We've got quite a file, Mr. Ewing.
If we proceed with it, you can kiss Ewing Oil goodbye.
And I'll tell you another thing. Don't you come crawling back to me.
I know you're upset. You have every right to be.
- You'd never sell Dad's company. - The hell I wouldn't.
That's some triple play, from Pam to Barnes to Wendell.
- I got you to double-check everything. - Pam, that is a terrible thing to say.
Well, it's not over yet. They may all go to jail.
Oh, my God.
PAMELA: Oh, the kids are right here. Sue Ellen's at the hospital with J.R.
[BOTH IMITATING g*n f*ring]
- I got you. - Uh-uh. No way.
- Keep the door closed! - Not fair. I got you.
What?
No. Oh, no, I think J.R. is gonna be fine.
Okay, please be quiet.
I think J.R. is gonna be fine. It was just a superficial wound in his side.
Right now, it's Bobby and Ray I'm more worried about.
Well, you can't imagine how it is around here.
It's all over the radio and television.
Oh, I bet. “A sh**t at the LA. Corral.“
Are the police still holding Ray and Bobby?
Yes.
Clayton had better call Scotty Demarest...
and see if there's a law firm here that we can rely on.
I think they'd better be very good.
I understand. Pam, can I speak to John Ross?
Sure, hold on.
John Ross, it's Grandma.
Hi, Grandma.
- Hello, my darling. - Hello there, old buddy.
Are you all right?
Sure. But you should have seen it.
My daddy was really neat.
He wasn't afraid or anything, even when he got sh*t.
And then Uncle Bobby and Uncle Ray sh*t that man.
He was gonna sh**t me, I think.
But they got him first.
[INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING OVER RADIO]
CLIFF: Any messages? - Everybody's calling you.
I don't suppose one of them's from Pam, huh?
I'm sure Pam's too worried about Bobby to call.
Why would she be worried about Bobby?
- Don't you know? - Don't know.
Come on, folks. What is this, a guessing game?
The sh**ting in California.
Hey, I don't know what you're talking about.
A man was k*lled. J.R. was sh*t.
The police are still holding Bobby and Ray.
JR. was sh*t, huh? How bad?
They didn't say.
But he's in the hospital and it's been all over the news.
They didn't mention the hotel they were at?
Because if I don't get a hold of Pam, I'll blow this Park Bell deal.
Is that all you care about?
Now, wait a minute.
Who do you think you're talking to?
I care about Pam and Christopher, that's all.
- But... - No “buts“ about it.
This world would be better off...
without the human blight of J.R. Ewing.
Keep listening to the radio...
and if they mention the hotel, you come in there and you tell me.
John Ross, please use your napkin. There, honey.
And would you please eat something?
[DOOR UNLOCKING]
- Hello everybody. - Daddy.
PAMELA: Hi. JOHN ROSS: Mommy.
Hi.
[CHUCKLING]
- Hey. JOHN ROSS: How's Daddy?
- How you doing? - Good.
- I was worried about you. - Well, everybody's fine.
Went by the hospital to see J.R.
Did the police drop the charges?
Boys, get over there and finish those hamburgers.
- Scat. - Go on.
They... They released us on our own recognizance.
Until the district attorney decides whether or not to press charges.
But it was a kidnapping.
Well, the police aren't too happy about us gunning down Calhoun.
Well, J.R. did it again. He got everybody in trouble.
- Pamela, that's a terrible thing to say. PAMELA: It's the truth.
If he hadn't gotten involved with Calhoun, none of this would've happened.
And nobody is sorrier about that than J.R. is.
And if he has done anything wrong, he has paid the price.
Well, it's not over yet. They may all go to jail.
Wait a minute. Let's not jump to conclusions, honey.
Doesn't anyone understand what I mean?
I think we all understand.
It's just that what's done is done.
Bobby, I called Miss Ellie to calm her down...
but I think you should call her.
Okay, yeah. First, I wanna take a shower and get out of these clothes.
Will you order me up some dinner?
Could you order me up a steak and some coffee?
