1 00:00:01,528 --> 00:00:03,663 [theme music] 2 00:00:37,063 --> 00:00:40,066 [music continues] 3 00:01:12,065 --> 00:01:14,467 [music continues] 4 00:01:43,563 --> 00:01:46,266 [dispatcher speaking indistinctly over radio] 5 00:01:59,579 --> 00:02:03,550 Mr. Ewing, Detective Bussey of the Dallas Police Department. 6 00:02:03,550 --> 00:02:05,619 Sorry, but I need to ask you 7 00:02:05,619 --> 00:02:07,921 and your family some questions about the murder. 8 00:02:07,921 --> 00:02:11,258 I don't know how much help I can be. My brother told me 9 00:02:11,257 --> 00:02:13,326 what happened, but I didn't see anything. 10 00:02:13,326 --> 00:02:15,795 I understand, but I still need to see you both. 11 00:02:15,795 --> 00:02:19,499 - Can we talk inside? - Yeah, yeah, sure. Come on in. 12 00:02:27,607 --> 00:02:29,676 [female on radio] ...was arrested at the murder scene 13 00:02:29,676 --> 00:02:31,778 and is being held at the Braddock County Jail 14 00:02:31,778 --> 00:02:33,847 pending bail. 15 00:02:33,847 --> 00:02:36,316 None of the Ewing family could be reached for comment. 16 00:02:36,316 --> 00:02:39,920 In other news, the Secretary of State-- 17 00:02:39,919 --> 00:02:41,988 Do you think we should call Bobby? 18 00:02:41,988 --> 00:02:44,457 I don't know. I don't wanna intrude. 19 00:02:44,457 --> 00:02:47,927 - [elevator bell rings] - Hello. Hello. 20 00:02:47,927 --> 00:02:50,029 [chuckles] Kendall, Jackie, good to see you. 21 00:02:50,030 --> 00:02:52,165 Cliff, what are you doing here? 22 00:02:52,165 --> 00:02:55,835 Is that any way to greet the new owner of Ewing Oil? 23 00:02:55,835 --> 00:02:58,137 - You're the new owner? - [Cliff] Isn't that great? 24 00:02:58,138 --> 00:03:00,374 [chuckles] Well, no, actually, I own 50 percent. 25 00:03:00,373 --> 00:03:03,176 But you know what they say? Fifty percent today, tomorrow, 26 00:03:03,176 --> 00:03:06,312 the world. Looks like we'd be working together again. 27 00:03:06,312 --> 00:03:08,481 - Yeah. - Mm-hm. Now, is Michelle in? 28 00:03:08,481 --> 00:03:10,817 I gotta talk a little business strategy with her. 29 00:03:10,817 --> 00:03:13,687 Boy, have I got plans for this place. 30 00:03:13,687 --> 00:03:16,523 - Haven't you heard? - Heard what? 31 00:03:16,523 --> 00:03:19,359 It was just on the radio. Michelle's been arrested 32 00:03:19,359 --> 00:03:21,895 - for murder. - Oh, my God. 33 00:03:21,895 --> 00:03:25,332 - She actually did it. - You mean you knew? 34 00:03:25,331 --> 00:03:29,335 Well, no. I didn't think she'd go through with this. 35 00:03:29,335 --> 00:03:32,071 - J.R.'s really dead? - [Jackie] J.R.? 36 00:03:32,072 --> 00:03:34,174 The news said it was some woman. 37 00:03:34,174 --> 00:03:36,743 She was with Bobby at the time, but they didn't say 38 00:03:36,743 --> 00:03:40,180 who it was. What does J.R. have to do with this? 39 00:03:40,180 --> 00:03:42,249 Never mind, never mind. Okay. 40 00:03:42,248 --> 00:03:44,851 Uh, did they say where they were holding her? 41 00:03:44,851 --> 00:03:46,920 The radio said Braddock County Jail. 42 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:49,423 Okay, Jackie, get a hold of my lawyer, Bob MacCubbin. 43 00:03:49,422 --> 00:03:52,725 Connelley and MacCubbin, tell him I'm on my way over there. 44 00:03:52,726 --> 00:03:55,829 And then I'm going straight to the jail and see Michelle. 45 00:03:59,866 --> 00:04:02,602 Well, I think she's finally asleep. 46 00:04:02,602 --> 00:04:04,704 You look like you could use a drink. 47 00:04:04,704 --> 00:04:07,373 I sure could. Thank you. 48 00:04:07,373 --> 00:04:09,775 Say, what about Jory Taylor? 49 00:04:09,776 --> 00:04:11,878 Why did you keep her a secret, anyhow? 50 00:04:11,878 --> 00:04:16,549 [sighs] She wasn't a secret. There was so much 51 00:04:16,549 --> 00:04:18,851 going on here. Didn't wanna bring her to Southfork. 52 00:04:18,852 --> 00:04:20,921 Oh, that poor kid. 53 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:23,289 Having to deal with the trial and all that publicity. 54 00:04:23,289 --> 00:04:25,391 Hope she's strong enough to take it. 55 00:04:25,391 --> 00:04:28,094 She doesn't have much choice, J.R... 56 00:04:28,094 --> 00:04:30,630 I'll protect her as best I can. 57 00:04:30,630 --> 00:04:34,634 - What about Michelle? - What about her? 58 00:04:34,634 --> 00:04:39,239 Well, obviously, she's out of her mind. 59 00:04:39,239 --> 00:04:41,641 Running around here half-naked, 60 00:04:41,641 --> 00:04:44,444 packing a gun, for God's sake. 61 00:04:44,444 --> 00:04:47,447 I couldn't make much sense out of what she was saying. 62 00:04:47,447 --> 00:04:50,383 From what I did gather, she came here looking for you. 63 00:04:52,552 --> 00:04:55,755 Well, that just shows you how crazy she was. 64 00:04:55,755 --> 00:04:58,558 Not too crazy to recognize Hillary Taylor. 65 00:04:58,558 --> 00:05:00,660 And to shoot straight enough to kill her. 66 00:05:02,495 --> 00:05:04,597 Can you blame her? Wouldn't you have done 67 00:05:04,597 --> 00:05:07,333 the same thing back in Paris if you'd had the chance? 68 00:05:07,333 --> 00:05:09,435 What are you getting at, J.R.? 69 00:05:09,435 --> 00:05:12,071 Look, this family is not without 70 00:05:12,071 --> 00:05:14,307 some influence. I could talk to a bunch of people. 71 00:05:14,307 --> 00:05:18,144 Maybe get the charges against Michelle dropped. 72 00:05:18,144 --> 00:05:20,480 I mean, if that's alright with you and Jory, of course. 73 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:23,650 Why would you do that, J.R.? You've always hated Michelle. 74 00:05:23,650 --> 00:05:27,454 That's not important. If she goes to trial, 75 00:05:27,453 --> 00:05:30,156 she's gonna drag this family's name through the mud. 76 00:05:30,156 --> 00:05:33,192 We're gonna have to live with it for a long time, Bobby. 77 00:05:33,193 --> 00:05:35,796 [sighs] No, we've suffered enough. 78 00:05:35,795 --> 00:05:37,864 I wanna get this family back on its feet 79 00:05:37,864 --> 00:05:39,966 no matter how I feel about Michelle. 80 00:05:39,966 --> 00:05:43,970 You just do whatever it is you have to do. 81 00:05:43,970 --> 00:05:48,741 We're doing the right thing, Bobby. Trust me. 82 00:06:10,363 --> 00:06:12,899 I thought you were my lawyer again. 