Nightmare

Dallas 

Season 4 Episode 3

Airdate: November 14, 1980

Recap:  Sue Ellen is crying out in her sleep, Miss Ellie comes in and wakes her up.  Sue Ellen tells Miss Ellie she dreamt that JR was dead, Miss Ellie tells her it was only a dream.  She tells her that she needs to talk to Dr. Elby about her dreams, so that she can finally get some sleep.

   Jordan Lee walks into JR’s room; JR asks him how he got past the guards.  Jordan tells him that they know that they are friends.  He tells JR that he figured that whoever was going to shot him would have done it right.  JR tells him to get out, and as he leaves Jordan says maybe next time.  JR calls for the guards and asks them why they didn’t check with him first.  He tells them to throw Jordan out and not to let anyone else in the room without checking with him first.

   At Southfork Sue Ellen joins the family for breakfast, Miss Ellie asks her how she is feeling, she asks her to eat something, but Sue Ellen says that she will pick something up at the hospital, since she wants to get there early.  Jock asks her to tell JR that they will be there later.  Jock offers to stop by the office, but Bobby tells him that he’s got everything under control.  Miss Ellie asks Bobby if he will be home for dinner, he tells her that he will try.  Pam tells Bobby that she worried that this would happen if he agreed to work at Ewing Oil again.  He promises her that it will only be till JR gets better.

   Cliff is going to work when he is told to take a “rest” till the JR shooting is cleared up.  

   Sue Ellen takes JR outside for a walk, he complains about the guards and the doctors, who aren’t telling him anything.  Ray comes to visit JR and he asks him how he is doing, JR complains to him about how Sue Ellen is smothering him.  He tells JR that if he needs him that he’ll be there.  They talk about all the good times they have had together.  Ray tells him that he can count on him if he needs to, and JR tells him that he doesn’t want to count on anyone but himself.

   Bobby tries to talk to Franklin from the Cattlemen’s Bank, but his secretary tells Bobby that he is in a meeting.  He tells her that if he won’t talk to him on the phone then he will talk to him to his face.

Sue Ellen tells Dr. Elby that she’s been dreaming about shooting JR every night.  He asks her to tell him her dream.  She tells him that she is running down a corridor, she is being chased by people in white coats, she knows that there is a door that will lead to her freedom, but when she gets there JR is in front of it.  She says that she hears shooting, then she sees that there is a gun in her hand, and the door is gone and she knows that she will never be free.  

   Lucy goes up to Professor Forrester, he tells her he wants to apologize, she tells him that he had plenty of time to tell her the truth.  H tells her that she is making a big deal about it, she tells him that she isn’t and that it’s over.

   JR is in the physical therapy room, and he is practicing walking, Jock and Miss Ellie watch him from the doorway, they leave when he stumbles.

   Bobby goes to Franklin why he was avoiding him, he tells him that they’ve been dealing with JR and are uncomfortable with not knowing who they will be dealing with next.  Bobby tells him that they are going to be dealing with him.  Bobby tells him that he will pull all of the Ewing’s money out of the bank if they won’t work with him.  Franklin tells him that he will talk to the Loan Committee.

   Cliff tells Pam that he has been “suspended” and that he thinks it might be best if he left Dallas.  She tells him that he is stronger than that.  He tells her that the night JR was shot he had gone to the Ewing’s offices to shoot him, but when he got there someone had already beat him to it.  

   Mitch, the valet comes up to Lucy at school and apologizes for the way he acted.  He asks her if she would like a drink, she says yes, over the drink he tells her about his family and about how he works several jobs to stay in med school.  He tells her that he lives on a tight budget so he doesn’t have enough extra money for anything fun.  She tells him that she understands, and hopes that they can be friends.

   Sue Ellen runs into Kristin at the hospital and asks her to go up and sit with JR while she goes to take Baby John for his check up.  She tells her that she doesn’t know what she would have done without her support.

