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We have got to get rid of cliff Barnes.

Only one man with that much power in this state...

Sam culver.

Marrying Donna here,

Getting what you might call a younger slant on things,

I just don't jump right in like I used to.

I've come to depend very heavily on her judgement.

He could help us a lot, honey,

Especially if his wife wants him to.

And why would she do that?

Well, I don't know, but I'll find out.

It's getting kind of serious for me.

Before we go a whole lot further,

I think we better figure out where we want to end up.

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Well, you just tell mr. Mainwaring that I called.

J.r. Ewing. Now how many times...

Now, just... Never mind! I'll call him back later.

J.r., why are you calling Chris mainwaring?

After what happened, he obviously wants

As little as possible to do with us.

Well, just because lucy called off the wedding to his son

Doesn't mean we can't do business together.

It seems to me the wedding

Is the only reason we're doing business.

Well, dad, whatever the reason,

The man's important to us and we can still use him

And his refinery on the gulf.

Well, we'll just have to look elsewhere, j.r.

Oh, I couldn't agree with you more, dad,

But we don't exactly have choices from a to z, though.

Losing mainwaring was a big blow to us.

Yeah, I know.

J.r., I'm sure you're gonna survive just fine

Even without mainwaring oil.

Don't take it out on j.r., lucy.

You called the wedding off.

She had her reasons, jock.

Now, it's over and done with.

J.r., I don't want any more talk

About the mainwarings.

Yes, mother.

Sorry, I didn't mean to upset you, darling.

Hey, lucy.

You gonna mope around here all day,

Or are you gonna go to school?

Guess I'll go to school.

Good. I'll drive you.

I don't have anything to do

For a couple of hours.

Bobby always was the understanding one,

Wasn't he?

You gonna stand around with a long face

All your life?

I can't quit thinking about kit.

And j.r. Doesn't make it any easier.

I know, honey.

I wish there was something I could do

Do to ease the pain.

Yeah, so do I.

Hey, what is this?

Where'd it come from, Bobby?

What, this? Oh, I thought the house

Was built around it. I don't know...

Oh, come on, Bobby, you know what it is!

Tell me, what is it?

OK, OK, OK, OK, OK. Now stand right there.

Now take this, close your eyes,

And give a big tug,

And you might just see something

You've been wishing for,

But don't peek, or you get nothing.

OK.

Can I look?

Sure.

Oh, Bobby, it's beautiful!

Oh, Bobby, it's beautiful! Is it for me, really?

Bobby!

Bobby, oh, it's beautiful. Bobby, why?

Well, because it's a real pain

Driving you to school every day,

And I realize you're more than mature enough

To have one of your own.

Oh, thank you, Bobby, thank you.

You're welcome, honey.

Come on now, you don't want to be late

On your first day.

Let me move the front of the box.

OK?

Now you be careful.

Morning, connie.

Morning.

Morning, connie.

Any calls?

Uh, yes, sir.

And mr. Morgan just arrived from Midland.

He's waiting for you in your office.

Who's mr. Morgan?

He's handling our new exploration out there.

Something must be wrong.

Well, let's go find out.

Hey, bud, how are you doing?

This is my daddy. Bud Morgan.

Mr. Ewing.

Morgan. A pleasure.

What brings you here, Morgan?

The office of land management.

They stopped our test drilling.

Well, now how in the heck can they do that?

Not "they," daddy. Cliff Barnes.

What happened?

Some cock and bull delay

Over our environmental impact report.

What's the problem?

Heh! I don't know.

They say they need more time to study it.

And we can't drill till they approve it, huh?

That's about it.

Tsk!

Well, they've had that report for weeks.

They're just dragging their feet.

Cliff Barnes know how much every little delay costs us.

What do you want me to do?

Well, get back to Midland.

Let the crew go, and then hang around until you hear from me.

That's a good crew, mr. Ewing.

They'll be hard to replace.

I know it.

So does Barnes, j.r.

Go ahead, let them go.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Ewing.

Morgan.

Hmph!

We have got to get rid of cliff Barnes.

Sure we do.

