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Mark came to my office yesterday.

He left this envelope with me and asked that I give it to you.

- I wanted to tell you I was ready to try. - Try what? Getting back together?

Why is Jessica more concerned about Dusty coming to your wedding than you?

Because Jessica's not his aunt.

I tell in love with Bobby from the first time I saw him. Pam, I'm gonna have him too.

[GASPS]

- I never want to see you again. - You're calling 0” that wedding.

I got enough evidence on you and your sister to put you both in jail.

BOBBY: Okay, who's gonna tell him, you or me?

JENNA: About our getting married? You are. BOBBY: Oh, you can't do it yourself, huh?

JENNA: Bobby, it's your family.

BOBBY: Well, I can see who's gonna be doing the work in this marriage.

[JENNA LAUGHING]

Yes, it is.

Well, thank you, Jackie. I'll try and reach her at home later. Bye.

BOBBY: Is anybody home?

LUCY: Bobby. BOBBY: Oh, hi.

J.R.: Bob. - Listen, everybody in here--

Wait, where's Sue Ellen?

She's upstairs, but--

Lucy, would you get her? We have an announcement.

- We want the whole family to hear it. - That's all right, Lucy. Sit down.

Bob, Sue Ellen's upstairs lying down.

- This whole thing has upset her quite a bit. - Upset? About what?

Oh, I guess you didn't hear the news.

What news?

Come in, Bobby and Jenna.

What's going on? What news?

Bobby...

...Mark Graison was killed this afternoon.

What?

He was flying a Graisco plane, crashed in the Gulf of Mexico.

- Oh, dear Lord. - What about Pam? She wasn't--

No. No, she wasn't with him. He was alone.

- Has anyone spoken to her? - I tried her office. She wasn't in.

She left with Cliff as soon as they heard about it.

Did she say where they went?

No. She just said that Pam was pretty shaken up.

What was that announcement you wanted to make?

- We-- - It can wait.

Yes. Okay, well, I'll call you in the morning, and I'll let you know what you'll be doing.

Thank you, Louise. Good night.

CLIFF: She's sleeping. AFTON: Good.

I gave her a pretty strong sedative. It ought to hold her through the night.

If she needs more tomorrow, get this filled at the pharmacy.

- Thank you. - I'm afraid I've got to run.

We really appreciate you coming over so quickly.

DOCTOR: Well, if you need me tomorrow, I'll be at the hospital.

I can't believe that. I just can't believe that he's dead, you know?

Afton, I just can't believe that he's dead.

He was so happy to be getting married.

The three of us could have accomplished so much together.

Cliff, is that what you're concerned about?

Oh, come on, come on. You know how I felt about Mark. I love Pam.

It's just that plane crash put an end to some beautiful dreams.

Yes...

...some of their dreams too.

JENNA: Can I get you something to drink? Some coffee?

BOBBY: Oh, no, thank you.

JENNA: What a night, huh?

I was so happy when we left.

It's amazing how fast things change.

BOBBY: Sometimes they do.

Bobby, will things change now? I mean, between you and me?

No, why should they?

This is gonna be a difficult time for Pam.

- Well, I suppose it will. - And you'll have to see her.

She was my wife, she's Christopher's mother.

I know. and you should see her.

Bobby, I don't want you to forget one thing.

She made her decision a couple of weeks ago.

- She was gonna many Mark. - I know that.

Now I've gotta go.

But don't worry.

What happens in Pam's life doesn't affect us.

- Good night. - Good night.

[KNOCKS]

J.R.: Jessica, it's J.R. here. I have a little breakfast for you.

JESSICA: Oh, isn't that sweet. Come in, I'll be with you in a minute.

I'm glad you stopped in.

I wanted to ask you something.

Oh, what about?

Well, I was curious about last night.

You seemed so upset about that man's death.

Oh, upset is not exactly the word.

Well, he was engaged to your ex-sister-in-law, wasn't he?

I thought you didn't like her.

The only thing I did like about her was the fact that she was gonna marry him.

I see.

Now she's free again?

Exactly.

And my little brother is just dumb enough to go running back to her.

And of all the colossal luck...

...I thought the only thing I had to worry about was mama's wedding.

Your mama's wedding, yes.

You haven't come up with anything yet to stop it?

