1 00:00:02,600 --> 00:00:05,171 I can't believe you're intent on tarnishing Dad's memory. 2 00:00:05,437 --> 00:00:08,441 - Don't you say that to me. - I don't know how else to get through. 3 00:00:08,732 --> 00:00:10,496 I wouldn't underestimate your mama now. 4 00:00:10,734 --> 00:00:12,418 She's angry. She's determined. 5 00:00:12,653 --> 00:00:14,940 We can't lose this. Harv. There's too much at stake. 6 00:00:15,198 --> 00:00:16,529 She made up her mind herself. 7 00:00:16,741 --> 00:00:18,630 If you don't know that. You don't know her. 8 00:00:18,869 --> 00:00:20,997 I know my own mother. I know you too. Sweetheart. 9 00:00:21,247 --> 00:00:23,170 Ever since you moved in you've been trouble. 10 00:00:23,416 --> 00:00:25,020 Stay out of it. It's not your fight. 11 00:00:25,251 --> 00:00:28,937 Are you saying that when your husband wrote the codicil... 12 00:00:29,256 --> 00:00:30,940 he was mentally incompetent? 13 00:01:50,475 --> 00:01:55,037 SOUTHFORK RANCH 14 00:02:14,003 --> 00:02:17,052 - Hello. Darling. - Hi. Sweetheart. 15 00:02:17,340 --> 00:02:20,742 Everyone's inside waiting for us. Miss Ellie has something to tell us. 16 00:02:21,053 --> 00:02:23,943 - About breaking the will? - I think so. 17 00:02:24,223 --> 00:02:26,430 Did she say anything about changing her mind? 18 00:02:26,684 --> 00:02:29,972 - No. - Okay. 19 00:02:45,623 --> 00:02:47,352 Here he is now. 20 00:02:47,583 --> 00:02:50,746 Well. I'm sorry. I didn't know everybody's waiting for me. 21 00:02:51,046 --> 00:02:53,731 Miss Ellie has something she wants to say before dinner. 22 00:02:54,008 --> 00:02:57,979 Well. Let me get a little fortification here and I'll be all ears. 23 00:03:01,308 --> 00:03:03,629 You all know my feelings about Jack's will... 24 00:03:03,894 --> 00:03:07,455 particularly about the codicil that he wrote before he died. 25 00:03:07,774 --> 00:03:10,937 Well. I've had some time to consider the whole thing. 26 00:03:11,236 --> 00:03:15,207 I've talked to Harv Smithfield and another lawyer, Brooks Oliver. 27 00:03:15,533 --> 00:03:18,776 Well. I hope they've talked you out of making any hasty decisions. 28 00:03:19,078 --> 00:03:21,365 Mr. Oliver has agreed to represent me. 29 00:03:21,623 --> 00:03:23,785 He doesn't think my decision was hasty. 30 00:03:24,043 --> 00:03:26,205 He thinks we have a good chance to break the will. 31 00:03:26,462 --> 00:03:28,351 - You're going ahead with it? - Yes. I am. 32 00:03:28,589 --> 00:03:31,479 I can't believe you're still intent on tarnishing Daddy's memory. 33 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:33,728 I am not tarnishing his memory. 34 00:03:33,971 --> 00:03:37,180 - Don't you say that to me. - I don't know how else to get through. 35 00:03:37,475 --> 00:03:39,716 And I don't know how else to save this family. 36 00:03:40,437 --> 00:03:43,008 Mama. I hope you understand that I'm with J.R. on this. 37 00:03:43,273 --> 00:03:45,753 Yes. I know. You're both so caught up in this battle... 38 00:03:46,026 --> 00:03:48,267 neither one of you understands what's happening. 39 00:03:48,529 --> 00:03:51,817 Don't you two realize she's trying to stop you from hurting each other? 40 00:03:52,117 --> 00:03:55,007 - Keep out of this. Pam. - What's going on is between J.R. and me. 41 00:03:55,287 --> 00:03:59,053 - I don't think you should get involved. - I'm not here to explain my reasons. 42 00:03:59,375 --> 00:04:00,820 Only to tell you what I'm doing. 43 00:04:01,711 --> 00:04:03,440 Do you think this is fair. Miss Ellie? 44 00:04:03,672 --> 00:04:07,518 It has to do with survival. Not fairness, Sue Ellen. 45 00:04:11,973 --> 00:04:13,418 Hope you're proud of yourselves. 46 00:04:13,642 --> 00:04:16,725 - This is all your fault. Pam. - My fault? You can really twist things. 47 00:04:17,021 --> 00:04:19,228 Hadn't been for you. She'd never have that lawyer. 48 00:04:19,482 --> 00:04:20,768 She made up her mind herself. 49 00:04:20,984 --> 00:04:22,873 If you don't know that. You don't know her. 50 00:04:23,111 --> 00:04:25,239 I know my own mother. I know you too. Sweetheart. 51 00:04:25,489 --> 00:04:27,412 Ever since you moved in you've been trouble. 52 00:04:27,658 --> 00:04:31,265 Now. Stay out of it. This is not your fight. Give me that. 53 00:04:32,664 --> 00:04:35,065 Thanks. That was a wonderful defense of your own wife. 54 00:04:35,334 --> 00:04:36,745 You let him talk to me that way? 55 00:04:36,961 --> 00:04:39,885 J.R. is wrong in a lot of things. But he's not wrong in this. 56 00:04:40,173 --> 00:04:43,541 As my wife. I thought you'd stand by me in it. 57 00:04:49,517 --> 00:04:51,963 Really isn't Pam's fault, you know. 58 00:04:52,228 --> 00:04:54,151 She's interfering where she doesn't belong. 59 00:04:54,398 --> 00:04:55,843 Because she cares for Bobby. 60 00:04:56,066 --> 00:04:59,229 She feels that overturning the will may get Bobby out of the fight. 61 00:04:59,529 --> 00:05:02,100 At the expense of all of us losing Ewing Oil? 62 00:05:02,365 --> 00:05:04,811 Darling. If she really cares for him. She'll help him. 63 00:05:05,077 --> 00:05:07,557 Help him do whatever he thinks is right. 64 00:05:07,830 --> 00:05:11,073 That's the way I feel. But it'll put a terrible strain on their marriage. 65 00:05:11,376 --> 00:05:13,617 Darling. You and Pam are good friends, now. 66 00:05:13,879 --> 00:05:16,325 Why don't you talk to her. Huh? Not here at Southfork. 67 00:05:16,590 --> 00:05:19,434 Take her out to lunch, someplace where you can really be alone. 68 00:05:19,760 --> 00:05:20,841 And what am I gonna say? 69 00:05:21,054 --> 00:05:23,375 That the two of us should stay out of your dispute? 70 00:05:23,640 --> 00:05:25,449 - I've tried that. - No. 71 00:05:25,684 --> 00:05:29,131 You tell her that if she really believes in her husband. She'll support him... 72 00:05:29,438 --> 00:05:31,281 just the way you're supporting me. 73 00:05:31,524 --> 00:05:35,449 Darling. This is the first time in years that Bobby and I have been on the same side. 74 00:05:35,779 --> 00:05:37,349 And I know. Sue Ellen... 75 00:05:37,573 --> 00:05:40,144 if she believes in your friendship as much as you do... 76 00:05:40,409 --> 00:05:42,537 and cares as much. You'll convince her. 77 00:05:42,787 --> 00:05:44,630 I know you will. 78 00:05:44,873 --> 00:05:47,604 We cannot let Mama break Daddy's will. 79 00:05:48,711 --> 00:05:50,634 It just means too much to everybody. 80 00:05:59,473 --> 00:06:02,636 You are such a good boy. 81 00:06:02,936 --> 00:06:04,859 He has such a sweet nature. 82 00:06:05,105 --> 00:06:08,905 I'm so happy for Pam and Bobby. 83 00:06:10,069 --> 00:06:12,640 Ellie. There's nothing wrong between them. Is there? 84 00:06:12,906 --> 00:06:15,273 Oh. It's this business about breaking Jack's will. 85 00:06:15,534 --> 00:06:18,936 Pam's on my side and it's causing some friction among them. 86 00:06:19,246 --> 00:06:22,614 Oh. Well. They'll get over that. 87 00:06:24,544 --> 00:06:26,546 But since you bring it up. I wanna tell you... 88 00:06:26,797 --> 00:06:29,198 I think what you're doing is absolutely right. 89 00:06:29,466 --> 00:06:33,152 - Well. That's good to hear. - You think you have a chance to win? 90 00:06:33,471 --> 00:06:36,202 - My attorney thinks I do. - I hope so. 91 00:06:36,975 --> 00:06:40,297 Meantime. I've told Cliff that I want him to soften up a bit. 92 00:06:40,604 --> 00:06:43,414 I appreciate that. Rebecca. 