But how?

There's gotta be a way.

We've gotta get the power away from the o.l.m.

The court's not gonna help us.

The state created that office,

And they're still behind it.

Who do we know with enough clout

To make them change their mind about it?

Only one man with that much power in this state...

Sam culver.

Sam culver.

Yes, sir, that's our man.

Ex-governor, ex-speaker of the house,

Still in control of the party.

Yeah, they'll all listen to him.

I think I'll give him a little ring.

Better let me do that, j.r. Sam and I go way back.

As a matter of fact, he, uh,

Still owes me a couple of favors.

Get sam culver on the phone, would you?

Tell him jock ewing wants to talk to him.

Howdy.

Morning, Bobby.

Did I see lucy pulling out of here

In a new car this morning?

Yes, she did. Was she doing under 100?

Heh! Looked more like 20 to me,

Like she was trying to avoid every bump in the road.

Here's those stock ledgers you wanted.

Oh, thanks a lot.

Feel kind of sorry for lucy.

She really cared for that kid.

Yeah, I know.

Oh, she'll get over it.

I just hope the car helps some.

Well, now, I didn't see you buying me anything

When I had my little run in with garnet.

Well, now, we can still talk about

Building that house of yours.

Yeah. I guess I'm about through

Feeling sorry for myself,

But I don't know if I'm ready for any house, yet.

Well, whatever.

It's nice to have you back among the living.

See you.

OK.

Wally, get the check. I've had it with this place.

Well, now, honey, I think it's been kind of fun.

Oh, it was, but I'm with her.

Hey, let's all go do a little disco.

Anything but that.

Feel like a fool dancing that way.

Well, then you can sit back and watch.

Come on.

Come on, we'll think of something else.

Look, y'all go on.

I'm gonna stay here and listen to some more of this.

I kind of like it.

You're kidding.

No!

Look, I'll be all right.

I'll catch a cab.

If that's what you want.

Come on, let's go.

Hey, little lady, we can't leave you here all alone.

Sure, you can.

Now, look, Donna, you came with us,

And you're leaving with us. Come on.

Look, I'll be all right.

Now, come on.

Wally, please, don't do that!

I told you I would be fine.

Get your coat.

Excuse me here, friend.

Stay out of this, will you? Now get your coat.

Well, not to be of any offense,

It just seems like the lady wants to stay.

It's none of your business.

Well, I appreciate that.

I just wanted you to know

This is a respectable place.

Lady'd be all right here.

It might just save an argument

If you let her be.

That's a good point.

I'll be fine.

You sure? Yes.

All right.

Sally'll call you tomorrow.

OK. OK.

Good night.

Ma'am.

Excuse me.

Yes, ma'am?

Look, I just want to say thank you.

Well, no problem.

I just figured I'd better stop it

Before it got too far.

What do you mean?

Well, I saw a couple of the boys down there

Looking a little edgy at your friend.

Better to talk him out of it then carry him out.

Oh! I thought you said

That this was a respectable place.

Yes, ma'am. I want to keep it that way.

Well, uh... Thanks again, mister...

Ray, ray krebbs.

Ray, it was nice meeting you.

Excuse me.

Well, don't run off now.

Could you do with another drink?

Why not?

There's a seat right here.

Thank you.

Harry.

I don't know.

I thought about moving on a couple of times.

The ranch is sort of special to me.

I sort of feel like I belong there.

Do you really enjoy working for somebody else?

Oh, it's more than that.

See, I got a section of my own out there.

I figure one of these days, I'm gonna build myself a house,

Run a few cattle, maybe a few good quarter horses.

Why haven't you done it before now?

Almost did. Then, uh... Well,

It just didn't work out at the time.

Who called for the cab?

I did.

I'll be right with you.

Well, uh, ray, I want you to know

That I have really enjoyed this.

You know, I can drive you home.

I know.

Maybe some other time.

You just say when and where.

Uh, well, you think you might be here

Tomorrow night?

Damn sure could be.

Maybe then.

Might have known that old goat would be late.

Yeah, why's that?