- Well, I'm working on it. - I know that.

You have detectives down in San Angelo looking for ways to smear Clayton.

I wanna warn you, J.R...

...that's a method that isn't gonna work.

Well, you work with your methods and I'll work with mine.

But time is getting short.

One of us is gonna have to come up with something...

...or we're gonna find ourselves throwing rice at the newlyweds...

...and waving them goodbye on their honeymoon.

Don't hand me that, Sly. This is the fourth time I've called today.

J.R.'s never out of the office that much.

Miss Wentworth, if I say he's out, he's out.

He's ducking my calls is what he's doing.

Now you tell him I wanna see him and I wanna see him soon.

I'll relay the message.

Could you please be a little more quiet? Pam's trying to sleep.

Don't worry about it. I'm leaving.

Wait, wait, wait, just a minute now.

- Uh, I wanna talk to you. - About what?

I wanna talk to you about my offshore drilling.

I am so close to oil I can taste it...

...and I just haven't hit yet.

Oil, oil everywhere and not a drop for Cliff.

I gotta be desperate.

Because you are the last person in the world that I would come to...

...but I need loan.

- A loan? From me? - Yeah.

Because if I don't get more money, I'm gonna have to shut down my rigs...

...and I'll lose everything I put in it.

Oh, isn't that adorable? Cliff Barnes asking me for a loan.

I'll pay you top interest, Katherine.

I don't have anybody else to tum to.

Well, obviously.

Will you lean me the money?

No.

I tell you what I will do though.

I'll buy your share of Wentworth Tool and Die.

Oh, no, no, no. that's crazy...

...because Mama left that company to all three of us...

...and I don't have anything else.

Well, the last report I read said it was worth about $75 million.

Now, you own one-third of that.

Twenty-live million dollars.

Oh, Lord, I could use that.

Uh...

I'll take it.

Good. I'll give you $18 million for your share of the company.

Wait, wait, wait. You just got through saying it was worth $25 million.

Cliff, I don't wanna haggle. Do you want the money or not?

[CHUCKLING]

Oh, boy.

You really enjoy twisting the knife, don't you?

I do get a certain satisfaction out of it, seeing how it's going into you.

Now, make up your mind. I have other things to do today.

[SIGHS]

CLIFF: No, wait, wait, wait.

- I don't have any choice. - All right.

You prepare the sale papers and call me when they're ready.

I'll bring a cashier's check right over.

SLY [OVER INTERCOM]: J-R-, Harry McSween is here.

He'd like to see you if you have a minute.

All right, send him in.

- Hello, Harry. - Morning, J.R.

- Sony to bust in on you like this. - It's all right.

- It must be important, huh? - Well, I believe it is.

I got a call from my man in San Angelo this morning.

He made contact with a fella who's got some information on the tire.

- You got an eyewitness? - Nope.

He was an insurance investigator at the time.

He showed up the following day.

And according to my source, he never was convinced that the fire was accidental.

Oh, why is that?

I'm not sure of the details. I didn't talk to the man myself.

Now, wait a minute, Harry...

...it he thought that house was torched, he would have done a full investigation.

Insurance companies don't pay on claims where arson is involved.

Well, that's just it.

Fallow never filed a claim for the insurance on the house.

Well, that sounds a bit strange to me. Doesn't it to you?

It sure does.

Did to the insurance guy too.

Especially when he saw how fast Fallow had the ruins knocked down.

- What about the police report? - There wasn't any.

Of course, that's no surprise.

We both know how Fallow's got the San Remo sheriffs eating out of his hand.

Yeah, yeah, probably so.

Say, Harry, I know how busy you are up here...

...but it'd be real helpful if you could talk to this fellow in person.

Well, it's not easy for me to get away from the department these days.

Yeah, I know that.

Maybe you could persuade him to come up here, huh?

I'd pay for it, of course.

All right. I'll see if I can't set something up.

Good. And Harry, see if you can get him to put something down on paper.

I could make real good use of a written statement.

Do my best.

[DOORBELL RINGS]

Now that will be the lawyer. Wanna get Pam?

- Hello. - Mr. Barnes, I'm Fred Robbins.

Ah. Come in.

Pam will be down in just a minute.

Pam, this is Mr. Robbins, Mark's attorney. I mentioned to you that he'd called.