83 00:06:12,899 --> 00:06:15,034 Is that any way to greet your new husband? 84 00:06:15,034 --> 00:06:17,537 What? You're not glad to see me? 85 00:06:17,537 --> 00:06:20,140 Only if you came with divorce papers. 86 00:06:20,139 --> 00:06:22,975 New owner of Ewing Oil can't very well divorce his wife 87 00:06:22,976 --> 00:06:25,712 just because she's gonna spend the rest of her life in jail. 88 00:06:25,712 --> 00:06:29,883 - Now, how will that look? - I don't care. 89 00:06:29,883 --> 00:06:32,819 I want you out of my life, now. 90 00:06:32,819 --> 00:06:35,388 You don't have much of a life left. 91 00:06:37,757 --> 00:06:39,859 I'm not gonna be in here forever. 92 00:06:39,859 --> 00:06:43,096 You killed that woman. Hey. Listen to me. What happened? 93 00:06:43,096 --> 00:06:45,498 What, you aim for J.R. and missed or... 94 00:06:45,498 --> 00:06:47,734 Keep your voice down. 95 00:06:47,734 --> 00:06:51,037 That woman killed my sister. 96 00:06:51,037 --> 00:06:54,607 Oh, that's who that was. The woman from Paris? 97 00:06:54,607 --> 00:06:56,342 Yes. 98 00:06:59,445 --> 00:07:01,547 I finally avenged April. 99 00:07:01,547 --> 00:07:04,250 You're gonna need all the help you can get. 100 00:07:05,451 --> 00:07:08,087 Now, my attorney, he and I 101 00:07:08,087 --> 00:07:10,556 sat down and we talked over your whole situation, 102 00:07:10,556 --> 00:07:13,559 and I think we got it pretty well worked out. 103 00:07:13,559 --> 00:07:16,729 I'm gonna run Ewing Oil in your absence. 104 00:07:16,729 --> 00:07:19,232 - What? - He and I figured 105 00:07:19,232 --> 00:07:21,768 you're gonna be in here for years. There's not much 106 00:07:21,768 --> 00:07:24,804 I can do for the company if I only own 50 percent, 107 00:07:24,804 --> 00:07:26,939 so... 108 00:07:31,110 --> 00:07:33,279 you sign these papers to give me power of attorney 109 00:07:33,279 --> 00:07:35,548 over your half of Ewing Oil. 110 00:07:35,548 --> 00:07:37,617 You've gotta be kidding. 111 00:07:37,617 --> 00:07:40,286 No, sweetie, I don't have a lot of time to be kidding. 112 00:07:40,286 --> 00:07:42,388 You're in a serious situation. 113 00:07:42,388 --> 00:07:44,557 Somebody has to run the company while you're gone. 114 00:07:44,557 --> 00:07:47,326 I knew you were a sleazebag. 115 00:07:47,327 --> 00:07:51,064 But I didn't think even you would stoop so low. 116 00:08:04,277 --> 00:08:06,379 - [door closes] - Hmm. 117 00:08:12,251 --> 00:08:14,353 I gotta go. 118 00:08:16,356 --> 00:08:19,059 - [Bobby] Hey, buddy. - Hey, Dad. 119 00:08:20,193 --> 00:08:23,263 - Well, how did it go today? - Okay. 120 00:08:23,262 --> 00:08:26,298 I thought maybe we'd stop off for a snack on the way home. 121 00:08:26,299 --> 00:08:29,869 - Dad, is something wrong? - Why do you ask? 122 00:08:29,869 --> 00:08:33,272 - You never pick me up. - I'll make a habit out of it. 123 00:08:33,272 --> 00:08:35,341 No offense, Dad. But my friends would rag 124 00:08:35,341 --> 00:08:37,443 - on me forever. - Oh, yeah. Guess I wasn't 125 00:08:37,443 --> 00:08:40,313 thinking straight. 126 00:08:40,313 --> 00:08:42,782 Something is wrong, isn't it? 127 00:08:42,782 --> 00:08:45,685 Is it Uncle J.R. or John Ross? 128 00:08:45,685 --> 00:08:48,621 [sighs] No, they're both fine. 129 00:08:48,621 --> 00:08:50,857 Dad? 130 00:08:50,857 --> 00:08:54,794 Christopher, it's about the woman in Paris. 131 00:08:54,794 --> 00:08:56,863 The one that kidnapped April. 132 00:08:56,863 --> 00:08:59,366 What about her? 133 00:08:59,365 --> 00:09:01,634 Get in, I'll tell you on the way. 134 00:09:15,715 --> 00:09:18,017 What do you want? 135 00:09:18,017 --> 00:09:21,087 Is that any way to talk to a man who'll get you outta here? 136 00:09:21,087 --> 00:09:23,690 [scoffs] That's a laugh. 137 00:09:23,689 --> 00:09:25,891 You're the reason I'm here in the first place. 138 00:09:25,892 --> 00:09:28,228 [scoffs] Why do you insist 139 00:09:28,227 --> 00:09:31,163 on always blaming J.R. for everything? 140 00:09:35,168 --> 00:09:40,173 Listen, Bobby told me that you were coming after me. 141 00:09:40,173 --> 00:09:42,976 You bet I was. 142 00:09:44,277 --> 00:09:46,546 But you killed that poor woman instead. 143 00:09:46,546 --> 00:09:48,648 Now, how's that gonna look to the police? 144 00:09:49,682 --> 00:09:53,419 I don't care. Why don't you just get out of here? 145 00:09:53,419 --> 00:09:56,188 Michelle, Bobby and I are willing to say 146 00:09:56,189 --> 00:09:59,059 that you were temporarily out of your mind. 147 00:09:59,058 --> 00:10:01,427 We can get you out of here. 148 00:10:01,427 --> 00:10:03,529 Unless you want us to tell the truth 149 00:10:03,529 --> 00:10:05,464 about why you were at Southfork. 150 00:10:05,465 --> 00:10:09,069 Then, you could be in jail for the rest of your life. 151 00:10:09,068 --> 00:10:11,137 And what do you want in return? 152 00:10:11,137 --> 00:10:13,873 Nothing much. 153 00:10:13,873 --> 00:10:15,942 Sell me Ewing Oil. 154 00:10:15,942 --> 00:10:18,411 Forget it. 155 00:10:18,411 --> 00:10:21,414 [scoffs] Now, don't be hasty. 156 00:10:21,414 --> 00:10:23,783 Look at your present situation. 157 00:10:23,783 --> 00:10:26,052 It's not what I'd call pleasant. 158 00:10:26,052 --> 00:10:28,621 I'm not selling you my company. 159 00:10:28,621 --> 00:10:30,723 I can keep you in here just as easily 160 00:10:30,723 --> 00:10:32,792 as I can get you out. 161 00:10:32,792 --> 00:10:34,894 And if you are in here, 162 00:10:34,894 --> 00:10:37,897 some court-appointed idiot is gonna be running Ewing Oil. 163 00:10:37,897 --> 00:10:42,168 And when you do get out, after a long, long time... 164 00:10:42,168 --> 00:10:44,270 there won't be a Ewing Oil. 165 00:10:44,270 --> 00:10:46,372 Now, is that what you want? 166 00:10:47,440 --> 00:10:49,809 [sighs] 167 00:10:52,979 --> 00:10:56,282 Alright, but not all of it. 168 00:10:56,282 --> 00:10:58,851 Fifty percent. 169 00:10:58,851 --> 00:11:01,287 For the price that I paid LeeAnn De La Vega. 170 00:11:01,287 --> 00:11:05,158 Now wait a minute. Are you saying you'll sell me 171 00:11:05,158 --> 00:11:07,661 half the company for what you paid with the whole thing? 