The face of fear
In “Mastectomy, Part 1,” a third-season “Dallas” episode, Pam and Miss Ellie (Victoria Principal, Barbara Bel Geddes) discuss Ellie’s medical problem over lunch at a restaurant.
PAM: What do you do now?
ELLIE: Keep going back for regular checkups.
PAM: Well, that doesn’t sound too difficult.
ELLIE: I don’t wanna tell Jock.
PAM: Miss Ellie, why not?
ELLIE: He gets better looking as he gets older. Tall and lean. There’s not an ounce of fat on him. I admire his beauty. I know he still has an eye for a good-looking woman. How can I tell him that, that I may need a mastectomy? [Begins crying]
PAM: It’ll be all right.
ELLIE: He’ll turn away from me. I know he will.
PAM: No, he won’t.
ELLIE: I just don’t think he’ll ever be able to accept me again. And I don’t know if I’ll be able to, to face the possibility of that.
PAM: You once told me that your marriage to Jock was based on honesty. Now more than ever, you’ve got to trust your love for each other – and that honesty.
ELLIE: Well, I, I guess that’s what I wanted to do all along. [Smiles, wipes away tears] I’ll try to tell him tonight.
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