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Hello, baby.

Hello, mama. What're you doing back in Texas?

I came to see you.

You should've come by the ranch first.

Maybe j.r. Would've given you some more money.

You could've left again.

I take it you got the test results back.

You're pregnant, mrs. Ewing.

You think money's the answer to everything, don't you?

It's the answer to you.

I'm not leaving here until I do see lucy!

No, honey, you're wrong.

You're leaving here before nightfall.

The disease is random.

You could have a child

That would come through it unscathed.

Or die before it was a year old.

Hi.

Hi.

I was a little surprised

When you were up and out of bed

Before I even got up this morning.

I couldn't really sleep.

I know. I got up at 3:00,

And you were already gone.

I heard the baby crying. I was in with him.

Yeah, I know that, too.

I stopped by and looked in the nursery.

Why didn't you come in?

Well, I didn't want to disturb you.

You made such a pretty picture,

Sitting there holding the baby.

I was just trying to put him back to sleep, Bobby.

He has a nurse, pam, and a mother.

You know how sue ellen is.

However sue ellen is, that's not your baby.

That's not fair!

Honey, fair is you trying to put

Our baby to sleep, not hers.

We decided to wait.

Wrong! We decided to have a baby.

You decided to wait.

And the worst part about it is,

Pam, I don't know why.

Now, I see you with baby John.

I know you love children.

There's got to be a reason you

Don't want one of our own.

It's not that I don't want one of our own.

Then what is it?

Good morning, Bobby. Good morning, pam.

Good morning, jock.

Slow down, jock.

You're just gobbling your food.

Well, I didn't know you

Was going to dilly dally around all day.

We've got a lot of places to go,

Miss ellie.

The stores don't open until 10:00.

I know that.

At the rate you're going,

We won't get to Dallas before noon.

I don't think it matters. There can't be anything

Left in Dallas to buy the baby.

Jock: nothing to buy?

Why, I haven't even started yet.

You're going to spoil him rotten.

Well, I did the same thing for Bobby,

And he turned out all right.

Ain't that right, pam?

Just terrific.

Pam: I think I'll be going to work.

Miss ellie: just like that?

Pam: well, I'm going to change first. Bye-bye.

We'll see you later.

Bobby: good morning.

Bobby, eaten yet?

No, daddy, I'm not hungry.

Man: yeah. That's right.

Think we could... Harry, listen.

Do it this way, if you'd listen, all right?

That's what's going on.

Yup, yup.

I'll meet you there at 12:30.

Thank you. Bye-bye.

Hello. Is Dr. Holliston in, please?

This is Pamela ewing.

Dr. Holliston? Pamela ewing.

You gave my father his physical.

I'm sorry. I know this must be an imposition,

But I was wondering, could you give me

An examination this morning?

No, no. I feel fine.

There's just some things

I'd really like to be sure about.

What time?

OK, I'll be there. Thank you, doctor.

Hi, mama. Daddy in the house?

No, why?

I just want to check some figures on the herd,

That's all.

He went into Dallas.

He and j.r. Are having a meeting.

I bet j.r.'s tickled about that, isn't he?

Heh. Well, the fact is, he didn't seem overjoyed.

He's still having trouble

With the office of land management.

Your daddy's trying to help.

My brother-in-law, the wonderful cliff Barnes.

A great family I married into, huh, mama?

Well, I'm sure Pamela must think

The same thing about us ewings occasionally.

Frankly, I'm not too sure what Pamela thinks anymore.

Maybe it's because she's a Barnes.

Or maybe it's

Just because she's a woman, I don't know.

Is that a touch of male chauvinism creeping in?

No. More like male confusion.

Mama, how did you and daddy do it

All these years?

I mean, you don't fight.

You barely disagree about most things.

About most things, we don't.

But if you think we don't fight,

Well, you just haven't been around when it was happening.

As much as I love your daddy,

I think we could find something to fight about

Every day, if we wanted to.

You ewings aren't the easiest men in the world

To live with.

Us ewings? Mama, after all these years,

Don't you think you're a ewing?

Mostly. But there's still part of me

That's ellie southworth, always will be.

