Dallas Scene of the Day: ‘I’m the Head of this Household!’

April 26, 2012 by 1 Comment
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OK, big guy. Calm down.

In “Home Again,” a second-season “Dallas” episode, Miss Ellie (Barbara Bel Geddes) is seated in a chair in the Southfork den, where she has called Jock (Jim Davis), J.R. (Larry Hagman) and Bobby (Patrick Duffy) together for an announcement.

ELLIE: This is very hard for me because you know how I love Southfork – and all of you. But I have to do what I think is right. My brother was named heir to Southfork in my daddy’s will. When he was lost at sea, your father and I declared him dead and claimed the ranch. It was right that we did that then. Now that he’s back, Garrison must have what is really his. We have to give Southfork back to him.

JOCK: [Angry, rising to his feet] What do you mean give Garrison Southfork? What kind of reasoning is that?

ELLIE: Jock, even when I thought he was dead, that day in court when we made it official, I felt I was stealing something from him.

JOCK: Miss Ellie, it was my life, my sweat and my money that saved this ranch. When Garrison ran away, he was bankrupt, the sheriff was knocking at the door.

ELLIE: Jock, I know how hard you worked – but it’s still ours by default. We have to correct that.

BOBBY: Mama, you are talking about giving up our home – a place we grew up in.

J.R.: Even if Uncle Garrison had stayed, he couldn’t have saved the ranch. I’m with Daddy. I don’t mean any disrespect, but what’s done is done, Mother.

ELLIE: What’s done can be changed. [Rising] Jock, I never told you how hurt I was when I found out that my daddy made Garrison the sole heir – but that’s the way things were done in those days: father to son. Daughters – daughters always came second. It was my daddy’s wish that Garrison have the ranch. My conscience won’t let me do differently.

J.R.: I knew he came here for some reason. He used to hang around with Digger Barnes – used to sing the same refrain, over and over again. The Ewings stole everything from them.

BOBBY: J.R., we’ve got enough problems without turning this into a Barnes-Ewing feud. Now leave it alone.

JOCK: [Raising voice] Miss Ellie! There’ll be no more talk about giving away Southfork. [Turns to leave]

ELLIE: Jock, we do need to talk about it!

JOCK: [Serious] You’re overstepping your place, Miss Ellie.

MISS ELLIE: [Screaming] My place! Just what is my place?

JOCK: It isn’t running this ranch! It isn’t running Ewings’ businesses! It isn’t saying what we keep or what we give away. I am still the head of this household – with or without your permission!

ELLIE: I’ve asked Garrison and Cathy for lunch tomorrow. Do I need your permission for that?

Jock glares at Ellie and leaves the room. Moments later, she leaves, too.

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Dallas Scene of the Day: ‘I’m So Scared, Cliff’

April 25, 2012 by 1 Comment
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Words are cheap

In “Kidnapped,” a second-season “Dallas” episode, Pam (Victoria Principal) passes through Southfork’s foyer before dawn and notices Cliff (Ken Kercheval) standing on the porch.

PAM: [Through the window] Cliff? Cliff, didn’t you sleep?

CLIFF: No. Did you?

PAM: [Joins him on the porch] I’m so scared, Cliff. You like now, don’t you, since you got to know him?

CLIFF: Yeah, I do. I like him.

Jock and Miss Ellie (Jim Davis, Barbara Bel Geddes) step onto the porch.

JOCK: Time to go, Cliff.

ELLIE: You bring my son home safe, I’ll be grateful to you forever. We all will.

Jock hands the bag of money to Cliff, who takes it and walks away.

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Dallas Scene of the Day: ‘Don’t You Ever Threaten My Brother’

April 24, 2012 by 1 Comment
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Blood is thicker than oil

In “Fallen Idol,” a second-season “Dallas” episode, J.R. (Larry Hagman) enters his office to find Jeb and Willie Joe (Sandy Ward, John Ashton) waiting for him.

J.R.: Well boys, what’s got you all stirred up on a busy Monday morning?

JEB: We heard about your little brother’s shopping center. It was all over town by 9 this morning.

J.R.: [Standing behind his desk] Well you didn’t come here to talk about a shopping center.

