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<blockquote data-quote="James from London" data-source="post: 45720" data-attributes="member: 22">&quot;Love Stories&quot; A couple of seemingly unrelated events that set off a chain reaction. First Pam agrees to accompany Cliff on a trip to the Gulf while Mark is on his stag night. &quot;Just promise me you&#039;re not gonna misbehave at that stag party,&quot; she says teasingly, &quot;because I know what goes on at those things.&quot; &quot;Stop playing kissy face, will ya?&quot; interrupts Cliff. &quot;You&#039;ve got years to do that.&quot; No they don&#039;t--this is their last but one scene together. Meanwhile, Katherine is at the Oil Baron&#039;s Club blurting out a confession: &quot;I hated it, Bobby. All the time I was thinking of you. I wanted it to be you ... and then, when I&#039;d done everything JR wanted me to do, I couldn&#039;t believe he&#039;d actually play that tape for you.&quot; &quot;What tape?&quot; asks Bobby. &quot;The tape of me and JR in bed, you know.&quot; But then Katherine realises Bobby doesn&#039;t know ... or didn&#039;t until just now. And the house of cards she has spent the last year and a half carefully assembling (inside her own head, if nowhere else) comes crashing down around her. &quot;But I could MAKE you love me!&quot; she insists, banging her fist on the table. &quot;Doesn&#039;t the fact that you&#039;re Pam&#039;s sister mean anything to you??&quot; asks Bobby. &quot;Only that I had to wait for the two of you to divorce before I could go after you,&quot; she replies with amusing matter-of-factness. &quot;I don&#039;t know you at all, do I?&quot; &quot;Bobby, I love you!&quot; &quot;Maybe you do ... but it&#039;s a sick kinda love!&quot; For some reason, that line always makes me laugh. He leaves in disgust and she gets drunk. I mean, really drunk.By the time Mark arrives to take her home, even her hair is drunk. (See, that&#039;s why Pam has to be in the Gulf with Cliff--for the story to work, Katherine and Mark have to be alone together.) They get onto the subject of Jerry Kenderson. &quot;I only saw him cos of you,&quot; slurs Katherine (aw, bless Morgan Brittany, but drunk acting isn&#039;t really her forte). &quot;That&#039;s why you&#039;re gettin&#039; married, cos of Jerry Kenderson ... Jerry&#039;ll tell ya why Pam&#039;s marryin&#039; ya.&quot; And with that, she collapses under the weight of her alcoholic hair. Back at the ranch, JR is counselling Bobby on his love life, which is always fun to see: &quot;I&#039;m no saint, but I know one when I see one ... Jenna Wade. She loves you, Bob, and so does her little girl. She&#039;d make you a wonderful wife if you&#039;d just let her ... When Jenna jilted you, you made the tragic mistake of your life when you married Pam, but you&#039;re free of her now ... She&#039;s marryin&#039; Mark Graison and I think that&#039;s the best thing in the world for you ... You shoulda married Jenna a long time ago, Bob. You&#039;ve known each other since you were kids. She was more like us than Pam ever was. She&#039;s willin&#039; to wait for you, but she&#039;s not gonna wait forever. Now if I&#039;m wrong just tell me.&quot; &quot;I&#039;d love to,&quot; replies Bobby, worn down by the hard sell, &quot;but for once you may be right.&quot;A sobered up Katherine then proves she&#039;s not totally evil by trying to cover up her earlier gaffe, even though she no longer has a personal stake in Pam&#039;s marriage to Mark: &quot;You must have misunderstood me ... What could Jerry possibly have to do with you and Pam getting married?&quot; Mark&#039;s suspicions have been raised, however, and he confronts Jerry. We aren&#039;t privy to the exact moment he finds out he&#039;s dying, but afterwards, we join the two men in a bar. I find this scene really touching. John Beck is so good. His reaction as Mark to the news is restrained and--for want of a better word--manly, but deeply felt. &quot;You know anyone who wants a string of polo ponies?&quot; he asks Jerry with mock flippancy. &quot;All my life, I&#039;ve had everything. Most of which I didn&#039;t want or care about. Now that I could marry Pam, start a family ... I know I wanna see Pam, tell her how much I love her, how much she means to me ... One more favour, don&#039;t let Pam know that I know ... I&#039;ve known you all my life, pal. You&#039;ve been a good friend. I&#039;m gonna miss you.&quot; Left alone at the table, Jerry&#039;s face crumples--that&#039;s the bit that always gets to me.In other news, JR gets a cagey Jessica to admit the fire that killed Clayton&#039;s first wife &quot;did enable him to save the Southern Cross and solve his business problems.&quot; &quot;...So he got her trust fund when she died and used that to save his home?&quot; &quot;Yes.&quot; When Harry McSween provides evidence that Clayton had the opportunity (&quot;The night of the fire ... his wife was bedridden and alone at the ranch&quot;) as well as the motive, JR becomes convinced that &quot;he did torch it.