Dallas s13e08 Episode Script

NARRATOR: Last on Dallas: Bobby, a Westar tanker has just had some sort of accident.
- It's leaking oil all over the gulf.
- That's a damn shame.
I want you to find out what happened.
I want you to find out now.
I'd spend a lot more time at the office if it were a more pleasant place to be.
It's not a health spa, Cliff.
What do you want, a pina colada and a palm tree? Will you really pay a small fortune to get rid of Cliff? That's the most serious offer I've made to anybody in my life.
MAN: Surprise.
Hey.
Please don't do this.
I think I can make my own decisions, Mother.
SARAH: Ewing and Mallory are not our real names.
We took them in honor of the men who saved our lives.
Are you sure? VANESSA: James, no.
I'd like to propose a toast to J.
R.
Ewing, my daddy.
Is this true, Vanessa? Is he my son? James had no right to say that.
Is it true? Am I his father? There's no backing out, Mother.
It's all out in the open.
Yes, J.
R.
You're his father.
LUC Y: Oh, this is great.
Years of sticking it to Ray, calling him half-breed.
Now you've got your own illegitimate son.
Congratulations.
CLIFF: You've got my congrats too.
Mm-hm.
It's a miracle that none of your other little bastards haven't shown up before now.
That's enough, Cliff, back off.
After all these years, you must have knocked up half the women in Dallas.
BOBBY: That's enough.
Shut up.
Come on, Bobby.
You know he deserves this.
- This is family business.
Now get out.
CLIFF: Oh, yes.
Keep it in the family.
- The Ewing's secrets and dirt and lies.
BOBBY: All right, that's it.
Come on.
Take it out on the Barnes.
That's Ewing tradition.
You're being a jerk, Cliff.
CLIFF: Well, now, you're no Little Miss Nun, April.
As I recall, you were in his stable too.
WOMAN: Oh, my God.
Vanessa, how could you keep this secret for all these years? That's a conversation I won't have in a restaurant.
Come on, Mother.
Where's your sense of humor? You know how much this is upsetting me.
How dare you be so glib? I'm sorry, you're right.
But be honest.
You wanted him to find out someday.
VANESSA: That's not true, James.
They why'd you name me James Richard, J.
R? - James Richard? JAMES: That's right.
You wanted it, Mother.
You wanted him to know because you're still in love with him.
And you hoped, someday, you'd be together with him again.
You think you're being very wise, don't you? Vanessa, it's not the end of the world.
I'm glad I found out.
Hot damn, I should have guessed from the very start.
You planned this whole thing all along, didn't you? Who are you talking to? I'm talking to Vanessa.
James is right.
You are still in love with J.
R.
And this is your way of stealing him away from me.
I don't believe all I'm hearing about you trying to keep this a secret.
You knew how J.
R.
Would love another son.
And this is how you're gonna get him away from me.
- And you're just going for it.
- Cally, it's not a plan, I swear it.
- Darling, I think you're way off base.
- Am I? I'd give that marriage about another six minutes.
Why are you so optimistic? CLIFF: Whoa.
Look at that.
MICHELLE: What's going on? I don't know, but I'm glad I kept my tickets, because it looks like there's more show.
You're crazy if you think you can get away with this.
What are you talking about? If this was deliberate, I'll destroy your company.
I'll see that you both hang.
You're not making any sense.
The Coast Guard gave me full confirmation.
Would you? Get that out of my face.
What are you talking about? My supertanker, completely filled with heavy crude was rammed dead-on by a Ewing Oil tanker.
- What? McKAY: Oil is leaking out all over the gulf and you are having dinner? You're out of your mind.
Ewing Oil doesn't own a tanker.
Never has.
Don't give me that crap.
You never heard of the Faraway Hill out of Maracaibo, Venezuela? I said we don't have a tanker.
- Oh.
Bobby, thank God you're here.
- We came in as soon as we heard the news.
Unfortunately, I had to hear about it from McKay.
It's true, isn't it? We've been on the phone to the Coast Guard and listening in on the emergency channel.
The mayor called, the governor called, and every newspaper in the country.
Call Security and have them clean out the lobby.
It's already a mob scene down there.
Bobby, I didn't even know we owned a tanker.
It was a surprise for me too.
What's the very latest report? Well, the crew rescue is complete, but both ships are in serious trouble.