93 00:06:44,985 --> 00:06:47,272 Wouldn't it be nice if you and I could show them... 94 00:06:47,529 --> 00:06:49,770 that the Barneses and the Ewings can be friends? 95 00:06:50,991 --> 00:06:53,562 Well. We have good reason to now. 96 00:06:55,872 --> 00:06:58,113 Hi. Hi. 97 00:06:58,375 --> 00:07:00,264 Are you a good boy? 98 00:07:06,259 --> 00:07:10,423 You have to understand. Boys. Brooks Oliver is a highly respected attorney. 99 00:07:10,764 --> 00:07:13,654 He wouldn't accept Ellie's case if he didn't think he could win. 100 00:07:13,935 --> 00:07:15,937 On what grounds. Harv? 101 00:07:16,187 --> 00:07:20,431 Well. If it were me. I'd probably try to prove that Jock wasn't of sound mind... 102 00:07:20,776 --> 00:07:22,107 when he wrote that codicil. 103 00:07:22,320 --> 00:07:23,446 Yeah. It figures. 104 00:07:23,654 --> 00:07:26,578 Mama's never gonna stand up in court and say something like that. 105 00:07:26,867 --> 00:07:29,916 Bobby. I wouldn't underestimate your mama right now. 106 00:07:30,704 --> 00:07:32,672 She's angry. She's determined. 107 00:07:32,915 --> 00:07:34,724 She's gonna do what she feels she has to. 108 00:07:34,959 --> 00:07:36,085 What happens if she wins? 109 00:07:36,294 --> 00:07:38,581 - It's possible. Isn't it? - Of course it is. 110 00:07:38,839 --> 00:07:42,560 By attacking the codicil. Ellie puts the entire will into question. 111 00:07:42,885 --> 00:07:44,967 Now. The judge has total discretionary powers. 112 00:07:45,221 --> 00:07:48,509 He could throw out the codicil, the will. Both. Or neither. 113 00:07:48,809 --> 00:07:52,211 - He can overturn the whole will? - Yes. Of course. Or any part thereof. 114 00:07:52,521 --> 00:07:55,001 Well. What happens if he does throw out the entire will? 115 00:07:55,275 --> 00:07:57,755 Then the previous one comes into effect. 116 00:07:58,695 --> 00:08:01,460 - That was written 14, 15 years ago. - About that. 117 00:08:01,740 --> 00:08:03,026 Do you remember what's in it? 118 00:08:03,242 --> 00:08:06,325 No. I'm planning to read it this afternoon. 119 00:08:06,621 --> 00:08:09,192 But as young as you boys were at the time... 120 00:08:09,458 --> 00:08:12,382 I'd venture to say that Jock left most everything to your mama. 121 00:08:13,087 --> 00:08:16,250 - You can bet money on that. - You'll let us know? 122 00:08:16,549 --> 00:08:19,155 - As soon as I've read it. - We can't lose this. Harv. 123 00:08:19,428 --> 00:08:23,399 - There's too much at stake. - Sure your mama feels the same way. 124 00:08:30,148 --> 00:08:31,957 MARIO MESSINA'S IL SORRENTO CUCINA ITALIANA 125 00:08:32,192 --> 00:08:35,799 Pam. I really feel that we should help our husbands stop Miss Ellie. 126 00:08:36,114 --> 00:08:39,163 If Bobby feels that he really wants to beat J.R... 127 00:08:39,451 --> 00:08:42,022 I don't see why he shouldn't be given a chance to try. 128 00:08:42,288 --> 00:08:45,974 Sue Ellen. I don't care if Bobby beats J.R. or doesn't beat J.R. 129 00:08:46,292 --> 00:08:48,454 I want my husband and my family all in one piece. 130 00:08:48,712 --> 00:08:50,760 That's what's important to me. 131 00:08:51,590 --> 00:08:54,321 - Shouldn't a wife stand by her husband? - Of course she should. 132 00:08:54,594 --> 00:08:57,837 But that doesn't mean she can't disagree if she feels he's wrong. 133 00:08:58,139 --> 00:09:00,380 That battle is really going to hurt somebody. 134 00:09:00,642 --> 00:09:02,565 Really hurt somebody. 135 00:09:02,811 --> 00:09:05,291 Now. I agree with Miss Ellie. It's got to be stopped. 136 00:09:05,565 --> 00:09:07,454 Pam? Hi. 137 00:09:08,151 --> 00:09:10,961 I thought that was you. What a pleasant surprise. 138 00:09:11,238 --> 00:09:12,728 Mark. Hello. 139 00:09:12,948 --> 00:09:14,837 What are you doing eating in my restaurant? 140 00:09:15,076 --> 00:09:17,317 - You own this restaurant? - No. 141 00:09:17,579 --> 00:09:20,901 I eat here almost every day. Though. I'm surprised I haven't seen you here. 142 00:09:21,208 --> 00:09:22,448 Well. It's our first time... 143 00:09:22,668 --> 00:09:24,875 Oh. Do you know my sister-in-law. Sue Ellen Ewing? 144 00:09:25,129 --> 00:09:27,257 - This is Mark Graison. - Hello. 145 00:09:27,507 --> 00:09:29,396 How do you do? Brooks called. 146 00:09:29,634 --> 00:09:33,605 - He said he's taking Miss Ellie's case. - Yes. I can't thank you enough for that. 147 00:09:33,931 --> 00:09:37,253 Listen. I told you I am here to help. 148 00:09:37,602 --> 00:09:40,890 Anything that I can do for you. 149 00:09:44,026 --> 00:09:45,596 Well. Thank you for letting him go. 150 00:09:46,529 --> 00:09:49,453 You two enjoy your meal. Very nice having met you. 151 00:09:57,458 --> 00:10:00,189 I don't understand the point of all this discussion. 152 00:10:00,462 --> 00:10:02,829 We've had our vote. And J.R.'s variance stays. 153 00:10:03,090 --> 00:10:06,697 You do realize that as soon as this battle between the Ewings is over with... 154 00:10:07,011 --> 00:10:09,378 the gasoline prices are gonna shoot right up again? 155 00:10:09,639 --> 00:10:11,880 - That's not a certainty. - I guarantee it. 156 00:10:12,142 --> 00:10:14,065 I mean. You don't seriously believe... 157 00:10:14,311 --> 00:10:18,794 that J.R. Ewing is lowering gasoline prices to help the little man? 158 00:10:19,150 --> 00:10:21,118 He is doing it to beat his brother. 159 00:10:21,361 --> 00:10:23,728 That battle's gonna be going on for a while yet. 160 00:10:23,989 --> 00:10:26,959 Don't you bet on it. Because if Jack's will is overturned... 161 00:10:27,243 --> 00:10:29,450 the whole company is gonna revert to his widow. 162 00:10:29,704 --> 00:10:31,035 She is going to sell it. 163 00:10:31,248 --> 00:10:35,856 That is the end of the battle and of low gasoline prices. 164 00:10:36,629 --> 00:10:38,154 Donna's right about that. 165 00:10:38,798 --> 00:10:42,325 No one can predict if the will is going to be overturned. 166 00:10:44,388 --> 00:10:45,674 What difference does it make? 167 00:10:45,890 --> 00:10:50,214 This commission is gonna look like fools as soon as the battle is over with. 168 00:10:50,562 --> 00:10:53,372 Something we should think about. Not as far as I'm concerned. 169 00:10:53,649 --> 00:10:56,971 Voting against that variance now is like voting against motherhood. 170 00:10:57,278 --> 00:11:00,600 - And I'm not gonna do it. - Neither am I. 171 00:11:00,907 --> 00:11:03,035 Do you really think that J.R. Ewing... 172 00:11:03,285 --> 00:11:06,528 has all of a sudden become the man of the people? 173 00:11:06,831 --> 00:11:10,119 Well. It looks like he is right now. And that's good enough for me. 174 00:11:10,460 --> 00:11:14,465 - I think it's time to go home. - Excuse me. 175 00:11:19,137 --> 00:11:20,946 CATTLEMEN'S CLUB 176 00:11:21,181 --> 00:11:24,867 - Twenty-five million dollars. - Bobby's share of the Wellington field? 177 00:11:25,185 --> 00:11:27,791 May be closer to 30. We're still waiting for the appraisal. 178 00:11:28,064 --> 00:11:30,032 Well. Our other choice is to uncap the wells. 179 00:11:30,275 --> 00:11:31,879 So. What do we do with all that oil? 180 00:11:32,110 --> 00:11:35,193 Stick it in holding tanks. Or cut prices like Bobby's threatening? 