[WATER RUNNING]
Good morning.
[WATER RUNNING]
Pam, what's the matter?
Pam?
Honey, what's the matter?
You look like you just saw a ghost.
For a minute, I thought I did.
Now, what are you talking about?
You. Oh, Bobby, it was awful.
When I woke up. I thought that you were dead.
- What? - I had a nightmare.
A terrible nightmare.
I dreamed that you were here, and you were leaving.
And Katherine was in her car, and she was waiting.
When we started to leave, she tried to run me down.
[VOICE BREAKING] You pushed me out of the way.
Then she hit you. And she crashed into a truck, and she was k*lled.
And then we took you to the hospital, and you d*ed.
Hey.
Pam, I'm right here, and I'm fine.
Oh, there was so much more, and, Bobby, it seemed so real.
There was Sue Ellen and there was Mark...
and I was married.
Hey, you are going to be married, to me. Just as soon as we can.
[CRYING] I was so afraid.
Oh, I love you so much.
Honey.
It's over.
None of that happened.
We're together...
and I love you.
And I'm getting you all wet.
Bobby, don't ever leave me.
Don't ever leave me.
I won't.
I love you.
J.R.: Damn.
It's getting worse every day.
Less than a thousand drilling rigs in operation.
Is that bad?
Bad? It's a disaster.
The price of oil is down.
Companies going belly-up all over the place.
- Arabs flooding us with their oil. - What about Ewing Oil?
Well, it could happen to us if I don't do something about it.
Can you?
Hand me the phone over there, honey.
Ahem.
Hello, Sly. It's J.R. here.
Listen, get down to the office right away.
Get a hold of Forbes and Davis and the rest of my field managers.
Tell them I want a meeting in my office at : .
Yeah, that's right, : . You can do it.
All right.
Boy, there's gonna be a lot of unhappy faces when I get there.
You gonna file them?
Well, not exactly.
Anything I do will be just stopgap.
What we need is for the price of oil to go up to .
J.R., I know you've got a lot on your mind, but...
But what?
[SIGHS]
Well, Sue Ellen's still at Southfork, and I'm still here.
It won't be too long now, darling.
She's drinking up a storm again. A little bit more, and I'll be able...
to get her into some place where she can get all the help she needs.
- Well, I wish there was another way. - So do I.
But it's the only way I can be sure of keeping my boy.
It's...
It's the best grounds in the world for a clean divorce.
I suppose.
It is. Believe me.
[SIGHS]
You suppose there's any chance in the world that that Iraq-Iran w*r will spread?
[CAR HORN HONKS]
[DOOR CLOSES]
Honey.
There's nobody there.
- No. - Nobody.
Nobody.
Hah. Well, this should be quite a day.
- I have to talk to Jenna. - You want me there?
No.
No, I'd better do it myself. She senses something's wrong.
She may even know what. But that's not gonna make it any easier.
Wait till Cliff and J.R. find out.
Well, I don't care about them.
I just wish this whole thing were over and done with.
It will be soon.
And then I'm never letting go of you again.
Better not.
- I love you. - Mm.
[PAMELA CHUCKLING]
- See you tonight. - Uh-huh.
I love you too.
[ENGINE STARTS]
[ENGINE STARTS]
- Morning. - Morning.
MAN: What do you want for breakfast? - Just coffee.
- I talked to Lucy this morning. SUE ELLEN: How nice.
She sounded very happy.
That puts her one up on all of us.
What, Sue Ellen?
Well, look around.
The ladies of Southfork.
I don't see any men.
Don't they live here anymore?
They certainly don't spend their nights here.
Well, maybe Clayton.
Stop it, Sue Ellen. You're not the only one with a problem.
Well, that's very easy to see.
Don't compare the others to J.R.
[SCOFFS]
There is no comparison.
But a Ewing is a Ewing... is a Krebbs.
If you have problems, do something about them.
But don't just mope around here and spoil my day.
I, for one. Am very happy with my husband.
If I weren't, I'd make changes.
If the men aren't here, whose fault is it?