&quot; Clayton, meanwhile, is losing patience with Jessica: &quot;I am sick and tired of talking about the Southern Cross and Dusty!&quot; he yells at her in front of Ray and Donna. &quot;I&#039;ll have no more of it!&quot; In light of what we learn later, Clayton&#039;s outburst seems somewhat insensitive towards his sister, if not downright cruel. No wonder she stuffs his fiancee in the trunk.Meanwhile, Peter Richards seems to have brought out Harry&#039;s inner sadist. He treats him to a couple of nights in the drug tank amongst other pleasantries: &quot;He sure didn&#039;t like being searched!&quot; Somehow it figures; if any guest character was going to be subjected to an anal cavity search, it would have to be Peter. This storyline makes Peter look even more absurd than usual: &quot;I sure don&#039;t wanna spend any more time here!&quot; he gasps, when he is finally allowed to call Southfork from the police station. Sue Ellen becomes ridiculous by association. The reaction of Peter&#039;s lawyer to her assertion that &quot;we&#039;ve known Peter for a very long time, and we know he&#039;d never use drugs&quot; sums the whole thing up: &quot;That&#039;s very nice. But it doesn&#039;t mean anything.&quot; Pam: You know I missed you. I really did. I wish I&#039;d stayed here with you instead of going to the Gulf with Cliff. Mark: Does absence really make the heart grow fonder? Pam: I wasn&#039;t gone that long! Did you behave yourself at your stag party? Mark: Yeah. I spent a lot of time thinking, mostly about you. Pam: Oh come on, with everything else that must have been going on around you? Mark: Since I&#039;ve met you, all that&#039;s gone on for me is you. I don&#039;t know how many times I&#039;ve told you I love you, but I&#039;m sure it&#039;s not often enough. The last--what--eighteen months? Been the happiest time of my life. When I came back and you told me you&#039;d-you&#039;d marry me, I-I really couldn&#039;t believe it. Pam: Well, you better believe it. Half the world&#039;s flying in to witness it!  Mark: I wish I&#039;d met you when I was ten. I wish we&#039;d had all that time together. Pam: I wasn&#039;t very cute when I was little. Mark: You would have been just perfect for me. I really regret all the years that I lived I didn&#039;t know you, all the time that went by without you. Pam: Mark, why are you talking this way? We have each other right now. Mark: I know, but it&#039;s important that you know how much happiness you&#039;ve brought me. How much you&#039;re gonna bring. Hey, I don&#039;t want you to cry. I want you to be happy tonight, forever. Pam: I am. Mark: That&#039;s enough, isn&#039;t it? Let&#039;s make this a perfect night. In everyone&#039;s life, there should be one perfect night. Pam: Mark-- Mark: There&#039;s only one thing left to do. That you tell me you love me. Pam: I do love you. Mark: And I love you. I always will.  The next morning, Mark leaves while Pam is still asleep, just as he did after their first night together 19 episodes ago--only here he allows himself one last tearful glance over his shoulder as he closes the bedroom door. Over at Barnes/Wentworth, Vaughn Leland is demanding an interest payment of $1.4 million. &quot;You&#039;re in no position to do that,&quot; Leo Wakefield tells Cliff. &quot;You need everything you have just to keep the drilling going.&quot; &quot;There won&#039;t be any drilling,&quot; counters Vaughn. &quot;We&#039;ll call in the note.&quot; Cliff is completely torn. Finally, he instructs Leo to &quot;write him a cheque ... I&#039;ll get the money somewhere.&quot; &quot;Sorry about this, Cliff,&quot; says Vaughn. &quot;I really am.&quot; He really isn&#039;t. &quot;Tell me as soon as Pam gets here,&quot; an anxious Cliff orders Jackie.At just about the exact same moment that Pam&#039;s engagement is ending, Bobby&#039;s is beginning. &quot;Are you, in your awkward, clumsy, wonderful way, asking me to marry you?&quot; Jenna asks him. &quot;... If you&#039;ll have me.&quot; &quot;... I can&#039;t wait to finally become Mrs Bobby Ewing!&quot; she exclaims. &quot;I really gotta talk to you,&quot; Cliff tells Pam as she arrives in her office. She&#039;s pre-occupied. &quot;Have you talked to Mark?&quot; she asks. &quot;He left this morning without saying a word.&quot; &quot;I&#039;m in trouble, continues Cliff. &quot;I need your help. The drilling is a disaster and I&#039;ve sold everything I own.&quot; Just as he&#039;s gained her attention, Jackie buzzes. &quot;Not now, Jackie!&quot; he snaps, then turns back to Pam. &quot;I really need to talk to you.&quot; Jackie enters the office, and we can see by her face that something&#039;s really wrong. &quot;Jackie, I said not now!&quot; Cliff almost screams. It&#039;s Mark&#039;s office on the phone. &quot;Hello? Yes, this is Pam Ewing?