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Lessons
Lucy rides to the mailbox on
a snowy day. She takes a letter out of the mailbox, then burns
it.
Bobby teaches Pam how to ride a horse. Ray enters the barn and
orders a ranch hand to drive Lucy to school. Bob overhears and
tells Ray that Jock told him to drive Lucy to school. Ray reluctantly
and resentfully agrees. Pam watches the procedings and asks
Bob what is happening with Ray, then they go in to eat breakfast.
At the breakfast table, Ellie says that Lucy being away from
the breakfast table can only mean trouble. Jock says that as
long as Lucy goes to school, she is fine. Ellie says they have
to consider her grades as well. Lucy enters the dining room
fashionably late, takes some breakfast, then leaves to get dressed.
Bobby leaves to get ready for work. Pam signals to J.R. that
she has won the second round; Bobby is an executive.
After breakfast, Pam offers Sue Ellen a ride into Dallas. Sue
Ellen refuses. Just then, Ray drives up. He asks Pam if he got
fired. Pam says that is not the case. Ray says that he does
not want to leave his job. He asks her to put in a good word
for him, which she does when Bobby comes out. Bobby and J.R.
leave for work. Lucy gets into Ray's truck and they leave for
school. Pam walks inside.
Inside, Ellie mentions to Pam "the
sad charade of Lucy." Lucy thinks that she is fooling the
family, but Ellie knows that she is playing hooky. She wanted
a daughter, but after seeing the way Lucy has turned out, maybe
it was not such a good idea. Lucy was the daughter of the weakest
of the Ewing men, and even the strongest of the Ewing men do
not have the strength to say no to her. Consequently, she is
spoiled. She does not want to lose Lucy, but she wants to do
something. Ellie thanks Pam for listening.
On the ride to school, Lucy flirts with Ray. Ray says that he
is going to win today, but Lucy gets to him and they drive off
the road.
Pam takes a call from Mr. Miller, Lucy's school counselor. Mr.
Miller says that Lucy has been playing hooky. Letters have been
sent home. Pam vows to solve the problem. She drives to Lucy's
favorite barn and catches her and Ray redhanded. Pam demands
that Ray leave and Lucy listen. Lucy says that she gets her
"education" in the barn. Pam says that she will tell
Jock. Lucy laughs. Pam says that she is a Ewing now, and she
cares about her. If she does not go to school, Pam will blackmail
her. Lucy says no, then as Pam leaves, she reluctantly follows
her.
 At
the office, Bobby asks Julie about J.R.'s powers of persuasion.
Julie meekly says that J.R. is a very persuasive man. She retreats
to J.R.'s office. She tells him that Bobby is questioning. J.R.
says make sure he does not find out the real reason.
Pam takes Lucy to Braddock High School. Mr. Miller greets them.
Lucy pushes aside what he says and runs off to History. He tells
her to see him after school. After school, a student named Roger
offers to tutor Lucy. Lucy wisecracks. Pam drives up. She becomes
acquainted with Roger. After they leave, Pam remarks that Lucy
should hang out with people her own age, like Roger. Lucy says
that Roger is scum. On the way home, Lucy throws the school
clothes Pam bought her out the window. Pam orders her to pick
them up, and she does so.
At home, Lucy doctors her school clothes. The next day, she
meets with Mr. Miller. Roger spies on them. When Mr. Miller
is not looking, she takes off her sports coat and runs out of
his office screaming and with torn clothes, claiming he tried
to rape her.
Pam drives up. A student tells Pam that
Mr. Miller tried to rape Lucy. Pam rushes inside. Mr. Miller
is with Mr. Daly, the principal. Pam says that she will take
charge. Mr. Daly says that Pam better be able to dig him out
of his hole. After Mr. Daly leaves, Mr. Miller pleads with Pam
not to tell Jock.
Bobby asks J.R. about his power of persuasion secrets. J.R.
tries to change the subject by saying that Jock was filled with
happiness when Bob became an executive, but Bobby persists.
J.R. says that while Bobby was having fun, he was learning the
oil business, and working hard. There are some secrets that
the man in charge must know, and they are allowed secrets if
it betters their performance. Bobby leaves satisfied, and J.R.
laughs at his gullibility.
Pam yells at Lucy. Lucy agrees to admit that it was a misunderstanding;
in return, Pam says nothing. Pam drives off angrily. At dinner,
Lucy speaks well of Pam. She gets a phone call from an anonymous
person, who forces her to go on a date with him. Ellie thanks
Pam for caring about Lucy. After dinner, they retreat to the
living room, where Ellie and Jock play one of their now famous
games of backgammon. Lucy comes in and announces that she has
a date tonight. Jock agrees that she can go.
Pam is upset that Ellie thinks that Lucy is in hand, when she
is not. Bob says why she does what she has been doing for Lucy.
Pam is not sure. Bobby says it is because she is a caring person.
She is empathetic. Bobby tells her to hurry up and get dressed
for the grand opening of their disco tonight.
Lucy is picked up by Roger. He says he
can clear Mr. Miller, but he will keep his mouth shut if she
"satisfies" him. Lucy agrees to the blackmail, but
she says that they must move slowly.
Pam and Bobby arrive at the grand opening of their disco in
downtown Braddock. Ray arrives with a date. When Lucy dances
with Roger, she sees Ray. She asks him for help. They ditch
their dates and their dates dance together. Bob and Pam dance.
Lucy asks Ray to get rid of Roger. She will not go home with
him. Ray objects. Bobby sees them together. He punches Ray,
who tells Bob that if he wants to continue, it will be outside.
Bob offers to talk, but Ray says they have nothing to talk about.
Pam talks to Roger and blackmails him. If he does not admit
what he saw to the principal tomorrow morning, she will tell
Bobby that he blackmailed her niece. Roger agrees. Lucy tells
Pam that Sue Ellen is helping her, and remarks that Pam is a
Ewing, because she knows how to use people. She walks away,
and Bob rins after her. He tells her that Pam and everyone else
care about her; they just do not have time to give her the guidence
she needs. They return to Pam, where Lucy apologizes. Bob says
that they can talk later; tonight they dance.
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