Just as there's a part of pam

That will always be a Barnes.

I guess that's true enough.

But it don't make it any easier.

Bobby, if you have something to say

About Pamela, then say it. If not, stop hinting around.

You are the most direct person I've ever met.

No, I don't have anything to say, but...

I guess I was just unfair

To her this morning, that's all.

Then apologize.

I don't think I was that unfair.

It's just a great big part of our life,

Mama, that we can't agree on.

And I don't know why.

That's not your problem, is it?

It's mine and pam's. We'll work it out.

I just wanted to talk to you.

Ever since I was a little kid,

I could only talk to 2 people...

You and Gary.

Well, you're still a little boy to me.

As hard as it may be for you to believe,

So is j.r. Now, scoot!

I've got things to do.

Yes, ma'am.

Lucy!

Lucy...

Hello, baby.

Well, mama. What're you doing back in Texas?

I came to see you.

Did you, mama?

Of course.

Well, you should've come by the ranch first.

Maybe j.r. Would've given you some more money,

And you could've left again.

Well, all the lab results aren't in as yet,

But from these preliminary reports,

It appears there are

No symptoms of neurofibromatosis.

Then maybe I don't have the disease?

No. It simply means there are no symptoms.

But that's not at all unusual.

Look how late in life your father's symptoms surfaced.

But even if they should show up later,

It's unlikely at your age

That they would prove to be fatal.

I don't understand.

If I don't have any symptoms,

How can I transmit the disease

To my children?

I understood you to say you didn't have any children.

I don't, but what if I did?

It's an inherited, genetic disease, mrs. Ewing.

It's passed from one generation to the next.

Even though it's not always fatal in children,

As in your case, your brother's case,

You both survived.

You both carry the strain.

I thought I made that clear to you

When I examined your father.

Yes, you did.

I just hoped that if I didn't carry it,

That if I had a child...

Mrs. Ewing, I wish I could give you some hope

That you could have children safely.

The disease is random. You could have a child

That would come through it unscathed.

Or die before it was a year old.

Yes. I'm sorry.

Other diseases have been cured.

One day, we'll cure this one.

But not in time for me to have a baby.

I am sorry.

That's not your fault, is it?

It's no one's fault, mrs. Ewing.

It's just something the Barnes family carries.

Just something the Barnes family carries.

You're damn right we got reasons to worry.

It seems to me that every other oil man

In this state drills anywhere

That even smells like oil.

We can't drill a foot into the ground

And the o.l.m. Puts a stop to it.

You're not the only one, jock.

He's stopped a lot of other drilling, too.

Yeah, but always in and around

Where ewing has oil leases.

You'll pardon my saying so,

But Barnes is no fool.

He can't be too obvious

About putting the screws to ewing oil.

He's stopping just enough other drilling

To make it look good.

Harv, you've been my lawyer

Since near day one.

You mean to sit there and tell me

There's nothing we can do to stop him?

Can't get an injunction?

Restraining order or something?

We've tried, jock, but he's got

Every ecological group in the state behind him.

And they think he's doing a great job.

Aside from which, so far,

The courts have agreed that he has not overstepped

The bounds of his authority.

Now we're back to the same old bone.

What in the hell do we do about cliff Barnes?

He can't be bribed?

Alan...

I do not particularly enjoy hearing

That kind of question coming

From a member of my legal firm.

Jock: oh, don't be so damned stuffy, harv.

That's a good question.

Yeah, but the answer is no.

There's not enough money in the state of Texas

To get him off our backs, dad.

Well, there must be something he wants.

Jock: well, I'll tell you what he wants.

He wants to see us ewings down and out,

Just like that no-good drunken daddy of his.

There ain't no way we're going to drag him

Out of the o.l.m.

But before the o.l.m., he did run for office.

Yes, and he quit before the election.

After that, he couldn't get 2 cents' worth support

From the whole state.

He surely did want to get elected.

Oh, Barnes just loves to be the people's choice.

He also loves all the power

That goes with a big government office.

How about Barnes for president?

I imagine he'd leave the o.l.m.

For that.

I'll bet he would.