Bob, I gotta talk to you.
We cannot leave that ship or that oil.
BOBBY: Why didn't you tell me you bought a tanker? J.
R: No big thing.
I needed it to finish the Shaughnessy deal.
Well, now it looks like it's gonna finish us.
You're overreacting.
I'm gonna take care of this whole thing.
I'd love to dump this in your lap.
Every time you take care of something, it comes back, so just stay out of my way.
- Well, how are you gonna handle it? - Just watch me.
And you should keep your fingers crossed that this oil slick doesn't hit the coast.
Well, the first thing, we gotta save that tanker.
Lose that ship, and it's a big financial setback.
Right now I'm more concerned about our liabilities, our reputation and that oil spill.
Very well, but what about our profits? To hell with the profits.
Right now, we've got bigger problems.
And there's one way to solve them.
Stonewall.
Accept no responsibility.
Contain the damage and blame McKay for absolutely everything.
Bobby, it's the governor.
I'll take it.
J.
R: Get Al Halliday on the phone for me.
SLY: Yes, sir.
J.
R.
, he's on the line.
Halliday, J.
R.
Ewing here.
You know why I'm calling.
Yeah, I heard the news.
You must be sweating bullets.
J.
R.
[O VER PHONE.]
: You're taking the fall on this.
You're the one who sold me that piece of tin.
Now, now, read your contract, J.
R.
I sold it to you as is.
You're taking the fall, or you're a dead man.
Well, now, you wouldn't be threatening my life, would you, J.
R? You could go to jail for that.
Ha, ha.
No, I never use physical violence.
When I set out to destroy somebody, I tear their lives apart piece by piece.
When I'm finished with you you're gonna beg me to put you out of your misery.
What exactly do you want me to do? My lawyer is gonna draw up a document for us to sign.
Your two-bit company is taking full legal responsibility for whatever happened.
Don't worry, I'll cover your losses.
You want me to cut my own throat? J.
R: And one more thing I want you to contact the Faraway Hill on a private, non-emergency channel.
I want that deadbeat crew of yours to save that ship at any cost even if it means dumping more oil into the gulf.
Why did you follow me home? You won't make me change what I think.
Cally, I need your help.
Help you to do what? Haven't you caused enough trouble already? But why are you so upset? I'm the one who's about to lose a son.
Because you're the mother of J.
R.
's child, and I'm not.
That puts my marriage in danger.
I mean, he's already looking at you in a new way.
I can see it in his eyes.
I don't believe this.
You're young, you're beautiful, you're already married to J.
R.
You've got everything going for you, yet you're attacking me.
You do love him, don't you? Yes.
I do love him.
But our relationship was over and the last thing I want is for my son to move into his house.
Then take him back to Europe.
I don't have that power.
But you can make it happen, Cally.
You're my last chance.
You're the only one who can talk J.
R.
Into turning James away.
This is a trick too.
You're hoping that we'll fight over this and that he'll push me away.
Now you get out of my house! If J.
R.
Chooses a boy he's only known for a few days over his own wife then you don't have much of a marriage.
You're not listening.
I've got millions of dollars sunk in this company.
I am not gonna let my bucks pay for J.
R.
's screwup.
Mouthing off is not gonna save money.
Fast action is.
- Media.
Look, I'll take care of the media.
- I'm on top of that already, Cliff.
Legal.
That's my specialty.
You think I'd trust your legal ability? I'm seeing Harv Smithfield later on tonight.
I've got some good ideas about cleanup.
BOBBY: I have taken care of that too.
J.
R.
, without admitting guilt Ewing Oil's gonna commit to a $50-million cleanup effort.
J.
R: Are you out of your mind? Let McKay pay for it.
Or the Texas emergency fund.
Not us.
I don't care.
I'm tired of oilmen being thought of as greedy and uncaring.
Now, it's time we show them what we're capable of.
You're showing me you're capable of gross stupidity.
You think any other big company would do this? Hell, no.
That's it, I'm leaving.
If you're not gonna include me on anything, then I'm out of here.
Is there anything I could do? I'm a quick learner.
Listen, the only thing you'll learn around here is that your name is dog dirt if it isn't Ewing.
J.
R: Come on in, son.
Well, there's one bright spot.
Whatever this disaster costs us, it's gonna cost McKay 10 times more.