Franklin calls JR and tells him that Bobby is putting a lot of pressure on him and that he is trying to hold him off.  JR tells him to try harder.  Kristin walks into his room; he says he thought she would be out of town by now.  She tells him that his goons had other things to think about.  He tells her that she will get hers once he is out of the hospital.  She says she will but not from him, since he’s not man enough anymore.  He tries to sit up but he can’t, she laughs as she leaves the room.

   Sue Ellen is playing with Baby John and tells him that even though she may have done something bad that everything will be fine, she tells him that JR will be home soon.

   Bobby finds out that the equipment hasn’t been moved to Ewing 11 yet, he is told that JR called right after he did.  Bobby tells him that he is the one in charge.  He tells his secretary that he is going to go talk to JR. 

Pam is shopping at The Store; Liz comes over and takes her to lunch.

   Bobby finds JR and tells him that he is running Ewing Oil, and is in charge until he is ready to come back.  He tells him not to interfere.  

   Liz tells Pam that she is running The Store now; she tells her that she should have known that JR was behind her being sent to Huston.  She tells her that Harrison Page told her about it.  She tells Pam that she would love to have her back at The Store if she wants her job back.

   Mitch and Lucy come out of a movie, he tells her he’s got to get to work, and promises next time they will go to dinner and talk.

   JR tells Sue Ellen that he is getting out of the hospital early and that Jock and Miss Ellie will be bring him his things.  

   In the bedroom Jock and Miss Ellie are packing some things up, Jock goes in the closet and finds JR’s gun, he tells Miss Ellie that it’s been fired twice.  The police come and take the gun to have it tested.  Jock asks that they tell them the results first.  Miss Ellie asks why anyone would have hid it there, Jock says that it was just a coincidence that he looked there, it’s clear that they are both thinking that it was Sue Ellen who put the gun there.

   Pam comes to Bobby’s office and takes him to lunch, but as they are walking out of the office, a guy comes up to Bobby and tells him that he needs to sign some papers.  He tells her that he is sorry.

   JR is helped into the car and they take him back to Southfork.

   Lucy goes over to Ray’s she tells him that she is going to take him to Southfork since JR is coming home, he asks her how she is doing.  She tells him that it’s over between her and the Professor, she tells him about Mitch.  He asks her when he can meet him, she tells him as soon as she can get him to come over to the house.

   JR gets home just as Ray and Lucy pull up; Ray helps JR into the house.  In the bedroom, JR tells Jock and Miss Ellie that Sue Ellen will help him; Miss Ellie gives Sue Ellen a strange look, and leaves them.

   Lucy tells Mitch she wants to take him to dinner, but he tells her that he has a job that will help him pay for some books.  She leaves in a huff.

   Sue Ellen brings down Baby John to see JR, he starts to cry and she gives the baby back to the nurse.  Jock and Miss Ellie exchange a look as Sue Ellen gets JR his drink.  The police officer comes and tells them that JR’s gun was the one used in his shooting.  Jock asks about the fingerprints, he tells them that the only fingerprints found on the gun were Mrs. Ewing’s, Sue Ellen Ewing.

Final Thoughts:  Poor Sue Ellen, she is so sure that she was the one to shoot JR.  I can't believe that Jock and Miss Ellie would think that Sue Ellen would shoot JR, they've known her long enough to know who she is, and what she is capable of, just because she is drinking doesn't mean that she would do it.  Lucy found another guy, I see there being an issue with money coming.  If I was Pam I wouldn't talk to Liz again after the last time we saw her.

Best Outfit:  I wish that I could have gotten a up close picture of the complete outfit, but the only one I could get was just the top.  The top isn't too bad, with out the suspenders, but the pants are odd.

