Dallas (TV Series)
Changing of the Guard (1982)
Victoria Principal: Pamela Barnes Ewing
Quotes
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Pamela Barnes Ewing : Oh, Miss Ellie!
Miss Ellie Ewing : Pam, I'm, uh... I'm surprised you're here.
Pamela Barnes Ewing : Well, why?
[chuckles]
Miss Ellie Ewing : Oh, Pam. Haven't you heard?
Pamela Barnes Ewing : Heard what?
Miss Ellie Ewing : Uh...
[looks down]
Miss Ellie Ewing : Cliff is in Dallas Memorial Hospital.
Pamela Barnes Ewing : What happened?
Miss Ellie Ewing : He, uh... he tried to take his own life.
Pamela Barnes Ewing : How is he?
Miss Ellie Ewing : He's in a coma.
Pamela Barnes Ewing : [closes her eyes, then looks at Bobby, who looks down] Why would he do something like that?
[Miss Ellie looks down]
Pamela Barnes Ewing : Did it have anything to do with J.R. and Sue Ellen?
Miss Ellie Ewing : It was J.R.
Pamela Barnes Ewing : I'd better get to the hospital.
Bobby Ewing : I'll go with you.
Pamela Barnes Ewing : No, Bobby. If J.R.'s involved, I don't think Mama would want to see a Ewing at the hospital. You understand?
Bobby Ewing : [nods] Sure.
Pamela Barnes Ewing : I'll call you.
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Rebecca Barnes Wentworth : [inside hospital] Pam!
Pamela Barnes Ewing : Oh, Mother.
[hugs her]
Pamela Barnes Ewing : I'm sorry. How is he?
Rebecca Barnes Wentworth : [heads back, with Pamela in tow] No change. He's still in a coma.
Pamela Barnes Ewing : Why would Cliff try to kill himself?
Rebecca Barnes Wentworth : Why? For the same reason that his father finally succeeded in drinking himself to death. The Ewings.
Pamela Barnes Ewing : Mother, Cliff's fight was with J.R.,not the whole Ewing family.
Rebecca Barnes Wentworth : Pam, I know you're married to a Ewing, but that shouldn't blind you to the kind of people they are. Digger Barnes was in love with Ellie.
[nods]
Rebecca Barnes Wentworth : So was Jock Ewing. Two men in love with the same woman. It happens all the time. But when one of the men is a Ewing, he iisnt content to win the woman fair and square. He has to destroy his rival at the same time.
Pamela Barnes Ewing : That's ancient history.
Rebecca Barnes Wentworth : Is it? Well, history has a way of repeating itself. This time, the triangle is Cliff, Sue Ellen and J.R. And Cliff may be dying. I told Ellie this morning that I am gonna break the Ewings. I have the money and the power to do it. My family will not suffer at their hands ever again.
Pamela Barnes Ewing : [eyes flaring] Mother, would you stop It! If Bobby has his way,
[shakes her head]
Pamela Barnes Ewing : J.R. is out of Ewing Oil already. You can put that all behind you! The important thing is that Cliff gets well.
[Rebecca takes pause]
Pamela Barnes Ewing : I'd like to see my brother now.
[walks off]