The Dove Hunt

Dallas 

Season 2 Episode 6

Air Date:  October 26, 1979

Recap:  Miss Ellie is at the doctor’s office, when he comes back in she asks him how bad it is.  He tells her that he doesn’t think it’s a tumor, it may be a cyst, he wants her to come in the next day, she tells him that she doesn’t want to worry Jock yet, so she will come on her own.

  At Ewing Oil, JR is on the phone, he isn’t getting the answers he wants about the Southeast Asia drilling, Kristin comes in and starts giving him a massage.  She tells him that he doesn’t need to keep it in that he can talk to her.  Jock comes and Kristin tries to stop him from going into JR’s office, but he goes inside anyway.  JR tells him that he is busy, but Jock tells him to take a break because he wants to take him to lunch.

   Lucy tells Bobby that Val come to see her and that her parents have been in contact, and she thinks that they could be a family again. 

   Miss Ellie is picking at her food, Jock asks what’s wrong with everyone. They are all very quite.  Bobby tells JR that he’s got time to help him fight the O.L.M., Miss Ellie suggest that the three of them go away for awhile.  Jock thinks it’s a good idea, JR doesn’t want to go, but once Sue Ellen says that Jock and Bobby will have time to talk he changes his mind.  Jock decides to bring Ray along on their hunting trip.  JR isn’t happy about this, Bobby tells him that Jock thinks of Ray as part of the family.

   They stop at a store to get supplies, when Jock happens to mention his name, the owner starts to act very suspicious, which everyone notices, once they leave he calls someone and tells them that Jock Ewing and his sons are in town.  The man on the other end of the line tells his son that he’s been waiting 32 years to confront Jock Ewing. 

   They go to a bar, and while Jock is telling them a story that I suspect he’s told them all before, because that’s what old people do, the man and his son walk into the bar and walk over to them.  He tells Jock to face him, Jock asks him what he wants, and the man tells him that his name Is Tom Owens.  Jock tells him that he’s never seen him before.  The man doesn’t like this and it leads to a big fight, but the Ewing’s and    Ray win and walk out acting like they are totally awesome.

   Pam comes over to Miss Ellie and asks her about her doctor’s appointment, Miss Ellie lies to her and tells her.

   Tom Owens can’t believe that Jock doesn’t remember him, but he vows that Jock will remember him, when he is reminded that the Ewing’s are there to go hunting.

   Miss Ellie is reading a pamphlet about Cancer, she hides it when Pam comes in, they go upstairs to feed the baby, they pass Sue Ellen on the stairs, when the baby starts to cry she doesn’t react and tells them that they are on the way to him anyway.  In the nursery Pam asks Miss Ellie what’s wrong, she tells her it’s nothing, Pam tells her that she wants to help.  Miss Ellie leaves her to get the bottle.

   While the guys are hunting, the guys from the bar are messing with the lantern.  Then someone shoots at Bobby.  They don’t suspect a thing, and Jock tells them that they all need to be more careful.  He puts out his cigar and throws it to the ground, it sparks and the lantern explodes, they check it out and notice a tiny hole at the bottom.  JR blames Ray, but Jock tells him to knock it off.  Later that night Jock wakes up and hears a noise, he gets up and sees someone under the hood of their truck.  Whoever is out there in the woods starts shooting at them again, and Jock and JR are hit.  Ray manages to go around to where the shooting is coming from but there is no one there.  Ray gets the first aid kit and takes care of Jock, who was hit in the side, while Bobby checks on JR who got shot in the leg.  Ray goes to check on the truck while Bobby gathers their stuff.  Ray tells Bobby that the rotors gone and that one of them needs to go get help while the other says as a guard.  JR tells them that he can still shot even if he can’t walk around so they should both go.  On their way back into town Bobby and Ray see that they managed to hit one of their attackers.

   Tom Owens’ son was hit in the arm, he tells his  father that he thought that they were only going to rough them up a bit,.

   Jock tells JR that he needs his help, and he tells him that he was married before, and that she is still alive.  He tells JR that his first wife had a nervous breakdown and she is in a hospital in Colorado what a minute is her name Claudia, no it’s Amanda, but this sounds a lot like what happened in Dynasty.  He tells JR that her doctor told him to divorce her since she would never get better.  JR promises to keep his secret.  Jock tells him that he has been paying the hospital bills, and that he never told Miss Ellie, he could never find the right time to tell her, this is never a good thing.  He tells her that he wants to set up a trust for her, JR promises to take care of it when they get back.

   Bobby and Ray get back to town and Bobby thinks that they got there to easily.  They try to get some help from the only guy on the street, but he won’t do much for them, but tell them that there is no police in town and the doctor may or may not be in.  They go across the street and look in cars and take a truck that still has the keys inside it.  I was hoping to see someone run out and run after them, but no we didn’t get to see that.

   Back at camp the men sneak up on JR and Jock.  Tom tries to get Jock to remember who he is.  He tells him that he took everything he had, and he and his son had to start over.  Jock tells him to shoot him then, but he can’t do it, he tells him he’s not a killer, he only shot him because he thought he killed his son.  Bobby and Ray return and get them to drop their guns.  Ray wants to take them to the sheriff, but Jock tells them to let them go and tells them to give them their guns back.  He tells him he isnt’ going to press any charges and that he should have remembered him.

   Back at Southfork, Jock tells Miss Ellie that he is fine, he asks JR to stay behind, he reminds him to set up that trust and once he’s feeling better he will come and go over it with him.

Final Thoughts:   This is one of those stand alone episodes that can be really boring and this one was on the edge for me, I liked parts of the episode, but it wasn't my favorite.

Best Outfit:   I think that the fabric of this dress is horrible, the dress is nice, but if only it was made from different fabric.

Fight Count: 1 (gun fight between Jock and the boys and the country boys)