Dallas (TV Series)

Mother of the Year (1979)

Jeanna Michaels: Connie Brasher

Quotes 

• J.R. Ewing : Morning, Kristin.

  Kristin Shepard : Good morning, J.R.

  [hands him a note] 

  J.R. Ewing : Thank you.

  [reads it] 

  Connie Brasher : [entering with tray]  Morning, J.R. Coffee's all gone, but there's a fresh pot almost ready.

  [goes to fetch] 

  Kristin Shepard : J.R., they're all in there.

  J.R. Ewing : Who's all?

  Kristin Shepard : Bobby, your Daddy, and Vaughn Leland.

  J.R. Ewing : [frowns]  Vaughn Leland?

• Kristin Shepard : [rubbing his shoulders]  Can I get you something, J.R.?

  J.R. Ewing : [despondent as he stares at silent phone]  No.

  Kristin Shepard : Hank hasn't called from overseas yet, has he?

  J.R. Ewing : You got it.

  [sighs] 

  Kristin Shepard : Well, do you want me to put in another call?

  J.R. Ewing : [shakes his head]  No.

  [phone buzzes] 

  Kristin Shepard : [picks up, listens, covers receiver]  It's the Associated Press, they wanna know something about an oil well.

  J.R. Ewing : [sighs, takes receiver]  Hello. J.R. Ewing here. What? Yeah, I own those leashes. No. No, I'm in it alone. That's... that's the way I do things.

  [other phone buzzes] 

  J.R. Ewing : What? Well, now, I, I, I, I haven't got a confirmation on that yet.

  Kristin Shepard : [excitedly]  J.R., Hank's on the phone!

  J.R. Ewing : What? Hank? Where the hell have you been? What? What?

  [exclaiming:] 

  J.R. Ewing : Yeah!

  [to Kristin:] 

  J.R. Ewing : We hit! Hold it! Hold it! Hang on, hang on there. Uh...

  [back on line 1:] 

  J.R. Ewing : Hello. Yes, that's a confirmation. Absolutely. A... a strike in the Pacific. Maybe the biggest one ever yet!

  [nods] 

  J.R. Ewing : Yeah, you can quote me. J.R. Ewing.

  [chuckles, then goes back on line 2:] 

  J.R. Ewing : Hello, Hank? Hang on.

  [grabs Kristin] 

  J.R. Ewing : We hit it! We hit it!

  [as Connie comes dashing in:] 

  J.R. Ewing : We hit it! It's a gusher! A big one!

  [hugs the two secretaries while phones ring off the hook] 

  J.R. Ewing : I don't believe it! I don't have time for that, go answer them phones!

  [the two rush off, and he's back on line 2:] 

  J.R. Ewing : Hello, hello, Hank...

  Kristin Shepard : [at reception, secretaries scurrying]  Hello?

  Connie Brasher : Ewing Oil? Yes, Mr. Lewis, it's true. Uh, just a minute, please, the other phone.

  [on line 2:] 

  Connie Brasher : Ewing Oil. Dallas Press? Yes, that's right. He's on the phone with the foreman.

  [behind her, J.R. emerges from his office] 

  Connie Brasher : Well, just a minute, please.

  J.R. Ewing : I'm off to Southfork. I can't wait to see the expression on their faces when they hear the news.

  [whoops with joy]