Hello.

This is my girlfriend, Afton Cooper.

I explained to Mr. Barnes that I handle Mark's personal business from time to time.

He told me.

Well, Mark came to my office yesterday.

He left this sealed envelope with me and asked that I give it to you.

He didn't tell me what was inside.

Well, maybe we should go sit down.

Uh, no, I can't stay.

I just wanted to deliver that.

Thank you.

Mrs. Ewing...

...I just wanna say that I'm awfully sorry about what happened.

I only knew Mark professionally, but I liked him...

...very much.

What is it?

It's a letter to me.

Would you, please?

Yeah.

“My darling Pamela...

...so many thoughts are running through my mind right now.

It won't be easy to put them on paper, but I'm going to try.

I saw Jenny Handell Uh, Kenderson.

We had a long talk...

...and I got him to tell me what you've evidently known for some time...

...that I had an incurable disease and a very short time left to live.“

- Is that true? - I had no idea.

Cliff, please just go on.

CLIFF: “From what Jerry tells me, the next few months would be pretty unpleasant...

...and I'd end up being a burden to the people I love most.

Pam, I don't want you to see me as an invalid.

I want you to remember me the way I was this past wonderful year with you.

What I'm saying is, it's important for me to go out while I can still call myself a man.

And for that reason, I've decided to end my own life.

Pam, I realize now, why after so long, you suddenly wanted such a quick wedding.

You wanted to make sure I wouldn't be alone at the end.

Knowing that means more than I can tell you.

You are a wonderful and beautiful woman, Pam.

This past year has been the best in my life...

...and I am deeply grateful for the happiness you gave me.

I only regret that I had so little time to return it.

But you'll find happiness again.

Maybe it'll be with Bobby.

I think you two still care for each other.

Ending this letter is hard...

...because I know it's the last time I'll ever speak to you.

Pam, I love you more than anything in the world.

Remember me well...

...Mark.“

Pam, it's no trouble, really.

I'd be more than happy to stay with you.

No, thanks, Afton. I appreciate it, but I'm all right.

You really ought to go see about Cliff.

[DOORBELL RINGS]

He needs you too right now.

No, Cliff doesn't need me. The only thing he needs is money.

BOBBY: Hello, Louise. Is Pam here? LOUISE: Yeah, she's in the living room.

BOBBY: Thank you.

- Hello, Afton. - Hi, Bobby.

Pam.

Bobby.

I'm sorry.

I just came by to see if you needed something.

- If I could get you anything. - No, I'm okay.

Thank you.

AFTON: Excuse me.

Pam, I'm gonna leave now.

If you need anything, just call, okay?

I promise.

And thank you for everything, Afton.

- Don't mention it. Bye, Bobby. BOBBY: Goodbye.

I thought maybe I could take Christopher for a day or so.

Take Christopher?

Unless you'd rather keep him with you.

Oh.

No, I think it's a good idea that you take him, Bobby.

- I'd like to be by myself, at least tonight. - Sure.

- He's upstairs. - Pam.

I,uh...

I want you to know that I am truly sorry about Mark.

He was a good man.

Yes, he was.

I'll get Christopher.

[PHONE RINGING]

Ewing residence.

Yes.

Well, just a moment, please. Mr. Fallow.

- For me? - It's your son. He's calling from Idaho.

JESSICA: Steven.

Dusty, where are you?

Pocatello?

Oh, yeah, yeah. the mountain inn over there.

Well, I'm glad that you finally got the message about the wedding.

He's coming, isn't he?

CLAYTON: Sure, I understand how it is.

- If you can we'd be glad to have you. -01 course he can. Let me talk to him.

- Will you wait a minute? - Give me that phone, Clayton.

Dusty, hold on a minute.

Hello, Steven.

Jessica.

Oh, it's good to hear your voice too.

You're coming, aren't you?

Well, you have to do more than try. I want to see you.

Oh, besides...

...Clayton would be very upset if you didn't come.

Oh, that's what I wanted to hear.

Linda's coming too, of course.

Oh, yes, I'd love to say hello to her.

I knew he'd come...

...if I asked him.

[INTERCOM BUZZES]

- Yeah? JACKIE: Cliff, she's here.

Show her in.

You're late, I thought you forgot.

