Dallas s02e18 Episode Script

Here are some scenes from the first half of tonight's story.
Thank you, darling.
I never know if it's me or the secrets we share that makes me so appealing to you.
The new chief of the Office of Land Management.
I intend to use the full power of this office to bury J.
R.
Ewing.
She knows about every deal, every payoff we ever made, J.
R.
Now, she talks to Barnes, we're in trouble.
She's gotta have proof.
She's got no proof.
Soon as I get back to the office, I'll call Dan Marsh have him put a tail on her.
J.
R.
, you are so worried about what I know you had my apartment searched.
You'll never find it because you don't know where to look.
You've got something to sell.
I'm always ready to buy.
- I don't think you have the price.
- J.
R.
hasn't hurt you badly enough.
No, what I had in mind was putting your friendship with Cliff Barnes to good use.
You don't want me to sleep with Cliff, do you? Could mean a lot of money to you.
This is Cliff Barnes.
I'm out right now.
Leave your name and number after the tone, and I'll get back to you.
Hello, Cliff.
This is Julie.
You're right, I do know where the skeletons are buried.
I've been hurt enough, and I'm ready to sell.
All we have to talk about is the price.
Let me play something for you, Mr.
Ames.
And I'm ready to sell.
All we have to talk about is the price.
You sure she came all the way to the top? - Yeah, I'm sure.
- Look around.
Hey, Julie.
Your door is open.
Let go! Let go of me! J.
R.
scare you off, or did you just change your mind? You're gonna kill me, aren't you? - Aren't you? - Let's go.
Come on.
I understand you arrested Cliff Barnes.
He's just in for questioning.
Did you know he has a phone answering machine in his apartment? We're gonna play this for you, Barnes.
Then we're going to read you your rights.
Then we're going to arrest you for the murder of Julie Grey.
- Well, how did the police get the message? - Phone tap.
- Who would do that? - J.
R.
- Are you sure of that, Cliff? - Oh, yeah.
He tapped my phone.
Wanted to make sure I wasn't talking to Sue Ellen.
- Honey, how's Cliff? - Why don't you ask your brother.
J.
R.
? What are you talking about? He's the reason Cliff's in jail.
- Cliff's in jail because he killed somebody.
- That's not true, and you know it, J.
R.
! - You framed him.
- We can't let all this affect us, Pamela.
First my daddy, and now Cliff! I don't know if I can be married to a Ewing! What I need now is some time alone.
Please let me have that, Bobby.
Well, that's no loss.
What kind of a man are you anyway? Cliff could go to jail, maybe even the death penalty.
Well, he deserves it.
He's guilty.
You don't believe that.
It's all because you didn't want me and he did.
Miss Ellie.
Is Bobby gonna stay locked in his room all morning? No, Jock, but he's very edgy.
Right now he doesn't like this family very much.
Well, I knew it was gonna turn out this way when he married a Barnes.
Your son is in love with his wife.
Doesn't that count for anything? Let him settle it, then.
Bring her back.
There's work to be done around here.
- What about Ray? - He's laid up.
- What's the matter with him? - He said the winch in the barn came loose.
Looks more like he got kicked by a mule.
You know, there's some things going on around here that I just don't understand.
Hello.
No, Liz, she's not here.
Sure, I'll give her a message.
Oh, Liz, that's really crummy.
No, no, I'll tell her.
Bobby, I thought you might like this since you missed breakfast.
Well, I wasn't in the mood for a big, happy family breakfast.
It wasn't a big, happy family breakfast.
Sue Ellen isn't feeling well, and Lucy seems crushed.
Your daddy hardly said a word.
Mama, if you could resign from a family like you do from a job I think I'd resign from the Ewings.
What do you mean? Why? Well, I think that should be real obvious.
Well, not to me.
Well, maybe you're just getting used to it.
Seems to me that the Ewings will stop at nothing in pursuit of the almighty buck and all the power it can bring them.
Bobby, be specific.
You're talking about the Barnes family, about Pam.
