- Jock Ewing: How long has it been since I told you I loved you?
- Miss Ellie Ewing: Well, when was the last time Halley's Comet appeared?
- Jock Ewing: [smiles] Well, now, it hasn't been that long ago.
- J.R. Ewing: Sue Ellen, you want it all. You want the Ewing name, the privileges, the freedom to act like a tramp, and that's all you ever did want.
- Sue Ellen Ewing: Believe it or not, J.R., I loved you when I married you.
- J.R. Ewing: That's a long time ago. Been a lot of action since then.
- Sue Ellen Ewing: On both our sides.
- Bobby Ewing: Now we're friends, aren't we, Luke?
- [Luke nods]
- Bobby Ewing: Well, friends don't just say goodbye and never see each other again.
- Luke Middens: Can't say about that. I never had any friends.
- Pamela Barnes Ewing: Cliff, you are so consumed with hate for the Ewings, I don't think you know how to love any more.
- Cliff Barnes: I learned a very valuable lesson about power from the Ewings: if you wanna help the little guy, you have to operate from a postion of strength.
- Pamela Barnes Ewing: Well, since you've had it, all you've done is try to destroy Ewing Oil.
- Cliff Barnes: No, I've stopped the oil companies from raping the land.
- Kristin Shepard: [at Ewing Oil offices] Good morning.
- J.R. Ewing: Well, good morning.
- [hangs up his hat, touches her on the back of her shoulders]
- J.R. Ewing: That's nice.
- Kristin Shepard: Can't it wait till tonight?
- J.R. Ewing: Well, I guess it has to.
- Kristin Shepard: My place at seven?
- J.R. Ewing: No, I can't, darling. Gotta have dinner with the family.
- [sits down behind his desk]
- J.R. Ewing: Wanna earn your salary?
- Kristin Shepard: I thought I was.
- J.R. Ewing: Get Cal McBride on the phone for me.
- Kristin Shepard: [frowns] The private detective?
- J.R. Ewing: That's nothing for you to worry your little head about.
- Kristin Shepard: [sister saw them together] Sue Ellen! Oh, I wish I knew you'd gonna be in town. You could have joined us for lunch.
- J.R. Ewing: Oh, Sue Ellen has been kinda busy lately. I doubt if she could have spared the time.
- Kristin Shepard: We were entertaining some clients. You would have enjoyed it.
- Sue Ellen Ewing: [coldly] I never interfere in my husband's business.
- Kristin Shepard: You know, Sue Ellen, this job has turned out better than I expected. J.R. is a terrific boss, and the business is very exciting.
- Sue Ellen Ewing: [coolly] I'm so happy you found your little niche in life, Kristin.
- Kristin Shepard: [spitefully] Have you found yours?
- Sue Ellen Ewing: J.R. certainly thinks I have.
- J.R. Ewing: Oh, I think a married woman with a baby to look after has a niche.
- [as Sue Ellen heads off:]
- J.R. Ewing: Where are you off to, honey? Another committee meeting?
- Sue Ellen Ewing: Back to my niche, J.R.
- Kristin Shepard: [as Sue Ellen walks away] Do you think she knows?
- J.R. Ewing: Do you care?
- [smirks, checks time]
- J.R. Ewing: Let's go to work, darling.