Dallas (TV Series)

Full Circle (1981)

Ken Kercheval: Cliff Barnes

Quotes 

• Afton Cooper : [chuckles as they enter Cliff's apartment]  Well, come on, tell me what's making you so happy. You've been on a cloud ever since you picked me up at the club.

  Cliff Barnes : [triumphant tone]  I am going to break J.R. Ewing. Despite the power of the Ewing name, despite the political clout... I'm gonna win.

  Afton Cooper : Why do you wanna break J.R.?

  Cliff Barnes : Wait. Listen, I want you to taste this wine. It's from the Loire valley.

  [bit patronising:] 

  Cliff Barnes : That's in France.

  Afton Cooper : I know where the Loire valley is. Why do you hate J.R.?

  Cliff Barnes : Well, that's a long story. And some rainy, wintry night... I may tell ya.

  Afton Cooper : [chuckles]  Okay.

  [takes glass] 

  Afton Cooper : So how are you gonna do it?

  Cliff Barnes : What, break J.R.? Well, I'll tell you. When I got off the plane in Austin today, I had a little press conference. I'm not without friends. And the wire service were there, the local reporters were there.

  Afton Cooper : And what did you tell them?

  Cliff Barnes : I told them the one word that reporters like to hear more than any other word.

  Afton Cooper : What?

  Cliff Barnes : Cover-up.