Whose fault indeed?
CLIFF: I don't believe it.
I don't wanna hear this, Harry. Don't tell me that.
I'm only suggesting cutting back operations in the gulf...
till the price of oil goes back up to or so.
What am I supposed to do in the meantime?
produces most of the income for Barnes-Wentworth.
Now I'm supposed to just close down? I'm supposed to take a vacation...
and somehow hope that the price of ” comes back up?
That's exactly what prudent oilmen are doing.
I cannot afford to be a prudent oilman. I never have been, and I never will.
I need pumping. I need the money it brings in.
- But, Mr. Barnes, it's not... - No “buts," Harry.
Thanks for coming by. I appreciate your concern.
Come on. I need pumping.
HARRY: Well, it's your company. - That's right, it's my company.
I need it pumping, and I need it selling.
[DOOR CLOSES]
Damn.
- He makes a lot of sense, Cliff. - Course he does.
But I don't have any choice.
It's all that cheap OPEC oil that's k*lling me.
- There must be something you can do. - What?
Costs me $ a barrel. The Saudis bring it up for a buck a barrel.
They're still making a profit while the Texas independents are going broke.
Well, why did they let all that oil into the country so cheap?
What do you mean?
It seems to me that it all the independents would get together...
they could have the government put a tax on all the imported oils...
so that it would cost or $ a barrel.
That way, you'd get more money for your oil.
Never happen. Believe me, never happen.
Well, it sure makes a lot of sense to me.
That's because you don't understand the oil business.
- Yes, I do. - Don't wanna argue with you.
Just make me a cup of coffee, please.
Well, I don't understand how to make coffee either.
So if you want it, you better make it.
[DOOR OPENS THEN CLOSES]
- Good morning, J.R. - Morning.
- Sly, is everybody here? - Yes, most of them.
Mr. Forbes and the other men are waiting.
All right, come on in. I'm gonna need you.
I'm sorry to keep you waiting, boys.
Had personal business to take care of. Anybody want any coffee?
No, thanks. We'll just as soon hear what you got to say.
Well, might as well get straight to the point.
I don't need to tell you what terrible shape the oil business is in.
No, sir. That's why we figured we're here.
Yeah. Well, you're right. Sly, pass these around.
Mm-hm.
Now, this is a production report of last month.
You all have stripper wells in your area.
I want them shut down.
Anything pumping less than barrels a day...
I want plugged up as of right now.
You know once we plug them up they're down for good.
It'll cost more to reopen them than they'll be worth.
That's right. But that oil will still be in the ground.
And once we stop pumping, that pressure can start building up again.
Those strippers make up percent of Ewing's production.
I know. With the cost of maintenance and electricity and the crews...
I can't afford to keep them open, not with prices the way they are.
Your daddy started a lot of those fields.
And if he were here, he'd be doing just what I'm doing.
- That's all, gentlemen. Thank you. - That's gonna put people out of work.
- They're gonna be unhappy. - Well, tell them to blame OPEC, not me.
I'm just doing what any sensible oilman does in times like these.
Well, I blame them, and that's for sure.
What we need is one big atom b*mb right there in the middle of Saudi Arabia.
I know you boys are upset...
but we can't go around doing something like that, can we?
Come on, get. Get.
MAN : Come on. Hyah!
Hold tight.
Okay, let her out.
- Hyah! Hyah! MAN : Whoa.
All right, that's it till after lunch.
[CHUCKLES]
That must've been about the , th calf I've branded.
Also, very hot work.
I mean, whoo, why do you do it? You got plenty of help.
- I know. Feels good, I guess. - Yeah.
One of the first things old Jock had me doing when I landed on Southfork.
Kind of work that makes you pay attention to what you're doing.
[CHUCKLES]
That was a long time ago.
Yeah, that was a long time ago, all right.
[SNIFFS]
Unless I start doing some changing...
I guess I'll go to my grave as foreman of Southfork.
That bother you?
Some.
Been thinking about it a lot.
Been thinking I want more.
Something with my name on it.
