The Wheeler Dealer

Dallas 

Season 3 Episode 24

Original Airdate:   March 14, 1980

Recap:  Miss Ellie asks Jock when the last time he saw Amanda.  He tells her he doesn’t remember.  She asks why he stopped visiting her.  She tells Jock that she wants him to go and visit her.  Jock says that he will if she comes with him.  She says okay.

   JR comes home and asks Jock when he will start trusting him again.  Jock tells him that he will when he gives him a reason to.  JR tells him that they paid off the loan, and he promises never to put Southfork or the business in danger again. 

   Sue Ellen is taking a drink, when the family starts to come in she quickly pours a club soda.  JR starts ragging her, when Bobby tells him to stop, JR moves on to Pam saying that she is going crazy, that her father was thief, and her mother a whore.  Pam runs from the room, and Bobby punches JR in the stomach, Jock separates them.  Bobby goes up to Pam and she says that maybe JR is right and she is cracking up.  Bobby says that maybe they should go away for awhile, but Pam tells him that she can’t go yet, she is going to go over to Maggie’s house with Cliff and go through Digger’s trunks.

   JR goes over to Serena’s place, but she is “entertaining,” so he goes to Kristin’s.  She tells him that she has no intention of going to bed with him again till he divorces Sue Ellen, but JR pulls her to the bed and tells her to shut up.

   They don’t find anything much in Digger’s stuff.  Pam asks Maggie what she remembers about their mother.  While they are talking Cliff is looking at a paper, he quickly hides in his pocket.  When Pam asks if he found anything, he says no.  She tells him that she is going to go to Corpus Christi to see their mother’s grave.

   Hank Johnson comes to see JR, he tells him that they got big trouble in Southeast Asia.  There are rebels that what to nationalize the oil and take it all.  JR asks him if they could pay off the rebels.  JR sends him back to Asia to see what he can do.  JR calls Vaughn Leland, he tells him to meet him at the condo.

   Vaughn tells Kristin he didn’t know she was staying there; she tells him it’s only temporary.  When JR gets there he tells Vaughn that he’s got a proposition for him.

   Sue Ellen is with Dr. Elby, she tells him that the drinking makes the pain go away.  He tells her that Dusty was just another crutch for her, she tells him he wasn’t.  She tells him that she doesn’t have anyone, he tells her that she has her son.

   Vaughn leaves, and Kristin tells JR that he made her uncomfortable.  Kristin asks him if he likes it when his friends come on to her, he says that it could be useful to him.  She gets upset and once JR leaves she calls Alan and tells him that she is ready to do whatever he wants.

   Bobby comes over to Miss Ellie and Pam and asks them what they are talking about; Pam tells him she was asking Miss Ellie if she remembered anything about her mother.  Miss Ellie asks them to come with them to Colorado.  Bobby tells Pam that she can go see her mother’s grave when she gets back, so she says yes.

   As they leave Jock tells JR that he expects the business to be as it is when they come back.  Once they leave JR gets a call from Hank, he tells him that there wasn’t anything he could do.  JR calls Vaughn, he tells JR that everyone he talked to seemed very eager.  Sue Ellen comments that he didn’t wait long to start his wheeling and dealing.

   At the Ewing office, the cartel has come to see JR.  They all want to know why he is letting them in on the deal, he tells them it for all they have done for them.  He says that Ewing Oil got a proposition that he can’t talk about, but they need to get some cash.  He knows that they can come up with cash quick so he’ll sell the leases to them, and Ewing Oil would get 25% of anything they bring out of Asia.  They ask how long they got, JR says they got only a few hours.

   Kristin tells Alan that she knows that JR is conning Vaughn Leland, but couldn’t hear anything.  She tells him that JR wants her to “entertain” his friends and pass on information to him.  She asks Alan what is plan is, he tells her he doesn’t know yet.  She tells him that she could make JR think she is on his side, but really would be getting information about him that they could hang him with.  She calls JR and tells him that she thought about what they talked about and she’ll do it, she says that she’s going to call Jordan Lee, who has been wanting to have lunch with her for awhile now.

   At the hotel, Miss Ellie wakes up and finds Jock by the window, she asks him if he couldn’t sleep.  He tells her that he always dreaded seeing Amanda.  She asks him if he’s sure he wants her to come with him, he tells her yes. 

