In the pilot episode of "Dallas", Pam and Bobby (Patrick Duffy) elope in New Orleans and are married by a Justice of the Peace. After Bobby brings Pam home to Southfork, she is met with great hostility from the Ewing family for being the daughter of their enemy, Digger Barnes (Keenan Wynn, originally David Wayne). Early on, Bobby's brother, J.R. Ewing (Larry Hagman), accuses Pamela of being a spy for her brother, Cliff Barnes (Ken Kercheval), who is building a case against Ewing Oil, claiming that she passed a very important company file to Cliff. Bobby vigorously defends his wife and the family eventually find out that Pam is innocent. Shortly after the pilot episode, Pam becomes pregnant with Bobby's child. However, she argues with a drunk J.R. and falls from the rafter of a barn, prompting her to miscarry the baby.