The Roof

Dynasty 

Season 3 Episode 2

Airdate:  October 6, 1982

Recap:  The police captain comes into the house and tells Blake that he is going to be taking control of the case.  He tells him that they’ve got no proof that Ahmed kidnapped the baby; Blake gets mad at him and goes in to the library.  Krystle comes in and brings him coffee, she suggests that he needs some rest, he yells at her telling her to leave him alone.  (put video of the room you are tearing me apart or make pic of him yelling Krystle you are tearing me apart)  He stops her from leaving telling her that he is sorry and that he needs her.  She asks him why he never told her about Adam, he tells her that he just shut that part of his life away.  She asks if Steven or Fallon knew anything about Adam, he tells her that they never told them.  He explains that he had to close that off from the rest of his life or he couldn’t go on.  He tells her that it happened when they were struggling financially.  (I can’t imagine Alexis with anyone that wasn’t incredibly wealthy.)

   In Montana, Michael is sitting with his grandmother, she tells him that she is going to die and that she needs to make peace with her sins.  She tells him that she sinned when she took him from the carriage in Denver.  She tells him that when she dies, that she wants him to collect his birthright, she makes him go into her draw and he finds a baby rattle with the initials A.A.C on it, she tells him it stands for Adam Alexander Carrington.  She makes him say that he is Adam Carrington and makes him promise that he will go to his parents.

   Fallon tells Jeff that she just realized how people could hate them because of their money.  She tells him that if she knew about her brother before, then she might have gone through with the abortion.  

   Alexis is telling Blake about Cecil’s condition she tells him that she has taken a room at the hospital.  She tells him that Cecil is insisting on getting married in the hospital room.  Fallon comes down and asks them why they never told her about Adam, Alexis tells her that it was all Blake’s doing, since he made her leave town.  Blake tells her that he didn’t want her and Steven to live in fear.  She tells him that if he told them then she might have been able to protect her son.

   Joseph comes into Krystle’s room and asks her if she has seen Claudia, he tells her that the bedroom is closed and there is no answer, and he doesn’t feel right going inside.  He tells her that the hospital called Claudia to tell her that they are ready for her.  Krystle goes knocks at the door when there is no answer she goes inside.  She leaves and finds Joseph and asks if he has seen Blake, he tells her that he just left with the police, they have a suspect.

   At the station Ahmed is being questioned.  He denies being at the house, but they tell her that there is a witness.  He says that he did come to try and convince Blake, but he left as soon as he heard that he was out of town.  The captain tells Blake that his gut tells him that he is innocent.

   Alexis tells Jeff that Cecil has been asking for him, she tells him not to say anything about the baby.  Jeff tells Cecil that with all their differences he was very good to him.  Cecil asks him about the baby; Jeff tells him that he is growing so big.  Cecil asks him to kiss him for him, he tells him to tell the baby that family is important.

   Jeff goes to his father’s grave and talks to him, and then the creepy caretaker comes over and tells Jeff that he is sorry about his son.  Jeff walks away and Grimes goes off on him, and tells him that he has feelings too. 

Fallon finds the nurse Susan in the kitchen drinking wine, she tells her that she had a thing with Nick too, and she wants to know if she and Nick were behind the kidnapping, she asks her how much money she wants to give her son back.  She tells her that it’s always money with her and that no amount will make her confess to something she didn’t do.

   Krystle tells Blake about Claudia disappearing; she tells him that she is beginning to think that she has something to do with the kidnapping.  Blake tells her that Claudia left because she just doesn’t want to be sent back to the hospital.

   Claudia opens the door to her new apartment; the landlady comes over and tells her if she needs anything just to ask.  When Claudia closes the door she picks up the baby wrapped in Little Blake’s blankets.

Blake talks with a reporter, he wants her to write a story about the kidnapping, but she tells him that she wants to write a story about the kidnapping of Adam, he tells her that it’s a dead story, but she tells him that she got a call asking a lot of questions about Adam, she asks him if he knows anyone in Billings Montana.  Blake tells her that it’s only a crank caller.

   In Montana, the doctor tells Michael that his grandmother didn’t leave him much only the things she taught him.  Michael takes the doctor to another room to talk; he tells him that he is a hypocrite.  Michael tells him that he knows that he cheated his grandmother.  The doctor tells him that he always knew that he had a mean streak.  Michael asks him what his grandmother told him about his parents.  He tells Michael that she told him that his parents were killed in Denver.  Michael asks him if he was in on it too, he asks Michael what he is talking about.  Michael says he doesn’t know yet and leaves to go pack.