   Sue Ellen is pacing back and forth in front of Dr. Elby’s office.  She turns away and goes to the bar across the street. 

   The cartel is leaving and shaking hands with JR.  Once they are gone JR tells Vaughn he didn’t expect him to get in on the deal too, Vaughn tells him that it was just too good of an offer to pass up.  He tells him he took out a loan at another bank to come up with the money.

   A nurse brings Jock to Amanda, but she doesn’t recognize him.  Miss Ellie comes over and introduces herself.  Amanda sees Bobby and rushes over to him, she thinks that he is Jock.  She begs him not to go, but he tells her that he has to.  She tells him that she never meant to be a burden to him.  The nurse takes Amanda back, and Miss Ellie tells Jock that she is sorry.

   Kristin and Jordan are eating lunch, she tells him about JR telling her that his family was away and that he thought he could use the company.  She tries to get information from him, but he seems to have nothing but good things to say about JR, he tells her about the deal that JR gave him.

   Sue Ellen tells JR she is going to see Dr. Elby when Jock, Miss Ellie, Pam and Bobby get home.  Lucy tells Pam that Cliff has been calling her.  Pam tells Bobby that it must be about their mother, she tells him that they don’t have any proof that she is actually dead. 

   Cliff shows Pam an old document that was signed by Digger and Jock, they are part owners of the oil field that Bobby just opened up, it’s worth about a half a million dollar he tells her.

   Sue Ellen is really at the bar again, the bartender tells her that he thinks she’s had enough.  She bumps into a cowboy, and thinks he is Dusty, and he lets her believe this.

   Bobby is asking Ray how his house is coming along when he gets a call from the bartender.  He tells him that Sue Ellen is at the bar and needs some help.  Bobby and Ray rush over there to get her.

   Sue Ellen and her cowboy friend are about to leave when Bobby and Ray rush in.  They try to get Sue Ellen to leave, but she tells them that she doesn’t want to go.  A fight breaks out between Bobby, Ray and the cowboy’s friends.  Ray and Bobby grab Sue Ellen and rush out of the bar.

   When they get back to Southfork, the family hears the commotion as Bobby tries to get Sue Ellen into the house.  JR asks him where he found her; as Pam helps in get her upstairs.

   The next morning JR puts the news on, he goes outside, Bobby joins him and asks about Sue Ellen, when the phone rings JR answers it, it’s Hank, he tells JR that everything happened just like he told him it would.  JR tells Hank that he’ll be getting a big bonus, when JR comes back in Jock is watching the news about the oil fields in Southeast Asia.  He yells at JR wanting to know how much they lost, JR smiles and tells him that he figures that they just made a killing.

Final Thought:  Wow, was Jock was pissed.  JR got so lucky, once again, but trouble is coming, Alan and Kristin are trying their hardest to get him.  Sue Ellen is so lucky that Bobby came when he did, so many bad things could have happened if he didn't come.  She was really drunk to think that guy was Dusty, he looked and sounded like nothing like Dusty, only thing he had in common is the clothes.

Best Outfit:  Kristin's crocheted top, is not youthful, at least not anymore, and besides the style looks like something that would have been worn in the late 1800 or early 1900, and to complete the effect she was wearing a long skirt.

Double Wedding

Dallas

Season 1 Episode 11

Air Date:  October 21, 1978 (1978-10-21)

Recap:  Pam is giving Bobby a massage, and he tells her that he doesn't like her working, but he understands why she wants to. 

Outside Digger's house there's a guy watching from his car, he approaches her Aunt and asks where Pam is, she tells him that Pam is married. 

Bobby is going to meet with the building committee for The Home for Wayward Boys, Sue Ellen is apart of this charity. 

Digger is on his way to the bar and picks up a drunk he knows along the way.  He eventually runs out of money but that guy who was hanging outside the house is there and buys him a drink. 

At the site that Bobby wants the to build on he is showing the committee around, the Reverend is more interested in why Bobby and Pam haven't gone to church. 

Back at the bar Digger talks to the man about his daughter, who is lost to him.  He drives Digger home and comes inside for another drink.  Bobby tells Pam that the committee liked his plans for the building. 

