Dallas s03e06 Episode Script

Jock Ewing and his sons are here.
Yes, it's Jock Ewing.
They're going hunting.
Somebody punched a hole in the bottom of this.
It wasn't like that when we got it.
We'd have smelled fumes.
What is it? - What's going on? - Daddy's hit.
Daddy? Get out of there now.
Come on.
Austin, run up here and catch this gate for me, will you? Boy, I tell you, I'm sure glad that's over with.
Yeah, until the next bunch.
You could have gone all day without saying that.
I tell you what, I'll make you feel better.
You buy the beer.
I thought Miss Ellie was gonna send a hand with a couple cases for the boys.
She had to go into town for some errand.
How bad is it? Well, it's hard to say, Ellie.
There's something in the breast that can be felt when you're sitting or standing.
But when I examined you lying down, it felt very soft, almost nonexistent.
I don't think it's a tumor.
It could be a cyst.
When did you first feel it, Ellie? Well, I guess I first noticed it about three weeks ago.
I'm not sure.
Can Jock bring you in tomorrow morning, about 10:00? I'll come in myself.
I don't wanna worry him if it's nothing.
All right.
I'll set up a mammography so we can get a better look at what we're dealing with.
And then we'll go on from there.
- Surgery? - Oh, now, Ellie.
It doesn't have to be that way.
Just remember that a lump doesn't automatically mean the worst.
Of course.
Now, what do you mean, government delay? I thought you paid those people off.
Tell me how I'm gonna explain to my father that I might have to fly out to Southeast Asia to do your work for you.
No, of course he doesn't know about this drilling deal.
He's not going to either.
You find a way of earning your money, or I'll find it for you.
All right.
You.
- Who was on the other line? - The tanker people.
- I told them you were in a meeting.
- What'd they want? - You don't really wanna know, do you? - No, not now.
- Right there.
You got it.
- J.
R.
, is everything all right? - You worried about your salary? - No.
I'm worried about you.
This Southeast Asia thing's a big gamble, isn't it? Now, you just let me tend to running Ewing Oil and you tend to running me, okay? Okay, but you don't have to keep everything bottled up.
You can talk to me.
Right there, right there.
Just do it.
I know that everything the Ewings own is mortgaged to the hilt, J.
R.
Get that phone for me.
I tell you the people who draw these things up, it's like they don't listen.
- Just these lawyers.
- Ewing Oil.
Just a minute, Mr.
Hanson.
Hello, Loyal.
Now, what is going on out there? Pay him.
I don't care.
Uncle Jock, I didn't know you were coming in today.
Well, Kristin, you know, I've still got an office here.
I'm just liable to drop in any old time.
J.
R.
busy? Yes, he's on the phone.
Well, now, I've seen J.
R.
on the phone before, sweetheart.
Okay? Well, Loyal, have you got any idea what the interest is on that? Well, it doesn't stop, you know.
It just keeps on going on.
Say, you have that information on my desk tomorrow morning.
Okay, bye.
- Trouble? - I'm on top of it.
- Keeping you busy, huh? - Well, you know how it is, Dad.
With the oil shortage and Barnes and the OLM putting screws to us it just never seems to stop.
You know, J.
R.
, I think you been working a little too hard on this thing.
What with the hours you're keeping.
Coming home late.
Working weekends.
Well, you trusted me to run Ewing Oil, Dad.
- I don't wanna let you down.
- Tell them to call back.
I really got a lot of work to do.
Tell them to call back.
I wanna take you to lunch.
Dad, I'm not kidding you.
I'm up to my eyeballs in work.
Come on, come on.
All right.
Okay.
Matter of fact, might have a little touch on the way, huh? - Been a long time.
- Yes, sir, I'm all for it.
Bobby, where's Pam? Y'all have another argument? - She's working late, J.
R.
- Short of cash, are you? Bobby, I wanna show you what's in the school paper.
An article on the cheerleaders.
Look.
They mention me.
Well, they say something pretty nice there.
Must be a mistake.
Bobby, I saw Mama today.