- I'll be back in about an hour. - Sure.
Oh, Bobby. Clayton called.
He said Scotty Demarest is going to contact an attorney for you.
Good, I have a feeling we're gonna need one.
I'll be out in a minute.
[DOOR CLOSES]
Sue Ellen, I'm sorry...
but I can't help but blame J.R. for everything that's happened.
You can't blame him more than he blames himself.
I think you should give him a little credit for the way he acted this morning.
Come on, John Ross. I'm tired.
Say “good night.“
JOHN ROSS: Good night, Christopher. Good night, Pam.
- Good night, John Ross. - Good night.
Is Uncle J.R. gonna be okay?
Oh, honey. One thing you can depend on...
is Uncle J.R. is always going to be okay.
Sleep tight, sweetheart.
I'll be in the next room if you need anything, okay?
Night-night.
- Mama? - Yes.
Why is Aunt Pam mad at Daddy?
I think she's just worried about Uncle Bobby and Ray.
But Daddy is the one who got sh*t.
I know.
He kept telling me not to be scared.
He kept telling that man to let me go and take him instead.
Your daddy is a very brave man...
and there is nothing he wouldn't do for you or his brothers.
Do you love Daddy again?
Why did you ask that?
Because you went to the hospital with him.
And when Aunt Pam was mad...
you said good things about him.
Did you listen to everything that went on?
Sure.
[CHUCKLES]
You know, I was so impressed with your daddy.
I saw a side of him that I saw...
when I first met him and fell in love with him.
When we go home...
can we be a real family again?
A real family?
You know... not fighting all the time.
You and Daddy kissing like Uncle Bobby and Aunt Pam.
Well, maybe.
Maybe what your daddy went through today will have enough effect on him...
that he'll wanna be a real family again.
I know I'd like that.
Me too.
Good night, Mama.
I love you.
Good night.
[DOOR OPENS]
Daltry.
What are you doing here?
I thought you would be delighted to see me.
I know you don't have many other friends out here.
With friends like you, I sure don't need any enemies.
In my world, it is sometimes difficult to tell the difference between the two.
Oh, I can tell the difference.
You and that damn company of yours got my son kidnapped, almost k*lled.
No, Mr. Ewing. You caused that to happen.
I warned you when we first met...
about the kind of man you were dealing with.
All you had to do was give me some protection...
when I blew the whistle on Calhoun.
We're not in the business of giving private citizens protection...
especially ones that involve themselves...
with international t*rrorists.
If you came here to give me a lecture, I don't wanna hear it.
Actually...
I came to...
accept your thanks.
For what? Being alive?
No. For a favor I just did you.
[SCOFFS]
That'll be the day.
You're free, Mr. Ewing.
On the company's behalf, I managed to convince the local agencies...
not to proceed with charges against you and your brothers.
How'd you do that?
Well, we pointed out that Calhoun was, after all, a t*rror1st...
wanted by the CIA and the FBI.
If for nothing else, the m*rder of Garrett Gordon.
And he did, of course, kidnap your son.
They're gonna let us go?
Not too happily...
but they finally saw the big picture.
You are all, however, wanted out of Los Angeles...
as soon as you're able to travel...
which according to your doctor, should be a couple of days.
That can't be soon enough for me.
And after all this time...
why did you help us?
Well, you did do us a favor in getting rid of Calhoun.
It saved us a lot of trouble.
Bye, Mr. Ewing.
One more thing.
As far as we're concerned...
the files in this case are still open.
So watch yourself in the future.
One step out of line...
one more foreign adventure...
and this entire matter could be turned over...
to the attorney general's office.
We've got quite a file, Mr. Ewing.
If we proceed with it...
you can kiss Ewing Oil goodbye.
[BUZZER SOUNDS]
- Yeah? JACKIE [OVER INTERCOM]: Cliff...
Bertram Fugue of Park Bell Oil is here.
Show him in. Oh, boy.
- Would you care for anything, Mr. Pogue? - Nope.
Nothing for me, Jackie. Heh.