&quot; There&#039;s a moment, then she drops the receiver in shock. &quot;What is it?&quot; asks Cliff flatly. Cut to Jackie&#039;s face--oh no ... &quot;Mark was flying his plane,&quot; says Pam going all wobbly, &quot;and it exploded over the Gulf.&quot; Jackie&#039;s face, wincing. &quot;He&#039;s dead,&quot; whispers Pam. Cliff jumps, as if physically startled. &quot;He&#039;s dead,&quot; repeats Pam and then does all that weird facial stuff she does. Really good scene--some great editing, some great scoring, some terrific Kerchevaling.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="James from London, post: 45720, member: 22"] [U][I]"Love Stories"[/I][/U] A couple of seemingly unrelated events that set off a chain reaction. First Pam agrees to accompany Cliff on a trip to the Gulf while Mark is on his stag night. "Just promise me you're not gonna misbehave at that stag party," she says teasingly, "because I know what goes on at those things." "Stop playing kissy face, will ya?" interrupts Cliff. "You've got years to do that." No they don't--this is their last but one scene together. Meanwhile, Katherine is at the Oil Baron's Club blurting out a confession: "I hated it, Bobby. All the time I was thinking of you. I wanted it to be you ... and then, when I'd done everything JR wanted me to do, I couldn't believe he'd actually play that tape for you." "What tape?" asks Bobby. "The tape of me and JR in bed, you know." But then Katherine realises Bobby doesn't know ... or didn't until just now. And the house of cards she has spent the last year and a half carefully assembling (inside her own head, if nowhere else) comes crashing down around her. "But I could MAKE you love me!" she insists, banging her fist on the table. "Doesn't the fact that you're Pam's sister mean anything to you??" asks Bobby. "Only that I had to wait for the two of you to divorce before I could go after you," she replies with amusing matter-of-factness. "I don't know you at all, do I?" "Bobby, I love you!" "Maybe you do ... but it's a sick kinda love!" For some reason, that line always makes me laugh. He leaves in disgust and she gets drunk. I mean, really drunk. By the time Mark arrives to take her home, even her hair is drunk. (See, that's why Pam has to be in the Gulf with Cliff--for the story to work, Katherine and Mark have to be alone together.) They get onto the subject of Jerry Kenderson. "I only saw him cos of you," slurs Katherine (aw, bless Morgan Brittany, but drunk acting isn't really her forte). "That's why you're gettin' married, cos of Jerry Kenderson ... Jerry'll tell ya why Pam's marryin' ya." And with that, she collapses under the weight of her alcoholic hair. Back at the ranch, JR is counselling Bobby on his love life, which is always fun to see: "I'm no saint, but I know one when I see one ... Jenna Wade. She loves you, Bob, and so does her little girl. She'd make you a wonderful wife if you'd just let her ... When Jenna jilted you, you made the tragic mistake of your life when you married Pam, but you're free of her now ... She's marryin' Mark Graison and I think that's the best thing in the world for you ... You shoulda married Jenna a long time ago, Bob. You've known each other since you were kids. She was more like us than Pam ever was. She's willin' to wait for you, but she's not gonna wait forever. Now if I'm wrong just tell me." "I'd love to," replies Bobby, worn down by the hard sell, "but for once you may be right." A sobered up Katherine then proves she's not totally evil by trying to cover up her earlier gaffe, even though she no longer has a personal stake in Pam's marriage to Mark: "You must have misunderstood me ... What could Jerry possibly have to do with you and Pam getting married?" Mark's suspicions have been raised, however, and he confronts Jerry. We aren't privy to the exact moment he finds out he's dying, but afterwards, we join the two men in a bar. I find this scene really touching. John Beck is so good. His reaction as Mark to the news is restrained and--for want of a better word--manly, but deeply felt. "You know anyone who wants a string of polo ponies?" he asks Jerry with mock flippancy. "All my life, I've had everything. Most of which I didn't want or care about. Now that I could marry Pam, start a family ... I know I wanna see Pam, tell her how much I love her, how much she means to me ... One more favour, don't let Pam know that I know ... I've known you all my life, pal. You've been a good friend. I'm gonna miss you." Left alone at the table, Jerry's face crumples--that's the bit that always gets to me. In other news, JR gets a cagey Jessica to admit the fire that killed Clayton's first wife "did enable him to save the Southern Cross and solve his business problems." "...So he got her trust fund when she died and used that to save his home?" "Yes." When Harry McSween provides evidence that Clayton had the opportunity ("The night of the fire ... his wife was bedridden and alone at