The Baby

Dynasty

Season 2 Episode 16

Air Date:  March 3, 1982

Recap:  The guests are all leaving the party, everyone is saying goodbye to Blake and Krystle as they leave the house.  Cecil comes up and tells Blake that he is very pleased for him, he asks if anyone has seen Alexis, so seems to have disappeared.

   Alexis goes back to Fallon, who has woken up.  Fallon cries out saying it’s the baby.  Alexis flags down a car.

   Claudia takes Jeff back to her apartment.  He tells her that he’s glad that they left the party, that he’s in a much better mood now, but that it’s getting late and that he better go.  She asks him to stay, and tells him about her and Matthew.  Claudia tells him that it’s nice to talk to someone.  Again Jeff tells her that he should go, but she kisses him.

   Nick meets up with the doctor who hired him, after checking up on the boy he performed surgery on, he asks him if he was serious about the job offer.  He is still there when Fallon Is brought in, he tries to calm Alexis down as she is taken into surgery,

   Blake and Krystle are having champagne in front of the fireplace, he tells Krystle that he loves her.  They are kissing, when the phone rings, at first he says to ignore it, but when it keeps ringing, he answers it.  It’s Alexis, she tells him about Fallon’s accident.

   Claudia takes Jeff’s keys while he is sleeping, she hurries out the house quietly so she doesn't wake him up.

   At the hospital Fallon wakes up and finds Nick with her, he tells her that everything will be alright, and promises to be with her.  Her doctor takes Nick aside and tells him that they will have to perform an emergency c-section.  He asks about the baby’s chances, she tells him that all they can do is hope for the best.  Fallon is taken into surgery as Blake and Krystle arrive, Blake asks Alexis what happened.  She tells him what happened, leaving out the fact that Fallon was upset about learning that he might not be her father, she says that Fallon drank too much.  Krystle calls her out on that lie, but Alexis manages to convince Blake that this is the truth.  Blake says that all they can do is pray that Fallon got to the hospital in time.  The baby is delivered, but it’s not breathing, they work on him and he starts breathing on his own they take him up to NICU.

   Claudia comes back and while she is trying to get the key back onto Jeff’s key chain he wakes up and she tells him that she was going to go out to get something for breakfast.  He says that he better go, but she asks him to stay with her a while longer, while they kiss she slips his keys back into his pocket, without him ever knowing it was gone.

   The doctor comes out and tells them that Fallon will be fine and that the baby is a fighter, she tells them that the pediatrician thinks that he will be just fine.  Alexis asks if she can see Fallon, the doctor tells her that they can see her tomorrow.  Steven arrives at the hospital, Blake asks if he’s with Jeff, he tells his father that he hasn’t seen Jeff, so Blake goes to call Jeff.  Alexis asks Krystle if she feels bad about Fallon being able to give Blake what she couldn’t. 

   At the house Steven is picking up Sammy Joe's clothes, she wakes up and asks him what he’s doing, he tells her that he’s going to visit his sister, and he tells her that she better be there since she want through so much trouble having that party for them last night.  She tells him that she can’t go since she’s got a headache.  He gets mad and storms out.

   Fallon wakes up in her hospital room, Alexis tells her that she had her baby.  Fallon tries to remember what happened, then remembers what Sammy Joe told her.  She gets upset, and Alexis tries to calm her down, Fallon says that she feels like nothing now, she tells Alexis to leave and tells her if she doesn’t get out she will have her kicked out.  She doesn’t want to see her ever again.

   Jeff comes home and talks to Blake, it takes him a bit before he realizes that Blake can see again.  Blake tells him about the accident and tells him that the baby has arrived.  Jeff is upset that he wasn’t there.

   Back at the hospital Nick as the pediatrician how the Colby baby is doing, she tells him that his breathing isn’t good. 

   Alexis demands that Joseph send Sammy Joe to see her as soon as she gets home. 

