Dallas (1978–1991): Season 9, Episode 7 - The Wind of Change - full transcript

Well, you know, I was
behind this from the start.

Now I'm gonna
enjoy being your boss.

- Is my baby sick?
- There is an abnormality.

Sell your interest in Ewing Oil?

- That's what I've been thinking.
- To whom?

Make me an offer.

JAMIE: You're
just as bad as J.R.

J.R.: Don't worry
about Sue Ellen.

She doesn't live at
Southfork anymore.

As a matter of fact, I may not
be there much longer myself.

Not only Ewing Oil is coming to
an end, but the Ewing family is.



- Mark, how about some
coffee? GRAISON: Oh, no.

- All right, then how about another
brandy? GRAISON: Good grief, no.

Pam, can I get
you anything else?

PAMELA: No, I feel good
and relaxed, and relieved.

Relieved? You
should be ecstatic.

Wendell's offer was fantastic.

Sit down, Cliff. All you've
talked about is Wendell.

GRAISON: Maybe Jamie's right.
- I think I made the right choice.

CLIFF: Oh, you're
darn right you did.

You're just happy
because J.R. got burned.

No, he burned himself.
His offer was lousy.

I have to admit, I
don't feel sorry for him.

In a way, I do.

But I want what's
best for Christopher.



That's the bottom
line: Christopher.

Are you having doubts?

Because if you are, we could
postpone that meeting with Wendell.

No.

Hey, if you want me
to have that meeting

moved up so you can
get it over with, I will.

Cliff.

We'll meet him next week,
sign the papers as planned.

[CHUCKLES]

CLAYTON: Are you sure?

I know what I heard.

Good morning,
Raoul. I'll do that.

Did you see J.R. this morning?

RAOUL: He left a while ago
with John Ross, Miss Ellie.

That doesn't sound like J.R.
He couldn't have meant it.

He meant every word.

Leave Southfork?

With John Ross, to start over.

He'd be leaving his
whole life behind him.

He feels everyone's abandoned
him, abandoned Ewing Oil.

And without Ewing Oil,
there's no reason for him to stay.

No reason?

There's you, there's his family.

What family?
There's no family left.

He's just angry, he'll cool off.
And when he does, he'll stay.

I can't imagine
Southfork without J.R.

Neither can I.

But that's why, for
better or worse...

I can't sell my share of
Ewing Oil to Wendell now.

Well, I thought you were
putting an end to all the fighting.

To save my son.

Not to lose him.

Look. Rabbits.

Mama, can we go
feed the rabbits?

Sure, you go on ahead.
We'll be right behind you.

Take it easy now, boy.

Thank you for bringing
him. I've really missed him.

He's missed you too.

You're looking good,
Sue Ellen. Real healthy.

Thank you.

It's the first time I've
felt healthy in a long time.

J.R., I'd like to tell you how sorry I
am for the mess I've made of our lives.

Yours, mine, John Ross...

Oh, I don't wanna
go through this again.

No, J.R., just listen to me.

[SUE ELLEN SIGHS]

I know you've heard this several
times before, but just bear with me.

Whatever problems I have caused
in the past as a wife, as a mother...

And I've had some
pretty serious problems.

[SUE ELLEN SIGHS]

I know now that I can't solve them
until first I take care of my alcoholism.

I know now that, uh...

That I have to stay
sober no matter what, for

the rest of my life,
or I won't have a life.

You think you can do that now?

With a lot of help.

From these people and AA.

Are you telling me you're cured?

You know there's no
cure, there's only treatment.

But I've always denied myself that
treatment in the past, but not anymore.

Well, darling, if you're telling me
that you wanna stay here longer...

hell, I think you should.

I'm checking out tomorrow.

But I'm not coming
back to Southfork.

At least, not right now.

I'm staying at my
mother's for a while.

Well, look here. Don't
be foolish about this.

If you don't wanna leave now,
stay here until you're ready.

No, I'm ready to leave.

I'm just not ready for us.

I mean, if I do come back home, it
should be because we both want it.

