John Ewing III Part 1

Dallas 

Season 1 Episode 28

Air Date:  March 23, 1979

Recap:  Sue Ellen pulls out a flask from her purse and takes a drink before getting out of the car, she puts on her glasses and walks to the building.  

  Lucy is at The Store looking at jewelry, she asks the lady at the counter for the most expensive one and buys it.  Pam comes over and tells her that she’s early, Pam was going to help her look for a prom dress, but Lucy tells her that she forgot and has plans.

  At Sue Ellen’s doctor’s appointment, the doctor tells Sue Ellen that she needs to stop drinking, she’s putting the baby in danger, and herself.  Sue Ellen doesn’t like this one bit, she tells the doctor, to stop talking about her drinking or she’ll find another doctor. 

   Lucy goes into a pawn shop and asks how much he’ll give her for the necklace, she just got, he tell her he’ll give her $50, she doesn’t think it’s enough, but she takes it.  She rushes to school, and runs over to a guy in a car, he takes her money and gives her a some pills, she takes on right away, he invites her to a party, she agrees to go. 

   At the Ewing Oil offices, Pam meets up with Bobby, they are going out to dinner, he’s going over the new O.L.M. guidelines, Bobby says that things will get tougher to get things done.  Pam still isn’t talking to Cliff, she says that she still loves him, but she doesn’t like him anymore, he’s been calling her, but she hasn’t been returning his calls.  Pam asks if Bobby’s noticed if there’s anything wrong with Lucy, he hasn’t, he thinks she’s just still upset about Kit.   Sue Ellen comes in and is looking for JR, Bobby tells her that he’s been in a meeting all day, she goes to his office to wait for him.  She opens the cabinet and pours herself a drink.

   JR is finishing up his meeting with Senator Newton, he’s against the O.L.M and wants them removed too.  He asks JR if he would like to meet with another senator, JR thinks about it for a bit, but agrees.

   Sue Ellen gets another drink, and sits down at JR’s desk, she calls Cliff, he’s with a lady.  She asks if they can meet, he tells her no, she asks if he’s with someone, he tells her that it doesn’t matter and hangs up on her.  She finishes the drink in one go.

   Ray is listening to the radio, but turns it off when a song by Garnet begins to play.  Lucy comes in and tries to kiss him.  He tells her to stop, he asks her if she’s been drinking, she tells him that she’s only drinks milk, she’s clearly really high.  He wants to know what she’s on, she will only tell him that it’s something wonderful, he asks her where the pills are, she will only tell him that she hid them.  He tells her that he’s going to make her coffee.

  Sue Ellen is driving home, she seems to be having a hard time staying awake, she pulls over and passes out.

  Ray pours Lucy another cup of coffee and makes her drink it, he asks her what Miss Ellie would like, she says that she and the rest of the family never notice her, he wants to know how long she’s been doing the pills.

   Bobby is driving home, Pam is following him, when she spots Sue Ellen’s car, he pulls over and checks on her, Pam asks if she’s hurt, Bobby says that she must have pulled over and passed out, he takes her out of the car and puts her into his and drives her home, they will get someone to pick up her car in the morning.

  At Southfork, Bobby carries Sue Ellen up to her room, as they put her to bed Bobby says that he needs to talk to Jock and Miss Ellie about her drinking.  Sue Ellen wakes up and asks Pam why Cliff won’t talk to her, Pam tells her that she needs to rest, Sue Ellen tells her that she loves him.

  Bobby tells Jock and Miss Ellie that they all need to stop pretending not to notice Sue Ellen’s drinking problem, Miss Ellie asks where JR was, Bobby tells her that he never showed up, Jock says that JR is responsible for this.  JR comes home and says that he saw Sue Ellen’s car by the side of the road, Bobby tells him that he brought her home.  Miss Ellie tells him that she passed out drunk.  JR tells them all to stay out of his marriage.  Miss Ellie tells him that she wants to talk to him alone.  She tells him that he is as power hungry as Jock, only Jock has some redeeming qualities, and she doesn’t think that JR has any, then she asks him if he loves anyone, she says that he loves Sue Ellen, Miss Ellie says that he’s neglected her since the day he married her, with his business then with his women, and that he didn’t even try to hide it.  She tells him that his child is in danger and he’s got to do something about it.  He says that it’s too late.  After he leaves the room, she says to herself that she gave him up too soon.  JR goes to his room and looks at Sue Ellen in the bed.

