Episode 19: “FORGET ME NEVER”
(PART ONE)
STARRING (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER):
JENSEN ACKLES as BOBBY
DAVID MARSHALL GRANT as WILL
LINDA GRAY as SUE ELLEN
STEVE KANALY as RAY
SUSAN HOWARD as DONNA
KEN KERCHEVAL as CLIFF
AUDREY LANDERS as AFTON
SASHA MITCHELL as JAMES
CATHY PODEWELL as CALLY
TED SHACKELFORD as GARY
JOAN VAN ARK as VAL
Special Guest Stars:
PATRICK DUFFY as BOB
VICTORIA PRINCIPAL as PAM
DEBORAH SHELTON as MANDY
Also Starring:
EMILY DE RAVIN as BETSY
SCARLETT JOHANSSON as MAGGIE
DEBORAH KELLNER as BECKIE
MIA KIRSHNER as SHANIA
Special Appearance:
LARRY HAGMAN
Introducing:
JAMES BADGE DALE as JOHN ROSS EWING III
In Flashback Scenes:
PRISCILLA PRESLEY as JENNA
LAST SEASON ON
"EWING EMPIRE"...
RECAP SC.1: INT. – SUE ELLEN´S BEDROOM AT SUE ELLEN´S
Shania: Are you comfortable Sue Ellen…?
SE: Yes, you´re an angel. Will you please give me my pills?
S: Of course, I brought you a glass of water…(She hands two pills to Sue Ellen)
SE: Please give me two more darlin´…
S: Are you sure Sue Ellen?
SE: I´m so tired, I can´t take the image of Dusty´s motel room out of my head…
S: O.k., here you are…
SE: Thanks Shania…See ya tomorrow…Don´t forget to lock the door from outside. The kids will be a couple of days away…and there´ve been robberies in the area lately.
S: Don´t worry Sue Ellen. Don´t worry about anything…(She gets out of the room. Cut to next scene)
RECAP SC.2: INT. – SUE ELLEN´S BEDROOM AT SUE ELLEN´S
(First shot of the clock in the wall: five minutes have passed by. Shania opens the door stealthily…and sneaks into the room again)
Shania (in loud voice): Sue Ellen? (She heads for her purse and puts it on the bedside table. She softly slaps her right cheek, but the woman doesn´t wake up. Shania takes her purse and gets a bottle of pills out of it) Dear Sue Ellen, you know what they say about the overuse of sleeping pills, don’t you? But I have the solution for this: I have my own antidepressant pills, and these work out just fine. Want to try them? (She takes the half full glass of water and puts a handful of pills in Sue Ellen´s tongue, then she empties the glass into her throat. After that, she takes a medium-sized bottle of vodka out of the purse and opens it…) Yes, you are right Sue Ellen. It´s your favorite brand of vodka, and I know because I am like a daughter for you…(Sue Ellen begins to cough, even unconscious…) Drink my dear, drink…You don´t know yet, but I am your late husband´s daughter…Yes, how did you guess it? She was pregnant when she went to Hollywood to become a star…she was carrying me…Right again! My mother is Mandy Winger…and my father was…J.R. Ewing. Now we´ve come to stay...and get what belongs to us. (One minute later, she takes her purse and gets her own bottle of pills into her purse too) Oh yes, I´ll give my mum regards from you…and I´ll lock the door from outside, though I must take your keys too…(Shania smiles a sweet smile and gets out of the room, leaving Sue Ellen unconscious on her bed.)
END OF SEASON 3
…AND NOW, SEASON 4 OF
EWING EMPIRE
Episode 1/19: “FORGET ME NEVER” (PART 1)
SC.1: INT. – SUE ELLEN´S FOYER
(Last season´s scene continues...Shania rushes downstairs and, when she is about to get out of the house, her cell phone rings. She takes it out of her purse and looks at the call identifier: it´s her mother.)
S: Hi Mother. Sorry can´t talk now...
Mandy: Where are you honey?
S: I´ve just come out of a meeting, I´ll be there in fifteen minutes...
M: A meeting so late? You ain´t with a secret fan, are you...?
