Dallas (1978–1991): Season 5, Episode 14 - Denial - full transcript

Harv thinks that we should try
and convince Mama...

to have Daddy declared legally dead.

This is the break you've been waiting for.
Daddy left you the whole shoe to match.

I got no wife, got no daddy.
Got no son.

I got no home to go to.

We had a $3 million deal.

Forget it.

Double lock your doors, call some attack
dogs in. Whatever you want to do.

But I guarantee you one thing.
I'm gonna get that boy back. Until I do...

you're not gonna know one moment's
peace anywhere on God's green earth.

Well. How does it look?



Good. It looks real good.

Well. Then. Can we go ahead?

Yeah.

I'll get J.R. in here to sign the papers.

- Sly?
- Yes?

If J.R.'s free. Would you have him step in
here? I have papers I'd like him to sign.

Yes, sir.

- Ewing residence?
- Where is she?

Mrs. Sue Ellen Ewing. Where is she?

I'm sorry. Sir.
She just stepped out for a moment.

I don't expect her in before teatime.

- Who is this anyhow?
- This is Mrs. Chambers, the nurse.

Whom shall I say called?

I'm sorry. He seems to have
stepped out of the office. May I...?



Now. Look. I know he's in there.
What's going on?

We had a deal to discuss.
It was all settled about a month ago.

I was to meet him here at 3:00
and it's almost 4.

Now. What's his game?

I guess he's tied up right now.

Would you like to speak
to his brother Bobby?

No. I don't want to speak to his brother.
I want to speak to J.R. himself.

- J.R.
- J.R.. Mr. Hartman wanted...

Look. J.R.. what's the deal here?

We had a $3 million deal.

Forget it.

- Sly, where's J.R.?
- I'm sorry, Bobby, he 's gone out.

Out?

People are waiting
for his signature on a land buy.

- Now. Where the hell did he go?
- Well, he didn't say.

Well. You find him.

Boys. I'm sorry.
He's taken Daddy's death pretty hard.

Damn it, Bobby. That was two
weeks ago. Life goes on.

You can't afford to let this deal slip by.
The time is right.

The geologicals are terrific.

The location couldn't be any better
for you. The land abuts yours.

And the price is right.
We'll put up one half.

Look. Len. I'm sorry.
I can't move without J.R.

- Why?
- Because he's president of Ewing Oil...

and I can't put anything through
without his signature.

Yeah?
Harv Smithfield on line one, Bobby.

Harv. What can I do for you?

Bobby. I have to talk to you
as soon as possible.

I haven't been able to reach J.R. and we
have some important decisions to make.

Personal and business.

- No w, when can we all get together?
- Well, I'm a bit swamped right now.

Can I come out
to the house tomorrow night?

Fine. Fine. I'll tell Mama you'll be there.

- Boys. I'm sorry.
- So are we.

Call us when
we can get something done.

I can't believe that this is so pretty.
I just love it.

Oh. Thank you.

I told you. That was the
best thing for you.

You're absolutely right.

- Where's John Ross?
- He's upstairs playing.

That's good.

I can't tell you. I'm so exhausted.
I never walked so much in my life.

My feet hurt.

I should have worn different shoes.
But I did have a nice time.

I knew all you needed was
to get out and get doing again.

Well. You were right.
I had so much fun.

Dee Dee. I'm sorry.
I didn't even offer you anything to drink.

- Iced tea. Something?
- No. Thanks. Honey. I got to get going.

- Oh. Thank you. It was a beautiful day.
- Oh. You deserve it.

Henry will have a falling down fit
if I don't get home...

and get dinner on the table.

But you're coming to dinner tomorrow
night. Do you hear? No more excuses.

I've got the most divine man
I want you to meet.

Pam. Some of these have
personal notes to Grandma.

What should I do with them?

Well. Why don't you put them
in a special pile.

She'll probably want to see them later.

She's taking it very well.
Don't you think?

Yeah.

Is it normal the way she's taking it?

Well...

Bobby.

- Hi. Lucy.
- Hi. Bobby.

- Hi. Sweetheart.
- Hi.

How is all this going?

Well. I think we're making
a small dent in it now.

God. I never realized
that Grandpa had so many friends.

- Hello. Bobby.
- Hello. Mama.

Where's J.R.?

- Isn't he home?
- No. Not yet.

