Dallas in the 90's

[Ms Southworth]

Like I've already stated ... ... EXCELLENT UPDATE!!! (and unfortunately also cliffhanger for episode 7 )

First of all, I must say that I found it a bit odd for so much kissing to be going on between two teenagers who had only spent a few hours in each other's company! It's not like they got to know each other at the ice cream place beforehand, so I was a bit puzzled about that! What ever happened to holding hands?

Rebecca and Margaret somehow "escaped" Christopher the "watch-dog", heh??? And the adventurous girls spied on John Ross and Melissa once again! I must say that Rebecca is one tough little cookie! I mean, she dared to talk back to her cousin who's much older than her! :lolo:

I'm happy to learn that Melissa supposedly is a pretty normal teenager who didn't have the slightest idea what devious plans John Ross had up his sleeve! She thought that "going to the barn" meant going to look at the horses! John Ross was way off base here, and I'm thrilled that Melissa gave him what he had coming!

Cliff Barnes must really be desperate to talk to Pam, since he showed up at Southfork of all places! I was happy to see uncle and nephew hugging and making up for lost time! als:

Things sure got interesting once JR and Sue Ellen showed up, right? Cliff dropped the "bomb" about Don being in Dallas, and suddenly everything went berserk! :lolo:

Even though I know JR clearly thinks that he is in love with Sue Ellen (or at least want to take her to bed), it's a bit strange that he keeps on referring to her as his wife! Not only in front of her, but also in front of guests!

I'm so glad that Sue Ellen finally knows that the movie is out in the US. However, I do find it weird that neither of the Ewings have been contacted for interviews prior to the premiere! (I know, I know ... it would completely ruin the storyline! )

Perfect question from JR: “What, don’t tell me that you didn’t like the movie either Barnes?”

Quite a bit of name calling, foul language, putting the blame on each other, etc.!!! Somehow, I don't recall so much cursing on "Dallas"!

I did love a lot of the dialogue in this scene. For instance, when JR once again verbally attacked Cliff: “Well let me tell you something and that is that you’re getting more and more like that drunk looser who was your father for every day. He always blamed everything on us Ewings and so are you!”

Great with yet another pool fight! I could see the whole thing played out on my TV! Only wished that there had been some camera men on Southfork, so it would be on the 6 o'clock news in Dallas!

John Ross, what are we going to do about you??? You haven't got a clue what girls/women want!!! I couldn't believe when he (after the pool fight had ended) said these things to Melissa:

• “So where were we?”
• “Yeah if we can make it out of the barn”
• “Oh so you haven’t ever done it in a barn before?”
• “... ... I mean you’re obviously not easy ... ...”

John Ross deserved being dumped like he did!!! Let's hear it for Melissa! :hats:

Once again ... John Ross ... sorry, but you're the laughing stock of the day: “... ... I lost her for thinking with my pants, why do I have to be so much like you dad?”

I'm quite sad to hear that Sue Ellen seems to have let her guards down in terms of JR! They have so much to work through before they can even think of getting back together! :mo: I hope that you'll come to your senses soon and slow down, Sue Ellen!

I loved JR's last line: “... ... I’ll come up with something, since nobody crosses JR Ewing and gets away with it”. It's just JR in a nut shell!

Please don't make us wait for too long, Karin, before you begin posting episode 8!

 

[Miss Texas 1967]

Cliff is an idiot, he continues to do things without thinking them through.
I do remember he and Marilee have something going on with JR though, will that be coming back soon?

Sue Ellen really needs to take some time out from lounging around Southfork to go and visit a lawyer. Put up some kind of fight even if it doesn't work, but doing nothing will get her nowhere. Divorce too, tick tock...
Sue Ellen also needs to think carefully about JR. He can be nice, charming and supportive but they haven't really figured out their relationship yet, nor has she figured out her marriage situation.

John Ross was trying way too hard to get some here. Like come on, be smart boy, you're at Southfork with the whole family around, nothing is going to happen. Even without the family around though, jeez keep it in your pants, there's a lot to be said for self-control and respect.

Charlie is whining again. I get it, racing cars are boring, but ugh just don't go. She and Randy have been together long enough that she should be able to just say "go ahead and do what you want today, we'll have dinner together" or something like that. Subjecting everyone to her whining isn't the way to make a good impression.