- Where? - She came by after school.
Is everything all right? Yeah.
She and Daddy have been in touch.
I think they might get together again.
We can be a family.
Don't count on that, sugar.
Those two have hurt you before.
- With your help, J.
R.
- Don't use that tone of voice on me.
J.
R.
, just take your drink and go talk to Sue Ellen.
Wait till something definite happens till you get your hopes up.
Well, it is definite, Bobby.
They've been in touch.
Lucy, I just don't wanna see you hurt again, that's all.
Sometimes these second tries don't make it either, you know? I knew her tramp mother would fill her up with false hope if she came back to Dallas.
Somehow the role of social worker doesn't fit you, J.
R.
Well, she is my niece.
Well, I'm touched by your concern with children.
I'm just sorry you didn't adopt me instead of marrying me.
What? Dinner's ready.
Shall we go in? Come on, let's go eat.
Show Mama that.
Bobby? What's the matter with this family? I never heard such silence.
I don't know, Daddy.
But I find it a welcome relief after listening to those cows all day long.
Well, I know J.
R.
has got a lot on his mind and you, Miss Ellie, you seem kind of down.
No, Jock, I'm I'm fine.
Just be grateful for peace and quiet.
Everybody's been working very hard.
Yeah.
Now that I'm free around here, J.
R I'll have time to help you with the OLM at the office.
I talked to Alan Beam.
I don't think he's going in the right direction.
- You don't? - Miss Ellie, is there something you haven't told me? - No, of course not.
I've been thinking, Jock.
Maybe you men ought to get away for a while.
- Now? - Well, why not now? The roundup's over.
The ranch and the company aren't gonna roll over and die if you all take off for a few days.
I don't have time for a vacation.
I don't think it's a good idea to leave Pam so early in her pregnancy.
Don't worry.
She's obviously strong enough to work.
I'll make sure she behaves.
You've all been edgy and exhausted.
It'll do you good.
There's no way I can shake loose of the office.
Just can't.
Well, maybe Bobby and Jock should go alone.
- I'm sure they have lots to talk about.
- Well, I might take Ray along.
Do a little hunting, rough it for a while.
Bring back some birds.
If you're really anxious to go, I could spare a couple of days, Dad.
Remember that hunting preserve in Cato Lake? On the Louisiana side? You used to hunt there a lot when the boys were small.
Yeah.
Place called Land Down.
Beautiful country.
- Well, what do you boys say? - I say, let's go.
- All right, Dad.
Fine, fine.
- Good.
Good.
I'll get ahold of Ray and have him have the chopper ready in the morning.
Boy, getting me up at the crack of dawn.
You got no mercy, Jock.
You don't look like you're hurting any, Ray.
Did you get that four-wheeler from Shreveport? Yes, sir, I did.
- I appreciate you inviting me along, Jock.
- Wouldn't have it any other way.
I don't see why Dad has to have Ray along.
Should be a family thing.
You know how he feels about Ray, just like he is part of the family.
Yeah.
Never could figure that one out.
Well, Daddy, Land Down seems a lot smaller than I remember it.
You were a lot smaller too, Bobby.
It's been 20 years since we hunted down here.
As far as I can see, not a whole lot has changed.
General store looks about the same.
- Howdy.
- Yeah.
Good morning.
- Help you? - Yeah.
Yeah, we need a few supplies.
- Planning on hunting around here.
- Sure thing.
What do you need? How about a pound of that coffee there.
And a couple cans of those chili beans, some of that vegetable juice.
Bacon and eggs, if you've got them.
A couple loaves of bread.
Here's our list.
- Boys need anything else? - Better get another shovel.
Ours don't look so good.
Half a dozen boxes of 12-gauge number-six shot.
- How's the hunting this year? - A lot of birds.
If you can hit anything, you'll bring back your limit.
We'll fill our limit, all right.
- I'm sure you will, Mr? - Ewing.
Ewing.
- Of Ewing Oil.
- That's right.
Take it out of here.
- What the hell got into him? - Well, I've seen it happen before.
The Ewing name means power, money.