Didn't you see him when you left?

The door was closed to his office.

Honey. Is Christopher still awake?

L just put him down
about 15 minutes ago.

If we hurry. We can still
catch him counting his toes.

How's he doing?

I don't think
I've ever seen Pam so happy.

It's as though she were born for this.

Why don't we clear up this table.

I think it would be nice
if we had dinner in here tonight.

- What?
- Come on. Get up. It's after 2.

- Leave me alone.
- Come on. Get up. up.

Will you just leave me alone?

Hey. What are you doing?

You told me never to let you sleep here
all night. So I'm waking you up.

Get up. Come on, J.R..
You gotta go home.

To what? I haven't got a home.

I got no wife, got no daddy.
Got no son.

I got no home to go to.

Turn off the light.

- Morning. Bobby.
- Morning.

J.R. just came in.
Did you want me to buzz him for you?

No. Don't bother.

- J.R.. I want to talk to you.
- Yeah? About what?

Looked for you last night.
Where were you?

Get to the point. Bobby. I'm in no mood
to discuss my fascinating personal life.

Yeah. So I see.

Well. Sly said you had some papers
for me to sign. Where are they?

They're right here.

Okay. There you are.

- Anything else?
- No. That's all I had.

Good.

Always happy to be of some service.

Miss Ellie?

- Hello. Harv. Come on in.
- Thank you.

Teresa said I'd find you in here.

Well. I didn't expect you so early.

Would you like a cup of coffee?
I just made a fresh pot.

Well. Yes. That'd be fine. Thank you.

I wanted to talk to you
before the boys got home.

I remember you like it black.

Thank you.

Ellie. There are some personal matters
I have to talk to you about.

I don't understand. What would
you want to talk to me about...

that doesn't involve
the rest of the family?

Oh. It does affect them. But I thought
you and I should talk first.

You see...

since Ewing Oil is a wholly
family-owned-and-run business, Jock's...

Jock's absence leaves
a lot of things up in the air.

And with an enterprise
the size of Ewing Oil...

you can understand that
that is an impossible situation.

I don't see why.

Jock made his wishes perfectly clear...

when he divided up his
voting shares in his letter.

And that's exactly
the way it's gonna remain.

Ellie. Listen to me.
That letter was fine...

as a short-term way
to run the business in Jock's absence.

But the terms...

The terms of his will
could change all that.

Harv...

I think you're being a bit premature
talking about Jock's will at this point.

- Ellie...
- And frankly...

I don't want to discuss it any further.

Ellie.

We'll be having dinner pretty soon.

Will you join us?

Ellie. I'm sorry. But...

I'll tell the boys you were here.

No. I'm sorry. She's not here.

She's at an autograph party.

Yeah. Isn't she though?

Yeah. Sure. I'll tell her.

Hey. Wait till I tell
you what I just heard.

What's the matter?

What is it. Huh?
Is something wrong?

No. Nothing's wrong.

Just thinking a little bit.

Have you been sitting here
like this very long?

I'm sorry that I'm so late. But...

You know how these things are.
I mean it's always:

“Just one more autograph. Mrs. Krebbs.”
and. Well...

Well. After all. I mean.
You know. They did...

They paid 12 bucks for my book.

I know. It's all right.

Your publisher called.
He had some good news.

He said your book's number five
on the non-fiction list and climbing.

Well...

How about if I fixed you a bite to eat?
I bet you're starving.

No. That's all right. I'm going in
to Braddock. I'll eat later with the boys.

So great. Thank you so much.

This is a fabulous party. I love it.

Well. I'll tell you this.
She is sure put together.

- Where did he find her?
- Some secretarial pool.

Can't be the one I use.
Some guys have all the luck.

I cannot believe her husband
doesn't have some suspicions by now.

I mean. Tennis lessons three times a week
and her game hasn't improved a bit.

Well. I gather her technique sure has.

Poor Charles.

Listen. You know. He hadn't been...

No. Thank you right now. Honey.

He hadn't been home for supper
since he hired her.

Some guys have all the luck.

I don't think he's a day over 30.

She's at least 45.

Forty-six.

Excuse me.

You know. They say he slept
with everybody in town.

Right this way.

Sue Ellen.

Tom. I would like you
to meet Sue Ellen Ewing.

Sue Ellen. This is Tom Flintoff.