181 00:11:35,489 --> 00:11:37,253 Oh. No. We can't uncap those wells. 182 00:11:37,491 --> 00:11:40,222 It'll cost us 25 to 30 million dollars not to. 183 00:11:40,495 --> 00:11:42,657 The independents have to draw the line somewhere. 184 00:11:42,914 --> 00:11:46,123 We can't uncap those wells and let Bobby undercut everybody. 185 00:11:46,418 --> 00:11:48,500 I don't know. That's an awful lot of money. 186 00:11:48,754 --> 00:11:50,040 Only in the short range. 187 00:11:50,256 --> 00:11:54,580 Eventually. When this glut is over. We'll uncap the wells and make it all back. 188 00:11:55,512 --> 00:11:57,276 Maybe they're right. 189 00:11:58,683 --> 00:12:01,607 All to help Bobby Ewing's profit picture. 190 00:12:01,895 --> 00:12:03,624 So. What's the answer? 191 00:12:03,855 --> 00:12:07,143 Do we wanna cough up 25 or 30 million and buy him out? 192 00:12:07,860 --> 00:12:10,022 I sure don't want to. 193 00:12:10,279 --> 00:12:13,920 Neither do I, but it's even stupider to uncap the wells. 194 00:12:14,242 --> 00:12:15,573 We only got two choices. 195 00:12:16,203 --> 00:12:18,331 Isn't that ironic? No matter which way we go... 196 00:12:18,581 --> 00:12:22,427 we wind up helping Bobby Ewing. How's that for a bone in your throat? 197 00:12:27,424 --> 00:12:29,426 This is the old will. 198 00:12:29,677 --> 00:12:31,964 It was drawn 15 years ago. April. 199 00:12:32,222 --> 00:12:34,589 It goes into effect if the present one is overturned. 200 00:12:34,850 --> 00:12:37,660 - You have a chance to read that? - Yes. And I was right. 201 00:12:37,937 --> 00:12:40,178 Your mama would get 100 percent of Ewing Oil. 202 00:12:41,023 --> 00:12:43,071 And she'd be free to sell it if she wanted to? 203 00:12:43,318 --> 00:12:45,685 Yes. But that's not all of it. 204 00:12:45,946 --> 00:12:48,426 The will is a problem for what it doesn't include. 205 00:12:49,533 --> 00:12:50,694 The grandchildren? 206 00:12:50,910 --> 00:12:54,073 No. There are the usual provisions for grandchildren... 207 00:12:54,372 --> 00:12:56,978 even though Lucy was the only one born at the time. 208 00:12:57,251 --> 00:13:00,221 No. I mean Ray and Gary. 209 00:13:01,464 --> 00:13:03,228 They'd lose out badly. 210 00:13:03,466 --> 00:13:05,833 Fifteen years ago. Jock was furious with Gary. 211 00:13:06,678 --> 00:13:08,362 That's when Gary was drinking so much. 212 00:13:08,597 --> 00:13:11,362 That's right. And he passed him off with a gesture. 213 00:13:11,642 --> 00:13:15,613 Gary would get virtually nothing. Instead of the interest on $10 million. 214 00:13:15,939 --> 00:13:17,350 Ray was just a ranch hand then. 215 00:13:17,566 --> 00:13:20,046 Yeah. That was before anyone knew he was Jack's son. 216 00:13:20,987 --> 00:13:24,514 - He'd get a very minor bequest. - More than he deserves. That's for sure. 217 00:13:24,824 --> 00:13:27,430 Harv. That will would be disastrous for us. 218 00:13:27,703 --> 00:13:30,991 That's putting it mildly. Tell us what you need to win. Harv. 219 00:13:32,083 --> 00:13:33,494 We'll do whatever's necessary. 220 00:13:35,045 --> 00:13:36,535 Gentlemen... 221 00:13:38,173 --> 00:13:42,223 I am going to defend the current will and the codicil. 222 00:13:42,553 --> 00:13:46,603 It's my duty as the executor and as Jack's personal friend. 223 00:13:46,933 --> 00:13:51,302 I want you both to know. However. That I do it with a heavy heart. 224 00:13:51,647 --> 00:13:54,332 I take no joy in fighting with your mama... 225 00:13:54,609 --> 00:13:58,170 or in the fact that the both of you forced her into taking this action. 226 00:13:59,156 --> 00:14:00,965 I appreciate your sentiments. Harv. 227 00:14:01,659 --> 00:14:05,186 Neither Bobby nor I wanted to go up against Mama. You know that. 228 00:14:05,497 --> 00:14:08,626 But we can't let those feelings interfere with our winning. 229 00:14:08,917 --> 00:14:12,000 That's the one thing we damn well better do. 230 00:14:20,639 --> 00:14:23,085 You mean Mark Graison just waltzed in. Huh? 231 00:14:23,351 --> 00:14:25,797 I guess he eats there quite often. 232 00:14:26,062 --> 00:14:28,588 - Pam know that? - I don't think so. 233 00:14:28,857 --> 00:14:32,100 But I was under the impression that he helped Miss Ellie find a lawyer. 234 00:14:32,403 --> 00:14:35,407 You know. I didn't realize that Mama knew the Graisons that well. 235 00:14:35,698 --> 00:14:36,824 I couldn't swear to it... 236 00:14:37,033 --> 00:14:40,196 but I think he helped Miss Ellie because of Pam. 237 00:14:40,496 --> 00:14:43,818 Are you suggesting that Pam and Graison are having an affair? 238 00:14:44,125 --> 00:14:47,607 No. No. She wasn't even impressed by him. 239 00:14:47,921 --> 00:14:52,563 - But he was definitely impressed by her. - Yeah? How do you know that? 240 00:14:52,927 --> 00:14:56,932 Well. I think a woman can tell when a man is interested in her. 241 00:14:57,265 --> 00:14:59,427 Oh. This could be quite a break, honey. 242 00:14:59,685 --> 00:15:01,449 What are you talking about? 243 00:15:01,687 --> 00:15:03,815 Pam and Graison. Aren't you paying attention? 244 00:15:04,065 --> 00:15:07,114 Well. Of course I am. But I told you it had nothing to do with that. 245 00:15:07,402 --> 00:15:08,892 Well. It could. 246 00:15:09,112 --> 00:15:11,797 From what I understand. Graison's quite the lady's man. 247 00:15:12,074 --> 00:15:13,485 Likes all those macho things... 248 00:15:13,701 --> 00:15:17,387 like parachuting and fast cars. So forth. 249 00:15:17,706 --> 00:15:21,791 - Turns ladies on. You know? - J.R.. it has nothing to do with Pam. 250 00:15:22,127 --> 00:15:25,927 It could. It sure could. 251 00:15:26,257 --> 00:15:28,863 Given the right signals. He just might make a move on her. 252 00:15:29,136 --> 00:15:31,025 J.R.. I don't like what you're saying. 253 00:15:31,263 --> 00:15:33,834 Well. Why not. Honey? Bobby and I are on the same side now. 254 00:15:34,100 --> 00:15:38,105 But that's not gonna last forever. We'll be battling again real soon. 255 00:15:38,438 --> 00:15:43,000 I wouldn't mind if he was distracted by a nasty little marital problem right now. 256 00:15:43,360 --> 00:15:46,443 I don't want anything bad happening to Bobby and Pam's marriage. 257 00:15:46,739 --> 00:15:50,630 Oh. I was just passing it through my mind. Honey. That's all. 258 00:15:50,953 --> 00:15:55,197 - Imagine if somebody did that to us. - Hey. Don't get so upset. 259 00:15:57,794 --> 00:16:01,162 You know how much winning Ewing Oil means to me, darling. 260 00:16:03,551 --> 00:16:05,235 You know that. 261 00:16:08,682 --> 00:16:11,925 Don't you see that breaking Daddy's will is gonna affect Gary and Ray? 262 00:16:12,227 --> 00:16:16,232 It's gonna affect them badly. They're gonna get a fraction of what's theirs. 263 00:16:16,566 --> 00:16:20,776 All Miss Ellie wants to do is stop the battle between you and J.R. 264 00:16:21,113 --> 00:16:23,559 I know that. Honey. But this is not the way to do it. 265 00:16:23,824 --> 00:16:26,589 The only other way is for you and J.R. to call off the fight... 266 00:16:26,869 --> 00:16:28,871 but neither one of you'll do it. 267 00:16:29,122 --> 00:16:30,487 That is not the only other way. 268 00:16:30,707 --> 00:16:33,153 You can also persuade Mama what she's doing is wrong. 