The Extortionist

Falcon Crest 

Season 1 Episode 7

Air Date: January 15, 1982

Recap:  Julia and Emma are talking about Jason’s funeral, and Turner Bates.  Julia asks Emma what really happened when Jason died, but Emma tells her that she can’t remember.

   Chase is carrying some fence posts when Turner comes out of the bushes.  He tells Chase that he used to work for Jason and Jason let him sleep there.  Gus comes over as Turner walks away and tells Chase that Turner is a loser.

   Emma and Angela are playing backgammon, when Angela gets a phone call, Turner comes up behind Emma, he asks her if she is mad at him for leaving.  Angela comes out and tells him to leave, Emma tells her that she wanted to talk to Turner.

   Chase gets home and Maggie tells him that she thinks she might be pregnant and has an appointment to see the doctor.  He is concerned about her, but they will wait to find out for sure after the appointment.

   Turner goes back to the house and hits the wind-chimes, which Emma hears and goes down to meet him.  She tells him how much she missed him.  They kiss and he takes her to the Spring House.  He asks her what happened to Jason after he left, and how he got into the truck.  She tells him that she can’t remember. 

   Maggie and Vicky cleaning the house, Maggie asks Vicky if she would like a baby brother or sister,  Vicky guesses that she is pregnant, she isn’t cool with it and gets upset thinking that she will get stuck babysitting all the time.

   Angela comes out and tells Lance that Emma wandered off, he tells him to go look for her.

   Vicky finds Cole, she tells him about their mother, he doesn’t seem to think that it would be such a bad thing. Lance pulls up and  tells them that Emma is missing and to call if they see her.  After he leaves Vicky where Emma probably is and that she is with Turner.  She goes to warn them that Lance is snooping around.

   Turner is still trying to get Emma to tell him about that night, but she can’t tell him anything, he locks her inside the cottage.

   Angela gets a phone call from Turner, who tries to disguise his voice, he tells her that he knows what happened to Jason, because her daughter told him everything.  Angela guesses who it is, casing Turner to kind of freak out and hang up the phone.  Angela calls the sheriff.

   Vicky knocks at the door of the cottage and Emma tells her that Turner locked her inside, Vicky tells her that she will try to find another way in.  Turner comes up behind her and grabs her and takes her into the cottage.

   Cole goes into the house and talks to Maggie, he tells her that Vicky told him about the baby and that he is okay with it if she is okay with it.

   The sheriff comes over to Angela’s and tells her that they’ve got road blocks set up, but they can do anymore than that for now. 

   Chase gets home and they realized that no one has seen Vicky since she went off earlier.  Cole tells them where she was going, so he and Chase go off to find her.

   Vicky tells Emma that she was worried when she found the door locked.  Emma tells Turner she remembers him fighting with Jason, he yells at her to stop, Emma tells him that she wants to leave like he promised her they would.  They plan to leave now, he sends Emma off before him so he can tie Vicky up.

   Vicky hears a car drive by she calls out, then she sees a light as the door opens, Chase comes in and  unties her.  She tells him about Turner and that he’s got Emma, he asks her if he hurt her, she tells him he did a little.  She tells him that Turner was there fighting with Jason the night he died.

   The next morning Chase and Cole go to Angela’s she asks how Vicky is doing, she tells him that the police are still looking for Emma and Turner.

   Outside Turner and Emma are hiding in the bushes, he gets into Lance’s car and starts it, he makes Emma get inside, when she tires to get out, he hits her.  In the house they hear the car start, Lance, Chase and Cole run out, but just miss the car, they get into Chase’s Jeep and drive off after them.  Angela is following them, she makes Julia stay behind in case the sheriff calls.

   Emma starts to remember the night Jason died, she grabs the steering wheel and they hit the side of the mountain, the car catches fire.  Chase and Cole get Emma out of the car, but when Chase and Lance go back to get Turner the car explodes.

   Maggie gets home from her appointment, Chase tells her he wonders what Turner knew about his father.  He asks her about her appointment.  She tells him it was a false alarm.  She tells him that she was relieved yet felt empty when the doctor told her the news.  Vicky comes in and tells her mother that she is sorry for the way she acted the other day.