- Well, Ben, what a surprise. - I don't know why.
We were supposed to close this deal a couple of days ago.
Yeah, I know, I know.
If you've been reading the paper, my sister's been in California.
Well, I know all about that.
The point is, I'm taking my deal elsewhere.
- She's coming back today. We can close. - That's too late.
I stick by my word.
I said I'd give you two days. It's been four.
We don't have a deal anymore.
No, no. Wait a minute. We do have a deal.
We have a deal in principle.
“In principle“? You don't even know what that word means.
And I'll tell you something else.
That -million-dollar kickback you wanted still sticks in my craw.
Hey, look, I told you, Ben. That wasn't a kickback.
That was a way for Barnes-Wentworth...
to get ready cash without it showing on the books.
Barnes, no matter what you call it, I don't like it.
I never did.
As a matter of fact, I don't very much like you.
I don't like the way you do business.
Wait. There's no need to get personal. We can still have a deal.
We can do business. We don't have to like each other.
I told you, I'm going elsewhere with my company.
Well, you'll never get anybody to pay you what I was going to.
It might be worth a little less to sell it to somebody else.
Well, you go ahead then.
You try to dump that crummy company somewhere.
See if you get any offers. I'll tell you another thing.
Don't you come crawling back to me.
[SIGHS]
Pam, how could you do this to me now?
CLAYTON: Hey, look at that. Ha-ha.
JOHN ROSS: Grandma, we're home. CHRISTOPHER: We're back.
- Did Mama tell you I got kidnapped? - And my daddy sh*t him.
- Well, my daddy tried to first. - Oh, buy, now settle down.
Well, that must have been very exciting.
- Mama. - J.R.
J.R., are you all right?
- Oh, I'm feeling real good. - Oh.
- Where's Ray? - We dropped him off at his place.
- Hi, boys. - You must have quite a story to tell.
- Oh, quite a story. - It you'll excuse me, I'll go upstairs.
- All right, J.R. - I'll help you.
Come on, Grandma, come on.
- I wanna tell you the whole thing. - It's really neat.
He locked me up in this old warehouse...
and we even made a tape for Daddy.
I saw it. That man was real mean.
I was scared for a while, but he didn't hurt me or anything.
[SIGHS]
Hell, there was a time I never thought I'd see this room again.
At least it ended well.
[SIGHS]
You know...
for all the tragedy it almost brought...
it could make things better for us.
Well, I suppose it could.
I'd like that.
And so would I.
But it's up to you.
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
Excuse me.
I'd like to talk to J.R. for a minute.
Of course.
Alone. Please.
- I'll be back later. - Thanks.
You know, Bob...
I didn't have a chance to thank you for what you did.
You saved my boy's life. Mine too.
I didn't come up here for thanks, J.R.
Oh, I know that.
As usual, the Ewing brothers stuck together...
when things from outside threatened.
Even old Ray.
Yeah, but we never should have been threatened in the first place.
You almost lost your son out there, and Ewing Oil to boot...
and all because you couldn't stop playing your dirty games.
You know I did that for the right reasons.
I don't give a damn about your reasons.
I'm tired of it. I'm tired of you getting into trouble...
and then me and the rest of the family having to pull your fat out of the tire.
I'm not gonna put up with it anymore.
If you can't stop this secretive crap, then I'm out.
We can sell Ewing Oil.
We can divide up everything and I'm on my way.
Oh, Bob, I know you're upset, and you have every right to be.
- But you'd never sell Daddy's company. - The hell I wouldn't.
There's not a member of this family that wouldn't do the same thing.
They're all fed up with you.
[SIGHS]
Yeah, you're right.
Now, don't you think I realize I almost cost my son his life?
He's the most precious thing in the world to me. And why?
Just to get the price of oil back up.
Hell, all the oil in the world is not worth a hair on that boy's head.
I never should have gotten involved with Calhoun.
When I did, I should have told you about it sooner.
I'm sorry, Bobby. I'm sorry, that's all I can say.
Are you really?
Yes, I am.
I've been doing a lot of thinking.