 

[Karin]

Thank you everyone for the feedback. It's much appreciated as always. :thank:

Silvie, I'm glad you thought the final scene in episode seven was great.

Ms Southworth, you're welcome about the story. I'm grateful to you for always leaving such detailed feedback. It's a real treat to read your comments.

I know holding hands seems like the logical first step on a date. But John Ross and Melissa are all over each other in the pool. I guess you can chalk it up to raging hormones that teenagers have. You do tend to feel things a lot more intensively at that age. But yeah John Ross was out of line and got exactly what he deserved for it.

I'm glad you enjoyed the JR/SE/Cliff confrontation. Gotta love the drama that occurs whenever you put those character in the same scene. They are hiliarous.

I think the reason why JR refers to Sue Ellen as his wife is because they were married for 15 years or something like that and now when she's back almost like she's never left it's easy to fall back into the habit of thinking of her as his wife.

Sue Ellen is not interested in getting back together with JR. That's not why she's siding with him. It's just that they have an in common goal in making damage control after the movie has been released as they have been embarrassed in public and want to save face.

Honkytonkangel, I agree that Melissa was right to finally walk out on John Ross. I think most of us would have done the same if we were in her shoes since the Ewing family sure can seem strange to an outsider and I know I wouldn't want to get mixed up with them either if they were real people! :lolo:
Luckily for us they're not but they sure are entertaining and yeah it's always good when JR/SE are on the same side. So don't you worry about Don he will get what he deserve...

Also without spoiling too much of the plot I can say that you will find out in a few episodes how it will go the next time John Ross brings a girl home to Southfork!

Shan, thanks for those emoticons.

Presea, I agree that it's sad how kids that age tends to hook up very fast. But let's remember that they are teenagers. John Ross is 16 and even if that's almost an adult, he's still a hormone driven teenager who's frontal lobe is not fully developed yet and therefore he and other people his age makes decisions that can seem impulsive and stupid to an adult!

So well I'm sorry you don't like him in this story but maybe that has more to do with teens in general than with John Ross since he is acting like a typical teenager!

You are right about Sue Ellen of course. She needs to deal with the problem that is her husband herself rather than to let someone else do it for her. Problem is she hasn't been able to reach Don for weeks since he has been travelling and he doesn't answer his phone. So since she hasn't been able to reach him she hasn't been able to deal with him.

I agree that it's important to be in character when you write.

Then as for the language, it might interest you to know that I learnt my first curse words in English from Dallas. I picked up expressions like "Go to hell" "Dammit" and "Damn" from Dallas. So there were curse words on the original Dallas too and well if you look at 90's movies like "I Know What You Did Last Summer", like I did when I wrote a paper about bad language for University, I noticed that people who are our generation (the same as John Ross & Chris etc) do tend to use a lot of foul language. So I think it makes sense for them to use expressions like "Shit", "F*** and F***ing"

I think the expression Afton used was "Piece of shit" in reference to Sue Ellen's movie and well those words were used to express her opinion about Sue Ellen's movie and since she was very upset that:
1) such a movie had been made since it brought up her past sins that she'd like to forget
2) Cliff had shown it to their daughter
She didn't mince words when speaking about it.

Tommie, oh yeah gotta love the glory days of Dallas when the action happened around the Southfork pool!
I don't even think they had one single fight in the pool or anyone being pushed into it on Dallas TNT and I really missed that.

MissTexas1967, yes the story involving Cliff and Marilee fooling JR to buy that worthless dry hole of an oil field will be coming back and go somewhere when they'll start drilling. But it might take a while to get to that point...

Yeah Sue Ellen need to stay cautious of JR. He wants her back and she doesn't want that but we all know that when JR wants something he'll stop at nothing to get what he wants...You know maybe that's why Sue Ellen is in no hurry to divorce Don since she's using him as an excuse to create some distance between her and JR...

I agree that John Ross was coming on way too strong with Melissa and he lost her because of it.

Well problem for Charlie is that she wanted to catch up with Marnie, but maybe it would have been better for them to do that at the mall than on the sidelines of the race track since neither one of them enjoyed it much. Also I agree that in a relationship you need to be able to do your own things too as it's not healthy to spend every moment together.

