Second Thoughts

Dallas

Season 3 Episode 20

Original Airdate:   February 8, 1980

Recap:  JR asks Alan why he and Lucy haven’t named the date yet.  He tells him that he’s got two weeks left.

   Lucy and her friend Muriel are walking to class, Lucy tells her that she hasn’t thought about the wedding yet, she can’t believe that Lucy doesn’t seem interested in the wedding.

   Pam goes over to Cliff’s and finds him the same way we left him in the last episode, looking like he hasn’t showered in days and the apartment a mess.  She goes to see their father, who is packing, he tells her that he’s not needed there, she offers to help, but he tells her he’s got to go, and he needs to feel useful.  She offers to give him a ride to the bus station.  Cliff says goodbye, but he doesn’t get up, Digger tells Pam not to worry about Cliff.

   Alan meets Lucy after class, they were supposed to go pick out the wedding rings together, but she wants to put it off again, she tells him that she wants to wait till the end of the semester since she is behind from the trip to visit her parents.

   Pam asks Bobby to help Cliff; he tells her that she needs to give Cliff some time.

   JR asks Lucy about her wedding plans; he is surprised that she is more interested in studying then going out, or planning the wedding.  Miss Ellie and Jock are happy that she is interested in her studies.  JR and Sue Ellen go up to bed, and Miss Ellie says that she was worried about them, but that everything seems to be alright between them now.

   Later Pam asks Bobby again to help Cliff find a job; he tells her that he will try, for her.

JR asks Sue Ellen what’s wrong when he tries to put his arms around her, she tells him that she doesn’t feel well, he leaves and she tells him to say hello to Kristin for her.  He realizes that the attention she was paying him in front of his parents was just an act.

   When Kristin gets to the office the next day she finds JR’s former secretary there, after she leaves she asks JR what she was doing there, he tells her that she was just visiting.  She asks him why he didn’t come over last night, he tells her that he doesn’t have time to talk to her about that right now, and goes into Bobby’s office, where he overhears Bobby trying to get Cliff an interview.  Bobby tells JR that Cliff isn’t a threat to them anymore, he’s broken, and JR tells him the only way Cliff won’t be a threat is when he is six feet under.

   Sue Ellen asks Miss Ellie what would happen if they (she means she and the baby) were to leave Southfork, Miss Ellie thinks she is talking about JR, Sue Ellen and the baby, so she says that since JR would never leave she’s never thought about it.

   Jock tells Alan about the family lawyer retiring, and asks him how he would like a partnership at the law firm.  Alan thanks him, and Jock calls the family over and tells them that his gift to Lucy and Alan is the partnership, this way they can keep Alan and Lucy at Southfork.  Lucy doesn’t look happy about this news.  JR takes Alan into the house to get him a drink and tells him to decline the offer, but Jock comes in telling them not to talk business, and that he and Miss Ellie want to take Alan and Lucy out to dinner.

   When Alan gets home later that night JR is waiting for him.  He says that this wasn’t part of the deal they had, he was supposed to marry Lucy and take her to Chicago.  Alan tells JR that he isn’t turning down the job offer and that there isn’t anything that he can do about it.

   Cliff is at his job interview and tells the man that he is a good lawyer and that the job of a legal assistant is beneath him.  He tells Cliff that he has angered too many people, Cliff asks him why he interviewed him, and he tells him that Bobby asked him to.  Cliff gets really upset and tells him that he can tell Bobby to rot in hell.

   JR complains to Kristin about Alan, she says that maybe there is something she can do.  She asks him why he doesn’t go to her like he used to for help.

   JR goes to Betty Lou’s apartment, and tries to get her to help him break up the engagement.  She isn’t interested in any amount he offers her.  He asks her what’s in it for her.

   JR tells Bobby about Betty Lou and says that they should talk to Lucy, but Bobby wants to stay out of it, and let Lucy make her own decisions.  Kristin comes over dropping off some papers that JR tells her that he didn’t need until the next day, Lucy and Alan come down and are about to leave when Kristin tells Alan about seeing Betty Lou and telling her about the wedding.  Lucy tells Kristin that she is just like JR and doesn’t believe anything she says.  Lucy announced that she and Alan will get married June 14.

   After dinner at Alan’s apartment Alan asks Lucy what’s wrong, she tells him that she is just tired, and asks him to take her home.  He tells her that he had other plans, but she tells him that she really wants to go home.  He asks her why she is pushing him away.  Lucy says that she is just tired.

   JR asks Kristin what she was thinking; she says that everything that he didn’t want to happen did.  He comments about how she knows too much and that it might be best if she was no longer working for him.    She tells him that she does know too much.  He asks her if she is blackmailing him.  Kristin tells him that she would never do that. 

   Pam goes over to Cliff’s and is surprised to see that he has cleaned himself and the apartment.  He tells her it’s all due to her and Bobby.  He won’t tell her why he is in such a good mood.

   The next morning Lucy and Bobby are the only ones left at home, he tells her that he doesn’t think spite is a good reason to get married.  He asks her if she loves Alan, and Lucy tells him that she doesn’t know.  Bobby says that if she isn’t’ sure then she shouldn’t marry him.

   That night at dinner Lucy tells Alan that she isn’t going to marry him.  She tells him that she thinks it would be a mistake, and that they aren’t right for each other.  Alan tells her that he’ll change and be whatever she wants him to be.  Lucy tells him that she just doesn’t love him.  Alan says that it’s JR, and she says it isn’t and that it’s over.

   Alan goes to Betty Lou’s and finds everything is packed up.  He asks her where she is going; she tells him that she is going somewhere far away from him.  He says that JR got to her; she tells him that JR was there, but she chooses to leave him.

   Back at Southfork Lucy tells everyone that the engagement is off.  JR and Sue Ellen go up to bed, they kiss and when JR lays Sue Ellen on the bed, she begins to laugh at him and tells him that he’s been had.  She tells him that she is going to play the perfect wife and mother till she can prove to the court that she is a fit mother for the baby when she files for divorce.

Final Thoughts:  I never thought that Lucy and Alan would last, though I thought that we would have at least seen a wedding.  Alan knows too much about what JR has done.  It's pretty clear now that JR is over Kristin, if he is paying to be with someone, then it's over, Kristin knows too much too, I think that JR is going to have to do some quick thinking to get those two from talking to the wrong people.

Best Outfit:  Pam's shirt doesn't look that comfortable at all, and could Lucy have her shirt open anymore?