Dallas (1978–1991): Season 9, Episode 18 - Blame It on Bogota - full transcript

It could be the largest-producing
emerald mine in the hemisphere.

What?

It could be worth hundreds
of millions of dollars.

I don't want to question you, but I
don't want to see you risk Ewing Oil.

If your bank won't
accept that as collateral...

I'll have to find
another one that will.

I'm gonna deliver
Jack. You know that.

- If it is worth your while.
- Don't you trust me?

- Are you okay?
- I went to see Bobby before I came here.

I want you to buy more
equipment than you'll ever need.

I want Pam to sink
millions into this project...



before I pull the rug
from underneath her.

Go on.

They are the messiest
damn birds on Earth.

They ought to all be shot.

Oh, I forgot. You like animals
more than most people.

That's right. I like animals
more than most people.

Well, I'd sure like you to spend as
much time as possible with them...

when you're down
there in South America.

Well, I figure I can stretch this trip out
to two weeks, maybe a couple days longer.

A couple of weeks? Is that all?

I thought you said you were
going into the jungle on foot.

We are.

Well, Matt, don't run.
Walk, son, walk. Ha, ha.

Take your time. Is
everything else set up?



We, uh, fly to Bogotá,
then we hop a light plane...

to the town of Los Gatos
on the edge of the jungle.

I'll be picking up men
and supplies there.

And from there on out,
we head into the wilds.

I hope Pam likes what she sees.

Well, there, uh... There
won't be much to like at first.

Just a hole in the side of the
mountain. That's where we'll set up camp.

I'll, uh, show her how things are
done, what equipment we need.

And then, if you've got what we
talked about in that briefcase...

I should be able to give her a
nice little going-away present.

J.R.: Take a look at this.

If we can fool her into thinking these
were found inside that mountain...

she should be willing to
invest as much as we want.

Matt, I want you to buy more
equipment than you'll ever need.

And pay those workers more money than
they've ever seen in their whole lives.

I want Pam to sink
millions into this project...

before I pull the rug
from underneath her.

And once the world finds
out that the mine's a bust...

I'm gonna drag her into court and prove
that she can't handle her own money...

much less my little nephew
Christopher's share of Ewing Oil.

Here. Put those back in the bag.

Now, you won't be able to
take them on the plane with you.

So I'll have them at your
hotel when you arrive.

I hope so.

Ha, ha. Don't worry.

All you have to think
about is all the money

you're gonna be
putting in your pocket...

instead of in the ground.

I'm gonna be a millionaire.

Ha, ha. How about that?

And I never thought you'd
amount to a hill of beans.

[LAUGHS]

Go on, get out of here. Go on.

But she's getting stronger?

Oh, considerably.

Now, when am I gonna
be able to talk to her?

Well, she's still
heavily sedated.

But by tomorrow, she
should be alert and talkative.

How soon will she be
able to go home, doc?

According to
Dr. Kenfield, if everything

keeps up at this pace,
I'd say about a week.

A week? That soon?

Oh, of course, she'll
have to stay off her feet.

She still has a lot of
healing to do internally.

But she can do that just as
well, probably better, at home.

Home. Hey, that sounds good.

Well, I have an appointment.
Dr. Kenfield will see you tomorrow.

- Thanks, doc.
- Goodbye. Good to see you.

Thank you very much.

You going back to the office?

No, actually I'm gonna go back to her
room. You know, just for a little while.

Uh, I gotta meet somebody from
Marinos. I'll check with you later.

Okay. Oh, how is
that project going?

Good, good. Everything
seems to be on schedule.

Even the preliminary drilling
indicates that the field is gonna be...

at least as big as the geologist
estimated, maybe even bigger.

Is that right?

Preliminary drilling?
Are you drilling already?

- Yeah.
- How?

Ha-ha-ha. What do you mean, how?

Well, I mean, how did you
get the, uh, equipment...

the drills and all that
stuff together so quickly?

Well, you know J.R. When it comes
to making money, he moves pretty fast.

Yeah.

JACK: Excuse me.

- I'll call you later,
huh? CLIFF: Yeah.

Hmm. I don't usually
drink this early in the day.