I'm so happy to meet you, Tom.

Happy to meet you.

I knew you two were meant
for each other.

Hi. Stranger.

Bonnie.

- Buy a lady a drink?
- Yeah. Sure.

Set them up here.

It's been a while.

I was kind of hoping we'd run into
one another, but we never did.

- I got married.
- I know.

I read about your wife in the papers.
I bet she keeps you hopping.

Donna's a fine woman. I'm proud of her.

Sure. I'm sure you are.

But something's wrong. I can tell.

It's me. I just don't seem
to be able to get anything right.

Including my marriage.

Doesn't your wife understand you?

Yeah. She understands me fine.

Then why are you here all alone?

Because I'm a...

Why don't we just change the subject.

- Okay?
- Okay.

One for the road?

One for the road.

Where are you going?

Back to my place.

Why?

I don't know. It's funny tonight.

I keep feeling that you're bored with me.

It's not true.

Well...

Then maybe you're just tired
of my nagging or something.

Oh. You know. Well. I'm really sorry
that I haven't been able to get you a job.

And I'm gonna keep trying.

Cliff...

ls there someone else?

If there is. You know. You can tell me.
You know that.

No. no.

No. No. There isn't.

I've got some problems at work.

You're really gonna go?

Yeah. I think I better.

I'm sorry.

Bye.

Hello?

Sue Ellen. It's Cliff.

Cliff.

- How are you?
- I'm fine.

- It's been a long time.
- Yes. It has.

I read about your divorce in the paper.

And I've been thinking about you.
How are you doing?

- Fine. Yes, I'm just fine.
- Is there a chance we could get together?

Could you hold on just a second?
Someone's at the door.

What? At this hour?

- Who is it?
- It's Tom.

- Hi.
- What are you doing here?

I told you
that I wanted to go home alone.

Now. You and I both know that
that was just an excuse for your friends.

Sue Ellen?
Sue Ellen, are you there?

Cliff. I can't talk right now. I'm sorry.

Call me again.

Bye.

What are you doing?

What do you think I'm doing?

Stop it! Let go of me!

Come on. Now. The night's young.

And you are beautiful.

- Get out.
- No.

Get out!

I mean it. You get out of here!

Okay.

Okay.

But just you wait.

You've been divorced how long?
A month?

Just wait a little while longer.
I give you one more month.

One more long. Lonely month.

You'll be calling me.

- Hello?
- Ls this the Ewing residence?

- Yes. This is Bobby Ewing speaking.
- Oh. Mr. Ewing. I'm glad I got you.

This is Dr. McWright's office.

We're calling about
Christopher's medical records.

Yeah. I know.

- I've got them.
- Good.

We've left several messages
with Mrs. Ewing.

We wanted to remind her to bring them...

when she brings Christopher in
for his checkup.

Yes. Look.
I'm sorry about the delay there.

They're in my office.
I'll get them to you today for sure.

Goodbye.

Phyllis. It's me.

Do I have anything
on my calendar this morning?

You have an appointment with Harv
Smithfield scheduled for 10 this morning.

You have an appointment with Harv
Smithfield scheduled for 10 this morning.

Will you call him back.

See if he can postpone it until
sometime this afternoon... After lunch.

I'm gonna be late today.
I have a few stops to make.

Thanks.

Eric. I'm not asking you
to falsify a document.

Simply posing a hypothetical question.
That's all.

Is this another hypothetical question
about your hypothetical friend?

Yes. It is.

I just want to know what
name would be...

on the medical history
of an adopted child.

Look. I am not going to give you
any legal advice.

All I can tell you is
that if my wife and I...

were trying to adopt a child
through an agency...

the adoption papers
and the medical records...

would show only the parents
and the baby's first names.

Does that answer your question?

Yeah. That's fine.
Thank you. Buddy.

Bobby. Don't do anything stupid. Hear.

Lucy. I understand how you feel...

but you can't lose yourself
over your grandfather's death.

You don't know how I feel at all.

What makes you think
I don't understand?

I remember how I felt
when my father died.

I felt like the world had come to an end.

But we had to keep going.
My family and I.

And we did.

But you had your mother
and your sister.

No. That's not what helped the most.

What did?

Well. I threw myself into my studies.

It gave me a direction
and eventually turned things around.

I wish I had something like that.

I'm hopeless when it comes to school.

