Dallas (1978–1991): Season 5, Episode 13 - The Search - full transcript

Daddy was flying in a chopper from the
interior to the airport. He never arrived.

- I don't think we should take his word.
- We should be there.

You don't have proof
Daddy's crashed?

It's been two days
in awful rough territory.

Daddy's been in tight spots.
Don't write him off.

Bobby would miss Jock terribly.
But he'd adjust if he had to.

Not J.R. He wouldn't have anything
left to live for if Jock was dead.

Over here.

I don't care how many planes
they had looking for him. Punk.

You can't stop now.

How big an area can it be.
For God's sake?



Now. Listen. He was on a mission
for the United States government there.

At least the Air Force
or the Army can help in some way.

I don't give a damn
about the political situation.

I know you're doing the best you can.

You just gotta realize
how we feel up here.

All right. Good.

Good. I'll be in touch with you later.

They're gonna keep on looking. Mama.

What did he say?

Daddy was flying in a chopper
from the interior to the main airport.

- He never arrived.
- Well. That doesn't mean it crashed.

They're certain it did.
They're using every available aircraft.

- They start the search at daybreak.
- Any search teams on the ground yet?

Yeah. Punk says it's really rough terrain.
Hard to get across on the ground.



Wreckage could be hidden from the air.

I'm repeating what Punk told me.
Give me a break. Will you?

- I don't think we should take his word.
- Yeah. Bob's right. We should be there.

But what if they find Granddaddy
before you get there?

I still say we should go.

The three of us take the first flight out.

- I'll check the airlines.
- Would you?

Donna. Make that four reservations.

Miss Ellie. You can't do that.

Are you telling me
that I can't help to find Jock?

No. Mama.
But it's gonna be dangerous down there.

Miss Ellie?

You got to be reasonable.
The men might have to move quickly.

I can take care of myself.

Oh. Grandma. Please don't go.

We'll need you here.

Mama. It's all settled.

Bobby and Ray and I go alone.

We're worried about Daddy.
We don't wanna worry about you too.

We'll be in constant touch.
Believe me. We will.

First flight out is 7:30 in the morning.

Miss Ellie. Do I tell them
to hold reservations for three or four?

Three.

I'm going to try and call Gary.

Hello.

That's all right. Bobby. I've got it.

Who is this?

Yes. We do have a report that he was
flying in the helicopter that went down.

Mr. Allen. You can write in your paper...

that my husband has faced danger
before and survived.

He'll survive this.

Are they gonna open me up. Ellie?

He's not sure.

But they're bringing in
the best cardiac surgeon in the state.

How's things going at home?

Same as usual.

Well. That's good.

You know. Ellie. Sometimes I worry I...

- I don't think I've been a good father.
- Jock. Don't.

Ellie. if...

If anything happens to me...

you keep the family together.
You hear?

J.R.

I must have dozed off. I was so tired.

It's all right. Don't get up.

I'm so sorry about Jock.

- Don't count Daddy out yet.
- Of course not.

He looks so peaceful. Doesn't he?
Not a care in the world.

No disappointments or...

I better get him ready to go.

Stay.

Well. I can't do that.

Don't take him away tonight.

You know how much it means to Daddy
to have him on Southfork.

Just for tonight.

I'll stay in one of the guest rooms.
We're leaving early in the morning.

J.R.

Please.

- Mr. John Ewing Jr.?
- Yes?

You have a son.
You can see him in the nursery.

John Ross Ewing Ill.

I'll stay.

Hey
-

Don't you think
you ought to come on to bed?

You're gonna have to get up early
to catch that plane in the morning.

I just can't believe it.

We were all dancing. Drinking. Partying.

Hey
-

Oh. Honey. You didn't know.

Jock's friends
waiting for him to come home.

Donna. He can't be gone.
He just can't be.

Listen. The three of you
are doing the best thing possible.

You are gonna go down there.
And you are gonna find out firsthand.

You don't know what he means to me.

Oh. I think I do.

I'm just sitting here
thinking about a time...

before I knew Jock was my father.