- You don't mean leaving Southfork? - Well, not exactly.
I wanna start my own business.
Getting into cutting horses. Raising them, breeding them.
Having something of my own.
Well, there's nothing wrong with that...
but what made you think about cutting horses?
Well, there's something real special about a good cutter.
Besides, it's the kind of work I like.
It's outdoors, working with good animals.
I was wondering if maybe you'd like to go in on it with me.
- Why me? - Well, you appreciate good livestock.
You like working around the ranch.
Mm-hm.
Besides, it's better than those smelly refineries of yours...
down there in Texas City.
- You never go there anyhow. - Ha-ha-ha.
- Might give you something to do. - Well, that's true.
[SIGHS]
This new business of yours...
does it have anything to do with the fact that Donna is pregnant?
She told me.
And she also told me something I already knew.
That you two were having troubles.
We can take care of our troubles.
I hope so.
This new business one way of doing it?
Maybe.
Maybe that's part of it.
But mostly, I just think a man ought to have more to pass on to his child...
- than just being foreman of a ranch. - Hmm.
I'm not saying there's anything wrong with running a ranch. I'm just saying...
I want more.
And this is not for Donna. This is for me.
Well, that's a mighty good reason.
[SIGHS]
Let me think on it.
Sure.
I'd like to have you for a partner, Clayton.
But if I have to do it on my own, I will.
Hmm.
Fair enough.
[LAUGHS]
[CAR PULLING UP]
[CAR DOOR OPENS]
Jenna.
I missed you for breakfast. You must've gotten an early start.
No, I wasn't here for breakfast.
Is Charlie home?
I need to talk to both of you.
She went to camp this morning, but she'll be back tomorrow.
- Can it wait? - No.
I don't think it should.
Jenna, I've...
I've known you all my life.
I owe you so many things.
- And the truth is one of them. - I don't wanna know the truth.
Not your truth.
I want you to love me. I want us to be married.
We can't be married.
You felt that. You told me so.
I don't care anymore. I was wrong.
All I ever wanted was for us to be married.
I was with Pam last night.
I asked her to marry me.
What do you expect me to say?
Do you want me to congratulate you?
- To wish you well? - I just hope you'll understand.
Jenna, I've loved Pam since the first day I saw her.
I always have. I always will.
And I know how much this must hurt, but, believe me...
it's better that I tell you now.
Oh, is it?
Well, I'll tell you what I understand.
That because of Pam, you'll never be my husband...
and you'll never be Charlie's father. Don't touch me. Don't touch me.
[SIGHS]
Sly, would you come in here a minute?
Yes, sir?
Would you get in touch with him for me?
- Oh, that's General Langley. - Retired.
He was booted out of the Air Force for warmongering.
Sir?
His plan for world peace was to b*mb all of our enemies.
I met him a couple of times.
If he's in town, see if you can fix up a little lunch for me, will you?
Lunch?
Well, I just wanna hear his views on the world situation.
From a m*llitary point of view, so to speak.
Oh.
[DOOR CLOSES]
WOMAN : Yes, well, anyway. We should have a nice lunch at least.
WOMAN : Yeah. WOMAN : That's how it goes.
- Where are you going so early? - It's not early, it's lunchtime.
Oh. Any messages? Anything important?
Pam's there. She's waiting to talk to you.
She has some wonderful news for you.
Well, I could use some good news right about now.
Do me a favor, make it a short lunch, will you?
I hate to answer my own phone.
- Pam? PAMELA: In here.
Yeah.
Here you go.
How come a drink? Are we celebrating something?
- I hope so. I know I am. Heh. - Hmm.
- Jackie told me you had good news. - The best.
- Mm-hm. - Why don't you sit down?
- It's so good I should sit down? - Oh, I think you should.
[SIGHS]
Bobby came over last night.
Don't tell me this is gonna be a conversation about Bobby.
He's not going to many Jenna.
He asked me to marry him... and I said yes.
I don't believe that!
You got rid of him. You got rid of them. We were a team.
I don't know how you can go back with him.