172 00:11:12,098 --> 00:11:14,534 Are you really willing to gamble with your life? 173 00:11:14,534 --> 00:11:16,436 Why not? 174 00:11:23,376 --> 00:11:25,678 - You're bluffing. - Then leave me in here. 175 00:11:26,812 --> 00:11:29,448 And let the court-appointed idiot 176 00:11:29,448 --> 00:11:31,850 run Ewing Oil into the ground. 177 00:11:36,622 --> 00:11:39,525 Next time I have a poker game, I'm gonna invite you. 178 00:11:39,525 --> 00:11:42,228 You play a hell of a game. 179 00:11:42,228 --> 00:11:44,363 And you got yourself a deal. 180 00:11:50,803 --> 00:11:52,905 [door closes] 181 00:12:12,158 --> 00:12:14,560 - [murmuring] - Jory? 182 00:12:14,560 --> 00:12:17,329 - Aah! - Easy, easy. It's me. 183 00:12:17,330 --> 00:12:19,432 It's alright. 184 00:12:21,834 --> 00:12:24,937 Oh, it's true. It really happened. She's dead. 185 00:12:27,440 --> 00:12:31,577 Jory, I know it's painful, and I'm sorry. 186 00:12:33,012 --> 00:12:35,081 Your mama loved you. You have to... 187 00:12:35,081 --> 00:12:37,183 You have to hold on to that. 188 00:12:39,719 --> 00:12:42,155 She was happy at the end, wasn't she? 189 00:12:44,357 --> 00:12:47,026 We got a chance to talk. 190 00:12:47,026 --> 00:12:49,729 And she knew that you didn't hate her anymore. 191 00:12:49,729 --> 00:12:52,599 I think she was happy that the two of you made up. 192 00:12:57,270 --> 00:12:59,372 You know, 193 00:13:00,573 --> 00:13:03,643 we sat up all night talking, just like the old days. 194 00:13:05,645 --> 00:13:08,815 If she hadn't come back, she'd been caught sooner or later. 195 00:13:08,814 --> 00:13:10,949 We never would've had the chance to make up. 196 00:13:12,385 --> 00:13:14,654 That's probably true. 197 00:13:14,654 --> 00:13:16,956 But she loved you, Jory. 198 00:13:16,956 --> 00:13:19,559 And she died knowing that you loved her. 199 00:13:19,558 --> 00:13:22,361 That's what you have to remember and be thankful for. 200 00:13:25,498 --> 00:13:27,633 You always make me wanna cry. 201 00:13:32,838 --> 00:13:34,973 Here. 202 00:13:36,409 --> 00:13:38,745 That better? 203 00:13:38,744 --> 00:13:41,981 A little. Thank you. 204 00:13:43,416 --> 00:13:46,319 Do you have enough courage to face one more visitor? 205 00:13:46,319 --> 00:13:49,155 Who? 206 00:13:49,155 --> 00:13:51,991 A young man I've been wanting you to meet for some time now. 207 00:13:54,427 --> 00:13:56,896 - Then I'd like to meet him. - Good. 208 00:14:02,201 --> 00:14:04,537 You ready? 209 00:14:04,537 --> 00:14:07,540 [sighs] Ready. 210 00:14:09,141 --> 00:14:11,877 Come on in. 211 00:14:11,877 --> 00:14:13,979 Jory Taylor, I'd like you 212 00:14:13,979 --> 00:14:16,048 to meet my son, Christopher Ewing. 213 00:14:16,048 --> 00:14:18,951 I've told him all about you. 214 00:14:18,951 --> 00:14:22,154 Hi. I'm sorry about your mom. 215 00:14:22,154 --> 00:14:24,990 Thank you, Christopher. 216 00:14:24,990 --> 00:14:27,960 I'm very pleased to meet you. 217 00:14:37,236 --> 00:14:40,072 Listen, she's just too upset about being in jail 218 00:14:40,072 --> 00:14:42,708 to pay any attention to the future of Ewing Oil. 219 00:14:42,708 --> 00:14:44,877 But she won't sign me power of attorney. 220 00:14:46,379 --> 00:14:49,382 Well, that's too bad, but on the other hand, if your wife 221 00:14:49,382 --> 00:14:52,018 is found innocent, you don't have to worry. 222 00:14:52,017 --> 00:14:54,553 She won't be. She did it. I mean, she had witnesses. 223 00:14:54,553 --> 00:14:57,723 - She's guilty as hell. - I guess she's gonna be 224 00:14:57,723 --> 00:15:00,059 running her half of the company from jail. 225 00:15:01,160 --> 00:15:03,929 Well, now, isn't there a way 226 00:15:03,929 --> 00:15:07,933 that I could be appointed conservator of her estate 227 00:15:07,933 --> 00:15:10,769 so I could have control over her share of Ewing Oil 228 00:15:10,770 --> 00:15:13,606 without having to buy it from her? 229 00:15:13,606 --> 00:15:17,443 Yeah, maybe. I could petition the court 230 00:15:17,443 --> 00:15:19,545 to make you guardian of her affairs. 231 00:15:19,545 --> 00:15:21,614 There shouldn't be a problem as long as you 232 00:15:21,614 --> 00:15:23,716 keep your half of Ewing Oil. 233 00:15:23,716 --> 00:15:25,885 That's no problem. Wild horses couldn't drag me 234 00:15:25,885 --> 00:15:29,555 out of that company. But we gotta get the ball rolling. 235 00:15:29,555 --> 00:15:32,458 Cliff, Cliff. She hasn't even gone to trial yet. 236 00:15:32,458 --> 00:15:35,194 Yeah, but that could take months. 237 00:15:35,194 --> 00:15:39,298 [sighs] Alright. 238 00:15:43,903 --> 00:15:46,272 I'll see what I can do. 239 00:15:46,272 --> 00:15:48,908 But just remember. This conservatorship? 240 00:15:48,908 --> 00:15:52,578 It's only good as long as Mrs. Barnes is in jail. 241 00:15:52,578 --> 00:15:54,647 [chuckles] It's okay, she's gonna be in jail 242 00:15:54,647 --> 00:15:58,351 - for a long time. - [sighs] 243 00:16:00,986 --> 00:16:03,922 Alright, you go to trial, 244 00:16:03,923 --> 00:16:05,992 you put her on the witness stand, 245 00:16:05,991 --> 00:16:08,560 and you know what's gonna happen, Frank. 246 00:16:08,561 --> 00:16:11,931 That poor girl is gonna start to sob and cry 247 00:16:11,931 --> 00:16:14,066 over the tragic loss of her sister. 248 00:16:14,066 --> 00:16:18,470 Hillary Taylor was a kidnapper and a murderess. 249 00:16:18,471 --> 00:16:21,140 And Interpol had been looking for her for months. 250 00:16:21,140 --> 00:16:24,844 Her daughter told us that she was gonna turn herself in. 251 00:16:24,844 --> 00:16:27,747 Yeah, yeah. But she didn't do it, did she? 252 00:16:27,746 --> 00:16:29,815 Then all of a sudden, 253 00:16:29,815 --> 00:16:32,284 Michelle comes face-to-face with this woman. 254 00:16:32,284 --> 00:16:36,455 And she just goes crazy. And she shoots her. 255 00:16:36,455 --> 00:16:39,158 I guarantee you, there is not a jury in the world 256 00:16:39,158 --> 00:16:42,628 - that will convict that girl. - Well, that may be. 257 00:16:42,628 --> 00:16:45,598 But justice demands that we try her for her crime. 258 00:16:45,598 --> 00:16:47,667 Don't talk to me about justice. 259 00:16:47,666 --> 00:16:50,302 You had Carter McKay nailed to the wall 260 00:16:50,302 --> 00:16:52,838 for the murder of Johnny Dancer, and then, 261 00:16:52,838 --> 00:16:55,107 the judge turns around and declares a mistrial. 