Well, when I called him yesterday after all this time,

He knows I want something.

Just his way of making me sweat a little, that's all.

Well, if he shows up, it'll be worth it.

Hey, there he is now making his entrance.

Well, hello, jock.

Glad to see you, sam.

You old buzzard.

You know my boy j.r.

A pleasure. J.r.

Sit down, sam.

Well, they tell me you're running ewing oil now, huh?

Well, he's doing a hell of a fine job, too.

Bourbon and branch, huh?

Same old drink, huh?

Yeah, some things never change, jock.

Like the ewings and the barneses.

I understand digger's boy

Is giving you a little trouble lately.

That couldn't be the reason for our lunch, could it?

Well, as long as we're down to it, sam,

That's the reason.

He's using his position as the head of o.l.m.

To get back at ewing oil.

Well, that's more than his daddy could ever do to you.

Not saying digger really had any cause to hate you so, jock.

I guess you did about as fair as you could by him, huh?

About the same as you would, sam.

Maybe so.

Of course, I could've done it without making an enemy of him.

Heh heh!

Now that's why you're the most successful politician

In the state, sam.

Heh heh! Ex-politician.

I haven't held office in years.

Don't know what's going on anymore.

Oh, that's not the way I understand it.

I hear nobody goes to the John without your OK.

You leading to something?

Yes, sir.

The o.l.m. Is smothering the independent oil man.

They're liable to run a lot of us

Out of business if they keep the power.

Well, there are some who say

They're doing a pretty good job of keeping y'all in line.

Not these days, sir.

Unless, of course, you like us buying

All our oil from the arabs.

Well, you're pretty direct, boy.

Yes, sir, I am.

Well, there's nothing wrong with that.

I guess us old timers do spend too much time

Throwing the bull, huh?

Sam, you think on what he says.

We need your help to get some new laws passed,

Put the reins on the o.l.m.

Well, we'll see.

How's ellie, jock?

Same stick of fire she always was?

Oh, she's mellowed some, but still all woman.

I, uh, understand that you got married

A couple years back.

To a lovely lady much too good for me.

Matter of fact, she's gonna meet me here.

Wants to take me shopping, buy me some new clothes.

Oh? Uh, sam, why don't you bring her

Out to southfork for dinner saturday night

And see miss ellie?

I'm gonna show these young kids

How we can really throw the bull, huh?

Well, now, I just might do that.

Love to see ellie again.

Good.

Ah, here's my lady now!

Darling.

My wife Donna.

This is jock and j.r. Ewing.

Donna.

How do you do?

They want us to come to dinner saturday night.

What do you think?

Uh, well, I think that would be lovely.

You seem mighty happy with yourself tonight, j.r.

You manage to evict some widows today?

You keep drinking like that,

And you're gonna be evicted onto a trash heap, dear.

Heh heh! Am I embarrassing you?

Well, I managed to sneak in here where no one can see me.

Well, they may not be able to see you,

But they know you're here.

Smells like a brewery.

If I offend you, my darling,

You have my permission to seek comfort elsewhere.

Well, not even you can upset me tonight, darling.

As a matter of fact, I have some information

That might be of interest to you.

Yeah, I can hardly wait.

I think I finally met the man

Who can put a stop to your friend cliff Barnes

Once and for all.

Well, about time for dinner.

I don't suppose you're well enough

To meet with the family.

Do me one favor though...

Try not to make any noise if you pass out in here.

Hi.

Hi.

Didn't think you were coming.

Well, uh... I almost didn't.

Here, have a chair.

Thanks.

Drink?

Do they have wine here?

Oh, you bet.

Imported all the way from California.

Well, now that is what I call respectable.

Honey, can I have another beer and a glass of...

White.

White wine for the lady.

Yes, sir.

Thank you.

Well, here's to that imported California wine

And a very mysterious lady.

Mysterious? Why?

Well, I realized I sat around here

Talking about myself last night.

I don't know anything about you.

Oh.

Well, there's not a lot to tell, really.

My name is Donna. I'm 28.

I was born in Marshall, Texas.

Marshall!

