Episode 18: “THE GOOD SON”



SC.1: INT. –PAM´S BEDROOM AT EWING MANOR, DALLAS

(Subtitle: “The Next Morning”. Establishing shot of the Ewing Manor, early in the morning. Medium shot of Pamela looking thru the window. Someone knocks on the door)

Pam: Who is it?
Sue Ellen: Pam, it´s me, Sue Ellen…
Pam: Oh please come in.(S.E. comes inside, looking concerned)
S.E. (embracing Pam): I´m so sorry about what happened, Pam. Bob called me yesterday night. John Ross, James and Cally send their condolences…They´re overwhelmed too.
Pam (staring at her): Thank you. That´s very kind from you (holding her hand). It´s a great comfort to have your support. It always has.
S.E. (blinking, with a surprised look in her face): How are you, Pam?
Pam: Just fine. It´s a matter of time to fit in the new situation…
S.E.: Bob didn´t tell me much of anything. When and how did it happen?
Pam: Apparently, somebody sneaked into the house and tried to rob something, I don´t know, maybe they wanted jewelry, or thought that we had money in the safe.
S.E.: What about the police?
Pam: They said that someone called anonymously and reported the shooting, maybe a neighbor. Afterwards, they found…their bodies. (Pam begins to cry silently)
S.E.: I see. My God, we´re living in fear all the time…Oh, Dusty told me he was terribly sorry too.
Pam: I didn´t know you were back together.
S.E.: And we´re not. At least not by now. He´s in a big trouble and I´m trying to help him.
Pam: He looked so different last night. I thought he was going to kill Madeleine…
S.E.: Thank God she´s gone now. I´m sure you´ll get the ranch back…and that horrible woman will pay for what she´s done.
Pam: What about Christopher?
S.E. (sad): Pam, what if I stay and spend the day together? I may help you with any arrangements.
Pam: I need to rest, I haven´t slept much tonight…
S.E.: Really? I have been having this kind of problems lately. (S.E. gets her purse and gives Pam a pillbox.) My doctor prescribed me these pills and I have slept fine since then…Please take them. I have another prescription at home…(someone opens the door: it´s Lucy)
Lucy: Oh sorry. Sue Ellen, how´s Dusty?
S.E.: He´ll be alright. We´re so lucky to have the Ewings sticking together when something goes wrong. Where´s Bob?
Pam: He´s at the police station. He and Barbara are bailing Julian out.
Lucy: Sue Ellen, why don´t we let Pam alone for awhile?
Pam: Thank you Lucy. But I´d rather keep myself busy. I´ll make some coffee for you…(she walks out of the room, leaving the two women utterly worried)
S.E.: How has she taken it Lucy?
Lucy: I couldn´t say. She didn´t want to see anyone until you came.
S.E.: Oh mine. Poor Pam…when they finally find Christopher, they lose him again…and this time forever.
Lucy: It´s strange…I mean, about Pam´s reaction.
S.E.: Why?
Lucy: Do you remember when her mama died? She kept her pain inside and proved how strong she was.
S.E.: I´m totally lost dear.
Lucy: Honestly, aren´t you showing more pain right now than she has been showing?
S.E.: Christopher was my sister´s son. I don´t know what I´do if I lost John Ross like this…




Lucy: Well, I should prepare my bags to go back to Galveston…(Sue Ellen caresses Lucy´s shoulder)

SC.2: INT. – LIVING ROOM AT EWING MANOR

(Cut to a long shot of the living room. Cliff and Will are sitting on the couch, in front of Gary and Ray)