You know. I was all set
to marry Garnet McGee once.

I'm so glad you didn't.

Anyhow...

he sent for me.

Yeah. Well. What I'm trying to get at is
when you do marry...

what about Southfork?

Are you planning on leaving?

I don't think so. Sir.
I mean. It's real hard to say.

Well. I was going to give you this
in a couple of months, anyway...

celebrate your being here 20 years.

That's a whole section of prime
Southfork land at the northern end.

Jock. I...

Thank you. Sir.

You don't know how much
he means to me.

- Bobby. I'm worried about you.
- Why?

You've been under a terrible strain lately
because of me and your daddy.

Sweetheart, I'm gonna be fine.
Don't worry.

I know how much you love him.

You. J.R. and Ray are going
to have to work with each other.

We will.

Family's gonna have to pull together.
Maybe for the first time.

Daddy always felt so strongly
about family.

Feels about the family. Pam.

Keep everything in the present tense.

I'm sorry. I will.

He had trouble accepting the fact that
you married Digger Barnes's daughter.

But he did and he thought of me
as one of the family.

He never wanted us to leave Southfork.
Not for any reason.

I know.

Honey. I better go see
how Mama's doing.

Okay.
-

Pamela.

Us Ewings. it...

They're just not an easy family
to live with, as you found out.

We've had things our way so long
that maybe...

Well. Maybe it got in the way
of our being...

just people.

I guess you don't have no reason
to really care...

but I want to keep
my family together.

Mama.

Oh. Bobby.

Good. I wanted to talk to you.

What are you doing? All of this can wait.
You should be in bed.

I'm not tired.

And I've got a lot of things to do
tomorrow.

You've had an exhausting day.
You're under a lot of tension.

You should be in bed.

Bobby. Since you three boys
have talked me out of going with you...

I want you to take charge.

Mama. I don't think anybody
has to be in charge.

Bobby...

the three of you fought and argued
a lot with each other over the years...

and now we have a crisis where I need
to know that you're working together.

I'm depending on you, Bobby.

Well. Of course you can depend
on me. But...

No buts.

When J.R. was shot.
You stepped in and took over Ewing Oil.

Well. There are some people who don't
consider that one of my major successes.

Don't run it down, Bobby.

You were there when your daddy
and your family needed you.

Now you've got to take over again.

I know you'll do your best.

You're the one that your daddy
always counted on, Bobby.

You damn right I took it. It's mine.

That money belongs to Ewing Oil.

And who in the hell
do you think Ewing Oil is? It's me.

Ewing Oil belongs to me.
And don't you forget it. Boy.

You gave me Ewing Oil to run.
In writing.

Now you're obliged to consult me before
you do anything concerning the company.

Obliged? You telling me
that I'm obliged to ask you...

how to spend my own money
any damn way I see fit?

That's right. You gave me the power
to run that company...

and damn it, I intend to run it.

So I gave you power. Huh?

Well. Let me tell you something. Boy.
If I did give you power. You got nothing.

Nobody gives you power.

Real power is something you take.

Come on. Sweetheart.
Are you ready to go downstairs?

Yeah.

Come in.

- Who is that?
- Grammy.

- It is Grammy.
- Good morning.

Good morning.

How are you, John Ross?

Fine.

- I couldn't go out to see them off.
- I know.

Sue Ellen. I...

I thought maybe you and I
could spend a few minutes together.

I wanna ask you a favor.

I'd like you to stay at Southfork
until the men get back.

Miss Ellie. I know how much
John Ross being here means to Jock.

But breaking away from J.R.
has been very difficult for me.

I know that.

But no matter how you feel about J.R..
You're needed here now.

Miss Ellie.

At times like this. We have to be able
to depend on each other.

I hope I can count on you.

Miss Ellie. I'll have to think about it.
Please.

All right.

The family should pull together
when there's trouble.

Sue Ellen. We were worried about you.

Is he seriously hurt?

Do you really care. Sue Ellen?

- Jock!
- Where were you last night?

It doesn't matter now.

It damn well does matter.