That's all for now but...
Stay tuned for episode eight which I will begin posting sometime this week... :wink@
Hopefully by then all of our readers will have caught up!

Oh and in the meantime please do tell me which plots that you are eagerly awaiting to read more about. It would be really interesting to find out what's caught your attention!

 

[Ms Southworth]

Ms Southworth, ....... I'm grateful to you for always leaving such detailed feedback. It's a real treat to read your comments.

:yw: :bh:

Stay tuned for episode eight which I will begin posting sometime this week... :wink@

HALLELUJAH!!! Best news of the day! :heels:

Oh and in the meantime please do tell me which plots that you are eagerly awaiting to read more about. It would be really interesting to find out what's caught your attention!

I will make a list of all the storylines that I'm waiting for "input" on! Unfortunately, it most likely won't be this week! Let's not forget that I have several hundred (perhaps a thousand?) pages to read through in order to be able to make a list! Hope that you'll understand!

 

[Karin]

Actually what you've read so far is equal to 340 pages in word.

No worries if you wanna go through all seven episodes to make your list I can see why it's gonna take some time. However I was thinking more among the lines of which storylines that people are most eager to find out more about and I guess if you can't really remember the storyline or what's going on that storyline can't be that compelling in the first place. So that's why I thought you'd be making such a list off the top of your head. If you see what I mean?

:bh:

 

[Ms Southworth]

Actually what you've read so far is equal to 340 pages in word.

No worries if you wanna go through all seven episodes to make your list I can see why it's gonna take some time. However I was thinking more among the lines of which storylines that people are most eager to find out more about and I guess if you can't really remember the storyline or what's going on that storyline can't be that compelling in the first place. So that's why I thought you'd be making such a list off the top of your head. If you see what I mean?

:bh:

I know what you mean, Karin! And I could just brainstorm and make a quick (yet long) list, but I want to make sure that I don't leave anything out!

On one hand, you can expect that there will be certain characters/storylines that most likely won't make my list! On the other hand, I might add on some stuff that I'd like to see happen down the road!

Anyway, I'm also interested in reading the first seven episodes with "new" eyes ... ... knowing what I know now!

 

[Miss Texas 1967]

@Ms Southworth I kind of did what you're about to do, I didn't read for a long time and then caught up all at once so the story flows more like one long piece of text than small chunks.

Not gonna put words in your mouth but I'm gonna guess you feel like both a lot of time has passed and not much time has passed at all when you finish reading. The first part took me probably a day or so to read so when I was caught up it felt like I'd watched an episode rather than had watched multiple episodes, if that makes sense?

Anyway, carry on

 

[Ms Southworth]

@Ms Southworth I kind of did what you're about to do, I didn't read for a long time and then caught up all at once so the story flows more like one long piece of text than small chunks.

Not gonna put words in your mouth but I'm gonna guess you feel like both a lot of time has passed and not much time has passed at all when you finish reading. The first part took me probably a day or so to read so when I was caught up it felt like I'd watched an episode rather than had watched multiple episodes, if that makes sense?

Anyway, carry on

Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts, @Miss Texas 1967! :need:

I'm a bit curious if I'll pick up on small details that I didn't "notice" the first time around! You know, even to this day, I can pick up on something in an old "Dallas" episode that I didn't notice before! :wink@

 

[Mrs Bobby James Ewing]

Great updates Karin! I am so happy that Melissa dumped John Ross after their first date. Melissa is one smart cookie to get away from John Ross and his crazy family. I hope Cliff, Afton, and Pamela Rebecca patch things up soon now that the three of them have seen Sue Ellen's tell all movie about her life with Cliff, JR and the Ewings even though I am not a fan of Cliff's awful treatment of Afton when they were dating on original Dallas.

 

[Ray&Donna]

I am looking forward to more Ray and Donna, of course

 

[Karin]

Thank you everyone for your feedback and comments.

Ms Southworth, I'll look forward to read your list whenever you have the time to compile it.
I am flattered that you want to actually re-read the whole story from the beginning and well maybe you will notice something new, maybe you won't. I do occasionally re-read my own story to get a better grip of all of the ongoing plots so we don't end up with any loose ends...

Me too keeps noticing new details when I rewatch old Dallas episodes. Especially if I watch an episode big on the home movie projector.