Cliff: I think this is gonna be harder than I thought…(covering his face with his hand) It´s been a hell of a night.
Will: You can bet on that. I just hope that Pam can make it…
Cliff: She has overcome worse things…she almost died burnt in a car crash. But of course, you weren´t around then, cousin Jimmy.
Will: Stop being so negative, she´s your sister and Chris was your nephew. And don´t call me Jimmy!
Ray: Wow! It seems that the Barneses-Monahans have replaced the Ewings as fighting forces...
Gary: Do you think it´s gonna be easier for Bob, Will?
Will: No, sure not, I wish I could think right now. We all need to sleep a few hours and recover.
Gary (looking thru the window): It´s very early and I´d say there´s a couple of news people down there. Is possible that everybody knows already?
Cliff: If they knew already, be sure they´d be ringing that bell, Gary.
Ray: What do ya think of Julian? Are his hands dirty or not?
Gary: You oughta say that. You and Barbara are best friends, ain´t ya? I wonder what those two were doin´ upstairs before Madeleine made her speech…
Will: That´s a false step from her. She should´ve been more careful, there´s a lot at stake.
Ray: Everything will be as it always used to. I mean, except for poor Chris…I´m sure of it.
Cliff (raisin´ his glass of tomato juice): Here´s to…my poor nephew Chris...(He drinks and gets up) I must go home. Beckie is coming from Austin today and I don´t want her to see me…like this. Gary, would you mind…? (holding his car keys) I shouldn´t drive now. (Gary nods and the couple walks out)
Ray: I´ll go and call Donna. Maggie and Betsy are comin´ for Easter holidays earlier this year…Boy, do ya think we´ll go thru all this?
Will: Sure. We got plenty of evidences against Madeleine and only need to clarify Julian´s role in the plot. The family will regain their legacy and that woman can´t just vanish…
Ray: I wasn´t speaking of Madeleine…
Will: Oh…Well, I´m absolutely sure we will. Things eventually work out, you just have to be patient enough…mostly times…(Ray nods and leaves sad Will alone)

SC.3: INT. – DALLAS POLICE STATION





(First shot of arm-crossed Bob, behind the bars. The camera pans out to let us see that he is the one outside the prison. Medium close of Julian)

Bob: I need you to tell me the truth: did you know about Madeleine wheelin´n´dealin´?
Julian: I knew that she was dealing with lands and that she…hated the Ewings.
Bob: But why? We were very kind to her when she came over with Clayton.
Julian: I guess that Clayton never really trusted her and she blamed the Ewings and above all, Clayton´s son.
Bob: Dusty?
Julian: Yes. I wasn´t with her when they travelled back to Texas. I had to stay in Switzerland a few weeks, waiting for some papers from my country. Bob, I don´t want to go back to Hungary. I was a History teacher but I couldn´t teach the true facts, only what the government let me to. I encouraged my students to ask for freedom and therefore I was banned and persecuted. People want to become part of Economic Union and know how dirty politics is there.
Bob: But you joined the NATO, didn´t you?
Julian: Right, but you should ask the Hungarian people what they really wanted…I don´t want to be extradited. And I want immunity for my statement…
Bob: Barbara´s waiting outside. She begged me to help you, and I´d say she´s not merely interested in you…If you tell us the truth about Clayton´s death and co-operate with police, I´ll help ya to stay here. What do ya say?
Julian: I promise to co-operate in all the possible ways, Bob. I´ve been a victim of Madeleine´s as much as you.
Bob: O.k., I´ll talk with the guys. You´re lucky I went to college with one of the high guys here. You´ll be out right away.(He leaves and the camera zooms in to a concerned Julian)

SC.4: EXT. –POLICE STATION FAÇADE



(Long shot of the Police Station Façade, as Bob, Barbara and Julian walk downstairs)

Barbara: Thank you so much Bob. We´re in debt with you for this. I knew I could count on you whenever I needed you.
Bob: Don´t worry about anything Barbara. I´m sure the Police´ll eventually catch Madeleine, but you know what you promised, Julian. That´s my only condition…
Julian: Yes, I know. I owe you a whole explanation of what really happened to Clayton Farlow.
Barbara: What about poor Forsythe? He looked scared like hell last night, while the police were questioning him.
Bob: He said that Madeleine had ordered him to switch the lights off if she said the sentence “I´m ready” during her speech. About her helicopter friend, I guess it was that retired General we already heard from. Both of them are being searched.
Barbara: Do you think Julian might be accused of being her accessory?
Bob: One thing´s for sure: if Madeleine has been lying all this time, she probably had something ready for this twist of events. We´re not talkin´ about a small time crook, she seems to be a master in her specialty, so to say. You better be tellin´ us the truth, boy, otherwise no one will can help you. Neither me, nor Donna.
Barbara: You don´t mean he could be obliged to return to his country, do you? (She looks at him, fearful)
Bob: You know better than me Barbara. You´re a lawyer. Too bad you can´t defend him at court…
Julian: Bob, I´m really sorry about your son. I wish I could´ve known him.
Bob (sadly smiling): See ya then.(Bob kisses Barbara and holds Julian´s hand. Then he walks away)
Barbara (in loud voice): Bobby! (He turns around) Take care of Pam!
Bob: I will (he smiles again).
Barbara (looking at Julian): I´m glad you´re not a conservative man.
Julian: Why?
Barbara: Well, most men in Dallas wouldn´t like to be rescued by a woman.
Julian: So that´s what you think? That you rescued me?
Barbara: Yes, with a little help from my family. Let´s go.
Julian: Where? I´m a homeless man now!
Barbara: As the song goes, “a house is not a home”…you were homeless there at Southfork too. You were just an employee.
Julian: Are you sure?
Barbara: Sure as hell!
Julian: You Texans speak so funny. I, being a Hungarian, speak your language so much better. I mean, are you sure you want to support me? That you´re on my side? I noticed you doubted, for a little moment, when Madeleine accused me of killing that poor man, Clayton.
Barbara: You´d never be able to hurt anyone, except maybe some young ladies up there in Hungary…
Julian: OK then. Let´s go home…(They kiss and leave)