[J.R. CHUCKLES]

This is not drinking.
This is celebrating.

I'd like to propose a toast.

To the good news from
off the coast of Venezuela.

You didn't have to ruin it by
bringing those agreements with you.

Oh, there's no sense
in getting upset...

just because I like everything
down in black and white.

- Ha, ha. A deal's a deal.
- And a deal has two sides.

I give you 20 percent of
my share of the profits...

and you give me
Jack in Martinique.

Fair is fair.

Well, maybe we should wait until
you deliver your part of the bargain...

before I deliver mine.

Ha, ha. I'm gonna deliver
Jack. You know that.

Oh, I know you will deliver
Jack, if it is worth your while.

Don't you trust me?

Of course I trust you.

I trust you every bit as
much as you trust me.

To Martinique.

To Martinique.

JACK: Hello.

GRACE: Hi.

I'm sorry I'm late.

Don't be. How's your sister?

- Better. Stronger.
- Good.

[DUCKS QUACKING]

Ha, ha. I see you've
made some friends.

I haven't relaxed like
this since I left Greece.

- A little homesick?
- A little bit.

What's that you're carrying?

These are the Venezuelan,
uh, geological reports.

I thought I'd better
get them back to you.

Do they meet with your approval?

Well, they are the best
I've ever seen. Ha-ha-ha.

Have you seen many?

Well, yes, I have seen many.

- Have you?
- Yes.

- Where?
- Marinos Shipping, of course.

Ah, ha-ha-ha. Really?

Are you, uh, interested
in becoming an engineer?

I am an engineer.

[LAUGHS]

You know something? I...

I thought, uh... I thought
you were just a secretary.

No one is just a secretary
for Marinos Shipping.

Either one is on her
way up or on her way out.

Company policy.

Oh, boy. Well, you
are full of surprises.

Have you ever met Dimitri?

When I got my scholarship
to the national academy.

It was his endowment.

Every year, he pays for
the top student's education...

and hires him when he graduates.

Not a dumb man.

No. Ha. He's not.

What's he like?

There's another company policy.

Ha. You have too many policies.

Once you agree
to work for Dimitri...

you also agree not to talk
about him or the company.

Aren't you being
a little paranoid?

[CHUCKLES]

Aren't you being
a little too curious?

There are some things
we're all better off not knowing.

Things are pretty bad when I
can't convince you to stay and play.

I'm sorry, darling, I just...
I gotta go home, that's all.

Truth is, something's really
eating at you. You're tight as a drum.

Yeah. Yeah, you're right.

Something is bothering me.
I just can't shake it, that's all.

What?

[J.R. SIGHS]

Well, you know the sable
coat I bought for you?

With the money you got from Pam.

That's right.

Well, today my so-called
experts reported to me...

that they made a
rather serious mistake...

when they reviewed the
geological surveys of that mine.

What did they mean,
"serious mistake"?

Remember I told you
the mine was worthless?

Well, it now it turns
out it could be...

the largest-producing emerald
mine in the hemisphere.

- What?
- That's right.

Down the years, it could be worth
hundreds of millions of dollars.

And I sold my share to that
Barnes woman for a lousy fur coat.

That's incredible.

Her luck is what's incredible.

I keep telling her it's a bad deal,
hoping that she'll back out of it.

But no, no. She's just
too stubborn for that.

And now she tells me she's gonna go down
to South America to see the damn thing.

I tell you, if I had her
luck, I'd be unstoppable.

Darling, I don't wanna
bother you with this anymore.

I gotta go home.

I'll, uh... I'll call
you tomorrow.

[CHUCKLES]

How about the guys
at Dallas Memorial?

Mm. Only Bob Gilbert.

I told you there weren't gonna be many
people from the medical profession...

only about half a dozen or so.

Oh, great.

That's some party. Just me
and a hundred strangers, huh?

Look, just make believe
you're having a good time.

I have a better idea. Why
don't you make believe I went?

And the next day, you
can let me know how I did.

Let yourself go.

Look, it's nice meeting
different people.

Besides, doctors get boring.

[DOOR OPENS]

Boy, I'm sorry to hang you two up. I
thought Pam would be here by now.