   Blake tells Krystle that Nick left for the Middle East; alone he tells her that he thinks she is right about Claudia.

   Claudia is going to the landlady’s apartment to get some towels, when she sees herself on the news; she overhears the landlady calling the police about her, she runs up to the roof of the apartment with the baby.

Blake tells Fallon that he thinks the baby is with Claudia, and tries to calm her down.

   The police are quietly surrounding Claudia on the roof; she sees them and tells them to stay away, she moves closer to the edge of the building.  

   Michael flirts with one of the flight attendants and gets her to book a room in the hotel for him, and they make a date for dinner.

   The police have the whole building surrounded now.  Blake, Krystle, Jeff, and Fallon all go up to the roof with the Captain.  There is an officer trying to talk Claudia to leave the roof, but she won’t, Krystle and Jeff tell Blake to talk to her since she has always trusted him, but Fallon says that she’ll talk to her.  Claudia asks her what she is doing there; Fallon tells her she just wants her baby.  Claudia tells her that the baby is Lindsay.  Fallon tells her that the baby is her son not Lindsay, and she begs her to give him back.  Claudia tells her no.  Blake tries to talk to Claudia.  He tells her he knows how much love is in her, and she tells him that it’s all for Lindsay.  He tells her that Lindsay isn’t there, that she is resting.  Claudia asks Blake if she is alone.  He tells her no, that her father is with her.  She asks why Matthew took Lindsay from her.  He says he doesn’t know.  A police officer, who looks like he is in a terrible costume (get picture) is coming up from behind her.  She turns and sees him; Claudia stumbles and drops the baby over the side of the building.  As everyone is holding onto each other, the police call up and tell them that it was only a doll that fell.  Fallon is hysterical, and Blake is trying to get through to her that it wasn’t her baby and she faints.

   Final Thoughts:  The ending was so bad, I know that they would never have done something like that to a real baby, but maybe if they didn’t have such a clear shot at what is clearly a doll; it wouldn’t have been so bad.  And to repeat myself I don’t believe Alexis would ever have been with someone who didn’t have money.  

Best Outfit:  I'm confused by the uniform for these flight attendants, is this a themed airlines?

No More Mister Nice Guy Part One

Dallas

Season 4 Episode 1

Original Airdate:  November 7, 1980  

Recap:  A cleaning lady finds JR.  Cliff is in the crowd when the police and the EMT’s are bring JR to the ambulance.

   Miss Ellie is home alone at the dinner table.  Ray comes in and asks her if Jock is around, she tells him that he went to Fort Worth.  The phone rings and Ray answers it, it’s the police and they tell him about the shooting.  He asks how bad it is, they tell him they can’t say, they tell Ray where JR was taken.  Miss Ellie comes over to Ray and asks him where JR is and asks him to get one of the ranch hands to take her to the hospital.  She asks him to call Jock in Fort Worth and tell him to meet her at the hospital and try to find Lucy, Sue Ellen, Pam and Bobby.

   JR is taken into the emergency room, where the doctors check on his vitals and start trying to stabilize him.  The doctor calls for an x-ray to find where the bullets are.  The nurse tells the doctor that Jock and Ellie are in the waiting room.  When he goes out to them they are talking to the detective.  He tells them there is some internal bleeding and that he was shot two times, he hasn’t regained consciouses.  Miss Ellie asks if they can see him, but he tells her not yet, they are moving him into intensive care. 

   Ray calls Muriel’s house and asks her if she has seen Lucy, she tells that Lucy left with some friends, he tells her that if she sees her to have her call home.

   Jock and Miss Ellie go in to see JR, Ray tells Jock that the police haven’t found come up with anything yet (I don’t know if he is talking about JR’s shooting or if he means about finding the rest of the family).  Muriel calls and asks Ray if Lucy is home, he asks her if there is something he should know, she tells him Lucy went to a seminar, he asks where he can find the professor of the class.  Muriel tells him his address.