- That's right.
First Daddy destroys Digger - Now, wait a minute.
I think I know Digger Barnes better than anyone in this family.
The only one that hurt Digger was Digger himself.
Once a well came in, Digger lost all interest.
He'd be drunk for weeks, leaving your daddy with all the responsibility.
Are you saying that Daddy's blameless? That he didn't con Digger out of things that are his.
Bobby, Digger would've ended up the way he is even if there'd never been a Jock Ewing.
Then why is Cliff Barnes carrying out this vendetta against the Ewings? And what's J.
R.
going out for Cliff for? Did J.
R.
really have anything to do with Cliff being in jail? Or is Cliff looking for a scapegoat, just as Digger has for all these years? Mama, you don't really think that Cliff is responsible for Julie's murder? I don't want to think that.
I like Cliff.
I don't think he is either and I believe Pam when she says that somehow J.
R.
's responsible for his arrest.
Don't let your problem with Pam turn you against your own family.
I'm trying not to, Mama, but J.
R.
's up to something.
And now Cliff is charged with murdering J.
R.
's former secretary.
It's a puzzle, Mama.
I just don't have all the pieces, that's all.
Bobby, I don't like what you're saying.
Neither do I.
Oh, Mama, neither do I.
- Hello.
- Good morning.
Bobby, I didn't want you to I know.
It's not giving me much of a chance.
Well, maybe I don't want to give you a chance.
- That's not the reason I called, hon.
- What is it? Liz Craig.
She called from the store.
Oh, my God.
I forgot to call.
Well, I'll call her.
No.
No, you don 't have to.
She left a message.
She got it from the top.
They want you to take a leave of absence till after Cliff's trial.
Well.
I'm sorry, hon.
So the job goes too.
- Look, it's only temporary.
- Sure.
I want to see you.
I don't know.
I'm supposed to see Cliff this morning.
- What time? - At 10:30.
Then I'll see you right after.
Oh, Bobby.
Bobby? Are you happy, J.
R.
? I mean, truly happy.
Are you planning on staying in bed all day? I'd understand if you were having a difficult pregnancy.
But frankly, you look healthy as a horse.
You must consider this one of your great days.
You not coming down for breakfast didn't look right.
Sooner or later, Daddy and Mama are gonna start to ask questions.
And that worries you, doesn't it? No, not really.
I thought it might be of concern to you.
Of the two of us, you have the most to lose.
I just wonder if you're aware of that.
A triumph for the mighty J.
R.
Ewing who managed to imprison the man who bedded your wife and your mistress.
Oh, yes, I know about Julie, J.
R.
She was just one of a long line of your bed partners that eventually led me to Cliff with amazing results.
I'll be home for dinner.
Try to make it.
- You're jealous, aren't you? - Don't flatter yourself, sugar.
You're just another Ewing possession.
Like an oil lease, easily disposable.
Good morning, Bobby.
Say anything more to me, J.
R.
, and I'll send you to work with a split lip.
Damn.
You're not used to sleeping alone.
It's made you all grouchy.
I'm in no mood for your humor.
You've succeeded.
After all these months, Pamela's gone.
Don't press your luck.
Well, I don't think that Barnes girl leaving is much of a loss.
Look, I don't care what you think.
Now, I want to know if you set up Cliff Barnes.
Now, how the hell could I do that? I may carry a lot of weight in Dallas but I don't think the police force will book a man for murder on my say-so.
No, Cliff Barnes set himself up.
He killed Julie.
He's gonna pay for it.
Well, we know that gal meant a lot to you, J.
R.
That's why we came over to offer you our condolences.
- Did Julie have a family of any kind? - Not that I know of.
Who's taking care of the funeral? I am, as soon as the coroner releases the body.
Too bad.
I know you and she were real close.
Willie Joe, Jeb, will you come to the point? When she worked for you, she kept your confidential files, the red file, didn't she? She had nothing.
There's a lot of stuff in there, J.
R.
, aside from old Jock's will.
