JR and Bobby are still flopping around in the pool. But Ray and Clayton jump in and stop Bobby before he kills JR. (Dang it. And seriously. CLAY jumps in? Exactly how is he supposed to help?)
Just afterwards, with everyone still dripping, Bobby and Sue Ellen are alone for a moment, and you can tell by Sue Ellen's eyes that she's pretty certain Bobby was yelling the truth about Lisa. But she asks him to confirm anyway, and he does.
Cut to Miss Ellie wanting to spend more time with Clay. He just sits there, looking distant, apparently wanting to spend more time with people who aren't named Miss Ellie.
Sue Ellen confronts JR. "You are DIRT!" Then she tears into him about other things. "Wouldn't it be funny if your plans include getting rid of me for Westar?" Nail on the head, sister. Bingo.
Casey Denault and Sly at her desk, with him actually asking her out on a date. Just WHERE are the producers going with this angle? Just trying to burn up the rest of Andrew Stevens' contract?
Bobby talks to Dave Culver. That getting back the Ewing name thing? Seems to be right on track. (Still wondering. Why does Dave even care?)
JR confronts Lisa in her apartment. He tells her she doesn't live here anymore, he's got a one-way ticket for her to go home. She's not exactly pleased with this announcement. Why? JR: "This was all to get Bobby in on Westar." Lisa: What if I stay? JR: "I'll have you escorted out." So then she calls him a bastard, but since she's the 207th actress on the show to do so, it's really not that exciting.
Cliff is all hyped up, his pipeline has finally been connected. He tells Jackie to set up a party. Then he calls Lisa and finds out the line has been disconnected, and gets all depressed. Cliff is the reason why mood stabilizers were invented.
Nick arrives at Sue Ellen's office to talk about "business". Sue Ellen is wearing the most enormous shoulder pads known to mankind. They are WAY beyond the normal line-backer pads she normally wears. She is now a plane circling the airport.
And I miss most of what they say, because I'm scared of her, but they kind of make up a bit and plan to have some nookie tomorrow night.
Clayton meets with the artist who created the painting that featured Laurel as the model. The artist explains that he's just friends with Laurel, nothing more, but he would like to know what Clay's intentions are. Clayton bristles: "You're not gonna throw dirt on this!"
Then why did you have this meeting? Geez.
April finally meets with the skittish private investigator from New York. He exlains that the Lombardi family was definitely in the mob, and that the whole family disappeared 20 years ago after the Daddy was arrested and then died in jail. Interesting.
Ray and Jenna discussing hormonal Charly, with Ray wearing a magical towel that just barely covers his bits as he energetically leaps about the room, promising but not quite fulfilling on the possibility of a flash. Jenna's a little blue about the strength of their relationship, but Ray promises her: "I stay committed." (Like you were with Donna, Ray?)
Bobby and April are dancing at some club, and she's about to spill what she knows about Nick, but then dumbass JR walks up and tries telling Bobby that he saved the day by getting Lisa out of town. Bobby: "Calling off your own game makes you some kind of hero?"
Clayton meets with Laurel again, and he brings her tea, which I guess is a very fine thing to do when dealing with British people. But Laurel quickly gets to a point: "Are you using me as a substitute for getting on with your life?" Clay just sits there and looks distant, like he'd rather be with people who are not named Miss Ellie or Laurel.
Quick scene with Bobby telling Christopher that Lisa has left town and we'll have no more problems with her. Translation: Christopher, prepare to be kidnapped or violated in some way.
Sue Ellen shows up at Nick's for some lovin', but it quickly turns into a fight when she announces that she can't stay the night. So there's lots of dissatisfaction and stomping off, but at least she's wearing calmer shoulder pads and no one is in physical danger.
JR meets with Kimberly, and she tells him: "Either you want Westar and me, or you don't."
Cut to South Fork, where Clayton finally gives Miss Ellie a belated anniversary present that is something shiny and gaudy that she would never wear. Not really one from the heart, which increases her budding suspicions about what Clay might be up to.
Jenna meets with a reluctant Bobby. Jenna: "You have to forget what I said about being in love with you." Oh sure, that's easy. Jenna: "Do this for Ray!" Right. That's great reasoning. Jenna, perhaps we should speak with someone about that ugly bowl-cut hairdo you've been sporting for too long now. It does nothing for you, irritates everyone else, and is apparently causing some mental issues that need attention.
Over to Cliff's celebratory pipeline party, where there's just not a whole lot of people. Pretty sparse, actually. And Cliff is all despondent because he can't find Lisa. Perhaps you should check with your mortal enemy JR, the one you are stupidly involved with in this Westar crapfest?
Then we have Casey and Sly on their first date. During the initial conversation, Sly fesses up that she had a boyfriend for a long time, but he's gone now. (Okay, WE never saw him, what's up with that?) Then Casey starts to gently dig into how Sly started working for JR. So, he IS up to something after all. Hmmm.
Back to Cliff's underpopulated party. He's drunk, he's dissatisfied, and he's mean to the few people who showed up out of sympathy. We've seen him like this a thousand times. Next.
We end with a scene at April's apartment, where JR wants her to buy more Westar stock. She is not in the least interested in that. So JR brings up the Holly Harwood thing, and explains that Bobby does not take sloppy seconds with a woman that JR has had first. And he threatens to tell Bobby that he's already HAD April if she doesn't BUY MORE STOCK!
JR is proof that pigs can walk on two feet just fine.
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