I'm just not good at anything.

You were a good Miss Young Dallas.

That's over now.

Then find something.

Have you ever thought
of looking for a real job?

Thank you.

For what?

For listening. For caring.

You're right, I have to get going
with my life now.

Have you noticed how much easier it is
for us to talk now...

than when we were together.

I've changed a lot since then.

I'm late. We better get going.

Christopher, look at Grandma.

Such a good boy.

J.R.. I thought you'd already gone.

Aren't you going into the office?

Old Bobby's doing all right
on his own. Mama.

I need some coffee.

J.R.. I know how you feel
about your daddy's not being here.

But it's hard on all of us.

And Bobby does need you.
He can't run the business alone.

You know your daddy wants things
to continue...

exactly as they were before he left.

- Pam. Let me hold him for a while.
- Sure.

- Come here. Up you go.
- Come on.

Come to Grammy.

Oh. So sweet.

So sweet.

J.R., aren't you going?

Yeah. I'm going.

Such a good boy.

Sue Ellen. Don't you ever stay at home?

- Where do you want to eat?
- Anywhere. This place is like a tomb.

Yeah. Let's go.
It's already after noon...

- Bobby should be back about 1.
- Okay.

What do you want to eat today?
I'm starving.

- I just want to get out of here.
- I know.

Get away from all of this.

Oh. Bobby. I didn't expect you until later.
We were just leaving for lunch.

- Would you rather I stayed?
- Oh. No. You go on ahead.

- Is the service on?
- Yes.

- Okay. Have a nice lunch.
- Thank you. Bye.

My hope...

My purpose in writing this book...

Coming.

- Hi. Punk. Come on in.
- Hi. Donna. How you doing?

- Fine. Thank you.
- Where's old Ray?

He's still asleep.

Asleep at this hour?

- He had a rough night.
- Well. You go wake him up.

I got something worth interrupting
his sleep for.

Tell it to the Ewings.

Partner. I've got a deal for you
that you're just gonna love.

I guess you didn't hear
about my last big deal.

I fell flat on my face.

So you made some mistakes.
You think I haven't?

We all do.

That's how we learn.

You're talking to the wrong man.

Ray. I...

Jock's death hit him real hard.

I can sure understand that.

Hit all of us pretty hard.

I'm gonna keep in touch.

I tried to explain to your
mother that it's...

unrealistic to try to
operate the company...

as though Jock were still alive.

I don't understand. Harv. Why the rush?

Because this is not some
mom-and-pop business you're running.

This is Ewing Oil...

and all the stock in the company
belongs to your father.

This is an enormous estate here.

Unless it's settled
as soon as possible...

the legal complications
could be overwhelming.

All right. What do you suggest?

Look. Bobby...

it's difficult for all of us.

I think the best thing for us
is to go ahead...

get it over with.

Petition for a hearing
to have Jock declared legally dead.

Of course. It won't go ahead without
Miss Ellie's permission.

Well. I don't think she'll give it. Harv.

I know how you're mother feels. Bobby.

It's understandable.

I have great sympathy for her...

and for you.

But I also know that the company
can't continue to operate like this...

without a rudder for very long.

Look. Bobby. It has to be done.

And better now than later.
When there could be more problems.

And it could be even more painful.

Well. Hello. Harv.

What bad news brings you here?

Harv thinks that we should try
and convince Mama...

to have Daddy declared legally dead.

Well. I don't know
what you need me here for.

Bobby's been running things pretty well
around here. Harv.

J.R.. that will should be opened
and read.

Go ahead. Do it. Maybe this is
the break you've been waiting for. Bob.

Maybe Daddy left you
the whole shooting match.

And all you have to do is to talk Mama
into having that hearing. Huh?

I don't know. Harv.

I'll think about it
and I'll let you know.

All right. Bobby.

That's great. Great.

So how many barrels are we pumping?

You're kidding me.

Well. Isn't that the commission's limit?
So in a couple of weeks...

we're gonna be showing a profit.
Despite all the work we had to do.

All right. Right.

- Yes?
- Marie...

get me a reservation
at the Cattlemen's Club.

These are beautiful.

Did you really take all these?

Well. These are some of my favorites.

I wish I did anything half as good
as you take pictures.

Well. You don't have to do anything.

You're beautiful.

You're also rich and charming.

That ought to be enough.

