Jenna’s Return

Dallas

Season 3 Episode 18

Original Airdate:  January 18, 1980

Recap:   JR is waiting out on the patio for Sue Ellen when she gets home, he asks her where she was, she lies and tells him that she was at a DOA meeting, he calls her out telling her that Marilee called the house and asked when she would get to the meeting.  He asks her if the paternity suit wasn’t enough.  She leaves telling him that she wants to be up early for the baby.

   Bobby and Pam are still having problems.  They seem to just be ignoring each other, barely saying a word to each other.

   Ray and Donna are playing cards, he is getting ready to go, and tells her that he wants her to come to Southfork sometime and watch the sun come up, she tells him that she would like that.  She asks him if he minds them being alone so much, he says no since he gets her to himself.  She tells him that she just thinks that she owes it to Sam.

   At the DOA meeting the lady’s speaker is trying to get their support for building apartments on a park, but they don’t want it to be destroyed.

   Pam’s boss, Harrison Page comes in and tells Pam that she is doing a great job.  He tells her that he wants her to come to Paris with him on a buying trip.

   Sue Ellen goes to Dusty’s apartment, he tells her that he thought she wouldn’t come.  She tells him that she had a hard time getting away from her meeting with the DOA.  She tells him about JR asking where she is going.  He tells her that it doesn’t matter about any of that, just that she is there with him and that she loves him.  Sue Ellen tells Dusty that she want s him to understand what happened to her, and she tells him about JR and how Cliff came into her life.  Dusty tells her that he loves her no matter what.  She tells him that she is more comfortable her e than anywhere else.  He tells her that he can’t keep on commuting to Dallas from San Angelo,  it can only be for a little while till she is ready to move in with him.

   Donna and Ray go out to a bar after going to see a foreign movie.  He runs into some old friends  and they join them at their table, the men talk about cattle, while Donna sits quietly.   Pam is packing for her trip.  Bobby isn’t happy that she is going, she says that maybe this is what they need.  He tells her that she is crazy if she believes that.  He leaves the room slamming the door.

   The next morning Ray says goodbye to Donna, and she reminds him about the dinner with her step-son Dave and his wife, Ray tells her that he doesn’t want to come, he tells her he will feel out of place, she asks him to come and he finally agrees.

   At breakfast at Southfork, Miss Ellie is going over the paper work about the development, she tells Jock how upset this makes her, that they want to get rid of the park to make room the housing project.  Pam asks Bobby to take her to the airport, he tells her that he’s got to help Ray that afternoon, and will pick her up.  After she leaves Jock suggests that Bobby should go with her, but he says that he will just be in the way since she will be working.

   Later Bobby asks Ray what’s wrong, Ray tells him about the dinner at Donna’s that night.  Bobby tells him that it’s never easy meeting your girlfriends family, and that at least it isn’t the Barnes’. 

   At Ewing Oil Kristin asks JR what’s wrong, he asks her if she finished typing up the report, she tells him that she’ll get it done, she leaves his office angrily.

   At Dusty’s, Sue Ellen tells him about Pam going to Paris, and Bobby not being happy about it, he asks her if she’s ever been to Paris, and tells her that he will take her as soon as she leaves JR.  She tells him that she isnt’ ready to leave just yet.

   Pam and Bobby say goodbye at the airport, she tells him that she hates to leave him like this, he tells her not to go then, but Harrison comes over just then.  He tells Bobby that he will take care of Pam.  Bobby leaves and runs into Jenna.  Pam and Harrison look back, he asks who that is with Bobby and Pam tells him who she is.

   Bobby and Jenna go to lunch together and catch up.  He asks her to have dinner with him, and she suggests that they go to her place.

   At Donna’s, she and her step-son Dave, are talking politics, leaving his wife and Ray out of the conversation, when they go to check on dinner, Dave’s wife tells Ray that she hates it when they talk politics.  Donna asks Dave what he thinks about Ray, he tells her that he isn’t sure about him.  She tells him that Ray makes her very happy.

   JR goes back to Kristin’s place to pick up the papers that she forgot, she gets upset that he is leaving right away.