Otherwise, it doesn't
make any sense.

Well, if you can make
sense out of our relationship...

they got a miracle cure here.

Sue Ellen, frankly, I
don't care where you live...

long as you understand that
John Ross stays at Southfork.

[SIGHS]

I'll explain it to
him in a few days.

Soon as I get used
to the idea myself.

JOHN ROSS: Mommy, Daddy,
come look at the baby rabbits.

Hurry.

Come on.

CHARLIE: Whoa.

[HARMONICA PLAYING]

[WHISPERS] Hey, that's...

Shh.

- Let's go.
- No.

- Now. Let's go.
- Come on, Ma.

Charlotte.

Hi, Jack.

Hi, Charlie. Hi, Jenna.

JENNA: Sorry.

That was beautiful.

Oh, we didn't mean
to interrupt you.

No, no. It's okay, it's okay.

What were you playing?

Well, I wasn't really playing
anything. I was just thinking. Ha-ha.

Funny way of thinking, huh?

Eh, depends on what
you were thinking.

JACK: Ha-ha-ha.
- Charlie.

Well, I was thinking
about the ball.

- The Oil Baron's Ball?
- Yep.

That sounds so exciting.

It does? Are you going?

Ha. I wish. Kids aren't allowed.

[JACK LAUGHS]

But Mom is.

Uh, like I said, I'm
sorry we interrupted you.

Charlie, come on.

Are you?

I mean, uh, going
to the ball, that is?

CHARLIE: Mom's not
too enthusiastic either.

Well, then, uh, let's just,
uh, suffer together. Ha-ha.

- What?
- Well, uh...

I mean, uh...

- Be my date.
- All right.

[PLAYING HARMONICA]

JENNA: Date?
- Sure.

Well, I mean, it's, uh...

Well, it's not really
like a date. It's a...

Well, I mean, I guess we're
all gonna go as a family, right?

So, uh...

I'll, uh...

I'll be your escort.

What do you say I
pick you up about 8?

Eight will be fine.

CHARLIE: At last.

[JACK CHUCKLING]

DETECTIVE: Spooky, huh?

ANGELICA: Yes.

Frightening almost.

That's what I thought.

I never thought I'd find him.

Wasn't easy.

Are you sure he's not aware
you've been following him?

Of course I'm sure.

Good.

Listen, I'd like to see him in
person, get a close-up of him.

But I don't want him
to suspect anything.

I can assure you, he
won't suspect a thing.

Wonderful.

I'll be in touch.

J.R.: You heard me, Billy.

I want everybody in your
office in my office by Friday.

Well, I don't care where
they are. Fly them in.

I want everybody present.

You'll find out at the meeting,
but I'll tell you one thing.

I'm gonna make an announcement
that will set Dallas on its ear.

ELLIE: J.R., I've been
looking for you all day.

Oh, well, I'm sorry, Mama. I
took John Ross to visit his mama.

And then I needed a little time
by myself to think things through.

J.R., I know everything seems
to be coming down around you.

Not just Sue Ellen...

everything else, including me.

But that's changed now.

And I want you to know
that I'm standing behind you.

In what way?

In every way.

I think you were right
to commit Sue Ellen.

And I think you were right to
fight against the takeover attempt...

of Jeremy Wendell.

I didn't at first, but I do now.

Well, it's nice to hear.
A little late, isn't it?

No, it's not.

I've decided not to sell
my interest in Ewing Oil.

And Gary and Ray won't either.

[J.R. SIGHS]

Well, in case you hadn't
heard, Bobby's ex-wife...

is selling Christopher's
share to Jeremy Wendell.

Yes, I heard.

Well, then you must know it
doesn't matter what you do now.

Well, what do you mean?

I mean that as long as an
outsider like Jeremy Wendell...

owns 30 percent of Ewing
Oil, I don't want any part of it.

You can't be serious.

I certainly am.

Are you forgetting what
this company's all about?

Are you forgetting how hard
Daddy worked to build Ewing Oil...

so he'd have something to leave
us? Is everybody forgetting that?