S: I have to hung up…
M: You aren´t misbehaving again, are you Shania darlin´?
S: What…?
M: I mean you didn´t quit your meds…?
S: Bye Mother. (Shania frowns and looks at the staircase direction. She hesitates for a second and then opens the door, walks out and locks it from outside...Cut to a shot of Sue Ellen laying on her bed.)
SC.2: INT. –BARNES RANCH (FORMERLY KNOWN AS KREBBS RANCH)
(Establishing shot of the ranch in the evening. Cliff, Pam and Bob are sitting at the dining-room table)
Cliff: So are you ok sister?
P: I will, don´t worry Cliff. I wish Christopher were with us, but he isn´t…
Bob: We must think of today now. Pam and I have been thinking that this could be a right time for our long-delayed honeymoon trip…
C: Yeah…Three weddings and no honeymoon!
B: When the hearing date for Madeleine´s trial was set, we thought everything was over, but they have to find her yet…
C: You were lucky the Judge sentenced on you about the ranch ownership, otherwise it could have meant the end for Southfork.
P: Yes, but that woman has been hurting a lot of people aside of us, and she should be put to justice and pay for what she´d done. Not to mention Clayton´s death…
C: Do you know anything about Barbara?
P: She and Julian are travelling around Europe right now. She told me to call her the minute we had news about the trial and they were needed at court. Too bad Dusty can´t be tracked down…
C: Really? (Pam´s cell phone rings)
P: Excuse me. Hello, Pam Ewing here. Oh Shania hi…Please talk slower…Oh my God. Can you go with her in the ambulance? Thank you so much. We´re at Braddock now but are leaving at this moment…(Bob and Cliff look at each other amazed. Then Pam hangs up and looks upset). Cliff, how long would it take to get your helicopter here?
C: It´s near, I guess about five minutes.
P: Then please call the pilot Cliff, please!
B: Babe, what is it?
P: Sue Ellen…(with tears in her eyes)
SC.3: INT. – KREBBSES´ HOUSE AT SOUTHFORK HOTEL
(General shot of the room. The three members of the family are having dinner silently)
Donna: Are you finished sweetheart?
Maggie: Yes.
Ray: Is everything ok, baby?
M: No…(Donna and Ray look at each other) Nothing´s ok. We are not living at our house. Granddaddy Clayton was let die by his horrible wife. Pam and Bob have lost their son forever. Sue Ellen and Betsy don´t know the truth about it and they are heartbroken.
D: (getting up and sitting by her daughter) Say it Maggie. Say what upsets you. There´s nothing wrong with that…
M: (beginning to cry) …I…I…miss Christopher so badly, despite everything. I should be happy for him but…(Ray also gets up and holds his family)
R: Let it go baby…This situation with Christopher is temporary. Who knows if some day, he´ll be living with us again.
M: (crying) I know…but it hurts so much anyway…
D: Keep your faith my darling. Soon we´ll be living at Southfork again and everything will be back to normal…Who knows, maybe even Chris will be back…(Donna caresses her husband´s cheek)
SC.4: INT. – DALLAS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, THAT NIGHT
(Establishing shot of the place. The elevator door opens and Cally walks in. She joins Pam, Bob and Shania)
Cally: Pam! Oh Pam! What happened? (She hugs Pam)
Pam: We don´t know yet. Shania was afraid of something going wrong and went at Sue Ellen´s. She had missed an appointment and had been rather down lately…
Bob: We are not sure of anything Cally. How are the kids?
C: Oh, just fine, the babysitter was home when you called. Is Sue Ellen gonna be alright?
B: We don´t know yet, we are waiting for the doctor to come out…
Shania: I´ll go get a coffee. Does anyone want some?
P: Oh, she´s Sue Ellen´s assistant Cally, she found Sue Ellen and called an ambulance when she found her…No thanks Shania. We´ll go for you if there´s news…(Shania leaves)
C: What do you mean…”when she found her”?
B: (looking at Pam and then at Cally) Well, everything seems to show that Sue Ellen had an overdose of sleeping pills…mixed up with vodka.