I do have other interests in life besides bailing out Cliff Barnes.

- Jackie, get Leo Wakefield up here. - I'll see if he's still in the office.

You got the check?

Of course I've got the check. Let me see the papers.

- There we both sign. - Do you mind if I look at them first?

No, go ahead, look. It's a one-page agreement.

All right, fine. You can sign.

You sign below, accepting.

Give me the check.

[SIGHS]

Eighteen million dollars.

Okay. You finally got what you want. I'm out of your father's company.

That's right, and it's just the first in a long line of scores I'm gonna settle.

Jackie.

Mr. Wakefield is here.

There you go, Leo. Our problems are over.

You hit oil?

No, not yet, but I got enough money to keep drilling. That's $18 million.

You're problems aren't over for long.

Why? That will keep us drilling for a few weeks.

We gotta hit oil by then.

You're forgetting one thing.

Not only are the interest payments on your loans coming up...

...but the first principle payment is due.

- So soon? - Yes, sir.

Comes to a little over $10 million.

You took a one-year loan with repayments structured in monthly increments.

What's left of this will give you another week's drilling, maybe a little more.

After that, it's back to square one, Mr. Barnes.

MAN: Right this way, Mr. Ewing. Your table's ready.

Thank you.

Anything from the bar to start with?

I'll have a bourbon and branch, club soda for my wife...

...and what do you want, beer?

- Soda would be fine, thanks. MAN: Thank you.

- Aren't you glad you came out tonight? - Yes, sir, I really appreciate it.

I always say that no matter how many problems a man has...

...he ought to get away from them sometime.

- That's very good advice, Peter. -01 course it is.

I just wish I could figure out who left that coke in my car.

I talked to everybody who drove it, they all swear the stuff wasn't theirs.

Do you think they'd admit it if it were?

No, I guess not.

All right, that's enough talk on this subject. We're taking the night off.

J.R., this is very hard for Peter. The whole thing is so unfair.

Well, life is like that sometimes, darling.

I keep having nightmares about that jail.

We're not gonna let you go back there.

Sue Ellen's right. We're gonna fight this thing, and we're gonna beat it.

I just wish I had as much confidence as you do.

Well, I don't know how yet, but trust me, there's always a way.

Besides, we can't let John Ross' best buddy become a convict, can we, darling?

Of course not.

ELLIE: Well, I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm going to bed. I'm exhausted.

- All right, good night, Ellie. - Good night, Clayton.

I'm gonna do exactly the same thing.

Good night, Ray and Donna. Thank you for dinner.

DONNA: Good night, Miss Ellie. RAY: Good night.

- Clayton, how about a nightcap? - Sure, why not?

Brandy? - Yeah.

Clayton, I couldn't help but notice the tension in the air tonight.

And it started with that phone call from Dusty.

You'd have to be deaf, dumb and blind to miss it, Clayton.

Look, things have just been building between the two of you ever since she got here.

Something is wrong, and it looks like it has to do with Dusty.

Now you can tell me to shut up if you want to...

...but I'm your friend, and I'm worried about you.

Clayton, why is Jessica so much more concerned...

...about Dusty coming to your wedding than you are?

Because Jessica's not his aunt. She's his mother.

Jessica is Dusty's mother.

- But you're his fan - Just his uncle.

His father was a--

Well, actually, I never knew who his father was...

...and I'm not sure that Jessie did either.

I guess this story might as well come out.

It has been bottled up in me for too long.

Jessica was a pretty wild kid when she was young.

It was always hard for her to keep her emotions in check.

We were close at the time, and I could kind of look after her...

...and protect her from--

Well, from herself, actually.

And then, after Amy and I got married, I really didn't have the time for Jessica.

And I guess she felt that...

...because she really started to let loose.

And one day, she came home pregnant.

Thirty, 40 years ago, I guess that caused quite a scandal.

It would have.

But we agreed upon a plan.

Amy and I...

...took her on a trip overseas so she could have the baby in peace.

I thought Dusty was born in San Angelo.

That's what we wanted people to think.

But he was born in London.

I see.

After the birth...

...Jessica went into an emotional depression that was so bad...

...we had to put her in a rest home.

An institution?

Not exactly, just a place to see that she got proper care.