269 00:16:33,419 --> 00:16:36,980 - But I don't think she's wrong. - Even if it hurts Gary and Ray? 270 00:16:37,298 --> 00:16:38,709 Oh. Bobby. You know your mother. 271 00:16:38,925 --> 00:16:42,213 Never in a million years would she hurt Gary or Ray. 272 00:16:43,389 --> 00:16:46,871 Honey. I understand Mama's intentions. They're the best. The best in the world. 273 00:16:47,185 --> 00:16:50,348 But she does not fully understand the consequences of what she's doing. 274 00:16:50,647 --> 00:16:52,729 I don't agree. 275 00:17:05,206 --> 00:17:08,335 - Morning. Lucy. - Good morning. 276 00:17:08,626 --> 00:17:10,390 Grandma down yet? 277 00:17:11,087 --> 00:17:12,293 She's gone already. 278 00:17:12,506 --> 00:17:15,589 Seems she had an early appointment at her lawyer's. 279 00:17:16,177 --> 00:17:19,659 You know. Grandma's going to do whatever she thinks is best... 280 00:17:19,973 --> 00:17:23,056 no matter what you do. And I know that bothers you. J.R. 281 00:17:23,352 --> 00:17:25,320 This is just a joke to you. Isn't it? 282 00:17:25,563 --> 00:17:28,646 I can't say it would bother me if you lost Ewing Oil. 283 00:17:29,442 --> 00:17:31,410 Well. Let me tell you something. Honey. 284 00:17:32,070 --> 00:17:33,515 If this will is thrown out... 285 00:17:33,739 --> 00:17:36,822 your granddaddy's old will is valid. And everybody loses. 286 00:17:37,118 --> 00:17:38,802 I'm not especially worried. 287 00:17:39,037 --> 00:17:42,200 I'm sure Granddaddy provided for me just fine in his old will. 288 00:17:42,499 --> 00:17:44,547 That's all you care about. Isn't it? Yourself. 289 00:17:45,252 --> 00:17:47,300 Well. If your grandma is successful in court... 290 00:17:47,547 --> 00:17:50,232 your daddy's inheritance is gonna be reduced to a stipend. 291 00:17:50,508 --> 00:17:52,636 That means a handout. Honey. 292 00:17:52,886 --> 00:17:55,048 Or don't you give a damn? 293 00:18:03,690 --> 00:18:06,375 Oh. Pam. I'm sorry. Have I kept you waiting? 294 00:18:06,652 --> 00:18:09,132 No. I haven't been here long. The car's just over there. 295 00:18:09,405 --> 00:18:10,975 Well. What did Mr. Oliver say? 296 00:18:11,199 --> 00:18:14,601 Well. He received a copy of Jack's old will. 297 00:18:14,912 --> 00:18:19,759 It leaves everything pretty much to me. But there are some problems. 298 00:18:20,126 --> 00:18:21,890 Ray and Gary? 299 00:18:22,128 --> 00:18:24,449 Bobby said Harv Smithfield told him there might be. 300 00:18:24,715 --> 00:18:25,921 Oh. Yes. 301 00:18:26,133 --> 00:18:30,138 Well. Actually. Where Gary's concerned. It could be a blessing. 302 00:18:30,471 --> 00:18:33,759 I could improve on the way that Jock dealt with him in the old will. 303 00:18:34,059 --> 00:18:38,144 And. Of course. I'd take care of Ray too. 304 00:18:38,481 --> 00:18:42,770 But. Pam. Ray is so much his own man. 305 00:18:43,111 --> 00:18:46,718 He might refuse to accept anything from me. 306 00:18:47,032 --> 00:18:50,400 Well. I think you should talk to him. You know. He really loves you... 307 00:18:50,703 --> 00:18:54,071 and I think he'll understand more than you think. 308 00:18:55,834 --> 00:18:59,156 Yes. I'll talk to him. 309 00:19:00,089 --> 00:19:01,898 Door's open. 310 00:19:05,971 --> 00:19:07,860 Mr. Ewing. We haven't seen you for a while. 311 00:19:08,099 --> 00:19:09,146 Well. How you doing? 312 00:19:09,350 --> 00:19:11,000 - Your table is ready. - Oh. Thank you. 313 00:19:11,227 --> 00:19:13,798 Say. Mark Graison wouldn't be having lunch here. Would he? 314 00:19:14,064 --> 00:19:16,795 - Yes. He's at his usual table. - Oh. Good. 315 00:19:17,067 --> 00:19:20,037 Hold my table for me. Would you? Thank you very much. 316 00:19:21,656 --> 00:19:24,785 Hello. Phil. How you doing? Good to see you. 317 00:19:26,703 --> 00:19:28,068 Well. Mark Graison. 318 00:19:28,289 --> 00:19:31,418 - It's funny seeing you here. - J.R.. how are you? 319 00:19:31,709 --> 00:19:34,315 Seems like you've been running into half my family lately. 320 00:19:34,588 --> 00:19:37,068 - Oh. You mean your mother? - And my sister-in-law. Pam. 321 00:19:39,301 --> 00:19:42,623 She's quite taken with you. Talking about it at dinner the other night. 322 00:19:44,015 --> 00:19:46,063 She found you quite charming. 323 00:19:47,060 --> 00:19:49,791 - What do you mean? - You made quite an impression on her. 324 00:19:50,648 --> 00:19:54,414 By the way. I just wanna tell you I don't hold any hard feelings towards you. 325 00:19:54,736 --> 00:19:56,386 Hard feeling? Now. Why should you? 326 00:19:56,613 --> 00:19:59,901 Well. You getting your lawyer to work with Mama against me. 327 00:20:00,201 --> 00:20:02,010 Your mother is a very lovely lady. 328 00:20:02,245 --> 00:20:05,488 Yeah. Yeah. It's a shame we're on opposite sides of the fence right now... 329 00:20:05,791 --> 00:20:08,715 but. You know. As they say. This too shall pass. 330 00:20:09,003 --> 00:20:13,247 - Now. Pam is still on your mother's side? - Yeah. Unfortunately. 331 00:20:13,591 --> 00:20:15,036 Pam's a wonderful girl. 332 00:20:15,260 --> 00:20:17,547 Too bad she and Bobby are having problems right now. 333 00:20:17,805 --> 00:20:19,136 Are they? 334 00:20:19,348 --> 00:20:23,910 Well. They only been married a couple years. And this fight's not helping at all. 335 00:20:24,270 --> 00:20:26,079 I'm sorry to hear that. 336 00:20:26,314 --> 00:20:29,238 I'm not one to publicize family problems. So I'll be seeing you. 337 00:20:29,527 --> 00:20:31,336 - Enjoy your lunch. - Thank you. 338 00:20:31,571 --> 00:20:34,495 Oh. Say. We've never done any business together, have we? 339 00:20:34,783 --> 00:20:35,830 No. 340 00:20:36,034 --> 00:20:39,356 Well. We ought to get together and see what we have in common. 341 00:20:40,414 --> 00:20:43,623 The only thing we have in common is we're eating in the same restaurant. 342 00:20:43,918 --> 00:20:46,205 Well. We'll see what we can do to remedy that. Huh? 343 00:20:46,463 --> 00:20:48,113 Good seeing you. 344 00:21:02,064 --> 00:21:04,385 We just fawned over him. Ellie and I. 345 00:21:04,651 --> 00:21:07,541 - Oh. That baby is so cute. - He must be. 346 00:21:07,821 --> 00:21:11,030 He's bringing us closer than we've ever been. 347 00:21:11,325 --> 00:21:14,534 - Hi. Darling. - Hello. Mama. 348 00:21:15,205 --> 00:21:19,335 I was just telling Afton what a nice time I had with Ellie yesterday. 349 00:21:21,629 --> 00:21:23,757 You been out there again. Huh? 350 00:21:24,549 --> 00:21:26,233 It's getting to be a habit, isn't it? 351 00:21:26,468 --> 00:21:28,755 But she's been going through a lot of pain of late. 352 00:21:29,012 --> 00:21:32,255 Well. With sons like hers. What do you expect? 353 00:21:32,558 --> 00:21:35,687 - Anybody want a drink? - Not for me. Thanks. 354 00:21:35,979 --> 00:21:38,823 No. Not for me. She seemed very grateful... 355 00:21:39,107 --> 00:21:42,589 that we're keeping the pressure off of Ewing Oil just now. 356 00:21:42,904 --> 00:21:46,226 Well. I don't know how much longer we can keep that up. 357 00:21:47,576 --> 00:21:50,625 Cliff. I promised her. 358 00:21:50,913 --> 00:21:52,642 And you promised me. 359 00:21:52,873 --> 00:21:55,160 You can forget about J.R. for a while. Can't you? 360 00:21:55,418 --> 00:21:56,988 Sure I can. But what about Bobby? 