Mastectomy Part 2

Dallas 

Season Episode 10

Air Date:  November 16, 1979

Recap:  Jock gets home, Bobby gets up and tells Pam that he is going to check and see if he can do anything.  He asks his father if they got all the cancer.  Jock tells him that the doctors don’t know yet. 

   The next morning Bobby finds Lucy in the den she tells him that she just wants to be alone, and that she doesn’t want to go to the hospital.  Bobby asks Pam to talk to her, Sue Ellen says that she will talk to Lucy too.  Pam is looking around the house for Lucy she asks Sue Ellen if she knows where she is.  She tells Pam that she will have to talk to Lucy by herself.  Pam asks her if she is having a hard time handling the news too.  Sue Ellen tells her that JR fell in love with her because she was beautiful.  Pam says that that women don’t exist just for men, but Sue Ellen stops her and says that it’s not true when you are married to a Ewing. 

    Bobby and JR go to the hospital, Jock tells them that he doesn’t want to leave Miss Ellie’s side, he tells them that he knew something was wrong and that something was scaring her.  He agrees to go with them to the waiting room.

    Pam finds Lucy, she tells her that they should talk.  Lucy says that she’s got nothing to talk about.  She says that since she is Miss Ellie’s granddaughter she could get it too, and tells Pam not to lecture her since she isn’t a doctor. 

   At the hospital the doctors go to the family in the waiting room and tell them that they got all the cancer.  Sue Ellen says that she is going to call Lucy with the news, but instead calls Dusty.

   Ellie wakes up, Jock is by her side and tells her that the doctors got all the cancer and that she is just fine.  She turns away from him.

   Pam is over at Cliff’s house, she tells Digger and Cliff about Miss Ellie.  Digger says that he’s got to see her, she tells him that she doesn’t think he should go.

   Ellie wakes up and finds Jock reading the newspaper, he asks her how she feels, she tells him that she feels numb.  He tells her that he never lied, he tells her that he was afraid that he would lose her if told her about Amanda.  JR comes in and they go to let her get some sleep.  Jock asks JR about the trust fund, he tells him to hold off till Miss Ellie is better.

   Digger goes to visit Ellie, he brings her some wildflowers.  Jock walks by and sees him, and goes back to the waiting room.  Digger tells her that he will call her when she goes home.  He tells her that she is beautiful, she says that she is not the same.  But he tells her that she is .  After he goes Jock comes back, she asks him if he saw Digger, he says that he did, and that he didn’t come in because he didn’t want to upset her.  Jock tells her that he doesn’t like it that she defends Digger, she says that he can be very cruel and that she doesn’t want to see him right now.

   A few days later Jock brings Miss Ellie home, Lucy stays by the stairs while everyone is hugging Miss Ellie, welcoming her back.  Ellie tells her that she missed her at the hospital, Lucy apologizes.  Miss Ellie goes upstairs to lie down and says that she would like some company later on. 

   Later Sue Ellen and Pam are sitting with her in her room, she says that everyone is happy to have her home, but Lucy.  Pam says to give her some time. 

   Sue Ellen calls Dusty, he wants her to come to his hotel, but she doesn’t want to go there, he tells her that if she doesn’t come then he will understand.

   Bobby asks JR about Alan.  Jock comes in and asks what’s going on. Bobby says that he thinks something is going on.  Jock asks JR what he is doing, JR tells them his plan.  He explains to jock that Cliff will have to resign from the O.L.M if he runs for Congress.  Bobby says that they can’t do this, that he’s going to Austin to get support, but JR tells him that they don’t have the time to wait.  Jock agrees with JR and says that he doesn’t want the discussion to go any further.  Bobby says that he won’t say anything for now.

   The family is all together for dinner.  Ellie asks Lucy is she is happy that she’s back.  Lucy tells her that she’s just been busy.

   Later Miss Ellie is looking at all her clothes, she is getting frustrated that nothing is fitting her anymore.  She collapses to the floor and starts crying.  Jock comes in and rushes to her side, and asks her what’s wrong.  She tells him  to go.  He tells her that he wants to help.  She tells him that nothing fits.  Jock tells her that it doesn’t matter, Ellie tells him that she still care about how she looks even if she is no longer young.  He tells her that it’s her that he care about.  Ellie tells him that she is deformed, he reminds her that the is there for her. 

   Digger calls and says that he would like to see her, they arrange to meet at the park. 

   Sue Ellen goes to Dusty’s hotel.  She tells him that she wasn’t sure that she would come in.  He offers her a drink.  She tells him that she can’t drink, and asks if he is going to asks her about it.  He tells her if she wants him to.  She tells that she thinks she is an alcoholic and tells him about eh accident that nearly killed her and the baby.  She comments about the elegant room, and he tells her that he changed his mind about being rich, because he wants her.  He kisses her, and Sue Ellen tell Dusty that she can’t right now.

   At the park Ellie and Digger sit on a park bench, she begins to cry and tells Digger that she feels old.  He tells her that she doesn’t’ look any different to him.  They talk about the past he tells her that he wishes that things turned out differently.  She says she just wishes she could forget the past few weeks.  Digger says that if it wasn’t for Jock then they would be married and he would be as rich and powerful as Jock is.  Ellie says that things wouldn’t have been any different.  She gets up and tells him that she is sorry and that she has to go. Digger asks her what he said.  She tells him that he helped her put things in perspective.

Ray asks Bobby if he can help, but Bobby tells him that it’s his problem and that he will take care of it.  Jock comes over and asks Bobby to go over the feed order with him.  Bobby tells him that he should go to JR since he agrees with everything he does.  He tells Bobby he doesn’t know what to do about Ellie.  Bobby tell him he would like to help, but doesn’t know what he can do.

   Miss Ellie calls for Lucy, she tells her that she wants to talk.  She asks Lucy why she’s avoiding her, she asks her what she did.  She asks her if she is afraid that she will get cancer too.  Lucy asks why they need to talk about this.  Lucy tells her that she feels bad about what happened, but she doesn’t want to talk about it.  Then she asks why her.  Miss Ellie asks Lucy why me.  She tells her that just because it happened to her doesn’t mean that it will happened to her too.  Lucy asks how she can handle the fear.

   Jock and Bobby get home and Miss Ellie tells him that she wants to talk to him.  She tells him that she was hurt, but if he hadn’t told her about Amanda then she would have found another way to drive him away.  She only used Amanda as an excuse for why he would leave or not want to touch her.  He tells her that he will always love her.
Final Thoughts:  I like how they told this story it seemed very real to me, I am glad that Miss Ellie told Jock how she felt after he told her about Amanda, but I am really glad that the storyline didn't get dragged throughout the season.

Best Outfit: Aside from the fact that the suit is a bit shiny the worst thing about this outfit is the horrible scarf tie.