   Krystle meets Blake at the hospital, she tells him that it’s an important day for him and she wants to be there with him.  They go see Fallon, they both are concerned when they see that she isn’t happy about the baby.  Blake asks her what’s wrong, but she won’t say.  Krystle leaves thinking that Fallon doesn’t want to talk in front of her.  Blake asks her again, and she tells him that she is just tired and doesn’t want to talk, he leaves and tells Krystle that Fallon is very disturbed about something.  Krystle tells him that Fallon was in a great mood at the beginning of the party and that he should ask Alexis about what happened.

   Alexis' private investigator, Morgan Hess calls and tells her that he’s got some news for her, she tells him it better be good.  Sammy Joe comes over and asks her what she wants.  Alexis asks her why she told Fallon that terrible lie.  Sammy Joe tells her that she doesn’t believe that it is a lie.  Alexis offers her $20,000 to leave Steven and get an annulment.  She asks her if she knows what that is, Sammy Joe doesn’t so Alexis tells her, and Sammy Joe tells her that she and Steven slept together a lot so that wouldn’t work.  Sammy Joe tells her that she’ll show the annulment papers to Steven, if she doesn’t agree to her terms, she’ll take the money and go, so Alexis gives her the check,

   Jeff goes to Fallon’s room and tells her that he’s sorry that she had to go through it all alone.  He admits that he was with another woman, she tells him that it’s alright that it was bound to happen.  He tells her that their son it the most important thing right now.  She tells him that she’s got nothing to offer, and that she doesn’t want to see their baby.  He just can’t believe that she doesn’t want to see him.

   Sammy Joe is walking out of the house, when Krystle asks where she is going.  Sammy Joe tells her that Alexis is sending her away, she asks when Alexis will send her packing too.

   Krystle goes to the kitchen and finds the grounds keeper, Tony cleaning a gun for Alexis, she asks him if Alexis was shooting the day she had her accident.  He tells her that Alexis was.  Krystle tells Tony that she will take the gun to Alexis.

   At the cottage Krystle tells Alexis that she knows that she was shooting the day she had her accident.  This leads into the very first cat fight of the series.  Krystle grabs at Alexis who smacks her.  They throw anything with in reach and pull each others hair, Alexis’ clothes are ripped and her house torn apart.  Krystle smashes the portrait of Blake that Alexis was working on.  Krystle is the winner of the fight and with Alexis collapsed in the corner Krystle stands over her and tells her that if she wants a rematch then she knows where to find her.

   Claudia tells Cecil that she got the key, but the papers that he wanted copies of weren’t there.  He tells her that she still needs to get them, that their deal isn’t through till she gets them.  She tells him that he’s made a prostitute of her.  Cecil tells her that once he gets what he wants them there deal will be complete.

   Morgan Hess comes into Alexis’ house, he asks her if she is okay.  She asks what he found out.  He tells her that the divorce papers to Krystle's first marriage were never filed so she is still married to her first husband.  Alexis tells him to go find Mark Jennings, and that she doesn’t care how much it cost.

Final Thoughts:  The cat fight was hilarious, it was a lot of fun trying to spot the stunt doubles, who were clearly men.  The wigs were a giveaway along with the legs on the Alexis double. 
 Best Outfit:  I chose this one from the closet of Alexis.
 Fight Count:  1 (Krystle vs Alexis) 

John Ewing III Part 2

Dallas 

Season 1 Episode 29

Air Date:  April 6, 1979

Recap:   JR goes to the clinic and talks with the doctor, he asks him how Sue Ellen is doing, and when she can come home.  The doctor tells him that she’s not ready to leave yet, and that she’s resentful for being there.  JR insists on seeing her, because Jock and Miss Ellie expect him to. 

   When he goes into her room, Sue Ellen tells him to leave her alone, the doctor locks her back in and tells JR that she will be okay.

   Lucy and Miss Ellie get home from shopping for things for prom, Jock seems really excited to see what Lucy got and goes inside with her.  Miss Ellie asks if JR called, she is very worried about Sue Ellen, and she doesn’t understand what happened to her to make her get so bad.