Stuff that might not look so good in Austin or Washington, D.
C.
I think you're hard of hearing.
I said, she had nothing.
Kind of makes you wonder, though.
What was Barnes doing up there? He had the hots for her.
- Must've been a crime of passion.
- That's the way I figure it.
- Hi.
- Hi.
- Did you see Cliff? - Yeah.
- How is he? - Well, you know Cliff.
Always tries to wisecrack his way through everything.
I'm really frightened for him.
- Pam, you shouldn't go through this alone.
- I can't come back to Southfork.
Live in the same house with J.
R.
? Look at him every evening across dinner? No.
Not as long as I know he's responsible for Cliff being in jail.
Pamela, that's only part of it.
I'm there too, you know.
Mama, she loves you very much.
Daddy, Lucy.
Your daddy only tolerates me because he loves you so much.
You know, it sounds like you look for excuses to stay away.
This whole thing with Cliff has exposed all our differences.
- Now I'm confused.
- About what? About whether you love me? No, never that.
- Well, I don't see anything else.
- Well, there is.
Do you believe that Cliff is guilty? I don't think he killed Julie, no.
Then what about J.
R.
? Do you think he framed Cliff? I think J.
R.
would do anything he could to keep what he thinks is his.
Like I would, to keep you.
Oh, Bobby, it's not that I don't miss you.
I woke up this morning and you weren't there, and I needed you so badly.
Well, then let's work it out together.
Pamela, we're better together.
No.
It wouldn't work right now.
I'm gonna go see Cliff.
- Who's presiding over the examining trial? - Justice of the Peace Jay Potter.
Potter.
He's against everything I stand for, you know.
Well, you know I can't get a postponement on an examining trial.
- But it's just the first step.
- It's a bad first step.
Think I'd be better off with a grand jury later or Potter now? No matter what you think of Potter, he's a fair man.
I'm sure he's gonna bend over backwards just to be sure that there's no prejudice.
I hope you're right.
Well, you better learn to trust me, Cliff unless you want to defend yourself.
Have a fool for a client.
Yeah, I know.
Oh, there's Bobby Ewing.
He must have come to bug my cell.
Hi.
I'm Cole Young, Cliff's lawyer.
Bobby Ewing.
Pleased to meet you.
How's it look? Well, not too bad.
What brings you? What brings you to the local bastille? I was gonna recommend a lawyer.
I see it's not necessary.
Is he any good? Yep.
His win column is longer than his loss column.
Well, is there anything I can do? No, I think you Ewings have done quite enough, thanks.
That's a cheap shot, Cliff.
I'm not in a very noble mood.
This is all gonna be real expensive.
Do you need any money? That is the last thing in the world I would do, take money from a Ewing.
Look, Cliff, I want to help because I'd like to think of you as a friend.
Well, I'll tell you what you can do, friend.
If you want to secure my immediate release you go out and you find out who really killed Julie.
The amount of alcohol in her blood would indicate that Julie Grey was not intoxicated although the contents of the stomach reveal that she ate very little during the 12 hours preceding her death.
It is my conclusion that she died of massive internal injuries.
And the condition of the body indicates that those injuries were received as the result of a fall from a great height.
Now, in your opinion, doctor, she was not dead before she hit the ground? - No.
- Is it possible that Miss Grey was pushed from the roof? Objection, Your Honor.
The learned assistant district attorney hasn't established that Miss Grey was on the roof or anyplace else before her body was found, except in the alley.
Sustained.
Rephrase, Mr.
Sloan.
You don't have a jury to impress, just me.
Yes, Your Honor.
Doctor, did you note any other injuries to the body injuries that may not have been caused by the fall? - Yes, there were.
- Will you describe these injuries, please? Yes.
There were ecchymosis on each arm and a particularly bad one on the left cheek.
Yes and what is an ecchymosis, sir, in lay terms? That's a purple discoloration of the skin caused by hemorrhage.
Have you seen bruises like this before? Oh, yes, many times.
