Secrets

Dallas 

Season 2 Episode 4

Air Date:  October 12, 1979

Recap:  Val is driving to Southfork.  Pam finds Bobby swimming laps.  They start their fight about her saying she can’t have his baby.  Val watches as Pam then Lucy drive off, she turns around and follows Lucy.

   Pam stops at a payphone and calls the doctor who examined Digger.  She makes an appointment to see him.

    Bobby talks to Miss Ellie about his problems with Pam, she tells him that just because he never saw her and Jock fight doesn’t mean they never do.  She tells him to just tell her what’s bothering him and not to keep hinting at what’s bothering him.  He tells her that he was just unfair to Pam, she tells him to apologize then, but he tells her that he’s not sorry about it, and that they will work things out for themselves.

   Val calls out to Lucy as she walks to her class.  Lucy asks what she is doing back in Texas, and she should have stopped by at the ranch so that JR could have given her more money. 

   The doctor tells Pam that just because she’s not showing any symptoms it doesn’t mean that she can’t pass the disease to her baby.  He tells her that it’s random, and he can’t give her a better answer.

   Jock and JR are in their meeting, they are trying to figure out away to get rid of Cliff. 

   Val tells Lucy that she loves her and that she didn’t take the money.  Lucy tells her that she can’t handle thinking that she’s got a mother, then her leaving her all over again.

   Sue Ellen is looking in on baby John, when he beings to cry she calls for the nurse, the nurse asks her if she would like to change him, Sue Ellen tells her that is what she pays her for, Sue Ellen turns around and sees Miss Ellie watching.

   When Bobby gets to the office, he gets a call from Val, she tells him that she wants to see him, so they arrange to meet the following day.

   Pam gets home and Miss Ellie gives her a message from Liz from The Store, that a Mr. Hollister called.  This is the doctor that she went to see.  Pam goes up to her room to return the call, he tells her that she is pregnant. 

   Bobby gets home and tells Pam that Val is back in town and asks her if she wants to come with him to see her, she tells him that she’s busy.  He brings up the baby again, and she tells him that she would love to have a baby with him, a boy who would be just like him, she stops and he tells her that she will have to tell him what’s bothering her soon or later.

   JR gets to his office and finds that Alan is waiting for him.  They talk about the plan to get Cliff out of the O.L.M by having him run for office, Alan tells him that Cliff would have to resign from the O.L.M before he could run.  JR says that he would have to be pretty sure that he would win for him to resign, he tells Alan that he will provide the money, that it would be worth getting Cliff out of their hair.  Alan asks about what will happen once Cliff is out of the O.L.M, and JR tells him that he wouldn’t be surprised if the money stopped.  Alan says that he is glad that JR isn’t after him.

   Pam goes back to the doctor and he tells her that she is indeed pregnant, but he can’t tell if the baby will be okay, the symptoms don’t develop for about 4 to 6 months after the baby is born.  She tells him that she won’t tell Bobby, the doctor tells her that she needs to think things over before doing anything.

   She and Cliff meet up and she tells him that she is pregnant.  He tells her that she needs to tell Bobby, she tells him that she will get an abortion so Bobby won’t know.  He tells her that he’s got a right to know, she tells him that if she tells Bobby then he’ll know that baby John might have it too.

   Bobby and Val meet up and she tells him that Lucy won’t talk to her.  He asks her why she came back. She tells him that she’s been in touch with Gary.  He tells her that Lucy was very hurt by what happened.  She tells him that she wants him to help her talk to Lucy.  He tells her that he dose’ know if Lucy could take it if things don’t work out again, but promises to help her.  She asks him not to tell anyone that she is in town.  They go to the college where Lucy is at cheerleading practice.  Val makes Bobby go get Lucy.  When Bobby goes over to Lucy and tells her that her mother just wants to talk, she tells him that he’s wasting his time.  JR is in the stands and sees Bobby and Val drive away.

   Pam gets home and sits with Miss Ellie, they talk about how Miss Ellie’s life would have been if she hadn’t had any children.  Pam tells her that she isn’t sure that her marriage to Bobby will last if they don’t’ have any children.

   JR tells Jock that Bobby should go to Austin, Bobby agrees but won’t go when JR wants him to go.

Bobby stops Lucy as she leaves the house early, he tells her that she’ll have to talk to Val, he tells her that she came back because she loves her.  She says she will go with him to see her mother.

   Val opens the door and finds JR there, she tells him that she only wants to see Lucy.  He says that she just wants Lucy’s money.  She tells him that he’s wrong.  He tells her to get out of town or he’ll have someone exhort her out of town.  Bobby shows up with Lucy at the motel.  JR tells Lucy he was only doing it to help her.  Lucy tells her mother that she is sorry, and that she is glad she stood up to JR.  Bobby takes JR with him.  Val tells Lucy that if they start over and start by being friends then they can see where it leads them.  Lucy tells her that she loves her.

Final Thoughts:  This thing with Lucy and her parents is getting pretty old, I hope that this is almost the end of this storyline.  I'm getting pretty tired of Pam keeping this secret too, the longer she keeps the secret the harder it will be for her to tell the truth. 
Best Outfit:  This has to be the ugliest tie I've ever seen the top have is ok, but mixed with the bottom half, it's like someone threw fabric on glue to see which would stick together.