Dallas (TV Series)
Shattered Dreams (1985)
Deborah Shelton: Mandy Winger
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Mandy Winger : [bare legs, sporty nightshirt] Who is it?
J.R. Ewing : It's me.
Mandy Winger : [gets up, walks to door] At this hour?
J.R. Ewing : Mandy, let me in, please.
Mandy Winger : [opens door] J.R., it's very late.
J.R. Ewing : I'm sorry
[sighs]
J.R. Ewing : I need to be with somebody I really care for.
Mandy Winger : All right.
[stands back]
J.R. Ewing : Thanks.
[enters]
J.R. Ewing : Thank you, honey.
[chuckles]
Mandy Winger : [as he lays down his hat, she closes the door] I was just about to go to bed. Will you tell me what this is all about?
J.R. Ewing : Well, I had a pretty rough time. I don't... have anybody I can talk to.
[pours drink]
J.R. Ewing : Want some, darling?
Mandy Winger : No, I don't want any.
[little sigh]
Mandy Winger : Is this really J.R. Ewing? The killer in the oil business everyone talks about?
J.R. Ewing : Also a man with a very serious personal problem. You know how important my family is to me. It's all falling apart at the seams.
Mandy Winger : You're having problems with your wife?
J.R. Ewing : Yes. But that's not what's really bothering me.
Mandy Winger : What is it? Just an excuse to be here, or another one of your manipulations?
J.R. Ewing : No, Mandy, I hurt like any other person. The Ewings always used to close ranks whenever there was trouble from outside the family, but now things changed. My brother and I are on one side, and my Mama and her new husband are on the other, and I tell you, it's just damn damn painful.
Mandy Winger : You know, this is... pretty personal stuff. How do you know you can trust me? I was spying on you for Cliff not so long ago.
J.R. Ewing : [smiles] Yeah.
[comes forward]
J.R. Ewing : But that's all finished with Barnes now, isn't it?
Mandy Winger : Maybe...
[looking up into his eyes:]
Mandy Winger : But I can't slip in and out of these things so easily. And I'm certainly not ready for another man in my life.
J.R. Ewing : [drapes his arm over her shoulder] Damn, I care for you so much.
Mandy Winger : And I really like you. But that's all for right now. J.R., I think you better go.
J.R. Ewing : I don't want to be alone.
Mandy Winger : Well, I... certainly can't stay up any longer to keep you company... and I won't sleep with you.
J.R. Ewing : I didn't ask you to.
[sighs]
J.R. Ewing : I... just wanna spend the night, that's all.
Mandy Winger : All right. But right there.
J.R. Ewing : [little scoff] Okay.
Mandy Winger : [with a little smirk as she opens door to go off to her room] I never thought of you as being vulnerable before. But you are, aren't you?
J.R. Ewing : Yes, I suppose so.
[as she turns to leave:]
J.R. Ewing : Mandy... Good night.
[she closes the door behind her with a smile]