the ranch") as well as the motive, JR becomes convinced that "he did torch it." Clayton, meanwhile, is losing patience with Jessica: "I am sick and tired of talking about the Southern Cross and Dusty!" he yells at her in front of Ray and Donna. "I'll have no more of it!" In light of what we learn later, Clayton's outburst seems somewhat insensitive towards his sister, if not downright cruel. No wonder she stuffs his fiancee in the trunk. Meanwhile, Peter Richards seems to have brought out Harry's inner sadist. He treats him to a couple of nights in the drug tank amongst other pleasantries: "He sure didn't like being searched!" Somehow it figures; if any guest character was going to be subjected to an anal cavity search, it would have to be Peter. This storyline makes Peter look even more absurd than usual: "I sure don't wanna spend any more time here!" he gasps, when he is finally allowed to call Southfork from the police station. Sue Ellen becomes ridiculous by association. The reaction of Peter's lawyer to her assertion that "we've known Peter for a very long time, and we know he'd never use drugs" sums the whole thing up: "That's very nice. But it doesn't mean anything."  [I]Pam: You know I missed you. I really did. I wish I'd stayed here with you instead of going to the Gulf with Cliff.  Mark: Does absence really make the heart grow fonder?  Pam: I wasn't gone that long! Did you behave yourself at your stag party?  Mark: Yeah. I spent a lot of time thinking, mostly about you.  Pam: Oh come on, with everything else that must have been going on around you?  Mark: Since I've met you, all that's gone on for me is you. I don't know how many times I've told you I love you, but I'm sure it's not often enough. The last--what--eighteen months? Been the happiest time of my life. When I came back and you told me you'd-you'd marry me, I-I really couldn't believe it.  Pam: Well, you better believe it. Half the world's flying in to witness it!   Mark: I wish I'd met you when I was ten. I wish we'd had all that time together.  Pam: I wasn't very cute when I was little.  Mark: You would have been just perfect for me. I really regret all the years that I lived I didn't know you, all the time that went by without you.  Pam: Mark, why are you talking this way? We have each other right now.  Mark: I know, but it's important that you know how much happiness you've brought me. How much you're gonna bring. Hey, I don't want you to cry. I want you to be happy tonight, forever.  Pam: I am.  Mark: That's enough, isn't it? Let's make this a perfect night. In everyone's life, there should be one perfect night.  Pam: Mark--  Mark: There's only one thing left to do. That you tell me you love me.  Pam: I do love you.  Mark: And I love you. I always will.  [/I] The next morning, Mark leaves while Pam is still asleep, just as he did after their first night together 19 episodes ago--only here he allows himself one last tearful glance over his shoulder as he closes the bedroom door. Over at Barnes/Wentworth, Vaughn Leland is demanding an interest payment of $1.4 million. "You're in no position to do that," Leo Wakefield tells Cliff. "You need everything you have just to keep the drilling going." "There won't be any drilling," counters Vaughn. "We'll call in the note." Cliff is completely torn. Finally, he instructs Leo to "write him a cheque ... I'll get the money somewhere." "Sorry about this, Cliff," says Vaughn. "I really am." He really isn't. "Tell me as soon as Pam gets here," an anxious Cliff orders Jackie. At just about the exact same moment that Pam's engagement is ending, Bobby's is beginning. "Are you, in your awkward, clumsy, wonderful way, asking me to marry you?" Jenna asks him. "... If you'll have me." "... I can't wait to finally become Mrs Bobby Ewing!" she exclaims. "I really gotta talk to you," Cliff tells Pam as she arrives in her office. She's pre-occupied. "Have you talked to Mark?" she asks. "He left this morning without saying a word." "I'm in trouble, continues Cliff. "I need your help. The drilling is a disaster and I've sold everything I own." Just as he's gained her attention, Jackie buzzes. "Not now, Jackie!" he snaps, then turns back to Pam. "I really need to talk to you." Jackie enters the office, and we can see by her face that something's really wrong. "Jackie, I said not now!" Cliff almost screams. It's Mark's office on the phone. "Hello? Yes, this is Pam Ewing?" There's a moment, then she drops the receiver in shock. "What is it?" asks Cliff flatly. Cut to Jackie's face--oh no ... "Mark was flying his plane," says Pam going all wobbly, "and it exploded over the Gulf." Jackie's face, wincing. "He's dead," whispers Pam. Cliff jumps, as if physically startled. "He's dead," repeats Pam and then does all that weird facial stuff she does. Really good scene--some great editing, some great scoring, some terrific Kerchevaling. [/QUOTE]

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