I'm gonna take a little rest, stay away from the office for a while.
At least till I get back on my feet, emotionally as well as physically.
And I want you to run the company.
Will you do that for me?
If I take over, I do things my way.
Of course. Absolutely. I trust you.
You can run the company any way you want to.
No questions about the decisions I make?
No questions.
All right.
I'll do it for a while.
But when you get back...
are you gonna be able to play everything aboveboard?
I'll try, I promise.
Hope so. JR.
Because I'd sure like to work with somebody I could trust.
[DOOR CLOSES]
[INTERCOM BUZZES]
PHYLLIS: Bobby, Mr. Fugue from Park Bell Oil is here to see you.
Show him in, thank you.
PHYLLIS: Mr. Pogue. - Thank you.
Thank you, Phyllis.
- Mr. Ewing, Bert Pogue. - Bert, how are you?
Oh. I'm just fine, thank you.
Do you mind if I get to the point?
Not at all. Have a seat.
You know my company, Park Bell Oil?
I'm aware of it, yes.
Well, I wanna sell it fast, and I mean fast.
Here is my annual report, my financial statement...
my reserve report and my drilling status.
I want $ million for it.
Now, I think that's a fair price for me and a fair price for you.
Mr. Pogue, I'm very aware of your company...
and that is a fair asking price.
To be honest, I get a little nervous...
when someone comes in wanting to sell as fast as you seem to.
I understand.
I'm not trying to put anything over you.
As a matter of fact, I almost had the company sold.
Based a lot of things on closing the deal.
But I got jerked around by...
Well, it doesn't matter by who.
The point is I have to sell fast.
Ewing has a reputation of moving fast.
Well, I can move as fast as I have to.
Let me take a look at this.
If I like it, we could close as early as tomorrow.
You need approval from your brother?
- No. It's my decision. Why? - Well, I like dealing with a man...
who can make his own decisions and has the money to back it.
You'll hear from me this afternoon one way or the other.
- Looking forward to it. - Mr. Pogue.
JOHN ROSS: Good night, Daddy. - Good night, son.
- I love you. - I love you too.
JOHN ROSS: You're the best daddy in the world.
[J.R. CHUCKLING]
Good night, Mama.
Good night, sweetheart. I'll tuck you in in a minute.
- All right. - Okay.
Um... Can I get you anything?
No.
[SIGHS]
You know how good it feels to have your son look at you...
with love in his eyes like that?
[CHUCKLES]
He's very proud of you.
He thinks you're a hero.
I wish I was. I'd be prouder myself.
The morning that you left to meet Calhoun...
do you remember what we said to each other?
Yes.
I told you that I loved you.
Yeah. We had so many things that could have been so good.
A shame we wasted it.
It may not be too late.
I appreciate you now more than ever, Sue Ellen.
Taking over Valentine the way you did...
knowing that I'd break off with Mandy...
when she became the Valentine Girl.
[SIGHS]
It showed me a whole new side of you.
A side that I could really relate to.
[CHUCKLES]
[SIGHS]
That was a very painful time for me.
Mandy was so young... so beautiful.
And there had been so many other women in your life.
But even I knew that they didn't mean anything to you.
But Mandy...
Mandy was different.
For the first time, I really thought that you cared for another woman.
Yes, I thought so too.
But when it came right down to it, I let her go, honey.
Not you.
And that had nothing to do with losing John Ross?
Well, at first it did.
But mostly...
mostly it was you.
A new, exciting you, Sue Ellen.
Someone who could be a challenge to me, someone I...
Someone who I could relate to as an equal.
Someone who I could fall in love with all over again.
And be just like it started out to be.
Only better.
Much better.
For how long?
I can't guarantee anything...
but I wanna try.
I really do.
So do I.
DORA MAE: Good evening, Mr. and Mrs. Ewing.
Hello, Dora Mae.
- I have your table ready. BOBBY: Good, good.
[PEOPLE CHATTERING]
MAN: Glad to have you back, Bob. - Thank you.
I'm happy you wanted to eat out. I don't think I could've faced J.R. tonight.
