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Season 1
Episode Two "Homecoming"
Southfork lay in silence as a warm morning breeze blew over the land. Ellie Southworth Ewing Farlow sat on her bed, beside her an open case filled with years of letters, photos. Her memories of the man who was her husband, the father of her children, Jock Ewing.
Miss Ellie studied a photo taken in 1978 of the Ewing Family together, she smiled and put the photo down and took out another, a much younger photo of Jock. She studied it and remembered their life together, when they first met , the Great Depression, the happiness of their children together. She gently touched the photo.A voice came from behind Ellie "Miss Ellie" Pam said gently.
Miss Ellie turned to look at Pamela
"Pam" Miss Ellie said smiling.Pam walked over to Miss Ellie and looked at the photos "A lot of memories" Pam said.
Ellie nodded "A life time of them"
Pam touched Miss Ellie shoulder "Its all going to be fine Miss Ellie" Pam reassured her."Next week will mark twenty years that I lost Jock. I remember it as if it were yesterday. It was meant to be his homecoming. I was so happy then I got a phone call from Punk, Jocks helicopter had gone down and things were never the same again" Miss Ellie looked down at Jocks photo.
"Now twenty years later he's finally coming home. I can finally say good-bye" A tear ran down Miss Ellies cheek .
"this can't be easy Miss Ellie" Pamela said emotionally.
"Its brought back all kinds of memories, it took me a long time to come to terms with his death. I was married to Jock a long time . He was everything to me, I has always hoped it would be me to go first, selfish I know" Ellie smiled.
"Not at all" Pamela said.
"but it wasn't me. I thought I was going to loose him when he had the heart attack but not like this. Who would of done this Pam? Who would want to kill Jock?" Miss Ellie tried to stop herself crying.
Pamela hugged Ellie tightly.
"I don't know Miss Ellie, I really don't know"
The two women hugged.
Lucy Ewing sat at the table in the Southfork Kitchen. Alone her eyes welled with the beginning of tears. JR walked in and opened the fridge ignoring her presence, he opened the fridge and took out a beer.
Lucy began to cry, JR looked over at her.
"Don't Lucy" JR asked irritated by Lucys emotion.
"I can't help it JR, its stupid I know, I don't know but its brought back so many things" Lucy explained
JR opened the beer and walked over to the table and sat opposite Lucy, he passed the beer to Lucy.
"No its ok JR" she replied.
"You look like you need this more than me honey" he said. Lucy smiled and took the beer.
There was an uncomfortable silence.
"Suddenly its like it all happened just yesterday" Lucy expressed with contemplation and reflection.
JR swallowed uncomfortably "Yep" he said standing.
He stood behind Lucy and put his hand on her shoulder and took a breath looking for words of comfort but unable to express these he walked away leaving Lucy with her memories.Bobby stood in the hallway on the phone. JR walked past emotionless "JR" Bobby called. JR ignored his brother and headed out of the front door. Bobby looked concerned and replaced the receiver and walked over to the door to view JR speeding away in his car.
Christopher walked out "is Uncle JR ok?"Bobby sighed "I don't know son, I really don't know"
Sue Ellen Ewing stood in her living room, she paced the room agitated. The accident ran through her head over and over. How did it happen? Why ? why ? she kept asking. In a matter of minutes her life had shifted, her priorities, her beliefs, her pain. She bent down to pick up her coffee cup, her hand shook erratically from the shock spilling the coffee, dropping the cup.
Her make-up smeared from crying she put her hands through her hair and fell slowly to the floor crying in disbelief.Meanwhile at Cliffs house
Afton stood in the kitchen and opened the oven. Cliff walked in.
"You won't believe this" Cliff stated with a shocked expression.
"what's happened?" Afton asked.
"That was Bobby, they are claiming that Jock was murdered" Cliff explained
"Jock Ewing?" Afton questioned
"wow can you believe that? I know the old guy had plenty of enemies, but isn't that just unbelievable? After all this time?" Cliff replied
"Poor Miss Ellie, how do they know, its been years?" Afton asked.
"They uncovered his body in South America, during an excavation or something, that beats all" he says.
"Bet JR isn't handling it well" Afton suggests
Cliff raises his eyes. "You know it wouldn't surprise me if he was behind it, now that would make sense"
Afton shook her head "That is ridiculous Cliff, despite what you may feel about JR he loved his daddy, I remember how devastated he was when Jock died"
"maybe, but then again I'm sure there were lots of people who would like to have seen Jock out of the way" Cliff reflects.
"Like whom?" Afton asks as she placed a plate down onto the table.
"Lets see now, who was around at that time. Yeah there was Jeb Ames and Willie Joe Garr"
"who?" Afton asks
"These two guys, real nasty pieces of work" Cliff explains taking a bite from some of the food "JR was mixed up in some dodgy deal with them and well consequently they ended up murdering JR's secretary to keep their nasty little deal secret after their release they kidnapped baby John Ross and it all got rather messy and in true Ewing style got brushed under a very dirty carpet"
"that's awful but wasn't it infact a woman who lost her own baby that kidnapped him" Afton stated
"Yeah now you mention it thats right, how did you know that?" Cliff asked
"Pam told me years ago, Cliff you need to freshen up on your detective skills" Afton said snatching the food back from him.
"Very funny, anyway they would of wanted revenge and getting Jock would of done just that, anybody who wanted to rock the foundations of Ewing Oil. Jeremy Wendel is another weasel of a man who would of wanted to do just that" Cliff expressed in an extremely stubborn manner.
Afton sighed and turn to Cliff "aren't you forgetting someone?" she asked.
Cliffs eyes looked to one side as he thought "no no I don't think so, well actually probably yes. I mean there were many who Jock crossed"
Afton looked at him sternly "What about you Cliff? Aren't you one of those people?"
Cliff stood shocked "Well thank you very much Afton, worlds greatest detective"
"Im just saying, yes all those people hated the Ewings, but so did you" Afton explained.
At that moment the door opened and Becky walked in.
Cliff smiled "well hi there" he said greeting his daughter.
"Nice of you to drop in Becky, I almost forgot what you look like" Afton stated sarcastically.
Becky rolled her eyes "I know, iv just been really busy."
"We were just talking about Jock, isn't that just unbelievable?" Cliff asked.Becky sighed "Oh god not you too. You know I had to get off that Ranch for a while to escape all that, its just so depressing, its like being at a Barry Manilow concert, only worse. Its not like the guy just died, it was like 20 years ago"
Cliff laughed.
Afton shook her head "so compassionate aren't we Becky? Where's John Ross?"
Becky looked awkward "No idea, you know he doesn't even know about his mother, and the rest of them don't even seem to care"
Cliff looked confused"
"back up a sec. Sue Ellen? what are you talking about?" Cliff asked.
"Oh right, well Sue Ellen was driving home and she was involved in an accident. She hit a young girl , she was killed" Becky explained seriously.
Cliff looked shocked.
At Anita Smithfields condo.
Anita stood in her dressing gown and poured herself a brandy taking a sip as John Ross walked in just wearing his underwear revealing his worked out body, he carried his clothes."Going so soon?" Anita asked
"That was my Uncle Bobby, Iv got to go, something about my grandfather but something's happened to my mom" he explained in a shocked fashion.
"whats happened?" Anita asked walking over to him and gently touching his face.
"Apparently shes been involved in some accident. She hit in a kid in her car , a girl. She died. It was an accident."
"So she hasn't been charged?" Anita asked
"No no, it was an accident" John Ross paused "I have to go" he walked out.
Anita stood alone taking a sip from her glass and looked thoughtful as a sly smile crossed her face.