Dallas
Season 1 Episode 10
Air Date: October 15, 1978
Recap: It's Jock and Miss Ellie's anniversary, the family is giving them their gifts, Sue Ellen and JR (he doesn't know anything about this) a really ugly sculpture, while Bobby and Pam gave them a scrapbook full of family pictures. Sue Ellen tells everyone that she and JR are going to start trying for a baby again, it's been seven years so pretty much Jock and Ellie have given up on them. Bobby tells them that Pam went to the doctor and said that they can start trying for a baby again too.
Later Pam tells Bobby she doesn't think she's ready for a baby yet, and that Liz has offered her a job at the store.
Sue Ellen wants JR to come to bed, but he makes it clear to her that he's not interested in her at all and leaves after she tells him that she's had test done and there is nothing wrong with her so it must be him that is the problem. Ray comes over to her and asks if he can do anything for her, she says yes and they go have sex.
The next day Sue Ellen acts like it never happened. Miss Ellie talks to Sue Ellen and tells her she should think about adoption, something Sue Ellen knows JR wouldn't approve of, but she goes to the adoption agency and tells the woman she wants a newborn, she tells her that they would have to wait three years for a baby, and she should think about adopting an older child. After Sue Ellen leaves the woman calls and tells him that she's got someone he can help.
Pam tells Bobby that she's going to met with Liz, Bobby doesn't want Pam to take the job, but she says that she wants to work.
Cliff tells the man that got the phone call from the lady at the adoption agency that he is going to announce his candidacy soon. Cliff wants to know why he's meeting with Sue Ellen, but he won't tell him, Cliff and Sue Ellen meet for the first time.
They go into the restaurant and discuss the private adoption. She tells him she wants to meet with the mother, he doesn't think she should but she insists. She goes to the girls apartment and tells her that she'll get her a bigger place, and helps her move in. They begin to bond when Sue Ellen finds out that they both were in pageants.
Liz tells Pam she doesn't want to come between her and Bobby, but Pam tells her that it will be fine, Liz tells her that she's got the job. At the store Pam runs into Sue Ellen who is shopping for the baby, she lies to Pam and tells her that it's for a friend. But when Pam accidentally takes a phone call intended for Sue Ellen she realizes what Sue Ellen is doing.
JR is having Sue Ellen followed after he hears about Sue Ellen renting an apartment from Lucy, and when Sue Ellen goes over to the apartment she finds it empty and when JR come she finds out that he sent the girl to California. When they both are at home, he wants to know what's wrong her, she tells him that she's leaving. After she hits him he grabs her and forces her to the bed, she keeps telling him that she doesn't want him, but he goes anyway.
The next morning Bobby surprises Pam with a new car so she doesn't have to keep borrowing his when she starts her new job. Watching the happy couple JR tells Sue Ellen that he is going to work late.
Later Pam tells Bobby she doesn't think she's ready for a baby yet, and that Liz has offered her a job at the store.
Sue Ellen wants JR to come to bed, but he makes it clear to her that he's not interested in her at all and leaves after she tells him that she's had test done and there is nothing wrong with her so it must be him that is the problem. Ray comes over to her and asks if he can do anything for her, she says yes and they go have sex.
The next day Sue Ellen acts like it never happened. Miss Ellie talks to Sue Ellen and tells her she should think about adoption, something Sue Ellen knows JR wouldn't approve of, but she goes to the adoption agency and tells the woman she wants a newborn, she tells her that they would have to wait three years for a baby, and she should think about adopting an older child. After Sue Ellen leaves the woman calls and tells him that she's got someone he can help.
Pam tells Bobby that she's going to met with Liz, Bobby doesn't want Pam to take the job, but she says that she wants to work.
Cliff tells the man that got the phone call from the lady at the adoption agency that he is going to announce his candidacy soon. Cliff wants to know why he's meeting with Sue Ellen, but he won't tell him, Cliff and Sue Ellen meet for the first time.
They go into the restaurant and discuss the private adoption. She tells him she wants to meet with the mother, he doesn't think she should but she insists. She goes to the girls apartment and tells her that she'll get her a bigger place, and helps her move in. They begin to bond when Sue Ellen finds out that they both were in pageants.
Liz tells Pam she doesn't want to come between her and Bobby, but Pam tells her that it will be fine, Liz tells her that she's got the job. At the store Pam runs into Sue Ellen who is shopping for the baby, she lies to Pam and tells her that it's for a friend. But when Pam accidentally takes a phone call intended for Sue Ellen she realizes what Sue Ellen is doing.
JR is having Sue Ellen followed after he hears about Sue Ellen renting an apartment from Lucy, and when Sue Ellen goes over to the apartment she finds it empty and when JR come she finds out that he sent the girl to California. When they both are at home, he wants to know what's wrong her, she tells him that she's leaving. After she hits him he grabs her and forces her to the bed, she keeps telling him that she doesn't want him, but he goes anyway.
The next morning Bobby surprises Pam with a new car so she doesn't have to keep borrowing his when she starts her new job. Watching the happy couple JR tells Sue Ellen that he is going to work late.
Final Thoughts: Good episode, but I don't think Sue Ellen really thought through her plan for adopting this baby. The girl didn't seem to be very reliable, I imagine if everything went the way Sue Ellen wanted that one day that girl would have come back for that baby. I also thought that that adoption agency was pretty shady as well, calling a guy who knew dealt with illegal baby adoptions. Plus I would think that she would want to have both JR and Sue Ellen together, but I guess the Ewing money clouded her thinking.
Best Outfit: I thought Pam had more fashion sense this looks like something Bea Arthur would have worn as Dorothy Zbornak The Golden Girls.
Fight Count: 1 (JR vs Sue Ellen)
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