Miss Texas1967, it makes perfect sense to me. Also I agree that the story flows better when you read more of it at once. It would probably flow best if you read a whole episode at once and yet I am grateful to everyone who regularly reads the updates and send me feedback. So I am glad that people don't wait that long in between reading the updates.
You are correct when you say that not a lot of time has actually passed. The story started in May and we are now in July.

Sanda, I agree that Cliff treated Afton wrong the first time they were dating. I think he would have treated her better if they had gotten married when she returned but sadly he never got a chance to before she took their daughter and ran off on him.
I think Cliff and Afton should have been married then. It would have been interesting to see Cliff as a family man in the last seasons of Dallas rather than him running after Liz Adams, who I constantly think of as "the one who licked her teeth" in the opening credits!

Tommie, I am not surprised that you look forward to the Ray and Donna scenes.

Anyway I think I've left you hanging long enough so let's kick off episode eight in the next post...

 

[Karin]

At Southfork Ranch was JR watching the morning news show with a grim look on his face. He obviously didn’t like what he saw. On the screen they were showing a reportage from yesterday’s movie premiere of A Family Affair.

“The premiere was visited by some of the most recognizable faces in Dallas who didn’t at all mind that the movie was partly about them,” a voice over informed the viewers, as clips of Cliff, Afton and Becky on the red carpet were seen. Then they cut to Afton’s interview piece. “Me and my daughter are very happy to be here!”

JR rolled his eyes at that statement since he knew that it was not true. If one was to believe Cliff Barnes Afton was just as upset about the movie as they were. The reportage showed some more people that JR recognized and who he used to think were friends, in particularly Marilee Stone, before it cut back to a studio interview with Cliff Barnes and Don Lockwood. The young blonde reporter turned to Don and said, “So Mr. Lockwood you mentioned earlier that you’ve based a lot of this film on your wife’s diary entries. So would you mind giving us a little flavor of what’s to come in the movie?”

“No not at all, I happen to have one of Sue Ellen’s old diaries with me here,” Don replied as he opened up an old book with red covers, “This entry is from April 1979, shortly before her son John Ross was born. Her loving husband thought that the right place to wait in the child’s birth at was at the Sanatorium for drunks.”

“Ouch that sounds awful,” the reporter commented.

“It is, listen to this,” Don said and started to read from Sue Ellen’s diary. “Today when JR came to see me I threw a glass at him. Oh how I hate him for locking me in here like a caged animal…”

JR looked very upset at what he was hearing. Then he called out, “Sue Ellen!”

Sue Ellen came into the office room where JR was watching TV. “JR what’s wrong?”

“That’s what’s wrong,” JR pointed at the TV screen.

“Oh no!” Sue Ellen groaned in dismay when she saw her rat of a husband and Cliff Barnes on the screen.

“Oh yes, it’s that despicable husband of yours who sees it fit to wash all of our dirty laundry on TV,” JR argued. “And he’s even brought in Cliff Barnes in the studio with him to humiliate us some more.”

“I can see that, no wonder he wouldn’t take my calls,” Sue Ellen said angrily.

“Yeah I guess he was too busy planning how to stab you in the back. I must say you really made an error in judgment letting that jerk read your diaries. Hell even I haven’t read your diaries so I don’t appreciate being told what’s in them from that jerk,” JR argued as he gesticulated angrily towards the TV.

“Don’s reading my diary on TV?” Sue Ellen closed her eyes, as she really didn’t think the humiliation could get any worse, but she was wrong.

“Yeah,” JR confirmed.

“Damn!” Sue Ellen cursed. “I feel like such a fool, I mean he told me that he could play dirty but did I listen?” She said upset, “Oh hell no I figured after you any man would be an improvement. So I went right ahead and married the jerk!” Sue Ellen vented when Lucy, Christopher, Rebecca, Margaret, Miss Ellie and Clayton entered the room.

“Mind your language Sue Ellen,” Miss Ellie said, “there are children in this house!”

“Yeah what are you two arguing about anyway?” Clayton asked.

“About them!” JR and Sue Ellen said in unison and pointed at the TV.

“Oh dear, what’s Cliff Barnes and Don Lockwood doing on TV?” Miss Ellie asked.

“Asking for trouble,” JR muttered.