   Angela asks Emma if she remembers what happened to Turner, when Emma tells her that she is going to Oregon with Turner.  She then asks Emma if she and Turner talked about Jason.  Julia is outside the door listening to them talk.

Final Thoughts:  What a brat Vicky is, she needs a good smack in the face.  I'm glad that Turner is out of the picture, he was annoying with his Sonny Bono mustache.  I thought that the story was interesting though aside from the minor annoyances. 
Best Outfit:  While nothing is wrong with this outfit, I think that the sweater is too short.

Fight Count:  1 (car chase between Turner, Lance and Angela)

Sue Ellen's Sister

Dallas 

Season 1 Episode 24 
Air Date:   February 16, 1979

Recap:  The family is in the library, Lucy gets upset with Jock for not paying any attention to her.  He is watching Sue Ellen’s sister, Kristen play a game with JR. 

   JR tells Sue Ellen that he’s really glad that he invited Kristen to the house, he tells her that she’s really brightened the place up.  Sue Ellen accuses him of being up to something, which of course he denies.  She thinks that he’s trying to set her sister up with Bobby, so he’ll forget about Pam.

   At the pool Sue Ellen talks to Kristen about her choices and that she would have done things differently, so she could have been happy, she tells her money isn’t everything.  Kristen tells her that she will be happy and rich.  She tells her that she doesn’t like Sue Ellen because she always got all the attention, and Kristen only got her leftovers, but that all changed once Sue Ellen got married.  Lucy tells Sue Ellen that she got a phone call.  Lucy wonders out loud what JR is up to inviting Kristen to Southfork, Kristen tells her that he’s just being nice, and knew that she would be bored being with her mother in Santa Fe. 

   Cliff calls Sue Ellen, he wants her to give him information about the Palo Seco fields, she tells him that JR doesn’t talk to her about business, but she does tell him what she knows from what he’s talked about at the dinner table.

   Pam and Bobby meet up for lunch, he doesn’t like meeting up like they are having an affair, he wants her to come home, but she says she can’t yet.

   Cliff goes to see the owner of the land, he wants him to hold out, and not to give into the Ewing’s, He tells Wally that Digger will buy his leases, Wally tells him to get him the money fast and they have a deal.

   At dinner Jock asks JR about the land, and JR tells him that they will get the leases soon.

   Pam goes to see Cliff, he tells her he wants her to loan Digger $10,000, she doesn’t want to do it, he asks if Bobby closed their joint account, she tells him no he didn’t.  Cliff manages to quilt her into giving him the money.  She calls Bobby, but he’s not at the office so she leaves him a message.  She tells Cliff that it isn’t fair what he’s doing, but she will still help Digger.  When Bobby calls her back, he tells her that he doesn’t care how much money she leaned to Digger, she promises he will pay it back, he tells her not to worry about it.

   Lucy walks in on Kristen acting like she is the lady of the manor (like Sue Ellen was earlier in the season), and tells her that she reminds her of Sue Ellen, Kristen takes this as a compliment and leaves the room.

   Kristen dives into the pool with Bobby and they race each other, JR and Sue Ellen are watching them, she tells him not to use her sister as his pawn, he acts like he doesn’t know what she is talking about.

   Sue Ellen asks Kristen if she is interested in Bobby, she reminds her that he’s married, but that doesn’t bother Kristen, she tells her sister that she knows what she wants and she won’t get hurt.

   With a suggestion from JR Kristen gets a ride into Dallas with Bobby, on the ride there they talk about her interest in architecture, which I think is just a way to get to Bobby.  He drops her off telling her that she can get a ride back to the ranch if she gets to the office at 5.

   Cliff gives Wally the check for the $10,000, he thinks it’s pretty funny that Cliff is using the Ewing money to beat the Ewing’s.

   JR gets a call about the money coming from Pam.  He goes to Bobby and tells him what his wife has done.  Bobby insists she didn’t know anything about it, and of course JR doesn’t believe this.  Bobby says that he’ll take care of it, JR tells him that he better.

   Bobby goes to Cliff, but he’s out of the office. 

   Kristen gets to the office, she is looking for Bobby, JR tells her that he’s out, but he’ll give her a ride home.  He tells her how much better Bobby’s doing now that she’s there, and he tells her that his marriage is over. 