  Ray asks Lucy if she’s feeling better, and he tells her to stay put, while he goes to get Bobby.  The minute he leaves she gets up, when Ray and Bobby get back they find her and her car gone.  He tells Bobby that she’s been taking pills, Bobby is going to call the sheriff to bring her home, but then Ray says that she might have gone to her friend Annie’s house, they decided to go over and check it out, Bobby tells Ray that he’s going to tell Pam so she can cover for them if she has to.  They drive over to Annie’s and find a party going on.  They go inside and find Lucy hanging all over a guy, when Bobby tells her it’s time to go, she says she doesn’t want to and the guy she was with says to listen to her, buy Ray tells him to stay out of it.  Ray takes her outside, and Bobby asks Annie where her parents are, she tell him that they are out of town, and asks if he’s got to tell them, he says that he doesn’t have a choice.   Bobby finds the pills in Lucy’s purse and asks her how long she’s been taking them, but she’s too out of it to answer.  When they get back to the ranch he tells her to act like nothing is wrong when she gets inside.  Bobby gives Ray her car keys and tells her that she can’t go anywhere without someone taking her, and she can’t have her car back till she’s ready.  He covers for Lucy when Miss Ellie says she doesn’t look good,

  JR drops a bottle onto the floor waking Sue Ellen, he tells her that he has to talk to her.  He tells her that everyone saw her, and she’s an embarrassment to him.  She says that the last thing she remembers is waiting for him at the office, he tells her he was working, and then says that it won’t happen again.  He tells her that he’s removing all the bottles from the bedroom, and will have all the liquor cabinet’s locked and the servants won’t open them for her.  Once he leaves she gets up and goes to the closet and takes out a bottle from a shoe box.

  The next morning Bobby asks JR how Sue Ellen is, he doesn’t give him a answer, he asks if their parents left already, and Bobby reminds him that they went to Jock’s doctor’s appointment.  After he leaves, Pam tells Bobby she doesn’t like leaving Sue Ellen and Lucy home alone, he tells her that Ray will check in on them.  Bobby finds Lucy and tells her that he wants to talk to her once he gets home.  After he leaves she pulls out another packet of the pills and takes one. 

  Lucy is wandering around the house and giggling, she sees Sue Ellen coming down the stairs with a suitcase she asks her where she’s going.  Sue Ellen falls down the stairs, and Lucy sit by her side and is giggling when Ray comes in and finds them now this isn’t supposed to be funny, but it’s some of the funniest stuff on the show so far, Lucy is kind of poking at Sue Ellen laughing, and Ray is trying to get her to leave Sue Ellen alone, who’s moaning about the baby.  Ray calls an ambulance.

  In Bobby’s office he’s going over some plans, and tells the man he’s with that the O.L,M won’t approve them, even if Cliff Barnes is his brother-in-law.  Ray calls Bobby and tells him about Sue Ellen and that Lucy got into more pills, he tells him he’ll be home soon.  Bobby goes to tell JR about Sue Ellen.

  At the hospital, the doctor is looking over the print outs, Sue Ellen asks her if the baby is okay, she tells her that the baby will be fine.  The doctor leaves her and goes to talk to JR, she tells him that Sue Ellen was lucky this time, and that she told Sue Ellen that she needed to stop drinking, and tells him that he needs to take Sue Ellen to a clinic, but he tells her that the Ewing’s take care of their own, she says that they haven’t done a very good job so far.   Miss Ellie goes to see Sue Ellen, Jock stays behind to talk to JR, he tells him that he’s going to be watching him more closely to be sure he is doing what he should be doing.

  Bobby gets home and asks where Lucy is, and Ray tells him that he got the rest of her pills.  Lucy tells him she’s sorry and doesn’t know how she could just sat there when Sue Ellen needed her help.  He asks how she would have felt if Sue Ellen died, he asks her why she’s taking the pills, she tells him to take the pain away.  He tells her that once she stops taking the pill she will feel better , she just needs to give it some time, but the pills arent’ the answer.

  Sue Ellen tells Miss Ellie she needs to be more careful walking around in high heel shoes.  JR announces that Sue Ellen won’t be coming home right away, he’s going to send her to a clinic, she tries to protest, but Miss Ellie and Jock tell her that it’s what she needs.  Sue Ellen is in denial, she can’t imagine why she would need to go to the clinic.

  JR drives her there, she begs him not to leave her there, he tells her it will just be till the baby is born,and the orderlies drag her into the building as she screams at JR. 

Final Thoughts:  I thought Sue Ellen looked like Bella from Breaking Dawn during the scene when JR talks to her in bed, when I get the movie I want to make a video using the dialogue from Breaking Dawn with the video from this episode.