All that talk don't help a bit.

No matter how good it sounds,

There's not a man in the state of Texas

Fool enough to back cliff Barnes for office.

Not even dog catcher.

Yeah, you're right, dad.

Who'd even dream of backing old cliff Barnes

For public office?

Hi. You still here, mama?

I thought you'd have gotten your money

And gone by now.

Lucy, I wrote to you, and I explained

That I did not take any money from j.r.

Why should I believe that?

Because it's true.

But I know that I have got

A lot more explaining to do to you.

Don't bother. It really doesn't matter to me.

Oh, honey, I know how you must feel.

Oh, no, you don't.

You don't know anything about me.

I know that I gave birth to you

And that I love you very much.

You love me like you love my daddy?

You ran off and left him, too.

No, I never did. We just never had a chance.

We had a chance, all right.

We were all together at the ranch.

We could've made it.

Except it got too rough for you two,

So you both ran off. That's funny.

It was too rough for you,

But it was all right to leave me there.

Well, that was your home,

And you were brought up there.

I knew that miss ellie

Would take care of you. They love you.

Oh, yeah. According to you, everybody loves me.

Why don't I feel like they do?

Why do I feel like I don't belong to anybody?

Darling, listen, I know it's hard for you

To understand...

But you do belong to your daddy and me.

I'll tell you something, lady.

I hurt sometimes, but I can handle that.

What I can't handle is you coming back again

And making me think I really do have a mama.

And then one day, finding out you're gone again.

So, don't bother, lady. Don't even try.

Oh, my baby...

Mrs. Reeves...

There, there, there, young fella.

We're going to get you comfy

In just a minute.

Would you like to change him, mrs. Ewing?

That's what I'm paying you for.

Hello.

Good afternoon, Bobby.

Anything for me?

Ah, yes. Well, nothing that looks important.

Thank you.

Mm-hmm.

Is my daddy in the office?

No, sir. He and j.r. Went

Out to lunch with the others.

I really don't know when they'll be back.

Now, if that were my honeymoon,

I wouldn't settle for anything less than tahiti.

That's just the problem.

It's either tahiti or living room furniture.

Take tahiti. The first year,

You won't even know if you have furniture.

Ewing oil.

Uh, I believe he's in a meeting

Right now. May I ask who's calling?

Can I say what it's in reference to?

One moment, please.

There's a lady on the line.

She won't give me her name.

Just that it's something to do

With lucy. Said it's very important.

I'll take it in my office.

OK. Line 3.

Thank you.

Bobby ewing.

Bobby, this is valene, uh, ewing.

Val? Well, how are you? Where are you?

In Dallas. I'm sorry, but I was afraid

To give my name in case j.r. Was there.

Yeah, well, I can understand that.

How's Gary? Where is he?

Well, Bobby,

I don't want to go into too much over the phone,

But I do need to see you,

But not at your office or southfork.

Well, just name the time and place.

Is tomorrow all right?

I'm working from 4:00 to midnight

In a little cafe near here

And I don't want to be late my first night.

Tomorrow's fine. Just tell me where.

Well, you know the Kennedy memorial

By the old courthouse?

Sure.

About 10:00 tomorrow morning?

I'll be there.

Thank you, Bobby.

Bye-bye. Bye.

Pam?

Yes?

Oh, there you are. You had me worried.

Why?

Well, liz Craig called from the store

About an hour ago,

And said she hadn't seen you all day.

She said it's very important for you to call

A mr. Holliston at this number.

Oh, well, thank you.

I'm sorry.

I didn't feel like working,

So I just drove around all day.

Well, maybe you should call liz

And tell her you're here,

After you talk to mr. Holliston.

I will. Thank you.

Doctor's office.

Hello. Uh, this is Pamela ewing.

Is Dr. Holliston in, please?

One moment, please.

Dr. Holliston: mrs. Ewing?

Yes.

I hope you didn't mind my saying

"Mr. Holliston" instead of doctor.

I didn't know if you had spoken

To anyone about your visit.

I didn't want to risk opening a discussion.

Thank you. That was very thoughtful.

I take it you got the test results back.

No. Not all of them as yet.