You know, that little place close to Shreveport?

Sure, sure.

And you know, I really don't know

What I'm doing here with you.

Well, maybe it's just my rugged western charm, huh?

Ha ha ha!

No, no I don't think that's what it is.

No. Um... I think it's the fact that...

That you didn't try and hit on me last night.

Well, I wasn't looking for that.

I didn't think you were, either.

Well... Tell me, what are you looking for?

I don't know. Nothing complicated.

Maybe just a happy ending.

You and everybody else.

Yeah.

Why do you think that it's so difficult

For people to have a happy ending?

Well, it could be the ending depends on the start.

Beginning with somebody

That you could end up happy with.

Well, that would be terrific.

I mean, you know, if things didn't change... But they do.

I mean, they always do.

Thank you.

Mm-hmm.

We sure are getting serious here

All of a sudden.

Oh, I don't want to get serious.

No, um... To fun.

Yeah, I could use a lot of that.

To fun.

I can't even think of the last time

I saw sam culver.

Well, let's see. It has to be...

It has to be 10 years or more,

What with sam spending most of his time down in Austin.

Is his wife pretty?

She's awful young is what she is.

Can you imagine an old goat like that

Being married to a girl Bobby's age?

She told me she went to school with Bobby

Over at the university.

You're sure you're not

Just a little bit jealous of him?

A young girl like that...

Just couldn't hold a candle to a real woman like you,

Miss ellie.

You really mean that, don't you?

Never saw one that could since the day we got married.

Jock.

Hey, come on now, daddy.

You told me not to get romantic before noon on saturday.

You let him alone, Bobby.

He's doing just fine.

The rest of you

Could take some lessons from him.

Mm, I bet they could.

I hope we feel like you do

When we've been married as long.

Hey, you got time for breakfast?

I can't, we have to be at the club by 10:00.

Have to go.

Bye-bye.

Morning, miss ellie, jock.

Sue ellen.

Good morning, sue ellen.

You feeling better?

Some.

Well, how about some breakfast?

Uh... No.

No, this tomato juice is just fine, thank you.

Oh.

Morning, ray. How you doing?

Morning, Bobby.

Hi. Pam.

Jock still having breakfast?

Yeah, he, mama and sue ellen.

Well, I won't bother him then.

Is there something I can help you with?

Well, I was gonna talk to him about some cattle.

I thought I might stock my section some.

Well, it's about time.

Yeah, things are looking up.

Oh?

Well, there's this lady.

I just sort of met her,

Nothing serious or anything yet.

Well, ray, that's great.

When are we gonna meet her?

Well, like I said, I just met her myself.

Come on.

Monday night I'm gonna see her over at the longhorn.

Why don't you come on by around 9:00?

Let you buy us a drink.

All right, we'll do it. We'll see you then.

Great. Have a good one.

Bye!

They just elected me justice of the peace

About a week before, and here they come

Pulling digger Barnes and jock up in front of me.

It seems they just hit one.

Digger come into town to drink the bar dry,

Buying for everybody.

In come old jock, grabbed him by the scuff of the neck

And hauled him out.

Well, that didn't set too good

With the boys he was buying the drinks for.

So there ensued one of the finest brawls

Ever to take place west of the Mississippi.

Gave 'em both a week in the pokey.

Remember that, jock?

Yeah, I sure do, sam.

Barnes and I were a heck of a pair back in those days.

Now we've got that boy of his all over our back.

Donna, I remember you in my junior year,

And then you just disappeared.

What happened?

Well, that was about the time

That my parents were killed in an accident.

And I just dropped out of school and went to work.

Well, did you ever think about

Going back and finishing?

Oh, I did for a while.

Then I dropped out again, met sam,

Which was probably the nicest thing

That ever happened to me.

He's a heck of a man.

Yeah, he is.

In a lot of ways.

Excuse me.

I was wondering if you gave any thought

To those conversations we had the other day at lunch?

Now, j.r., we didn't invite sam here

To talk about business.

Well, maybe you didn't, ellie,

But maybe it's as good a time now as ever

To talk about it.