SC.5: EXT. – SUE ELLEN´S MANOR AT TURTLE CREEK, DALLAS





(Establishing shot of the manor. The door is opened and Sue Ellen walks in. She hears Dusty talking with James and joins the conversation.)

Sue Ellen: Hello. Where´s John Ross?
James: He´s at the gym. I´m gonna join him right now. That´s the best way to start a new day…(he kindly smiles)
S.E.: James, you don´t think my son is becoming obsessed with exercise, do you?
James: Oh no. That´s great for everyone´s body…and mind. And you know too, Sue Ellen. You own your own gym at your company´s building.
S.E.: Yes, that´s why I don´t understand why he had to set up his own exercise-room at home. Well, I guess you´re right dear. Please take care he doesn´t force himself…
James: Don´t worry, sure I won´t have to…(James takes holds his towel and leaves. Dusty gets up and stares at her)
Dusty: How are Pam and Bob?
S.E.: I only met Pam and she looks like she´s having a hard time showing her emotions…In fact, I think I´m taking Chris´s death much worse than her.
Dusty: I know. He was your only real family, after all…apart from John Ross.
S.E.: Yes…When I remember all that Kristin and I went through…I mean, it´s as if the Shepard family were jinxed somehow…
Dusty: You don´t really believe that, do you? You´re too strong and clever…(Dusty turns and sips his bourbon glass.) Want me to make you some coffee Sue Ellen?
S.E. (worried): Dusty, we´ve got to talk. Let´s sit down.
Dusty: O.k. (The couple sit on the couch) What´s on your mind?
S.E.: You. (Dusty smiles) Us. I want you to move in here. At least for awhile, until the Southern Cross returns to your hands…
Dusty: You´re so sweet Sue Ellen…
S.E.: Please understand, I want you to leave that hotel and stay here, but not for us. You must resume your ordinary life before even thinking of us as a couple.
Dusty: But, Sue Ellen, you said…
S.E.: Yes, I said I wanted you back in my life, and I do. But I can´t be a crutch for you the way you used to be for me when I was still married with J.R. (She looks at the glass in her hands. He notices it and puts the glass on the small table)
Dusty: I agree with you. I understand your words. But don´t make me think all we get now is a good friendship. Don´t you really feel any attraction any more? (He gets closer to her and gently puts his hand in her face) You couldn´t imagine how I´ve missed the softness of your skin, Sue Ellen…
S.E. (staring at him): Dusty… (He slowly kisses her, and she kisses him back) I missed you too, but now I´m a different woman. I don´t even know if you´d like me.
Dusty: I´m a different man too. But we can make each other better persons.
S.E.: O.k., Dusty. Why don´t you go to your hotel and take all your things, then come back here and make yourself comfortable? The next days are gonna be hard for the family and I´ll need your support for sure.
Dusty: That´s what I wanted to hear…
S.E.: No promises Dusty. Let´s join forces to help Bob and the others. It´s not an easy job. Will you go to the funeral with me?
Dusty: Of course. (They get up and hold each other)


SC.6: EXT. – EWINGS´ AT GALVESTON, TEXAS





(Establishing shot of the manor by the sea. Medium shot of Val typing at her laptop while Lucy is reading a draft of her latest writing)