“Oh look Rebecca, that’s Uncle Cliff on TV!” Christopher exclaimed delighted. “Isn’t that cool that our uncle’s on TV?”

“Yeah go Uncle Cliff!” Rebecca cheered. “But what’s he talking about?”

“My movie,” Sue Ellen said on the verge of tears.

“I was afraid of that,” Miss Ellie sighed.

“It looks like they are doing a great job of promoting it too. I mean who would have thought we’d be treated to Sue Ellen’s most private thoughts on TV?” Lucy said sarcastically.

JR gave her a look that could kill and like a hurt animal he lashed out at Lucy, “Spare us your sarcasm Lucy. This is serious. Can’t you see that those idiots have made a fool out of Sue Ellen and me?”

“Well sorry, I thought you had a sense of humor, obviously I was wrong!” Lucy rolled her eyes.

“Lucy please don’t you see that there’s nothing funny about this situation?” Sue Ellen bit her lip, “I mean my husband has just sold me out for money. He’s even reading my diaries on TV against my will. I don’t think I’ve ever been so humiliated by someone I love before.”

“Well then you have a short memory. I mean your marriage with JR was no bed of roses,” Lucy reminded Sue Ellen.

“I know that, but that doesn’t change the fact that Don’s proven that he can play just as dirty as JR and I didn’t think that of him…” Sue Ellen said bitterly.

“Well he’s not gonna get away with it. Because we are Ewings and if someone hurts us we hurt them back. So it’s about time we stick together and show everyone that nobody messes with us Ewings,” JR said angrily.

“JR’s right, Don’s going to regret the day he decided to cross us,” Sue Ellen agreed.

“Sue Ellen?” Lucy said surprised. “I can’t believe that you’re actually siding with JR after all that he’s done to you!”

“I’m not siding with JR. I’m siding with my family!” Sue Ellen said firmly. “Don’s hurt me and I’d be damned if I just sit around and let him get away with it!”

“Yeah but still I never thought I’d see the day when you and JR was on the same team again,” Lucy said.

“They’re right Lucy, we Ewings always help each other when one of us in trouble and it’s time that we stick together and show everyone that we’re a family again,” Miss Ellie said.

“I agree with you Ellie. We must do something about this and I think the best way to start is by gathering the family together so we can discuss how to handle this,” Clayton said.

“Good idea, I’ll go and get my parents,” Margaret said.

“And I’ll call Bobby and Pam in Houston and tell them to get on the first flight back to Dallas,” Miss Ellie said.

“But mama is that really necessary?” JR complained. “I am sure we can do just fine without that Barnes woman.”

“JR! Enough of that attitude already!” Miss Ellie lectured her eldest son. “We can’t help you if you don’t cooperate with us and that means that you must show everyone that you get along with Sue Ellen, Pam, Lucy, Gary and everyone else the movie says you are on bad terms with!” Miss Ellie reasoned.

“I’m sorry Mama, you’re right. I’ll better call Bobby at the hotel myself,” JR said.

“But what if mommy and daddy won’t answer at the hotel?” Rebecca asked. “I tried to call them yesterday but they were out!”

“Oh don’t you worry your pretty little head about that,” JR said tousled Rebecca's hair. “I have my ways of getting hold of people if I really want to!”

“Good, you’ll call Bobby and Pam,” Miss Ellie agreed. “Then when they get back I think you should take them and Sue Ellen out to dinner on town.”

“Oh I don’t know if that’s such a good idea,” Sue Ellen objected.

“Oh believe me, it’s a good idea. You’ll see the best way to prove to the public how phony that movie is, is by showing everyone in public how well JR get along with the people he’s let down. Then people will start to question how true those rumors about us are!” Miss Ellie explained.

“That actually makes sense,” Sue Ellen said.

“So are you in?” JR asked.

“Yeah you can count on me,” Sue Ellen nodded.

“Good,” JR replied. “Now I just wish that Don hadn’t involved Cliff Barnes. I mean why is it that he’s using every chance he can to carry on his silly vendetta against us Ewings?”

“I don’t know,” Miss Ellie sighed.

“I mean Cliff Barnes just escalated the problem!”

“So Uncle Cliff’s bad news?” Rebecca asked.