She hasn't called you
by any chance, has she?

- No. Do you want me to try her?
- No, I'll do it.

Boring?

You know what I mean.
You spend all day with them.

Why spend your nights with them?

I like them. I'm one of them.

Yeah. Well, I
think I'll freshen up.

Maybe she should
meet us at the restaurant.

I'll get my jacket.
I'm starving.

PHYLLIS: Good
evening. Ewing Oil.

Phyllis, hello, it's
Mark. Is Pam in?

Hi, Mark. You just missed her.

She couldn't have walked out of
here more than 30 seconds ago.

I was beginning to think she
forgot about our dinner date.

You know if she's coming
over here or going home?

Home, I think. She didn't
say anything about dinner.

But she did say she had to pack.

Hold on a minute, Mark.
Matt wants to talk to you.

Mark, hi.

Matt Cantrell.

Hello.

Listen, I'm sorry I
kept your lady so late.

Oh?

Yeah. We had a lot
of details to go over.

And I insisted that we get them
out of the way before we left.

I, uh, didn't keep
my eye on the clock.

I apologize.

I understand.

You know, uh, Mark, it's
gonna be a hell of a trip.

I wish you could
come down with us.

Yeah, me too.

Well, good night.

Good night.

- You reach her?
- Yeah.

But she's beat.

To tell you the truth, so am I. I'm afraid
we're gonna have to miss dinner tonight.

I hope you don't mind.

I don't if you don't.

No, no, no. I'll just
practice having a good time.

See you tomorrow, pal.

Love to Pam.

Yeah.

Love to Pam.

I knew you went to college with Mark,
but I didn't know you were roommates.

Mm-hm. It wasn't easy bunking
with the most popular guy on campus.

[CHUCKLES]

Our room was a Mardi Gras every
night. I don't know how he did it.

So your aversion to parties
began at an early age.

- I could never get any sleep.
- You're not supposed to sleep at parties.

Well, you're not supposed
to party in bedrooms.

Who says?

Oh.

[CHUCKLES]

Uh, ahem.

But, uh, you survived all that
and went on to medical school...

and then on to become
a famous doctor.

Yeah.

But I started out as an
emergency room doctor.

It was a great job.

I didn't have to worry about
anything but taking care of people.

Whoever came through the door,
whatever was wrong with them...

that's all I had to think about:
Help the people get better.

I was being a doctor.
I mean, a doctor.

It was the greatest
feeling in the world.

Isn't it still?

Well, it wasn't for a long time.

The years go by, and
things change, goals change.

Maybe I changed.

I got caught up in medical
corporations, professional associations...

large-staff
hospitals, insurance.

I guess I was in the
business of being a doctor.

I was as worried about
billing as I was about healing.

Somewhere along the
line, I'd lost that feeling.

Somewhere along the
line something went wrong.

And then Mark came along.

And he wanted to start
the research center...

and he needed my help.

Mark made it possible for
me to feel like a doctor again.

Ah.

A lot of boring doctor talk.

[CHUCKLES]

Waiter, may I have
some more coffee, please?

Yes, of course.

Thank you.

Bore me a little more.

There you are. All settled in.

- What are you doing, John Ross?
- Where'd it go?

Where did what go?

Tada!

Oh, no, you don't. No. Uh-uh.

Gonna get some sleep.
You're not gonna listen to these.

- This puts me to sleep.
- Yeah, sure it does.

It was Mama's idea.

Well, your mama has
some good ideas sometimes.

But this is not what I
call rocking you to sleep.

It's not rock.

It's your mother.

- It's for nights she can't tuck me in.
- Ah?

She calls it filling
my head with ideas.

Well, what's she saying?

All kinds of things.

- Mama's really smart.
- Ha, ha.

Yeah. It runs in the family.

All right, you
can listen to her.

Ha, ha. Good night.

- Night, Daddy.
- Good night, son.

[CHUCKLES]

[INTERCOM BUZZES]

Yes?

WOMAN [ON INTERCOM]:
Mr. Horner, Mrs. Farlow has arrived.

Show her in, please.

Miss Ellie, it's
good to see you.

Thank you for seeing me
on such short notice, Franklin.