- I love him. - So what? You loved him before...
and you divorced him, which happens to be the best thing that you ever did.
How can you think about remarrying him? How can you do this to me?
Cliff, this doesn't have anything to do with you.
Of course it does. It changes everything.
- Why? I know you like Bobby. - I like him, yeah, but he's a Ewing.
He is not gonna let you continue to work with me.
And I need you.
[CHUCKLES]
I'm not going to leave you.
I'm gonna go on working here. I want to. I know he'll understand.
Oh, yeah, sure he will, and so will J.R.
Cliff, I am so happy.
I want you to be happy for me. Can't you share this with me?
I would like to, but no good has ever come...
from a marriage between a Barnes and a Ewing.
What about you and Jamie?
Sure, she's a Ewing...
but she's the only one that doesn't own a piece of the company.
- That's a terrible thing to say. - What did I say?
Oh, okay. All right. So I'm kidding. I'm kidding.
She's a great girl, and I love her, and, yeah.
[CHUCKLES MIRTHLESSLY]
[CHUCKLES]
There is one thing about this.
What?
I would love to be ally on the wall...
and listen when Bobby tells J.R. about this.
[LAUGHING]
_J.R___ - Bobby, you still working at Ewing Oil?
Is that supposed to mean something?
I was in the office today, taking care of dirty business. Where were you?
I had things of my own I had to take care of.
Oh?
Bobby...
the oil business is going down the drain.
I was forced to shut down our stripper wells today.
I don't expect you to make those decisions.
But it would be nice if you dropped into the office and helped shoulder the load.
- Are you through? - No.
I think you are.
- Shut up and listen to me. - I don't care for that tone of voice.
Well, let's see how much you care for this.
I asked Pam to marry me, and she said she would.
- You what? - You heard me.
Well, what about Jenna?
How can you do this to her?
She'd make a perfect wife for you. Not that Barnes woman.
I'm marrying Pam.
I cannot believe you're opening the door to the Barnes family again.
It didn't work. What makes you think it'll work?
The reason it didn't work is there was interference from both our families.
It's not gonna be that way this time.
I'm bringing Pam back here as my wife.
And the first time you step out of line with her, J.R...
Sue Ellen will be a very attractive widow.
All right.
If you wanna ruin your life, go ahead.
But you're a whole lot dumber than I ever thought a brother of mine could be.
With the exception of Ray and Gary, of course.
[INTERCOM BUZZES]
CLIFF: Yes, Jackie?
JACKIE: Cliff, Marilee Stone and Jordan Lee are here to see you.
Bring them right in.
I'll handle this.
- Hello, Marilee. - Cliff.
- Jordan. - Cliff.
- Where's Andy? - He's over in town.
They're shutting down some wells.
Oh, my. It's a terrible time for all of us.
- Jackie, bring us some coffee, please. - I'll put some up.
Hello, Jamie.
Mrs. Stone. Hello, Jordan.
What's so important you got us here this early?
I don't have to tell you the trouble we're all in.
- That's for sure. - Question is...
what are we gonna do about it?
- Just ride it out till the price goes up. - No, we can't afford to do that, Jordan.
We have to come up with some kind of a positive action.
- You have something in mind? CLIFF: I do.
I've been giving this a lot of thought, and I've got a solution.
We gotta get all the independent oilmen in Texas together...
and we gotta go to Washington, and we gotta form a lobby.
We gotta get a tariff on imported and bring the price up to $ a barrel.
Cliff?
Then we get the price up to $ a barrel on imported...
then we can charge , and we are back in business.
MARILEE: Some of the majors have tried that without much luck.
But they weren't united.
If we can get together and fund this thing...
we're gonna wind up with clout, they're gonna pay attention.
I got to tell you, Cliff. That makes a lot of sense to me.
It does, for a fact. It's a hell of an idea, Cliff.
- Oh, I know it is. - It sure is. How'd you ever think of it?
Oh, what difference does that make? Now, are we together?
- You bet. - You can count on me.
Then we gotta get on the phone, start calling those independents.
