Mastectomy Part 1

Dallas 

Season 2 Episode  9
Air Date: November 16, 1979

Recap:  Miss Ellie is making a phone call to make an appointment to see her doctor.  Jock comes in and asks her if she is alright, she changes the subject and tells him that she’s got a lot of errands to run, when he offers to take her into Dallas she tells him that Pam will take her.

   JR is still sleeping, Kristin comes into the room and gets back into the bed and wakes him up.  He looks at the clock and gets upset with her since she let him fall asleep and stay the night, when he told her never to do that.  She tells him that she likes to have him there.  She wants to help him more, but he tells her that he’s got everything under control.  He tells her she better go so that she gets to the office before he gets there.

   Bobby asks Ray if he will see Donna soon, Ray tells him that he isn’t sure when they will get together.  They notice that Sue Ellen is leaving, Ray says that he’s seen her leave early all week.  Bobby says that she must have an earlier appointment with her therapist.

   At the doctor’s office he tells Miss Ellie that they’ve found no sign of cancer, but she tells him that she felt a difference since the last time she found the lump.  He tells her that they will do a test on the discharge and for from there.

   Sue Ellen is watching Dusty as he sits down in the coffee shop.

   Kristin gets to the office, and the other secretary seems to know what’s going on, Jock gets there only a few moments before JR, they go into his office and he asks his son about the trust for his first wife.  JR tells him that he’s got it under control, but Jock wants to see papers, JR tells him that he never did anything with it because of Miss Ellie, he asks him if told  her yet.  Jock says no, JR tells him that once he tells Miss Ellie then he will set up the trust fund.  Jock gets s up and tells him that he will tell her that night.

   Pam is having lunch with Miss Ellie, who is telling her what the doctor said.  She says that she doesn’t want to tell Jock because she’s afraid that he will turn away from her if she has to tell him she has to have a mastectomy.  Pam tells her that he wouldn’t do that, she reminds her that she told her that her and Jock’s marriage was built on honesty and that she should trust in that.  Miss Ellie tells her that she will try to tell him that night.

   After dinner Jock and Ellie are in the library, they both know that something is on their minds.  Jock begins and tells her about his first wife.  She is shocked by this revelation, he tells her about her breakdown and how the doctors suggested the divorce.  Miss Ellie can’t believe that he would divorce a sick woman, and that he had never told her about Amanda.  She asks what else he’s kept from her.  She asks him if he will walk away from her if she ever gets sick.  The rest of the family is in the drawing room, and see Miss Ellie go upstairs with Jock calling after her.  Bobby asks JR if he knows what’s going on, but he doesn’t say.  Lucy says that she has never seen her grandmother that angry before.

   Bobby goes to Jock and asks him if he can do anything.  Jock tells him no.  In their room Pam tells Bobby that she thinks she is responsible for the fight, she tells him about what she and Miss Ellie talked about at lunch.  He tells her that there is something more to it. 

   The next morning Sue Ellen asks if JR knows what the fight was all about, she asks him if it’s serious.  He doesn’t say anything.  She asks what he will do if his parents get divorced he would have to choose between Southfork and Ewing Oil.  He tells her not to get far ahead of things and reminds that she is only there because it makes Miss Ellie and Jock happy.  He tells her to get him so new ties after her therapy session.

   Sue Ellen is back at the coffee shop.  The waitress asks if she would like her usual, Dusty hears her name and turns to see her.  He comes over and sits with her.  She tells him that she wanted to see him again.  When she says that she better go, he asks her to stay.

   Alan is overseeing the progress of Barnes for Congress campaign office.  He goes to his car and calls JR’s private line and tells him that he’s got the flyers printed and volunteers and they are open for business.

   Bobby finds Miss Ellie on the patio, he tells her that they missed her at dinner, she tells him that she wanted to be alone.  He asks her if she would like to talk.  She tells him that she tries to stay out of his and Pam’s business, and she would appreciate it if he would do the same.

   The next day Miss Ellie gets a call from the doctor telling her that her results are suspicious and he wants to see her.  She has her bag packed and goes out to the patio and finds Pam.  She asks her to take her to the hospital. 

   Sue Ellen tells her therapist that JR told her that he was the one therapist in town most likely to get her into bed.  He asks her what is really on her mind.  She tells him about Dusty, but that she is afraid to see him.   She tells him that she feels cold inside and has no desire for sex.  He tells her that it’s normal that she still needs time to heal all of her wounds.  He tells her just to be herself, and she says that she doesn’t know who that is yet.

   Alan is talking with Cliff.  Cliff tells him that he has heard about his fight with JR from his father, he asks him what he wants.  Alan tells him that he just wants to stick it to JR.  Cliff tells him that he isn’t running for congress.  Alan shows him the list of people that will support him in his campaign.  Cliff tells him that he is impressed, and that he won’t stop him for continuing his campaign to get Cliff into Congress.

   Pam tells Miss Ellie that she will stay, she asks her if she is going to call Jock, Miss Ellie tells her that she needs to stay out of it.  The nurse comes into the room and tells her that they are ready for her.  Pam leaves the room and calls Bobby at the office. 

   In her room the doctors are explaining what will happen.  They tell her she’s got other options, but Miss Ellie says no, that if they have to just do the mastectomy.  After signing the release, they leave her and she goes to the mirror to look at herself, she breaks down.

   Jock, JR and Bobby arrive, Pam goes to them and says that she doesn’t understand why she wouldn’t want to see Jock.  Jock goes to Miss Ellie’s room, the nurse tells him that she has been sedated, he goes to her side, she is still awake, he asks her why she didn’t tell him.  She tells him it’s only a minor operation, and she was afraid to tell him.  She asks him if they find cancer if he will leave her like Amanda.  Bobby wants to go to the room, but Pam tells him that they need time together.  Bobby asks JR again if Jock said anything to him.  They all get up as Miss Ellie is wheeled off to surgery.  Bobby is going to call the ranch and tell Lucy, but Pam says that it would be better if she went home.  He promises to call her when they get news. 

   Sue Ellen meets up with Dusty on her horseback ride.  He tells her that if she wants to tell him about her past he’ll listen, but that he doesn’t care about any of it, he only cares about her.  He tells her that if she does leave JR that he will be there to help her.  He kisses her, she tells him not now, and he says that he will wait.  He walks her to her horse and promises her that he will see her soon.

   Back at the hospital Bobby asks his father what’s going on, Jock doesn’t say, but says that JR will tell him.  Bobby is upset that JR has known all along, JR says that he was told in confidence.  He then tells Bobby that Jock was married before.

   Pam gets home and asks Lucy if Sue Ellen is around, she tells her that she is horseback riding.  Pam tells Lucy that Miss Ellie is in surgery, and that Miss Ellie thinks the cyst is more than that, and that she will have to be brave.

   The nurse calls Jock and takes him to Miss Ellie, the doctor tells Jock that she was right it was cancer.  He tells Jock that he will have to tell Miss Ellie that they had to do the mastectomy when she wakes up.  Jock is crying and we are left with the famous words to be continued.
Final Thoughts:  I'm really liking the whole Alan and JR storyline, I can't wait to see where it goes and what will happened with Cliff.  The breast cancer storyline is interesting, because we get to see how all the characters react to it.  It's a to be continued so I guess we will see what will happen then. 
Best Outfit:  There really isn't anything wrong with Lucy's outfit, except for that yarn bow.  I don't get it.