Well, we deserve a little time together.
I thought we'd play hooky and spend the night in town.
- Oh, I'd love that. - Good.
- Cassie will be right over. - Thank you.
- Well, lookie there. - Oh.
- New menus. - Yeah.
They said they had a new chef in from California.
Supposed to be pretty good.
CASSIE: Good evening. - Hi, Cassie.
Hi. Would you care for a cocktail this evening?
No, I'll tell you what.
Why don't you break into the Ewing stock...
bring us a bottle of Palms, ' ? CASSIE: Yes, sir.
I am impressed.
Nothing but the best for you.
- What do you wanna have? - This looks great.
This really is new. Look at this.
Hello, Pam. Bobby.
[SIGHS]
Hello, Jeremy.
It's a shame what happened to J.R. I hope that he wasn't hurt too badly.
No, no, he's fine.
I'll be sure to tell him you were asking about him.
You know, I heard rumors about this man that was k*lled...
that he was a t*rror1st of some sort.
Whatever connection was there between J.R. and this Calhoun?
Calhoun had kidnapped John Ross.
And beyond that, Jeremy. It's none of your damn business.
Well, of course it is. I wouldn't want anything to happen to Ewing Oil...
till I personally have the pleasure of destroying it.
don't you know about the threats that J.R. made toward Westar?
I know all about it.
But you know what I don't understand...
is why you and J.R. have this hate on.
If you're coming after Ewing Oil, you're coming after me too.
If you wanna get down and dirty, Wendell, that's just fine with me.
Well...
as I see it, the way you boys fight amongst yourselves...
just works to my advantage.
BOBBY: Whatever goes on between J.R. and I...
when it comes to you, we'll be together.
And when we're together, we are one tough family, Wendell.
It's been my experience that even tough families have a weak link.
Pam.
[SIGHS]
I'm gonna enjoy whittling him down to size.
I don't like him.
Bobby, does there always have to be a w*r...
between Ewing Oil and somebody else?
Pam, if you wanna stay in business, you gotta be willing to fight.
But he's wrong about one thing.
The Ewing family does not have a weak link.
Tonight. Tonight is a perfect example.
I mean, they're all so polite and they listen.
And they're all terribly upset about the oil business in Texas.
But I guarantee you, I didn't swing one vote.
- Look, you can't win every time. - Well.
- But you're making headway. - Slowly, slowly.
I feel like I'm running in quicksand. I'm struggling.
Even if I do the oil lobby some good, it's gonna be too late.
Donna, if it were easy. They wouldn't need you.
That is the same thing Ray said to me before I left to come to Washington.
Then we have a couple of things in common.
One of which...
is that we can recognize a winner when we see one.
I'm not too sure about that.
Maybe I'll just chuck it all and head on back to Dallas.
Oh, I would hate to see that happen.
Look... oil lobby or no oil lobby...
you belong in Washington.
Even from a personal standpoint, I'd hate to see it happen.
I'd like to think we were more than just friends.
I'd like to ask you something.
Is Ray a thing of the past?
Uh...
Our marriage is. That's for sure.
Thank you for seeing me home.
Anytime.
Well, as much as I'm not looking forward to it...
I guess I have to face Cliff.
What's the matter with Cliff?
I left for California right in the middle of a deal.
I'll bet he's furious at me.
I can always get you a job at Ewing Oil, honey.
Thanks. But no thanks.
[BOBBY CHUCKLES]
Bye.
- Good morning. - Well, good morning.
Pam.
- Good morning. - Morning.
Ellie, I don't wanna be late.
- Where are you off to, Mama? - We're going up to Oklahoma City.
We're gonna run a Sunbelt in Cherokee.
Ray and I are gonna buy us a champion cutter...
help establish our name.
I don't think I'll be much help to you there.
Yes, you are. There's a furniture maker there...
that's got a roll-top desk I wanna put in our bedroom.
- Ha. A roll-top desk? - Mm-hm.
I live here too. I want some place to put my things.