   The doctor tells them that JR has become more responsive, but hasn’t awaken yet.  Kristin comes over to them and tells them that she just heard the news, she asks where Sue Ellen is, and wants to know is there is anything she can do.  Miss Ellie tells her to go back to Southfork and wait for Sue Ellen and tell her what happened.

   Sue Ellen wakes up in her car at the airport, she looks at the bottle that was in her lap, she pulls out the of the parking spot and drives away.

   Ray pulls up to a house and knocks at the door, he asks the lady who answers it if Professor Forrester is there and tells her that he is looking for Lucy Ewing, she tells him that the professor is holding his seminar at the Sundowner Motel.

   When Sue Ellen gets back to Southfork she looks around for everyone, Kristin comes out and finds her in the entry way, and asks her where she’s been, and says that she can’t believe she would come back after what happened.  Sue Ellen tells her that she doesn’t know what she is talking about.  Kristin asks her if she remembers what happened last night.  Sue Ellen tells her no, and Kristin tells her that JR was shot.

   Ray goes to the motel and knocks at the door.  When the door is open he tells the professor to get lost, and tells Lucy to get dressed, that JR’s been shot.  He tells her that he thought she had more sense then getting involved with a married man.  Lucy is surprised by this.

   Kristin tells Sue Ellen that they have to talk, she tells her that she will stand by her no matter what happens.  Sue Ellen tells her that she doesn’t know what she is talking about.  Kristin asks her if she remembers anything about last night.  Sue Ellen tells her that after she left Dr. Elby’s office she went to get a drink, but after that she can’t remember anything.  She asks her if JR is alive, and Kristin tells her that he is but it’s very serious.  She asks Sue Ellen if she remembers going to the condo.  Kristin tells her that she was packing  when Sue Ellen came asking where JR is, she was waving a gun around.  Kristin tells her that he isn’t there, Sue Ellen looks around the condo as Kristin pours her a drink, she tells her to put the gun away.   Sue Ellen says that she is going to find JR and kill him, she won’t let him put her in that sanitarium again.    Kristin tells her that she was going to call the police, but she couldn’t do it.  Sue Ellen asks her if she is telling the truth, Kristin nods, and Sue Ellen says that she must have shot JR.  She goes to change and tells Kristin that they have to go to the hospital.

   Cliff gets home and turns on the news, they are talking about JR’s shooting, and he sees himself in the news footage, he gets up and turns the tv off.

   A helicopter flies over Pam and Bobby and call for them to pull over.  Bobby gets out and asks what is going on, the officer tells him that his family wants him home, that JR was shot.  Bobby and Pam get in to the helicopter and go back to Dallas.

   The doctor is talking to Jock and Miss Ellie when the nurse calls him, JR’s not doing well, they take him into the ER to operate.  Sue Ellen joins Jock and Ellie, they tells her that they were worried about her.  Miss Ellie tells her about JR.  Jock asks her if she even cares about him.   Sue Ellen says that it doesn’t matter now, Kristin tells them that Sue Ellen was sick.  Jock says that she was drunk, and Sue Ellen says that she was.  The nurse comes over and tells them that the doctor will be right with them.  Miss Ellie tells Sue Ellen that she doesn’t need to run away, she’ll help her figure something out.  Ray and Lucy arrive at the hospital, and a candy striper tells Miss Ellie she has a phone call, Lucy goes with her.  Gary is calling, he tells Miss Ellie that Val heard the news on the radio.  Miss Ellie gets upset and Lucy takes the phone she tells him about Pam and Bobby leaving.  She tells him that Miss Ellie needs him.  He tells her that he will come on the next flight.  After he hangs up he tells Val about Bobby and Pam leaving, she says that JR finally drove them off too, she tells him that if JR dies she won’t be able to mourn him.  Gary tells her that it’s his family and that they need him.