C: (astonished) Vodka?
P: We don´t know anything for sure, let´s just wait…
C: Oh I wish James were here…
P: And John Ross too…Poor John Ross. The history repeats itself…(Cally cries on Bob´s shoulder)
(Fade Out and End of Act One)
SC.5: INT. – DALLAS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AT NIGHT
Doctor: She had a strong overdose of her prescribed sleeping pills, and also another kind of anti-depressant pills. The mixture of both of them and the addition of alcohol has had a serious reaction on her system. She´s been done a stomach pumping but remains unconscious. Next 24 hours will be critical: we have to check out the way her body has reacted to those big sums of alcohol.
Pam (surprised): Thank you Doctor for telling us…Please keep us reported.
Doctor: Of course, I will. Now go home and get some sleep…
(The doctor leaves and Shania keeps herself in the background)
P: Could you contact John Ross, Bobby?
Bob: Yes, but they left the hotel already. They must be on their way back.
Cally: Thanks God. Sue Ellen´s gonna need her son a lot.
P: Yes she is. Now, Cally, let us drive you home, ok? (Cally nods. Then, Pam notices Shania) Please Bob go on. I will join you at the park lot.
B: (noticing Shania) That´s fine. (They leave) How are you Shania?
Shania: I´m ok…(begins to cry) I just…I just wish I had foreseen this. Everything´s there: she was worried about Dusty, Christopher, and was missing John Ross too. I shouldn´t have let her alone Pamela!
P: Don´t blame yourself Shania…It´s no good. Neither for you nor Sue Ellen. And you were the one who called the police and the ambulance.
S: She wanted to be alone and I agreed. It´s all my fault…
P (holding her): No dear, it is not…(First shot of Shania)
SC.6: INT. – DINING-ROOM AT SUE ELLEN´S MANOR, TURTLE CREEK, DALLAS
(Establishing shot of the manor at early morning. Bobby and Pam join the rest of the family at the dining-room: Cally, Jimmy and Ellie. Cally gets up and kisses them)
Bob: Good morning.
Ellie: Hi Uncle Bob! Aunt Pam!
Pam. Hi sweetheart! How are you doing Jimmy?
Jimmy: Better don´t ask!
Cally: Jimmy! Don´t be rude and apologize!
P: He doesn´t have to Cally, it´s alright.
C: Thank you for coming for breakfast. Please let´s go to the living-room. And finish your breakfast kids! Did you hear me Jimmy? (The three of them go to the other room and Bob tells her about Sue Ellen)
B: We´ve been at the hospital before coming here. Sue Ellen still is unconscious but out of danger, she´ll be alright. So far the doctor doesn´t know if there will any consequences.
C: Oh my God!
P (holding her arm): Don´t worry Cally. Now we must find James and John Ross.
B: Last night I called a friend of mine at the airport and asked him for help to find the Ewing jet, since it had changed its route. He´s confirmed it this morning, and also that the jet went to Paris after that. We´ll be able to talk to them within the next hour.
P: There is no possibility that they had an accident dear, don´t even think about it. (a crying Cally holds Pam again).
SC.7: INT. – DALLAS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
(First shot of unconscious Sue Ellen at her hospital bed, plugged to an Oxygen bottle. The door opens and Shania walks in carrying a bunch of flowers)
Shania: Sue Ellen? (looking enigmatic. A nurse comes after her)
Nurse: Sorry but she can´t have visits by the moment. Are you family?
S: You could say that, yes…
N: Well, she´s out of danger as far as I know. You´re not a journalist, aren´t you? Those people are like a plague…
S: Oh no. I will let these flowers here. Would you please put them in a vase or something?
N: Sure darling. They´re beautiful…(smelling the roses)
S: Bye-bye…(she turns around and leaves, and then whispers) For now…
(Cut to next scene. Shania goes to a public phone and gets her notebook. Then she dials a number):
S: Hello? Is that the Dallas Press? I´d like to talk to someone from the Society pages…
SC.8: INT. – GARY EWING´S HOME AT GALVESTON
(Establishing shot of the house by the sea)
Val: Yes Lucy, I will call you if there´s any change. Enjoy yourselves now. Give my regards to Curtis…(She hangs up)
Gary: How are she and Peter?