But what we do have back shows

That there might be a problem.

With the disease?

Yes, in a way.

Your blood samples and urinalysis

Show one thing for sure.

You're pregnant, mrs. Ewing.

Hi. Hi, Bobby.

Have you seen pam?

I think she's resting.

She didn't seem to feel well this afternoon.

What's the matter with her?

Just a headache, she said.

I'll go check on her.

Yeah, see you.

Honey, are you all right?

Yeah. I'm just tired.

Guess who I talked to today. Valene.

Valene?

Remember, lucy's mother... Valene?

She's back in Dallas.

Oh.

I'm going to go see her tomorrow,

And I thought maybe you'd like to come along.

She'd love to see you.

Well, I'd love to, Bobby,

But I'm going to be tied up the whole day.

Uh, honey, look.

I'm sorry about this morning.

I shouldn't have gotten upset

With you like that.

Well, I'm sorry I gave you reason to.

But you didn't, really.

And I won't put any more pressure on you

About having a baby.

It's just when I see you with little John

Like that, I... Well, I can't help wishing

He was ours, that's all.

Don't you think I know

How much our having a baby would mean to you?

Sometimes, that's exactly what I think.

Other times, I don't know.

But I would rather never have a baby,

Honey, than have it cause

This trouble between us.

Can I tell you something,

And then we won't talk about it again?

OK.

More than anything in the world,

I would love to have our child.

And I'd want it to be a little boy

Who grew up to be just like you.

But...

Pam, whatever's the matter,

Whatever your reasons are,

You're going to have to tell me sometime.

Sometime soon.

I know.

I know.

Say, you better start getting dressed, honey.

Your mama's going to be here soon.

Is that the reason

For your cheerful mood, j.r.?

That my mama's coming with her new beau,

Or that she's bringing my baby sister with her?

Sue ellen, when you stopped drinking,

I had hoped that your outlook on life would change.

But I guess that's just too much

For anybody to hope for, isn't it?

There's a time when that would've hurt me,

J.r., but not anymore.

I don't give a damn what you do.

Then what, may I ask, is keeping you here

At southfork and my bedroom?

What is keeping me here is seeing

Your face when your daddy tells you

How proud he is of little John

And how much he looks like you.

And all the time you're wondering

If he really looks like you or cliff Barnes.

Here. Why don't you finish this for me,

Sue ellen?

And maybe you ought to start drinking again.

At least when you were drunk,

You didn't talk so much.

Good morning, ladies.

Good morning, j.r.

Alan beam here yet?

Louella: yes, sir, he's waiting in your office.

All right. Hold all calls until he leaves.

Yes, sir.

Alan.

Hi, j.r.

You get that information I called you about?

Yes, sir. When they established

The office of land management,

They were very careful

About the possibility

Of any conflict of interest.

Which means?

Well, that whoever's the head of the o.l.m.

Is required to resign his position

Before he can announce candidacy

For public office.

So, he couldn't get elected, say, to congress,

And then resign.

No, it's very clearly spelled out.

I see. So, cliff Barnes

Would have to be fairly sure

He was going to win that election

Before he resigned, wouldn't he?

Oh, yes, sir. He's not a stupid man.

No, no, but he's a hungry one.

If it were possible to convince him

That he had enough support to win...

And enough financing to conduct

A large-scale campaign.

It'd be worth it to him, wouldn't it?

Political campaigns cost a great deal of money.

Well, getting cliff Barnes out of the o.l.m.

Is worth millions to me.

Well, sometimes you have to spend some to make some.

Of course, you'd need someone to channel

The money to the right places.

You certainly wouldn't want there to be

Any connection to ewing oil.

I don't suppose you have anybody in mind

For that job, do you, Alan?

Beyond me? Not a soul.

All right, tell you what.

You scout around, see if you can find

Any influential people that might be persuaded to start

The ball rolling for him.

Yes, sir. Uh, one thing, though.

Have you ever considered

The possible consequences

Of cliff Barnes really getting elected?

You know, that is a good question, Alan.

It reassures me to see that you

Still have some things to learn.

Such as?

