Dallas (TV Series)

The Unexpected (1984)

Larry Hagman: J.R. Ewing

Quotes 

• J.R. Ewing : [re peeled figs]  Want some more?

  Serena Wald : No, I'm too tired.

  J.R. Ewing : Oh, that's not surprising.

  Serena Wald : Hmm, you're the best there is.

  J.R. Ewing : Well, I wasn't for a while there, that's for sure. But I feel like I'm in charge again.

  Serena Wald : I knew you would be.

  [chuckles] 

  Serena Wald : I could tell from the moment you walked in the door.

  J.R. Ewing : [chuckles]  Yeah. Everything seems to be going my way... Except for one annoying little gnat that I'm gonna squash.

  Serena Wald : Cliff Barnes?

  J.R. Ewing : No, I've got him just exactly where I want him. Chest-deep in quicksand and sinking fast. No, this is a juvenile gnat. He's fooling around in my territory.

  Serena Wald : A boy? Really?

  J.R. Ewing : Yeah.

  Serena Wald : This isn't a business problem, then?

  J.R. Ewing : [grunts]  No, hardly.

  [sighs] 

  J.R. Ewing : No, he's involved with my wife.

  Serena Wald : [chuckles]  Sue Ellen and a young lover. That just doesn't sound like a difficult problem for you to solve.

  J.R. Ewing : No, I could destroy him just by picking up the telephone. What I really wanna do is teach her a lesson. I tell you, she is like a runaway mare with a bit between her teeth.

  [sighs] 

  J.R. Ewing : I've tried everything. Affection, patience, understanding.

  [sighs] 

  J.R. Ewing : She won't pay attention to anything.

  Serena Wald : I'm sure you've been very tolerant, J.R.

  J.R. Ewing : Yes, I have. But that's gonna come to a screeching halt, honey. I'm gonna use that boy to help me put her in her proper place. And then I'll destroy him.

  [they both laugh, and he offers her another fig] 

  J.R. Ewing : Come on, have a little bite.