Lot of people don't like that.
That's 60, 70, 80, 90, 100.
Well, much obliged.
See you guys outside.
- All right, Daddy.
- Come on, J.
R.
Tom.
It's Ben.
Jock Ewing and his sons are here.
Yes, it's Jock Ewing.
They're going hunting.
They just went across the street to the bar.
I don't believe it.
What's that, Dad? Jock Ewing.
Here? I've waited 32 years to face that man again.
Thirty-two years.
I never thought it would happen.
By golly.
You know, this buck, he just knocked me completely down and stomped all over me.
Well, he was trying to get away from another hunter coming at him from the other side.
- Who the hell got him, Jock? - I don't know and I don't care.
Except, boy, I'll tell you, I had a lot of respect for that old buck.
Ewing.
You talking to me or all of us? You, big Jock Ewing.
You're in my territory now, where that name doesn't mean a damn thing.
Since I didn't claim it did, we don't have anything to argue about, do we? Face me, Ewing.
There's no one to help you here.
No Ewing organization.
Nobody but yourself, if you're man enough.
- That does it.
- Bobby.
Look at me! Well, look at me! All right.
I'm looking right at you.
Now, what the hell do you want? - Don't you know? - Know what? I'm Tom Owens! So you're Tom Owens.
Don't you even remember me? I never saw you before in my life.
Why, you Hey, Bobby.
Bobby.
- What are you doing? - 300 bucks ought to cover it, buddy.
Fair, man.
Best fight we ever had.
I loved it.
Watch it.
- You sure you didn't know that guy? - No, I never saw him before in my life.
Did he hurt you, J.
R.
? Listen, you guys, I may be slow, but I'm Miss Ellie.
I didn't know you were going out.
Just a routine checkup at the doctor's.
Didn't you see Dr.
Danvers yesterday? You'll find out when you get older, Pam that they have to run more and more tests on you.
Miss Ellie, is that really what it is? Seemed awfully anxious to get Jock out of here.
Pam, I'm late.
I have to go.
Bye-bye.
He doesn't remember.
He destroyed me, took everything, and he doesn't remember.
They're going hunting, middle of the week.
No matter where they go, there's gonna be nobody around.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I waited a long time, and Jock Ewing is gonna remember Tom Owens.
He's gonna remember me, all right.
Well, J.
R.
, I got a feeling we're gonna bag our limit in no time.
If this wind ever drops, we're gonna be up to our eyeballs in mosquitoes.
- I hope not.
Did you bring that beer? - Oh, yeah.
- Good.
How about the bourbon? - You bet.
Hey, looks like you guys are planning on digging yourself halfway to China.
They got any oil there? Hey, what about that, J.
R.
? Why don't you negotiate with the Chinese? There's one place the OLM won't get you.
Yeah, what do you think of that, J.
R.
? Well, sir I thought the purpose of this trip was to hunt, not talk about business.
Yeah, I guess you're right.
We got time enough for trouble when we get home.
Miss Ellie, I'm gonna go up and feed baby John.
You wanna come with me? Yes, I'd love to.
Sue Ellen, we missed you at dinner.
Teresa brought me some food up on a tray.
Sue Ellen? That's baby John.
So? You're there.
And so is Miss Ellie.
And so is the nurse.
He hasn't been eating as much lately.
Well, now he's decided he's hungry.
When you have one of your own you'll find out they don't always follow the rulebooks.
Maybe I do worry about him too much.
Yes.
Your aunt Pamela's a worrywart, little John.
But look at you, just as content as can be.
What's wrong, Miss Ellie? Nothing.
I'll go downstairs and warm the bottle.
I know something's wrong.
Can't you tell me? I'd like to help.
It's nothing, Pam.
I'll be right back with a bottle.
- Ricochet, J.
R.
- Guy was using a rifle, Dad.
Hey, stupid, there's somebody down here! Bobby! It's Bobby.
- Bobby.
- You all right, Bobby? That sounded like rifle fire to me.
Yeah, it was.
Some idiot over there thinks I'm wild game.