“Yeah you got it kid!” JR tousled Rebecca's hair again and gave her one of his best shit eating grins.

 

[Ms Southworth]

Ms Southworth, I'll look forward to read your list whenever you have the time to compile it.
I am flattered that you want to actually re-read the whole story from the beginning and well maybe you will notice something new, maybe you won't. I do occasionally re-read my own story to get a better grip of all of the ongoing plots so we don't end up with any loose ends...

Me too keeps noticing new details when I rewatch old Dallas episodes. Especially if I watch an episode big on the home movie projector.

I hope to be able to begin my read this weekend, when I'm taking my own children and also three children from my daughter's class out to a giant jumping castle and some trampolines!. Hopefully, it's possible to find a quiet spot under a tree, where I can read (and take notes), while all "my" children have their own fun!

 

[Ms Southworth]

Beautiful photo collage for episode 8!

The episode titel is also very catchy! :cooler:

It was an amazing opening scene!

LOL ... Why is it that I find it very easy to imagine JR watching the morning news with an increasingly grumpy look on his face?

I felt sad and also quite angry when I heard how the television network manipulated Afton's response about the movie! It was taken completely out of context, and the viewers didn't know that!

I cannot believe that Don chose to bring one of Sue Ellen's diaries to the movie premiere!!! That horrible man has no class ... and also no respect for other people!

I just love these phrases:

• “Mind your language Sue Ellen,” Miss Ellie said, “there are children in this house!”

• “It looks like they are doing a great job of promoting it too. I mean who would have thought we’d be treated to Sue Ellen’s most private thoughts on TV?” Lucy said sarcastically.

• “Well then you have a short memory. I mean your marriage with JR was no bed of roses,” Lucy reminded Sue Ellen.

• “Well he’s not gonna get away with it. Because we are Ewings and if someone hurts us we hurt them back. So it’s about time we stick together and show everyone that nobody messes with us Ewings,” JR said angrily.

• “Sue Ellen?” Lucy said surprised. “I can’t believe that you’re actually siding with JR after all that he’s done to you!”

• “I’m not siding with JR. I’m siding with my family!” Sue Ellen said firmly.

• “JR! Enough of that attitude already!” Miss Ellie lectured her eldest son. :mo:

• “So Uncle Cliff’s bad news?” Rebecca asked. “Yeah you got it kid!” JR tousled Rebecca's hair again and gave her one of his best shit eating grins.

IMO, it would make sense, if Ray and Donna would join in on the upcoming night out on the town! After all, it's no secret that JR hasn't always had the best relationship with these two! :wink@

I bet that Bobby will be happy that there's something else to "overshine" his and Pam's homecoming (so he doesn't have to share the news about the bad business deal just yet!). Well, maybe his smile will fade somewhat when he finds out that his marriage to Pam was also portrayed in "A Family Affair"! And who knows what Sue Ellen wrote in her diary about the love birds?

I'm thrilled that episode 8 has been "launched". I'm looking forward to the next update!

 

[Pammy P]

Brilliant start to episode 8, well written for the character JR, need to get B & P back to the fork, missing them for so long ! Barnes v Ewing, this is going to be so good!

 

[Ms Southworth]

Brilliant start to episode 8, well written for the character JR, need to get B & P back to the fork, missing them for so long ! Barnes v Ewing, this is going to be so good!

Yeah ... Barnes vs. Ewing!!!

And while we're at it, why don't we throw the Wade's in too? I'm "secretly" hoping to get rid of not only Don, but also Jenna and Charlie ... all in one "punch"!

Sorry, Karin and ... :hiding: ... I know you love these characters, but please let me have my dream, okay?

 

[Ms Southworth]

Sorry, Karin and ... :hiding: ... I know you love these characters, but please let me have my dream, okay?

I'm so sorry! :shy: Somehow, I managed to erase Jenny's name, when I was editing my post! :bag: Please accept my sincere apologies! :forgive:

 

[Karin]

Thank you for the feedback.