We gotta set up a meeting.
Gotta tell them about my idea. I know they're gonna love it.
And the quicker we do it, the better off we are.
Jackie, forget about that coffee...
[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]
Hey, Jack. Where you off to? I thought we had a meeting.
- We did, about minutes ago. - Oh, well, I'm sorry about that.
- I got hung up on the expressway. - No problem.
- We'll do it some other time. - Well, wait. I'm here now. We could talk.
I didn't know your time was that important.
It's not. I just don't like hanging around offices, waiting.
Uh-huh.
- More of an outdoorsman, are you? - Mm. Yeah, something like that.
Well, then maybe what I got to talk about's right on the money.
- Yeah? What's that? - Your percent of Ewing Oil.
I know you had high hopes for that...
but look at what has happened to the oil business.
[LAUGHS]
Well, you must be down to your last billion bucks by now, huh?
Yeah. You're making jokes, and we're in trouble.
It's gonna be a long time...
before you see a cent of profit on that piece of yours.
Well, I came here with nothing.
I don't see how I have too much to lose, do you?
Well, what if I had a way...
of making that piece worth a heck of a lot of money?
- I'd listen. - Sell it to me.
- Ho-ho. J.R.: Ha-ha-ha.
Now, J.R.. If Ewing is in such trouble...
why would you want a bigger piece of it?
This slump is not gonna last forever, you know.
I can afford to sit it out. You can't.
Besides, when it's all over...
I'd just as soon own percent as percent.
So you get my percent, plus one more...
then you will control Ewing Oil.
Well, that doesn't really concern you, does it?
Look, I'm offering you a chance to get a lot of money, and right now.
Yeah, that's true.
I don't know.
I was getting used to my new family, my sister.
I'm gonna have to think on it.
All right, fine. You think on it. But don't take too long.
I only make an offer once, so don't make the mistake of turning it down, huh?
Well, I'll keep that in mind.
Nice talking to you.
Cousin.
RAY: Morning.
DONNA: Morning.
What's all this?
Ours.
I bought it.
I wanted to have a place for us to start fresh...
and not in that dinky little old house that I built.
[SIGHS]
It's beautiful.
I wanted a place where you could be happy.
Where we could be happy together.
Now, it's empty, of course...
but you could fix it up and make it all your own.
That'd be nice.
The house was never the problem, Ray.
I just feel like things would be different here.
I've changed. I want different things.
But mostly, what I want is for you and me to be together again.
I know that.
Just think what a wonderful place this would be for our child to grow up.
A child needs a place like this.
And a family.
And a real mother and father that are together.
I told you before...
a child is no reason to keep a marriage together.
It is the best reason in the world for me.
I know that.
Look...
I have a lot of thinking to do.
And your pressing me like this, it isn't...
I have to.
Because I love you, and I want you to come back to me.
I think you're more in love...
with the idea of a wife and a family...
than you are with me.
We have fundamental differences...
and as far as I can see, nothing's changed.
[ENGINE STARTS]
GIRL: Bye, Charlie. - Bye. See you tomorrow.
Hi, Bobby.
Were you waiting for me?
- Honey, I gotta talk to you. - Did I do something wrong?
No. Come on.
[BOBBY SIGHS]
[BOBBY TALKING INDISTINCTLY]
CHARLIE: No!
- Jenna? JENNA: Yes?
- Is there anything I can get you? - No, Miss Ellie. Thank you.
She must be in such pain.
CLAYTON: She's gonna have to come out of there sometime.
ELLIE: I know. I'm sure she just doesn't wanna face any of us.
As happy as I am for Bobby and Pam...
I can't help worrying about Jenna and Charlie.
Well, they are not the only ones going through a rough time.
- Ray is hurting real bad. - Mm. I know.
He's doing everything he can.
He bought a new house...
and he wants to start up a new business.
- Oh? What kind of business? - Horse breeding.
He wants me to go in with him.
- Does he, now? - He does.
- And did you give him an answer? - Well, I told him I'd think about it.