What was their most likely cause? Objection, Your Honor.
This calls for speculation.
I'll allow this, Mr.
Young.
We have an expert witness on the stand.
Those bruises on her arms were most likely caused by someone grabbing her someone strong enough to exert great pressure.
- And the bruise on her face? - Oh, she was hit.
Hit very hard.
No more questions.
Doctor these bruises on the deceased's arms is it possible she could have caused them herself? I don't see how.
Well, like this: Supposing she was in great pain, emotional upset couldn't she have hurt herself this way? I suppose it's possible.
And the bruise on her cheek, isn't it also possible that she could have run into something? A door, a cabinet in the bathroom? - Yes, but - Thank you.
Thank you, doctor.
You're excused.
- Not bad.
- For a jury, yes.
But for a judge, I don't know.
Mr.
Sloan, Mr.
Young, would you please approach the bench? Cliff, is anything wrong? No.
Look, Pam, you can't worry every inch of the way.
It's probably nothing.
Remember, this is just an examining trial to find if there's enough evidence to ship this to the grand jury to see if they want to indict.
I understand, Your Honor but I'd like to see my client on the street, a free man, as soon as possible.
Understood.
Lieutenant, after examining Miss Grey's apartment, where'd you go? - To the roof.
- Why? She had to fall from someplace.
The windows in her apartment were closed.
What did you find on the roof? On the edge of the roof, we found pieces of cloth.
Our lab identified them as coming from the same fabric the deceased was wearing.
Your Honor, we would like to mark these as People's Exhibit A.
- Anything else, lieutenant? - Yes.
A woman's shoe.
It matched the one remaining on the deceased's foot when we found the body.
Mark this People's Exhibit B.
Please note the exhibit and enter it into the log.
- Mr.
Young.
- No questions.
You're excused, lieutenant.
We found Mr.
Barnes' fingerprints on the front door the door leading to the bedroom and the closet of the deceased.
Would you say it appeared that Mr.
Barnes was searching for something? Objection, Your Honor.
Calls for speculation.
Sustained.
No more questions.
Did you dust the banister in the stairwell leading to the roof? - Yes.
- Yes, and what did you find? Partial prints that appeared to have been made by the deceased.
Did you find Mr.
Barnes' fingerprints in the stairwell? - No.
- Thank you.
No further questions.
We rode up in the elevator together.
He got off on my floor, went straight to Miss Grey's door, opened it and went in.
When you say "he," whom do you mean? Him.
That man right over there.
Let the record show that the witness pointed out Cliff Barnes in this courtroom.
- Will the attorneys approach? - Take me home.
No, darling, I can't.
District attorney wants me to testify.
- Then I'll get a cab.
- No, no.
You just stay here and act like the loving wife everybody assumes you to be.
Look on it as a wonderful lesson in civics.
You can help Lucy with her government class.
Do you solemnly swear that the testimony you're about to give as evidence is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you God? - I do.
Please be seated.
Would you please state your name and occupation for the record, sir? John Ewing Jr.
, president of the Ewing Oil Company.
Thank you very much, Mr.
Ewing.
You knew the deceased, did you not? Yes, I did.
She was my secretary for nine or 10 years.
Worked for my father a year before that.
And when did she leave your employ? June or July of last year.
Did she quit, or was she fired? She resigned.
Came as quite a surprise.
What was the reason for resigning? Your Honor, the defense is ready to stipulate that Miss Grey did work for Ewing Oil.
However, I don't see where her resigning last June or July has anything to do with the case.
I object to this questioning.
Your Honor, I think you'll find these questions entirely germane to this case.
- You may proceed.
- Thank you.
Now, Mr.
Ewing, why did Miss Grey resign? She had had an affair with Mr.
Barnes.
It caused her considerable heartbreak.
Objection, Your Honor.
This is ancient history.
- Overruled.
- Exception.
Go on, Mr.
Sloan.
- She told you about this affair? - Yes, she did.
And was this her only reason for resigning? Her heartbreak? No.