ELLIE: Well, we still own 70
percent. We still own the company.

[J.R. SIGHS]

Owning 100 percent
makes it our company.

Owning 70 percent
makes us shareholders.

Daddy didn't live and
die for that. Neither will I.

What will you do?

Just what Daddy
would've done: start over.

Only this time, for my
family, for John Ross.

And I guarantee you, I won't sell
him out the way my family sold me out.

SUE ELLEN: Forget about you?

My roommate? You?

Heh, me. All of us.

Get used to the
big bad world again.

I'd rather stay here.

BARBARA: I know.

But it doesn't work that way.

[BARBARA SNIFFLING]

I gotta go.

Before you know it, things
are gonna get back to normal.

And the big bad world
won't seem so bad anymore.

I can't afford to
forget this place.

You can't afford to forget
your responsibilities either.

You have a husband and a son.

J.R. and John Ross
came by yesterday...

and I told them that I'd be
living with you for a while.

PATRICIA: How did
he feel about that?

[SIGHS]

I only know how I felt about it.

PATRICIA: There we go.

Ah.

I'll miss John Ross terribly.

John Ross can visit us.

He can stay overnight.

He can spend a
whole weekend with us.

- I'd like that.
- We'll show him a good time.

[CAR ENGINE STARTS]

We'll work everything out.

We always have.

Grandma, Aunt Pam, watch.

How was that one, Grandma?

ELLIE: Very good,
John Ross. Very good.

PAMELA: Christopher's
so glad John Ross is here.

ELLIE: He really misses
seeing Christopher.

Oh, I'm sorry. I won't let so
much time slip between visits.

ELLIE: No. No, I
didn't mean it that way.

I know it's not easy for
you to visit Southfork.

Well, I don't think I'm
very welcome around J.R.

Did he tell you that I'm selling
Christopher's share of Ewing Oil...

to Jeremy Wendell?

Jeremy wants me
to sell my share too.

He also wants to
buy Gary's and Ray's.

You're not going
to sell, are you?

No.

You know that it was a
difficult decision for me?

Yes, I realize
how difficult it was.

J.R. hates me for it. I
just hope that you don't.

I don't.

I did what I thought
was best for my son.

ELLIE: I know you did.

And I always did what I
thought was the best for mine.

But what I thought was
right and what was right...

weren't always the same thing.

What do you mean?

Well, for a long
time, I've told J.R...

I thought it was a
good idea to sell.

Hm. I might as well have
stabbed him in the back.

J.R. can't survive
without Ewing Oil.

But I honestly
thought and felt...

that selling to Wendell would
be the end of all the fighting...

and the pain.

And that we'd come
together again as a family.

But I was wrong.

Instead, J.R. is
gonna leave Southfork.

And take John Ross with him.

Hm.

I'd always pictured
Christopher and John Ross...

growing up side by side.

And then they'd finally start
running the business together...

the way Jock used to.

Tough, honest.

I had faith that they'd
always do the right thing...

even where their fathers had...

Had sometimes failed.

I had faith.

But then, I lost that faith.

And so now, Christopher and John
Ross won't ever get their chance.

And now...

besides Ewing Oil
coming to an end...

the Ewing family is as well.

CHARLIE: Mom,
you look outrageous.

Thank you, I think. Ha-ha.

Jack is gonna die.

Charlie, I think it's about time
you and I had a little talk about Jack.

[DOORBELL RINGS]

- Did you hear someone at the door?
- Charlie.

JOHN ROSS: What's wrong?
- You're too young to understand.

[KNOCKS]

Daddy?

Come on in, son.

- You all ready for the ball?
- Yeah, just about.

I wish I was going with you.

Heh. Yeah, me too.

How old do you have to be to go?

Oh, you got a few years yet.

When I'm old enough,
will you take me?

That's what I've
been dreaming of, son.

JOHN ROSS: Hmm.

Gonna wear a
tuxedo just like you.

Ha-ha. Okay.

You can win Oilman of the Year.

Well, I don't know. You
gotta be the best to win that.

You are the best.

So are you.