I, uh... I know
how busy you are.

Never too busy
for you, Miss Ellie.

How's everyone at home?

Oh, they're fine.

Ha. Good. Well, uh,
what can I do for you?

I want to open
up a line of credit.

I'll put up my 10 percent
of Ewing Oil as collateral.

Well, that's not necessary.

We can extend you any
credit you might need.

Well, I'm gonna need a great
deal of capital available to me.

Perhaps it would be simpler
if I arranged a loan for you.

No, I, uh... I don't think so.

Well, maybe if you could tell me how
much you think you might need, uh...

what you might need it for.

I've been doing some
investing, Franklin.

And I plan to do some more.

But those plans call for cash beyond
the value of my personal holdings.

Miss Ellie, that's a
considerable amount of money.

Are you getting
professional advice on this?

Of course I am.

I'm sorry, Miss Ellie. I don't want
to question your business sense.

But I don't want to see
you risk Ewing Oil either.

I appreciate that, and
I realize your concern.

And I also realize that you know
the value of 10 percent of Ewing Oil.

If your bank won't
accept that as collateral...

I'll have to find
another one that will.

[SIGHS]

Miss Ellie, the Ewing family is one
of this bank's most valued clients.

If this is the way you want
the matter handled, so be it.

Thank you, Franklin.

RAY: Have I told you how
beautiful you are lately, huh?

Well, you are.

Of course, you
know that, don't you?

Get on out of here now.

Hey, Clayton.

CLAYTON: Howdy.

She's your favorite, isn't she?

RAY: Well, don't tell the
others, but yes, sir, she is.

Well, I'll tell you, Ray...

you're doing a wonderful job
with these animals around here.

Well, I wasn't so sure you
felt that way the other day.

I know. That's why I'm here.

I was short with you
and I wanna apologize.

- It's okay.
- No, it's not okay.

I had a problem and
I let it get between us.

And that's not right.
It's not fair to you.

It happens to the best
of us. I understand.

Ah, still, I feel I owe
you an explanation.

It's not necessary.

You see, Farlow Industries...

well, they've gotten into
some deep financial problems.

Clayton, really, I...

I don't want you to tell anybody
about this, especially Ellie.

I've been forced to sell off
some of the smaller companies...

to hold on to my refinery.

That's what's important to me.

I wish there was
something I could do to help.

Oh, no, no, no. As long as I can sell off
the losing companies, everything's fine.

But I was worried
for a while there.

[CHUCKLES]

- It's funny, isn't it?
- What's that?

Well, I started off
with one company.

Looks like I'm gonna
end up with one company.

Sometimes it makes you
wonder what this old life's all about.

[BOTH LAUGH]

Are you absolutely
sure about this?

You are looking at the most
expensive sable in the whole world.

One of the largest emerald
mines ever discovered?

I'm telling you, worth
hundreds of millions.

Ha-ha-ha. Oh, my
sister, God bless her.

Well, J.R. is still trying
to talk her out of the deal.

He said he keeps
telling her over and over

that the whole thing's
nothing but a bust...

and she ought to drop
Cantrell and cut her losses.

But he said she's as hardheaded as
ever and she refuses to listen to him.

Of course she is. I mean,
she's always been like that.

I mean, you tell her to go that way,
she'll go that way just as far as she can.

I mean, she is stubborn.

Ha, ha. She'll be
the death of him.

Yeah, well, if I were you, I'd just make
sure she holds on to what she's got.

Yeah, I'll make sure.
I'll make damn sure.

Isn't it fun? Are you enjoying
this as much as I am?

Ha, ha. I hope so. Bye.

J.R.: Hello, Dora Mae.
- Mr. Ewing.

JACK: Hey, Dora Mae.

I have your table
waiting. Right this way.

Thank you.

Well, Jordan, Bradley,
how you doing?

- Hi, J.R., Jack.
- Howdy.

Say, J.R., talk on
the street has it...

that Marinos deal of yours already
has gone better than expected.

ANDY: Yes, and that you
Ewings may have found...

the largest discovery in
the Caribbean in years.

Ah. If you can't believe what you
hear, what are you gonna believe?

