Dallas (TV Series)

The Silent Killer (1979)

Mary Crosby: Kristin Shepard

Quotes 

• Sue Ellen Ewing : Don't you think we have talked about me quite long enough? How was California?

  Kristin Shepard : [smirks]  Well, pleasant. We were in a lovely apartment hotel. But the men there were so... unsubstantial.

  [smirks again] 

  Kristin Shepard : The ones I met were either married, in therapy, gay... or all three.

  [sits down] 

  Sue Ellen Ewing : Poor Kristin. Always on the prowl. Don't you know that the best way to find a man is not to look too hard? Let the right man find you.

  [shakes her head] 

  Sue Ellen Ewing : And for a woman right now,

  [shakes her head] 

  Sue Ellen Ewing : it's not so bad on her own.

  Kristin Shepard : [smirks]  Would you like to live alone?

  Sue Ellen Ewing : My marriage is very important to me. I just sometimes think that the single life would be very uncomplicated.

  Kristin Shepard : How?

  Sue Ellen Ewing : Enjoy it while you can, Kristin. Think of it as a time, uh,

  [shakes her head] 

  Sue Ellen Ewing : to try new things, make your own mistakes, not have to answer to anyone for them.

  Kristin Shepard : Well... I wouldn't hesitate to trade a little freedom and privacy for the position and power a woman gains from being married to a man like J.R. Ewing.

  Sue Ellen Ewing : [with disdain]  You are very young, Kristin. But Mama has trained you well.

  [rises, starts leaving] 

  Sue Ellen Ewing : I'm, uh, very tired right now.

  Kristin Shepard : [as she leaves, in faked pleasant tone:]  Miss Ellie's invited us to stay for dinner. Will you be coming down?

  Sue Ellen Ewing : Why, Kristin? Were you thinking of occupying my chair?

  Kristin Shepard : Somebody will... if you don't pull yourself together.

  [leaves]