Val: So, what do you think Lucy?
Lucy: Hmmm. It´s…different.
Val: What do you mean?
Lucy: Well, it doesn´t seem like you´re writing a story, but trying to define yourself inside. If that makes any sense.
Val: Oh sure. I guess that´s a real compliment because that´s very close to what I was trying to do.
Lucy (self-absorbed): I wish I could do the same.(Val gets up and sits by her daughter) Mama, you sensed it, didn´t you?
Val: Are you talking about the moment when the light went off?
Lucy (nodding): You reached out for my and held my hand strongly. You knew the way I would be feeling in such a situation, didn´t you?
Val: Call it motherly instinct, call it common sense. But then I was so afraid you could…
Lucy: Remember that day?
Val: Yes.
Lucy (speaking calmly): We haven´t really talked about it since I came back from hospital. In fact, I only talked to the therapist about it. (First shot of Lucy) For a thousandth of a second, I feared that something like that could happen again. When we all were into chaos, the police was shouting “everybody down” and I was pushed and shoved, then, feeling your hand holding mine tightly made me feel the safest person in the world. Isn´t it ironic?
Val: The irony is that a little girl from Husky Corners, Tennessee, ended up writing bestsellers. You are overcoming the whole thing, right?
Lucy: Yes, as a matter of fact…(her cell phone rings) One minute, let me answer…(She gets up and takes her phone) Hello? Yes I´m Lucy Ewing…Oh really…Yes…That would be great!…I´m glad to hear from you too…(she hangs up and looks at Val)
Val (smiling): Good news?
Lucy: Yeah. Next week I have an appointment with my son´s father.

SC.7: INT. – EWINGS´ AT GALVESTON

(Zoom in to one of the windows of the house. First shot of Pam, elegantly dressed in light grey colors. The camera pans away and we also see Val, Lucy and Afton)

Afton: Are you ready Pam?




Pam: Well, I suppose so. Val, have you talked to Betsy already?
Val: Yes, she´s coming with us…it won´t be easy for her either…
Lucy: It won´t be easy for anyone of us, Mama.
Afton: God knows we´ve overcome worse things dear Pam (she begins to cry)…only that…
Pam (holding Afton): Yes I know. Who could have thought we would go to Christopher´s funeral?
Lucy: Did he have a testament Pam? Or just let you know that he wanted his ashes spread into the ocean?
Pam: He mentioned it when Miss Ellie died. He was confused, just eleven years old…and loved his Grandma so much. He said to me that he wanted him to “sleep in the ocean” when that happened to him, just in case he couldn´t reach Heaven…
Val: He´s such a nice boy Pam. You oughta be proud to have raised him that way. I wished I could´ve known him better.
Pam: Well, it´s time. The others are waiting downstairs. Sue Ellen said they would join us at the place (all the women walk out of the room and Pam turns around to take something: it´s a picture of Christopher´s that she had on her bedside table. She looks at it and cries. Fade into next scene)

SC.8: EXT. – SAN LEON HILLS AT GALVESTON

(Aerial shot of the place, fade into a large shot of the funeral group. Medium shot of the priest, who begins his speech. The incidental score is the only sound we hear in the whole scene. Medium shot of Pam and Bob, holding each other hand. The camera zooms out of the group and in to the sky. The song “Maybe You´re Gone” plays until the end of the scene:)

“Thought you were an angel
Shining in the clouds
Thought you were so faithful
Now I have my doubts

Maybe you're gone
You're gone
To sleep
Maybe you're gone
You're gone
For keeps

Thought you were my best friend
At least I tried to make it true
But though I hate to be alone
I was the loneliest with you

Maybe you're love
Is gone
To sleep
Maybe my love
Is gone
To deep

I'll never know
So never mind
You're out of sight
Well at least you're out of mind

Maybe our love
Is gone
To sleep
Maybe our love
Is gone
For keeps”

(1)

(Fade out and End of Act One)

SC.9: INT. – KREBBSES´ AT SOUTHFORK HOTEL, BRADDOCK

(First shot of Barbara.)

Barbara: As we know thanks to the citations we received, there´ll be a court hearing next week in order to determine if Clayton´s testament still is valid or not. I got reports from three different polygraphers who proved that the signature on Clayton´s last codicil to his will was definitely and undoubtedly not his. Madeleine signed it herself, probably due to the man´s hesitation to activate the clause in Southfork´s deeds through which Clayton became the sole owner of the ranch and lands. The experts have also proved that Madeleine´s writing matched the signature on the document…(She gives the papers to the men sitting in front of her. Travelling from Ray to Gary to Bob, then back to Barbara, as she speaks)
Bob: So, will it be so easy as it sounds?
Barbara: Nothing´s easy at court. As long as Madeleine is missing and out of track, she´ll be as guilty as hell. Even if that General of hers could take her to the Bermuda Triangle, she´d be suspicious.
Will: And don´t forget that her lawyers don´t have a clue of where she is, and I bet that as we speak, they are resigning…
Ray: What if she comes up at the hearing, Barbara?
Barbara: First of all, that will be a surprise. If she does, we will formally accuse her of fraud, among many other things, thanks to Will´s invaluable information.
Gary: Yes, Will, wouldn´t your methods to get this information be rather unethical and, of course, illegal?
Will: I would allege that I found it out by chance when my source sent me the information anonymously.