Maybe we can get you to
give us a straight answer.

Well, let's just
put it this way.

It's probably gonna be the
largest discovery in the Caribbean.

Ever.

I don't know how you do it, J.R.

There was a time when I
thought that you were just lucky.

Well, we know
it's more than luck.

- We just don't know what
it's more of. J.R.: Ha-ha-ha!

Well, you know how luck runs.

You just hang in there.
You'll get your share.

In the meantime...

Dora Mae, put their lunch
on my bill, would you?

- Gentlemen.
- J.R.

- Good to see you, boys.
- Nice to see you.

JACK: Oh.
- Yep.

Hey, Cassie. I'll
just have my usual.

Yes, sir. Mr. Ewing?

Oh, bring me your
best beer, Cassie.

You know, Jack, when
this Marinos field comes in...

we're gonna have a lot
more things to keep track of.

You're gonna be chained
to a desk for a while.

Well, Clayton and Ray both know
that I'm yours for the next few months.

Good, good.

And when we get this Martinique trip
out of the way, things will settle down.

Martinique. Well, I hear
that's a beautiful place.

Yeah, we'll have some
fun, raise some hell.

Ha, ha. I could go
for that, I'll tell you.

You just stick with me, Jack.
Just stick with me. Ha, ha.

Uh, Jackie, get ahold of
Ann Haughton in Accounting.

Have her draw up a $2 million
check made payable to Pam.

Then get Pam on
the phone for me.

Now.

Cliff, what's going on?

I'm gonna help out my sister.

I'm gonna be her new
partner in an emerald mine.

Thanks for coming down, J.R. I
know you were on your way home.

It must be important if you couldn't
discuss it with me on the phone.

It is important. It's
about Miss Ellie.

Mama?

J.R., to some, this conversation
might seem unethical.

But under the circumstances, and given your
family's relationship with this bank...

I don't think I'm
making a mistake.

Franklin, just get
on with it, would you?

Miss Ellie paid me
a visit earlier today.

She asked to establish
a very large line of credit.

How large?

So large that she put up her 10
percent of Ewing Oil as collateral.

My God, that's a fortune.

[SCOFFS]

- What would she want that money for?
- I don't know.

- What do you mean? Didn't you ask her?
- I asked. I didn't get an answer.

She was evasive, insisted
that her collateral spoke for her.

If this bank couldn't handle it,
she'd find another one that could.

You approved her line of credit?

Well, I thought she'd prefer not to risk
her 10 percent of Ewing Oil somewhere else.

Franklin, I want
you to do me a favor.

Uh, charge whatever checks
Mama writes to my personal account.

All right.

And I wanna know exactly who
she's writing these checks to.

Consider it done, J.R.

Yeah. I gotta find out
what's going on here.

MATT: Oh, what a meal.

Miss Ellie, I can't tell you how long
it's been since I've eaten this well.

It'll be a long time
before you get another

meal like this when
you get to the jungle.

What do you eat in the jungle?

Mostly whatever you can hunt.

It all sounds so romantic.

J.R.: It sounds idiotic to me.

Especially the part about dragging
that Barnes woman down there.

That was her idea.

Yeah, it was also her idea to
invest in that emerald mine of yours.

- Shows you how smart she is.
- J.R.

Well, Mama, would you invest
in something like that, huh?

Bobby did.

What I'd like to know is how you
found the emerald mine in the first place.

- Well...
- Bobby always loved emeralds.

When we were in high school, he used
to tell me that he wanted to marry me...

and buy me the biggest
emerald engagement ring.

Not diamonds like everyone else.

Well, Mama, if you'll excuse
me, I think I'll stretch my legs.

You know, uh, Ray always said
that jewelry was a waste of money.

I just said there were
more important things.

DONNA: Ha-ha-ha.
- More important than Donna?

- No, that is not what I meant
at all. CLAYTON: Ha, ha.

- Nothing is more important than Donna.
- Mm.

Well, for that, I just
might let you off the hook.

[RAY CHUCKLES]

Well, how's everything with
all those children of yours?

Oh, it's going so good.

As a matter of fact, I
wanted to ask you something.