ELLIE: Oh, but Clayton. CLAYTON: A roll-top desk.
- Hi, Jackie. - Pam, how are you?
Well, fine so far. Heh.
- Is he in? - Yes, and very anxious to see you.
I bet.
[KNOCKS]
I cannot believe that you just left Dallas like that.
Cliff, I'm really sorry. I didn't have any choice.
Didn't know where you were, didn't know how to reach you.
I could've closed that Park Bell deal.
Do you know how good that was? It's lost now.
- That didn't matter to you? - course it did.
Not to mention the fact that that cretin Pogue...
said some very insulting things to me. That story is gonna be all over Dallas.
Cliff, I'm so sorry things turned out the way they did.
Hey, look. I just wanna ask you one thing.
Now that you own part of my company, are you gonna work here full-time...
or are you gonna take off...
the next time something happens with the Ewings?
Well, now let me tell you something.
What was happening in my life was a lot more important...
than Park Bell Oil, that Pogue person or anything else in the oil business.
And if you don't like it, that's too bad.
Well, now, what are you so upset about?
Well, you were absolutely right.
J.R. told me that they wanna close a deal with MacArthur Mining.
Excellent. Glad to know my sources were correct.
And what sources are those?
Well, that's confidential.
But I'll follow through on it, believe me.
It's a job well-done, April. Thank you.
Well, that's what you're paying me for.
Bye.
J.R.: Well, what'd he say?
He said he's gonna follow through on it.
[CHUCKLES]
Good.
As long as he's convinced you're working for him...
I'll be able to feed him all sorts of information.
Bobby will be running the company and I'll get to Wendell through you.
Very good, my dear. Very good.
As long as you remember who you really are working for.
Well, can't you stay for a while?
Darling.
I'm back with my wife. I'm not going to bed with you.
That's not what I meant.
I mean, I could make you a sandwich or something, and we could talk.
Not about the oil business, just talk.
[CHUCKLES]
If I need conversation, I'll talk with my wife.
You know, pretty soon you're gonna be a very wealthy young lady.
Isn't that enough?
PAMELA: Did Miss Ellie say when they're coming back?
Not for a couple of days, but I think Ray should be here tomorrow.
Well, I sure hope Clayton finds his roll-top desk. Heh.
- Hello, everybody. PAMELA: Hi.
- How you feeling, J.R.? - Oh, pretty well. Oh, damn.
I have got some news that is gonna make you feel like a million dollars.
Yeah, what's that?
I just closed a deal to buy Park Bell Oil from Ben Pogue.
Bobby, how could you do that?
How could I do what, honey?
Steal Park Bell Oil away from Cliff.
What are you talking about?
When I left for California, he was making the deal...
and then Pogue backed out.
- I guess you made a better offer. - Oh-ho. Whoa. Wait a minute.
Pogue came to me and asked me to buy his company.
I didn't know about any deal with Cliff and Fugue didn't mention it.
Well, it seems very strange to me.
Aren't you forgetting where your allegiances lie?
- You are a Ewing again, you know. - Oh. And don't I know it.
I've done everything in my power to stop the feud.
But now this is gonna start it all over again.
How do you think you're gonna stop the feud?
For one thing. I've steered Cliff away...
from every company Ewing Oil was interested in buying.
So there'd be no competition.
Do you remember the companies you told Cliff about?
Richmore Oil, Talbott, MacArthur Mining, Harrison, a couple of others.
BOBBY: There you go. You see, it's all working.
We bought three of those. We've almost closed the MacArthur deal.
And if you tell me sooner...
I will keep away from anything that he's interested in. I promise I will.
Okay.
J.R.: Well, about time. Where you been?
I was bored, so I went shopping.
Say, did Wendell ever mention a connection with Cliff Barnes to you?
Well, I was at Wendell's house one day when Cliff came over.
He wanted a loan from him.
Oh, yeah? Did he get it?
Six million dollars’ worth.
Aha.
So Wendell does have a hold on Cliff.
That's where he found out about MacArthur Mining.
Well, that's some triple play.