Best Outfit:  This shirt is weird it's got that illusion fabric that they use in ice skating costumes, and that look on Lucy's face is hilarious.

Fight Count:  0

The Outsiders

Dallas

Season 1 Episode 27

Air Date:  March 16, 1979

Recap:  Miss Ellie asks JR why he’s calling Mr. Mainwaring, he tells her that just because the weddings off doesn’t mean that they still can’t do business together.  Miss Ellie tells JR not to talk about the Mainwaring’s again.  Bobby offers to take Lucy to school, instead he gives her a new car, he tells her it’s because he thinks that he deserves it.

   At the office there is a Mr. Morgan in JR’s office he tells Jock and JR that the O.L.M have stopped them from their test drilling, because they had a delay with the environmental report, JR says that Cliff is just holding them up.  JR tells Jock that they need to do something about Cliff, and remove the O.L.M.  They need to get someone with a lot of power to help them out, they decided to call Sam Culver, he owes Jock a favor.

   At a bar (which a group that looks like it could be a part of the Partridge family) there is a group of people that we’ve never seen before, they all want to go somewhere else to dance, except for one lady, she says she wants to stay and listen to the music, one of the men doesn’t like that starts to give her a hard time, they are getting a lot of notice from the other people in the bar, one of them is Ray, he comes over and suggests that the guy leaves before a fight breaks out. She thanks Ray and he asks if she would like to have a drink with him.  Later they are talking about him working the ranch.  Her cab arrives and she tells him that she had a good time, he asks if they can get together again, she asks if he will be here the next night, he said he might.

   Sam is late for lunch with JR and Jock, when he does arrive they talk to him about how Cliff is out to get the Ewing’s and they want him to help them get some laws past that will help them out, I doubt even then that you could get laws past as fast as they would need them to help them.  He tells them that he needs to look in to it, and they invite him and his wife to dinner at Southfork.  She comes to pick him up, and he introduces Jock and JR to his wife Donna, she’s the lady from the bar.

   JR comes home and finds Sue Ellen drinking alone in the room where the family gathers before dinner.  She says that he seems pleased with himself.  He tells her that if she isn’t going to come to dinner, then he hopes that she won’t make a sound if she passes out. 

   Donna meets up with Ray again, he says he didn’t think that she would come, he wants to know more about her, since they just talked about him last night.  She gives him the basic facts, but not that she is married. 

   Ray tells Pam and Bobby about his new lady friend and make plans to meet up for a drink in a few days.

Sam and Jock are reminiscing about their past, JR is pushing for Sam to give him an answer, but he tells him that he’s not ready yet, he wants to talk to Donna about it first.  Miss Ellie tells them that she doesn’t want to hear anymore talk about business.

   In JR and Sue Ellen’s room, JR tells her that he’s glad that she didn’t speak during dinner, since she would probably have made a fool of herself.

   Lucy has come friends over, hanging out by the pool, they want her to go with them to a party, but she is still upset about Kit, and doesn’t want to go, one of the girls gives her a pill, telling her that it will make her feel better.  They all cheer when she takes it.

   Bobby and Ray go to the bar to meet up with Ray and his date, when they see that it’s Donna they leave before Ray could see them.  The next morning Bobby calls Donna to meet up with him, JR overhears Bobby on the phone.

   One of the members of the D.O.A tells Miss Ellie that they want Sue Ellen to resign temporarily as president until she’s had the baby and is back to normal, everyone knows that Sue Ellen is drinking a lot.   They ask Miss Ellie to talk to Sue Ellen about it.

   Donna meets up with Bobby and he asks her why she is seeing Ray, and if he knows she’s married.  He tells her that Ray was hurt before by Garnet McGee, she tells him that she doesn’t want to hurt Ray, and that she cares for Ray.  She tells him how she met Sam, and that she loves him but is not and has never been in love with him.  She knows that all three of them will be hurt, and she doesn’t know what she can do about it.

   JR gets home and Miss Ellie tells him that Sue Ellen is resigning, I don’t think she told Sue Ellen about it yet, but to save face Sue Ellen acts like she was the one to decide this.  JR wants to know where Ray is, and Jock tells him that he went to town.  He tells him that he has to go out to, and for him to tell Sue Ellen that he will be late.

   Ray and Donna are in a motel room, Ray tells her that he wants to go away together for awhile, so that they can get to know each other better.  JR is outside watching the window.

JR meets Donna as she is window shopping, he tells her that he wants her to convince Sam to support the Ewing’s, and if she does he won’t tell Ray that she’s married.

   Lucy’s friends get her to come with them to another party and give her another one of those pills.