Do you think that I could bring a
bunch of them out here to Southfork...

for some fresh air
and horseback riding?

I think that would be
wonderful. Just name the day.

Oh, Miss Ellie, they'll
be so thrilled. Thank you.

May I pour you an
after-dinner drink?

Sure. Yeah, I'd like that.

I'd like to thank you for spending the
extra time with John Ross last night.

I really do appreciate
it, and I know he loves it.

Hmm. What he loves is that
tape recorder you gave him.

Where'd you ever
get that idea, anyhow?

Well, I lost a lot of time
with him when I was drinking.

And I don't wanna make the
same mistake while I'm recovering.

So now when there are nights
that I can't be here for him...

because of my AA meeting or
anything else, he has me on tape.

I guess I'm trying to make
up for all the lost time.

It wasn't all lost time.

Look at you now.

That was quite a romantic
story you told in there.

Story?

About Bobby and the emeralds.

But if they'd remembered
to look at your hand...

they would've realized
that Bobby thought...

diamonds were the most
beautiful stones on Earth.

He didn't like diamonds more.

He liked emeralds more.

He loved emeralds!
And he loved me!

What do you know?
What does anyone know?

[JAMIE GROANS]

Jamie. It's me.

Oh, God, I love you.

Are you in a lot of pain, huh?

No, don't be scared.
Don't be scared.

You... You were
in an accident, huh?

You remember?

Some, uh, barrels.

Some oil drums. And...

And when you were inspecting
out on our loading dock...

But that's all right. That's
all right. You're all right.

You just got banged up a little bit, but
you're all right, I promise you that, huh?

You're in the hospital.

And you've been here
for a couple of weeks.

I've been here
with you all the time.

Everyone has.

You've had some internal
injuries and, uh, some broken ribs.

Hm? But you're okay.

I mean, even the doctors, they're
surprised at how well you're healing.

And we all gave
blood, hm? Everyone.

Yeah, I did and Pam...

and Mark and Jack and Sue Ellen.

And, ha-ha-ha, I think...

I think J.R. even gave some.

[JAMIE GRUNTS]

You know, you've got a
very, very special kind of blood.

Did you know that?

Boy, it was difficult to find
somebody with that kind of blood.

But then Jack...

he has the same kind
of blood as you do.

And, uh, that's
what did the trick.

And we've just been waiting for you
to wake up so we could have you back.

Uh, Cliff...

Jamie, don't ever leave me.

Ah, Mr. Ewing is certainly
a very greedy man.

You would've done the
same thing, Nicholas.

He just took advantage
of the situation.

Any good businessman would have.

Well, I'm just happy his new deal has
no bearing on our real business with him.

We are lucky he did not know
how close he came to the truth.

I'm depending on you not to
let him get that close again.

J.R. or Jack.

The only thing Jack is
getting close to is me.

And he seems to
be enjoying that.

And you don't think we'll have
problems getting him to Martinique?

Even though J.R. might
try to double-cross us?

The trip is a month away.

As the time nears...

I'm going to suggest that he
and I take off for a few days...

ahead of everyone else...

for some rest and relaxation.

The quiet island,
the sun, the beach...

and me, might do him some good.

So when the conference starts,
he'll be with you, not with J.R.

Just one island hop away.

Well, I hope you know what you're
doing, because if you don't, we're through.

Well, I've got to
get to the airport.

I should be in our Athens
office late tomorrow.

I'll call you.

[SPEAKS IN GREEK]

Don't worry so much about us.

Hmm. I'll try.

[SPEAKS IN GREEK]

Are you going to see Jack?

Talking about that desert
island got my pulse going.

I'm a woman who enjoys her work.

Just as long as you
don't forget that it is work.

I don't want you thinking with
your heart instead of with your head.

- Have fun.
- Thanks.

[SIGHS]

WOMAN [ON PA]: Flight 66 to Phoenix
is now ready for boarding at Gate 45.

Air Oklahoma Flight 37 to Oklahoma
City is now ready for boarding.

I'd say things are pretty good.

Back in business
with Pam. Ha-ha-ha.

Even though it is
a bit of a gamble.

And Jamie, boy, she's
getting better by the hour.

I mean, what more could I ask?

