocks? A twist? - Just straight.
Yes, ma'am.
Another.
Ahem.
Double.
Yes, ma'am.
- Yes, sir? - Nothing.
You following me? Yes.
Why? I thought by now that everyone would've told you that I'm an alcoholic.
I told you that myself.
Or maybe you just came by to say goodbye to me.
No, that's not it.
Why not? There's no reason for you to stay.
Because I know I'm not worth saving.
So why don't you just go away and let me stay here and get real nice and drunk? It's not that simple.
You're wrong.
It's real simple.
You see, if I stay here, and I drink enough then I don't have to face anybody.
Not J.
R.
Not Miss Ellie.
Not my son.
And not even you.
Sue Ellen, your family needs you.
Now, Bobby's funeral is gonna be real soon and you've gotta start pulling yourself together.
Now, I'm here to help you.
But, darling, you've gotta start helping yourself.
This is all the help I need.
Bartender, another.
No, that's it.
No more drinking.
- I said I want another.
- No.
Leave me alone! Lady, you may have given up on yourself, but I sure as hell haven't given up on you.
I want you to know something.
What? After the funeral, I want you to go back to California, to your own life.
Bobby was Bobby, but you are you.
And I don't want you to think that you have to stay here and try to take his place.
Mama, I could never take his place, but I can be here for you.
And if I thought that you'd be happy here, that would be wonderful.
But you can't live your life as a replacement for Bobby.
You're my son, and I love you with all my heart but we don't have to be together to keep that love.
No.
I guess we don't.
You've been through a lot, Gary.
I can feel a strength in you that you never had before.
Well, for the next few days, I'm gonna need that strength.
J.
R.
And Sue Ellen, Jenna, little Charlie.
They're all in pain, and they all need me.
So for a while, I'm gonna lean on Clayton and on you because I know you'll be there.
It's about time, Mama.
It's about time.
Dusty? That's gonna be sore for a while.
Why? What happened? Remember that bar you were in? Remember slapping me? Yeah, but that's about all.
Well, we were gonna have a real big yelling match.
So I decided the best thing to do was to, uh, get you out of there quietly.
- You hit me? - Yes.
This is coffee.
I want you to drink it.
- I don't want any coffee.
- Well, suit yourself but this and juice are the only thing you're gonna have for a while.
- What are you talking about? - I called my daddy.
I told him you were with me.
I told him you were gonna stay here until you dry out.
Bobby's funeral's in a couple of days, and I want you there sober.
You want? What in the hell do you care for? Nobody else does.
Well, you got a nice little bunch of self-pity going there.
If you thought about it hard enough, you might figure out why I'm going to all this trouble.
You can't tell me that you still care.
I love you.
I have right from the first day I met you.
Now, there's a lot gone wrong between us, but my feelings have never changed.
Dusty I can't believe it.
Well, it's true enough.
I don't know for sure what to do about it but I do know that we cannot let you go on like this.
You don't know how much that means to me.
I'll have that coffee now.
It's all right, Lucy.
I'm sure your grandma will understand.
Yeah.
Lucy, I'm really sorry to have to tell you about this on your honeymoon.
Okay, give Mitch my best.
Bye-bye.
Uh She's not gonna be able to get a flight back in time.
How'd she sound? Broken up, trying to be strong.
Well, Lucy's a fine girl.
You're gonna be real proud of her, Gary.
Yes, I'm sure I will.
Ray, I owe you a lot.
I know how much care and time you gave Lucy.
She always had someone to turn to when I wasn't around.
Well, Bobby too.
He was real fond of her.
Gary.
- When'd you get in? - This afternoon.
Well, I'm glad you're here.
Can I let, uh, Tracy get you some dinner? No, I'm not hungry.
I was kind of surprised you weren't here when I got in.
Well, I went down to the office, sent the girls home.
You down there all day? I'd still be there if it wasn't for the janitor.
I lost all track of time.
I just sat there, trying to think about Ewing Oil and what's gonna happen.
And I couldn't even do that.
Yeah, I guess it will be a little rough down there for a while being there by yourself.
Look, uh, I don't know very much about the oil business but we worked together real well on that Cliff Barnes trial.
- So? - Well, we are brothers.
Just till things smooth out, I'd be glad to go in with you do what I could to help.
Well, how about you, Gary? You wanna come down to the office and help out too? Well, I don't want your help.
I don't want your sympathy.
I had one brother, and he's dead.
Nobody can ever replace him.
Least of all, you two.
Jackass.
Does he think he's the only one that misses Bobby? Well No matter what, nothing ever really changes.
Okay, here, try that.
Hmm? Mrs.
Ewing, Mrs.
Farlow is here.
- Well, tell her to come out, please.
- Yes, ma'am.
Grandma.
Christopher.
Oh, my.
- Pam.
- Miss Ellie.
I know.
I know I should've come out to see you.
I just couldn't bring myself to go to Southfork.
There's just too much of Bobby there.
I know.
I understand.
How is everyone? Uh They're all right.
Uh, Gary got in yesterday.
And how are you? Oh, I'm all right, I guess.
I have to be, so do you.
I know, I I just hurt so much.
Thank God for Christopher.
I tried to explain to him about Bobby, but I don't think he understands.
Pam, the, uh, funeral's tomorrow.
I'd like you and Christopher to be there.
Well, we will be.
And, uh, Cliff and Jamie.
Well, do you think that's very wise? Well, I think it's time to heal the wounds between our two families.
Christopher's my grandson.
He has the right to be at Southfork.
You have the right to be there.
If nothing else, at least let that come out of Bobby's death.
Miss Ellie, do you really think that's possible? I mean, after all, it was Katherine who killed Bobby.
Katherine Clayton talked to the police yesterday.
He was curious about how she got back into the country.
She had a forged passport and driver's license.
Everything that money could buy.
Why did she? Why did she hate Bobby so much? I can't tell you how many times that I wished that Bobby hadn't been here that morning.
It was so early.
How did he happen to be here? He stopped by on his way to work, just to see Christopher.
Well, I've got to get back, Pam.
But I do want you there tomorrow.
I'll send a car for you about 2:00.
All right.
Thank you.
Bye-bye, Christopher.
Bye, Grandma.
Goodbye, Miss Ellie.
Oh, Christopher, how are we ever going to get through tomorrow? We are all blessed to have known this splendid young man this Bobby Ewing.
Loving son, devoted brother.
Caring father.
Beloved by all who knew him.
Our lives will never be the same for his having touched us and then left us far too soon.
"The Lord is my shepherd.
I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures.
He leadeth me beside the still waters.
He restoreth my soul.
He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil, for thou art with me.
Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies.
Thou anointest my head with oil.
My cup runneth over.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
" Amen.
J.
R? You go on, Mama.
I'll be up directly.
I'll take John Ross.
Bobby, I never told you how much you meant to me.
All the fights, all the time butting heads with one another I'm sorry we were never closer.
I wish I wish I'd taken the time to tell you how much I love you.
I do.
And tell Daddy I love him too.
Bye, Bobby.
I'll miss you.