   Sue Ellen asks Dusty when he is going back home, he asks her if he can see her tomorrow, she says yes, so he tells her that he will leave tomorrow night. 

   Bobby and Jenna talk about the past, he says that he should go, and asks her if she wants to go on a picnic like they used to.

   Ray and Donna are cleaning up after dinner, she says that he didn’t like them, he says that she and Dave didn’t give anyone else a chance to talk about anything else.  When he goes to leave she stops him and tells him not to leave angry.  He tells her that they just don’t have anything in common.  She tells him that they can try and find something.

   Bobby and Sue Ellen come home at the same time, she goes into the nursery and finds JR there, she tells him that she was at the movies, and that there is nothing he can do to her now, his threats mean nothing.

   The next day JR suggest that they go somewhere overnight she tells him she can’t, she’s got a DOA committee meeting that she needs to go to, he tells her that he will go with her.  When she calls Dusty to tell him that she can’t keep their date, he gets upset. 

   Jenna tells Bobby about how she has been since the last time he saw her, she tells him that she wants what he and Pam have, a good marriage.  She sees that he is upset and changes the subject. 

   At the DOA meeting JR talks to Ray and tells him that he can’t understand what Donna sees in him.

   Pam calls for Bobby, but Miss Ellie tells her he isn’t home, she tells Miss Ellie just to let him know she called.

   Ray tells Donna that he thinks that they should break things off.  He tells her that they are from two different places and they both would be miserable in their worlds.  She asks him if JR has something to do with it since she saw them talking.  He tells her that she would never be happy if she settled for him.  She tries to convince him that what JR said isn’t true, and that he’s just trying to get back at her for getting Sam to back Cliff Barnes.  Ray tells her that he loves her and leaves.

   Bobby and Jenna go back to her apartment, she tells him that it’s just like old times, except now he has to go home.  They kiss and he tells her that he’s not sure he’s got a reason to go home.  Jenna tells Bobby that if they do this then it can’t be just this once, she wants more.

Final Thoughts:  At this point I could care less about Pam and Bobby's relationship, I think that they have been making Pam look really bad instead of making you feel sorry for her.  I wonder if that is how people felt when they originally watched the show?  I don't like the new actress playing Jenna, she isn't as good as Morgan Fairchild was.  The characters I feel the worst for are Ray and Donna.

Best Outfit: Sue Ellen looks like she has on a cotton ball.

 

The Red File Part 2

Dallas

Season 1 Episode 23

Air Date:  February 9, 1979

Recap:  Jock asks Miss Ellie if Bobby is coming to come out of his room, he just doesn’t understand that he loves Pam.  Miss Ellie brings Bobby up something for breakfast since he missed breakfast.  He complains about how the Ewing’s are only after money, and he tells her she doesn’t understand anymore than the rest of the family.  She tells him that Jock isn’t responsible for Digger becoming the way he was, she knows him better than anyone, and says that he would have become a drunk with or without Jock.  She tells him that Cliff has a vendetta just like Digger against the family.  Bobby calls Pam and tells her that Liz called, and let her know that The Store has put her on a leave of absence until Cliff’s trial is over.
   Sue Ellen asks JR if he’s happy about Cliff getting arrested and jailed.  She tells him he’s just jealous of Cliff, he tells her not to flatter herself.

   Bobby asks JR if he set up Cliff, JR denies it.

   Willie Joe and Jeb are at JR’s office and tell him how sorry they are about Julie, JR tells them to get to the point.  They are concerned about what she had from the red file.  JR tells them that they have nothing to worry about.

   Bobby goes to the jail to meet Pam, he asks how Cliff is doing, she tells him that he’s fine under the circumstances.  She tells Bobby that she can’t go back to Southfork, and that she’s confused about what she’s feeling, he asks if she’s confused about her feeling for him, she says not, but that she won’t go back.  He tells her he’s going to see Cliff.

   Cliff is with his lawyer, when Bobby comes in.  Bobby asks if there is anything he can do.  Cliff tells him that the Ewing’s have done enough.  Bobby insists that he wants to help, so Cliff tells him the best thing he can do is find out who really killed Julie.