I've gotta go over there.

I'm gonna stop by the hospital
on the way in to see her.

- So I'll see y'all later.
- Give her my love, will you?

- Tell her I'll come by tomorrow.
- I'll do it.

Mark, now that you're backing it, why
don't you and I have dinner this week?

Yeah, sure. I'll see you, Cliff.

Mark, I don't get it.

You don't want her to go. She
knows you don't want her to go.

If you had put your foot
down, she would've stayed.

It's not for me to
tell her what to do.

- But you can tell her how you feel.
- She knows how I feel.

But she's doing this for Bobby.

She loved Bobby very much.

She loves you very much.

She searched all
over the world for you.

I know. I traveled
over half of it with her.

She wanted to marry
you, remember?

Well, that was then.

Mark, nothing has changed.

Look, there's something
you don't know...

something Pam hasn't
told anyone but me.

She and Bobby were
gonna get married again.

He was leaving Pam's house
to tell Jenna when he was killed.

She couldn't tell anyone.

She never wants
Jenna to know, of course.

You see, I have to let her
get this trip out of her system.

She's doing it for Bobby.

It may be the last trip
she needs to take...

or it may be only the first.

I love her very much. I
wanna be with her right now.

But this is the only way for me
to find out if I belong in her future.

- Here you are, Mr. Ewing.
- Oh, thank you, Cassie.

- Would you like to order lunch now?
- No, no, I'm waiting for somebody.

[CLIFF LAUGHING]

Well, if it isn't the, uh... The, uh,
former owner of an emerald mine.

Well, it didn't take your sister
long to shoot her mouth off, did it?

No, it didn't take her long
to find a partner either.

Matter of fact,
you're looking at him.

I am now the proud part owner of
a spectacular new emerald mine.

And I don't know how
I'm ever gonna thank you.

Don't mention it.

Oh, I'm gonna mention it.

Yeah, I'm gonna
mention it everywhere I go.

Have a nice day.

[J.R. SIGHS]

- Here you are, Mr. Horner.
- Thank you, Dora Mae.

- Ah, Franklin.
- Hope I didn't keep you waiting too long.

No, no, I was just
enjoying myself.

Mr. Horner, something
from the bar?

Uh, club soda,
Cassie. Thank you.

Well, you got some news for me?

You wanted to know when your mother
started drawing funds. Well, she started.

This morning, we issued her a
draft in the amount of $7 million.

Seven million dollars?

And that's just a deposit
toward a purchase.

A deposit? What's she
buying, Texas Stadium?

I'm not sure. We were requested
to make the draft out to a broker.

Erickson Investments of Houston.
Have you ever done business with them?

No. I've never
even heard of them.

I wonder what she's
doing down in Houston.

Would you like me to pursue it,
contact someone at the brokerage?

Uh, no, no, I better
take care of this myself.

If I give her the opportunity, she
just might tell me what she's up to.

I'll call you if I
need any help.

Hmm.

They weighed me this morning
and told me that I lost 10 pounds.

That would be good news any
time, but the best part about it is...

they insist I gain
5 pounds back.

- They insist. Ha, ha. Twist my arm.
- Ha, ha.

The doctors recommended
that I eat a lot of cheesecake.

Do you remember how
much I love cheesecake?

Ha, ha. Do I remember?
Of course I remember.

[BOTH LAUGH]

I mean, I think I love this place.
I could almost vacation here.

- Ha-ha-ha.
- Ha, ha. Aah!

Jamie, are you all right?

- Are you okay?
- Yeah, yeah.

I never thought I'd say this,
but it only hurts when I laugh.

Ha, ha. You didn't
say that, did you?

No. Ha, ha.

Mm.

You know, Jack,
when I think about...

how they told me how
hard it was to find you...

I realize how lucky
I am to be alive.

Well, I'm sorry I
created such a panic.

You were up in the
mountains fishing?

Didn't catch much.

Why not?

Wrong bait, I guess.

Why'd you go up there in the first
place? You couldn't tell me when you left.

Can you tell me now?

Can't you guess?

Jenna.

Yes, Jenna.

But it's pretty simple, really.

We started dating
and then we stopped.