262 00:16:55,107 --> 00:16:57,209 Now, what kind of justice is that? 263 00:16:58,511 --> 00:17:00,546 Well, we didn't have enough proof. 264 00:17:00,546 --> 00:17:03,449 I happen to know for a fact you had a tape of McKay 265 00:17:03,449 --> 00:17:05,551 practically threatening Dancer's life. 266 00:17:06,719 --> 00:17:08,854 Well, that was different. 267 00:17:08,854 --> 00:17:12,324 Is it? Well, now wait a minute. Heh. 268 00:17:12,324 --> 00:17:14,827 You arrested him, you put him on trial, 269 00:17:14,827 --> 00:17:16,962 and you convicted him, and then you let him go, 270 00:17:16,962 --> 00:17:19,531 Frank, you looked like an idiot. Now, you wanna go 271 00:17:19,532 --> 00:17:22,068 through that whole thing again with Michelle? 272 00:17:22,067 --> 00:17:25,070 J.R., it isn't the same thing. 273 00:17:25,070 --> 00:17:27,306 The hell it's not. Now, you put her 274 00:17:27,306 --> 00:17:29,842 on that witness stand, and you're gonna blow it. 275 00:17:29,842 --> 00:17:32,678 Especially when you figure that she'll be represented 276 00:17:32,678 --> 00:17:35,114 by the best lawyers that Ewing money can buy. 277 00:17:37,983 --> 00:17:40,419 Okay, maybe you have a point. 278 00:17:40,419 --> 00:17:42,521 She certainly is no threat to society, 279 00:17:42,521 --> 00:17:44,757 and we know for a fact that Hillary Taylor was. 280 00:17:44,757 --> 00:17:47,693 Yeah. Now you're talking. 281 00:17:47,693 --> 00:17:50,162 Well, the grand jury meets tomorrow morning. 282 00:17:51,830 --> 00:17:53,899 I suppose I can convince them 283 00:17:53,899 --> 00:17:56,001 that we'll never get a conviction in this case. 284 00:17:56,001 --> 00:17:58,070 It won't be that hard. Believe me. 285 00:17:58,070 --> 00:18:00,706 Just one thing. 286 00:18:00,706 --> 00:18:02,775 Why do you care so much about Michelle Stevens? 287 00:18:02,775 --> 00:18:05,411 Well, like I told you. 288 00:18:05,411 --> 00:18:07,513 She was married to my eldest boy. 289 00:18:08,514 --> 00:18:12,051 She's worth a lot to me. A lot. 290 00:18:12,051 --> 00:18:14,787 - [shower running] - [knocking on door] 291 00:18:14,787 --> 00:18:16,922 - Jory? - [water stops] 292 00:18:20,859 --> 00:18:22,361 Jory? 293 00:18:23,862 --> 00:18:27,699 Right here. Feeling slightly more human. 294 00:18:27,700 --> 00:18:30,269 If I'd known you were up and about, you could've come 295 00:18:30,269 --> 00:18:32,571 - riding with me. - Oh, that's okay. 296 00:18:32,571 --> 00:18:34,640 I had to start thinking about the arrangements 297 00:18:34,640 --> 00:18:37,543 for my mother. The funeral's tomorrow. 298 00:18:37,543 --> 00:18:40,746 It's in Odessa. Would you mind taking me 299 00:18:40,746 --> 00:18:43,082 back to the hotel to pick up my clothes? 300 00:18:43,082 --> 00:18:45,184 - No problem. - Thanks. 301 00:18:47,620 --> 00:18:49,722 Would you do me one other favor? 302 00:18:49,722 --> 00:18:52,325 Name it. 303 00:18:52,324 --> 00:18:54,426 Would you come to the funeral with me? 304 00:18:54,426 --> 00:18:58,330 - Of course, I will. - [sighs] 305 00:19:02,835 --> 00:19:05,771 [J.R.] Uh, just sign here and here. 306 00:19:05,771 --> 00:19:08,974 And then, you're out of this place. 307 00:19:11,143 --> 00:19:14,913 What's the matter? You haven't changed your mind? 308 00:19:16,615 --> 00:19:19,818 No. But how do I know 309 00:19:19,818 --> 00:19:22,287 I'm gonna get out of jail after I sign this? 310 00:19:22,287 --> 00:19:24,790 Once you own half of my company, 311 00:19:24,790 --> 00:19:27,326 you could leave me in here to rot. 312 00:19:27,326 --> 00:19:29,762 Michelle, I've done a lot of deals in my time. 313 00:19:29,762 --> 00:19:31,831 Some good and some bad. 314 00:19:31,830 --> 00:19:33,932 But I've never reneged on any of them. 315 00:19:33,932 --> 00:19:36,968 I'm not gonna be tried for murder. 316 00:19:36,969 --> 00:19:41,440 No, no. But this could turn him into the grand jury. 317 00:19:41,440 --> 00:19:43,509 He told 'em that he didn't have evidence to bring you 318 00:19:43,509 --> 00:19:46,979 to trial. It's, uh... It's all in the contract. 319 00:19:46,979 --> 00:19:49,782 It goes into effect as soon as you're released. 320 00:19:51,884 --> 00:19:55,020 - What about my money? - Well... 321 00:19:55,020 --> 00:19:57,789 cashier's check in the amount that we discussed. 322 00:20:01,527 --> 00:20:03,062 Fine. 323 00:20:09,468 --> 00:20:11,870 Michelle, just-just sign the damn thing, would you? 324 00:20:13,572 --> 00:20:15,808 I just wanna make sure I'm selling you 325 00:20:15,808 --> 00:20:17,977 half of Ewing Oil and not marrying you. 326 00:20:21,080 --> 00:20:23,215 But it all looks okay. 327 00:20:31,490 --> 00:20:34,426 Congratulations. 328 00:20:34,426 --> 00:20:36,862 You're now half owner of Ewing Oil. 329 00:20:36,862 --> 00:20:39,198 We're gonna make a hell of a team. 330 00:20:39,198 --> 00:20:41,901 [chuckles] Hell of a team. 331 00:20:47,439 --> 00:20:50,075 It's all there. The judge is a friend of mine. 332 00:20:50,075 --> 00:20:52,578 He okayed the petition immediately. 333 00:20:52,578 --> 00:20:56,282 I'm now conservator of Michelle's estate. 334 00:20:56,281 --> 00:21:00,519 That's right, you now have total control over Ewing Oil. 335 00:21:00,519 --> 00:21:04,523 [chortles] Total control. Bob, thank you. 336 00:21:04,523 --> 00:21:06,692 Thank you. You've earned your year's salary. 337 00:21:06,692 --> 00:21:09,895 I'm telling you. Thank you. Thank you, thank you. 338 00:21:09,895 --> 00:21:12,064 - You're welcome. - Thank you, Bob, you did 339 00:21:12,064 --> 00:21:15,768 a really great job. Gonna see some changes around here. 340 00:21:15,768 --> 00:21:17,870 Oh, I hope so. 341 00:21:20,139 --> 00:21:22,475 Hey, have a good time, Cliff. 342 00:21:26,445 --> 00:21:28,547 Hello, Kendall, how're you doing? 343 00:21:28,547 --> 00:21:30,716 - [Kendall] Just fine, J.R... - [Cliff] Get Wilkinson up here 344 00:21:30,716 --> 00:21:33,485 tomorrow at nine o'clock. 345 00:21:33,485 --> 00:21:35,787 Oh, I wanna talk to him about Ewing 23. 346 00:21:35,788 --> 00:21:37,890 Barnes, what the hell are you doing here? 347 00:21:37,890 --> 00:21:40,126 Who gave you the right to interfere with my company? 