Once cliff Barnes resigns, it wouldn't surprise me

At all to see all that money

That's been supporting his campaign

Just suddenly disappear.

I'm glad it's cliff Barnes

You're after and not me.

That'd be a good thing for you to remember, Alan.

Real good. Heh heh.

How can you be certain?

There hasn't even been enough time.

I'm afraid there's no mistake, mrs. Ewing.

You are pregnant.

You understand we can determine

Pregnancy now,

Between 14 and 20 days after conception.

If you hadn't come in for these tests,

You wouldn't have realized it

For some time.

What are the baby's chances?

I'm afraid I don't have an answer for that.

But I've heard of tests you can run on the fetus,

Tests that determine whether or not

The baby will be healthy.

Yes, there are such tests, and ordinarily,

A determination could be reached.

Ordinarily? Why not for me?

In a baby with neurofibromatosis,

No signs... None... Will show up

For at least 4 to 6 months

After the baby's born.

What am I supposed to do?

Carry a baby for 9 months and then sit back

And watch it die?

You know I can't answer that, mrs. Ewing.

That's between you and your husband.

No! I don't want him to know about this.

Well, don't you think he should?

Would it help the baby?

It might help you.

Causing Bobby pain won't help me.

If I decide to do something about this,

I want it over and done with before he knows.

Mrs. Ewing... Before you make any decision,

Please think very carefully about this.

Isn't there someone you can talk to,

Confide in?

Yes, there's someone.

Probably the only person who'll know just how I feel.

Cliff: I'm here. So, tell me what's so important

And why we have to meet in the street.

I couldn't really talk in your office,

And I didn't want to discuss it

In front of daddy.

I'm listening.

I'm pregnant.

You're pregnant?

Oh, my god.

So, how far along are you?

Is there any chance that the baby can be born with...

They can't tell.

It's just like little John.

Maybe it'll be all right, and...

Listen, does Bobby know?

No. And he's not going to.

Now, wait a minute. You got to tell Bobby.

Not if I have an abortion first.

An abortion?

You just don't throw that word around lightly.

Is that what you think I'm doing?

Yeah. I think you're looking for the easy way out.

Do you? Well, what would you have told

Sue ellen if you'd known your son

Might die before he was a year old?

I don't know.

Well, wouldn't it have been better

For him if he'd never been born at all?

No. Because I don't know for sure that he's sick.

And you don't know for sure,

But what you won't have a healthy baby.

Can you take that chance?

I don't know.

I don't know why I thought you

Could help me. I'm sorry.

I just needed somebody to talk to.

Just to hear it all out loud.

Pam, look, I'd help you if I could.

You've got to tell Bobby.

It's not just my baby.

He knows you're

The father of sue ellen's child.

I'll have to tell him about the disease,

And he'll know little John might die.

I won't do that to Bobby.

I just won't.

Pam...

Thank you for meeting me, Bobby.

You knew I would.

Yeah.

You look great, val, how you been?

Oh, fine. Just fine.

Have you been in touch with lucy?

Yeah. That's why I want to talk to you.

Trouble, huh?

Yeah.

I followed her to school yesterday.

I tried to talk to her.

She don't want to have nothing to do with me,

Bobby.

She was hurt bad, val. You got to expect that.

Yeah, I did, in a way, but not like she was.

So... Spiteful.

Of course, I guess there's no reason

That she should feel any different.

Like she said, I never was a mama to her.

Maybe I shouldn't have come back.

Why did you come back?

What's different now than before?

Some things. I've been in touch with Gary.

You have?

Mm-hmm.

Well, how's he doing? Where is he?

Well, he's been doing pretty good.

Doesn't drink at all.

He's been working out on the west coast.

He tells me

He's even been putting a little money aside.

See, that's what I want to tell lucy.

Not that I could promise anything,

But just that me and Gary have been talking,

And... I don't know. Maybe we'll try

To see each other again soon.

See if we can work something out.

Don't you think it's a bit early

To get her hopes up, val?

I just want to talk to her, Bobby.

I thought maybe you could help, that's all.

Val, I don't know if I should help.

She was hurt so bad last time.