She had taken some papers from our confidential file and given them to Barnes.
- Objection.
- This has nothing to do with this case.
- Overruled.
Did Miss Grey have access to all of Ewing Oil's confidential files? She did.
She was considered part of the family.
Now, Mr.
Ewing, was there anything in those files about Mr.
Barnes? - Objection.
I see no connection.
- Overruled.
- Exception.
- Answer the question, Mr.
Ewing.
Yes.
There were any number of references.
Well, now, could these references be considered harmful to Mr.
Barnes' career? Well, now, you have to understand, I can't remember word for word.
But, taken in a certain context, yes, they could be harmful.
So harmful that Mr.
Barnes might be willing to pay Miss Grey to get them? Objection, Your Honor.
Mr.
Ewing has no way of knowing that.
I withdraw the question.
Sorry.
Mr.
Ewing, how did you feel when you discovered that Miss Grey had turned over your confidential files to Mr.
Barnes? - Betrayed.
No.
Blackmailed.
I felt that if she could blackmail me, she could blackmail anyone.
Damn it, Cole, can't you keep all that old stuff about Julie out? Could you have? You went to her apartment.
You obviously searched the place.
You could at least have worn gloves.
I'm not in the mood for jokes.
Cliff, I'm sure they'll find out it wasn't you.
- I wish I were sure of that.
- It seems circumstantial.
Innuendo.
No.
Not on your life.
No.
Not on my life.
Sloan's very carefully laying a foundation so he can have my answering-machine tapes entered as evidence.
And what Julie had to say on those tapes can sound an awful lot like blackmail.
Is the tape admissible? We can try to stop it.
- I wish there was something I could do.
- Yeah, okay, yeah.
I haven't seen my mail in days, and I could use a fresh shirt.
Okay.
Do I have time? I have to be on the stand in a while.
I'll get it.
Got a key? Oh, I think you got to check with them.
I don't have them.
Bobby? Please hurry back.
I'm gonna need you in the courtroom.
That's the best thing I've heard all day.
I'm going across the hall.
See you in a minute.
Thank you.
All you have to do is tell the truth.
I don't want to do anything that might hurt you.
Just tell the truth.
Because if they found out otherwise, then I'd be hurt.
Well, I got your mail and you got a lot of shirts, but none of them clean so I bought you a new one.
Thank you.
Well, I gotta say, right or wrong, you Ewings do have flair.
The letter's from Julie.
Pawn ticket, key.
Sunset Pawn Brokers.
What is that? That's to a briefcase or a suitcase? - Yeah.
I guess that's what she meant on the tape.
The judge is coming back.
You all better get in the courtroom.
Thank you.
Why don't you give me that.
I'll check it out.
- Excuse me.
- Yeah.
I'd like to pick this up.
Maybe I sold it.
It's been a month.
Here it is.
Now I remember.
Good-looking dish leaves this thing without the key.
Now, how am I gonna sell a locked attaché case? You tell me.
How much? That'll be $ 15 with interest.
Thank you.
A copy of Daddy's will.
State your name for the record.
Pamela Ewing.
- Isn't that Pamela Barnes Ewing? - Yes.
- Speak up so the court can hear you.
- Yes.
What's your relationship to the defendant? - He's my brother.
- Now, Mrs.
Ewing I would like to remind you that you are under oath to answer my questions truthfully.
Your Honor, I must object to the assistant district attorney's lack of common courtesy.
That's a new one, counselor.
Your Honor, Mrs.
Ewing is the people's witness.
The assistant district attorney's already implied that she intends to lie under oath.
Now, I protest that not only as an officer of this court, but as a citizen of the great state of Texas.
We still pride ourselves on being gentlemen.
I note your objection, Mr.
Young.
If I have offended the court, or Mrs.
Ewing, I do apologize.
- Proceed.
- Thank you, Your Honor.
- Mrs.
Ewing, did you know Julie Grey? - I had met her.
