Dallas (TV Series)

Love and Marriage (1979)

Victoria Principal: Pamela Barnes Ewing

Quotes 

• J.R. Ewing : Say, you know, it, eh, might not be a good idea to leave Bobby too much alone at night. Know what I mean? Heh heh. Until he met you, Bobby was the stud in Dallas. Might still be, for all I know.

  Pamela Barnes Ewing : Maybe you haven't heard, J.R., Bobby's not standing at stud anymore. He retired when we got married. He left the field wide open for you. Of course, from what I hear, that still leaves the field wide open.

  [turns her back on him to enter the house] 

  J.R. Ewing : Anytime you wanna find out, it can be easily arranged.

  Pamela Barnes Ewing : [turns round and looks at him with a mixture of surprise and disgust]  Don't bother, J.R. Even if I weren't married to Bobby, you aren't man enough.

  J.R. Ewing : Well, I was certainly man enough for me and Sue Ellen to produce a son and heir. Something which you and Bobby seem incapable of.

  Pamela Barnes Ewing : Sue Ellen and Cliff!

  J.R. Ewing : [taken aback]  Well, I'm not surprised that that dim-witted brother of yours... was bragging about his affair with Sue Ellen. An affair which, by the way, drove her to be an alcoholic. As far as... as his claiming that he's the father of that child, there's no proof of that.

  Pamela Barnes Ewing : I have all the proof I need from you. I've never seen you touch baby John, let alone hold him.

  J.R. Ewing : Well, you did enough of that for all of us, didn't you? But that's over now too. And as for who's the father of that child... the courts in the state of Texas make a very strong presumption that the woman's husband is the father of the child. And that's good enough for me, Pamela.

  Pamela Barnes Ewing : I think this conversation's gone too far already. I'm sorry, J.R., I shouldn't have said anything anyway.

  J.R. Ewing : But you did, didn't you? And that just proves what I've always said about the Barneses: they're trash! And the further the Ewings stay away from the Barneses, the better off the Ewings are gonna be!

  [rushes off past her] 

• Bobby Ewing : I'm worried about you, Pam. You can't have little John, so you throw yourself into your work. That's wrong.

  Pamela Barnes Ewing : Well, I'm sorry you feel that way, Bobby, because you're wrong.

• Pamela Barnes Ewing : Bobby, I will not risk having a child. I feel guilty about it. I hate myself for it. But I won't risk it!