McKAY: Remember that we're under siege from the public, from the press, from our stockholders.
Until all the facts are in we have to prove to them that Ewing Oil is entirely at fault.
We have to create the impression that Westar is the innocent victim.
Now, let's go.
Our battleground isn't just out there on the gulf it's on the public-relations front.
Now get in to the trenches.
Come on, now, move it.
Move faster than that.
The oil is spreading faster than that.
[KNOCKING ON DOOR.]
- Who the hell are you? - Excuse me for barging in, Mr.
McKay but I'm the man that sold Ewing Oil the Faraway Hill.
Al "The Pal" Halliday at your service.
And just in the nick of time.
What do you want? Well, it occurs to me right now might be an excellent time to retire.
There's an island just west of Tahiti with my name on it.
You wanna get to the point? If Westar will just take a few inexpensive tankers off my hands AI "Your Pal" Halliday will give you, as a special bonus some real interesting facts on Ewing Oil's sad little ship.
J.
R: Ah, 6 a.
m.
Is not my idea of bedtime.
Why don't we get three to four hours of sleep and meet? Why don't you just shut up and get some rest? J.
R: Oh, hello, Cally.
You're up early.
I haven't been to bed.
I've been up all night.
Ah, there's no point in both of us worrying.
I'm not talking about business.
I'm talking about James.
Yeah, he's quite a boy, isn't he? He spent half the night watching us dig out of this mess.
You're really so pleased, aren't you, having a new son? Well, why not? Seems to be a chip off the old block.
Ever thought how John Ross will feel? Oh, he's gonna love having an older brother.
After thinking he's your only son and heir for all these years? How would you feel if it happened to you? And why don't you just say goodbye to James and trade Christmas cards? He's never been a part of your life, and you've never been a part of his.
Maybe I aim to change that.
You don't mind that this is gonna hurt our marriage.
J.
R: I'm tired.
I really don't need this right now.
Now that Vanessa is the mother of your child are you gonna let her walk away or try to keep her here too? I love you, darling.
I told you that a thousand times.
What if I have a baby? Will you even care? James is my son.
There's nothing I can do about that.
And I do care about Vanessa.
But you are my wife, as I've told you over and over again.
Now, I am tired, darling.
My business world is falling apart.
And instead of the love and support I need I come home to a load of crap.
[DOOR UNLOCKING.]
MICHELLE: Where have you been? Didn't you realize how worried I'd be? I've been walking around town, just trying to figure out what I'm gonna do.
- You didn't quit? - No, not exactly.
Why not? I mean, this is the perfect time.
They're in deep trouble.
Why are you holding back? No, I'm not holding back.
I'm delighted that J.
R.
Is getting what he deserves.
It's just Bobby.
I mean, he's on the ropes.
You don't owe Bobby anything.
He took me in as partner.
I don't know.
He took my money.
He took a lot of money and then proceeded to shoot down every deal I brought to him, but Come on.
What does a guy like you need a partner for? For major deals.
You got a great partner, two plus two equals five.
Mm-hm.
But you know, what the hell.
I mean a lot of people in this city do business with Cliff Barnes.
I mean, anybody would do business with me.
So I will quit today.
I need to figure out a way to do it in style.
I like your attitude.
Among other things.
Don't you think it's time for a little early-morning candlelight and roses? Never know what could happen.
Ha, ha.
I've been waiting for you to say that for a long time.
My body is weary and my mind is full.
You take my bed and I'll take a rain check, okay? You're the boss.
Alex, I'm not gonna tell you again.
I can't paint.
I'm not in the mood.
No, I won't come to the loch today.
Alex, please.
I know you're only trying to help but I just need some time by myself, okay? I'll start painting again as soon as I can, I promise.
Goodbye.
Cally, come here.
Let me turn this off.
Honey, I know how miserable you are about James and Vanessa.
Don't take it out on the guy who's been a friend to you.
Did I sound that bad? Well, maybe I better call him back and apologize, then.
That's all right.
I think Alex has a pretty good idea what living with J.
R.
Does to people.
He won't blame you for being upset.
I hope not.
You really like him, don't you? Of course I like him.
You know what I mean.
There's chemistry there.
He's helping me with my art career, Lucy, that's it.
Uh-huh.
And you don't feel any special feelings for him at all? No.