361 00:21:57,212 --> 00:21:59,340 - You know what he's doing? - What? 362 00:21:59,590 --> 00:22:00,637 Little brother Bobby... 363 00:22:00,841 --> 00:22:04,050 is about to make the cartel take a nosedive on the Wellington field. 364 00:22:05,054 --> 00:22:08,297 - What has he done? - He's put us in a no-win situation. 365 00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:10,841 We stand to lose about 25. 30 million dollars. 366 00:22:11,103 --> 00:22:15,427 And if we keep turning the other cheek. Then they'll keep spinning us like a top. 367 00:22:15,775 --> 00:22:18,460 Cliff. It's only for a little while. 368 00:22:18,737 --> 00:22:22,139 And if Ellie wins in court. Both problems will be solved. 369 00:22:22,867 --> 00:22:25,074 - Mama... - Please. 370 00:22:25,328 --> 00:22:30,129 Mama. I thought Barnes-Wentworth was mine to run. 371 00:22:31,210 --> 00:22:35,056 I'm not asking as the head of Wentworth Industries. 372 00:22:36,507 --> 00:22:38,430 I'm asking as your mother. 373 00:22:45,643 --> 00:22:49,045 Ray. You understand what happens if I win. Don't you? 374 00:22:49,356 --> 00:22:53,759 The entire will could be thrown out. The trust funds, everything. 375 00:22:54,111 --> 00:22:58,560 Even the $10 million that Jock left you. It could all revert to me. 376 00:22:58,909 --> 00:23:01,037 Well. I never had that money before. 377 00:23:01,286 --> 00:23:04,176 I guess I'd keep on living all right without it. Miss Ellie. 378 00:23:04,457 --> 00:23:06,346 Well. I wouldn't allow that. 379 00:23:06,584 --> 00:23:08,473 I want you to know that whatever happens... 380 00:23:08,712 --> 00:23:10,555 I won't let you lose that money. 381 00:23:10,797 --> 00:23:12,242 Yes. Ma'am. 382 00:23:12,466 --> 00:23:16,232 Well. I think we ought to take things one step at a time right now. 383 00:23:16,554 --> 00:23:18,556 Well. It's important that you realize it. 384 00:23:18,807 --> 00:23:22,016 I'd sell the company. And I'd see to it that you got everything back... 385 00:23:22,311 --> 00:23:23,881 that Jock wanted you to have. 386 00:23:26,858 --> 00:23:30,146 Well. First things first. And the first thing is for you to win. 387 00:23:31,321 --> 00:23:35,212 Ray. I have to try to break that will. 388 00:23:36,285 --> 00:23:37,571 Sure you do. 389 00:23:43,669 --> 00:23:45,717 Well. Good night. Ma'am. 390 00:23:46,839 --> 00:23:49,490 Good night. Ray. And thank you. 391 00:24:10,033 --> 00:24:11,683 Hey. Ray- 392 00:24:12,828 --> 00:24:15,911 Say. You been talking to Mama? 393 00:24:16,207 --> 00:24:19,416 - Matter of fact, I have. - Oh. Yeah? What'd she say? 394 00:24:19,711 --> 00:24:22,237 I don't see how that's any of your business. 395 00:24:22,547 --> 00:24:25,027 Well. We're all in this together. You know. 396 00:24:25,301 --> 00:24:26,712 That's how it looks to you, huh? 397 00:24:26,928 --> 00:24:29,932 Well. I mean. You and Bobby and me. We're all together. 398 00:24:30,223 --> 00:24:32,464 You just don't understand me at all. 399 00:24:32,726 --> 00:24:36,412 See. I find it hard to believe you're fighting against your own $10 million. 400 00:24:36,731 --> 00:24:39,177 Because if she wins. That's what you stand to lose, boy. 401 00:24:39,442 --> 00:24:43,572 You don't give a damn about anybody. Not even your own mother. 402 00:24:44,281 --> 00:24:46,887 You really are a dumb old cowboy. Aren't you? 403 00:24:47,785 --> 00:24:49,947 Listen. J.R.. I'm gonna explain something to you. 404 00:24:50,205 --> 00:24:53,288 I'd give up my house. My inheritance. Every damn cent I've got... 405 00:24:53,584 --> 00:24:56,394 before I'd go with you against Miss Ellie. 406 00:25:22,617 --> 00:25:24,858 Thought you had some cattle to move today. 407 00:25:25,120 --> 00:25:28,761 Well. I got Charlie out there with the crew today. 408 00:25:29,834 --> 00:25:31,723 Are you feeling all right? 409 00:25:32,712 --> 00:25:34,794 Yeah. I'm okay. 410 00:25:36,634 --> 00:25:38,716 Is it that conversation you had with Miss Ellie? 411 00:25:38,970 --> 00:25:40,574 Is that what's bothering you? 412 00:25:41,598 --> 00:25:43,282 I guess. 413 00:25:45,435 --> 00:25:47,563 You gonna change your mind about backing her? 414 00:25:48,898 --> 00:25:50,138 - No. - But then what? 415 00:25:50,358 --> 00:25:52,326 You're not worried about losing that money? 416 00:25:53,779 --> 00:25:56,783 She wins the case. I lose the money. That's all there is to that. 417 00:25:59,160 --> 00:26:01,731 I think Miss Ellie would see that you got your 10 million. 418 00:26:01,996 --> 00:26:06,320 Well. That $10 million was an inheritance from my father. 419 00:26:06,669 --> 00:26:10,390 Getting it from Miss Ellie as a gift is nowhere near the same thing. 420 00:26:10,715 --> 00:26:12,285 Jock wanted you to have that. 421 00:26:12,926 --> 00:26:15,850 Oh. I know. And I love him for it. 422 00:26:16,138 --> 00:26:19,221 But taking charity from Miss Ellie. Who's not even my real mother... 423 00:26:19,517 --> 00:26:21,838 well. I just don't think I could do that. 424 00:26:22,103 --> 00:26:24,105 I don't think I'd call it charity. 425 00:26:24,397 --> 00:26:26,877 Don't you understand what I'm trying to tell you. Donna? 426 00:26:27,151 --> 00:26:29,358 - Yes. But... - Well. A man has his pride. 427 00:26:29,612 --> 00:26:31,774 I just don't think I could take the money. 428 00:26:36,912 --> 00:26:38,152 I understand. 429 00:26:42,544 --> 00:26:46,629 Okay. Up. One. Two. Three. Four. Five. Six. Seven. Eight. 430 00:26:46,965 --> 00:26:49,252 Now breathe. One. 431 00:26:50,094 --> 00:26:51,823 Two. 432 00:26:52,597 --> 00:26:55,441 - Ivy. Take over. Three. - Okay. 433 00:26:58,312 --> 00:27:01,395 - All major credit cards accepted? - What are you doing here? 434 00:27:01,691 --> 00:27:04,171 I just thought I'd stop by to see how the case was going. 435 00:27:04,444 --> 00:27:07,254 Well. I saw you at the restaurant. Remember? 436 00:27:07,531 --> 00:27:09,021 That was ages ago. 437 00:27:09,784 --> 00:27:11,388 It was the day before yesterday. 438 00:27:13,413 --> 00:27:14,778 Well. Somehow it seems longer. 439 00:27:16,833 --> 00:27:19,154 Listen. When you're through here. What are you doing? 440 00:27:20,045 --> 00:27:22,093 I'm going home to have dinner with my husband. 441 00:27:22,966 --> 00:27:25,128 That's right, you've got a husband. 442 00:27:26,636 --> 00:27:29,606 That's right. And I think we've had this discussion already. 443 00:27:29,890 --> 00:27:32,780 I remember. It's all beginning to come back now. 444 00:27:33,061 --> 00:27:37,271 - Mark... - Please. Call me Mr. Graison. 445 00:27:40,277 --> 00:27:43,326 I really appreciate what you did for me and Miss Ellie... 446 00:27:43,615 --> 00:27:45,982 but that's as far as it goes. I am a married woman. 447 00:27:47,285 --> 00:27:49,367 Sounds like I'm being thrown out on my ear. 448 00:27:49,622 --> 00:27:52,512 - You are. - All right. And I shall leave gracefully. 449 00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:56,406 But you will see me again. 450 00:28:04,931 --> 00:28:07,696 Yeah? .I.R., Mr. Anderson is here. 451 00:28:07,976 --> 00:28:09,307 Send him in. 452 00:28:11,981 --> 00:28:13,790 - Hey. Punk. Good to see you. - J.R. 453 00:28:14,025 --> 00:28:16,153 - Punk. Glad you could make it. - Bobby. 