   Cliff finally manages to corner Pam on her way out of The Store, she tells him that she’s too busy to see him, and that she doesn’t want to choose sides anymore.  She tells him that he’s caused enough problems and tells him that Sue Ellen has been committed to a sanitarium, and she’s a drunk because of him.  Pam tells him that he’s got to give up everything if he wants to really help Sue Ellen.

   Miss Ellie goes to visit Sue Ellen.  Sue Ellen tries to convince her that she is fine, and she was just tired.  Miss Ellie asks if she started drinking so much because of troubles with her marriage.  Sue Ellen is still in denial about her drinking problem, she asks about Lucy and says that she will be home for her graduation, Miss Ellie know that she won’t be out by then, but tells her that she just needs to get better.

   Sue Ellen pushes the call button for the nurse.  When she comes into the room, she tells her she’s only supposed to push the button one time, she tells her that she wants her medication, the nurse tells her it isn’t time yet, but tells her that there are other ways she can get what she wants, while she is fingering Sue Ellen’s pearl necklace.  Sue Ellen doesn’t know what she’s talking about so the nurse spells it out for her, she can get her booze if Sue Ellen pays her.  This is a great nurse, she’s probably killed patients in the past too just to get their possessions.  I’ve watched too many episodes of Deadly Women on Investigation Discovery, because I’ve created a whole back story to this nurse.  I can imagine that she once worked for an older couple taking care of the husband and wife, and got them to change their will so everything goes to her and then she kills them, and before the police can get her she changes her identity and moves to Dallas and goes to work at this sanitarium.

   Lucy is thrilled that she passed all her classes well she barely passed, her friend Annie and her boyfriend the drug dealer, want Lucy to go celebrate with them, but she tells them that she doesn’t want to, he gets mad at her telling her that next time she breaks up with a guy and has a mental breakdown then it will cost her more.  I have a feeling he probably was over charging her anyway since she is a Ewing and he figures money doesn’t mean anything to her.  She tells him that there won’t be a next time.  Sue Ellen should have been given the Bobby Ewing detox treatment, Lucy has gone straight in only a few days.

   Sue Ellen is in her therapy session, she is giving him all the answers she thinks he wants to hear, but he wants to know how she really feels, for her to open up to him, so she can understand what made her start drinking.  She gets really mad at this and tells him that she doesn’t have a drinking problem.  He tells her that they will continue tomorrow.

   Lucy asks Miss Ellie about Sue Ellen while she is addressing envelopes for her graduation party.  She says that Sue Ellen only cares about money and the Ewing name.  Jock asks Miss Ellie if she thinks Lucy is right.  Miss Ellie says that Lucy is very observant.  JR gets home and Jock asks him what the doctor said about Sue Ellen, he asks if there is there is anything else causing the troubles in their marriage.  JR says that it’s just between him and Sue Ellen, and tries to change the subject, but Jock tells him that he needs to be a better husband and father. 

   Sue Ellen asks JR to take her home, he tells her that once she’s stopped drinking then she can come home and she’s got to stop thinking about Cliff, he saws her the paper with a picture of Cliff and a woman.  She accuses him of having this made, he tells her to get better or else she will have the baby there too.  After he leaves she calls for the nurse, she takes off her pearls.