At least, I don't think so.
Well, if you're smart, you'll keep Alex in your back pocket anyway.
It'll be a good insurance policy for the day you finally see J.
R.
's true colors.
I'm scared, Lucy.
I'm afraid I'm gonna lose J.
R.
Yes.
I'd like the number for Mr.
Carter McKay.
J.
R: And that sums up Ewing Oil's position on the oil spill.
- That's a cut.
Thank you, gentlemen.
- Don't thank us.
It was our pleasure.
Any time the network needs an update, call on us.
Sure, Mr.
Ewing.
Fellas, let's pack it up.
Uh, we'll take a long lunch, then head over to Westar.
BOBBY: Wait.
You're gonna do an interview with McKay? No.
Westar has called a full press conference.
Everybody gets the same feed.
No exclusives.
It's one big noisy pig roast.
Well, at least the world knows our side now.
We're handling this spill the best way we can.
Wish I knew what McKay was gonna tell them.
We're lucky we don't have any stockholders to kiss up to.
We have some very nervous customers, J.
R.
If they dump us on account of this disaster, we could be looking for work.
Maybe we'll be the new Huntley-Brinkley.
By looking at you lately, I think we'll just have salad tonight.
Lighten up, Ewing.
They're gonna be just as tough on Westar.
You just watch McKay squirm.
I don't trust Carter McKay.
He's capable of anything.
Here at Westar, Carter McKay is about to step to the podium.
So far, McKay's given no indication as to the issues he'll address or to the directions his comments will take.
Faced with the most serious oil spill ever to threaten the coastline of the contiguous 48 states, it will certainly be interesting to see how much of the blame Westar and Carter McKay will assume.
Fasten your seat belt.
Here comes the hot air.
McKAY: We all acknowledge the seriousness of this oil spill.
I'm very proud of the Westar employees who have been working round the clock to help save the crews of the two stricken vessels containing the damage and helping to prevent the leakage of an additional million barrels of oil which truly would have made this disaster a hundred times worse.
Yeah, you got to admire McKay's style.
He's taking an enormous amount of credit for oil he didn't spill.
Now, despite the initial evidence that the tanker collision was due to the Ewing Oil tanker's faulty radar Westar was fully prepared to accept its responsibility for this terrible situation.
But some new facts have come to light.
I have here the transfer documents between Ewing Oil and Halliday Shipping which I'm going to distribute at the end of the press conference.
I'm sure you're going to share my horror to learn that the Ewing Oil tanker had an unseaworthy rating of 1.
2.
Ladies and gentlemen, we are talking about a ship that could barely stay afloat.
But that's not all.
The Faraway Hill despite its accident record at sea also had a captain who had been cited on numerous occasions for alcohol abuse.
All of this was obviously the knowledge of the greedy profitmongers at Ewing Oil who now must bear the full responsibility for the black tide which is headed toward our beautiful Texas coast.
Needless to say, Westar will continue to do its part to help contain the spill.
But I think we all agree that something must be done.
And to that end, I want to introduce a man who intends to be the standard bearer in this fight against evil and corruption in the oil industry.
Ladies and gentlemen, this is a man who once was part of Ewing Oil until he could not stand the hypocrisy.
Mr.
Cliff Barnes.
CLIFF: My attorneys are, uh, at this very moment delivering a dissolution of partnership to Ewing Oil.
I am, uh I'm deeply ashamed for ever having any association with Ewing Oil.
And, uh to prove my sincerity to the cause of cleaning up not just the oil spill, but the oil industry I plan to pledge both my energy and my personal fortune to the creation of a blue-ribbon committee to investigate the Faraway Hill disaster and, aided by the EPA 's criminal division in cooperation with the Justice Department and the FBI those culpable will pay.
That's my pledge to all of you.
WOMAN: You do not have permission to be here.
You have to leave.
MAN 1: Yes.
Mr.
Ewing.
MAN 2: Mr.
Ewing.
Is it true you knew about the bad rating? Were you aware of its captain's drinking? - Phyllis.
- Please, Mr.
Ewing.
Security will be here to get rid of them.
- Mr.
Ewing, one question.
- I have no comment.
J.
R: Yeah.
Yes, l I have to get back to you.
Any more secrets? Something else you haven't told me? You heard the worst, I swear.
