1.3 "Spy in the House" Quiz | Dallas

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1. If the opening scene was any indication of the theme of the episode, this one was to be about Ewing Oil. Already several times in the series we have seen the billboard that proudly announces the new office complex of Ewing Oil. According to the billboard what was the address?

Answer: One Dallas Centre

This was not the first time this billboard had been shown - full screen so it must have had some significance. The billboard showed a new construction site, future high rise complex and in the (biggest) letters: One Dallas Centre. It included the pertinent info of: Opening Fall 1978. Appropriate, the series was first broadcast in the spring of 1978. With Bobby's decision to become an executive - be in the office rather than on the road - for Ewing Oil, additional construction was being done to accommodate his offices in this episode.

2. By this third episode we regular viewers were accustomed to the familiar, rather than professional, relationship of J.R. and his secretary, Julie. J.R. had hired a secretary for Bobby who was the opposite of his own girl-Friday. Bobby's first secretary was rather, shall we say, mature and plain. In this episode we saw Bobby had made his own choice of assistant. What was the young woman's name sitting outside Bobby's office?

Answer: Connie

In this episode, Connie was played by Texas native Donna Bullock. In an obvious compare/contrast to J.R.'s secretary, Julie, we saw Connie as younger, less sophisticated - less make-up, plainer clothing, etc. Yet, Connie was on Bobby's "side" from the very beginning. A true, loyal professional without all the glances and touching and innuendos we saw exchanged by J.R. and Julie.

3. You may have recognized the lovely actress who played J.R.'s Secretary, Julie Gray. Indeed, before she was gainfully employed at Ewing Oil she was one of the castaways on American television's "Gillian's Island" (1967-1967). Who was this actress?

Answer: Tina Louise

Tina Louise, our favorite "movie star", was a secretary at Ewing Oil. It had been more than ten years since she was last stranded on a desert island but she was still every bit the seductress as secretary, confidant, liaison and lover to J.R. Ewing. Little did she know, she had been in much less trouble on that deserted island than she was in the high-rise office building of downtown Dallas.

4. There was no such thing as a friendly game of cards between two old pals, when Jock entertained a senator at home with a game of gin. The conversation quickly turned to Cliff Barnes and his investigative committee. What did the senator admit Jock had given him "every year"?

Answer: Seats on the fifty yard line of Dallas Cowboys games

The senator related a story about how a member from Cliff's investigative committee asked his own secretary where the senator got those great "box seats" for the football games and how even his secretary was "sharp as a whip" and able to side-step the answer. The plot was building as to why the Ewings were so friendly with this senator.

5. Even the most secretive and suspicious deals can not go without a paper trail. J.R. had been very guarded, to say the least, with his operation of Ewing Oil. There were files of documents, though, Bobby - and Jock - insisted that they be privy to them. What were these top secret files called by those at Ewing Oil?

Answer: The Red Files

Bobby decided the construction work was too noisy for him so he wanted to work at the ranch. J.R. was adamantly opposed to the Red Files leaving the office. Bobby took them home anyway. Of course, one very important - and, possibly damming - file was misplaced.

This episode was not the only one to mention the Red Files. J.R. and Julie had discussed them in previous episodes. Regular viewers knew their significance.

6. J.R. rejected Sue Ellen's overt flirtation and her suggestion that she wear a sexy negligee for him. He even walked out on her pleas and tears - straight to Julie's apartment. But, all went very sour with Julie when J.R. left her with what "gift" ?

Answer: A $100 dollar bill

Julie knew she was the other woman - in addition to being the all-accommodating assistant - but the thump on the head came when J.R. had the audacity to leave her bed in the middle of the night and toss a Ben Franklin back at her. Nothing like a woman scorned. She immediately called Cliff Barnes and arranged a dinner date with him. Glancing at the cash, Julie told Cliff, "I'm buying".

7. Things went well with Julie and Cliff. So well, in fact, she gave the information he needed to open an investigation about the relationship of Senator Orloff (Jock's long time friend and card playing buddy) and the Ewings. But who did J.R. blame when Cliff used the info?

Answer: Pamela

Of course, J.R. blamed Pam. Then J.R. made his accusation at the dinner and punctuated it by saying, "There's a spy in the house". He convinced the entire family that Pam had given her brother, Cliff, the info. J.R. had a point, too. The file had been accessible to Pam and who else would do such a thing to them? Still Bobby was furious that no one joined him to defend his wife.

He and Pam left the ranch and moved to a hotel "in town" and began to plot how they could prove her innocence.

8. What Cliff Barnes learned was that Senator Orloff had "borrowed" money from Ewing Oil to buy his dream house many years ago. How much was this questionable loan?

Answer: $50,000

It was $50,000. Oddly enough not one penny had been paid toward that loan AND the senator had managed to have a lot of legislation go in directions that were advantageous to Ewing Oil. It was a tough decision for Jock. He knew to keep Ewing Oil in the clear would implicate the Senator. Well, it was a decision quickly made, though. Ewing Oil called the Senator for repayment of the loan.

He did not have the money but to keep his house he resigned his senate seat.

9. Julie was at Cliff's apartment - after spending the night with him - when they both heard via radio broadcast that Senator Orloff had decided to resign rather than face a possible ethics committee investigation. What was Cliff's reaction to this news?

Answer: He was upset - he wanted to cause trouble for the Ewings not the senator

Cliff admitted to Julie that he really wanted to cause problems for the Ewings. Julie thought she had made the right decisions. She thought Cliff cared for her. She thought Cliff's only interest was in righteousness ("ethical government", as she phrased it).

She thought even if the news of the inappropriate relationship between Senator Orloff and the Ewings was made public it would not cause trouble. Once again, she felt used and abused. She walked out on Cliff and went to Ewing Oil where she promptly confessed and quit.

10. Back at Southfork, all the Ewings gathered in the sitting room as Bobby berated them for not trusting "his wife". J.R. admitted it was his fault; he swayed their thinking. Who was the first to break the ice with a smug yet humorous comment about the debacle?

Answer: Lucy

Lucy had several quips and other sarcastic moments in this episode. The closing scene was another of those. It was Lucy, though, who reminded J.R. that he had been too hard on Pam and the two of them should "never fight again". Lucy even convinced J.R. and Pam to seal this pact with a "friendly kiss".

The family members chuckled as J.R. leaned to kiss an obviously tentative Pam. Fade to theme song ...

Source: Author cowboybluedog

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1.3 "Spy in the House" Trivia Quiz

The success of Ewing Oil is supreme. In episode three, a document links the Ewings to unethical financial dealings that may have been solely to benefit Ewing Oil. Who knew about the document and who told those whom the Ewings hoped would never know?

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