Damn fool.
They let anybody can carry a rifle hunt these days.
If somebody is hunting with a rifle, we'd better be careful.
We just have to keep our eyes open.
Come on, let's get us some birds.
- Don't run off on me, now.
- I think you can handle the rest of them.
- Hey, bring me a beer.
- Okeydoke.
Don't feel bad, J.
R.
You'll hit something tomorrow.
Here, Daddy.
Thanks, Bobby.
Daddy, you all right? Yeah, I think so.
- Are you sure? - Yeah.
- J.
R.
, you okay? - I'm all right.
What the hell happened, anyway? I don't know.
Kind of hard to tell.
Somebody punched a hole in the bottom of this.
It wasn't like that when we got it.
We'd have smelled fumes.
I'll tell you what happened.
I saw how you loaded that lantern.
You slammed it down.
You could've put the hole in then.
J.
R.
, you unloaded that thing from the truck.
There was plenty of time for you to notice if there was fuel spilling out.
Hold on.
You're just a hired hand.
Don't try to shift the blame on me.
Why don't you knock it off, both of you! I don't care how it happened.
It was an accident, that's all.
Lucky nobody got hurt.
I don't know what I'm doing here.
I could be doing something useful.
- Oh, why don't you knock it off, J.
R.
? - Yes, sir.
These things happen.
No need to spoil the trip.
Well, Bobby, there's sections of these woods that I used to know.
Boy, you could bag a dozen birds just like that.
Wait till I take you down there tomorrow.
We'll get a bag of them.
What is it? Hold it! - What's going on? - Daddy's hit! Keep your head down.
Daddy? - Can you see how bad Daddy's hit? - I don't know.
I can't tell from here.
Can you get to him? Yeah, I think so.
- No, wait! Hold it.
I'm closer! - Stay there! Don't do it, J.
R.
! You think they gave up? I don't know.
Maybe.
J.
R.
and Daddy are hurt.
We gotta find out.
- I'll swing around the side of the truck.
- Don't do it, Ray.
Hey, listen, I'm the hired hand around here, remember? Just cover me.
- J.
R.
! - Yeah? - How bad you hit? - I got it in the leg.
I'm bleeding.
Keep your head down! We'll get to you! Daddy! Daddy.
Oh, my God.
- He's losing a lot of blood.
- It's his side, Ray.
Wrap him up in this blanket.
Those were no bird hunters.
They're using heavy-duty rifles.
I know it.
Here they are.
Look there.
Damn.
- Ray? - You're gonna be okay, Jock.
I tell you, it's a good thing it wasn't a shotgun.
He'd have been dead for sure.
Take some of these over to J.
R.
Here, take this.
Gotta get him to the hospital.
Gonna be okay, Jock.
- Did you see who it was, J.
R.
? - No, I didn't see who it was.
Had to be those men we had the brawl with in Land Down.
- Why would they wanna kill us? - We hurt their pride.
We whipped them on their own territory in front of their friends.
All because Daddy didn't recognize that dude? That's hard to believe.
Bob, we gotta get out of here.
Those dudes might come back.
- I know.
- You're gonna be okay, Jock.
You just lie there now.
Look here.
Open up.
All right.
- Ray? - Yeah, I'm here.
You're gonna be okay.
Easy, easy.
You okay, J.
R.
? Yes, sir, I'm fine.
Just lie back, Daddy.
Everything's gonna be fine.
Hell, might be the last time I'll ever move.
Just lay back here, Jock.
You're a tough old boy.
You're gonna be okay.
Now, just put this hand right up here and hold it tight.
Got it? I'm gonna go start the truck.
I'll get sleeping bags.
They can lie on them in the back.
Yeah.
Now, you just stay here.
Yeah.
The rotor's gone.
Well, that's not something we can jury-rig.
That's right.
It all makes sense, doesn't it? First they shoot at me, then blow up that lantern.
When that doesn't work, they ambush us.
I wonder how much time we got till they try something else.
Bobby one of us is gonna have to stay and stand guard.