At "The Store" (yes that's the name of the store that Pam works at, I wonder if when they were writing the outline the just called it the store and when it came time to write the script they just for got, it seems pretty lazy to me and reminds me of the names of the stores in the Sweet Valley books (see post Sweet Valley High #16: Rags to Riches), that guy asks if Pam is there, an employee tells him that Pam just left.  He catches up with Pam and she doesn't recognize him.  He says that she should recognize her own husband, she suddenly recognizes him.  They haven't seen each other in 10 years, and she tells him the marriage was annulled, she sent him the papers, but he said he never got them in Vietnam.  He tells her where he's staying so she can come and see him. 

Pam calls Bobby but he's not home, so she calls Cliff, and tells him she needs to see him right away.  She tells him what's going on and of course he thinks it's funny, but tells her not to worry because there should be a copy, he realizes that Bobby doesn't know about this and that's why she wants the copy to prove it to him.  They can't go to the record office because it's closed now, but Maggie should have a copy.  

Ed goes to the Ewing office and tells the secretary he wants to see Mr Ewing, well I think we know how this is going to turn out.  He goes into JR's office and tells him that he's married to his wife, JR says Sue Ellen, and Ed says no Pam.  He shows him the licence.  JR tells him that Pam is married to his brother, but that he'll help him anyway he can. 

At the house Maggie can't find the annulment paper, Digger tells them that he has it.  He finds the box where he kept the copy, but it's not there.  Pam asks what should she do, Cliff tells her not to Bobby, and Digger says to tell him that Digger has the papers. 

When Pam gets home and JR tells everyone about Ed coming to the office and about Pam's marriage, Bobby acts like he knew all about it, but once they are alone he lets her know that he's not happy.  She tells him that the marriage was annulled, he wants to know if she's got the papers, she tells him that she and Cliff are going to get the copy tomorrow, he says that he's going to go too. 
The next day they meet Cliff.  The man helping them tell them that there is no record, Bobby wants to pay him to keep looking, he asks if he's offering him a bribe, Cliff stops him and tells them that he'll go to Fort Worth and go to Digger's lawyer's secretary, he died, but she still has all his papers, he should have a copy. 
Bobby goes to Ed's hotel and asks him how much money he wants to go away, he tells Bobby that he only wants Pam, Bobby is about to hit him, but stops after Ed says that the papers will love it if he tells them that he hit him.  After Bobby leaves the guy from the record office come to Ed and wants to know what he's gotten himself into.  Ed says that since there's a split between the two brothers, he's going to get a lot of money out of this scheme, and that he'll be able to pay off those bookies with his half. 
Sue Ellen tells Bobby that the committee isn't happy with the news about Pam.  Cliff come over to Southfork for Pam, he tell them that they couldn't find a copy and that Digger must have made a mistake. 
They go and talk to Digger, who is sober, he swears that he had the papers.  Bobby says that Ed has been out of the hospital for 2 years, so why is he coming to them now?  Digger makes Cliff take him to Ed's hotel, he wants to talk to him.  Digger doesn't recognize Ed.  He's in a hurry because Pam called and asked to meet him, he tells Digger that he took his wife away and calls him a drunk.  Cliff wants to know why he called Digger a drunk, because when Digger took Pam away he wasn't drinking at the time.  Digger realizes what happened, so they go to Bobby and tell him that Ed must have taken Digger's copy.  They leave Digger in JR's office and go back to the record office. 
This time Bobby puts the pressure on the man and he tells them that he deleted the file, but he kept a copy for himself just in case. 
Pam meets Ed in the park and tells him that the Ewings threw her out with, he wants to know how much money they gave her, she tells him that they didn't give her a penny, she wants him to take her in, he says of course. 
Bobby and Cliff go to Ed's hotel and find that he left.
At Southfork Bobby tells the family about how they found out that Ed was just trying to get money out of them.  We also learn that Bobby has got the contract to build the Home for Wayward Boys.  JR wants to know why Digger was in his office, and Bobby says that he couldn't have left Digger with the building committee, everyone laughs at that, but JR says he doesn't see why not.

Final Thoughts:  This was a great episode.  That guy was just really shady and you knew that there was something else going on, if he really loved Pam as much as he said he did then he had plenty of time to get her.  I like how Bobby and Cliff worked together, and I like how it really was Pam who got Ed to get out of town.

Best Outfit:  This pattern reminds me of curtains, and doesn't really seem very appropriate for work, maybe it was a weekend or casual Friday.

Fight Count:  I don't think there really was one in this episode.