Gary (looking at Barbara): Isn´t all this too risky for him?
Barbara: He´s so involved with all this as we all…He cares about us and witnessed how Madeleine stole our lands away from us…not to speak about Clayton´s death…
Bob: You´re right, Barbara: we gotta know right now if Julian had anything to do with his death and everything that surrounded the facts.
Barbara: Tonight is the night, dear Bob. We´ll meet you at your house and everybody will know the truth about Clayton´s murder…(Zoom in to Bob´s face)

SC.10: INT. – RESTAURANT “LES SAISONS” AT DALLAS



(Establishing shot of the restaurant. Cut to first shot of Shania speaking on the phone)
Shania: Yes Mother, everything´s ready...I´m sure you´ll be very proud of me…Oh I know how important this is and all the sacrifices you´ve been doing for me…Yes yes…I can´t really wait…
Sue Ellen (suddenly appearing, speaking in low voice): Hello Shania.
Shania (slightly nervous): Oh I must hang up, call you later…
S.E.: I hope not be interrupting anything…
Shania: Oh no, I was just talking to a friend who wanted me to go to her…birthday party but she lives in L.A. I can´t go. Just can´t.
S.E. (looking surprised): Oh. Look dear, if you wanna take one week off, you can do it. It would be no problem, I´m looking for another assistant…
Shania (serious): Are you?!
S.E.: Oh I didn´t mean it the way it sounded! I mean that I´m looking for someone to replace Pam for the next days in case she wants to take a vacation. And also for me, because I need more time to devote to my family.
Shania (smiling): Oh I see.
S.E.: I´m terribly sorry Shania, but I can´t stay for dinner: I have a last-minute meeting with that boring Mr. Smirnoff, and I wanna ask you a favor.
Shania: Sure. Whatever.
S.E. (taking her purse and getting a folded note out of it): Would you get these sleeping pills for me with this prescription? I´m in an awful hurry and I can´t go myself…
Shania: Of course, Sue Ellen. I´m glad to be useful…
S.E.: Thank you darlin´. Sometimes I don´t know what I´d do without you…Now I must be leavin´. See you at the office. (S.E. gets up and the waiter comes up) Waiter: Will you order now?
Shania: No, thank you. I´m leaving too.
Waiter: Is Mrs. Ewing coming back?
Shania: No she´s not. (The waiter leaves) She´ll NEVER be coming back…(Then she looks at her hand under the tablecloth and sees that she hurt her hand with one of the knives…)

SC.11: EXT. – SOUTHFORK HOTEL STABLES AT BRADDOCK





(Travelling following Will´s steps through the path between the Krebbs´ annex and the Ewings´ stables there. Suddenly, the camera zooms in to his face, as he notices Bobby, wearing the Stetson cowboy hat he used to have)

Will: Hey Bobby!
Bobby (surprised, he takes his right glove off as he dries up his sweat and shakes Will´s hand): Hello Will. It´s a surprise…(Will shakes his hand back)
Will: I´ve been calling you at the cell number you had.
Bobby: Oh…(blinking) yeah, I lost it and had to change the number…
Will (looking disappointed): I see. I wanted to tell you that I´m back in Dallas and I…am helping your family in the Southfork case. You must know what happened at the Masquerade Ball…I didn´t see you there.
Bobby: No, I´ve got a lot of things to do…I just wanted to avoid being involved with this kind of trouble.
Will: Obviously you´be been avoiding a few things lately…(Bobby blushes up) Well, I came for a meeting with the Ewings and I must be going home now.
Bobby: Thanks for coming up to say hello…
Will: It´s the least I could do, isn´t it? Give my regards to Lucy and Betsy…
Bobby: I will…oh, and this is yours! (He takes his hat off)
Will: No please, you can keep it.
Bobby (slightly smiling): Thanks.
Will: Bye now…
Bobby (turning around): Bye Will…(Will walks away and Bobby turns back to him) Will…(He is too far to hear him and he puts his glove on again…)