Amy and I kept Dusty. That's what we had agreed upon.

We never adopted him legally, but we got a birth certificate...

...that named us as parents...

...and we took him back to Texas.

After Jessie got out of the rest home...

...she was all right?

We assumed so.

She responded to the treatment beautifully.

And actually, by the time she was released, Amy and I were back in Texas.

After a couple of years...

...she married Lord Mumford and settled down in England.

I never saw her for years...

...until Amy got sick.

And then she came over to help me take care of her.

I really don't know what I would have done without her back then.

Clayton, that's all in the past.

I mean, what about now? Why--? Why all this tension?

Her seeing Dusty worries me.

Somehow the secret might get out.

And there's always J.R.

He's looking for any possible excuse to get me to walk out on the wedding.

And she and J.R. are pretty close right now.

If he finds out about this, he'd probably blackmail me.

Now how the hell is J.R. gonna blackmail you?

Now Miss Ellie's gonna understand something like this.

It's not Miss Ellie I'm worried about, Ray.

It's Dusty.

I never told him that he was not my real son.

You didn't answer me, do you want orange juice?

What? No, tomato.

- But we're out of tomato juice. - Still?

Look, I have had a few problems of my own these past couple of days too.

Oh, really? Yeah? Well, so have I. Like keeping my rigs going.

- I thought you got more money. - I got money from Katherine...

...that'll last till the end of the week, then the drills stop turning.

Look...

...I realize I don't know a whole lot about the oil business.

Do you think that maybe you put your trust in the wrong people?

What are you talking about?

Cliff, you said so yourself. The other companies have hit.

Westar, FourState...

You think that you have the wrong crew working for you?

Well, that's ridiculous. I have one of the best crews in Texas on my payroll.

Sorry, I was just trying to help.

The only help I need right now is money...

...and you spent the little bit of that that I could use right now.

- That was my money. - My mother gave it to you.

Cliff, how can you talk to me like this?

You're right. You don't know anything about the business.

Why don't you keep your advice to yourself?

You wanna help? Get me some tomato juice.

You egotistic-- Go find your own tomato juice.

[DOOR SLAMS]

[PHONE RINGS]

- Hello. CLIFF: Hello, Jordan, it's Cliff.

Well, it's been a while.

Yeah, I know it has. I'm sorry about that.

This offshore drilling I'm doing has just taken every second of my time.

I'll bet it has. And your money too.

Yeah.

- Jordan, uh, I need a favor. - No loans.

No, no, no. No loans. I need some advice.

You're about the only oilman I know I can trust.

It's just this crew that I have working down there just hasn't produced a thing so far.

So I was wondering if you could recommend a crew to me.

Well, it's been some time since I drilled offshore. I'd have to give it some thought.

Well, I'm really fighting the clock.

Well, I'll get back to you as fast as I can.

Okay. Thank you, thank you.

Hey, look here, Mama. There's a luncheon and fashion show at the Quorum today.

It might be nice if you took Jessica there.

ELLIE: Would you like to go, Jessica?

Oh, I wouldn't mind.

- I could stand to buy some new things. - Well, good.

If you two wouldn't mind a third wheel, I'd be happy to drive you over.

Are you free today, Donna?

I'll have to check my social secretary, but I might be able to make it.

Wonderful. We'd love to have you.

It's getting late. If you're gonna go, you ought to start right about now.

J.R. is right.

I guess you're just gonna abandon me, huh?

You interested in ladies' fashions, are you, Clayton?

- No, I don't think I am. - I think you'd find it very boring.

I think so too.

Well, we'll make it ladies' day.

- Hey, Donna, where's Ray? - He is out on the range.

Well...

...I'll go over to Braddock and buy him a hamburger.

Why don't you take him to Vic's? They got a good hamburger over there.

I hope you don't mind it I don't go with you. I got a few things to do around the house.

No, that's okay.

I've got my bag and my glasses. I guess I don't need anything else.

We need to stop so I can change clothes.

All right. Goodbye, J.R.

Bye, Mama.

[CAR STARTING]

[CAR DRIVING OFF]

Well, come on in, Jessica, Miss Ellie. Make yourself right at home.

There is some coffee right there if you'd like some. Okay?

All right. That will be fine. I'll help myself.

- Jessica? - Oh, no, thanks.

