Dallas
Season 1 Episode 28
Air Date: March 23, 1979
Recap: Sue Ellen pulls out a flask
from her purse and takes a drink before getting out of the car, she puts on her
glasses and walks to the building.
Lucy is at The Store looking
at jewelry, she asks the lady at the counter for the most expensive one and
buys it. Pam comes over and tells her
that she’s early, Pam was going to help her look for a prom dress, but Lucy
tells her that she forgot and has plans.
At Sue Ellen’s doctor’s
appointment, the doctor tells Sue Ellen that she needs to stop drinking, she’s
putting the baby in danger, and herself.
Sue Ellen doesn’t like this one bit, she tells the doctor, to stop
talking about her drinking or she’ll find another doctor.
Lucy goes into a pawn shop
and asks how much he’ll give her for the necklace, she just got, he tell her
he’ll give her $50, she doesn’t think it’s enough, but she takes it. She rushes to school, and runs over to a guy
in a car, he takes her money and gives her a some pills, she takes on right
away, he invites her to a party, she agrees to go.
At the Ewing Oil offices, Pam
meets up with Bobby, they are going out to dinner, he’s going over the new
O.L.M. guidelines, Bobby says that things will get tougher to get things
done. Pam still isn’t talking to Cliff,
she says that she still loves him, but she doesn’t like him anymore, he’s been
calling her, but she hasn’t been returning his calls. Pam asks if Bobby’s noticed if there’s
anything wrong with Lucy, he hasn’t, he thinks she’s just still upset about
Kit. Sue Ellen comes in and is looking
for JR, Bobby tells her that he’s been in a meeting all day, she goes to his
office to wait for him. She opens the
cabinet and pours herself a drink.
JR is finishing up his
meeting with Senator Newton, he’s against the O.L.M and wants them removed
too. He asks JR if he would like to meet
with another senator, JR thinks about it for a bit, but agrees.
Sue Ellen gets another drink,
and sits down at JR’s desk, she calls Cliff, he’s with a lady. She asks if they can meet, he tells her no,
she asks if he’s with someone, he tells her that it doesn’t matter and hangs up
on her. She finishes the drink in one
go.
Ray is listening to the
radio, but turns it off when a song by Garnet begins to play. Lucy comes in and tries to kiss him. He tells her to stop, he asks her if she’s
been drinking, she tells him that she’s only drinks milk, she’s clearly really
high. He wants to know what she’s on,
she will only tell him that it’s something wonderful, he asks her where the
pills are, she will only tell him that she hid them. He tells her that he’s going to make her
coffee.
Sue Ellen is driving home,
she seems to be having a hard time staying awake, she pulls over and passes
out.
Ray pours Lucy another cup of
coffee and makes her drink it, he asks her what Miss Ellie would like, she says
that she and the rest of the family never notice her, he wants to know how long
she’s been doing the pills.
Bobby is driving home, Pam is
following him, when she spots Sue Ellen’s car, he pulls over and checks on her,
Pam asks if she’s hurt, Bobby says that she must have pulled over and passed
out, he takes her out of the car and puts her into his and drives her home,
they will get someone to pick up her car in the morning.
At Southfork, Bobby carries
Sue Ellen up to her room, as they put her to bed Bobby says that he needs to
talk to Jock and Miss Ellie about her drinking.
Sue Ellen wakes up and asks Pam why Cliff won’t talk to her, Pam tells
her that she needs to rest, Sue Ellen tells her that she loves him.
Bobby tells Jock and Miss
Ellie that they all need to stop pretending not to notice Sue Ellen’s drinking
problem, Miss Ellie asks where JR was, Bobby tells her that he never showed up,
Jock says that JR is responsible for this.
JR comes home and says that he saw Sue Ellen’s car by the side of the
road, Bobby tells him that he brought her home.
Miss Ellie tells him that she passed out drunk. JR tells them all to stay out of his
marriage. Miss Ellie tells him that she
wants to talk to him alone. She tells
him that he is as power hungry as Jock, only Jock has some redeeming qualities,
and she doesn’t think that JR has any, then she asks him if he loves anyone,
she says that he loves Sue Ellen, Miss Ellie says that he’s neglected her since
the day he married her, with his business then with his women, and that he
didn’t even try to hide it. She tells
him that his child is in danger and he’s got to do something about it. He says that it’s too late. After he leaves the room, she says to herself
that she gave him up too soon. JR goes
to his room and looks at Sue Ellen in the bed.