V: They are fine, especially Peter, he´s in Walt Disney World, why shouldn´t he? But Lucy wanted to come back and help Sue Ellen somehow…She and Curtis are trying to find out a way to tell Peter that he´s his daddy…
G: She´s a great girl…
V: Yes she is…(Noticing Betsy is gossiping) Oh honey, will you go out this afternoon?
Betsy: I bet you care if I will…You were hiding something from me, weren´t you? I´m 18 years old and I´m fed up of this, I can´t take it anymore!
G: Betsy, what are you talking about?
B: Nothing, I wish I could live alone and be independent…
V: Our family is going through a hell right now and you shouldn´t speak that way.
G: Your Mama´s right, you sound like a spoiled brat.
B: You don´t trust me and I don´t trust you. So it makes no sense going back to college. I´m quitting…
V: Oh no Betsy, not again. We must talk about it…
B: I´m going to Dallas and see how Maggie is doing…
G (looking at Val): Maybe that´s not a bad idea Valene…I mean, going to Dallas the three of us.
V (a bit disappointed): Ok, Betsy will tell us what to do, as usual. That´s fine Gary! (she gets out of the room).
SC.9: INT. – HOTEL LANCASTER IN PARIS
(James walks down a corridor and, when arrives at a certain suite, he knocks on a door)
James: John Ross?
John Ross (offscreen): Get the hell out of here!!
J (he knocks again): Please John Ross I gotta talk to you. It´s important…
JR (opening the door and showing his head): What is it James? Better be important!
J: Something´s happened...it´s serious…your mother…
JR: My mother what?
J: There´s been an accident. She´s at the hospital. Bobby just called.(John Ross goes inside and talks to somebody. James hears a woman giggle and, one minute later John Ross joins him and they leave.)
(Fade Out and End of Act Two)
SC.10: INT. – SHANIA´S APARTMENT IN DALLAS
(First shot of Shania. She and Mandy are having lunch. Shania looks very distant.)
Mandy: You´re so quiet today…
Shania: Sorry Mother. I was thinking about the big responsibilities I´m gonna have to take after this.
M: You mean, from Sue Ellen´s company?
S: Yeah.
M: We were so lucky about the whole thing…
S: What do you mean?
M: Sue Ellen, of course. Before we could make up a real plot against her, she goes off the wagon thanks to that cowboy friend of hers…Probably he even rejected her again…
S: Did you know Dusty Farlow?
M: Oh yeah…As a matter of fact, I knew him very well…He was something when I met him about ten years ago, maybe more…Then Sue Ellen and Dusty were living under the same roof. That happened after JR killed himself and Miss Ellie died. Dear ol´ Bobby wanted to keep the remains of his family together and made Dusty and his dad co-owners of that beautiful ranch. One day, at the Annual Oil Barons´ Ball, we met and had a short but very passionate affair…
S: Mother why didn´t you tell me about this before?
M: Well honey, I guess that was quite personal, wasn´t it?
S (looking angry): Isn´t our plan quite personal too? Don´t keep me secrets Mama, or everything will change one of these days! (She gets up and is about to leave, when somebody knocks on the door).
M: Please let me open darlin´.(She fixes up her hair and says) Who is it?
Police: Dallas Police, please open ma´am.(Mandy looks at her daughter and smiles, then opens the door)
M: May I help you?
P: I´m Detective Shelton and she is Detective Van Ark. We are here to question miss Shania Wyatt about Mrs. Sue Ellen Lockwood´s suicide attempt…Are you related?
M: Well…I am…just a friend. You said suicide…Is she…?
P: No, as far as I know…
P2: Is miss Wyatt here right now?
M (quickly): Yes. We were having lunch. Would you like something to drink? (Shania comes out with her eyes wide open)
S: Hi I´m Shania Wyatt.