We'll win it together, then.

Sure. Just me and you, huh?

Sure. Why not?

[J.R. CHUCKLES]

Why not?

Jamie, look, I'm sorry.
Not another word, I promise.

All you ever talk about
is getting J.R. Ewing.

Hey, tonight's a big
night. I got carried away.

I'm not talking about tonight,
Cliff. Every night is the same.

I should've known from
the moment I met you.

The first time you even said hello to
me, you asked me about Ewing Oil.

Face it, Cliff, you're obsessed
with destroying Ewing Oil.

And that is sick.

No. I'll tell you what's sick.

J.R. Ewing's sick.

He's immoral!

No, no. No, no, he's amoral.

That man is rotten to the core.

He will do anything and hurt
anyone just to get what he wants.

I can't tell you the number of
times he's tried to ruin my life...

and half the people in this town,
but nobody will stand up to him.

Except you, right?

Except me.

And now, I'm the bad guy.

He's even got my sister
feeling sorry for him.

And now you?

It might not make any difference to you
that Wendell is buying into his company.

But I'll tell you,
it makes my day!

The less power J.R. Ewing
has, the safer mankind is.

GRAISON: Pam?

Been downstairs for quite a while. I
thought maybe Angela didn't let you know.

I'm sorry, I was thinking
about something.

I guess I lost
track of the time.

It must be pretty important.

[PAMELA SIGHS]

I considered everything:

Stocks, stock options,
cash, inheritance, taxes...

short-term gains, long-range returns,
growth potential, divestitures, debentures.

Everything short
of pork-belly futures.

And I made my decision,
and I felt good about it.

Then I saw Miss Ellie.

- Your decision was a good one.
- Was it?

I considered everything
but the Ewings.

- It's not as though they're broke.
- Well, that's not the point.

I considered every possibility, and
what they meant to me and to my son.

But never what it
would do to others.

And I worry that maybe I
did that subconsciously...

to hurt J.R.

But the person I hurt
the most is Miss Ellie.

She's losing more of her family.

And I wonder if because of me if
maybe Christopher is losing his too.

Do I hate J.R. so much that
I couldn't do what was right?

Look, I dislike him
as much as you do.

But maybe we're being misled
by that and don't want to admit it.

But it's not too late to
do what you think is right.

Look, we went through all this
trouble so you could be happy.

If you're unhappy,
change your mind.

You're allowed.

Change your mind, sell
the damn shares to J.R...

and let's put all
of this behind us.

I'll back you up either way.

RAY: All right, I'll get it.

[RAY CHUCKLES]

Coming.

- Hello.
- Hello, are you Ray Krebbs?

- Yes, that's right.
- I'm Dr. Rose. Amy Rose.

I'm Donna's OB.

- Oh, hello, doctor.
- How do you do?

- Come on in.
- Thank you.

Donna.

Amy.

What a nice surprise.

I'm so sorry to
interrupt your evening.

I did try to call several times
today and I never got through.

Please, sit down.

Thank you.

What is it?

It's about the results
of your amniocentesis.

I wanted to discuss them
with you as soon as possible.

There is an abnormality.

Is my baby sick?

No. Technically,
your baby is healthy.

Then, uh, what is wrong?

What is the abnormality?

Your baby has Down syndrome.

[DONNA CRYING]

[SLOW JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING]

How you doing? Good to see you.

Well, I've seen my enemy.

Beluga. What a
terrible name for food.

Sounds like the name of that actor
that always plays Count Dracula.

Of course, how do you
make fish eggs sound good?

What?

Nothing.

JORDAN: J.R., how are you?

Well, Jordan, Marilee.

How's the cartel tonight?

- Wondering.
- Oh, about what?

- You.
- And Jeremy Wendell.

Well, I suppose you know that that
Barnes woman is selling Bobby out.

- We're surprised you let that happen.
- Well, I tried to stop her.

- I was pretty upset when I couldn't.
- And you're not now?

I consider it a
blessing in disguise.

I been wanting to break out and
be on my own for some time now.

Start a new company?