Your husband may be dying. You're out
gallivanting around someplace.

Sue Ellen was sick.

Sick. You mean drunk.

Come here. Sweetheart.

Come here.

Can I get you some coffee?

No. A couple of more bourbons. Please.

Sure. Gentlemen?

- Not for me. Thank you.
- Nothing for me.

Putting away a lot of booze. J.R.

I don't feel a thing. Sober as a judge.

We'll find him. Don't worry.

Of course we will.

Jock's an expert at survival in
the wilderness. Hell. He taught all of us.

Yeah. I remember when he used
to take all four of us out hunting.

All those ghost stories he used to tell us
around the campfire.

I remember Gary sitting there.
Frozen in terror.

I remember you sitting on your hands
to keep them from shaking.

- That's what I remember.
- Now. Hold on.

Ray was strong. I remember waking up in
the morning with you in my sleeping bag.

Now. Wait a minute. Now.

That was my first hunting trip
and I was only seven years old.

You'd been there before.
You'd heard those stories.

Daddy took me out.
Oh. Just when I first started walking.

He could find his way through the woods
and the swamps. Across deserts.

No way he's gonna get lost
in some South American wilderness.

I'll drink to that.

That's good, Harry. Now. See how soon
you can get them through customs.

All right?

Thank you.

The Ewing boys just landed.
They'll be here in about an hour.

- What's happening with the search teams?
- We pulled them back.

The only one that hasn't showed up
is the team from drill site 11.

Thanks.

Bernie...

see if you can squeeze in about
three more cots for the Ewing boys.

- Sure. Punk.
- Drill site 11...

Do you really think
they're gonna get any sleep?

- Drill site 11. come in. Please. Over.
- No.

Hello. This is Julian at the base camp.
Is that search team done?

Did anybody call yet?

No. Lucy.

I'm not even sure
they've had time to arrive.

I'm very confused about the time zones.

I wish we just knew something.

I think they know
we're waiting to hear.

Lucy. You didn't have to
stay in your room all day.

I didn't wanna upset anybody.

You wouldn't have.

Hey.

You know. It's sometimes better
to just talk things out.

Oh. Donna.

I'm so scared.

It's all right.

It's all right.

Call as soon as you know anything.

Julian. Try drill site 11.
That team ought to be back by now.

- Okay.
- Hey. Punk.

- J.R.
- How are you doing. Boy?

- Bobby.
- Hello. Punk.

- Good to see you.
- Punk.

Can you get ahold of Southfork?
I wanna tell Mama I'm here.

- Bernie. See if you can get through.
- Sure.

Let me get you guys a drink.

How about filling us in a bit. Punk.

Well. I told J.R. just about
everything I knew when I called.

You didn't find the helicopter yet?

Not yet. It's been a rough
territory out there.

I've had over a dozen planes
and choppers up every day.

Plus. I got ground search teams
fanning out from every drill site we got.

Then you don't have any proof
that Daddy's crashed?

No. I don't.

But it's been two days
in awful rough territory.

Daddy's been in tight spots before.
Don't you write him off yet.

We're going out at first light.

I've got Southfork on the line.
Mr. Ewing.

Hello.

J.R.. I can't hear you very well.

Well. Mama. We're here.

Any news?

No. Not yet.

I'll try and stay in touch. We're gonna
go out tomorrow morning for the search.

J. FL.

J. FL.

Mama? Listen. Mama.

Mama.

J. FL.

Oh. Damn.

Hey. You listen to this.

I just got a report from drilling site 11.
The search team's back.

Before dark.
They spotted wreckage from the air...

10 degrees north-northeast.
About 30 kilometers from here.

It looks like aircraft.

There's somebody moving down there.

A medical team is going in from 11
at first light.

I got some room in here
if you got more dried food there.

I got a couple, buddy.
There's one, two and three.

I think you ought to
take these guns along with you too.

Here you are. Bobby.

You think we're gonna
run into an army up there?

You might. They got a full-blown
revolution going on...

in the country just north of here.