From Pam to Barnes to Wendell...
and I got you to double-check on everything.
Good. Very good. Ha-ha-ha.
- Give me a lift up here, honey. - Oh.
[J.R. GRUNTS]
J.R., can we go out to lunch or something?
Well, now, April. You've got everything you need.
You got a nice apartment...
car, money, clothes. What else you want?
How about someone to talk to?
Some companionship.
I don't know anybody here.
The only people I ever see are you and Jeremy Wendell.
Well, why don't you join a bowling league?
Or if you're really lonesome, get yourself a puppy.
On second thought...
these are new carpets. Forget about the puppy.
[PHONE RINGING]
[ANGRILY] Hello.
[SOFTLY] Mama?
Hi.
How are you?
Oh, that's good.
Me?
I'm doing just great.
Couldn't be better.
I met a lot of real nice friends here.
Why, sure I'm keeping busy.
You know, with work and all of that.
[SIGHS]
Well, there's this one real nice guy I'm seeing.
He works at a bank.
No, not the vice president, just a teller.
But I know you'd like him.
Am I happy?
Why, sure I'm happy.
I have everything I ever wanted almost.
I love you too, Mama.
[SNIFFLES]
CASSIE: Club soda, Mrs. Ewing? - Yes, thank you, Cassie.
And you, sir?
I'll have a Scotch and ginger ale.
Not too heavy on the ginger ale.
Fine.
So, uh...
So, heh, how were things on the West Coast?
Oh, not too good.
I still haven't been able to get the operation moving.
I tell you, it's a real shame.
Because if ever I saw people who was ready...
for what we have to sell...
There's some weirdoes out there.
[CHUCKLES]
Then why are you having trouble getting the operation going?
Well...
the problem is that cousin of yours.
- Jamie? - Yup.
See, you made it so she has to cosign for everything.
Well, she hasn't been around much.
What do you mean?
She and a girlfriend took off...
for some trip to Mexico almost a month ago.
We haven't heard from her since.
Well, she's been going through a rough time lately.
Divorce...
and she's just getting herself back together.
Huh. And costing us a lot of money.
I'll worry about the money.
Here you are.
As a matter of fact, something good did happen while I was out there.
Hound the new Valentine Girl.
Oh.
You wanna talk built, this girl has the best set ...
Yeah, I'm sure she does. Um...
I'd like to see her.
Why don't you setup a meeting?
And then we can get the business working again.
Amen to that.
Amen.
Amen.
[CAR DOOR CLOSES]
CHARLIE: Ray.
RAY: How'd you get out here?
I got a lift from a friend.
Does your mother know you're out here?
No.
I figure you have something to say.
The best way I know is just for you to come out and say it.
Why don't you wanna see us anymore?
Your mother didn't tell you.
All she says is that we have to leave you alone.
But she misses you.
She misses you a lot.
I miss her too.
Well, she's all alone and pregnant.
You know, you were the only friend that she had.
And now she doesn't even have you anymore either.
She takes everything out on me...
and I know it's only because she misses you.
Well, I didn't mean for any of this to end up hurting you, honey.
You said you would stand by her.
You said you'd be our friend.
[CHARLIE SIGHS]
Look, I know there's a lot going on in your life right now.
But is it really that much more important than us?
You gave us your word.
You said you cared about us.
I do care.
I care about you and your mom a whole lot.
It's just that, now things are real complicated...
and there's not a whole lot I can do about it.
I just can't be seeing you and your mama right now, for a while.
You know, I may not know a whole lot about things...
but I know what friends are, and you're sure not one.
At least not of mine.
[PHONE RINGS]
Southfork Ranch.
Which Mrs. Ewing?
One moment, please.
- Miss Sue Ellen? - Yes.
- Phone call for you. Okay. - Thank you.
Hello.
Yes, this is Sue Ellen Ewing with Valentine Lingerie.
Oh, no.
Oh, my God.
How?
Sue Ellen, what's wrong?
That was a friend of Jamie's calling from California.
There was an accident...
while they were hiking.
Jamie's dead.