454 00:28:16,403 --> 00:28:18,849 - Get you a drink? - No. Thank you. 455 00:28:19,114 --> 00:28:22,197 Well. Sit down. Sit down, Punk. 456 00:28:23,703 --> 00:28:28,709 Punk. We found out that Dave Culver is gonna testify for Mama at the trial. 457 00:28:29,084 --> 00:28:31,928 - What about you? - What about me? 458 00:28:32,213 --> 00:28:33,578 Can we count on you in court? 459 00:28:34,465 --> 00:28:36,991 You mean. Will I be a hostile witness against your mama? 460 00:28:37,260 --> 00:28:41,265 No. We mean. Will you testify as to what Daddy's intentions were? 461 00:28:41,599 --> 00:28:43,522 - Are you? - Yes. 462 00:28:43,768 --> 00:28:46,419 No. You're not. I know what Jack's intentions were. 463 00:28:46,688 --> 00:28:48,258 And I know the feeling behind them. 464 00:28:48,482 --> 00:28:50,723 And neither of you care anything about that at all. 465 00:28:50,985 --> 00:28:53,750 Well. Punk. We didn't ask you here to give us a sermon. 466 00:28:54,030 --> 00:28:57,000 Well. You sure as hell could use one. The both of you. 467 00:28:57,284 --> 00:29:00,970 It wasn't Jack's intention to let you use the codicil to destroy Ewing Oil. 468 00:29:01,288 --> 00:29:03,052 Punk. Are you with us or not? 469 00:29:05,335 --> 00:29:08,544 - I don't know. - Now. What does that mean? 470 00:29:09,381 --> 00:29:11,861 It means I'm caught in the middle. That's what it means. 471 00:29:12,134 --> 00:29:14,944 Between my duty to your daddy and my affection for your mama. 472 00:29:15,722 --> 00:29:17,326 Punk. The only way Mama can win... 473 00:29:17,557 --> 00:29:20,083 is to prove that Daddy was mentally incompetent. 474 00:29:20,352 --> 00:29:23,993 Now. You were with him at the very end. Would you testify to that? 475 00:29:28,904 --> 00:29:32,795 I don't know what I'll testify to, if I testify to anything. 476 00:29:34,452 --> 00:29:37,774 - Punk. Don't walk out on us. - Boys. I got no more business here. 477 00:29:38,081 --> 00:29:40,163 All I can tell you is I'll be in the courtroom. 478 00:29:40,417 --> 00:29:42,419 Let's just leave it at that. 479 00:29:50,053 --> 00:29:51,862 Hi. 480 00:29:52,097 --> 00:29:54,862 - Hi. You've had along day. Haven't you? - Sort of. 481 00:29:55,142 --> 00:29:57,383 Can't wait to get in a hot tub. 482 00:29:58,188 --> 00:30:00,111 You had a few calls today. 483 00:30:00,357 --> 00:30:03,167 All from the same person. Mark Graison. 484 00:30:03,444 --> 00:30:06,095 - Mark Graison called here? - A couple of times. 485 00:30:06,364 --> 00:30:08,492 But I just saw him. He came by the studio today. 486 00:30:11,620 --> 00:30:14,703 - I don't understand it. - Pam? 487 00:30:15,791 --> 00:30:17,122 This is none of my business... 488 00:30:17,335 --> 00:30:20,657 and. Well. You can stop me right now if you want to. But... 489 00:30:21,590 --> 00:30:24,070 Well. I'm just getting a little worried about you. 490 00:30:24,844 --> 00:30:26,175 Why? 491 00:30:27,805 --> 00:30:31,173 - Mark Graison, among other things. - What do you mean? 492 00:30:32,060 --> 00:30:35,951 Look. Pam. I'm certainly not trying to judge you. 493 00:30:36,315 --> 00:30:38,044 - I hope not. - I'm not. 494 00:30:38,276 --> 00:30:42,600 But I'm just kind of worried about how you've been acting lately. 495 00:30:42,948 --> 00:30:45,349 I mean. I've never seen you go against Bobby before. 496 00:30:46,661 --> 00:30:49,824 And it's really not something that a happily married woman does. 497 00:30:50,123 --> 00:30:51,932 And now. With Mark Graison... 498 00:30:52,626 --> 00:30:54,355 Why do you keep mentioning Mark Graison? 499 00:30:54,587 --> 00:30:57,511 - What are you trying to suggest? - Nothing. Honestly. 500 00:30:57,799 --> 00:31:00,086 I'm just concerned about you and Bobby. That's all. 501 00:31:00,343 --> 00:31:03,870 Look. As I said before. It's none of my business. 502 00:31:04,181 --> 00:31:05,751 Right. It is none of your business. 503 00:31:05,975 --> 00:31:09,024 But just so you know. My marriage to Bobby is rock solid. 504 00:31:09,312 --> 00:31:12,998 Then why is this man calling you and running after you at the studio? 505 00:31:13,317 --> 00:31:16,560 I don't know. That's his problem. It has nothing to do with me and Bobby. 506 00:31:17,321 --> 00:31:20,245 And if that's true. Then why are you getting so angry? 507 00:31:20,533 --> 00:31:23,901 - Because you're making me angry. - Pam. I'm your friend. 508 00:31:24,204 --> 00:31:26,332 Then act like it. 509 00:31:35,050 --> 00:31:36,654 Come in. 510 00:31:54,907 --> 00:31:57,478 Lucy. What's wrong? 511 00:31:58,911 --> 00:32:03,599 Is it true that if the will is overturned. My daddy will lose his inheritance? 512 00:32:05,377 --> 00:32:08,984 - Who told you that. J.R.? - Did he lie to me? 513 00:32:10,425 --> 00:32:14,430 No. Not exactly. He just didn't tell you all the facts. 514 00:32:15,597 --> 00:32:19,158 Lucy. Do you think I'd ever do anything to hurt your daddy? 515 00:32:20,436 --> 00:32:21,722 No. 516 00:32:23,023 --> 00:32:25,105 Of course I wouldn't. 517 00:32:27,236 --> 00:32:30,319 But J.R. told me the court would make an older will legal. 518 00:32:30,615 --> 00:32:33,221 My daddy was hardly mentioned in that will. 519 00:32:33,869 --> 00:32:36,554 Well. That's true. But what he didn't tell you was that... 520 00:32:36,830 --> 00:32:39,436 that will would give me the power to do anything I want. 521 00:32:39,709 --> 00:32:43,919 And I'd make very sure that Gary got everything that he was due. 522 00:32:44,882 --> 00:32:47,089 You do know that. Don't you? 523 00:32:48,302 --> 00:32:49,542 Yes. 524 00:32:50,430 --> 00:32:53,957 So are you through worrying? 525 00:32:54,726 --> 00:32:56,569 Yeah. I guess so. 526 00:32:57,897 --> 00:33:02,664 Lucy. Gary was my son along time before he became your daddy. 527 00:33:07,825 --> 00:33:12,865 Now. Let's go downstairs to dinner and forget some of these problems, okay? 528 00:33:13,248 --> 00:33:14,249 Okay. 529 00:33:29,433 --> 00:33:31,800 - Thank you. Teresa. - Yes. Ma'am. 530 00:33:33,396 --> 00:33:36,605 Well. The atmosphere around this table is cold enough to chill the wine. 531 00:33:36,900 --> 00:33:39,062 I think we all know the cause of that. 532 00:33:39,320 --> 00:33:42,210 We could try and be a little more civil to each other. 533 00:33:42,490 --> 00:33:44,379 Well. Perhaps you'd like to teach us. Lucy. 534 00:33:46,203 --> 00:33:47,489 Who could that be? 535 00:33:47,705 --> 00:33:50,026 I'm not expecting anybody. That's for sure. 536 00:33:59,385 --> 00:34:03,106 Hello. I'm Brooks Oliver. I'd like to see Miss Ellie for a moment. Please. 537 00:34:03,431 --> 00:34:04,956 Just one moment. 538 00:34:06,018 --> 00:34:08,942 Brooks. Come in. Doesn't he know what time people eat? 539 00:34:09,230 --> 00:34:11,881 Remarks like that you can keep to yourself. J.R. 540 00:34:13,234 --> 00:34:17,319 I'm sorry to barge in on you like this. But I've got something to tell you. 541 00:34:17,656 --> 00:34:19,499 And I was on my way to see friends nearby. 542 00:34:19,742 --> 00:34:22,427 Well. That's all right. Have you met my family? 543 00:34:22,704 --> 00:34:25,992 - No. I know Pam. - Brooks. 544 00:34:26,291 --> 00:34:29,898 My sons. Bobby. J.R.. J.R.'s wife, Sue Ellen... 545 00:34:30,212 --> 00:34:31,623 and my granddaughter. Lucy. 546 00:34:31,839 --> 00:34:34,319 - Hi. - My pleasure. 