You know, a while back,

I'd have said yes or no right now.

Marrying Donna here,

Getting what you might call a younger slant on things,

I just don't jump right in like I used to.

I found out she's got

A better point of view than I have

On what's going on nowadays.

Well, I respect that, sir. I really do.

As a matter of fact,

I admire your ability to consider all points of view.

It just occurred to me

That she may not be as well-versed as you are

In the finer aspects of the independent oil business.

Well, maybe not,

But she does know ecology, resources.

I've come to depend

Very heavily on her judgment.

You know you're your own man.

Yeah. Be that as it may,

It helps a man to have somebody

He can trust to discuss things with,

Get the other point of view.

One of the reasons why I treasure you, my dear.

I take it you don't have an answer for us yet.

Well, let's just say I'm still sitting on the fence,

Waiting for the wind to blow me one way or the other.

Now, that's absolutely the last word

Of business I want to hear.

I haven't had a chance to talk Donna all night.

I think I've found out enough living with jock

To be able to give her

A few tips about you, sam.

Well, now, nothing she can use against me.

Planning on going to bed?

Soon.

I want to compliment you

On the way you handled yourself this evening.

Do you now?

Yup. You hardly said a word, which,

Under the circumstances,

Was probably the best thing you could've done.

Well, I was too busy watching and thinking.

About your next drink?

About that girl who's married to a man jock's age

And has a much better marriage than I do.

Well, we may not have been frequent, sue ellen,

But I can guarantee you

That girl better have a friend someplace else

Because she can't be happy at home.

If they never made love, j.r.,

She has much more than I have.

Oh? What would that be?

He cares about her.

He takes her advice and he listens to her.

Oh, yeah, yeah. Well, to hear him tell it,

She picks the clothes he's gonna wear,

The car he's gonna drive,

Practically cuts his meat for him.

And what's so bad about that?

Oh, nothing, nothing. I think it's wonderful.

The more he relies on her and listens to her,

The more he's liable to do what she asks him to.

This wouldn't have anything to do with cliff

And the o.l.m., would it?

Sam culver's a very, very important and powerful man.

He could help us a lot, honey,

Especially if his wife wants him to.

And why would she do that?

I don't know, or rather I don't know just yet.

But I'll find out.

You can bet on it.

Ha ha. Yeah.

Going to the track meet on wednesday?

I don't think so.

Oh, come on. It'll be fun.

Tommy Carter's having a party afterwards.

I don't feel like it.

You haven't felt like much of anything lately.

I know.

So you and kit busted up.

You can't stay hung up forever.

You're kind of a downer to be around.

Men just aren't worth it.

There are millions of 'em.

There will be a lot of cute guys

At Tommy's.

Look, you guys, I just don't feel like it,

All right?

What if I could make you feel like it?

Oh, I wish.

I can.

Here... Take one of these.

Guaranteed to improve.

I don't know.

There's nothing to it.

I started taking them to lose weight.

It'll really make you feel better.

You gonna be chicken?

They're practically sold without a prescription.

They're real mild. They just cheer you up a bit.

Well, I sure could use some cheering up.

Yay! Yay!

The worst is over. You took it.

Wait and see,

You are gonna feel a lot better.

Ray hasn't said any more about this lady?

Not a thing.

As a matter of fact,

I don't think he's too happy he invited us here.

Oh, why?

I don't know.

I think he's just superstitious.

He's afraid if he talks about it

That something will go wrong, that's all.

Oh, there he is.

Oh, my god. Bobby... honey, come on.

Let's get out of here before he sees us.

Why would he ask us here to meet her?

I don't know.

He doesn't know who she is, that's all.

Well, how couldn't he?

Well, darling, I don't know,

But I'm sure he doesn't.

Donna, of course Pamela knows.

What kind of question is that?

All right, fine.

Yeah, I'll meet you there, um... - 00.

OK. Good-bye.

I'm not very good at lying.

I think she knows it wasn't for old times' sake.

Well, she couldn't think it was about her and ray.

She probably thinks it's about cliff and o.l.m.

I don't know, honey. I don't know.

