- Cliff Barnes: [expecting date Donna, so when there's knock on door, opens eagerly] I was just about...
- Pamela Barnes Ewing: Hi.
- Cliff Barnes: Pam, what are you doing here?
- Pamela Barnes Ewing: Wonderful welcome from my only brother.
- Cliff Barnes: Why didn't you call?
- Pamela Barnes Ewing: Well, it wouldn't be a surprise if I called, would it?
- [spots romantic table setup]
- Pamela Barnes Ewing: What's this?
- Cliff Barnes: Pam, I gotta tell you. It's not really the greatest time for a surprise.
- Pamela Barnes Ewing: Dinner for two.
- [chuckles]
- Pamela Barnes Ewing: Oh!
- [bottle of fine wine]
- Pamela Barnes Ewing: Imported?
- [raises eyebrow]
- Pamela Barnes Ewing: Who is she? Wait a minute. It's the first date. Chinese on the second, tacos on the third. Funny how I know all this, isn't it?
- J.R. Ewing: How about your brother-in-law Cliff? Are you gonna cut him in for half of that Wilson deal?
- Bobby Ewing: What are you talking about?
- J.R. Ewing: Oh, Barnes was shopping at fire sales before you opened up Ewing 23 and handed him all that money.
- Pamela Barnes Ewing: It was a legal agreement, J.R. That money is rightfully Cliff's.
- Jock Ewing: You know, J.R., I've been thinking about Ewing 23. Even with Barnes, It's gonna be a good deal. It"s a good source of crude oil for that new refinery of ours. What could be better?
- J.R. Ewing: Well, if I was still in charge, he wouldn't get a dime.
- Pamela Barnes Ewing: Maybe It's best for Ewing Oil that you're not still in charge.
- J.R. Ewing: What's that supposed to mean?
- Pamela Barnes Ewing: Well, Cliff's involved with someone who could cause you a lot of trouble.
- J.R. Ewing: Oh? Who?
- Pamela Barnes Ewing: [rather backs out of this] Never mind.
- J.R. Ewing: Come on now. You've piqued our interest. Don't draw back now.
- Pamela Barnes Ewing: [victoriously] Donna Culver.
- [adding in snide way:]
- Pamela Barnes Ewing: She doesn't think very much of you.
- J.R. Ewing: Cliff and Donna, and all that Culver money?
- [Sue Ellen takes swig from her drink]
- J.R. Ewing: Well, will wonders never cease?
- [chuckles]
- J.R. Ewing: Golly.
- Lucy Ewing: Well, are they just working together, Pam?
- Pamela Barnes Ewing: No, Lucy. It's more than that.
- Pamela Barnes Ewing: [in their bedroom] You know, I keep promising myself I will not let J.R. get to me. And then, It's like he pushes a button, and I lose all sense of reason.
- Bobby Ewing: [preoccupied with Ewing Oil maps] Honey, it doesn't matter.
- Pamela Barnes Ewing: And it's none of J.R.'s business if Cliff is dating Donna.
- Bobby Ewing: He's gonna find out about it sooner or later.
- Pamela Barnes Ewing: I don't want Ray to find out from J.R. You know, he'd do just anything right now to hurt Ray.
- Bobby Ewing: Would you stop worrying about that, please? I'll talk to Ray myself in the morning.
- Pamela Barnes Ewing: [pleased by this, smiles, turns away from mirror, comes towards bed] Bobby, there's something else I didn't mention earlier.
- Bobby Ewing: [engrossed in his perusal of that map] Huh?
- Pamela Barnes Ewing: I had some news about my mother this morning.
- Bobby Ewing: [still preoccupied] Oh.
- Pamela Barnes Ewing: She could be alive, right here in Texas.
- Bobby Ewing: Well, don't get your hopes up, honey.
- Pamela Barnes Ewing: Bobby.
- [he's doing some calculations]
- Pamela Barnes Ewing: Bobby!
- [he finally looks up]
- Pamela Barnes Ewing: What's happening to you?
- Bobby Ewing: What are you talking about?
- Pamela Barnes Ewing: I said my mother could be alive.
- Bobby Ewing: And I said, don't get your hopes up.
- [shakes his head]
- Bobby Ewing: I don't want you hurt.
- Pamela Barnes Ewing: Well, I hoped you could at least share in my excitement.
- Bobby Ewing: What is that supposed to mean?
- Pamela Barnes Ewing: That means that I don't like what is happening to you or our marriage. You've become another person. You're insensitive. You're obsessed with Ewing Oil. You're becoming someone that I don't care for and I don't understand.
- Bobby Ewing: Don't say that. I'm still the same. It's just that all this is new to me. I have to work harder. I have to concentrate more. I have to be sure. I love you. That hasn't changed.