The other's gonna have to go to town and get help.
Yeah.
- Let's go tell Daddy and J.
R.
- Yeah.
Daddy? Daddy, the truck's out.
They took the rotor.
Now, Ray and I figured that one of us will go into town and the other will stay here and stand guard in case they come back.
- You still think they might be around? - There's a good chance, Daddy.
No, Bob.
One man would be too easy a target out there.
- That's a chance we gotta take.
- No.
I might not be able to walk, but I can still shoot.
I'll stay here with Dad, and you two hike into Land Down.
J.
R.
makes sense.
Why don't you two go ahead.
Okay.
But we'll get you to the cot first.
Come on, Ray.
- Go easy with him.
- Careful.
Just lift him up.
- Okay, go.
- Oh, God! Careful.
Easy, Daddy.
Take this off.
Lift your head up, Daddy.
Just a little.
Thank you, Bobby.
Now get going.
Looks like we hit one of them.
Well, I hope that changes their mind a little.
I don't know, I'm worried about Jock.
I think we ought to get back.
Jock and J.
R.
ain't gonna make it no place unless we bring help.
Let's go.
Okay.
Let's move out.
Do a little praying along the way.
This'll slow you down a bit, son, but you'll be okay.
I didn't expect we were gonna gun them down.
- I thought you wanted to rough them up.
- Didn't you see Jock Ewing? He was getting ready to shoot you.
He's gonna pay for that and a lot more.
I don't know, Tom.
They still got their guns.
Don't worry.
With the two younger ones gone, Jock Ewing and that boy are sitting ducks.
Dad? Dad, I'm just gonna wet your lips.
I don't want you drinking any water.
Thank you.
You know, J.
R at a time like this, you You sure realize you're not gonna live forever.
You're gonna be fine.
Remember last year that heart attack I had? Hell, I could pop off any time.
Take it easy, Dad.
Bobby and Ray are gonna be back before you know it.
That attack happened so suddenly.
I didn't have time to plan a thing.
Just keep putting everything off.
Just try and save your strength, will you? There's something I should've done a long time ago, J.
R.
- And I'll need your help.
- Yes, sir.
Anything.
- J.
R.
? - Sir? I was married once before.
What? I was married before.
She's still alive.
Her name is Amanda Lewis.
All these years, you never said a word about it.
I can't believe it.
She was a pretty little thing.
Fragile.
You know, the kind that The kind you had to protect.
I was wildcatting.
It was tough times.
Men shooting, killing each other.
You know, things like like happened today.
There were accidents, and Well, it was just something that she couldn't cope with, that's all.
- Well, what happened to her? - All that strain everything got to her.
Everything depressed her.
Two years after we were married she had a nervous breakdown.
She lost all All touch with reality.
They had to confine her to a state mental hospital.
Her doctor told me to He told me to divorce her that she'd never be a well woman.
It's something I never told anybody, J.
R.
I'll keep your secret, Dad.
I hope so.
It's a period of my life that Well, that I'm not very proud of.
- God, I'm dry.
Could I have more water? - Yeah, yeah.
Say where is she now, Dad? This Amanda? Well, when I was able I had her moved to a private hospital in Colorado.
I've been paying for expenses ever since.
- You've been doing the right thing, Dad.
- I used to see her real often.
Then when I met up with your mama, I stopped.
I just send her checks now to the hospital.
You mean, you never said a word to Mother about this? I always wanted to tell her but the time was never right.
Besides I was in competition with Digger Barnes for your Mama and I sure didn't want another woman in then.
- This is not the time to worry about it.
- Yes, it is, J.
R.
If I die, what's gonna happen to Amanda? Who's gonna take care of her? I'll handle it.
If I get back I wanna see the lawyers.
Check out our assets and set up a trust for Amanda.
Yes, sir.
That's a good idea.
It's not like I'm a poor man, you know? It's Hell, we got more money than we can ever spend.
I just wanna do the right thing, that's all.
We'll worry about that when we get home, won't we? J.
R.
, I want you to promise me that if I don't get back you'll set up that trust fund for Amanda.