Ms Southworth, there's no rush with the re-reading. Take your time.
I'm glad that you enjoyed the opening scene, photo collage, episode title and so much of the dialogue.
Don didn't bring Sue Ellen's diaries to the movie premiere but to the studio interview that he and Cliff did that was pre-taped. Also as far as the news team are considered they think they are reporting the truth about Afton, because they don't know that she changed her opinion about the movie afterwards. They just used her interview in a way they saw fit. But I know what it's like to be misquoted by the press. When I was like 15 the newspaper came to my class and interviewed me and some classmates and they wrote the headline "fun at school" or something like that and well I hated my Junior High school so much that my nickname for it was "hell" yet if you read the newspaper article you never could have guessed it as all I was talking about was the upcoming social evening with our own talent show and well yeah that was fun. So that day school was fun. The rest of the year it was not!
Yeah you are right that Bobby is happy that he doesn't have to tell JR about the Guzzler Gate straight off since Sue Ellen's movie has stolen everyone's attention! :lolo:
Then as for Jenna and Charlie, all I can say is dream on...

Pammy, thanks you'll be happy to hear that there's a lot more of Bobby and Pam coming up in this episode!
Oh yeah Barnes vs. Ewing was a big part of what made Dallas into the show it was, so don't expect that to go away anytime soon. Even though Cliff does like Bobby a whole lot better these days he and JR are still carrying on with their Barnes-Ewing feud...

Okay so it's time for an update and since it's shorter scenes I'll give you a double treat tonight:


At Wade’s rented house, Jenna switched off the TV. “Oh no, now the Ewings are in real trouble. Every little thing they do will be showing up in the tabloids. Poor them…”

“You know what sucks mom?” Charlie said. “You’re sort of married into the Ewing family!”

“Oh…eh,” Jenna made a face as it dawned on her. Then she turned towards her son and said strictly, “Lucas you better keep a low profile from now on, meaning no more soup incidents.”

“What?” Lucas asked innocently.

“You know if you hadn’t married Ray, this would not have been our problem…”

“Well I did and it is. I mean after seven years of marriage I have to stand by my husband.”

“Oh like he is standing by you?” Charlie snorted. “He left you so nobody would blame you if you were to divorce him.”

“Are you gonna divorce daddy mom?” Lucas asked worriedly. “Is this cause I am not his real son?”

“No Lucas of course not,” Jenna reassured Lucas. “Daddy and mommy’s problems have nothing to do with you. We’ve just separated that’s all!”

“Maybe it’s about time you actually called him and told him you’re here now mom?” Charlie suggested.

Jenna bit her lip, “Well I would but he is in Washington and besides I should probably hold off until this whole movie scandal blows over,” Jenna said and Charlie sighed.

 

[Karin]

JR was sitting on his room with an annoyed look on his face as he waited for someone to answer the phone at the Omni Houston Hotel, where Bobby and Pam were staying. After what seemed like a long time someone finally picked up the phone. “Omni Houston Hotel, what can I do for you?”

“This is JR Ewing. I’d like to be connected to my brother Bobby’s suite please.”

“I’m sorry sir but Mr. and Mrs. Ewing are out for the day.”

“Oh did they leave a forwarding number?”

“Hold on sir, I’ll check our computer,” the receptionist said and JR sighed, as he hated to wait around. “I’m sorry sir it doesn’t say. However it does say that you’re going to pay for their bill. So do you prefer invoice or to write out a check right away?”

JR shook his head, “So Bobby and Pam charged the bill to me huh?”

“Yes that’s what our records say.”

“Well just send an invoice then, also if you’ll help me track down my brother I’ll send you a nice personal bonus too.”

“Thank you Mr. Ewing, I’ll do my best to track them down for you and I’ll call you back?”

“Great, I knew you would,” JR smiled.

“I’ll get back to you as soon as I can.”

“Fine, I’ll look forward to hear from you,” JR grinned, knowing that everyone had their prize and if one was willing to pay a little extra, tracking down baby brother should really be a piece of cake.

 

[Honkytonkangel]

OK I thought Don had hit an all-time low when he actually released the movie but as it turns out there's all-time, 50 feet of shit and then Don. I can't believe he's reading her diaries on TV, that is way beyond humiliation and cruelty and something I don't think even JR would've done to her.
I LOVE that JR is on her side though, I just hope, as things escalate, that he stays there.
Also LOVE Miss Ellie insisting that the whole family band together, that is very cool.
Now let's have JR pull out every dirty trick he can and take those bastards down once and for all.
Can't wait to see what happens.