348 00:21:40,125 --> 00:21:43,161 Your company? This hadn't been your company in months. 349 00:21:43,162 --> 00:21:46,732 What do you do? Come to hang and dream about the old days? 350 00:21:46,732 --> 00:21:48,801 Will you get out or you want me to have 351 00:21:48,801 --> 00:21:51,237 security throw you out? 352 00:21:51,236 --> 00:21:53,572 Did you hear that, girls? He wants security 353 00:21:53,572 --> 00:21:55,774 to throw me out. Maybe I should've security here 354 00:21:55,774 --> 00:21:58,644 to throw you out. You don't work here anymore. 355 00:21:58,644 --> 00:22:01,647 Oh, yes, I do. Michelle just sold me 356 00:22:01,647 --> 00:22:04,817 50 percent of this company. She and I are partners. 357 00:22:04,817 --> 00:22:06,919 You're full of it. She can't do that. 358 00:22:06,919 --> 00:22:08,988 I'm the conservator of her estate, 359 00:22:08,987 --> 00:22:11,289 and I own 50 percent of this company. 360 00:22:11,290 --> 00:22:13,793 Read it and weep, Barnes. This is the contract 361 00:22:13,792 --> 00:22:15,961 she and I signed. 362 00:22:15,961 --> 00:22:18,263 Well, this is my contract. Read it and weep. 363 00:22:22,434 --> 00:22:24,970 Oh, my God. 364 00:22:24,970 --> 00:22:27,072 [both] You and I are partners? 365 00:22:31,210 --> 00:22:33,612 This is not legal. I'm the conservator 366 00:22:33,612 --> 00:22:36,115 of Michelle's estate. And she cannot sell it. 367 00:22:36,114 --> 00:22:38,550 - How the hell did this happen? - Because I married 368 00:22:38,550 --> 00:22:40,886 that lying, cheating, no-good bitch. 369 00:22:40,886 --> 00:22:42,988 Why'd somebody smart as Michelle marry somebody 370 00:22:42,988 --> 00:22:45,057 - as dumb as you? - Don't you think 371 00:22:45,057 --> 00:22:47,159 - it's the other way around? - Are you kidding? 372 00:22:47,159 --> 00:22:49,695 I had her backed into a corner, and she still managed 373 00:22:49,695 --> 00:22:52,298 to double-cross both you and me. 374 00:22:52,297 --> 00:22:54,533 Bet I know how much you paid for it. 375 00:22:54,533 --> 00:22:56,702 So what? You can't even own Ewing Oil. 376 00:22:56,702 --> 00:22:58,804 The Justice Department won't let you. 377 00:22:58,804 --> 00:23:01,006 Oh, yeah? Well, I can incorporate it 378 00:23:01,006 --> 00:23:03,809 into Ewing and Ewing. Why don't I write 379 00:23:03,809 --> 00:23:05,878 - a check and buy you out? - No, no. 380 00:23:05,878 --> 00:23:08,981 - I'm gonna buy you out. - Are you kidding? 381 00:23:08,981 --> 00:23:11,050 Dream on, Barnes. Dream on. 382 00:23:11,049 --> 00:23:13,351 You'd probably go bankrupt before your first decision. 383 00:23:13,352 --> 00:23:15,421 I'll be damned if I'm gonna see that. 384 00:23:15,420 --> 00:23:18,256 You don't have any choice because I'm here to stay. 385 00:23:18,257 --> 00:23:20,359 Oh, really? My lawyer will have something 386 00:23:20,359 --> 00:23:22,494 - to say about that. Yeah. - So will mine. 387 00:23:26,265 --> 00:23:29,702 That idiot will never learn. Come on, got some work to do. 388 00:23:29,701 --> 00:23:32,037 I want you to call security. Tell them never to let 389 00:23:32,037 --> 00:23:34,139 - that jerk up here. - Right. 390 00:23:47,052 --> 00:23:49,154 Bye, Mama. 391 00:23:50,956 --> 00:23:53,091 Be at peace. 392 00:24:02,434 --> 00:24:04,836 You're right about not prosecuting Michelle. 393 00:24:06,571 --> 00:24:08,773 I just wanna put all of this behind me. 394 00:24:11,109 --> 00:24:14,179 Bobby, I'm going back to Los Angeles this afternoon. 395 00:24:15,480 --> 00:24:18,883 Are you sure you're ready? You can stay at Southfork longer. 396 00:24:18,884 --> 00:24:21,720 I know. And thanks. 397 00:24:21,720 --> 00:24:23,889 But I made peace with my mother and starting 398 00:24:23,889 --> 00:24:27,459 to make peace with myself. It's time I move on. 399 00:24:27,459 --> 00:24:30,595 So, it's back to the house on the beach and acting, huh? 400 00:24:30,595 --> 00:24:33,331 - I think so. - Well, I'm gonna miss you. 401 00:24:33,332 --> 00:24:36,001 I'm glad. So much has happened, 402 00:24:36,001 --> 00:24:39,338 I think we need a little space between us to see how we feel. 403 00:24:40,572 --> 00:24:43,909 If you want more than a long-distance friendship, 404 00:24:43,909 --> 00:24:46,745 well, I understand the beach house next door's 405 00:24:46,745 --> 00:24:49,915 - still available. - [laughs] You never know. 406 00:24:49,915 --> 00:24:52,918 You may find a guy in funny-looking cowboy boots 407 00:24:52,918 --> 00:24:55,687 - standing on your doorstep. - I hope so. 408 00:25:09,001 --> 00:25:11,670 I can't believe you haven't told him yet. 409 00:25:11,670 --> 00:25:13,772 J.R.'s been through so much this week. 410 00:25:13,772 --> 00:25:16,375 I've been waiting for a good time. 411 00:25:16,375 --> 00:25:18,477 Sly, there is never a good time 412 00:25:18,477 --> 00:25:20,779 - with J.R... - [J.R.] What's Beaumont doing 413 00:25:20,779 --> 00:25:22,948 on the door? Thought I told you to take it off. 414 00:25:22,948 --> 00:25:25,017 The workmen are coming tomorrow. 415 00:25:25,017 --> 00:25:27,353 Would you like Ewing and Ewing put back in its place? 416 00:25:28,620 --> 00:25:30,689 No. It won't be here that long. 417 00:25:30,689 --> 00:25:34,393 - Any messages? - No, but George Thompson 418 00:25:34,393 --> 00:25:36,862 and Frank Cobb from Weststar are in your office. 419 00:25:36,862 --> 00:25:39,798 Oh. Alright. Hold my calls. 420 00:25:44,136 --> 00:25:46,338 - Ahem. - I'll tell him. I promise. 421 00:25:46,338 --> 00:25:50,475 Well, Thompson, Cobb. Never thought I'd see two 422 00:25:50,475 --> 00:25:53,345 of Weststar's finest standing in the middle of my office. 423 00:25:53,345 --> 00:25:55,414 - Can I get you a drink? - Nothing for me, thanks. 424 00:25:55,414 --> 00:25:58,918 - I'll have a mineral water. - That's all we have. 425 00:25:58,917 --> 00:26:03,555 J.R., Weststar has been like a huge, rudderless ship 426 00:26:03,555 --> 00:26:05,924 since McKay was kicked out, and frankly, 427 00:26:05,924 --> 00:26:08,226 we desperately need a new captain. 428 00:26:08,226 --> 00:26:13,264 We know that you have a large chunk of voting rights. 