You wander over their border.
Accidentally. Who knows?

- Y'all want me to go with you?
- No. Punk.

I think you better stay here
and coordinate the other search teams.

Boys. Don't get your hopes up too high.

Well. Punk. Hope's about all we got.

Come on. Let's go.

- Here's the ammunition. Ray.
- Thank you.

- Good morning. Miss Ellie.
- Good morning. Donna.

- Have you heard anything yet?
- No...

just the phone call
from J.R. last night.

You want some coffee?

Yes. I would. Thank you.

You know...

I feel as if
I've been through this before.

When?

About four years ago.

Bobby and J.R. were flying back
from New Orleans.

Their plane went down.

We all decided
to keep the news from Jock...

because he was still recovering
from open-heart surgery.

Why didn't you tell me?

I was afraid to.

Of what it would do to you.

When are you gonna understand.
Woman?

When?

That I'm all right?

Damn it, Ellie. Both of them.

Why?

It's not certain, Jock.

There's still a chance. A search is on.

Everything turned out fine. Then.

It will now. Miss Ellie.

Daddy. I wish you were with them too.
But they couldn't wait.

They had to leave right away.

I'm sure they'll do everything they can.

Of course. I'll call you
as soon as we know anything.

Love you too. Daddy.

Bye.

Looks like we walk from here.

John Ross finally got to sleep.

Would have been
much better off at home.

Well. You know why
Miss Ellie asked you to stay.

She wanted the family together
when Jock comes home.

But I think we should face it.

What's going to happen
if they don't find him?

I haven't even wanted
to think about that.

Neither have I.

Ray loves him so very much.
If he doesn't come back...

Well. It just might mean a lot of trouble
ahead for the two of us.

Why?

Well. He's going through a crisis...

and without Jock here
to straighten him out. I don't know.

Oh. Donna.

You have got to believe
that Ray will turn himself around.

He is so unsure of himself as a Ewing.

He feels that his only tie to the family
is through Jock.

He's not like Bobby.

Bobby grew up knowing
that he was a Ewing.

I guess you're right.

Bobby would miss Jock terribly.
But he'd adjust if he had to.

Not J.R.

Everything he does.
He does for his daddy.

Even persecuting me. It was to show
Jock that he hadn't lost his grandson.

Every business deal he ever made.
He made for Jock.

J.R. would go to pieces.

He wouldn't have anything left
to live for if Jock was dead.

- No. No.
- Lucy.

Granddaddy is not dead.

Lucy. I didn't say that he was.

Honey. Look. Listen.

We were just talking...

about how much Jock means
to each of his sons.

We have to believe
that your granddaddy is coming back.

But at a time like this...

it's just natural for us
to be thinking a lot about him.

About what he stands for.

About our memories of him.

Memories?

No matter what happens. J.R...

Bobby...

and Ray will have
good memories of him.

But what about my father?

He has nothing. Nothing!

Hey. I got an idea.

Why don't you and I go into Braddock
and hit a few of the bars?

We haven't been drinking together
for a long time.

- Come on.
- You buying?

Who else?

That's a good idea. Dad.

I better take my car. I'll have to drive
when I drink you under the table.

If you'd like to make a little wager
on that. We'll just get to it.

- Five thousand dollars be all right?
- Chicken feed, boy. Chicken feed.

I never saw you before in my life.

Why. You...

Bobby.

- What are you doing?
- 300 bucks ought to cover it. Buddy.

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...

But what I didn't know was...

that I'd fathered a child by Margaret.

I have a fourth son.

Ray. .-

welcome to the family. Boy.

We gotta be there by now.

- Anybody hear us?
- Over here.

He's alive.

That's not Daddy.

- You from the base camp?
- Yeah. What happened here?

We don't know yet.
There's a lot of wreckage back there.

- We pulled him free.
- How bad is he?

He's pretty busted up.

We're gonna airlift him out of here.

- Can we talk to him?
- Yeah. He's pretty weak though.

- What happened?
- I was alone...

doing some survey work.

Alone? Weren't you in the chopper?

No.