   They are having an inquest to see if there is enough evidence to go to the grand jury, the DA is questioning the coroner, they talk about the bruises found on Julie’s body, Cliff’s lawyer asks if it’s possible that she caused the bruises herself.  The police report about all the fingerprints they found of Cliff’s in her apartment, but that they didn’t find any on the roof.  Julie’s neighbor tells them that he rode up with her on the elevator and that he walked right inside.  When its JR’s turn to take the stand Sue Ellen wants to leave, but he makes her stay telling her she needs to act the perfect wife for the court.  They question JR about the files she took from Ewing Oil and her affair with Cliff. 

   During recess Bobby asks if the tape will be admissible.  Cliff wants Pam to get his mail, but she will have to take the stand soon, so Bobby goes for her.  He brings back the mail and a new shirt for Cliff.  Cliff gets the letter from Julie, inside it’s a pawn ticket and a key.  Bobby offers to check into it, Cliff thinks about it a minute, but gives it to him.

  Bobby goes to the pawn shop and gets the suitcase that Julie pawned, when he gets outside he opens the brief case he finds all the copies from the red file, then he finds the copy of the will.

   On the stand Pam is asked about Julie and Cliff, and about all of Cliff’s affairs, she doesn’t say anything about Sue Ellen.  Cliff doesn’t let his lawyer cross examine her, she apologizes to him, he tells her she did what she had to.

   At Ewing Oil Bobby sends both secretaries home, and goes into JR’s office, he’s on the phone, but Bobby disconnects the call and confronts JR with the copies of the files.  JR tells Bobby that the forged will was just a business maneuver.  Bobby asks him if he had anything to do with Julie, he tells Bobby that he had the private investigator tapping Cliff’s phones, and that’s how he knew about the call.  Bobby goes to the office of the private investigator and gets him to tell him who else knew about the phone call Julie made to Cliff, he has to threaten him to get him to reveal that he told Willie Joe and Jeb about the phone call.

   When Bobby gets to Willie Joe and Jeb’s office their secretary tells Bobby that they went to the airport to go to Alaska, he gets her to call the airport, he takes the phone and asks for security, he asks the security guard to hold Willie Joe and Jeb till he gets there.  He gives the secretary money to buy more of her perfume.

   Back at the court house, Cliff asks Pam if Bobby is back, they don’t think that they can stop the tape from being admitted into the trial, because Julie knew that she was being recorded on Cliffs’ answering machine.

   At the airport the security guard pulls Willie Joe and Jeb out of the line and takes them to his office, when Bobby gets there he goes out to the hall.  Bobby confronts them with the copies, they say that if he goes to the police with the copies that JR will get in to as much trouble as them, but Bobby says that it’s only copies of checks and other bribes with their names on it, JR is clean.  They admit that it was only an accident.  Bobby tells them that they better confess or he’ll give the police the copies and it will be murder one not manslaughter.

   Cliff is released and cleared of all charges, he asks Bobby what he did, and what he found at the pawn shop.  He tells him that there was nothing at the pawn shop, whatever it was, was sold.  Bobby tells him to forget it, but Cliff tells him that he can’t do that.  He knows that whatever it was JR was behind it.

   At Ewing Oil, JR follows Bobby into the office, he wants to know if Bobby is going to tell Jock about the will, Bobby burn both copies and tells him that he won’t but he’s got JR’s number.  JR tells Bobby that he’s lost all his power with the cartel.

   Pam and Bobby are walking together, she asks what he found, but he won’t tell her what he found out either.  He wants her to come back to Southfork now that Cliff has been released, but she tells him she can’t because she can’t see across from JR at the dinner table.  He tells her that she can call him when she’s ready to deal with the fact that he’s a Ewing, just like he was when she married him.

Final Thoughts:  I'm glad that this story line only lasted two episodes, I thought it was a better than the first half.  I thought the court scenes were better written than the court scenes on Dynasty were. 

Best Outfit:  I couldn't find anything that I really thought was hideous, this is bad, but it just looks really cheap.

Fight Count:  0