429 00:26:13,265 --> 00:26:16,602 Frank and I control a huge block of stock. 430 00:26:18,336 --> 00:26:20,405 So you wanna make a deal? 431 00:26:20,405 --> 00:26:23,408 George here wants to be president of Weststar, 432 00:26:23,408 --> 00:26:25,744 and I'd be happy as secretary. 433 00:26:25,744 --> 00:26:28,113 Well, there's nothing I could do about that. 434 00:26:28,113 --> 00:26:30,315 There is, if the board elects you chairman. 435 00:26:32,050 --> 00:26:34,686 But now, wait a minute. Let me get something straight. 436 00:26:34,686 --> 00:26:37,289 You want to elect me the new chairman 437 00:26:37,289 --> 00:26:39,458 of the board at Weststar, is that right? 438 00:26:39,458 --> 00:26:42,328 And we would report directly to you. 439 00:26:43,862 --> 00:26:47,199 - When would this happen? - We meet later this week. 440 00:26:47,199 --> 00:26:49,301 You interested? 441 00:26:52,070 --> 00:26:54,973 - Definitely. - Good, good. 442 00:26:54,973 --> 00:26:57,075 I'll tell you, this is out of the blue. 443 00:26:57,075 --> 00:26:59,277 I never expected anything like this. 444 00:26:59,277 --> 00:27:01,446 - But there is just one thing. - Yeah. 445 00:27:01,446 --> 00:27:03,548 Ewing and Ewing is small enough 446 00:27:03,548 --> 00:27:06,117 that there should be no conflict of interest. 447 00:27:06,118 --> 00:27:09,922 But you will have to get rid of Ace Geophysical. 448 00:27:09,921 --> 00:27:12,323 Consider it done. 449 00:27:12,324 --> 00:27:15,227 It's good you and Bobby don't own Ewing Oil anymore. 450 00:27:15,227 --> 00:27:17,296 You'd have to give that up too. 451 00:27:17,295 --> 00:27:19,397 Yeah. Yeah, it's funny how those things 452 00:27:19,397 --> 00:27:21,966 - work out, ain't it? - [laughs] 453 00:27:21,967 --> 00:27:24,069 Well, I'm gonna enjoy doing business with you. 454 00:27:24,069 --> 00:27:26,171 Our pleasure, J.R... 455 00:27:30,575 --> 00:27:33,078 Chairman, Westar. [chuckles] 456 00:27:38,483 --> 00:27:41,152 - [sighs] - Dad. 457 00:27:43,522 --> 00:27:46,125 Christopher, what're you doing up so late? 458 00:27:46,124 --> 00:27:49,327 Waiting for you. Where's Jory? 459 00:27:51,029 --> 00:27:55,267 Well, Jory went back to Los Angeles. 460 00:27:55,267 --> 00:27:58,036 She asked me to say goodbye to you. 461 00:27:58,036 --> 00:28:01,039 But what about you? Is everything alright? 462 00:28:04,176 --> 00:28:08,547 - Dad, I have to talk to you. - Okay. What's the matter? 463 00:28:10,048 --> 00:28:12,384 I got a letter from John Ross in England. 464 00:28:12,384 --> 00:28:15,454 He's having a really great time, and I kind of miss him. 465 00:28:16,621 --> 00:28:19,324 He's got a tutor there and everything. 466 00:28:19,324 --> 00:28:22,260 So I was wondering if I could go see him for a while. 467 00:28:23,728 --> 00:28:26,331 You sure that's the only reason you wanna go? 468 00:28:26,331 --> 00:28:28,400 You wanna see John Ross? 469 00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:32,571 Yeah, honest. I miss him and he misses me too. 470 00:28:34,306 --> 00:28:36,675 But I don't want you to think I'm running out on you 471 00:28:36,675 --> 00:28:39,178 - or anything. - [chuckles] 472 00:28:39,177 --> 00:28:41,246 Christopher, you're not running out on me. 473 00:28:41,246 --> 00:28:43,915 As long as you remember I'm here waiting for you. 474 00:28:43,915 --> 00:28:48,319 - I won't forget. - So when do you wanna go? 475 00:28:50,989 --> 00:28:54,793 - Tomorrow? - Tomorrow? 476 00:28:56,728 --> 00:29:00,031 - Too soon? - No. 477 00:29:00,031 --> 00:29:02,100 Not if that's when you wanna go. 478 00:29:02,100 --> 00:29:06,171 At least let me take you for a farewell burger and fries? 479 00:29:06,171 --> 00:29:08,273 - You bet. - Okay. 480 00:29:09,374 --> 00:29:11,476 Let's go. 481 00:29:21,419 --> 00:29:23,521 Calling security is not gonna stop me. 482 00:29:23,521 --> 00:29:26,090 As far as I'm concerned, this is still my office. 483 00:29:26,091 --> 00:29:28,760 Barnes, this is an impossible situation. 484 00:29:28,760 --> 00:29:31,129 - Let me buy you out. - No, forget it. 485 00:29:31,129 --> 00:29:35,333 I'll buy you out. You're gonna sell me your half. 486 00:29:36,701 --> 00:29:39,571 - Alright. - You gonna sell me your half? 487 00:29:39,571 --> 00:29:41,706 You got a deal. 488 00:29:41,706 --> 00:29:45,710 Well, yeah, but, ha. I didn't think it would be this easy. 489 00:29:45,710 --> 00:29:48,146 That's because this is not Ewing Oil anymore. 490 00:29:48,146 --> 00:29:50,915 Ewing Oil is wherever I am. And that is not 491 00:29:50,915 --> 00:29:52,984 in a partnership with you. I want out. 492 00:29:52,984 --> 00:29:55,820 How much do you want for your half? 493 00:29:55,820 --> 00:29:58,890 Just exactly what I paid Michelle. 494 00:29:58,890 --> 00:30:01,226 - I can live with that. - Good. 495 00:30:01,226 --> 00:30:03,895 I'll have Jackie type up a letter of agreement, 496 00:30:03,895 --> 00:30:06,097 and hopefully, 497 00:30:06,097 --> 00:30:08,399 you and I'll never have to do business again. 498 00:30:13,271 --> 00:30:14,806 [chuckles] 499 00:30:19,744 --> 00:30:22,347 Well, good morning, ladies. Beautiful day, huh? 500 00:30:22,347 --> 00:30:24,449 George Thompson called. Board meeting at Weststar 501 00:30:24,449 --> 00:30:26,518 has been scheduled for two o'clock tomorrow, 502 00:30:26,518 --> 00:30:28,620 congratulations, Mr. Chairman. 503 00:30:28,620 --> 00:30:30,856 Ha. Well, thank you. I guess that means 504 00:30:30,855 --> 00:30:33,925 we'd have to move to newer offices, huh? 505 00:30:33,925 --> 00:30:36,194 How could you sell Ewing Oil so easily? 506 00:30:36,194 --> 00:30:38,930 Oh, the old Ewing Oil doesn't exist anymore, honey. 507 00:30:38,930 --> 00:30:41,099 I'm moving on to bigger and better things. 508 00:30:45,270 --> 00:30:47,773 - Phyllis, I don't think-- - If you don't, I will. 509 00:30:49,808 --> 00:30:52,844 Okay. Wish me luck. 510 00:31:10,228 --> 00:31:12,964 - Hmm? - J.R., there's something 511 00:31:12,964 --> 00:31:16,434 - I have to talk to you about. - Yeah? 512 00:31:18,670 --> 00:31:21,873 - I'm getting married. - You're kidding? 513 00:31:21,873 --> 00:31:24,909 Well, that's wonderful. Who's the lucky guy? 514 00:31:24,909 --> 00:31:27,078 He's an engineer in the oil business. 