Ray asks Lucy if she’s
feeling better, and he tells her to stay put, while he goes to get Bobby. The minute he leaves she gets up, when Ray
and Bobby get back they find her and her car gone. He tells Bobby that she’s been taking pills,
Bobby is going to call the sheriff to bring her home, but then Ray says that
she might have gone to her friend Annie’s house, they decided to go over and
check it out, Bobby tells Ray that he’s going to tell Pam so she can cover for
them if she has to. They drive over to
Annie’s and find a party going on. They
go inside and find Lucy hanging all over a guy, when Bobby tells her it’s time
to go, she says she doesn’t want to and the guy she was with says to listen to
her, buy Ray tells him to stay out of it.
Ray takes her outside, and Bobby asks Annie where her parents are, she
tell him that they are out of town, and asks if he’s got to tell them, he says
that he doesn’t have a choice. Bobby
finds the pills in Lucy’s purse and asks her how long she’s been taking them,
but she’s too out of it to answer. When
they get back to the ranch he tells her to act like nothing is wrong when she
gets inside. Bobby gives Ray her car
keys and tells her that she can’t go anywhere without someone taking her, and
she can’t have her car back till she’s ready.
He covers for Lucy when Miss Ellie says she doesn’t look good,
JR drops a bottle onto the
floor waking Sue Ellen, he tells her that he has to talk to her. He tells her that everyone saw her, and she’s
an embarrassment to him. She says that
the last thing she remembers is waiting for him at the office, he tells her he
was working, and then says that it won’t happen again. He tells her that he’s removing all the bottles
from the bedroom, and will have all the liquor cabinet’s locked and the
servants won’t open them for her. Once
he leaves she gets up and goes to the closet and takes out a bottle from a shoe
box.
The next morning Bobby asks
JR how Sue Ellen is, he doesn’t give him a answer, he asks if their parents
left already, and Bobby reminds him that they went to Jock’s doctor’s
appointment. After he leaves, Pam tells
Bobby she doesn’t like leaving Sue Ellen and Lucy home alone, he tells her that
Ray will check in on them. Bobby finds
Lucy and tells her that he wants to talk to her once he gets home. After he leaves she pulls out another packet
of the pills and takes one.
Lucy is wandering around the
house and giggling, she sees Sue Ellen coming down the stairs with a suitcase
she asks her where she’s going. Sue
Ellen falls down the stairs, and Lucy sit by her side and is giggling when Ray
comes in and finds them now this isn’t
supposed to be funny, but it’s some of the funniest stuff on the show so far,
Lucy is kind of poking at Sue Ellen laughing, and Ray is trying to get her to
leave Sue Ellen alone, who’s moaning about the baby. Ray calls an ambulance.
In Bobby’s office he’s going
over some plans, and tells the man he’s with that the O.L,M won’t approve them,
even if Cliff Barnes is his brother-in-law.
Ray calls Bobby and tells him about Sue Ellen and that Lucy got into
more pills, he tells him he’ll be home soon.
Bobby goes to tell JR about Sue Ellen.
At the hospital, the doctor
is looking over the print outs, Sue Ellen asks her if the baby is okay, she
tells her that the baby will be fine.
The doctor leaves her and goes to talk to JR, she tells him that Sue
Ellen was lucky this time, and that she told Sue Ellen that she needed to stop
drinking, and tells him that he needs to take Sue Ellen to a clinic, but he
tells her that the Ewing’s take care of their own, she says that they haven’t
done a very good job so far. Miss Ellie
goes to see Sue Ellen, Jock stays behind to talk to JR, he tells him that he’s
going to be watching him more closely to be sure he is doing what he should be
doing.
Bobby gets home and asks
where Lucy is, and Ray tells him that he got the rest of her pills. Lucy tells him she’s sorry and doesn’t know
how she could just sat there when Sue Ellen needed her help. He asks how she would have felt if Sue Ellen
died, he asks her why she’s taking the pills, she tells him to take the pain
away. He tells her that once she stops
taking the pill she will feel better , she just needs to give it some time, but
the pills arent’ the answer.
Sue Ellen tells Miss Ellie
she needs to be more careful walking around in high heel shoes. JR announces that Sue Ellen won’t be coming
home right away, he’s going to send her to a clinic, she tries to protest, but
Miss Ellie and Jock tell her that it’s what she needs. Sue Ellen is in denial, she can’t imagine why
she would need to go to the clinic.
JR drives her there, she begs
him not to leave her there, he tells her it will just be till the baby is
born,and the orderlies drag her into the building as she screams at JR.
Final Thoughts: I thought Sue Ellen looked like Bella from Breaking Dawn during the scene when JR talks to her in bed, when I get the movie I want to make a video using the dialogue from Breaking Dawn with the video from this episode.
Best Outfit: This shirt is weird it's got that illusion fabric that they use in ice skating costumes, and that look on Lucy's face is hilarious.
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