P2: No thank you, we´re at service hours…(the man looks at his female workmate…) We have to make you some questions about Sue Ellen Lockwood´s suicide attempt…
S: Ok. Please sit down…
P: Just the usual questions girl, don´t worry. Tell us when and where you were one hour before she was found and how you came to suspect that something´s wrong…(Shania looks at her mother, all smiles)
SC.11: INT. – GALLERY SHOPPING-CENTER IN DALLAS
(Afton and Beckie come out of a boutique each wearing a bag, and begin to walk around)
Afton: You looked wonderful with that dress Beckie…I don´t know why you didn´t let me to buy it for you, as an advanced birthday present…
Beckie: I didn´t like the color, and didn´t fit well to me either…
A: Are you silly? Of course it did. So whatcha gonna do now? Want an ice-cream or maybe a little beer? We could have some chilli too.
B: Oh Mama please. I think I gotta puke. (She puts her hand over her stomach. Then a child throws his ball in their direction and she stops it. The little boy comes for the ball and she gives it to him, as she smiles. Afton stares at her and opens her big eyes)
A: Beckie please tell you ain´t!!
B (she looks away): Ain´t what?
A: Oh my gosh you ARE pregnant! Look into my eyes…(Both women look at each other and Beckie ends up holding her) Oh my baby, my baby is having a baby…It´s something wonderful you hear!
B: But Daddy...told me that the Barnes family carried an illness…
A: …Yeah, so did you when you´re a little baby and you´re healthier than you could be…Don´t lose your nerves. We must go the doctor´s and she will tell us what to do.
B: Won´t you ask me about the baby´s father?
A: No. You said you and your boyfriend were thru and that´s a fact. A baby can´t fix up your relationship. So wait on, darlin´, and take one step after another, and please, oh please, don´t tell your Daddy! Not yet! (Beckie silently cries)
SC.12: INT. – KREBBS HOUSE AT NIGHT
(Ray revolves in bed: he´s having a bad dream. Donna is sleeping by his side. His memory goes back to his past: Jenna and he are having an argument:)
Jenna: I´m so tired Ray…
Ray: Tired? Of what?
J: Tired of your complaining…We´re having a good life here in Nice. Ok it´s not a big white ranch but a small apartment but there´s only you and me…and you´ve been avoiding the problems…
R: Problems? What problems?
J: What problems? Ray, after all that´s happened to us, you say what problems? My daughter has been expelled from every private high school in Switzerland and she can´t go out to the street without getting into trouble.
R: Is that my fault, Jenna? Is it?
J: And Lucas. He doesn´t know you at all, you´re always out on business trips and he doesn´t recognize you when you´re back.
R: Business trips to give you the life you´re living!
J: Ray, open your eyes: I have a job too, and I´m paying all the bills. Your business trips have been a way to lose time and money. Your deals don´t work out Ray, and this marriage doesn´t work out either…I want a divorce…
R: Divorce? What about the baby?
J: The baby? Lucas is MY baby, and that´s the way it reads in his birth certificate.
R: You lied once about your children´s fatherhood: Bobby ain´t Charlie´s father and you put his name on her certificate…
J: What? Are you trying to say that you want to take my son away…?
(Cut to next dream scene. Jenna is driving her car with Charlie sitting at the back seat)
Charlie: Mother, where are we going…?
J: Oh please shut up Charlie…
R: You won´t steal Bobby´s child, oh no, hell you won´t…
J: He´s my son…
C: Mother, it´s raining heavily. Why don´t we stop?
R: Damn you Jenna and Charlie. Why the hell did I had to leave Texas?
Lucas is a Ewing and he belongs at Southfork.
C: Ray´s just a bastard Mother! He really is!
J: Charlie shut up! (Cut to evening sky and we hear thunder and then we see a lightning reflecting on the wrecked car´s window. Ray´s standing under the rain…)
R: (Suddenly wakes up) No Jenna!! (shouting) Donna wakes up and caresses him.
D: It´s alright now darlin´. It was just a nightmare...(She kisses and hugs him)
R: Donna...It was my fault...(crying) It was all my fault.
D: No it wasn´t, my love. It was an accident. Just an accident…
(Fade Out and End of Act Three)
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