And somewhere in
between, you fell in love.

[LAUGHS]

Oh, boy, did I.

And you still love her.

Well, that doesn't
matter anymore.

Well, maybe there's a chance
that you'll get back together.

Not until she gets over Bobby.

If she ever gets over Bobby.

She's having a
rough time, isn't she?

I think she's having a
rougher time than anybody.

And I truly feel
sorry for her...

because as much
as I may be hurting...

I know that she's
hurting a lot, lot more.

[JENNA HUMMING]

- Hi.
- Hi.

Well, I thought maybe you'd
gone on to lunch without me.

Lunch? Uh...

No. Actually, I just got
here a little while ago myself.

Are you okay?

I'm a little tired, that's all. I... I
didn't get much sleep last night.

Oh, that's why you
were late. You overslept.

I went to see Bobby
before I came here.

I lost track of time.

Uh...

Maybe this isn't a good time
for us to have lunch, huh?

Probably not, no.

We can do it some other time?

You don't mind?

No.

Are you sure you're okay?

Oh, I'm fine.

Well, okay, I'll let
you get back to work.

Goodbye.

Bye.

ELLIE: Now, Charlie, not too
much water. He'll catch pneumonia.

John Ross, really rub now, rub.

You won't hurt him. He's tough.

Hey, kids, Mama.

JOHN ROSS: Hi, Daddy.
- Hi.

Hey, son. Well, you've been
out for an afternoon ride?

I took the children for
a ride around the pond.

Oh, yeah.

What brings you home so early?

Well, you, actually.

- Me?
- Yeah.

Yeah, I was sitting in
my office this morning.

Been looking at a mound of work.

All kinds of drilling reports and,
you know, God knows what else.

My eye caught your
picture. Bobby's picture too.

Well, I got to
thinking, you know...

we just haven't been spending a lot
of time together, and that's not good.

No, that's not good. I guess
we've just both been so busy.

Ha. Well, that's for
sure. But it's no excuse.

We just gotta find the time
to be together to catch up.

Say, uh, what do you say we
go for a ride around the pond?

Hmph. You, ride?

Well, in the car of
course, you know.

[BOTH LAUGH]

You know, I just got word that our drilling
off Venezuela is just going wonderfully.

Yes, sir, that deal we
made with those Greeks...

is about the best
one we've ever done.

Ha, ha. Ewing
Oil's done it again.

You did it again, J.R.

Yeah, well, same thing.

Mama, we're gonna have more
money than we know what to do with.

Oh, you'll think of
something, I'm sure.

Ha-ha-ha. I suppose so.

Hey, why don't you let me
buy you a birthday present, huh?

I don't have birthdays anymore.

- How about an early Christmas present?
- And spoil Christmas morning?

Oh, Mama, please. You're
not letting me have any fun.

Ha, ha. I'm sorry.

Now, come on. I wanna
spend some money on you.

Isn't there anything you want?

Well, yes, there is.

I wonder if you could
talk to Christopher later.

He misses his mother.
Maybe you could...

You could tell him a story.

A story?

Yes. You know, something
about the jungle or something.

Try to cheer
him up a little bit.

I don't know anything
about jungles.

Hey, that's a good idea, though.

I'm gonna send you on a safari.

Oh, J.R., I don't
want to go on a safari.

I don't want anything.

But what a nice
idea this was, J.R.

Yeah. What was that?

Oh, J.R., this little
talk we've been having.

J.R.: Oh, yeah. yeah.

[SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

What an odd place for
the middle of nowhere.

Once, this was somewhere.

You look exhausted.

I just want a hot bath.

You got it.

[SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

Cantrell. Matt Cantrell.

[SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

[BELL RINGS]

Mario.

[SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

You better go get
that bath started.

I've got a couple of
phone calls to make.

Oh, I'll see you later.

[SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

Well, look what
the dog dragged in.

Cat. What the cat dragged in.

Right.

And what did he
drag in with him?

A rich American lady, yes?

A business partner.

Too bad.

I was hoping you
were on vacation.

The last time you did business in
our city, you made many enemies.

They remember you well.

Be very careful, amigo.

[ENGLISH SDH]