Dad, I'll take care of Amanda.
I promise.
I don't like it, Ray.
We shouldn't have been able to get out of there without a fight.
Something's wrong.
Maybe we just got lucky.
Maybe it's not us they're after.
Maybe it's Daddy.
We better find some help and get it fast.
- Hey, friend.
- Oh, hey.
What do you want? My buddy and I and my family were jumped by some men with rifles.
My dad and brother are wounded.
We need help.
There's a lot of accidents around here.
I don't get involved in people's business.
You're involved now! Bobby, we're not gonna help Jock and J.
R.
this way.
- Where's the law around here? - About 100 miles, around Shreveport.
Well, what about a doctor? Well, he might be in.
Well, he travels around a lot.
Does medical service for the parish.
Hey, Bobby, forget about this clown.
Come on, let's look over here.
- Let's get a damn car! - Get out of here! Bobby, this is it.
Come on.
Hold it.
What do you want? You still don't remember, Ewing? You steal a man's farm, wipe him out, you still don't remember.
- Now, you look, mister - Owens.
Owens, I do business with a lot of people.
Thirty-two years ago, you came to my farm, personally.
We stood as close as we are right now.
You tried to get me to sell.
When I wouldn't, you spread some money around.
And suddenly nobody would buy my crops.
All right, maybe I did lean on you too hard.
But it seems to me you've waited a hell of a long time to get revenge.
I didn't want revenge.
- I wanted to spit in your eye.
- Then what's all this? You crushed me like a bug.
And after 32 years, you don't even remember my name.
You're gonna pay for that.
My boy and I had to start all over again from nothing in Land Down.
Mr.
Owens has made a lot of friends around here, you The kind of friends that ambush people.
They all know my father's story and who ruined him in Texas.
Nobody's gonna feel sorry for whatever happens here.
So that's it? You're gonna kill me in cold blood, huh? Maybe we could make a deal, sir.
No, J.
R.
All right, Owens.
Come on.
If you're gonna do it, do it! I can't.
I'm not a killer.
When I thought you were gonna shoot my boy I was gonna kill you.
You got away with it.
Give the devil his due.
All right, drop your guns! We'll blow you away! Back up! Move it! Come on! - You all right, Daddy? - I'm okay, Bobby.
You bring a sheriff? There's no law in Land Down.
And damn little help.
Forget that two-bit town.
Let's run these jokers down to state police.
No need to involve the law here.
I'm not bringing any charges.
- Daddy, they tried to kill us.
- They should be put away, Dad.
Just a hunting accident.
Happens all the time.
- What are you trying to pull? - Nothing.
I owe you, that's all.
Back in those days I ran roughshod over a lot of people.
I don't remember you, Owens.
But I should have.
Because you got a lot of pride.
When you get right down to it that's all a man can take to his grave.
You made me think, Owens.
Maybe this business has become too impersonal.
J.
R we get back to town there's some records we're gonna go over.
There might be some housecleaning we've got to do.
Dad, you're gonna need some rest after you've been tended to.
You lost a lot of blood.
I'll manage, J.
R.
Ray, Bobby, give them back their guns.
This ain't gonna buy you a place in heaven, Ewing.
Fred will help you out.
Come on up.
Okay, bring us down.
Well, those don't look like scratches to me.
- That's what you said on the phone.
- Now, we're all right, Mama.
Can't you stay out of trouble? Well, now, Miss Ellie, I think that'd make life pretty dull.
Besides, a little trouble now and then keeps the old heart ticking.
Well, I don't think Dr.
Danvers would like your methods.
Now, what does that old witch doctor know? Go ahead, I'll be right in.
- Come on, Daddy.
- Now, wait a minute, wait a minute.
- Y'all go ahead.
I wanna talk to J.
R.
- Oh, not now, Jock.
Go ahead.
I'll be right in.
J.
R.
, don't forget what I told you.
I want you to set up that trust fund for Amanda.
I'll be by the office to check it out just as soon as I'm up to it, okay? - Yes, sir.
- Good boy.