515 00:31:27,078 --> 00:31:29,480 Um, we just met a couple months ago. 516 00:31:29,481 --> 00:31:31,984 Well, congratulations. We're gonna have to celebrate. 517 00:31:31,983 --> 00:31:35,320 And he got this great offer from this offshore oil company 518 00:31:35,320 --> 00:31:37,989 near the North Sea and I'm going with him. 519 00:31:37,989 --> 00:31:40,058 - What? - I'm sorry, J.R... 520 00:31:40,058 --> 00:31:43,728 I have to give my two weeks' notice. 521 00:31:43,728 --> 00:31:46,698 I know a lot of people in this town I can talk to. 522 00:31:46,698 --> 00:31:48,934 Pull some strings, get him to stay here. 523 00:31:48,933 --> 00:31:52,503 No, J.R., he wants to go. And I wanna go with him. 524 00:31:52,504 --> 00:31:55,340 - Oh, Sly, for God sakes. - Please, J.R... 525 00:31:55,340 --> 00:31:58,710 Please. Don't try to change my mind. 526 00:31:58,710 --> 00:32:00,912 I love him and I wanna be with him. 527 00:32:02,414 --> 00:32:04,616 I'm sorry I have to leave Ewing Oil. 528 00:32:04,616 --> 00:32:07,752 Yeah, well, I'm sorry too. I'm gonna miss you. 529 00:32:08,720 --> 00:32:11,556 Um, take a long honeymoon. Charge it to me. 530 00:32:11,556 --> 00:32:14,526 Thanks, J.R... I'm gonna miss you too. 531 00:32:14,526 --> 00:32:17,129 - If there was any other way-- - Yeah, yeah, I know. 532 00:32:18,463 --> 00:32:21,066 You're gonna have to show Phyllis how things work here. 533 00:32:21,065 --> 00:32:23,401 - Better call her in. - Okay. 534 00:32:23,401 --> 00:32:25,904 Might as well start now, I suppose. Ha. 535 00:32:25,904 --> 00:32:28,006 Phyllis? 536 00:32:30,742 --> 00:32:33,812 Oh, Phyllis. It looks like it's just 537 00:32:33,812 --> 00:32:36,548 you and me now. There's a bunch you have to learn. 538 00:32:36,548 --> 00:32:39,918 - I don't think so. - What? 539 00:32:39,918 --> 00:32:42,954 I work for Bobby, J.R... And only Bobby. 540 00:32:42,954 --> 00:32:45,256 Well, Bobby doesn't work for this company. 541 00:32:45,256 --> 00:32:47,358 Well, then I guess neither do I. 542 00:32:48,326 --> 00:32:50,395 [J.R.] What? 543 00:32:51,996 --> 00:32:56,234 J.R., I've been waiting to tell you this for a long time. 544 00:32:57,235 --> 00:33:01,139 Hell would have to freeze over before I'd ever work for you. 545 00:33:01,139 --> 00:33:03,675 [intense music] 546 00:33:09,447 --> 00:33:11,516 What are you doing here? What's going on? 547 00:33:11,516 --> 00:33:14,085 Since it's your company now, I thought you'd wanna call it 548 00:33:14,085 --> 00:33:16,521 - something else. - No, no, don't touch that. 549 00:33:16,521 --> 00:33:19,024 Leave that just like it is. No, not only do I want it 550 00:33:19,023 --> 00:33:22,960 to remain Ewing Oil, but right underneath that sign, 551 00:33:22,961 --> 00:33:25,464 in big bold letters I want it to say, 552 00:33:25,463 --> 00:33:27,999 "Cliff Barnes, President." 553 00:33:29,701 --> 00:33:32,370 We're gonna take a picture and send it to J.R... 554 00:33:32,370 --> 00:33:35,173 [Rose] Mind if I come in? 555 00:33:35,173 --> 00:33:37,509 What do you want? 556 00:33:37,509 --> 00:33:40,946 Thought maybe there was an office you wanted me to bug. 557 00:33:40,945 --> 00:33:45,683 Oh, this is nice. This is very nice. 558 00:33:45,683 --> 00:33:50,388 Oh, yes. I especially like your desk. 559 00:33:50,388 --> 00:33:55,126 It's so... Big. Use it much? 560 00:33:56,227 --> 00:33:59,130 How the hell did you get in here? 561 00:33:59,130 --> 00:34:02,033 Your assistant seems to have vacated her post. 562 00:34:02,033 --> 00:34:07,138 Hello, J.R.. Rose is right. It's a very nice office. 563 00:34:07,138 --> 00:34:09,340 I thought you left Dallas for good. 564 00:34:09,340 --> 00:34:11,876 Only to find Rose. 565 00:34:13,211 --> 00:34:16,014 We decided to come back here for a while. 566 00:34:16,014 --> 00:34:18,884 Just to see how things were doing. 567 00:34:18,883 --> 00:34:21,219 - You heard, huh? - [McKay] Heard what? 568 00:34:22,420 --> 00:34:24,989 That I'm gonna be the chairman of the board of Weststar. 569 00:34:24,989 --> 00:34:27,758 You come here to stop me? 570 00:34:27,759 --> 00:34:30,729 I did receive a few phone calls about it. 571 00:34:30,728 --> 00:34:32,830 Frankly, J.R., I think you'd make 572 00:34:32,830 --> 00:34:34,899 a terrible chairman of the board. 573 00:34:34,899 --> 00:34:37,001 I do have some affection for Weststar. 574 00:34:37,001 --> 00:34:39,437 I'd hate to see you destroy it. 575 00:34:39,437 --> 00:34:42,173 Well, that's too bad. Because I now have the voting rights. 576 00:34:42,173 --> 00:34:44,742 Oh, that's right. Clayton gave them to you, 577 00:34:44,742 --> 00:34:47,111 didn't he? They carry a lot of weight. 578 00:34:47,111 --> 00:34:49,614 Heh, heh. That's an understatement. 579 00:34:49,614 --> 00:34:52,884 Maybe, but maybe the voting rights aren't enough. 580 00:34:52,884 --> 00:34:55,620 Don't you have to have the shares to go with them? 581 00:34:55,620 --> 00:34:59,390 Oh, don't you worry about that. I'll get them. 582 00:34:59,390 --> 00:35:01,792 In time, I'll get them. 583 00:35:03,294 --> 00:35:05,429 Wouldn't be too sure of that, J.R... 584 00:35:07,231 --> 00:35:09,967 You do remember Dusty Farlow, don't you? 585 00:35:09,968 --> 00:35:12,737 Like I remember athlete's foot. 586 00:35:12,737 --> 00:35:15,873 I don't know what rock you had to turn over to find him, 587 00:35:15,873 --> 00:35:17,975 but those voting rights are legally mine. 588 00:35:17,976 --> 00:35:20,078 You haven't changed. You're still plotting 589 00:35:20,078 --> 00:35:22,781 and scheming and one-upping everyone you can. 590 00:35:22,780 --> 00:35:24,882 Ha. Well, some people are easier 591 00:35:24,882 --> 00:35:26,951 to one-up than others, as I'm sure you remember. 592 00:35:26,951 --> 00:35:29,053 [Dusty] Oh, I remember, J.R., except 593 00:35:29,053 --> 00:35:31,556 this time, I don't think your schemes are gonna work. 594 00:35:31,556 --> 00:35:34,125 - You'd try to stop me? - I already have. 595 00:35:34,125 --> 00:35:36,227 You see, those shares were more trouble 596 00:35:36,227 --> 00:35:39,163 than they were worth. I was happy to sell them to Mac. 597 00:35:39,163 --> 00:35:42,466 You son of a bitch. You set me up. 598 00:35:42,467 --> 00:35:45,870 [McKay] True. And I didn't think it would be that easy. 599 00:35:50,408 --> 00:35:53,745 I'm the majority stockholder now, J.R., and tomorrow, 600 00:35:53,745 --> 00:35:57,249 I'm putting my own man in, and you can kiss your dream 601 00:35:57,248 --> 00:36:00,051 of becoming chairman goodbye, too. 602 00:36:08,326 --> 00:36:11,496 So long, J.R... Give my regards to Sue Ellen. 