And a couple of times since then.

She's gettin' herself together now, val.

She's happy.

Seein' you again, her thinkin'

That you might all be one big happy family.

Val, what if it doesn't work again this time?

I don't know what she might do.

I don't know if she can take gettin' her hopes up

All over again and then losin' you.

I understand, Bobby.

Whatever happened before, I mean,

The last thing that I wanted

Was to hurt her.

I don't want to make her no promises.

There's only 2 things

In this world that I love...

Your brother Gary and my little girl.

And I don't believe that I can stand livin'

Without us at least bein' friends.

Please, Bobby.

OK.

We'll see her after school.

Now, where can I find you?

I'm at the big sky motel on lemmon

Over by love field.

OK.

And, Bobby, don't say anything at all

About me bein' here.

The last thing that I want is for j.r. Ewing

To know that I'm within 500 Miles of Dallas.

There she is.

Why don't you just sort of ask her

To come on over here and talk?

I mean, she might not be too happy,

Me just showin' up with her friends there.

OK.

Lucy?

Bobby, what are you doing here? Did you see us?

We're pretty terrific, huh?

Yes, you look fine, you look fine.

Honey, I've got valene with me.

She wants to talk to you,

And I think you ought to listen.

So, she asked you to come and get me.

Tell her she could've saved you the trouble.

Lucy, at least talk to her.

Look, if you want to believe her, fine.

You talk to her.

Ready? Hit it. Let's do it one more time.

Max: well, what'd I tell you, j.r.?

That's quite a group of girls out there, isn't it?

Yeah. Heh heh.

Max: look at your little niece.

Doesn't that make you proud?

Uh-huh.

I'm sorry, val.

I'll talk to her again when I get home.

Well, I'm glad you asked me by today, max.

I wouldn't have missed this for the world.

Hi.

Is it still raining?

No. It stopped a while ago.

Want some coffee?

Yeah. OK.

Ellie: how was your day?

Pam: hmm, not so good. How was yours?

A little slow.

I used to have sue ellen to talk to,

But she still stays

Pretty close to her room.

I'm sure she'll be feeling better soon.

I hope so. If I didn't have

Little John to play with,

I don't know what I'd do.

It's easy to get attached to him, isn't it?

Too attached, I'm afraid.

It's been a long time since we

Had a baby around here.

Did you miss having a baby around

Before little John was born?

Well, not as much as jock did.

I had 3.

That's enough to last for a while.

Did you ever think what it would have been like

If you hadn't had any children?

Well, there were some times when I thought

It would be a blessing.

What about your life, your marriage to jock?

Wouldn't it have been different without them?

Oh, I'm sure it would have been different.

I'm not saying better or worse,

But certainly different.

I didn't marry jock just to have children.

That was sort of a by-product

Of our love for each other.

We would've missed a great deal of joy

Without them...

And a great deal of sorrow, too.

But jock and I... We've always

Loved each other.

Always been pretty honest with each other.

With or without children, I think

We would have had a good life together.

Hmm.

Listen to me.

You ask a simple question,

And I give you the story of my life.

No. No, I want to hear.

It's really important to me that I know.

Why, pam? Why is it so important?

Because of Bobby.

Children are so important to Bobby.

I don't know if our marriage could survive without them.

And I think Bobby's doin' a fine job with the ranch.

But he could be a big help down in Austin.

I think you better fill me in on that, j.r.

Yes, sir. Yes, sir, I will.

The more heat we put on Barnes

Down at that end, the more likely he is to jump

At something that looks good to him.

You talkin' about him runnin' for office again?

Well, you'd be surprised the number of people

Who think he might make a good congressman.

And I don't think it's a bad idea

To jump on that bandwagon.

I think we'll be worse off with him in congress

Than we are now.

There's a big difference

Between runnin' and gettin' elected.

Now, all I'm sayin', dad, is I think

We'd be better off with Bobby down in Austin,

With me maneuvering Barnes around up here, OK?

Ah, maybe so. Bobby, j.r. Thinks

You ought to run down to Austin

And call in some of our markers.

Bobby: what sort of markers, dad?