SC.12: INT. – BARBARA´S APARTMENT AT DALLAS

(Tilt down over the exhausted bodies of Julian and Barbara, who rest on the bed)

Barbara: This is better and better, Julian…Is it the same for you?
Julian (sweaty): Yeah, of course…
Barbara: May I still call you Julian or should I call you Janos?
Julian: Right now, you can call me whatever you want honey…(he moves so he can look at her eyes, face to face, and so she does)
Barbara: Maybe you don´t know, but a lot of people in Dallas thought that you were Madeleine´s gigolo…
Julian (smiling): I´m not surprised.
Barbara: Were you?
Julian: Since the very moment of Clayton´s death, I tried my best to gain her confidence, especially when we settled down at the Southfork Manor…but don´t ask me why, but all she gets turned on is money and lands. I´ve never known anybody like her…I used to teach History at the Budapest University, but I had to make her believe that I was sort of a hustler, waiting the right time to get ride of her. She was a despot, a tyrant, asexual, amoral person who had changed her identity several times. I got to gather a few evidences against her but I don´t know if they´ll be useful.
Barbara: Any evidence will be useful to make Madeleine pay for what she´s done. She´s a criminal and you and I know that better than anyone…
Julian: Do you think that the attorney will accept my conditions?
Barbara: A permanent green card and a complete exoneration for any accusation of being Madeleine´s accessory? (He nods) I think you can count on that…
Julian: Is there any way I can reward you for that?
Barbara: I could figure out some things for you to do…but seriously, now the most important things for my family is getting to know the truth about Clayton Farlow´s death…
Julian: Then, let´s get dressed and go to Bob´s…(He sits down on the bed putting his feet on the floor)
Barbara: Julian! What about us? (Julian turns around and stares at her) I haven´t met someone like you in years…and I´d like to keep this. I´m beginning to feel something about you…
Julian: Me too...(They kiss)
Barbara: Would you marry me…? (He smiles at her)

SC.13: INT. – ALAN BEAM´S HOUSE AT CABO SAN LUCAS, MEXICO





(Aerial shot of the seaside of Mexico. Establishing shot of Alan Beam´s house in)

Betty (carrying two suitcases): Are you sure that I can´t take one more suitcase?
Alan: Come on, Betty Lou! We are practically on the run…We´ve spent one whole year living the big way but now it´s time to find a new method to make our living…
Betty Lou: Too bad that asking Gary Ewing for a ransom didn´t work out. It was a good idea…now that those two millions are gone…
Alan: It almost worked out once, when I was working with J.R. Ewing…Now let´s take that plane to Rio…My friend told me that Richard Channing is still trying to find us and he might have sent somebody…
Betty: You got everything?
Alan: Yes sweetheart, including our brand fake passports…We´re running out of money. I hope your girlfriend may help us down there in Rio…(General shot of the half-empty but still fancy house as we see Alan and Betty Lou walking out, locking the door and then we hear them closing the trunk lid, and then the car doors. One second later, a big explosion makes the house window glass shatter causing a deafening noise. Through the broken windows, we see the Beams´ car in flames)





(Fade out and End of Act Two)

SC.14: INT. – LIVING ROOM AT EWING MANOR



(First shot of Julian. Travelling from everyone´s face in the room ending up in Julian´s: Dusty, Sue Ellen, Bob, Pam, Ray, Donna, Barbara)

Julian: Clayton first met Madeleine´s at her hotel in Berna. He had to spend a couple of days there before leaving to the ski resort where he was going to have his holidays, supposedly to rest. I was already Madeleine´s bodyguard, though she always called me when she had to do anything slightly suspicious. I understand her behaviour now. I thought she was interested in me at first (looking at Barbara), I mean, as a man, but she made it clear really soon that she only had time for her business career. She received calls from people from everywhere: then one day, I began to take notice of some names I heard and collect some info here and there. The day she met Clayton Farlow, she looked somewhat different, maybe flattered or even infatuated by him. He was much older than him, but that´s not a problem nowadays, not even in my country, Hungary. Madeleine´s hotel was almost in bankrupt and she told me to pack up: we were leaving with Clayton to the ski resort. She was trying to close a deal with him about the hotel. That was her pattern: she knew someone, then she made him believe they had fallen in love, and that relationship became a business deal.