WILLIE JOE: He’s building exactly where your daddy’s will gives you the right to drill for oil!

JEB: We share in that oil, J.R. It’s the basis to every deal we’ve made. I’m beginning to think that maybe that will is a fake.

J.R.: You calling me a liar?

WILLIE JOE: If we come up dry in the Panhandle, and Bobby builds on that red-file land, we could be out of business!

J.R.: I’ve always protected you boys. You keep this up and I’m gonna stop.

JEB: [Leaning across J.R.’s desk] If you don’t stop Bobby, I’ll stop him.

J.R.: [Drops his mail on his desk] What’s that supposed to mean?

JEB: You know damn well what it means.

J.R.: [Pauses, then slaps Jeb, sending him back on his feet] Don’t you ever threaten my brother – or any other Ewing. I told you I’d handle this. Now get out of my office! [Turns his back to Jeb and Willie Joe and stares out the window. They leave.]

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Dallas Scene of the Day: ‘What’s Your Excuse?’

April 23, 2012 by 3 Comments
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Pillow talk

In “Triangle,” a second-season “Dallas” episode, country-western singer Garnet McGee (Kate Mulgrew) nibbles from a plate on her dining room table while J.R. (Larry Hagman), stretched across her bed, pours himself a drink.

J.R.: You hungry again?

GARNET: Honey, I am always hungry.

J.R.: Were you very poor?

GARNET: Uh-huh. You want some of this? [He shakes his head no. She sits at the table.] There were 10 of us, J.R. You know, I never had a pair of shoes of my own, brand-new, till I was 16 years old and started working? Always had my mama’s or my big sister’s. I figure that’s how come I’m so greedy now. What’s your excuse?

J.R.: [Takes a sip] I don’t need one.

GARNET: [Joins him on the bed] That’s probably how come I like you so much.

J.R.: Is it?

GARNET: You’re just the way I am. [Counts the money from their poker game while he caresses her hair] Maybe a little worse. And not the least little bit ashamed of it, are you?

J.R.: Do you really like me?

GARNET: Well, I still have a whole pack of little brothers and sisters to take care of – not to mention myself. [He nuzzles her neck.] Hey, hey J.R. Don’t you have to go home now?

J.R.: Sue Ellen’s a very understanding wife. When Ray gets back, I want you to finish it. I mean it. Finish it with him – because if you don’t, I will. [Nuzzles her neck again]

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Dallas Scene of the Day: ‘Chances Are It’s Yours’

April 20, 2012 by 1 Comment
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In a family way

In “Act of Love,” a second-season “Dallas” episode, J.R. (Larry Hagman) pours champagne for him and Sue Ellen (Linda Gray), who is seated in the Southfork den.

J.R.: Now, tell me everything. How far along are you?

SUE ELLEN: About six weeks, near as we can tell.

J.R.: [Chuckles] Six weeks! How about that! Six weeks. That was right before Lucy’s birthday, wasn’t it?

SUE ELLEN: [Sips her champagne] Around there.

J.R.: Now, you sure it couldn’t be longer than six weeks?

SUE ELLEN: Well, I don’t think so. Why?

J.R.: [Sits down] I don’t see how you can be six weeks pregnant.

SUE ELLEN: Why, I don’t understand.

J.R.: Well, I do. Seems it’s been longer than that since you and I could’ve conceived a child. If I remember correctly, I was down in Austin for … 10 days, right about that time. Yeah, it was that time. I repeat, Sue Ellen: How can you be six weeks pregnant?

SUE ELLEN: [Rises and approaches J.R.] Well, I know we don’t practice our connubial rights with anything approaching regularity, but you did come home from Austin for the weekend. Is it possible that you don’t remember? It happens so rarely I thought it might make an impression.

J.R.: No, there’s something wrong here. Something wrong. Now even if I did remember, I think it’s mighty peculiar that after seven years of trying, you should get pregnant that one particular night.

SUE ELLEN: Stranger things have happened.

J.R.: Not to me they haven’t.

SUE ELLEN: Are you trying to tell me that you may not be the father of my child?