How could you buy a tanker like that? Why didn't you have it checked? - I had my back to the wall.
- The entire world thinks we're at fault.
They want our heads on a silver platter.
Bob, we're gonna fight our way out of this.
If McKay can dig up dirt on us, we can sure as hell dig up dirt on him.
MAN 3: Come on.
One question, please.
You got a lot of nerve coming in here, you double-crossing snake.
Just came to say goodbye.
Jackie will have my office packed up by tonight.
Why did you do it, Cliff? Because I got tired of being Ewing canon fodder.
That's it? That's the reason? You know we've had problems with this partnership since we started.
BOBBY: If you got problems, you talk about them.
You don't grandstand on television and drag us through the mud.
I did what I had to do.
You did what you did to save your hide.
You're dead meat here.
I'll see to that.
I'll tell you, the only thing dead around here is Ewing Oil.
I think I can smell it now.
- Get out.
CLIFF: With pleasure.
And stay away from the ranch, and stay away from Christopher.
Our friendship is over.
I knew you'd be unhappy, Bobby.
You? I'm gonna get you.
At least I won't have to look at that ugly picture anymore.
You know, it's not too late.
You can still leave with me.
- When are you going? - Tomorrow.
You're still angry with me? I'm not angry.
I'm just worried.
Look at your timing.
Five minutes after you tell J.
R.
He's your father his whole business world collapses.
Do you really want to get involved in all this? I like the excitement.
Turns me on.
I guess I haven't been a very good mother, have I? Every time I pointed east, you went west.
Every line I drew, you crossed over.
You were a great mother.
You taught me to think for myself.
Follow my instincts.
And now my instincts tell me that you should stay here with me.
What? Me stay here? Sure.
It's our chance to become the family we always should have been.
I have a life, James.
In Europe.
You have a social life.
You have parties.
Yachts and racing season.
Formal balls and formal gowns.
What you don't have there is a man that you really love.
He's here in Dallas.
J.
R.
Is married.
So what? She's young and she's very pretty.
He'll get tired of playing sugar daddy.
He wants a woman he can respect.
He wants mature love.
Can't you sense it? I can.
I can't get between them.
If you want something bad enough, you fight for it.
You can win.
I know it.
I won't do it.
We belong together.
You and me and J.
R.
It's too late for a happy childhood, James.
The die was cast a long time ago.
We both have the same missing piece, Mother and his name is J.
R.
Ewing.
You can go back to Europe if you want to.
I'm gonna stay and fight for what's ours.
VANESSA: You have a lot to learn.
And I love you very much.
Come on.
Let's go for a swim.
Cliff's moved out, but I'm sure you know that already.
MICHELLE: I'm not looking for Cliff.
It's J.
R.
I want.
Michelle, what are you doing here? - You know.
- Know what? You promised me the big payoff for getting rid of Cliff, remember? - You've gotta be kidding.
- I did it, didn't I? What you did was drive him into the enemy camp, darling.
I didn't think you were that stupid.
I want my money.
[SIGHS.]
We had a deal.
And you screwed it up.
You're not so bright yourself, J.
R.
If Cliff forms this investigation committee, he's gonna stick it to you and stick it hard.
- He'll never get it off the ground.
- He will.
He's motivated, he's angry.
You're his reason for living.
He wants to sink you deeper than that tanker.
And you're gonna help him? Think of Cliff as a missile pointed at your head only it's my finger on the button.
You made a bad mistake, J.
R.
[CHUCKLES.]
Great to be in Dallas.
I grew up in Rhode Island, which is not a state.
It's a Triscuit.
It's this big.
It's so small, whenever I got pulled over by a cop, I would go, "Connecticut.
" Ha, ha.
Catch me now.
I'm a fugitive.
[LAUGHING.]
Okay, here we go.
Stallone in the movie Alien.
Here we go.
[AS STALLONE.]
Yeah, that was re What the hell was that? [GRO ANING.]
Alien.
Alien.
[IN NORMAL VOICE.]
Thank you so much.
[CROWD APPLAUDING.]
APRIL: I guess this wasn't such a good idea.
I was just trying to take your mind off your troubles for a little bit.
- I appreciate the thought.
- Is everything really that bad? Well, the dollar loss is pretty staggering.
Cleanup is expensive and impossible.
Press is trying to lynch me, and the federal, state, and local authorities are fighting to see who can put the noose around my neck.
