Hard knock life
In “Do You Take This Woman?,” an eighth-season “Dallas” episode, J.R. (Larry Hagman) is ranting in the Southfork living room, where Miss Ellie (Donna Reed), Clayton (Howard Keel), Bobby (Patrick Duffy), Sue Ellen (Linda Gray), Ray (Steve Kanaly) and Donna (Susan Howard) are gathered.
J.R.: I knew it. I knew that girl was trouble the moment she walked through the gate. But no, no, everybody said, “You’ve got to be nice to the little orphan because she’s family.” Well, I tell you, if that’s family, she’s not going to be in this house.
SUE ELLEN: J.R., calm down.
J.R.: Calm down? After what’s she done to us? Trotting out that phony piece of paper and having Clayton read it in front of everybody? I tell you, as far as I’m concerned, she is out of this house now. Tonight!
BOBBY: Now wait a minute.
ELLIE: This is my house, J.R. I will decide if she leaves, and when.
SUE ELLEN: Don’t you think we should at least talk to her about it first?
J.R.: Well, how? She’s got herself barricaded in her bedroom upstairs?
SUE ELLEN: She’ll talk to me. [Rises, exits]
J.R.: Well, good. Maybe you’ll find out what she’s trying to pull.
CLAYTON: How do you know she’s trying to pull anything?
RAY: How do you know that paper is phony?
J.R.: Well, how come we haven’t seen or heard about it before? Bobby, you went through Daddy’s papers with me. Did you see anything vaguely resembling that?
BOBBY: I didn’t see anything that mentioned Jason’s name. Mama, did Daddy ever talk to you about divvying up the company like that?
ELLIE: No, I admit he never did. And I never saw a document like that either.
J.R.: Clayton, you said that Sam Culver drew up that document. Donna, when you were going through Sam’s diaries and records and everything when you were writing those books, did you see anything?
DONNA: No, not that I remember. But then I wasn’t looking for anything like that, J.R. I mean, it could have been there. I just didn’t see it.
BOBBY: You still have the papers?
DONNA: I know where they are. It’ll take me some time to go through them.
J.R.: Well, we better do something — and damn quick. Can you imagine sharing Daddy’s company with Cliff Barnes?
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And the irony C.B. up here in the Dominion of Canada on Canada Day is that Brother J.R. is dead & the husband of the late Jamie Ewing Barnes (still married when she died) now owns 1/3rd of the newly reconstituted Ewing Global! Damn do I ever hate that gawd damned Barnes!
I don’t get this, u approved my comment yesterday & yet it has disappeared today, why is that C.B.?!
R.J., I’m sorry about this. I’m not sure why the comment disappeared. I’ve looked through my spam folder and don’t see it there. If you want to post it again, I’ll be glad to approve it.