Light plane.

Storm. Suddenly...

this chopper...

on top of me
before I could get out of the way.

Cut part of my tail section.

His engine quit.

Did you see where the chopper
went down?

Other side of the mountains.

There's a lake, about...
About five miles east.

I managed to glide.

That chopper fell like a stone.

I saw it hit the water.

You boys have a radio?

- Right over there.
- Ray. Get ahold of Punk.

Tell him we're gonna need boats.
Diving gear. Whatever he can get.

Is there anything we can do
for you here?

No. We'll handle it.

Grandma?

Feeling better?

Yeah. Where is everybody?

Well. Donna went home for a while...

and Sue Ellen and Pam
are with the children.

I think I'm gonna drive into Braddock.

I'm just so restless.
I feel like I'm gonna explode.

I know. Have you talked to Mitch?

For a few minutes. He's at the hospital.
I heard the phone ring a few times.

It was Rebecca.
And later on, Clayton Farlow.

I wish J.R. or Bobby would call.

It's too soon. Lucy.

- Why don't you go on ahead.
- I won't be gone long though. Okay?

Put the boat over a little closer.

Come on over this way.

Been down there twice
and still can't find anything.

Take a look over there
about 20 yards off to the north.

Let me give you a hand.

Looks like a couple of pieces
from the chopper.

I found them tangled up in some weeds.

Sort of a steep ledge...

and then it drops off
to a muddy bottom.

Well. Boys. I guess that's it.

- What do you mean?
- Where the hell is Bobby?

Swimming over there a little ways.
He ought to come up pretty soon.

There you go.

Bobby. Ray just brought this up.

It's part of the chopper
your daddy was in.

- That doesn't mean he didn't get out.
- J.R.

- I'm going down again.
- Get up here.

No. I'll be over there.
Move the boat about 20 yards or so.

- Bobby. You're exhausted.
- I'm all right. Just move the boat.

The search parties are coming in.
We're gonna lose the light pretty soon.

You heard him. Punk.

That's right, the Southfork Ranch.

I'll leave word at the gate
and you can just drive right in.

Thank you.

Sue Ellen. Who was that?

I was calling a cab.

I'm taking John Ross home.

What about Miss Ellie?

Pamela. Don't you understand
that I'm afraid to stay here.

She needs us all here with her now.

She wouldn't say it
because she's being brave.

I know that. But right now...

I'm thinking about
what's gonna happen to me...

if J.R. comes home without Jock.

Sue Ellen.

Pamela. I can't take those chances.

If Jock is dead...

then J.R.'s gonna fall apart totally.

And I don't know
that I can bring myself...

to leave him again.

Pamela. Do you remember
when he was shot?

I never left his side.

And it wasn't because I thought
I was the one who did it.

It's because he looked so hurt...

and helpless.

Just like a little boy.

Sue Ellen...

Pam. I've got to go now. Right now.

You won't say goodbye to Miss Ellie?

Pam. You talk to her.

Try to explain.

Bobby. What's up?

What You got?

- What are you trying to tell us. Bob?
- That it's over.

Daddy went down in that chopper...

- and he's not coming back.
- Are you telling us...

- because of a piece of jewelry...
- No way.

We're gonna keep on searching.

Ray is right.
We're not quitting because of this.

Ray. You've been down there with me.

Nothing that goes in that lake
is coming back up again.

J.R.. that soft bottom is like quicksand.
Could be a hundred feet deep.

Well. You can quit if you want to.
But not me. No. Sir.

It can't end here.

Not in this stinking mud hole.

Ellie. I...

Jock. Tell me what's bothering you.
I'd like to help.

What time is it?

About 3:00.

It'll take a long time.

I have the rest of my life
to listen to you.

I love you. Ellie.

I always will.

You know that. Don't you?

I'm sorry. Mama.

Did you find him?

No. Ma'am.

Miss Ellie...

we found the place
where his helicopter crashed.

But you didn't find him?

No. We didn't find him.

But...

Tell me what happened.

Mama. Every place that it was possible
for him to be. We looked.