Any kind that'll set a barn fire

Under the o.l.m.

They got us over a barrel, bob.

And I mean a barrel of oil.

We tried that last time, and it didn't work.

Well, Barnes has stepped

On a lot of toes since then.

They might be willing to listen.

When do you think I should go down there, j.r.?

Well, there's no sense in waitin'

Past tomorrow morning.

I got things to do tomorrow.

Bobby, I think in this case that j.r.'s right.

I feel you ought to go.

If you want me to, I will, but not tomorrow.

You raised a stubborn boy.

He said he'd help us. Let it go at that.

Yes, sir. Yes, sir, I will.

I got some things to do tomorrow myself.

I waited up for you last night

Till almost 2:00.

I had a date.

I thought maybe you were tryin' to avoid me,

Especially leavin' so early in the morning.

I've got an early cheerleading practice.

At 6:00?

Lucy.

You're gonna have to talk to valene sometime.

I've done all the talking I'm gonna do.

You are a stubborn little cuss, you know that?

So are you.

Yeah, but the difference is

I'm willing to listen to reason.

Look, she ran without even saying good-bye.

Honey, I've said everything to her

That you can say to me now.

No matter what she's done in the past, hon,

She came back.

And she came back 'cause she loves you.

There's that magic word again... Love.

Bobby: all right. All right, forget love.

You owe her something. Now, she's your mama.

Don't you ever forget that.

You think it's easy for her to come back like this?

She knows exactly the way you feel about her.

She doesn't want to hurt you, lucy.

I swear.

She just wants to talk to you.

OK.

All right. Let's go.

Now?

No better time.

No. I want some time to think about it first.

Besides, I really do have an early practice.

I'll go with you this afternoon, I promise.

All right. Before 4:00.

That's when she goes to work.

OK, how about 3:00 at the practice field?

I'll be there.

I'll call valene and tell her we're comin'.

OK.

Hello, valene.

I never thought I'd see you back here again.

How'd you find me?

Oh, it wasn't too hard.

Once I heard you were back in town,

I just had some of my friends check out

Some of the cheaper motels.

I figured you'd be livin' in the style

You've become accustomed to,

And, sure enough, here you are.

Get the hell out of here.

Now, what do I have to do

To get you to stay away from us?

I warned you not to come back to Dallas.

I just want to see lucy.

I'll bet you do.

I'll betcha I know why, too.

Oh, no, you would never understand why.

Not in a million years.

Well, I do understand that you

And that drunken brother of mine'd do

Just about anything to get to live on southfork again.

Get a slice of the pie before it's too late.

You think money's

The answer to everything, don't you?

I think it's an answer to you.

And you're using lucy to get at it.

Well, I don't care what you think,

Because you're wrong.

And I'm not leavin' here until I do see lucy!

No, honey, you're wrong.

You're leavin' here before nightfall.

Get out of here, j.r.

I swear I'll call the police if you don't.

Well, I like your sense of humor.

Now, go on, pack your little bags,

And you'll be out of here in about 5 minutes.

Oh. All right.

And if I don't?

Well, if you don't, I'll have a friend of mine

Escort you out of town and keep you out...

Permanently.

It won't work anymore, j.r.

I have run from you for the last time.

There's nothin' left for you to do to me.

I've got nothin' left to lose,

Except lucy, and I'm not gonna lose her again!

You've already lost her. You just don't know it.

Bobby: I don't think so, j.r.

I was doin' it for you, lucy.

I couldn't stand to see her hurt you again.

Thank you for standin' up to him, mama.

Lucy, you just stay and talk to your mama

As long as you want. When you're done,

You can bring my car home.

J.r. Will be glad to take me home.

We have a lot of things to talk about,

Don't we, j.r.?

I'm sorry, mama, for all the things

I said to you this morning.

Oh, no, no, no, baby, you were right.

I never was a good mama to you.

But not because I didn't want to be.

I always loved you.

I know.

My life's kind of mixed up right now,

And I can't promise

That it's gonna get any better,

But if we could just start off

By... By bein' friends, by just...

Likin' each other.

Well, I mean, it's a place to start.

I love you, mama.