Catfights and Sibling Rivalry: The Silent Killer

Dallas

Season 2 Episode 3

Air Date: October 5, 1979

Recap: Cliff is picking up Digger at the airport, and JR and Sue Ellen are there too, to pick up her mother and sister.

Bobby finds Pam in the nursery playing with baby John, Bobby asks her if she cares so much about the baby because he might be Cliff’s. Miss Ellie joins them and tells them that they should think of having their own. Bobby tells her that they are doing more than thinking whoa Bobby how about not sharing that much with your mother.

Ray and Lucy are talking about Kristen coming, she concerned that she is going to try and get Bobby again.

Miss Ellie and Jock welcome Sue Ellen’s mother and sister when they get to the ranch. Sue Ellen goes to lie down while her sister holds the baby, Miss Ellie takes them to the nursery.

Cliff takes Digger to Ewing Oil’s office building and tells him that they own a tiny bit of Ewing Oil and gives him the check, he tells him that he’s got a lot of power, and that he will wipe out the Ewing’s. Digger tells him that he doesn’t want to see Jock flat broke, he only wants what’s coming to him.

JR tells Bobby and Jock that the O.L.M. are causing them a lot of problems. Bobby says that he has heard that Cliff might be taking payoffs, JR says he’s going to find his weakness.

Digger asks Cliff if he’s on the take, Cliff tells him that if he told him then he would be a part of it. Digger goes to lie down, but collapses.

Pam and Bobby are going to lunch, she tells him that she really wants a baby of her own.

Digger tells Cliff that he doesn’t want to go to the doctor, when Pam gets there she tells him that he’s got a fever. While Digger is getting dressed, Pam asks Cliff why he didn’t tell her about Digger coming home, he tells her that he had something’s that he wanted to talk to him about first, she asks if he told Digger about the baby, he tells her he didn’t, she reminds him that he can’t, Cliff tells her that he doesn’t know how much longer he can keep it a secret.

Kristen tells Sue Ellen that the sanitarium must have been awful. Sue Ellen tells her that it was great. She asks if Sue Ellen is planning on coming down to dinner, she asks if she will sit in her seat if she doesn’t, Kristen says that someone will have to.

The doctor tells them that he wants to talk to them all. He tells Digger that he has a disease called neurofibromatosis. Cliff asks what that means, he tells them that it’s a genetic disease and that they all are carriers. He asks if Digger had any other children, Cliff tells him about a brother and sister that both died when they were babies. He tells them that if they had any children they would have to have them checked out right away.

Sue Ellen’s mother is talking to Miss Ellie, she tells her that she didn’t worry about Sue Ellen because she knew that the Ewing’s would take care of everything. She says that Sue Ellen is suffering from postpartum depression, but that she will be just fine real soon.

Back at Cliff’s apartment Cliff pours himself a drink, he wants to tell Sue Ellen, but Pam tells him that it would push Sue Ellen over the edge and that she will take the baby to be checked out. He agrees but makes her promise to tell him everything that happens.

The next morning JR checks out Pam who is wearing a new swimsuit, Bobby asks him if he’s enjoying the view. Eww why isn’t he bothered by his brother leering at his wife. JR goes up to Sue Ellen and asks her why she can’t show some interest in the baby. She tells him that the baby is her punishment for being used by two men.

Pam calls Cliff and tells him that the pediatrician didn’t find anything wrong with the baby, and she is going to go to the doctor in Fort Worth, he wants to go with her, but she tells him that he can’t and that she will call him as soon as she can. Cliff has his secretary make a reservation at the same restaurant that Sue Ellen will be going to.

At the doctor’s office Pam pretends that the baby is hers, and she tells the doctor about the disease, and asks if she will help her.

Cliff says hello to Sue Ellen and she introduces him to her mother and sister, he asks her if they will join him, but she tells him that they have a lot to catch up with.

JR meets up with Alan and they talk about him going undercover at the O.L.M.

The doctor tells Pam that the baby seems fine, but that the tumors can appear anytime, she tells her that she should get regular checkups. Pam tells Cliff what the doctor said, she tells him that she plans on keeping this from the family for as long as she has to, he asks her if she will tell Bobby.

Digger tells Cliff that he’s sorry for giving them this disease, and that he’s glad that he hasn’t had any children yet.

At Southfork the family is gathering in the drawing room, they are going to the theater and are waiting for the others to get ready. Miss Ellie tells Sue Ellen that Pam said the pediatrician said the baby is doing very good.

Sue Ellen and JR leave early and Kristen overhears them arguing. JR leaves and Kristen comes over to him and they go for a ride together. Sue Ellen comes out of the shower, and goes into a drawer and finds a bottle of whiskey there, she takes it out and takes it over to the bed.

Bobby asks Pam what’s wrong, she tells him that she’s been trying to find a way to tell him that she doesn’t want a baby. He gets upset and won’t listen to her, she tells him that she can’t explain if he won’t be reasonable. She goes to the nursery and holds the baby.

Final Thoughts: Pam and Bobby keep more secrets from each other, nothing good can come from it, and I know it would be difficult for him, but I really think that Bobby would understand, I don't think he would throw her out because of the disease. I like the new Kirsten a lot more and the new Digger too.