547 00:34:34,592 --> 00:34:37,960 Don't let me interrupt your dinner. May I talk to you for a minute? 548 00:34:38,263 --> 00:34:40,504 Yes. Of course. 549 00:34:46,398 --> 00:34:49,607 I was able to get a date on the court calendar sooner than I expected. 550 00:34:49,902 --> 00:34:51,904 - The name Ewing helped. - Yes. 551 00:34:52,196 --> 00:34:55,200 The hearing on the will is scheduled for next Tuesday. 552 00:35:08,549 --> 00:35:10,358 All rise. Court will come to order. 553 00:35:12,053 --> 00:35:16,502 Judge Howard Mantee presiding. Court case number 4418. 554 00:35:16,933 --> 00:35:22,064 Eleanor Southworth Ewing v. The estate of John Ross Ewing Sr., deceased. 555 00:35:25,026 --> 00:35:27,427 Mr. Oliver. Are you ready for the plaintiff? 556 00:35:27,696 --> 00:35:29,141 Yes. Your Honor. 557 00:35:29,406 --> 00:35:32,410 Mr. Smithfield. Are you ready for the defense? 558 00:35:32,702 --> 00:35:33,783 Lam. Your Honor. 559 00:35:34,495 --> 00:35:36,941 Mr. Oliver. May we have your opening statement? 560 00:35:38,125 --> 00:35:40,173 Your Honor. Although our action... 561 00:35:40,419 --> 00:35:44,219 places the entire will of John Ross Ewing Sr. In jeopardy... 562 00:35:44,549 --> 00:35:47,155 in point of fact. My client wishes to address herself... 563 00:35:47,427 --> 00:35:49,668 solely to the codicil to the will... 564 00:35:49,930 --> 00:35:52,092 drawn by her husband shortly before his death. 565 00:35:52,349 --> 00:35:54,431 It is our contention that the codicil... 566 00:35:54,686 --> 00:35:56,768 is inconsistent with Mr. Ewing's character... 567 00:35:57,022 --> 00:36:02,188 inconsistent with his known devotion as a husband and father. 568 00:36:02,570 --> 00:36:06,017 We further believe that the codicil casts serious questions... 569 00:36:06,324 --> 00:36:10,648 as to the soundness of his judgment toward the end of his life. 570 00:36:10,996 --> 00:36:13,363 And we petition the court to eliminate it. 571 00:36:16,795 --> 00:36:18,365 Mr. Smithfield? 572 00:36:19,381 --> 00:36:21,145 Your Honor. On behalf of the estate... 573 00:36:21,383 --> 00:36:23,704 we will present testimony supporting our belief... 574 00:36:23,970 --> 00:36:26,541 that the late Mr. Ewing was indeed of sound judgment... 575 00:36:26,806 --> 00:36:28,296 to the very end of his days... 576 00:36:28,517 --> 00:36:32,078 and that his codicil very precisely reflects his intention... 577 00:36:32,396 --> 00:36:35,479 with respect to his inheritors and the Ewing Oil Company. 578 00:36:36,860 --> 00:36:39,306 Bailiff. Call the first witness. 579 00:36:39,571 --> 00:36:41,938 Will Senator David Culver take the witness stand. 580 00:36:50,250 --> 00:36:52,014 Raise your right hand. 581 00:36:52,586 --> 00:36:56,432 Do you swear that the testimony you are about to give in the case on trial... 582 00:36:56,758 --> 00:36:59,489 will be the truth, the whole truth. Nothing but the truth? 583 00:36:59,761 --> 00:37:01,889 - I do. - State your name and occupation. 584 00:37:02,139 --> 00:37:03,982 Dave Culver. I'm a United States senator. 585 00:37:04,225 --> 00:37:05,670 You may be seated. 586 00:37:07,478 --> 00:37:10,084 Senator Culver. It was you. I believe... 587 00:37:10,357 --> 00:37:13,998 who first approached Jock about taking that trip for the State Department. 588 00:37:15,530 --> 00:37:17,373 Yes. All I wanted was his advice. 589 00:37:17,615 --> 00:37:19,902 I thought he'd suggest someone suitable for the job. 590 00:37:20,160 --> 00:37:22,925 - And he suggested himself. - He sure did. 591 00:37:23,205 --> 00:37:26,175 He seemed anxious to go. He wanted to jump in with both feet. 592 00:37:26,459 --> 00:37:29,941 - Did that concern you? - Well. Yes. 593 00:37:30,255 --> 00:37:33,020 He wasn't a young man. It would be a great strain put upon him. 594 00:37:33,300 --> 00:37:37,225 But once he hit upon an idea. He just wouldn't let go of it. 595 00:37:37,555 --> 00:37:38,841 You mean in an obsessive way? 596 00:37:39,057 --> 00:37:42,027 Objection. Your Honor. Counsel is leading the witness. 597 00:37:42,811 --> 00:37:44,222 Sustained. 598 00:37:45,731 --> 00:37:48,462 I understand. I don't know if I'd call it obsessive. 599 00:37:49,444 --> 00:37:53,085 It was more like this trip could be his last hurrah. 600 00:37:53,824 --> 00:37:55,110 Last hurrah? 601 00:37:55,326 --> 00:37:59,411 Sort of a last grand gesture of a great man. 602 00:38:05,337 --> 00:38:08,580 Now. Mr. Horner, these letters he wrote you from South America... 603 00:38:08,883 --> 00:38:12,649 would you please tell the court what it was you found different about them? 604 00:38:12,971 --> 00:38:16,498 Well. It's just that Jock seemed so concerned about the company. 605 00:38:16,809 --> 00:38:17,810 Was that unusual? 606 00:38:18,019 --> 00:38:21,387 Well. It was the degree of concern that struck me. Minor, trivial details. 607 00:38:21,690 --> 00:38:23,818 He wasn't a man to worry about such things. 608 00:38:24,068 --> 00:38:27,072 As president of the Cattleman's Bank. You knew him pretty well. 609 00:38:27,363 --> 00:38:28,694 We were his principal bankers. 610 00:38:29,449 --> 00:38:32,532 And you found these letters to be inconsistent with the man you knew. 611 00:38:32,828 --> 00:38:34,068 They were quite different. 612 00:38:34,997 --> 00:38:36,522 In what way? 613 00:38:37,375 --> 00:38:40,743 Well. He kept going over and over the same thing. Like he was forgetful. 614 00:38:41,630 --> 00:38:43,871 He couldn't keep things straight. 615 00:38:44,133 --> 00:38:46,704 There's a word for that in a man of his age. 616 00:38:48,679 --> 00:38:51,603 - You mean �senility�? - Objection. Your Honor. 617 00:38:53,185 --> 00:38:55,950 The witness is a banker. Not a psychiatrist. 618 00:38:56,230 --> 00:38:58,198 We grant that. Your Honor. 619 00:38:58,441 --> 00:39:01,012 The witness has known the deceased for more than 30 years. 620 00:39:01,277 --> 00:39:05,441 He's certainly qualified to recognize a marked difference in behavior. 621 00:39:06,700 --> 00:39:08,145 Let the testimony stand. 622 00:39:11,748 --> 00:39:14,797 - Thank you. Mr. Homer. - You may step down. 623 00:39:15,169 --> 00:39:17,615 Your Honor, that will be our last witness for now. 624 00:39:17,880 --> 00:39:20,121 I would like to delay calling Mrs. Eleanor Ewing... 625 00:39:20,383 --> 00:39:22,670 until after the defense has presented its people. 626 00:39:22,928 --> 00:39:24,168 So noted. 627 00:39:24,388 --> 00:39:27,119 Mr. Smithfield. Will you call your first witness. Please. 628 00:39:29,060 --> 00:39:30,425 You've told us. Mr. Anderson... 629 00:39:30,645 --> 00:39:34,206 that you and Jock were together a great deal down there. 630 00:39:34,524 --> 00:39:36,731 Now. Did he ever tell you what his thinking was... 631 00:39:36,986 --> 00:39:38,795 that led to his writing that codicil? 632 00:39:40,073 --> 00:39:43,282 Jock had been worrying a lot about the future of Ewing Oil. 633 00:39:43,577 --> 00:39:46,899 Matters stood. Miss Ellie was to inherit total control of the company... 634 00:39:47,206 --> 00:39:50,847 and he was afraid it might be a little bit too much of a burden for her. 635 00:39:51,628 --> 00:39:53,312 He must have been aware at the time... 636 00:39:53,547 --> 00:39:56,756 that the codicil would lead to some conflict between his sons. 637 00:39:57,051 --> 00:39:59,372 Oh. He was aware. All right. 