Is J.
R.
Any help? I'd like to hang him for what he did.
But it's Cliff that bothers me the most.
I never thought he'd go this far.
BOBBY: He withdrew all his funds from Ewing Oil today.
What? We were cash poor to begin with.
Now we are deep in the lurch.
I can't believe Cliff would do this.
If you're gonna put the knife in, might as well twist it.
MAN: I'm like, "Wow, there's a chunk of info for me.
" - April, what are you doing? - I'm writing you a check with a lot of zeros.
Give it a few days to clear because I'm gonna have to transfer the funds.
April Bobby, I love you, and I will do anything that I can to help.
I don't need this yet.
But even if I did, I can't take it from you.
Well, that's up to you.
But everything that I have is yours.
Including my heart.
I think I'm entitled to more than just a thank you over the phone.
I figure you owe me for shoving Cliff your way.
What did you have in mind? Money, and plenty of it.
You should learn to cut your deals in advance.
Why should I give you anything now? Because you're a smart man, and I'm a valuable asset.
I like you, Michelle.
You're sharp and you're hungry.
I won't insult you by offering money.
What's 50 or 100 grand anyway? It's chicken feed.
Not to me.
I'm gonna give you something that money can't buy.
You can call on me for one favor.
Any time.
Anything.
And what if I ask for that favor in cash? It would prove you're a nickel-and-dime player and you don't belong in the game.
Okay, I'll take it.
But believe me, I'll call on you for something big.
I'd be disappointed if you didn't.
Never mind about us.
We've just heard about this tanker business.
- How bad is it? - It's pretty bad, Clayton.
Well, your mom wants to fly right home.
She's packing up now.
Uh, Clayton, would you do me a favor? Would you keep Mom away for a few more days until the worst is over and I can stabilize the situation? - All right.
If that's the way you want it.
- Thanks.
Say, listen.
You left for Pride, Texas, you ended up in Kalispell, Montana.
Does this adventure of yours have a happy ending? Well, let's just say we got a surprise for you all.
Especially J.
R.
Well, he's got a surprise for you too.
I'll see you in a few days.
Good luck.
Thanks, Clayton.
Bye.
[SIGHS.]
- Cally, is J.
R.
In his room? - Uh, yeah, but Come here.
I wanna show you something.
- Hey, Bob, what's up? - I'll show you what's up.
See what you've done? This is only the beginning, J.
R.
- I'll call the sheriff.
- And what are you gonna tell him? That bleeding-heart idiots dumped crude oil and dead birds in our pool.
What else? You know what he's gonna say? He's gonna say there's people out there who blame Ewing Oil for the mess in the gulf.
And he can probably narrow this down to about five million suspects.
Well, McKay's tanker dumped oil into the gulf too.
Why didn't somebody tar and feather his ranch? You don't get it.
You just don't get it, J.
R.
J.
R.
, we're losing control of this situation.
When the average guy is angry enough to do something like this we gotta try and find a way to make amends.
Well, maybe I have the answer.
Maybe I don't deserve to be at Ewing Oil.
I'm getting out, Bob.
I'm leaving the company.
It's all yours.
[LAUGHING.]
That's a better joke than I heard at that comedy club last night.
I'm offering to resign.
What's so funny about that? [LAUGHING.]
That you're trying to be a martyr, J.
R.
, and you're such a bad actor.
- It's not a laughing matter.
- You really think I'm gonna let you quit? Let me be the fall guy so you can dodge the heat? Uh-uh.
Well, if that's what you think, go ahead.
We are in this together until death do us part.
I wish you'd find a less morbid turn of phrase.
If you'll excuse me, I gotta get back to town.
Not until you've arranged to have this mess cleaned up.
I don't care what you think.
I had a right to do what I did.
APRIL: Bobby trusted you.
He went to bat for you countless times, and you pulled out at the worst time.
- Did he send you? - Don't be stupid.
- Because this is none of your business.
- You betrayed the man I love.
Oh.
Sounds like a country-western song.
You wanna hum me a few bars? Why are you being so nasty? CLIFF: Because we were friends until you started taking sides.
Blame me for the end of our friendship, Bobby for the end of your partnership.
Don't take any of it on yourself.
Hey, why don't you just cool your jets, sis? Stay out of this, Shelly.