   Donna calls Ray and tells him she has to see him.

   JR tells Jock that he hasn’t heard from Sam yet, but he’s sure to hear from him anytime.

   Ray tells Donna it’s nice to see her out in the open for a change.  She tells him that she is leaving Dallas, he asks if she is leaving or running.  She tells him that she is married, he asks her if she loves him, she tells him that her husband is rich, powerful and an older man.  He asks if he was just some young stud to her, she tells him that he is very special to her and that she would have had an affair before if it was like that.  She tells him that she loves Sam but isn’t in love with him, and that she told him that, and that she is going to divorce him,  Ray says that she can stay then, but she tells him that she can’t , she needs time to figure thinks out.  She tells him that he is a good man, and that when she comes back, he kisses her and tells her that he’ll be here.

   At Southfork Bobby tells JR that Sam is on the phone for him, JR is happy to hear from him till Sam tells him that he won’t be supporting them that he will be giving his support to the O.L.M. and to Cliff.  JR starts to tell him about Donna, but Sam stops him telling him that he knows everything already.

Ray tells Bobby that he’s ready to build that house on his land, he tells him that things didn’t work out with his friend, but he learned that he can still care for someone.

Final Thought: Things are going to well for JR and Sue Ellen, everyone knows she's drinking too much but no one will say anything.  JR is getting over his head and something is going to happen where he's going to be in a lot of trouble.  I liked Donna and Ray together, I hope that she comes back, but I just don't see her being 28 like she told Ray.  But now I know about how old Bobby is, since they went to school together.

Best Outfit:  This looks like Pam is auditioning for a part in Annie Get Your Gun.
Fight Count:  0

The Dinner Party

Dynasty

Season 1 Episode 3

Air Date: January 26 1981

Recap:  Blake arrives at Blaisdale/Lankershim oil rig, Steven thinks Blake has come to see him, but Blake has really come to see Walter and Matthew.  Blake thanks them for giving Steven a job, and he wants to apologize to them, then he invites them to a dinner party. 

At the Carrington mansion Krystle is going over her new wardrobe with the designer or someone, she is unsure about it because of the cost, she says that she wants to talk to Blake before ordering the clothes.  Fallon then explains to her how the rich do things. 

Walter is going to the party, but Matthew knows why Blake invited them.   Walter, know too, but he's impressed that Blake came and apologized, he wants to meet the people that will be coming to Blake's.  Walter wants to know if the real reason Matthew doesn't want to go is because of seeing Krystle. 

Krystle is going over the preparations for the party, she wants to talk to Joseph.  She tells him that she wants them to get along.  She looks at the seating plans, and wants to change the way he has it.  He thinks the way he has it is fine, she takes him aside, away from the other servants and asks him how it would be if he lost this job, he tells her he could find another job quickly, she asks if it would be easy if he didn't get a reference from the mistress of the house.  He gives in and the seating chart is changed.  Blake gives Krystle some new jewelry for the party. 

The dinner party is going well, everyone is talking and having a good time, Matthew is quite, and when Krystle and Matthew share a look, Claudia sees this. 

When everyone is mingling with their brandies, Blake and Cecil talks business, Cecil implies that they maybe in-laws, he wants to meet with Blake at The Petroleum Club later in the week.  Cecil has to remind Fallon about their bargain.  Walter is really drunk, he's falling all over the place.  Jeff wants to leave, he tells Fallon she should get more involved with the things the rich young people do, and not just exist. 

Jeff and Fallon go out side and smoke some marijuana.  Walter sticks up a deal with two guys.  Krystle takes Matthew on a tour. 

Claudia is left alone and runs to the library where Steven is hiding out.  They talk and find out that they have a lot in common. 

Matthew tells Krystle that he loves her, she gets mad at him for deciding not to tell her earlier, she leaves as Claudia comes outside. 

Fallon and Jeff come out from where they were hiding when they leave Jeff is giggling, but Fallon is thinking about what she just overheard. 

Matthew asks if Walter sold anything.  Walter tells him he was just acting drunk and he tells him he needs to learn how to play the game. 

Blake decides that he's not going to play nice anymore and is going to blow Matthew out of the water. 

Joseph tells Krystle that there's a situation that requires her attention.  She goes out to the pool and finds Fallon and Jeff skinny dipping.  Fallon tells Krystle that she heard everything she and Matthew said to each other.

Final Thoughts:  This was pretty good episode, liked the end with Fallon and Krystle, there's a lot of drama between those two.

Best Outfit:  Fallon's outfit reminds me of a Russian dancer.

Fight Count: 0