638 00:39:59,637 --> 00:40:02,208 He couldn't figure out a better way to handle the problem. 639 00:40:02,474 --> 00:40:04,363 So if I understand correctly... 640 00:40:04,601 --> 00:40:08,003 it's your opinion that Jock knew exactly what he was doing... 641 00:40:08,314 --> 00:40:10,078 when he set up that contest? 642 00:40:10,316 --> 00:40:11,602 He knew it'd be tough. 643 00:40:13,361 --> 00:40:15,250 Thank you. Mr. Anderson. 644 00:40:16,698 --> 00:40:17,904 Your witness. Mr. Oliver. 645 00:40:22,789 --> 00:40:23,790 Mr. Anderson... 646 00:40:23,999 --> 00:40:28,607 you've indicated that Jock Ewing's mind was clear and sharp. 647 00:40:29,422 --> 00:40:32,710 Wasn't he running a fever the last week of his life? 648 00:40:33,009 --> 00:40:35,489 We both had a little fever. It came and went. 649 00:40:35,762 --> 00:40:39,050 Fever can be really debilitating. 650 00:40:39,350 --> 00:40:41,398 How high was his temperature? 651 00:40:43,438 --> 00:40:45,008 Hundred and one, two. 652 00:40:45,232 --> 00:40:48,759 My word. You can become delirious at 103. 653 00:40:49,069 --> 00:40:50,434 Jock wasn't delirious. 654 00:40:50,655 --> 00:40:53,135 How can you tell? You were burning up. Just like he was. 655 00:40:54,492 --> 00:40:57,621 That is what you've just told us. Isn't it. Mr. Anderson? 656 00:41:08,884 --> 00:41:11,410 So in your opinion. Mr. Ewing... 657 00:41:11,679 --> 00:41:15,809 what your father wrote in that codicil was exactly what he meant. 658 00:41:16,143 --> 00:41:19,033 That's right. Really no different than what he had done before. 659 00:41:19,313 --> 00:41:21,919 He was always pitting Bobby and me against each other. 660 00:41:22,191 --> 00:41:25,752 I'd run the company. And then he'd give it to Bobby. And then I'd run it again. 661 00:41:27,406 --> 00:41:31,855 It's just the way my daddy did things. It was his way of toughening us up. 662 00:41:33,538 --> 00:41:37,020 And it also told him who was the best man for the job. 663 00:41:37,334 --> 00:41:38,540 Now. Sir. That codicil... 664 00:41:38,752 --> 00:41:42,837 was just an extension of the way we were raised all our lives. 665 00:41:50,266 --> 00:41:54,157 Well. I see your little wife over there giving aid and comfort to the opposition. 666 00:41:54,479 --> 00:41:57,085 Opposition? J.R.. that's your mother. 667 00:41:59,818 --> 00:42:01,866 The judge is coming back. 668 00:42:17,422 --> 00:42:20,312 Mrs. Ewing. Did your husband ever write to you about the codicil? 669 00:42:21,010 --> 00:42:23,490 - No. - Nothing at all? 670 00:42:24,472 --> 00:42:29,717 Well. He told me on the phone that he had been trying to plan ahead... 671 00:42:30,104 --> 00:42:33,392 but it was hard. He was tired. 672 00:42:33,691 --> 00:42:38,299 He said that he just wanted to lie down and go to sleep for a while. 673 00:42:39,323 --> 00:42:41,212 I remember that that frightened me. 674 00:42:41,450 --> 00:42:44,056 Had you ever heard him say anything like that before? 675 00:42:44,328 --> 00:42:48,413 Never. Jock was as strong as a bull. 676 00:42:48,750 --> 00:42:51,720 It must have been the fever or whatever. I don't know. 677 00:42:52,004 --> 00:42:56,168 But he just... He just wasn't himself down there. 678 00:42:56,509 --> 00:43:00,230 But he did write to you about how he was feeling. Though? 679 00:43:00,556 --> 00:43:03,207 Yes. Yes. Several times. 680 00:43:03,476 --> 00:43:05,046 Mrs. Ewing... 681 00:43:05,812 --> 00:43:08,418 can I ask you to read some of what he wrote to you? 682 00:43:31,049 --> 00:43:35,054 �I've forgotten how miserable the jungle can be. 683 00:43:35,388 --> 00:43:39,234 Between the heat and the fatigue. I'm about done in. 684 00:43:40,644 --> 00:43:44,854 I've been running a fever lately. But I guess I'll get over that. 685 00:43:45,650 --> 00:43:49,450 If Punk can survive it, so can I. We're getting things done. 686 00:43:50,739 --> 00:43:54,027 It's not like when we were young. Though. Ellie. 687 00:43:55,453 --> 00:43:58,900 I'm really feeling the years down here. 688 00:43:59,207 --> 00:44:01,858 My concentration isn't what it used to be either. 689 00:44:02,586 --> 00:44:06,227 I find myself trying to figure something out... 690 00:44:06,549 --> 00:44:09,758 then just drifting off someplace... 691 00:44:10,679 --> 00:44:13,364 back to younger days... 692 00:44:14,308 --> 00:44:16,356 younger times. 693 00:44:18,480 --> 00:44:22,451 It's funny. I stare out... 694 00:44:22,776 --> 00:44:27,065 and all of these jungle plants just kind of dissolve... 695 00:44:28,116 --> 00:44:30,244 and there's your face instead... 696 00:44:32,079 --> 00:44:34,764 just waiting there for me... 697 00:44:36,042 --> 00:44:40,923 my pretty little girl. My pretty little Ellie. 698 00:44:41,924 --> 00:44:45,451 Lord. How I miss you down here.� 699 00:45:03,407 --> 00:45:06,297 Mrs. Ewing. I won't ask you to read any more. 700 00:45:06,577 --> 00:45:11,344 May we place these letters in the hands of the judge for his personal scrutiny? 701 00:45:16,464 --> 00:45:19,673 Mrs. Ewing. I have just one more question for you. 702 00:45:20,885 --> 00:45:23,934 Aside from the fever. The exhaustion... 703 00:45:24,223 --> 00:45:27,944 are you saying that at the time your husband wrote the codicil... 704 00:45:28,269 --> 00:45:30,351 he lacked mental competence? 705 00:45:37,947 --> 00:45:40,757 Mrs. Ewing. Please answer the question. 706 00:45:42,828 --> 00:45:46,878 Are you saying that when your husband wrote the codicil... 707 00:45:47,208 --> 00:45:48,972 he was mentally incompetent? 708 00:45:52,798 --> 00:45:54,641 I'm saying... 709 00:45:55,509 --> 00:46:01,198 that his sense of judgment was not up to his usual standards. 710 00:46:02,392 --> 00:46:04,281 That's not what I'm asking. 711 00:46:16,742 --> 00:46:22,511 If that's the legal term you need to break the will... 712 00:46:24,668 --> 00:46:26,318 then yes. 713 00:46:27,046 --> 00:46:30,767 Jock was not mentally competent. 714 00:46:47,820 --> 00:46:51,267 Ladies and gentlemen, you may take your seat. Court is again in session. 715 00:47:13,975 --> 00:47:15,579 You may be seated. 716 00:47:17,563 --> 00:47:20,692 The court finds the testimony on the plaintiff's behalf... 717 00:47:20,983 --> 00:47:23,463 both touching and persuasive. 718 00:47:24,154 --> 00:47:27,920 It would appear that the codicil as drawn was possibly a mistake in judgment. 719 00:47:31,663 --> 00:47:35,793 However. Considering all the testimony offered... 720 00:47:36,126 --> 00:47:41,292 and even given the fact of the pressures and illness of Mr. Ewing... 721 00:47:42,008 --> 00:47:46,138 it does appear that he was of sound mind to the very end. 722 00:47:47,973 --> 00:47:54,094 The court cannot find grounds enough to overturn his final intentions. 723 00:47:54,856 --> 00:47:58,622 Therefore. It is the decision of this court to rule for the defendant... 724 00:48:00,112 --> 00:48:04,834 that the will of Mr. John Ross Ewing Sr.. and its codicil in all particulars... 725 00:48:05,202 --> 00:48:09,526 shall remain intact as drawn. Judgment is so entered. 726 00:48:10,625 --> 00:48:12,627 - Court is adjourned. - Harv. 727 00:48:20,219 --> 00:48:21,823 Mama. 728 00:48:21,873 --> 00:48:26,423 Repair and Synchronization by Easy Subtitles Synchronizer 1.0.0.0