Whoops, take it easy, darling.

We don't want you having an accident now, do we?

You're in fine humor today aren't you, j.r.?

Oh, some days just start off

Better than others, I guess.

You ready for your daughters of

The alamo meeting?

I am, though they won't be here till about 3:00.

All right, enjoy yourself.

Thank you, darling.

That was a wonderful talk, mr. Martin.

It moved us all deeply.

And you can be sure that our organization's

Gonna help you with your hospital project.

Well, what sue ellen means

Is your research project.

Oh, that's exactly what I meant.

Of course, how silly of me.

Could I have a word with you, miss ellie?

Certainly, marilee.

We've been noticing for some time, miss ellie,

That sue ellen... Well, that she hasn't been feeling herself.

Pregnancy is difficult for some women.

We thought maybe...

You want sue ellen to resign

As president of the d.o.a.

Just temporarily, miss ellie.

We'll appoint an interim president

Until she's feeling better.

You do understand?

I'll see to it.

Thank you, miss ellie.

We just think it would be kinder

Coming from you.

We'd be grateful if you could take care of it soon.

All right.

What a delightful afternoon, miss ellie.

Don't you think mr. Martin's a charming speaker?

Very charming.

Hi.

Hi.

Have a seat.

Thank you.

I was, uh, surprised to hear from you.

To tell you the truth, I didn't wanna call you

In the first place.

I felt I had to.

Well, you said you wanted to talk. Let's talk.

Look, uh, Bobby, whatever it is,

You can say it.

Why are you seeing ray krebbs?

It certainly didn't take long

For you to find that out, now, did it?

How long do you think it's gonna take sam to find out?

Well, do you really care about sam?

Ray is a friend of mine.

I know he doesn't know who you are.

Does he even know you're married?

No, uh, I don't think so.

Look, you know that this isn't any of your business.

Did ray tell you about a girl named garnet McGee?

Not her name, but, uh,

I knew there had been somebody.

Well, she damn near broke him in half...

And ray does not deserve to be treated like that again.

He's a good man.

I am not trying to hurt ray.

I didn't even plan to start seeing him.

Bobby, in all the time

That sam and I have been together, I have never...

Then why ray?

Why pam?

I mean, I don't know!

All I know is that I care for him.

Then you better make up your mind

What you're gonna do about it,

'cause, Donna, you can't have it both ways.

Sam culver is probably the best man that I know.

When we first met, uh,

Sam had just lost his wife...

And of course my parents were gone.

Compared to most of the men that I knew,

Well, boy, sam culver was a giant.

I was so proud that he asked me what I thought...

And he actually listened when I told him.

I... I wasn't in love with him when we married.

I mean, I was, but...

Not the way that I should've been.

But I never shortchanged him.

Not until now...

And I know that in all of this mess,

Somebody is gonna get hurt.

Namely, sam, ray, and me...

But I just don't know what to do about it.

Now, if you can tell me...

Well... I'd like to hear it.

I mean, uh... I'd really like to hear.

Well, hi, ladies!

Marilee: HI, J.R.

How'd the meeting go?

Just fine, j.r.

Hey, darlin'. You all right?

I'm fine.

She's had a very hard day, j.r.

These meetings take a lot out of her.

Maybe she shouldn't have so many meetings.

She and I have talked about it,

And she's hoping that

The ladies will let her resign.

I... I hope you don't mind my bringing it up, sue ellen.

I know how reluctant you were to mention it.

Well... That would be an enormous relief if I could resign.

Well, if you really want to, sue ellen...

Just till the baby's born, of course,

And you're feelin' yourself again.

Thank you very much.

I guess we'd better get goin'.

Seth will be wonderin' what happened to me.

Bye.

Come on, sue ellen.

Let's see what Theresa's doing for dinner.

Jock.

Hi.

Hey, daddy.

What do you say, j.r.?

Ray krebbs around?

I saw him about an hour ago. Why?

I just wanna see him.

Well, I'm afraid you won't be able to see him tonight.

He said as soon as he changed clothes,

He was goin' into town.