You know, I'm so happy that Dusty's coming to the wedding.

- I've always liked him. - Have you?

Oh, yes.

Now that he doesn't have Southern Cross anymore...

...I really hope he'll make Southfork his home.

I wonder if that's possible.

DONNA: I won't belong.

That's all right, Donna. We'll wait for you.

[CHUCKLES]

Well, why wouldn't it be possible? After all, his father will be living there.

Well, what about you?

Do you think he'll consider you his mother, Ellie?

Oh, no. No, of course not. Not his real mother, but I--

I hope he'll feel comfortable about confiding in me.

Why don't we call him and tell him that?

- You mean now? - Yes, I know where he's staying.

Oh, no. I don't think that would be right.

Well, I wanna talk to him again.

And I'm sure he'd love to hear how welcome you're gonna make him.

And I've got something I wanna tell him myself.

Donna...

...do you mind if we use your phone?

DONNA: Go right ahead.

J.R.: How bizarre.

What on earth is that woman keeping all this stuff for?

Oh, my God.

Mama.

J.R.: Lucy, we got an emergency.

Get on the phone and find Bobby wherever he is.

Tell him to go to the Quorum Hotel and meet Mama there.

She's at a fashion show with Donna and Jessica right now.

Tell him to pick them up and bring them home.

What happened?

I don't have time to go into that. Just do what I tell you.

Call Captain Fogarty, Dallas Police Department, Central Division.

Tell him to pick up a couple of men and go to the Quorum too.

J.R., you're scaring me.

Darling, this is serious. I'm going to pick up Clayton and Ray.

Just tell me what's going on.

Just do like I tell you. Get Bobby on the phone.

Your grandma's in real danger.

BOBBY: Well, he doesn't look any too worse for the wear, does he?

No. Louise, would you take Christopher and make him some lunch.

- Certainly. Come on, Christopher. - Bye-bye.

LOUISE: Bye-bye. Bye-bye.

Do you have some time?

Of course I do.

Come on.

BOBBY: Did you get any sleep last night? - Not much.

I didn't want to take any more of those pills. I don't like them.

Well, you never did.

I laid awake most of the night just thinking.

Thinking about how sad everything is.

There've been so many tragedies in the past couple of years.

Mama's dying...

...and now Mark's dying.

Our marriage breaking up.

Sometimes I just can't believe that we're divorced.

I don't know, Bobby. We should have found some way to have made it work.

I don't disagree with that.

I thought a lot about our splitting up.

It wasn't just your fault or the Ewings' fault.

A lot of it was my fault too.

You don't know, but I came to Thanksgiving Square...

...to tell you that I was ready to try again.

Try?

Try what? Getting back together?

Yes.

Well, that's very strange.

I was sure you didn't want to.

Oh, Bobby, I wanted to.

I always wanted to.

I just didn't know if I could.

Anyway, before I could say anything, you told me that you were letting me go.

But that's because of your letter.

What letter?

The letter that you wrote to your lawyer.

Maybe it was a first draft or something. Maybe you didn't even send it...

...but Katherine found it and read it to me.

It wasn't the easiest thing I ever listened to.

Do you remember what was in it?

You said you wanted out of the marriage.

You didn't wanna divorce me. You were afraid it would hurt me.

You were hoping that I'd let you go.

[PHONE RINGING]

Katherine read you this letter?

Yes.

And despite how I felt at the time...

...it made me realize you wanted a different life.

Excuse me. Mr. Ewing, your niece is on the phone. She says it's urgent.

Thank you.

Lucy?

Thank God I found you. I've been calling you everywhere.

Calm down, honey. What's the matter?

I don't know. Grandma's in some kind of trouble.

You've gotta get over to the Quorum Hotel.

She's there at a fashion show. You've gotta bring her back here right away.

- What kind of trouble? J don't know- J-R- said it's urgent-

- You've gotta get her here right now- - I'm on my way.

There's some kind of emergency. I gotta go.

Hey, where can I drop you?

RAY: Back at the place so I can finish most of what I did this morning.

Watch it. Jesus.

What's the matter with you?

Fallow, you're calling 0” that wedding.

I want you and that sister of yours so far away...

-...my mama couldn't find you. - Who do you think you're ordering?