- Mm-hm, brand-new.
JORDAN: Alone?

That's right. No partners, no shareholders,
nobody to answer to but myself.

And sell your
interest in Ewing Oil?

- That's what I've been
thinking. MARILEE: To whom?

Make me an offer.

You're serious.

Jeremy Wendell can buy as much
of the company as he wants to.

He can have everything but
the name, because that's mine.

No, this time next year,
there will be a new Ewing Oil...

and it'll be bigger and
healthier than ever before.

You see? There's
always a silver lining.

Will you excuse me, please?

Mama, may I have the honor
of your first dance this evening?

- Seems to be taking it very well.
- He's dying inside.

- How can you say that?
- Are you kidding?

Marilee, Jordan, come
join us, won't you? Ha-ha!

- Hello, everybody.
GRAISON: Marilee, Jordan.

- Good to see you, Mark.
- Jeremy...

congratulations on
your latest acquisition.

- Thank you.
- Great. Great, isn't it?

You must've found it very difficult,
severing your ties with the Ewings.

No, no, it would've been
much more difficult...

for her to refuse
Jeremy's offer.

I meant because
of Bobby and all.

Yes, it was very difficult.

Uh, Cliff, let's dance.

- No, not now.
- Now.

- I don't wanna dance. I don't wanna dance.
- Now. Cliff.

Come on, Cliff, I wanna do dips.

Do dips?

Mama, are you concentrating
on your box step...

or are you just off someplace?

Oh. I'm sorry, J.R.

I was just wondering if we'd ever be
at the Oil Baron's Ball again as a family.

Well, maybe some things
are better left behind.

J.R., are you sure you
know what you're doing?

Yeah. Yeah, Mama, my
mind's made up. That's for sure.

Well...

Do you mind? I'm
getting a little jealous.

Well, I can't
blame you for that.

Thank you for your first dance.

You all enjoy yourselves. I'm
gonna get a little breath of fresh air.

Now, have I told you
tonight that I love you?

Yes, but you can tell me again.

JACK: Would you rather sit down?

Oh, no. Would you?

- Your heart doesn't seem into it.
- Oh.

I was looking around for Ray and
Donna. I'm surprised they're so late.

Maybe they just, uh, changed
their mind about coming.

No, I was with
her this afternoon...

and she was really
looking forward to tonight.

Why don't you try
giving them a call?

- That would be silly.
- No, calling isn't silly. Worrying is.

All right. No, I think I will.

Good. I think the
phones are over this way.

[CROWD MURMURING]

ELLIE: Hello,
Patricia. Sue Ellen.

- Hello, everyone.
CLAYTON: You look wonderful.

Thank you, Clayton.

- It's so nice to see you both.
- You look beautiful.

What a surprise.
Come and join us.

- We're at a table somewhere near.
- Nonsense, you got plenty of room here.

- You're right with us. Come on.
- Oh, thank you, Clayton.

Sue Ellen? Ha-ha-ha.

- Oh, Pam.
- Hi.

Hi, Pam, it's so good to
see you. Are you okay?

I'm fine. I'm really fine.

You look wonderful.

Thank you.

And thank you so
much for your letter.

It meant a lot to me.

Well, I'm so glad
you came tonight.

Well, I must admit,
I'm a little nervous.

I told her there was
nothing to be nervous about.

You're with us.
That's all that counts.

There, you see?
What did I tell you?

Pam, stay for a while.

- Oh, Miss Ellie, I don't...
- Please, please.

Just a while?

- Well, of course I will. Yes.
- Oh, good.

Well, I don't see J.R.

Oh, Lord, I missed you.

MANDY: Not nearly as
much as I missed you.

That's why I had to risk
coming here tonight to see you.

Where'd you run off to?

Doesn't matter where I've been.

What matters is that I'm back, if
you'll have me any way you want.

Any way?

I won't make any demands.

Whatever happens, happens,
including your life with Sue Ellen.

I'll be your girlfriend, I'll be
your mistress, I'll be your wife...

or I'll be anything in between.

Because anything
is better than nothing.

