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Barbecue
Bobby returns from his morning exercise
to see the caterers setting up for the annual Ewing Barbecue.
He finds Jock talking with the head caterer, Sam. Bobby tells
him that Digger Barnes is coming. Jock objects. Bob says that
now is a good time to bury the hatchet, and then he runs off.
Meanwhile, Pam is dressing up Digger for the big day. Cliff
and her cousin Jimmy are also there. She orders them to become
hayseeds. Digger says to go on ahead, but Pam says no. Cliff
asks his daddy why he is going. Digger agrees that he hates
Jock Ewing. According to Digger, he was the nose and Jock the
brains of their wildcatting group. However, Jock stole his fortune
and his love, Miss Ellie. He says he is only going because Pam
asked him to. He smiles at his daughter. Pam leaves, but before
she does, she tells them to be at Southfork in two hours.
Pam returns home. Lucy asks about Jimmy. Pam says that she is
too young. Lucy says that he is only 19. They greet J.R. on
his way out.
Pam returns to her and Bobby's room. Bob is taking a shower.
She takes the time to call her doctor. He tells her that the
tests were positive. She is pregnant. She is ecstatic now. She
tells Bobby to hurry up. She takes off her dress and primps
in front of the mirror, looking for a bulge. Bobby appears.
He asks about Digger. Pam says that he is fine, and that she
has a riddle for him.
"What do you get when you cross a Barnes and a Ewing?"
"You never cross a Ewing."
"A boy or a girl."
Bobby looks in wonder for 15 seconds.
After that time, they start celebrating.
 The
Ewing Barbecue begins. Sue Ellen walks around with a senator.
Ray comes with Maureen. Bobby comes out with Pam. Bobby leaves
and tells some people that Pam is pregnant. They congratulate
her, and Lucy overhears. J.R. introduces her to Susan, a new
secretary. When J.R. leaves, she laughs at the new office help.
Sam is surprised at the amount of alcohol being consumed. Ellie
tells him to keep the booze flowing. Digger and Jimmy arrive.
Ellie greets them, calling Digger by his real name, Willard.
Ellie takes Digger around to talk, while Jimmy looks for something
to do. Pam finds him and offers to introduce him to people.
Sam asks for a word with Bobby; he suggests that Bobby tells
the future grandparents the good news first before the Barbecue's
worst kept secret gets to them. Lucy watches with envy while
Ray dances with Maureen. Lucy asks him to come over, then tells
him about Pam's baby. He is not happy. He asks Maureen to get
a drink while he broods.
Sam and Kelly, the caterer second-in-command, gossip about Jock
and Digger. They Spy Jock sitting alone, smoking and drinking.
He gets up and tells Kelly that Digger's claim that he had swindled
him is bullshit. Bob finds Jock and asks to see him. He and
Pam have some very important news for Jock and Ellie.
Ellie talks about 1930. She says that she married Jock to save
the ranch. She did what she had to do. He tells her to stop
calling him Willard because no one calls him that anymore.
Lucy tells Sue Ellen about the baby. Sue Ellen is not happy.
Rather, she is bitter and envious. She congratulates Pam while
Lucy watches. When Sam makes his rounds with drinks, she grabs
two of them, marking the beginning of her heavy drinking. She
asks to see J.R., who is talking to some business associates.
"It's apparent from your good humor that you don't know
the news of the hour."
"I've heard about the Alamo!"
"Waterloo's more like it, yours.
I'm talking about your brother Bobby, the apple of Jock Ewing's
eye, and his wife and their marriage. Their bountiful marriage...unlike
ours."
"Sue Ellen..."
"There's nothing in this world Jock
wants more than a grandson; I haven't given him one because
of your disinterest in me. She's pregnant! Little brother Bobby
and that Barnes girl are going to have a baby named Ewing. Maybe
a boy! Think about that!"
J.R. thinks about that, shocked. Obviously,
he does not like it.
 Sue
Ellen talks about Jock's love for J.R. to herself, while others
stare. Jock loved him less than Bobby in the first place. She
wants him to love her. She starts to cry.
Jock and Digger meet again. Bobby then tells the future grandparents
along with Pam that she is going to have a baby. Digger congratulates
them; Jock says that he hopes it is a boy. Pam says that she
wants two granddaddies for her baby. Jock and Digger are reluctant.
Digger says that they can try, while Jock gives him a quick
handshake to appease Pam.
Jimmy is having a good time; J.R. is not. He is drinking heavily.
Jock announces that the baby will have everything. Digger says
not to spoil it, and not to take what is his. He would forgive
Jock for the swindle, but Jock took everything from him. Jock
tells Pam the truth about Digger. He had made the whole claim
because Digger was drunk, and he wanted him to keep his share
instead of gambling it away. Ellie and Pam ask Jock to stop.
Pam asks why he took everything away from Digger. He denies
it. Bobby arrives as Jock leaves. Digger tells Ellie that she
lied. She said she cared about him, but she did what she had
to do; they were kids. Digger starts drinking, despite Pam's
protests that they go home.
Digger dances drunk with a bottle in
his hand and sings while everyone watches. Jock tells him to
shut up. Bobby tells Jock to respect him; after all, he is also
the unborn child's granddaddy. Pam grabs Digger and offers to
take him home. J.R. greets him with apathetic empathy. Bobby
tells him to sober up. J.R. tells Digger that he agrees with
him that the marriage is a bad idea.
Pam goes to the barn. She finds Lucy and Jimmy in the loft.
She asks Jimmy to drive Digger home.
Sue Ellen rides around in circles, drunk. She greets Bobby.
J.R. follows. Sue Ellen announces that she was about to take
her clothes off. Maybe it would have attracted J.R. She wants
a baby. J.R. insinuates that the baby may not be Bobby's. Bobby
gets angry and punches J.R. in the kisser. Bobby takes Sue Ellen
inside. When J.R. recovers, he sees Pam watching the barbecue
from the loft.
 J.R.
ascends to Pam's level. She sneaks up on her. He tells her what
Bobby did to him. She says that he deserved it. Angry, she announces
that she and Bobby are moving off the ranch. J.R. asks her not
to leave. They continue arguing. They are miving backwards from
the window, and suddenly Pam loses her balance and falls on
her stomach to a lower level.
"She lost the baby."
That is what Bobby announces later after the barbecue. Luckily,
no bones were broken, but she is unsure if she can have another
baby. J.R. says that he would not do such a thing. Bobby asks
why. J.R. gives excuses. Bobby goes up to see her. Jock is angry.
Pam is crying in bed. He says that his
family caused all her pain, and as soon as she is on her feet,
they are leaving. J.R. will never change. Jock pleads for them
to stay. He says that the Ewings are not easy to live with.
He says that he wants to keep his family together.
"I do not want to lose another son."
He leaves, and Ellie enters.
"We weren't ready for any of this,
for our Bobby and Digger's daughter and everything that has
come since...I've worked
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