   Bobby and Pam get to the hospital, Jock is talking to Detective Horton, he wants a list of any of JR’s enemies.  Bobby says he will help him anyway he can.  They tells him about Vaughn Leland, the detective says that he is going to be talking to Seth Stone’s wife, and Jock tells him that he should talk to Cliff Barnes.   Pam leaves the hospital and Bobby goes after her, he tells her that Cliff would be a suspect even if Jock hadn’t given his name.  She tells Bobby that she is going to talk to Cliff to get his side of the story.

   The doctor tells them that JR made it through the surgery, and they were able to remove one of the bullets, but they had to remove his spleen.  He tells them that the other bullet is lodged in the spinal canal, and they don’t know yet what kind of damage it’s done.  Bobby tells Jock that he should take Miss Ellie back home to get some rest, but Miss Ellie doesn’t want to be that far from JR, so they go to a hotel.  Sue Ellen tells them that she is going to stay at the hospital.  On the way to the hotel, Miss Ellie tells Jock that now that Bobby is back he has to find away to keep him there.  She tells him that Ewing Oil isn’t worth her family, and she wants him back home.

   Pam finds Cliff at a restaurant, she asks why he is drinking in the afternoon, and if it has to do with JR.  He tells her that it seems like everything in his life has to do with JR.  She tells him that she and Bobby were going to California because Bobby couldn’t take JR’s lies and deceit anymore.  She tells him that Jock named him as a suspect.  He tells her that he told his boss the same thing.  He asks her if she thinks he is a killer.

   Bobby goes into JR’s room and asks Miss Ellie how he is doing.  Miss Ellie talks to JR, who opens his eyes.  The detective asks JR if he saw who shot him.  Bobby says that he thinks it can wait, but the detective wants to know and asks JR again.  JR looks from the detective to Bobby to his mother and finally at Sue Ellen.

Final Thoughts:  I thought since this was a whodunit in a way I would play detective and go through the list of suspects.

Miss Ellie- I can’t imagine her doing it, even if she was upset with JR for all that he has done, from driving Bobby away to almost losing Southfork.  She loves him too much to do it.

Jock- According to Miss Ellie he was in Fort Worth, but was he?  He could have only told her that and went into Dallas, thinking he was doing it for her, but I don’t think he is a likely suspect either, as much as he might not like what JR does, he loves him.

Bobby/Pam- He was leaving Dallas, I’m not sure how far he was away when the police picked them up to tell them about the shooting, but from the way they reacted when they got the news I don’t think either of them is a suspect.

Cliff- Finally a person with a motive, he has always hated JR and now that his father is dead, and JR just closed the oil field that was partly his, he wants revenge.

Lucy- She has always seemed to hate JR, but right now she has no motive to kill him.

Alan- JR took everything from him, and he swore revenge.

Ray- JR has done a lot to Ray, the latest is breaking him and Donna up. 

Donna- She told JR she was going to get him, but she was talking about politically.  I don’t think she would have shot him.

Sue Ellen- She has a motive, he was threatening to put her back into the sanitarium, and made everyone think she was drinking again.  She blacked out and can’t remember anything.  It is possible that she did do it.

Vaughn Leland- JR cheated him, and he has been missing for awhile, he could have come back and got him when JR was alone.

Seth Stone’s wife- Her husband was cheated by JR and killed himself, and the police seem think that she might have done it.  We haven’t seen her in awhile so I don’t know if she could really be a suspect.

Kristin- She hates JR right now, he made it clear he doesn’t want her around anymore, and she knows too much about what he was doing all this time.  She said to Alan that she was going to kill him and he told her to get in line.

My list of likely suspects

1. Cliff Barnes
2. Sue Ellen Ewing
3. Vaughn Leland
4. Seth Stone’s widow
5. Kristin Shepard 

Guest Star: Peter Donat- He played Mulder's father in The X-Files, so now we've had parents of Mulder and Scully on Dallas.

Best Outfit:  There is nothing wrong with the dress or the boots for that matter, but the two of them together is just wrong.

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.