Bob: Clayton was not that kind of man. He hardly dated other women after his wife Amy died, and spent a very long time alone.
Sue Ellen: I agree with you Bob, but I think Clay liked women a few years younger that him…
Dusty: What do ya mean, Sue Ellen?
Sue Ellen (blushing up): Nothing…I just meant…that, as we all know, he felt an immediate attraction to Miss Ellie when he began to come around Southfork…
Bob: Please go on Julian.
Julian: So, the three of us went at that ski resort…
Bob: I guess that you´ll be able to give us all kind of details about that story, won´t ya?
Julian: Yes, Bob. I heard some conversations between the couple, and I felt that Clayton was more interested in Madeleine as a business woman than in herself as just a woman. He sounded like a man wanting to do his last big deal before dying…
Dusty: That´s more of my father´s…
Ray: And ours too (looking at Bob).
Bob (staring at Julian): Our dad Jock went to South America for his last drilling project, that´s why Ray´s said that.

Julian: I see. But Clayton didn´t know the kind of woman Madeleine was, and she even found out about his heart condition and which medicines he was having at the time. I remember her speaking on the phone with a doctor friend of hers who prescribed her a medicine called Vioxx. It was legal but a real danger for people following a treatment against high blood pressure. One day I heard Clayton telling her that he had suffered two heart attacks and had lived long enough, after meeting such wonderful women as his two wives. That was when I began to suspect that Madeleine might be something worse than an unscrupulous business woman…maybe she was able to kill someone. I went to a cybercafé in Berna and googled about Clayton: he was one of the last Oil Barons in Texas and his fortune was valued in hundreds of thousands of dollars. I had to do something and quickly. But it was too late. The first day we spent at the resort, Madeleine told me to take a couple of days off, and I feared for Clayton´s life. The second day, she and Clayton went out skiing and I followed them with my binoculars: he wasn´t strong enough to follow her and suddenly stopped. She skied back and tried to kiss Clayton, but he pushed her back. He raised his voice though I couldn´t hear a word. Then he turned round and began to walk towards the nearest aerial tramway. She lost her temper, shouted at him and called him names, though I don´t know what exactly. After that, Madeleine took her skiis and left him alone. That was when he began to feel badly, and put his hand over his left arm. I put my skiis on and called the resort´s medical services before rushing to the place. Once I was there, I saw Madeleine´s silhouette not too far from there taking pictures of the two of us…So it would made me look like the person who let him die…(Julian´s eyes get teary, and so do Sue Ellen´s and Pam´s)

Dusty: I should´ve been with him. I´m the person who let him die…It was my fault… (he gets up and walks away, followed by a concerned Sue Ellen)
Bob: Who has those pictures Julian? Are they in Madeleine´s Southfork safe box?
Julian: I don´t think so…(Bob looks at him and then at Barbara…)





SC.15: EXT. – MOODY GARDENS AT GALVESTON

(First shot of Lucy. The camera surrounds her and we eventually see her long blond hair. Suddenly, someone calls out her name)

Man: Lucy!!
Lucy (turning round and looking out innocently): Curtis? (A black man a little younger gets out of a yellow cab and walks towards her…)
Lucy: The very same!! (He stops in front of her and finally hugs her gently) Curtis: Too long time!!




Lucy: To me too! How many years since last time, five, six?
Curtis: Eight, to be precise. (Lucy feels a bit ashamed) Oh mine, you look simply wonderful Lucy…Let´s have a walk… (Fade to next scene: the couple walks on the beach)
Curtis: It was most unexpected to know that a girl from Texas was looking for me. I´m doing office work now, though my arm is in great shape again…(Lucy touches his left arm)
Lucy: Oh yeah, it seems to be stronger than ever…I guess my ex-husband Mitch would be glad to know…since he was the one who treated your burns in 1987. Forgive me if I´ve reminded you of those times…
Curtis: No at all, I did what I had to do. Serving my country was my job and it still is, but now under a roof in a safety place. A lot safer than Iraq…
Lucy: When we first met, you were at the Atlanta Hospital where Mitch was working, and I was still his wife…It sounds like ages…the 80´s.
Curtis: You look great Lucy…and that long blond hair…now I realized how I missed you.
Lucy: I missed you too, Curtis.
Curtis: It made me sad to know that you divorced...One day I came back at the hospital to resume the therapy and a nurse told me Mitch let you go…
Lucy: Well, in fact, he didn´t. He followed me up to Texas, at Southfork, but my feelings were all mixed-up…
Curtis: We didn´t talk about it the last time, but your company helped me to overcome my depression after returning from Iraq…I hope Mitch didn´t misunderstood the time we spent together…
Lucy: I´m sure he didn´t even realize…Since he became the Burn Unit Head, we hardly saw each other, just the opposite of the situation we went thru when we married. Then my job as a model was the cause of our separation…
Curtis: It was kind of fun to meet you by chance so many years after that…
Lucy: I was spending my Caribbean holidays with my friend Peter Richards and then, there you were, wearing a flowered shirt…
Curtis: I remember I thought: “Too bad she´s not alone”. I thought Peter was your boyfriend…
Lucy: Yeah, but he wasn´t. (Staring at him, sadly) Peter didn´t come back with me, he stayed there and died of aids a few months later. It was his choice. He felt that was the perfect place to…
Curtis: I´m really sorry Lucy.
Lucy: Are you married Curtis?
Curtis: I almost did once, but didn´t work out. I finished it before it was too late.
Lucy: I must tell you something Curtis…