Well, you don't have to
worry about Sue Ellen.

She doesn't live at
Southfork anymore.

As a matter of fact, I may not
be there much longer myself.

But from now on, we're...

No, please, no promises.

Let's just take
things as they come.

[SIGHS]

You know what I hope?

I hope when all the dust
has settled around here...

I hope we can get
the hell out of this city.

Far away.

Somewhere we can be alone.

No oil business, no
research center, nothing.

PAMELA: Hmm.

[PAMELA CHUCKLES]

GRAISON: Just
slow everything down.

Take a cabin high up on
a mountain somewhere...

looking down over forests.

And I can hold you in my arms.

And we can dance
to our own music.

The music of the wind.

J.R., I've been looking for you.

I wanna be the first to
tell you how happy I am...

that Pam decided
to sell to Wendell.

Makes me feel great.

Why do you feel so great?

Is it the fact your sister finally
did something you could never do?

Of course, that's
not saying a lot.

How would you like to
know the truth of the matter?

I was behind this from the
start. I engineered the whole deal.

Wendell will tell you
that the plan has been...

that I become the new
chief executive officer.

So stick around, because I'm
gonna enjoy being your boss.

That will never happen, Barnes.

With you, Wendell has a mess on
his hands, and that makes me happy.

Because you two
deserve each other.

[CLIFF LAUGHING]

- How could you? CLIFF: What?

You lied to me. Don't tell me that you're
doing all this for the good of mankind.

Hey, calm down, Jamie.

This has nothing to do with anything except
your stupid obsession with beating J.R.

You lied to your own sister,
Cliff. You sold her out for power.

- How could you do that?
- Hey.

How long will it be
before you do that to me?

Or have you already?

You know, Cliff, you're
just as bad as J.R.

In fact, you're worse.

[SCOFFS]

CLIFF: Hey.

[CROWD MURMURING]

[LAUGHING]

Isn't she something?

[LAUGHING]

Marilee, Jordan, you still interested
in buying 200,000 shares of Ewing Oil?

- Always. J.R.: Well...

Maybe I can arrange a
little discount for you, honey.

- Jack.
- Hey, sis.

Can I stay at
your place tonight?

Well, sure.

Thanks.

Jack, would you take me home?

- Now?
- Please.

Yeah, come on.

J.R.: Thank you.

[SUE ELLEN CHUCKLES]

Hello, J.R.

JACK: Isn't Down
syndrome mongolism?

JENNA: Well, that term
isn't used much anymore.

JACK: But the child...

JENNA: Will be retarded.

Are you sure that you don't
think we should go over there?

Ray said they really
wanted to be alone...

to sort out their thoughts.

I wish there was
something we could do.

I can't help but
think of Charlie.

How lucky I am.

She's so beautiful.

So normal.

That's it, isn't it?

That's what you
pray for, isn't it?

When you think about all
the things that can go wrong...

Yes...

you pray.

Yeah, well, all the things that
can go wrong you figure never will.

I wonder what the odds were.

[DONNA SIGHS]

[DONNA SNIFFLING]

What difference does it make?

Just like to know,
that's all. No reason.

There aren't any odds anymore.

Just facts. Facts!

Some facts. Some damn facts.

I wonder what they're gonna do.

Do?

Yeah, I mean, you said
that they have the option to...

end the pregnancy.

Well, they're gonna meet with
their doctor again tomorrow, and...

I suppose they'll discuss
that as one of the alternatives.

How does a mother
make that choice?

Start over?

RAY: There's no
reason why we shouldn't.

Isn't this baby reason enough?

Well, you can get
pregnant again.

I'm pregnant now.

This baby inside
me is 5 months old.

This baby is very sick.

This baby is alive!

You say it's alive, they
say it is seriously abnormal.

- When are we gonna start facing facts?
- I don't wanna talk.

Just say it, Down's syndrome.
Say it, Down's syndrome.

Shut up! Shut up!

Shut up!

Damn it!

[SOBBING]

No!

[GROANS]

I see I'm not the only
surprise visitor you had tonight.