I got enough in hereto put you and her away for the rest of your lives.

- What are you talking about? - The murder of his first wife.

They set fire to his house, and his wife burned up in it.

- Are you out of your mind? - What is this, some kind of a joke?

It's no joke. I found this diary in Jessica's room.

I suppose you recognize the handwriting.

Listen to this:

“Being here at Southfork, seeing Clayton every day...

...keeps reminding me of the Southern Cross.

I'm so angry with him for selling it, after what we had to do to keep it.

- It took a lot to set fire to that house.“ - What?

J.R.: “Wherever Amy is now...

...I wonder if she knows how the money in her fund helped.

Nobody else does, thanks to Clayton.

It was so clever of him to bulldoze those ruins.

It didn't keep people from nosing around, but it kept them from discovering anything.“

Good Lord. Jessie set fire to the Southern Cross?

Jessica? Hell, I think you both did it.

But that doesn't make sense. I loved Amy.

Now this is what I want you to hear:

“The wedding is getting too close...

...it looks like the only way to stop it is to do away with Ellie.“

Do away with El--? Give me that thing.

Do you realize the danger you put my mother in?

I don't think Ellie's in any real danger.

I don't care what Jessie wrote. I had nothing to do with it.

- How much did you read, J.R.? - Right up to there, that's plenty.

Well, listen to this. She must have made this entry this morning.

“Talking to Dusty yesterday...

...made me think of all those years Amy had him instead of me.

Now I know I did the right thing by burning down that house...

...though I'm sure that if Clayton knew...

...he'd never understand.“

So he didn't know.

Well, of course I didn't. Oh, no, Jessie.

It doesn't change what Jessie did.

- Where's Miss Ellie? - Bobby went to pick her up.

Where's Jessie?

- With Mama and Donna. - We gotta get back to Southfork.

All right, let's take my car. We'll send somebody for yours later.

KATHERINE: Come on in, Pam. I was just dressing.

PAMELA: I want to talk to you about the letter.

- Letter? What letter? - The letter that you read to Bobby.

The letter from me to my attorney before we ever filed for a divorce.

The letter that said that I wanted to lead a different kind of life away from Bobby.

- The letter that I never wrote, Katherine. - Now, Pam, just a minute.

Did you write it?

You did, didn't you?

- Did you write it? - Well, yes.

J.R. forced me to. It was all his fault.

J.R. forced you?

J.R. forced you to write a letter to break up me and Bobby.

That's right.

You're a liar.

No, I'm not. You know how much he wanted the two of you divorced.

And so did I.

I can't believe what I'm hearing.

What difference does it make to you anyway?

You left Bobby, didn't you?

He was still my husband.

But you walked out on him.

You didn't want him anymore, and I did.

I tell in love with Bobby from the first time I saw him.

And I've loved him ever since.

Pam, and I'm gonna have him too.

[GASPS]

Listen to me.

You may be my sister, but I never want to see you again.

I want you out of my life for good.

CLAYTON: Where's Miss Ellie? - I haven't the slightest idea.

- Didn't she show up at the Quorum? - No, I waited there over an hour.

RAY: Well, what about Donna, Jessica? - No, nobody showed.

J.R., what happened? Lucy couldn't tell us anything.

Mama's in great danger, honey.

[TIRES SCREECHING]

It's Donna.

RAY: Donna...

...are you all right? DONNA: Oh, God.

- She knocked me out. - Jessica? Where's Mama?

SUE ELLEN: Donna, what happened?

RAY: It's gonna be all right, honey. It's all right.

Just tell us what happened.

What happened to you?

Um...

I was changing clothes...

...and Miss Ellie and Jessica were in the kitchen.

And,uh...

...when I came out...

...Jessica was on the phone.

She was talking to Dusty...

...and she said that he didn't have to bother...

...coming to the wedding...

...because it had been called off.

LUCY: Called off?

And I started to say something, and that's when she hit me with the phone.

I just" I went out like alight.

Then when I came to...

...they were both gone.

And my car was gone.

- Ray, she took one of your guns. - She took one of my rifles?

No, no, the lock was too strong.

She took one of your handguns.

And she's got Mama.

Well, we gotta find them.

Jessica has killed once, who knows what she'll do with Mama.

[ENGLISH SDH]