SC.16: INT. – PAM´S OFFICE AT DALLAS

(Establishing shot of the Building, which also houses the Shepard Inc. Offices. Medium shot of Pam checking a report. The intercom beeps and Pam presses a button)

Pam: Yes? What is it?
Secretary (off screen): There´s someone here who says he knows you. His name is Alex Ward.
Pam (blank, then she reacts): Oh… Please let him in…just one second. (She fixes her hair and clothes and gets up to welcome him. The door is opened)
Alex: Hello Pamela. (He walks in and the secretary waits for Pam´s orders) Pam: That´s fine, thank you. (Pam closes the door behind her. Then she kisses Alex´s cheek) What a surprise Alex? Are you doing business in town again? Please take a seat. (She points at two armchairs at one corner of the office. They both sit down)
Alex: No, Pam. As a matter of fact, I´ve returned for you.
Pam (amused): Oh, what´s that supposed to mean, Alex? Alex (smiling): Oh no…I didn´t mean what it sounded like. For you, I really meant for you and your family. I´m really sorry about your son…
Pam: Thank you Alex.
Alex: I read the newspapers. All that stuff about the Southfork affair. The way she seemed to press Farlow to make her his universal heir. That´s why I´m here.
Pamela, I owe you an explanation and an apology.
Pam (astonished): Go on.
Alex: Do you remember the time we spent together in Milan a few months ago? Pam: Of course I do. You´re beginning to make me nervous, Alex.
Alex: Our first encounter there was not accidental: it was planned, as everything that happened later.




Pam: Planned?! By who?
Alex: By the same woman you know as Madeleine. She identified herself with another name. When we met at the Milan Duomo Hotel, I told you about my marriage, about that wonderful Italian woman who died of cancer…
Pam: And?
Alex: It all was a lie, a big lie…made out by Madeleine. I did marry, but my wife was a bloodsucker who took all my money when we divorced. All I had left was an old villa in Nice, deep in debt, that belonged to my grandmother, but Madeleine had bought the promissory notes to make me do what I did…
Pam (getting closer to him, eyes wide open): What the hell did you do?




Alex: Somehow she knew about our flirting when you were at The Store, and used that to cause trouble to Bobby and you. So he would get into a mess and couldn´t regain forces to fight her back. She said that nobody would get hurt, it was all a business strategy to secure her position at Southfork and even mentioned that you two were having problems again…(Pam gets up and begins to walk up and down the office. Then Alex gets up too.)
Pam (angry): Alex, just tell me one thing: Did we really make love that night in Milan?
Alex: If you want a straight answer, no, we didn´t. (Pam madly slaps his face)
Pam: You damn liar, tell me the rest of the story right now!
Alex: Madeleine gave me a bottle of sleeping pills called “Aubien”, and told me that they don´t only make you sleep, but also cause amnesia if you sleep less than 5 hours. A couple of them into your tea and I could convince you that we made love. I had to make noise so you would wake up at the right time…I´m really sorry Pamela. I really am.
Pam: Please get out of here Alex.(He heads for the door)
Alex (turning round): Pamela, I´ve been a victim of hers too. I just came here to apologize and tell you that I will testify against her if the Ewings take her to court. I never wanted to hurt you. Please believe me…
Pam: Just go now…(crying silently, turning her back to him)

(Fade Out and End of Act Two)

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