J.R.: [Simmering] You tell me.

SUE ELLEN: There’s nothing to tell. I’ve been just as faithful to our marriage vows as you have, darling. That’s the only thing that interests you, isn’t it? That precious Ewing heir – no matter whose it is.

J.R. rises and slaps her.

SUE ELLEN: [Angry] Don’t you ever do that again!

J.R.: I’ll do anything I want to.

SUE ELLEN: Not anymore! Because I finally have something you want – our baby.

J.R.: Our baby?

SUE ELLEN: Chances are it’s yours, J.R. And if it isn’t, what are you going to do about it? How are you going to tell Daddy that it isn’t yours, that it’s somebody else’s? What’s he going to think about you then? And what about the boys at the club – what are they going to say? I guess you’re just going to have to learn to live with it. Like I said J.R., chances are it’s yours.

She turns and exits, leaving J.R. bewildered.

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Dallas Scene of the Day: ‘Ray, Get Me the Shotgun. …’

April 19, 2012 by 6 Comments
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Beat the press

In “Survival,” a second-season “Dallas” episode, Miss Ellie and Ray (Barbara Bel Geddes, Steve Kanaly) are chatting in the Southfork foyer when someone knocks on the door. Ellie opens it and finds Dallas Press reporter Ken Jackson (Andy Jarrell) on the stoop.

JACKSON: Mrs. Ewing?

ELLIE: Who are you?

JACKSON: Ken Jackson. I’m with the Press. I called earlier.

RAY: You’re trespassing, mister.

ELLIE: I’ll take care of this, Ray. How did you get in here? [Walks toward Jackson, who backs up onto the front porch] How did you get onto the ranch, Mr. Jackson?

JACKSON: Well I did an article on the place a couple years back, and I remembered an arroyo that led into the feedlot.

ELLIE: We’ll have to take care of that. [Continues walking toward him] Now, exactly what do you want with me, Mr. Jackson?

JACKSON: Well, uh, you know, maybe a statement. You know, just a few words.

ELLIE: You hear a rumor that a plane is down, my two boys missing. And with no respect for human feeling, or private grief, you come circling around here like a vulture. Do you know what we do to vultures out here, Mr. Jackson? [Continues staring at him] Ray, get me the shotgun out of the hall closet.

RAY: Yes, ma’am. [Puts on his hat and enters the house]

JACKSON: Now, Mrs. Ewing, I’m just – I’m just doing my job.

ELLIE: Then find a better job! Or a better way of doing this one. [Ray steps onto the porch, cocks the shotgun and hands it to Ellie.] Now Mr. Jackson, anybody on my land, without invitation, is a trespasser. So unless I see your tail heading out of here right now – and fast – I’m going to blow it off. [Points the gun at him]

JACKSON: Yes, ma’am. Yes, ma’am. [Turns and runs]

ELLIE: Now get out! Get out!

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Dallas Scene of the Day: ‘We’ve Chosen Our Sides’

April 18, 2012 by Leave a Comment
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Running mates

In “Election,” a second-season “Dallas” episode, Bobby and Pam (Patrick Duffy, Victoria Principal) are in their bedroom, discussing her decision to help Cliff’s campaign against a Ewing-backed candidate for state senate.

BOBBY: [Walks toward Pam, who is seated on their bed] Pamela, do you understand what this election means to my family?

PAM: Oh, I understand exactly what it means to your family. It’s a way to get back at my brother!

BOBBY: Now you’re being simplistic Pamela, and you know it. Besides, your brother hasn’t exactly had a hands off policy when it comes to us, now has he?

PAM: Well, what do you expect him to do? If he doesn’t do something, the Ewing family is going to control everyone and everything!

BOBBY: Oh stop it, Pamela! You’re starting to sound like that knee-jerk radical brother of yours. [Begins to leave the room]

PAM: If being a knee-jerk radical means being against exploitation, corruption and greed, I’m proud to be one!

BOBBY: [Walks back toward Pam] Exploitation and corruption of who, of what? Look, my daddy built an empire here because he was smarter than the next guy, and he worked harder – and he was luckier. But anybody with the same qualifications can do the same thing.