Oh, yeah? Well, I'm headin' back that way myself.

Tell sue ellen I'll be late.

I'll take care of it.

Ahh, I'll tell you, though, it's like the man says...

We gotta quit seein' each other this way, Donna.

I ain't complainin'.

I want more of you than just nights in a bar

Or a motel, you know.

Mmm. Well, what if that's all there is?

Well, that just can't be, now.

Why don't we go away someplace?

Take a week.

Really get to know each other, have some fun.

It's gettin' kind of serious for me.

Before we go a whole lot further,

I think we better figure out where we wanna end up.

Hey, Donna. How you doin'?

J.r., uh, how are you doin'?

Oh, well, just fine, just fine.

Thought I'd sneak out of the office and do a little buyin'.

You, uh, lookin' for something for sam?

Oh, no, I was just doin' some window-shopping.

Oh, yeah?

Well, it was, uh, nice seein' you. Bye.

Say, Donna?

Donna, you know, I was real surprised

When sam introduced you as his wife.

Yeah, most people are,

But, uh, they get over it.

Oh, I'm not talkin' against it...

No, I think it's probably the best thing in the world

Ever happened to him

To have a pretty young lady like you for a wife.

Well, he seems happy.

Yeah, I suppose there's a lot of advantages for him.

I can see where there would be advantages for you, too.

I bet you can.

Course, I suppose there would be drawbacks...

Uh, namely, his age.

I hate to tell you, but that's not really original.

You see, you're not the first person

To point out that a young, healthy woman like myself

Couldn't possibly have a happy sex life with sam.

No, I don't suppose it's original,

But I... I do suppose it's true.

Well, and I guess you think that,

Uh, you are just the man to fill my lonely hours.

Oh, me? No, no, no. I'm a married man.

I believe in the sanctity of marriage.

Ah. Well, you're gonna have to tell me

What all this is leading to.

You know, a funny thing

Happened to me last night on the way home.

I was on my to the ranch... It was pretty late...

Old ray krebbs' pickup truck just came barrelin' past me,

Doin' well over the speed limit.

So, I... I thought something might be wrong, see.

So I did a u-turn, and I followed him,

And... And you can imagine how surprised I was

When all he did was turn in to the starlight motel.

And I bet you were so surprised,

You just hung around long enough

To find out who he was meetin'.

Well, I always was a curious one.

Ray has had some unfortunate romantic experiences

In his past,

And I just wouldn't want that old boy to get hurt again.

So?

So I can't understand him

Foolin' around with a married woman.

You can cut out all this nonsense

About caring whether ray gets hurt or not.

I mean, what you really want is something

In exchange for not telling sam, right?

Who, me tell sam?

Oh, no, never, never.

I don't think he'd take kindly to anybody

Who told him that his wife was foolin' around.

I especially don't think he'd take kindly to the ewings

When he found out it was their foreman

That she was foolin' around with.

Well, you're gonna have to spell it out for me, j.r.

I mean, you're just way over my head.

Sam is on the fence between the ewings and the o.l.m.,

And I want you to tell him

That takin' the power away from the o.l.m. Would be a fine idea.

And in return?

Ray will never find out from me who you are.

You know, if he got a broken heart again,

He just might go off the deep end.

I don't know what he'd do to you or to sam.

Oh, do you think I care if you tell ray?

I read people pretty well.

Yes, I think you care quite a lot.

Matter of fact, I'm bankin' on it.

Well, there's the little store I was lookin' for.

I think I'll go and buy my wife some trinkets.

You have a nice day.

Well, I don't know.

Well, come on, it's gonna be a great party.

Tommy said some guys are comin' over from plano!

You guys, I thought we were just gonna

Fool around here for a little while.

Oh, why stay here when there's a party?

Come on. These really pepped you up

The other day, didn't they?

Yeah, it did make me feel pretty good.

Well, one more isn't gonna hurt you any.

Come on, how's it gonna be a party without the four of us?

All right, but those guys from plano better be cute.

Yeah. Why?

I was just gettin' ready.

Where?

Is something wrong?

All right.

See you there.