   Bobby goes to see Pam, he tells her what Cliff has done, she says that Cliff wouldn’t have done it to her, he tells her that she needs to face the facts that Cliff is out to get the Ewing’s, and that she is blind to the fact that Cliff is just as bad as JR.  He tells her it’s time for her to grow up, he leaves her.

   Bobby tells JR and Jock that he went to Cliff’s office but he wasn’t there, and that Pam didn’t know what Cliff was going to do, which JR still doesn’t believe.  Jock tells Bobby that if Pam had stayed out of it none of this would have happened.  Bobby says that he’ll talk to Cliff and Wally.

   Pam calls Bobby later, she tells him she tried to talk to Cliff, but couldn’t find him, he tells her that Cliff is hiding from the both of them.  She asks if they can meet for lunch, but he tells her no.

   Bobby finally finds Cliff, he wants Cliff to call Wally and call the deal off, but he won’t do it, he wants to cause the Ewing’s problems, and even though he likes Bobby he’s still a Ewing.  Bobby tells Cliff that if he doesn’t stay out of his marriage, then he will help JR get him.

   Kristen and Lucy see Bobby come home, she tells Kristen to stop wasting her time with Bobby, if she wants a good time then she needs to go after JR, she acts like she doesn’t know what Lucy is talking about.  Kristen goes to Bobby’s room and asks him if he wants to play tennis with her, telling him that everyone is out.  He tells her he’s got to go to a meeting, but then tells her to come along and they can play after the meeting.

   Bobby talks to Wally and offers him 21%, Wally wants 25%, but Bobby tells him that the offer is 21%, he tells him to think it over and get back to him.

   Back at home, JR finds Kristen in the library, he asks her about her day, Bobby walks in on them he sees JR's hand on her leg, she leaves and Bobby wants to know what he’s doing, he says she’s only a child, and that she’s Sue Ellen’s sister, if Kristen was listening hearing that Bobby thought of her only as a kid, that’s probably not what she wants to hear.

   JR, Jock and Bobby are at the Ewing Oil office, Wally comes and signs over the leases to them, he tells JR that he would have taken less money if he hadn’t railroaded him.

   Wally goes to Cliff and tells him what he did.  Pam comes into Cliff’s office, and after Wally leaves she confronts Cliff.  He wants to know why she’s so upset, this I pretty sure makes her ever more angry then she was already.  She tells him that she’s mad because he exhorted money from her, and lied to her about it.  She tells him she can’t tell the difference between him and JR.

   Bobby gets home and JR tells him that Pam has been calling him, he calls her back and she tells him that Cliff lied to her, and that she should have believed him when he told her what Cliff had done.

   JR walks into Kristen’s room, he’s pretty creepy standing there, telling her that Bobby’s home.  She goes to the library and tells Bobby that she couldn’t sleep, she asks him what’s wrong, she says that he doesn’t look happy, she kisses him.  He tells her that he shouldn’t have done that, and that he can only offer her his friendship.  She tells him that it’s not enough, but he was worth it.  Lucy is on the stairs and tells her she heard everything, she said I told you so.  Kristen asks what she is going to do.  Lucy tells her that she won’t do anything if she leaves.  Kristen gets back to her room and finds Sue Ellen there, she asks her if she was with Bobby.  Kristen tells her that nothing happened, Sue Ellen tells her that she needs to go back to their mother.

   JR wakes up when Sue Ellen gets back to their room, she tells him that things aren’t going his way, because Kristen is leaving and that Bobby got Wally to sign the leases over to the Ewing’s.

   Bobby and Pam meet up, he tells her that he loves her, she says that if they could only go somewhere else then they could be together, but not at Southfork.  He tells her that if they run away then JR and Cliff would both win, and that she needs to decide soon if they are going to be apart or together.

Final Thoughts:  Sue Ellen's sister is annoying, and Pam just needs to get over it and get back with Bobby already, Cliff is just as bad as JR and it's about time she realizes this, which she has, but I guess she just can't admit it or want to face JR, but enough already.

Best Outfit:  Wow those pants are way tight, and want are they made off?

Fight Count:  1 (Pam vs Cliff)