It'd mean getting rid of my refineries, all my business interests in Houston.
And how do you feel about that?
Well, if you agree, I think it's about time.
I'm nothing more than an absentee owner anyway.
Well, nothing could please me more than to have you around full-time.
If what you say about Ray is true, I think he could use a friend like you about now.
Well, we'll see him in Fort Worth Stockyards tomorrow.
We'll give him an answer then.
Here I go.
PAMELA: Yaw. Ha-ha-ha.
That was great. Come on.
That's great. Come up to me. Uh-oh.
You'd better get out because you're starting to wrinkle.
That was really good.
Here.
How's that?
It's gonna be neat when I have John Ross to play with me all the time.
That's right. So you do understand what I've been telling you...
about me and Daddy remarrying.
Yes. He'll be with us all the time, and we're gonna live at Southfork.
[CHUCKLES] Oh.
Well, I think so. I know that's what Daddy wants.
Me too. They have horses and everything.
Well, they have everything all right.
[DOOR OPENS]
Daddy.
Hey. Hi, champ. How are you?
Mommy told me we're all gonna get married.
That's right. If you go in and get some dry clothes on...
I'll take us out to celebrate.
- Yeah. - Okay, get going.
Bad, huh?
Yeah.
Charlie just ran away from me when I told her.
She won't see me. She won't even talk to me.
- What about Jenna? - About the same.
I'm sorry, Bobby.
I know how much this hurts you too.
Compared to what you went through, Cliff was a piece of cake.
- I can imagine. - Oh, well, he raved and ranted at first.
But I think he understands how happy this is going to make me.
I can't wait for him and J.R. to see one another.
Now they have something in common. We're ruining both their lives.
Well, I don't care what anybody thinks.
I love you.
And that's all that counts.
We're gonna be together, and they have to learn to live with it.
I cannot believe that Bobby is gonna bring that woman back into our house.
She'll be snooping around, interfering with Ewing business.
Probably go running off to that idiot brother of hers with the latest gossip.
Oh, come on. I don't know Pam that well, but I really like her.
- She didn't seem that way. - You're right about one thing.
- You really don't know her. - Well, I know she really loves Bobby.
I'm happy for her. I think it's wonderful they're getting married.
Oh.
I just wish it could be a double ceremony and we were getting married with them.
I don't know what is so wonderful about marriage.
It hadn't worked out for me.
You told me you were married to the wrong woman.
[SIGHS]
Yes, I am. I'm gonna correct that real soon.
Just don't be too sure Bobby and Pam are gonna get married.
- What do you mean? - Well, it's a long way off.
Who knows what could go wrong before then, huh?
[BOBBY CHUCKLING SOFTLY]
- Mm. - Oh.
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
You know...?
You know that line from the Woody Allen movie?
Which line?
“That was the most fun I ever had without laughing.“
- I must've missed that one. - Yeah.
Well, he was right.
I think so too.
That reminds me.
These two guys are talking, and one says:
“Do you believe in premarital sex?“
And the other guy says...?
“Not if it makes me late for the wedding.“
[BOTH LAUGHING]
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
Mama?
Yes, Charlie?
Can I come in?
Of course.
I couldn't sleep.
I know, honey. Come here.
What are we gonna do, Mama?
I don't know.
I'm scared.
I am too.
But you know what?
We've get each other.
And nobody can ever, ever change that.
Nobody.
[WHISPERS] Nobody.
[MAN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
MAN: All right, this first bid's , . Five and a quarter.
I've got it at . Five and... Five. Five. Six hundred, , .
Got . You're out, sir. It's . Six of them hundred.
Eight hundred dollars? Eight? Eight?
Eight. New . Yes, . Now . Now .
Yes, $ . I got $ . You're out, sir.
Yes, sir, $ .
Bring these cattle on around there. Eleven hundred, , , ?
Eleven. I got , , , , . Yes, sir, I've got .
Sixteen, right there. Seventeen hundred dollars.
Eighteen. Nineteen. Nineteen hundred dollars.
Nineteen. Nineteen going once. Two thousand. I've got .