Did you know your brother and Julie were lovers? Objection, Your Honor! The district attorney is trying to imply a long-term relationship between the defendant and the deceased.
Mr.
Sloan, will you be more specific as regards to time.
Well, were you aware that there was a relationship between your brother and Julie Grey since her return to Dallas? No.
Wouldn't you say your attitude towards your brother has cooled somewhat? No, it's the same as it's always been.
You had dinner with your brother several nights ago? - Yes.
- Your husband was late you and your brother had several minutes to talk alone? Yes, and we did.
With all respect to the fact that this is the state of Texas and you are indeed a lady we have a deposition that you argued about an affair that he was having.
- Yes.
- Speak up, please.
Yes.
Was that affair with Julie Grey? No, it was not.
- Well, who was it with? - Objection, Your Honor.
- The lady has nothing to do with this.
- Sustained.
- Did your brother have many affairs? - I must object most strongly, Your Honor! My client is a great public servant.
The district attorney is trying to make him the subject of cheap tabloid headlines.
Mr.
Sloan, will you drop this line of questioning.
I see no relevance.
Yes, Your Honor.
Now, Mrs.
Ewing we have testimony that your brother was romantically linked with Miss Grey prior to leaving Dallas months ago.
Did you know? Objection, Your Honor! No, Mr.
Young, I'll allow this.
We have testimony that this affair caused confidential papers to be passed from Ewing Oil to your brother.
Were you aware of that? - Yes.
- How were you made aware of that? I was accused of stealing the papers.
And how was this misconception cleared up? I discovered Julie had taken them.
You mean to say that Julie Grey was content for you to take the blame? Yes.
Until I confronted her.
What about your brother? I'm sorry.
I don't understand.
Isn't it also true that your brother was perfectly content for you to take the blame? That he was willing to sacrifice his sister to his overpowering political ambitions? Objection, Your Honor! He's leading the witness.
- Mr.
Sloan.
- All right, Your Honor, I'll rephrase.
Mrs.
Ewing, when you needed your brother, did he come to your defense? No.
No further questions.
Mr.
Young.
No questions, Your Honor.
You may be excused.
All rise.
The court is recessed until 9 a.
m.
tomorrow.
- I'm sorry, Cliff.
- It's okay.
You said what you had to say.
Pam.
Ewing Oil.
No, I'm sorry, Mr.
Ewing isn't in.
Your wife called.
- Is J.
R.
in his office? - He's on the phone right now.
Ladies, you take the rest of the day off.
- But, J.
R - Take the day off, please.
Okay.
Yeah, no fooling, Dave.
I think we got Cliff Barnes out of our hair permanently.
Yeah, that's right.
Now, what the hell was that all about? You'll have plenty of time for that when I'm through, if you're still president.
One of the biggest mistakes I made in my life was letting Daddy talk me into taking you off the road and putting you into an office.
No, J.
R.
, that was your second biggest mistake.
That's your first.
What is that? Julie was gonna set you up.
She xeroxed your confidential files.
She was gonna turn them over to Cliff Barnes.
- Where'd you get ahold of this? - Oh, it's all there, J.
R.
Everything.
Records of payoffs to senators, congressmen photographs of judges.
It's all there.
Why, that cheating little tramp.
That's your red file.
That's everything that you didn't think I was ready to see.
Well, you are my baby brother.
Some of this stuff's pretty gamy.
I suppose you're ready to face the realities of life.
Yeah.
Well, I wasn't ready for that.
It's a copy of Daddy's will.
What is she doing with it? I can never figure out what makes a woman's mind work.
It puzzled me too.
I mean, it wouldn't have meant a whole lot to Cliff Barnes.
Just part of the package.
I think the one that would've found this most interesting is Daddy.
Now, what are you talking about? I'll refresh your memory.
"This codicil amends paragraph 37.
In the event of my death, I hereby grant to my son John Ewing Jr drilling rights to oil found in Section 40 of Southfork as described in said paragraph.
" Bobby, I can explain that.