   The next day the nurse comes in and finds a bottle lying on the bed, she tells her that she told her to hid them.  Bobby is here to see Sue Ellen, the nurse gives her another bottle, Sue Ellen complains that is smells and tastes like mouthwash, the nurse explains that it’s the only way she can sneak the booze in to the sanitarium.  Bobby brings Sue Ellen flowers, she asks him about the family.   She tells him that she will be home soon, and he says that she needs to get better for the baby, she gets mad at him telling him that he’s just like JR, and that no one care about her, everyone just cares about the baby, she runs off, and Bobby and the orderlies go after her.  He takes her back to her room, he tells the orderlies that she will be fine with him.  In her room she asks him to stay, the nurse doesn’t want to leave, I think she might be worried that   Sue Ellen might tell that she’s been giving her alcohol.  She apologizes to him for her behavior, and that she would be better at home.  He tells her that it takes time, and that she needs to give it a chance.  She tells him that that’s all she got, time.  Then she really makes Bobby uncomfortable she tells him about how she’s always alone in bed, because JR is always with one of his sluts, coming home smelling of their perfume, and she just pretends to be asleep.  She said that if she had only meet him first she would have married him, and she kisses Bobby, she tells him that he’s so understanding, the way a man should be.  She says that she loves JR, but he doesn’t love her, and she just wanted to go out and hurt JR so she did and went out and got pregnant she also brings up the adoption that JR put a stop to.  She tells him that JR might be the father of the baby.  Bobby asks who the father of her baby is and she breaks down and tells him that it’s Cliff.  Bobby is sure blinking a lot, I think he might be trying not to cry.

   There is a knock at Cliff’s door, he opens the door and Bobby punches him.  He tells him that he thought JR played dirty, but Cliff could teach JR a thing or two.  He says that Cliff took advantage of Sue Ellen, and when Cliff tells him that he feel in love with her, Bobby says that he only falls in love with himself when he looks in the mirror.  Bobby tells him that he doesn’t want JR, Jock or Miss Ellie to find out.  Cliff tells him that JR already knows.  Bobby warns him that he better not talk to anyone about this.

   The nurse tells Sue Ellen that she’s a slob, and should keep her room clean, maybe if you didn’t give her alcohol then she wouldn’t be so messy, Sue Ellen tells her to keep the door unlocked, but the nurse says that she won’t do that for any amount.  Sue Ellen doesn’t like that so she picks up the carafe and hits her over the head with it and grabs her purse and leaves the room.  Once outside she checks a row of cars and finds one that has the keys left in (put pic of the cars and add how would she get out if it was the car in the middle)  She drives away and pulls out a bottle and starts to drink again.  She doesn’t get very far, when she goes through a stop sign and runs into a pole after trying to swerve to avoid another car.

   At the hospital the doctor asks her if she’s in any pain, she says yes.  The doctor tells her that she got to have a C-Section, they need to deliver the baby or it will not survive.  JR asks her how Sue Ellen is, she tells him that she’s bleeding and that she was drinking, they are going to deliver the baby and she will tell him more when it’s over.  Bobby and JR go to Jock, Ellie and Pam and tell them that Sue Ellen is going to surgery.  Jock is upset and wants answers from the sanitarium, he wants to know how she got out.

   In surgery, the doctor only has two minutes to deliver the baby.

   Pam asks Bobby what happened when he went to see Sue Ellen, he finds out that she knew about Cliff and Sue Ellen’s affair, she tells him she didn’t know how to tell him.  He tells her that he went to see Cliff, and that he felt like killing him for what he did to her. 

   The doctor says that Sue Ellen’s blood isn’t clotting and orders for more fresh blood.

   On the TV Cliff hears about Sue Ellen’s condition, and he rushes over to the hospital.

   The nurse calls for JR and tells him that he’s got a son, they go to see him, he’s very tiny, the doctor tells JR that Sue Ellen’s doing better, but they don’t know if the baby will live or not.  Pam goes with Jock and Miss Ellie, she sees Cliff and tells them that she’s meet them in awhile.  She wants to know what he’s doing here.  He tells her that he wants to see his son, she goes with him to the nursery, he begins to cry and tells her that that baby will be raised a Barnes if he lives. 

   In Sue Ellen’s room, Bobby tells JR that they have to go.  JR says that he doesn’t understand what happened to make things go wrong between them, he says that she is still so beautiful, he says that she’s got to live and he breaks down.

Cliffhanger:  Will Sue Ellen live?  Will the baby live?  Who is the father of the baby?  

Final Thoughts:  Great cliffhanger, makes me glad that I don't have to wait for the next season like people had to when it was first on.

Best Outfit:  The fabric of this dress is odd.

Fight Count: 1 (Bobby vs. Cliff)