Two thousand going once. Two thousand going twice.
I've sold her right there to Ray Krebbs, Southfork Ranch.
Bring in the next group, boys. We'll take a little break.
We'll start the cattle at the same price we did the last bunch, $ , all right?
[MAN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
Six. Six hundred. I . Do I hear ? Got . Got .
And . Yes, sir. Get $ . Yes, sir.
[MAN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
There's . Eleven hundred. Got . Eleven. Twelve hundred dollars.
Thirteen. Right there, Mr. Krebbs. That's ... Thirteen.
Thirteen hundred.
Fourteen. Fourteen hundred. Fifteen hundred dollars.
Fifteen hundred. Sixteen. Seventeen. Got it there.
Seventeen. Eighteen hundred dollars right there.
Eighteen hundred dollars. Eighteen going once, twice.
I've sold her to Billy Larson, Bar .
I'm drier than trail dust, boys.
Let's start up again in about a half-hour.
- Ha, ha. - Pretty good timing.
Oh, yeah. How things been going?
Well, picked up some real good-looking stock here today.
- Surprised to see you, Miss Ellie. - Every time I come to these...
I feel like a little girl sitting here watching my daddy buying and selling.
- It's still exciting. - Yes, ma'am.
Well, this just might be your last cattle auction.
- How's that? - I told Miss Ellie about your new venture.
And the fact that you and I are gonna be partners.
- We are? - All it takes is a handshake.
Amen to that, partner.
[LAUGHS]
Ray, have you told Donna about this?
I'm kind of thirsty. Do you mind if we go get something to drink now, Miss Ellie?
I guess you know I bought a new house. Real nice spread.
I was gonna have Donna meet me there...
tell her about the new business. She wasn't interested in the house.
I didn't expect she'd be interested in the business.
I'm sorry, Ray.
You should be happy, not sad. Bobby and Pam getting back together.
Clayton and I starting a new business. Things are looking up.
Things have a habit of working themselves out.
RAY: Of course they do.
Oh, and, Miss Ellie...
I don't want you to worry none about Southfork.
Because I'm gonna find the best foreman there is to take my place.
That's one thing I don't have to worry about.
I know whoever you find will be just fine.
Thank you, ma'am.
[PEOPLE CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY]
Bobby. Bobby.
- David, how are you? Good to see you. - Good to see you.
Okay. All right, ladies and gentlemen, I just wanna go over this one more time.
Now, I know that I'm right about this.
Now, I'd like to head a committee with, say, Marilee and Jordan...
and a couple of others, and we need to hire a lobbyist in Washington.
Somebody that's got a lot of clout that can make them see...
that we have to have a tariff on all this cheap oil that's coming in...
and get it up to, say, , $ .
Because if OPEC oil costs that, then that's what we can charge.
Can't believe these people turned up to listen to Cliff.
- You're here, aren't you? - To watch him make an ass of himself.
MAN: We gonna decide... - I don't know.
What he's saying seems to make good sense to me.
Does it?
Yep. Sounds like something Ewing Oil ought to get behind.
What makes you think you have anything to say about what Ewing Oil does?
[CLIFF SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
I own percent.
Now, listen to me.
That does not give you a voice in Ewing Oil.
Bobby and I run the company. We don't need advice from outsiders, so stay out.
[LAUGHS]
Boy, you're everything I heard you were. Worse.
- You ain't seen nothing yet, boy. - I've seen all I need to see.
Why don't you go in?
I'll bet you already have.
CLIFF: Cheap? I don't... Expensive? Look, we... No.
We need a line of authority.
- We need to communicate... - What was that all about?
[SCOFFS]
He was trying to tell me what Ewing Oil should do.
So he's nothing but a con man who chiseled us out of percent each.
He kept Cliff Barnes from getting his hands on Ewing Oil.
Ten percent is cheap enough for that.
Now, listen to me, Bobby. That boy is trouble.
And the sooner we get rid of him, the better off we're gonna be here.
[MEN TALKING INDISTINCTLY]
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