Ha-ha. Don't let her throw you.

MANDY: Oh, I'm
okay, if you're okay.

J.R.: I feel great.

GRAISON: You okay?
PAMELA: I can't wait to go home.

We promised Cliff we'd
meet at the Tuxedo Club...

- after the ceremony.
- Oh, no.

We'll make it very
short and sweet.

[BAND PLAYING FANFARE]

Ladies and gentlemen, if I
may have your attention, please.

Thank you.

Well, now that we all have
full stomachs and tired feet...

it's time to announce the winner of
this year's award as Oilman of the Year.

Now, as you all know, Punk
Anderson's unable to be here tonight.

Therefore, presenting this
year's award in his stead...

will be last year's Oilman of the
Year, Westar's Jeremy Wendell.

Thank you. Thank you.

It's an honor to announce
this year's award winner.

Uh, I must tell you as the
outgoing Oilman of the Year...

this has been a very
special 12 months for me.

And I wanna thank you
again for that wonderful honor.

Now, without any further
ado, why don't we find out...

who the blue-ribbon panel has
secretly voted as this year's honoree?

The envelope, please.

Ladies and gentlemen...

the award for the
Oilman of the Year...

is being given posthumously...

to Bobby James Ewing.

At this time, the committee
would like to ask Bobby's mother...

Mrs. Ellie Ewing Farlow, to come up
and accept this award on his behalf.

Thank you for your generosity.

I, uh...

I wish I were down there with
you, applauding for Bobby too.

This award means a lot to me.

And a lot to my family.

And it would've meant
a great deal to Bobby.

As you know, he worked...

with a strong code
of honor, his own.

And he set standards for himself
that others never dreamed of.

I'm very happy you remember him.

But I'm very worried
that someone...

who he loved more
than anyone, will not.

That someone is
his son, Christopher.

It would be a shame if all that
Bobby lived for died with him.

If he couldn't pass on to
his son, as Jock did to him...

those things that
were important to him:

Honesty, hard work...

a deep faith in other men.

And an uncompromising
love for his family.

To protect that legacy, I would
like to ask your permission...

to pass this award
on to his son.

Perhaps someday, it will encourage
him to follow in his daddy's footsteps.

I'd like to ask Pamela Barnes
Ewing to come up here...

and accept this award on
behalf of her and Bobby's son...

Christopher Ewing.

[CROWD APPLAUDING]

There's a lot of wisdom in what
Miss Ellie has had to say here tonight.

I guess that's where
Bobby got his from.

It is only right that Bobby's
son should keep this award.

It will forever remind him of
his father's achievements...

his business expertise, his
standing in the oil community.

And that's good.

But maybe that's not enough.

Remembering his father's
achievements is one thing...

but appreciating his
heritage is quite another.

And that is something
that he must do.

As most of you know, I had
intended to sell Christopher's share...

of Ewing Oil to Westar.

But I've slowly come to
realize that if I did that...

I might not be doing what
Bobby would've wanted.

Bobby always said that Ewing Oil
and the Ewing family were inseparable.

Working with his family
is my son's birthright.

And I don't want to take away his
chance to follow in his father's footsteps.

To honor him by emulating him.

To carry the torch, so to speak.

To work beside
you, as Bobby had.

Therefore...

with apologies to those
who may not understand...

my change of heart...

I cannot...

I will not, sell Christopher's
share of Ewing Oil to Westar.

Well, I gotta admit in front
of God and everybody else...

that what you did tonight is gonna be
remembered as a wise and historic decision.

Well, I'm surprised to hear you say
that, but I'm happy to hear you say it.

Well, not as happy as I
am, honey. I'll tell you what.

I'll get our lawyers together
and we'll just close this little deal.

PAMELA: What deal?

For Christopher's share.

J.R., when I said that I
wasn't selling to Wendell...

I didn't mean that I
was selling to you.

- What?
- I'm not selling at all.

From now on, it's
going to be you and me.

- I'll see you at the office,
partner. GRAISON: Excuse me.

[ENGLISH SDH]