Texas/Episode 249

Episode 249
Season 2, Episode 143
Airdate	July 27, 1981
Production Number	249
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Texas — Season Two

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Episode 249 is the one-hundred forty-third episode of the second season of Texas and the two-hundred forty-ninth episode overall.

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Plot Overview

Ryan stops by Max and Reena's to see if Max with join him at the well but Reena asks Max not to go there. After Jake and Bubba check out some stuff with Justin, Ashley arrives and a concerned Justin tells her that he thinks everything will be all right. Elena wakes with Joe and again tells him she loves him. Dennis calls Paige at Peter's and asks her to meet him at Striker's to take care of their divorce. Lurlene arrives and Bubba comes on to him and Ashley tells him to take his hands off her. Elena tells Joe, money or not, he has to write the confession to clear Dennis. Peter tells Paige he hopes she will take Dennis to the cleaners but she says she doesn't want money or Dennis but then Peter tries to kiss her and she rebuffs him again. Max tells Reena there is no way there is oil on the Harper land. Ashley gets into it with Bubba and she tells him to leave her alone and then Ryan arrives and after he and Ashley leave Justin tells Bubba to leave Lurlene alone or he'll wrap him around a telephone pole. Dennis meets with Striker and they decided to let Paige sue for divorce on grounds of him going to prison but then Paige arrives and Dennis tells them he wants to sue her for adultery. Lurlene talks to Reena about her not liking Bubba. Joe learns from Elena that Alex was Dennis' dad and he passed on a few weeks ago and then Joe also remembers Peter asking him to get rid of Alex. Paige tells Dennis and Striker that she wants nothing from Dennis but his love which she can't have but he can't sue on grounds of adultery because she hasn't committed adultery. Lurlene tells Max and Reena that if the oil is theirs she will try to pay the money back to them but they tell her she doesn't have to and that she shouldn't let go of her dreams just because she won't be rich. Elena gives Joe and order that asks for 1 confession special to go. Striker apologizes to Paige for Dennis' behavior and also tells her to get a lawyer but then Paige asks to speak to Dennis alone. Reena tells Max that she thinks Bubba is coming on to Lurlene and they also discuss how that one oil well has turned everybody's lives upside down. Jake Collins and Bubba tell Justin the records are all fixed. Paige tells Dennis Peter is just a friend from Hollywood and that while she was prepared for his hatred of her she didn't know how deep it was and he tells her she hasn't seen anything yet. Elena and Joe argue about his writing the confession. Justin and Ashley tell Lurlene that the survey proves they are not slant drilling but Lurlene is worried about Max. Ryan leaves the information with Max and Reena and then Max tells Reena that he knows Justin is slant drilling and he is going to prove it. Elena arrives to talk to Paige and tells her that no one can ever know she was there and gives her a signed confession from Joe that says he killed Chris Shaw.