- That's not my style.
APRIL: No, I guess it isn't.
Look, do me a favor.
Send my stuff over here.
I'm moving in with Cliff.
Talk about taking sides.
Listen, we both bought cruise tickets.
Too bad you chose the wrong boat.
J.
R: I've heard all your reasons.
I still think I should've known about James from the start.
I made my choice a long time ago.
I had to stand by it.
Why? I told you, J.
R.
Because a lot of people would have been hurt.
I started to tell you in Vienna.
Until you heard I was married.
Until I began I feel all those old feelings towards you.
Feelings I didn't want to feel again.
You ever think you might have been wrong? That there was a better way to handle it? I don't like regrets.
I should have married you, not Sue Ellen.
I should have been allowed to raise James as my son.
Please don't do this to me, J.
R.
I'm just about to leave.
- Don't leave.
VANESSA: Why? Why should I stay? The damage is done.
You've got James under your spell.
James is here because of something inside of him.
VANESSA: You're seducing him, J.
R.
The boy is desperate for a father and you're making all the right noises.
Then stay and see him through it.
Damn it, you owe it to me to stick around at least till we work this through.
- No.
- Yes.
No.
Don't do this to me again.
Get away from the car, J.
R.
You stole the life we could have had together.
You stole 20 years I could have had with my son.
You have him now.
Don't you dare hurt him, J.
R.
He's all I've got.
I gotta tell you, I don't like what I'm hearing from you.
Well, we don't like what happened in the gulf.
Now, my retailers are starting to talk about boycotting refined Ewing crude.
Seems they're already getting flack at the pumps.
Hey, is it really that bad, or are the rest of you just getting edgy? We're taking a lot of heat.
And some of it is already reflecting onto our refineries.
That's why we met as a group before coming here tonight.
- To take a vote.
- Whether to stay in business with you.
Wait a minute.
You can't cut Ewing Oil loose.
We lose your business, we're gonna go under.
We're aware of that.
We're gonna give you time But the public doesn't want just Ewing Oil's head.
They want the heads of everyone doing business with Ewing Oil.
And there's Cliff Barnes and his so-called blue-ribbon commission.
BOBBY: If it gets off the ground.
If it gets off the ground, more heads are gonna roll.
Look, my grandfather built my company.
My father ran it, and now it's mine to protect.
Either you get out of this jam you're in, or I'm jumping ship.
I think that goes for the rest of us.
Yeah, it'll be interesting living here.
I'm not sure it's a good idea.
J.
R: Well, we got a lot of years to catch up on.
JAMES: Oh, granted, you're my father, but we're still strangers.
You're learning about me, aren't you? JAMES: Yeah, I've learned you're real tough under fire.
Ha, ha.
You ain't seen nothing yet.
And I've also learned modesty is not your strong suit.
Son, you're in Texas.
You'll get used to it.
You want a drink? No, I'll unpack first.
Oh, it's upstairs.
Last door on the right.
And, James it's good to have you here.
The last couple of days have been hell.
You're the one thing that's kept my spirits up.
I'm glad you decided to stick around.
It felt like I had choose between you and my mother.
- Boy, I didn't like that feeling.
- Just see it as the best of both worlds.
Oh, don't get me wrong, I'm glad I found you.
It's just that it's gonna come down to making a choice.
You know, either going back to Europe or putting some roots down here.
Well, I want you here.
I'll be dead honest about that.
Yeah, it's just too bad you and my mother couldn't make things work.
Oh, never mind.
Ha, ha.
I'll just settle in and we'll have some fun.
Are you moving in? Cally, don't look so down.
My mother's gone back to Vienna.
Of course, now you'll be seeing a lot more of me.
Well, in that case, um, welcome to Southfork.
Thanks.
I hope to be around here for a while.
Cally, there's one more thing.
Do I call you Mom? NARRATOR: Next on Dallas: Maybe it's time to think about marriage.
- You don't mind me being at Ewing Oil? - As long as you remember who runs it.
- My lawyers have a little something for you.
- On what ground? For the total cost of the cleanup.
APRIL: If people deserve each other, it's you and Cliff.
- Sounds like an insult.
- That's the way it was intended.
I think you've finally succeeded in burying Ewing Oil once and for all.
I'm already backing Cliff.
There must be some way I could change your mind.