Evenin', daddy.

J.r.

What you got there?

Oh, just some breeding reports.

Looks like ray's gonna start stocking

That land of his.

Is that a fact? Well, good for him.

I ought to look him up and see if I can give him a hand.

Well, I'm sure he'd appreciate that.

Oh, uh, have you heard anything

From sam culver yet?

No, sir, not today...

But, uh, think I'll be hearin' from him shortly.

I feel good about this, daddy.

Hey, sugar.

Hi.

Mmm.

I feel kind of funny

Meetin' you out here in the open like this.

Yeah.

It's the first time, isn't it?

Yeah. I kind of like it, though.

Did you ever wonder why?

Well, you know I have.

But you never asked.

Well, not because I didn't want to.

Maybe I was afraid of the answer.

Anyway, I figured you'd tell me

When you were ready to.

Well, uh... Ray, I'm, uh... I'm leaving Dallas.

Leavin' or runnin'?

You're not gonna let me do this the easy way, are you?

Well, you know, I never found an easy way.

OK. I'm married, ray.

I have been for nearly 3 years.

So, you love your husband?

That's a strange question.

It's the best one I know

To find out where I stand.

I care for him a great deal.

He's, uh... An older man...

Very rich, uh...

Very powerful.

His name is sam culver.

Oh, so you just go out

And find yourself a nice, young stud, huh?

Good old ray krebbs.

Hey, that isn't the truth.

If that's all that I was looking for,

I'm gonna tell you,

It would've happened with somebody way before now,

But it didn't.

Not until you.

Supposed to make me feel better?

It is supposed to make you understand

How very special you are to me... And you are!

So, what are you gonna do?

I told sam that I was leaving him...

That I loved him but I wasn't in love with him.

How'd he take that?

He said that I'd given him a new life...

That he... He knew it wouldn't last forever.

He asked me if, uh... If there was anything I needed,

Wished me well.

I almost told him I'd stay.

Are you gonna divorce him?

Mm-hmm.

Well, then don't leave. Stay here.

Give us some time.

Let's see how we feel about each other.

But I can't! I am so confused

About what's going on in my life right now

That I don't know what to do,

And I'm not proud of what I've done to you or sam.

And I just need some time to find out

If I'm ready to make a commitment.

Donna, we can work this out together.

Ohh! Ohh.

You are such a good man.

You have so much to offer a woman,

I can't even begin to tell you.

Don't you know that you have made me

See my life for what it really is?

I mean, that's why I can leave sam.

I'm not gonna be gone forever.

And, uh... Well, when I come back...

I mean, if, uh... If you're still interested...

I'll be here.

I just think it's one of those things

We just have to live with... nothin' to worry about,

As far as I'm concerned.

J.r., you got a phone call from sam culver.

Oh, yeah. Thank you.

Hello, sam?

How you doin'?

J.r., I wanted to give you my answer on the o.l.m.

Well, yes, sir.

Donna and I had quite a talk yesterday

About ewing oil and the o.l.m.

Oh, good. Good, I'm happy you came to a decision

So quickly.

Well, I don't think you will be.

Donna told me to tell you

She thinks the o.l.m.'s doin' an excellent job.

So do I.

Cliff Barnes is gonna get my full support.

Do me good to get a little more active.

Well, I'd, uh, certainly like an opportunity

To talk to you in private.

I think I could change your mind.

There's nothing you can tell me Donna hasn't.

Give my best to your mama and daddy.

What did he have to say, j.r.?

Well, it looks like we still have cliff Barnes

And o.l.m. On our backs.

Damn!

Yes.

Mornin', everyone.

Hi, ray, how's it goin'?

All right.

Fact is, I wanted to know

If you still had those house plans around.

I think I have a copy in the car.

Let's go take a look.

Figure I find something I like,

It would take a year or so to build, right?

Well, about that.

Does this have something to do with that new lady of yours?

Well, that didn't work out, Bobby, at least not yet.

More important, though,

Is I learned something this time.

Like what?

Well, that I could really care for somebody again.

I tell you, that's a damn fine feelin'.

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