Well. It isn't.

I want to do something with my life
and that's why I called you.

You were Miss Young Dallas.

You must've had a thousand
photographers calling you.

- Why'd you pick me?
- You were nice and you didn't push.

And I just... I felt I could trust you
and that we would work good together.

I think it helps if a model
and a photographer...

have a good working relationship.
Don't you?

I think we do, don't you?

You really meant it when you said I could
be a professional model. Didn't you?

I did. You're a natural.
There's this guy I've been working with.

He's put a lot of girls on the covers
of national magazines.

Blair Sullivan.
I'm doing a session with him soon...

it'll be good for you to meet him.

Do you think I'm ready for that yet?

Hey. What's the matter?
You're not backing down are you?

- No.
- Well. You said...

you wanted to do something
with your life...

or weren't you serious?

No. I was serious. All right.

Good. I'll set it up.

Okay.

Let me buy you a drink.

And I thought this place
had some standards.

Hell. They'll let anybody
in here nowadays.

I have to thank you
for that favor you did for me.

You remember that dry hole
you used to call Ewing 6.

Well. It's back in operation.
Pumping its little heart out.

Well. Congratulations. Barnes.
You finally did something right.

Now. If you'll excuse me...

I've got something better to do
than sit around and talk to you.

- J.R.
- Sue Ellen. I got to talk to you.

I thought you were gonna be
on Southfork when I got back.

You knew how much that meant.

I just couldn't.
It was over. J.R.

There's nothing between us anymore.

I have nothing else to say.

Well. I have something
to say to you. Sweetheart.

I want you to stand there until I'm
finished because I'm not leaving.

Don't you understand. J.R..
That we aren't married anymore.

And I don't have to listen
to anything you say.

- It's finished.
- No. It's not finished.

Not while you got my boy.
It's not finished.

- Well. I have legal custody of John Ross.
- Legal custody?

Honey. I don't care about legal custody.

You took my daddy's grandson away.

Now. He was so proud of me
when that boy was born.

All my life. I tried to make
that man proud of me.

And because of you...

he died thinking I let him down.

He died thinking that I allowed you
to take my son off Southfork forever.

You think I'm gonna
let you get away with that?

- I can call the police.
- Fine.

Here. Go ahead. Call the police.

Get over there on the phone.
Hire yourself some armed guards...

double lock your doors.
Call some attack dogs in.

Whatever you want to do.
But I guarantee you one thing...

I'm gonna get that boy back.
Until I do...

you're not gonna know one moment's
peace anywhere on God's green earth.

Bobby. What's the matter?

It must be after 3.

How long have you been awake?

I don't know.

I can't turn my mind off.

Well. You wanna talk about it?

I'm not sure I can.

I'm a good listener.

Is it J.R.?

No. Not this time.

It's Mama.

Harv wants me to convince her
to have Daddy declared legally dead.

Boy. I dread it.

I just wish there was someone else
who could do it.

Well. Why does it have to be
done right away?

Everything's all right at the office.
Isn't it?

No. No. It's not.

J.R. is supposed to be at the reins...

but he doesn't seem to
give a damn anymore.

You think Harv is right then?

I just don't see any other way
to keep the company running.

Miss Ellie can't face that
right now. Bobby.

I know.

I know.

But Daddy spent his whole life
building that company.

And I'm not gonna sit by
and watch it go to ruin.

Try and get some sleep.

Everything will look better
in the morning.

Oh. It'll work out. I know it will.

I love you.

Good morning. Bobby.

I just made some coffee.

Would you like some?

And there's juice in the refrigerator
if you'd like it.

No. Mama. Thank you. I...

I don't want anything.

What's the matter, Bobby?

Mama. We have to talk.

All right.

What about?

Mama. We have to be realistic.

Daddy is not coming back.

And we all have to face that.

Mama. You know how proud Daddy
always was of Ewing Oil.

Well. We can't continue to run it the
way that he would've wanted it run...

unless we settle things legally
and properly.

What are you saying. Bobby?

Mama. We have to go ahead
with that hearing...

and have Daddy declared legally dead.

No.

No.

This house is still Jock's house.

This family is Jock's family.

You're Jock's son.

And I'm Jock's woman.

And the rules we live by
are the rules he made.

And that's the way it will be.

He's alive. Bobby.

Mama!

As long as I believe he's alive...