603 00:36:14,599 --> 00:36:18,870 Oh, that's right. I forgot. She dumped you. 604 00:36:37,055 --> 00:36:39,190 [keys jingling] 605 00:36:49,300 --> 00:36:53,437 Home sweet home. 606 00:36:59,210 --> 00:37:02,246 [shouting] Damn you! [grunting] 607 00:37:10,388 --> 00:37:12,490 Damn you, James. 608 00:37:14,892 --> 00:37:16,994 J.R... 609 00:37:27,338 --> 00:37:29,407 [sighs] 610 00:37:29,407 --> 00:37:31,509 [Sly] J.R., I'm going home if that's okay. 611 00:37:31,509 --> 00:37:35,246 Why did you come in? You've been gone most of the day. 612 00:37:35,246 --> 00:37:38,015 I told you I had some shopping to do. 613 00:37:38,015 --> 00:37:40,751 Half the trash of Dallas 614 00:37:40,752 --> 00:37:43,888 has been through this office. [clears throat] 615 00:37:43,888 --> 00:37:46,357 How many bottles do you have 616 00:37:46,357 --> 00:37:48,860 - hidden in here? - Nine hundred and forty sev-- 617 00:37:48,860 --> 00:37:50,929 Hell, it's none of your business, Sly. 618 00:37:50,928 --> 00:37:53,130 Well, it is if you're trying to kill yourself. 619 00:37:56,300 --> 00:37:59,103 - Get out of here. - I'm going. 620 00:37:59,103 --> 00:38:01,973 I'm calling a limo to take you home. 621 00:38:01,973 --> 00:38:04,742 Well, that will be the last thing you do. 622 00:38:04,742 --> 00:38:06,811 You can forget about that two weeks' notice. 623 00:38:06,811 --> 00:38:10,148 You're out of here. Right now, honey. Go on. Get out. 624 00:38:10,148 --> 00:38:12,717 [melancholic music] 625 00:38:15,453 --> 00:38:17,655 [door closes] 626 00:38:44,816 --> 00:38:46,318 Hmm. 627 00:38:47,518 --> 00:38:49,620 [Bobby] Christopher, you hurry up. 628 00:38:49,620 --> 00:38:51,956 - We're gonna miss that plane. - [Christopher] I'm coming. 629 00:38:51,956 --> 00:38:54,859 I'm coming. 630 00:38:54,859 --> 00:38:56,961 Oh, oh. Son, did you pack a toothbrush? 631 00:38:56,961 --> 00:38:59,030 Dad, they have toothbrushes in England. 632 00:38:59,030 --> 00:39:01,266 I know, but I don't want Aunt Sue Ellen to go 633 00:39:01,265 --> 00:39:03,768 - shopping when you land. - What's about Sue Ellen? 634 00:39:03,768 --> 00:39:05,870 What do you want with her? 635 00:39:06,938 --> 00:39:09,107 Well, so much for going on the wagon, huh? 636 00:39:09,106 --> 00:39:13,510 Well... Now, don't tell me you're leaving too. 637 00:39:13,511 --> 00:39:15,613 Why is everybody in such a rush to get out 638 00:39:15,613 --> 00:39:19,283 - of this place anyhow? - Christopher, wait for me 639 00:39:19,283 --> 00:39:21,385 in the car and take this with you. 640 00:39:23,621 --> 00:39:25,690 I'm taking Christopher to the airport 641 00:39:25,690 --> 00:39:28,693 and I'll be back in a couple of hours. 642 00:39:28,693 --> 00:39:30,795 I need to talk to you, Bob. 643 00:39:32,563 --> 00:39:34,832 J.R., we can talk when I get back. 644 00:39:34,832 --> 00:39:37,568 No. This is important. I need to talk to you right now. 645 00:39:37,568 --> 00:39:40,337 [sighs] Alright, make it fast. 646 00:39:40,338 --> 00:39:44,375 [sighs] Bobby, I need your help. 647 00:39:46,744 --> 00:39:49,146 This has been the worst day in my whole life. 648 00:39:50,548 --> 00:39:54,385 [sighs] I lost Ewing Oil. 649 00:39:58,923 --> 00:40:01,058 And I lost Weststar too. 650 00:40:03,361 --> 00:40:06,764 J.R., I can't bring any of them back for you. 651 00:40:06,764 --> 00:40:09,066 All I have left is Southfork. You're not gonna take that 652 00:40:09,066 --> 00:40:12,269 - away from me, too. - Give it a rest. 653 00:40:12,270 --> 00:40:14,405 Tomorrow, you're gonna be sober, 654 00:40:14,405 --> 00:40:16,574 back at your desk, and everything will be fine. 655 00:40:18,242 --> 00:40:20,411 I'm getting out of the oil business, Bobby. 656 00:40:20,411 --> 00:40:23,581 Sell me half of Southfork. 657 00:40:23,581 --> 00:40:25,683 We can be ranchers together. 658 00:40:27,084 --> 00:40:29,520 I need to know I have a home. 659 00:40:29,520 --> 00:40:31,956 You've got a home. 660 00:40:31,956 --> 00:40:34,525 You're always gonna be welcome here. 661 00:40:34,525 --> 00:40:39,130 But I'm not selling it to you. Talk to you when I get back. 662 00:40:40,398 --> 00:40:42,934 [melancholic music] 663 00:40:54,578 --> 00:40:56,780 [music continues] 664 00:41:26,477 --> 00:41:28,913 [phone ringing] 665 00:41:32,683 --> 00:41:34,785 Doesn't anybody answer the phone around here 666 00:41:34,785 --> 00:41:36,887 but me? [clears throat] 667 00:41:40,825 --> 00:41:43,695 - J.R. Ewing here. - Dad. 668 00:41:43,694 --> 00:41:45,829 It's me, John Ross. 669 00:41:47,365 --> 00:41:49,667 Well, hello, John Ross. What a nice surprise. 670 00:41:50,868 --> 00:41:53,671 You ready to come home? I really miss you. 671 00:41:53,671 --> 00:41:55,773 Don't count on it, Dad. 672 00:41:58,209 --> 00:42:01,045 Mom's about to take me riding, so I don't have much time. 673 00:42:02,013 --> 00:42:04,115 I'm not coming back to Dallas. 674 00:42:06,017 --> 00:42:08,386 Well, of course you're coming back. 675 00:42:08,386 --> 00:42:10,455 [John Ross] No way. I like it here. 676 00:42:11,956 --> 00:42:15,893 And Mom wants me here. So this is my home now. 677 00:42:15,893 --> 00:42:18,496 Listen, now... 678 00:42:18,496 --> 00:42:21,199 do I've to come there and pound some sense into you? 679 00:42:21,198 --> 00:42:23,867 Just try it. 680 00:42:23,868 --> 00:42:26,571 You don't have any rights over me. 681 00:42:26,570 --> 00:42:28,839 So play with James and his baby, 682 00:42:28,839 --> 00:42:31,475 'cause I'm never coming back. 683 00:42:31,475 --> 00:42:33,577 [intense music] 684 00:42:43,854 --> 00:42:46,123 [melancholic music] 685 00:42:54,899 --> 00:42:57,001 [sighs] 686 00:43:28,799 --> 00:43:30,934 [gun cocks] 687 00:43:45,382 --> 00:43:47,484 [clicks] 688 00:44:02,066 --> 00:44:04,168 [gun cocks] 689 00:44:16,514 --> 00:44:17,849 [closing theme]