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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Werewillie Oleson" data-source="post: 423255" data-attributes="member: 8">Another disc of Capricorn Crude...Rebecca asks Pam why she keeps avoiding the subject of Cliff, and then Pam gives her a very interesting description of her half-brother.The most crucial information is that Rebecca will never know if Cliff's affection is going to be genuine once he finds out how rich she is.I'm not sure if I should feel this way, but it's a predicament that pleases me very much. My dislike for Rebecca is 100% genuine.She earns a little bit of respect later in the episode when she takes it on the chin and conclude that the doubt may not even be the worst option.Despite Bobby's compromise regarding Takapa, Miss Ellie takes the separation a step further and consults a divorce lawyer, leaving the rest of the family wringing their hands in despair.There's a nice scene in which Miss Ellie looks at the empty rooms (which are always empty when nobody's there) and starts to sob.All those times she tried to keep members of the family to stay at Southfork, permanently, it seems impossible that she herself would end up leaving.Meanwhile in Denver, another oil tycoon's wife has decided that "enough is enough".The juiciest part is the doomed future of Ewing Oil, and as Jock put it "I'd sell it before she gets it!" That's the kind of talk that gets me super-excited.JR is forced in a position of damage control and strikes a deal with Weststar's Jeremy Wendell, which may turn out his biggest misjudgment.Eventually, it's misty-eyed Ray who averts the Ewing vs. Ewing crisis.Like an Hercule Poirot he retraces the details of previous conversations, sort of like spoken flashbacks, and this makes Miss Ellie realise what's really  bugging her."It was never about Takapa. Never".WHAT. All that fuss about nothing?The last thing we see of Jock and Miss Ellie is their Southfork exit to a second honeymoon while Afton's singing "ooh la la, c'est magnifique".JR backs out of the Weststar deal in a most dishonest way, and that's when Jeremy Wendell becomes one of Ewing Oil's most sinister adversaries.Leslie and her ex-husband are entertaining Dallas players, and like Alan Beam they're not afraid to take big risks. Perhaps more than the family itself they represent the big eighties greed and ambition.JR has decided to marry Leslie since that's the only way to get her into his bed. It's insane but obsessions are called obsessions for a reason.I don't think it's only because of the sex, there are way too many willing women in Dallas that will guarantee JR's regular sexlife. It's also not about being Dallas' Valentino (that's Bobby) so maybe it's about not being the most irresistible man who can still  have any woman he wants, regardless of the price.And that's enough playing Dr. Elby for tonight.Clint Ogden's feelings for Sue Ellen echoes two storylines that are already being played out by two Dallas residents.The first one is Mitch Cooper who complains that the comings and goings has turned marital life into a travesty.In a Sense & Sensibility style, marriage means everything to Clint, except for the one he already has.The other one is his microchip empire that may have to be sold once he divorces his wife, thus putting him in the same position as Jock.Sue Ellen receives a surprise call from Mrs. Ogden and they arrange for a tête-à-tête.Not exactly knowing what to expect, Sue Ellen arms herself with a full-on Sable Colby outfit. It seems to imply that, whatever is going to be said, she will be the classy one.But then it turns out that Alisha is the Sable Colby, offering deranged compromises just to cling onto her unfulfilled marriage.[ATTACH=full]56341[/ATTACH]While DALLAS (like Knots) is very good at using history for new storyline developments, it isn't always perfectly subtle in the way it signals those new events.Rebecca mentions children to Pam and Pam almost falls apart.Ten minutes later, she and Sue Ellen are in the nursery and Sue Ellen tells her she's sorry that Pam doesn't have a child of her own because it makes all the difference in the world. I know this is all leading up to one of my all-time favourite DALLAS moments so I'm not complaining, but it's hard to ignore the crude contrivance.And that isn't even all of it.Sue Ellen breaks up with Clint (his persistence has become unattractive anyway) and her new goal is to be a devoted mother, unaware of JR's plan to divorce her and keep John Ross all to himself.Before any of this can/will happen, she and JR have a surprisingly serious adult conversation about themselves.[ATTACH=full]56342[/ATTACH]You could almost believe that there's still a chance for this couple, which makes it the perfect timing for a cliffhanger telephone call from California which informs the Ewings that Kristin has given birth to JR's other son.And cute little John Ross has no idea that he will soon meet his future nemesis from TNT Dallas.The series is still riding high, no wonder it was the most popular adult drama series at that time, and the lack of competition had nothing to do with it.</blockquote>

Verification: Who played Sue Ellen in Dallas?