To who? To Daddy? To Mama? - Well, let's not bring them into this.
- J.
R.
, this is a forgery! It was a business maneuver.
It brought an oil crew to Southfork.
Ray was damn near killed on account of it! Even worse, you were trying to con your own mother and father.
God, J.
R.
, how low can you get? I was trying to make Ewing Oil into the most powerful independent in Texas.
I needed the muscle.
Do you mean that somebody else in the cartel knew about this? You're the one who knew that Julie was gonna give these papers to Cliff Barnes.
- I didn't know about - Don't lie to me! I never killed anybody in my life.
I'm not a murderer.
I didn't kill anybody, even during the war.
If you don't believe me, talk to Dan Marsh.
He had a tap on Barnes' phone.
He brought me the tapes the next morning, after Julie was dead.
- The next morning? - That's right.
Then I guess I'd better talk to Dan Marsh.
You're not gonna say anything to Daddy about this, are you? Who else knew about Julie Grey's phone call to Cliff Barnes? I don't know what you're talking about.
I know you're working for J.
R.
I wanna know who else you're working for.
- That's confidential.
- Cliff is on trial for a murder he didn't commit! You better start talking.
Do you know how many years you can get for an illegal phone tap? What it does to your career and your license when the cops find out? It's your funeral.
Jeb Ames.
Willie Joe Garr.
They were paying me to watch her.
She knew too much, and she was getting close to Barnes again.
You set up Cliff Barnes.
You're garbage, Marsh.
Can I help you? I'd like to speak to Mr.
Ames and Mr.
Garr.
Oh, I'm terribly sorry.
They just left.
They headed for Alaska to check on their North Slope holdings.
What's your name, hon? Alice.
Would you dial the airport for me? Are you Mr.
Bobby Ewing? Yes, I am.
Well, I don't think that Mr.
Ames or Mr.
Garr want to talk to you.
Well, I don't want to talk to them either, darling, but airport, please? Okay.
What flight are they on? They're taking the 4:00 to Chicago and then on from there to Anchorage.
Thank you.
Airport security, please.
Larry Tinsdale.
Tinsdale, security.
Larry, Bobby Ewing.
Hey, Mr.
Ewing.
How are you? Real good.
I need a big favor from you, though.
You got it.
Couple of friends of mine, you know Jeb Ames and Willie Joe Garr? They're supposed to be on a 4:00 to Chicago and I have to speak to them before they leave Dallas.
- Leave it to me.
- That means even if they miss their flight.
- No sweat.
- You understand? You got it.
Alice.
Why don't you buy yourself a little more of that perfume you're wearing.
I think that we may have a precedent here in Sly v.
Abbott, 1968, Cliff.
Pam.
Where's Bobby? I don't know.
I called the office, and there's no answer.
- No answer? - It's only 3:30.
I can't understand it.
Well, we just have to hope that he's out there trying to find something to help us.
Cliff, is it that bad? - So you tell her, Cole.
- Well Sloan has laid enough of a foundation to introduce Cliff's answering-machine tape.
And if Potter hears that, he's certain to bind Cliff over to the grand jury.
Well, is that legal? Cole will argue that it constitutes illegal wiretap.
- Right.
- And then Sloan will deny that and say that it constitutes implied consent.
I knew I was being recorded.
By talking into it, Julie knew she was being recorded.
Right again.
Well, you both make it sound so hopeless.
Well, it's not hopeless.
I can probably get a reversal from a trial judge.
Maybe even later on appeal.
By that time, my darling sister, my career in Dallas will be over.
Flight 72 to Chicago is now boarding.
Flight 591 for St.
Louis is now boarding.
Mr.
Garr? Mr.
Ames? I want to talk to you.
- We have a plane to catch.
- This won't take long.
Follow me, gentlemen.
How much longer you gonna keep us in here? Patience, gentlemen.
Patience.
- Thank you, Larry.
- No trouble.
- I'll call you if I need you.
- I'll be right outside.