PAM: [Stands and faces Bobby] That’s easy to say when you’re born rich. It’s the others Cliff’s worried about!

BOBBY: Oh, Cliff talks a great game but when it comes right down to it, he can play just as dirty as the rest of them.

PAM: [Pauses, then lowers her voice] Well, we see things differently, don’t we?

BOBBY: What I see, Pamela, is what this is doing to us.

PAM: [Sits back down] Well, we’ve chosen our sides.

BOBBY: No. No, not this time. This time, I think we were born into them.

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Dallas Scene of the Day: ‘I Hate This Family!’

April 17, 2012 by Leave a Comment
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Pout it out

In “Runaway,” a second-season “Dallas” episode, Pam (Victoria Principal) enters her bedroom and finds the dresses she brought home for Lucy on the floor. Lucy (Charlene Tilton) stands at the window, pouting.

PAM: Well, I guess you didn’t like them. [Lucy doesn’t respond.] Honey, Miss Ellie or Sue Ellen will probably bring you into town later. [Lucy continues staring silently out the window.] We’ll find something you like.

LUCY: [Facing Pam] I am old enough to pick out my own clothes! [Turns back to the window]

PAM: Yes, you are. All right, just trying to help.

LUCY: [Faces Pam again] This is supposed to be my birthday party! Grandma is making out the invitation list, Sue Ellen is gonna hire some old-fogey band – and J.R.’s gonna use it for one of his big deals! [Begins crying] And now you’re going to buy my clothes! I hate this family! [Runs out of the room and past a distraught Pam]

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Dallas Scene of the Day: ‘Those Weekly Wild Parties’

April 16, 2012 by 1 Comment
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Easy as pious

In “Double Wedding,” a second-season “Dallas” episode, Bobby (Patrick Duffy), emerges from the Southfork swimming pool and tells Pam (Victoria Principal) about his meeting earlier in the day with the church elders.

BOBBY: [Drying off with a towel] Honey, you should’ve met that building committee. They were more interested in whether or not you and I were going to come to their church than they were if there’s enough room for each of the boys to sleep in the dorm.

PAM: [Mischievously] Do I sense a game plan?

BOBBY: [Grabs her arms and faces her] Well honey, I will adopt my most pious expression but you are going to have to cancel those weekly wild parties of yours. Now, I know it’s going to be hard, but Mr. and Mrs. Ewing are going to become pillars of the community – until the contract’s signed.

PAM: [Mock seriousness] I don’t know. I look forward to those wild parties!

BOBBY: I know you do. [Kisses her]

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Dallas Scene of the Day: ‘This Isn’t a Contest’

April 13, 2012 by 2 Comments
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Sister, sister

In “Black Market Baby,” a second-season “Dallas” episode, Pam (Victoria Principal) is in Sue Ellen’s bedroom, where Sue Ellen (Linda Gray) sits on the bed looking at newly bought baby clothes.

PAM: I think I know what’s going on with all of this. Are you sure you know what you’re doing?

SUE ELLEN: Am I now getting advice from a shop girl?

PAM: This shop girl just took a phone call for you – by mistake. It was from some girl wanting to know what hospital you want your baby born in.

SUE ELLEN: We’re adopting a baby.

PAM: That wasn’t an adoption bureau I talked to. It was probably that girl I met you shopping with.

SUE ELLEN: What do you know about all this? You can have a baby anytime you want one. What do you know about wanting to have a baby and not being able to get one? Well, I went to an adoption agency, and they said I’d have to wait for three years. Well, I can’t wait for three years.

PAM: Why are you so frightened that I’ll have the first baby? This isn’t a contest. It doesn’t matter who has the first child.

SUE ELLEN: Well, you tell that to Jock and J.R.

PAM: J.R. doesn’t know about this?

SUE ELLEN: [Shaking her head] No. And I don’t want you to tell him, because I want that baby. And nobody’s gonna stop me. Not you, not Jock, and not J.R.

PAM: Sue Ellen.

SUE ELLEN: Pamela, this is none of your business. [Stands, walks to the door and opens it.] None of your business.

Pam leaves, and Sue Ellen closes the door behind her.

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