All right, Bobby, what's going on? Bobby, we just don't have time to talk right now.
You talk to me first, boys, and then you talk to the police.
Or I show them this.
What the hell are you talking about? You're gonna confess to killing Julie Grey.
- You out of your mind? - I know I can convince Dan Marsh to testify that he gave you a tape of a call that Julie Grey made to Cliff Barnes and that he gave you that tape before she died! And he also had a tail on her.
All because you were afraid that she was gonna tell Cliff Barnes about J.
R.
's red file.
And to stop her from doing just that, you killed her.
Come on, Bobby! You turn us in, you'll be putting the heat on J.
R.
You wouldn't do a thing like that.
If I had to, boys, yes, I would.
But I don't think I have to.
Let's see what I got here.
Here's a payment to Senator Needham made by Willie Joe Garr.
Here's a check to Congressman Booster for $ 10,000 from Jeb Ames.
No need to repay.
Now, isn't this funny, boys.
This is a copy of J.
R.
's red file.
Julie Grey was gonna give it to Cliff Barnes.
And there's a whole list of payoffs in there.
All of them made by Jeb Ames and Willie Joe Garr.
And not one by J.
R.
My brother's clean.
Look, now, we didn't want to kill her.
It was an accident.
We just wanted her out of town.
She ran, got hysterical.
She fell off the roof.
I suggest, as two public-spirited citizens, that you tell the police just that story.
We'd go to jail.
Now, look, you said it was an accident.
Now, chances are you'll get off with involuntary manslaughter.
But I show them these documents and it's murder one.
This case is dismissed, and the defendant is free.
You know anything about this? - Who, me? - Yeah, because I don't believe it.
The assistant district attorney suddenly asks for a dismissal because two guys confessed? - You were looking for some miracle.
Yeah, I gotta tell you, I didn't expect this.
It's kind of hard to believe Ames and Garr.
Well, they obviously thought that Julie had something on them.
What happened to the pawn ticket, Bobby? Nothing.
He must have sold whatever it was for.
It had something to do with J.
R.
, right? Look, you're out of trouble.
Why don't you forget it.
Forget it? J.
R.
knew something, tipped off the police he set me up to take a murder rap.
No.
I don't think I'm gonna forget it.
We'll get together later, and we'll celebrate.
I have a little work at the office.
Okay.
I gotta go in there and thank Cole and try to get him to cut my bill in half.
Then I got work to do.
Thanks for trying.
Bye.
Honey.
Why don't you pick me up at the hotel later.
Give me your copy of the will, J.
R.
You're crippling Ewing Oil, you know that? That's nonsense.
No matter what happens, we're gonna be worth millions.
Now, with Jeb Ames and Willie Joe Garr in jail you're burning the will.
You've wrecked me with the cartel, you know that.
Stripped me of all my power.
That's wonderful, J.
R.
You forge Daddy's will, set Cliff Barnes up for murder and all you can think about is your power.
I don't suppose Daddy's gonna know about this.
Burning the will, you got nothing to hold over my head.
I wouldn't say that, J.
R.
I think I got something a whole lot better.
First time in my life, I know exactly what you're all about.
You had something to do with Cliff being freed, didn't you? It's nice to know your wife thinks of you as a good guy for a change.
Where'd you go with that pawn ticket? To the Sunset Pawn Shop.
Darling, would you forget it? Cliff is out of jail, and that's all that counts.
You found something.
It doesn't matter.
We have secrets from each other? So we have secrets.
If we love each other enough, then it doesn't matter, does it? Oh, I do love you.
But But what? I can't come back to Southfork, Bobby.
Not after what J.
R.
did to Cliff.
Pamela, it's not J.
R.
anymore.
Cliff's out of jail, it can't be J.
R.
It's just too soon.
I'm sorry.
It's the old Barnes and Ewing feud again, isn't it? Well, I love you, Pamela, and I want you back with me.
You gotta remember, I was a Ewing when you married me and I'll be a Ewing till I die.
If you think you can live with that, then you call me.